When It's Too Much Change All at Once

When It's Too Much Change All at Once

From What Fresh Hell: Parenting, Relationships, and Making Life Better, with Two Funny Moms by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson

July 1, 2026 · 45 min · Episode 475

About this episode

This episode explores the overwhelming nature of multiple life changes occurring simultaneously and the concepts of change saturation and fatigue.

Have you ever felt like your life consisted of too many moving parts at the same time? In this episode, we explore why life tends to deliver too much change at once—and the difference between an actual change and the larger, more uncertain area of transition that both precedes and follows any big change. We discuss: Why even positive and worked-toward life transitions can feel overwhelming once they arrive What "change saturation" and "change fatigue" look like How your business partners, family members, or loved ones might be going through the same change, but on a very different transition timeline Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode: Our episode "Why We Avoid Uncertainty (And How That Gets In Our Way)" Talkspace blog: How to Keep It Together When Everything Keeps Changing North Highland blog: How Much Change is Too Much Change? Cassandra Worthy: The 3 Stages Of Change Fatigue And How To Recover Prosci blog: Bridges Transition Model Explained and Made Actionable William Bridges Associates: William Bridges Bio Cassandra Worthy: CHANGE ENTHUSIASM Get tickets to see Amy in 42nd Street at the Sharon Playhouse, July 25th through August 9th…

People in this episode

Hosts: Amy Wilson, Margaret Ables

Topics covered

  • change management
  • transition
  • change saturation
  • change fatigue
  • life transitions
  • overwhelm

Keywords

  • change
  • transition
  • overwhelm
  • fatigue
  • life changes
  • uncertainty
  • support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Talkspace, North Highland, Prosci, William Bridges Associates

Places: Sharon Playhouse

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