Our lives fell apart and these are the lessons we learned that we use every day

Deep change can be both evolutionary and emotionally volcanic, but these women say that without facing crisis or taking that leap they would never have found their true path

If you allow light in through the cracks in your life, that's where you'll see the real beauty.

It is said the only constant is change. We can rely on the fact that life is ever-evolving and always shape-shifting. Even on a cellular level, we are in a constant cycle of change. One of the basic tenets of a mindful life is to allow for flux, to not set ourselves up for a fall by attaching ourselves to specific outcomes.

However, what happens when circumstances override our plans? Or when we get the feeling, deep down in our gut, that something isn’t right and we need to correct our course towards contentment? What’s left when the stories you’re used to telling are just not true anymore? Deep change, whether chosen or unchosen, can be an emotional earthquake.