This is why change is difficult. After a certain amount of practice, our thoughts are less connected to our actions. Our body finds and remains on autopilot.
Tag: Mindfulness
New beginnings: Journal Prompt 1
Change requires anticipating the vigorous rapids of your current habits. There is an athletic force that keeps you doing what you are doing now, even if it is unhelpful.
Process: Journal Prompt Series | Day 6
You have been honest, you waded through emotions, you wrestled with thoughts, and you contemplated the tentacles of impact. You processed an experience.
Process: Journal Prompt Series | Day 5
Experiencing negative beliefs out of a difficult circumstance is common. What seems evermore important is acknowledging negative beliefs and stopping the spread–not allowing them to infest other areas of your life.
Identity: Journal Prompt 10
After you have done the work, choose to make peace with your identity.
Identity: Journal Prompt 9
Too often a stark white wall of resistance paralyzes growth. Perhaps it is your fear. Acknowledge the wall—your fear—but move around the wall.
Identity: Journal Prompt 8
Are you in a season where it is difficult to recognize yourself? When disconnection comes, and it does come to all of us, find reflection.
Identity: Journal Prompt 7
Remember when you transitioned from high school to a job or college and you decided you were going to be something different? You tried a new style or engaged in relationships differently. Maybe the transition gave you an excuse to end a relationship or make a shift in how you communicate.
Identity: Journal Prompt 6
Too much of a gap between the inside and outside self spurs anxiety and depression symptoms. One part of you is left out and not voting—suppressed and overlooked. There is a gap between what your internal self wants and what the external pressures say to want.
Identity: Journal Prompt 5
Find your steadiness in acceptance, moving congruently—in harmony—with the person you are, inside and out.