Anxiety first mobilizes energy, and then impels one to examine personal definitions of competency, capability, value, and potency, and how such assumptions shape one's beliefs about the nature of the universe and one's place in it. Ultimately, guilt prepares one to make new commitments, and to assume authentic accountability for them. Anger impels one to examine core assumptions about the nature of fairness and justice, and how such assumptions shape one's beliefs about the nature of the universe and one's place in it. Ultimately, anger prepares one to maintain authentic boundaries that are consistent with the natural forces of being. Fear impels one to examine the basis of one's personal courage, and how such assumptions shape one's beliefs about the nature of the universe and one's place in it.
Fear prepares on to face the existential dilemma inherent in risking attachment.
Ultimately, fear impels one to search for the courage to be. Transition is the phase of the grieving process shaped by the dynamics of denial and anxiety, and focused on the discovery and separation from the adapted self. Active grieving is the phase of the grieving process shaped by the dynamics of depression, guilt, anger, and fear, and focused on the discovery and separation from the injured self. Transformation is the phase of the grieving process shaped by the dynamics of congruence and the authentic performance of existential tasks, focused on the uncovering and empowerment of the natural self. Unconditionality Feeling-focus Empathy is the concerted effort to gain an accurate perception of another's experience, and then to congruently share that perception in one's own words, unique style and personal manner.