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Exchange Exemplar: Why Some People Handle Change Better

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Since change happens all the time, it certainly behooves us to be able to roll with changes. 

But that ability comes more naturally to some people than to others.  Some of us are just more comfortable with the status quo. 

Why, Sharon Weil wondered; how do the flexible people stay flexible.  She interviewed a bunch of them, a process that led to a book: ChangeAbility: How Artists, Activists and Awakeners Navigate Change.  Sharon Weil visited in 2017, and we didn't have to change anything in her interview. 

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The Jefferson Exchange is Jefferson Public Radio's daily news program focused on issues, people and events across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Angela Decker is the program's senior producer, Charlie Zimmermann is the assistant producer, and Geoffrey Riley hosts the show.