I will add information to this later, but mostly this area is about how we will still have experiences with stress, anxiety and depression, but we can learn from them and practice our skills and it doesn't have to affect us like it has before. Thanks.
KEEP AT IT
Keep practicing your new skills, even when they feel awkward, even when they haven't quite taken yet, even if you don't get it yet.
Sometimes it takes years for a new behavior concept to move from your mind into your heart and soul. We need to work at positive behaviors with the diligence, effort, and repeated practice. We need to force ourselves to do things even when they don't feel natural. We need to tell ourselves we care about ourselves and can take care of ourselves even when we don't believe what we are saying.
We need to do it, and do it, and do it- day after day, year after year. It is unreasonable to expect this new way of life to sink in overnight. We may have to "act as if" for months, before new behaviors become ingrained and natural.
Even after years, we may find ourselves, in times of stress or duress, reverting to old ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. We may have layers of feelings we aren't ready to acknowledge until years after we’ve already begun to live the life we’ve dreamed of. THAT'S OKAY! When it's time, we will.
Do not give up! It takes time to get self-love into the core of us. It takes repeated practice. Time and experience. Lessons, lessons, and more lessons.
Then, just when we think we've arrived, we find we have more to learn. That's the joy of recovery. We get to keep learning and growing all of our life. Keep on taking care of yourself, no matter what. Keep on plugging away at positive behaviors, one day at a time. Keep on loving yourself, even when it doesn't feel natural. "Act as if" for as long as necessary, even if that time period feels longer than necessary.
One day, it will happen. You will wake up, and find that what you've been struggling with and working so hard at and forcing yourself to do, finally it feels comfortable.
IT HAS HIT YOUR SOUL. Then, you go on to learn something new and better.
Make this promise to yourself today: Today, I will plug away at my new positive behaviors, even if they don't feel natural. I will force myself to go through the motions even if that feels awkward. I will work at loving myself until I really do.
Terry Unwin coach at Midwest Center
http://www.stresscenter.com/
When we are learning new material, repetition is very important!
KEEP AT IT
Keep practicing your new skills, even when they feel awkward, even when they haven't quite taken yet, even if you don't get it yet.
Sometimes it takes years for a new behavior concept to move from your mind into your heart and soul. We need to work at positive behaviors with the diligence, effort, and repeated practice. We need to force ourselves to do things even when they don't feel natural. We need to tell ourselves we care about ourselves and can take care of ourselves even when we don't believe what we are saying.
We need to do it, and do it, and do it- day after day, year after year. It is unreasonable to expect this new way of life to sink in overnight. We may have to "act as if" for months, before new behaviors become ingrained and natural.
Even after years, we may find ourselves, in times of stress or duress, reverting to old ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. We may have layers of feelings we aren't ready to acknowledge until years after we’ve already begun to live the life we’ve dreamed of. THAT'S OKAY! When it's time, we will.
Do not give up! It takes time to get self-love into the core of us. It takes repeated practice. Time and experience. Lessons, lessons, and more lessons.
Then, just when we think we've arrived, we find we have more to learn. That's the joy of recovery. We get to keep learning and growing all of our life. Keep on taking care of yourself, no matter what. Keep on plugging away at positive behaviors, one day at a time. Keep on loving yourself, even when it doesn't feel natural. "Act as if" for as long as necessary, even if that time period feels longer than necessary.
One day, it will happen. You will wake up, and find that what you've been struggling with and working so hard at and forcing yourself to do, finally it feels comfortable.
IT HAS HIT YOUR SOUL. Then, you go on to learn something new and better.
Make this promise to yourself today: Today, I will plug away at my new positive behaviors, even if they don't feel natural. I will force myself to go through the motions even if that feels awkward. I will work at loving myself until I really do.
Terry Unwin coach at Midwest Center
http://www.stresscenter.com/
When we are learning new material, repetition is very important!
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