SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER

This is the part of us that always has our back.

It does not berate us.

It does not repeat the evil Bully mantras.

It does not buy into the woeful Victim cries.

It doesn't need to be a Rebel.

This is the realistic and loving voice that always is available to support our forward momentum, even when we seem to be sliding backwards! 

"Hang in there!"

"You can do it!"

"Pay attention to the good stuff!"

These are the mantras of our inner BFF.

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS                           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun ideas…

Think about some of the struggles you've had:

Health problems?

Challenging relationships?

Food, eating, weight?

Exercise?

Work?

Now ask yourself how you responded internally to these things.

Did you scold yourself?

Feel victimized by others?

Give up in a huff?

Or

Were you able to be your own BFF and bring out that cheerleader voice?

If not, imagine doing it now…

What happens?

SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - THE ART OF FALLING

The very first lesson our Chinese Martial Arts instructor taught us was how to fall…

And the very first lesson our German ski instructor taught us was… how to fall.

Interesting convergence of wisdom East and West…

If you are in the sport you have to develop the ability to fall! 

Here's an interesting way to think about it:  Momentum, especially forward momentum, comes with an equal pull of gravity…

To survive and thrive, part of our job is to gracefully fall and rebound.

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun ideas...

…ALL FALL DOWN?

So what are some survival strategies when it feels like the life tsunami hits?  Check out these possibilities…

Revert to age two and throw up your hands in the air, stomp and scream. 

Or…

Take a page from the book of your favorite sailor and swear up a blue storm, creatively of course…

And then there's always…

Kick something inanimate…

The idea here is to do something - short term - to relieve some of the anger we feel when it all falls apart - giving yourself permission to feel the frustration and release it.

The next step is to find a way to mentally separate the elements that you need to deal with so that it doesn't feel like you are under an earth slide. 

Make a list with priorities and give yourself a gold star each time you deal with something even if it isn't completed. 

When things go off kilter we tend to give ourselves a hard time on top of everything else - to have our internal bully voices triggered. 

We need to balance this by invoking our inner BFF to pat us on the back and smile at even the tiny steps forward - it's how we build that momentum again!

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The Human Dance "Beat the Bully!" Episode VIII