Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes, Revised 25th Anniversary Edition by William Bridges
Transitions has helped hundreds of thousands of readers to cope with changes by providing a road map of the transition process. With the understanding born of experience, William Bridges takes us step by step through the stages of transition.
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