Robert Brumet’s Finding Yourself in Transition: Using Life’s Changes for Spiritual Awakening could be very relevant to every persons formation. The book was originally published in the mid-1990s and is specifically about seeing life changes not merely as problems to solve, but as opportunities for spiritual awakening and transformation. Brumet draws on psychology, mysticism, biblical interpretation, and personal stories. And the chapters in the book reflect the transitions we experience as we age, face losses, change roles, encounter illness, let go of former identities, and begin to ask what God is doing with the life that remains.

I would frame Brumet’s journey this way

Brumet’s theme
The deeper question for our lives

The Paradox of Change
Why do we resist the very change that may be necessary for our growth?

The Process of Transition
What actually happens to us internally when the familiar way of life is no longer possible?

Rites of Passage
Could this difficult transition actually be a sacred passage into a new stage of life?

Endings and Beginnings
What must I grieve, release, and bless before I can receive what is beginning?

The Void
Can I remain with God when I don’t yet know what comes next?

Lost in the Wilderness
What happens when the old map no longer works and I cannot yet see the Promised Land?

How Things Unfold
Can I trust that transformation has its own timing rather than forcing an answer?

Beyond Change
Who am I becoming beneath all these external changes?

This is highly recommended for anyone who is invested in their awakening and watching how through their experiences in life, God is accompanying them through the struggles, the hurdles, the challenges and the adjustments that transitions bring to our lives.