Five great ideas to help with internal calm. Number 1 is the kicker for me:
"Be mindful of the meaning you make. When my stress levels rise, I notice that the part of my brain charged with meaning-making kicks into overdrive and sends me on a roller-coaster ride of big emotions and intrusive thoughts." As you say, "feelings aren't facts" and it's going to be important to remember this in the coming weeks.
P.S. Thank-you for the mention of the upcoming yoga challenge. What a great list to be included with. I'm honoured.
Oh goodness your footnote on the fear of quicksand had me giggling. YES, I 100% had that fear. I blame The Neverending Story. I've never recovered.
Footnotes aside, this is such a timely topic. #1 spoke loudly to me. I've been re-reading The Four Agreements so highly aware of my meaning-making. Love the nod to "Feelings aren't facts" and thank you for that reminder!
Awesome and perfectly timed post Stephanie. Thank you. Such great suggestions to stay engaged and grounded. I often also take a few moments to notice my direct reality - not just my thoughts and ideas.
Such a thoughtful post with excellent suggestions about how to stay steady in the nutty world. And a big thank you for sharing my post about Kamala Harris. A fabulous list of women to be included within!
My suggestion is to learn about hopeful thinking. This concept - from hope theory - was new to me until I was researching a piece inspired by Michelle Obama's 'hope is making a comeback' speech. Hopeful thinking is a super strategy for steady constant in pursuit of your goals, no matter what's going on in our lives.
And like you, my family were smokers. That awful stale acrid smell absolutely disgusts me! And if I could ban smoking, I would!
Great post (and not just because I'm mentioned.)
Five great ideas to help with internal calm. Number 1 is the kicker for me:
"Be mindful of the meaning you make. When my stress levels rise, I notice that the part of my brain charged with meaning-making kicks into overdrive and sends me on a roller-coaster ride of big emotions and intrusive thoughts." As you say, "feelings aren't facts" and it's going to be important to remember this in the coming weeks.
P.S. Thank-you for the mention of the upcoming yoga challenge. What a great list to be included with. I'm honoured.
Oh goodness your footnote on the fear of quicksand had me giggling. YES, I 100% had that fear. I blame The Neverending Story. I've never recovered.
Footnotes aside, this is such a timely topic. #1 spoke loudly to me. I've been re-reading The Four Agreements so highly aware of my meaning-making. Love the nod to "Feelings aren't facts" and thank you for that reminder!
Is that where it’s from? Lol. I couldn’t remember but everyone our age agrees that it was a thing. lol.
I need to go reread the Four Agreements. Such a great book.
Awesome and perfectly timed post Stephanie. Thank you. Such great suggestions to stay engaged and grounded. I often also take a few moments to notice my direct reality - not just my thoughts and ideas.
Such a thoughtful post with excellent suggestions about how to stay steady in the nutty world. And a big thank you for sharing my post about Kamala Harris. A fabulous list of women to be included within!
My suggestion is to learn about hopeful thinking. This concept - from hope theory - was new to me until I was researching a piece inspired by Michelle Obama's 'hope is making a comeback' speech. Hopeful thinking is a super strategy for steady constant in pursuit of your goals, no matter what's going on in our lives.
And like you, my family were smokers. That awful stale acrid smell absolutely disgusts me! And if I could ban smoking, I would!