Giving Back

Giving back to your community is one of the most important steps in creating a home for yourself in a new environment. Giving time to serve in your community only has positive benefits that go a long way to helping you and others within your new town.  In addition to helping you plug into your new community,  you will feel…

What Makes a House a Home?

What makes a house a home? A foundation, roof, four walls and a door make a house. It is a place designed for refuge and meets the basic human need for a safe place to rest. Imagine a world where people are satisfied with this rather bland floor plan. For this world, a house has no more need for innovation…

Three Tips to Ease the Anxiety of Moving

Congratulations! You’re moving, and along with all the excitement that comes with this new chapter in your life is the reality that you and your family’s lives are about to change. As a kid, I survived two moves to completely different regions of the country. While no family’s moving experience is the same, hopefully the tips I give…

Relocation Stress Syndrome – Not only for the Elderly

“I love my new house.  I love my new house.” is what I would repeat to myself before getting out of bed each morning after our cross country move.  Boxes unpacked. Check. House decorated and kids settled into their new schools.  Check.  Check.  Everything was on plan and on schedule but I was not feeling my normally outgoing, positive self….

Denver becomes fastest growing city in US

Most residents of Colorado would not be surprised to learn that Denver was the fastest growing large city in the US according to the US Census Bureau.  With the upswing of the tech sector, there are many startups that are competing for talent from across the country.  Shift’s relocation program can be an effective tool in helping those businesses recruit and…