(Washington Insider Magazine) —Today, I’d like you to stop, take a look around, and listen. At first, you might hear the outer influences. The news, the people in your life that show up, or maybe the internet and all social media’s influence. What are these things doing to you? Are they working for you? Are they helping you become better?
Next, take a look around and listen again. This time, hear your own words and thoughts. What are you telling yourself? Are these things working for or against you? Are they helping you meet your life’s goals?
Now, take a look at your associates, friends and loved ones. How are these people coming into your life? Being close to others help build your connections and as such help you feel both connected and supported. Be mindful of the input they provide and ask if those social connections are healthy.
If you have a child, imagine how much more difficult it is for them with all the messages they are receiving. Their brains are not equipped to process things like adults do.
If it is a spouse, sibling, relative, or friend, imagine how difficult it is for them with layers of expectations coming in affecting their life.
Ways to recognize the quality of your relationship: Pay attention to the listening skills between you both. Do you both use uninterrupted listening? Do you both naturally exchange compliments? These are 2 things that can help you start to see if the relationship is on stable ground for a healthy status.
Clarity. Peace. Positivity. These things are attainable in your professional life, in your career and even in your relationships. It starts with being honest with yourself. You can start today and build the life you desire.
- Don’t Deny your Dreams You are worthy of the life you want. Start by writing down the change you want in your life. It really is that simple. Just write it down.
- Daily Honesty – Take time each day to honor your dreams. Reflect on your goal. What will help you get there? List just one thing. You can accomplish this.
- Appreciate Your Life– Appreciation starts with gratitude. Take time each day to be conscious about the things you appreciate. Push negative thoughts out and replace them with 3 positive thoughts.
- Conscious Courage – Take time to recognize people in your life that are helping you and look at what is not helping you. Remove the emotion. Just look at the facts. Write it down. This will help you to see how setting boundaries will help you replace negative results with positive ones.
- Give Back Creatively – You are working at positive change for clarity, peace and positivity. Take time for creativity in your life. You need a balance. This may be creative art, music, writing, acting, giving back or volunteering – all ways to boost your self-worth and move into that place you are longing for.
- Move Forward with Intention – You can do it. Move forward with intention will effect great change in a positive way.
- Embrace the How – We cannot change who we are, but we can change how we are.
We all struggle with our emotions, and with situations and sometimes it is not easy to see the clarity. You can heal the hurt you are feeling and become a leader of yourself. Balance is the key and by noticing he daily practices you are becoming accepting of as mentioned in “emotional Strength Explained”, you are able to let your burdens go and use faith to move into a purposeful place where everything can get better, and you can move into the life you want. It may require great focus and attention in areas you are not used to especially if you have become use to external validation, but it is definitely worth it!
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Alicia Pozsony
Alicia Pozsony is an expert in Emotional Strength Building and Resilience, a Mental Health Advocate and Author of Emotional Strength Explained. She now has a Radio Show called Resilient YOU! with Alicia Pozsony on iHeartRadio and Spotify.
