Finding My Footing™ — The Change & Adjustment Support Companion

Change can leave you feeling unsettled—even when it is a change you wanted. Familiar routines shift, new responsibilities emerge, and you may find yourself wondering where to begin.

Finding My Footing™ offers gentle structure for navigating life transitions with greater self-understanding and intentional care. Whether you are adjusting to a move, a career change, retirement, caregiving, a relationship shift, or changing health needs, this companion invites you to recognize what you need and choose a manageable next step.

Created around Dr. Maxine Goring-Rodriguez’s Soul-Centered Mental Wellness Model, it brings together spirituality, a healthy sense of self, psychological flexibility, perspective, and daily maintenance. Spiritual reflection is optional, with room for your own beliefs, values, and sources of meaning.

Inside your digital package:

• Start Here Guide: A simple introduction to choosing your starting point and using the materials at your own pace.

• Companion Guide: Practical explanations, relatable examples, support scripts, and two optional grounding practices.

• Workbook: Guided exercises to map your change, reconnect with your values, explore difficult feelings, distinguish facts from predictions, and plan realistic routines.

• Quick Reference: Brief reminders and conversation starters for moments when you need an accessible next step.

The workbook also includes a seven-day care tracker, an optional 30-day practice menu, weekly reflection pages, and prompts to prepare for a professional care conversation.

Use these tools to explore how to:

• Maintain a sense of identity when familiar roles change.

• Make room for mixed feelings without rushing yourself.

• Break practical challenges into smaller actions.

• Ask for specific support and communicate realistic limits.

• Build daily care around your current capacity.

You do not have to figure out the whole path today. Begin with the step that fits the moment you are in.

Format: Four documents supplied in both editable Word and printable PDF formats—eight files total. Includes 0.75-inch margins and seven-inch, college-ruled workbook writing lines. PDFs can be annotated in a compatible app; they do not contain interactive fillable fields.

Digital download only. No physical products or audio recordings are included.

Designed for adult educational wellness support. This companion does not diagnose or treat adjustment disorder or any other mental health condition and does not replace professional care.