Take Your Power Back
It’s too easy to ignore a “feeling” or let unacceptable situations slide.
Before you know it, you’re not confident and not excited about your life. Unfortunately, it happens all too often. We think we can handle unpleasant circumstances better than others and put our needs and even integrity on the backburner to support those we love. We often prioritize the decisions, lifestyle choices, and wants of others before ourselves, because we think we’re showing love, offering support, and being compassionate to make it easier for them. For some reason we think we are stronger, wiser, and more capable of weathering the storm and persevere. That’s a bad habit, poor mindset, and total BS. Stop making excuses for accepting the unacceptable and investigate what’s going on with you. The buck stops with you!
Pay attention to how you feel around people and in situations. If something doesn’t feel good or you’re feeling awkwardness, discomfort, or confusion, listen to yourself and honor your instincts and respect what you need. Acknowledge what your body is experiencing because if you don’t no one else will.
THERE ARE THREE (3) THREE STEPS TO HELP RECOGNIZE, ADDRESS, AND EMPOWER YOURSELF TO GAIN CONTROL OF YOUR MIND, YOUR LIFE, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND YOUR FUTURE.
You can’t skip, step #1 or go in reverse order… It’s a hard stop and a deliberate pause to assess and recognize. First and foremost, you must become AWARE of the situation affecting you and the attitude you have about what is happening and why you’re accepting what isn’t working for you. Awareness is when you acknowledge what is hurting you, blocking you, sabotaging your mindset, and creating uncomfortable situations and get to the root of it. Rip the band aid off and treat the wound before the infection spreads. Knowledge is power!
Next, you must pony up and ACCEPT what you have learned + experienced and acknowledge what that means for you. By no means does accepting the status of a situation mean you approve of or will continue to allow what’s unacceptable to stay in your life. Accepting is an opportunity to acknowledge and own what you have become aware of and process the dynamics at play to understand what, how, why, and when. Without acceptance you can’t get a handle on the overall situation and the various components and people contributing to the circumstances and status of what’s going on with you.
Once you have become aware and accepted what’s going on in your life and why you’re thinking the way you are, it’s time to ACT. Without action you can’t affect change. Action is the must have ingredient in successfully affecting desired outcomes. Acknowledge the circumstance, process what you understand and how it makes you feel, and take deliberate action to validate, support, and promote your purpose, lifestyle, peace of mind and heart.
