How do you cope with the unexpected? Do you resist it, kicking and screaming all the way? Do you move into action? Do you freeze? Perhaps you try to negotiate with it or go into denial? Most of us do a little of each at different times. My pattern is usually to go into action, leaving my emotions to be dealt with later on. At other times, I tend to try to negotiate with it, not wanting to feel the loss of control or the unknown looming right in front of me. Nowadays when something unexpected and usually unplanned knocks […]