Feeling overwhelm is one of my least favorite emotions to feel yet I end up there often. Today, I share some of my best tools to move through it. The more of us that feel less overwhelm, the less reactive we all are. Let’s do it!
In accepting reality (lowering your expectations), you will be calmer and more at peace. Your family is what it is. Your spouse is what it is. Your kids are what they are. Let go of trying to control or imagine the “perfect holiday event” and embrace your holiday reality on its’ own merit.
I encourage you to reframe how you think of boundaries. They are not negative, punitive, or something we do to other people. Boundaries are actually a way we take care of and protect ourselves in relationships. Setting boundaries in my important relationships has allowed me to have more fulfilling relationships than ever before.
We’re not always going to feel happy….and that’s okay. In fact, being emotional is a prerequisite for a fully-experienced life.
We feel what we feel based on the thoughts we’re thinking, not on the circumstances of our lives. This is the best news ever! Knowing that I’m feeling the way I’m feeling because of the thoughts I’m thinking was the greatest gift of empowerment that I could have ever asked for.
Nothing is more important than managing your mind. Nothing. Learning how to manage my mind, questioning my thoughts, and investigating what I’m thinking about is the most powerful and freeing thing that I’ve ever done.
