SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - RELEASING GARBAGE

Remember yesterday's post on the impact of negative interactions and how much space they take up?

"But," you might say, "what if they're right?"

"Shouldn't I pay attention to criticism?"

The resounding answer is - NOT LIKE THAT!

Maybe there is some validity in a negative comment that comes your way - why not - you are human and none of us are flaw free…

But…

Think about the amount of emotional and mental space you allow those negative words and actions to saturate …

Is this your idea of a first-class learning experience?

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun

ideas...

4 EASY STEPS TO DIMINISH TOXIC INPUT…

1)  Recognize it for what it is.  One clue is how it makes you feel… If we swallow something bad for us we feel - BAD!

2)  Acknowledge that it is getting to you - How much time are you spending thinking about it? 

3)  Shrink it down to the appropriate size.  Here's a mind exercise you can try:

Take the criticism or the person who made it, and imagine that you can draw an outline around it.  

How large is it? 

Now make it even bigger! 

Expand this image to the size of an elephant… the size of a tall building…the entire city…
Breathe deeply and tell yourself how it feels as you do this.

Now take that same image and shrink it down smaller and smaller until it is the size of an ant… a dust mote…

Take a nice deep breath and blow it away! 

Tell yourself how this feels.

4)  Now that you have reduced the degree of toxicity to a manageable level, ask yourself what you would like to do about it.

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