Keep Your Coat Handy: How Expecting Setbacks Can Help You Spring Forward
Celebrating change in the moment while holding it loosely as an unexpected visitor frees us to be present with less self-judgment and greater calm.
Celebrating change in the moment while holding it loosely as an unexpected visitor frees us to be present with less self-judgment and greater calm.
Your most recent anxious moment can be the “one moment” that matters. Go ahead, play it back in slow motion. Trust me, you’ll be glad you did.
“Paint the elephant.” Allow yourself to make mistakes, to get things wrong, and yet … to have a grand time anyway.
We usually think about anxiety as a burden. What if we were able to think about it as a gift? What would this shift in thought help make possible for us?
Struggling with anxiety? Feeling stressed? Think Thanksgiving all year round, and shift your perspective through practicing gratitude.
What if we thought about our worries as parts of us that might want a different role in our lives? They work very hard, and are likely ready for something new.
There is always more than one way to look at things. In your life, who or what are you seeing in ways that aren’t working? What would a different way be?