Manuals: Letting Other People Control How We Feel
Whenever we think someone else’s behavior causes our emotions we have set ourselves up to be completely powerless.
Whenever we think someone else’s behavior causes our emotions we have set ourselves up to be completely powerless.
Please join me as I now choose to be awake and to experience the life that I’ve created. I no longer choose to bypass feeling my difficult emotions. I choose to live a full + vibrant life and because of that, I am going to feel a full and vibrant array of emotions. I embrace my tears as I embrace my laughs – both add a dimension and fullness to my life that are part of my experience here on earth
This blog is part hug and part reassurance that you’re not losing your mind. If you have a kid leaving for college (or for kindergarten, preschool, or his first year at middle or high school), you are going to be full of big and often conflicting emotions.
As an adult, I am independent. It is not up to my husband, my father, or my mother to make me happy or provide for me. I am in charge of that. There was no knight in shining armor coming to rescue me. I don’t need one. I have me and I am a warrior.
Spend your energy being yourself instead of being the self others want you to be. When you are showing up as your true self, not only do you benefit (your mental and physical health) but the the people around you also benefit. The better you care for yourself, the better you show up in this world. This is what loving your life is all about. Living your life on your terms.