# 16. Why You Resist Change and How to Move Through It Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602/16-why-you-resist-change-and-how-to-move-through-it Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602/16-why-you-resist-change-and-how-to-move-through-it.md Podcast: [Workplace Therapy with Dr. Abby Medcalf](https://stenobird.com/podcast/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602) Published: 2026-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://abbymedcalf.com/why-you-resist-change-at-work Audio file: https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/0a93016d-a007-4e42-9b8a-0a71fcb6b165/stream.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602/episodes/16-why-you-resist-change-and-how-to-move-through-it Duration seconds: 1362 ## Resource You probably think you resist change because it’s inconvenient, annoying, or badly rolled out. But that’s not the real story. When something shifts at work, your nervous system runs a threat assessment before your conscious mind ever weighs in. Today you’ll learn the biological and psychological reasons change feels harder than it “should,” plus specific tools to move through it without spiraling, stalling, or sabotaging yourself. ____________________________ Full blog and show notes: https://abbymedcalf.com/why-you-resist-change-at-work   Free download: Your Change Resistance Decoder: A Five-Minute Tool to Understand What’s Really Going On: https://abbymedcalf.com/change-resistance-decoder   Join my online community, One Love Collective, on Substack: https://abbymedcalf.com/substack .   You'll get... ✨ Early drops + ad-free podcast episodes ✨ Worksheets, journal prompts, downloads, and guided visualizations ✨ Community chats and live Q&A calls with Abby _________   Subscribe to the Love Letter and get my little messages each week!  https://abbymedcalf.com/loveletter-opt-in/    👉 Pick up a copy of my new book, Boundaries Made Easy: Your Roadmap to Connection, Easy and Joy: https://abbymedcalf.com/boundaries   👉 Pick up The Workbook: Boundaries Made Easier to use as a companion to the book or as a standalone masterclass: https://abbymedcalf.com/boundaries-workbook   👉 Buy my #1 bestselling book on Amazon, Be Happily Married: Even If Your Partner Won’t Do a Thing: https://abbymedcalf.com/book  ____________________________ Looking for past episodes of the Relationships Made Easy Podcast? Head over to https://abbymedcalf.com/podcast-the-archives where you’ll find past episodes.   Ready to dig deeper? Take one of my… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602/episodes/16-why-you-resist-change-and-how-to-move-through-it/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602/16-why-you-resist-change-and-how-to-move-through-it.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.