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In this episode of Love Life and Lose Weight, learn how to enjoy holiday meals without stress or guilt. You'll discover strategies to release restrictive thinking and fully embrace your favorite holiday foods while staying aligned with your wellness goals.
Key Topics Covered
Food Guilt Origins: Understand how cultural messages label foods as "good" or "bad," leading to overeating and feeling out of control. Learn to replace this with a more empowering mindset that keeps you in control.Mindful, Integrative Eating: Shift from rigid rules to listening to your bodyâs hunger and fullness cues. Tips include slowing down, savoring each bite, and noticing your satisfaction to enjoy holiday meals fully.Freedom in Food Choices: Plan your eating so you can confidently enjoy favorite holiday treats without feeling you need to "make up for it" later.Homework for This Episode
Practice Mindful Eating: Notice hunger before your next holiday meal, check fullness throughout, and replace any negative thoughts with positive ones.Plan with Hunger Cues: Make a plan to follow your hunger and satiety signals, enjoying foods that may have previously felt "off-limits."Stay Updated for 2025 Planning
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In this episode, Advanced Certified Weight and Life Coach Heather Beardsley helps you set up for a holiday season that feels calm, controlled, and aligned with your goals. Perfect for anyone who wants to avoid the holiday overwhelm and end the year on a high note, this episode provides tools to help you stay intentional and meet your December weight goals without stress. Grab a pen, paper, or open a digital note for this one!
Why You Should Listen:
Craft a Holiday that Fits You: Heather guides you to identify what you value most in December, so your month is filled with meaningful moments rather than overcommitment.Achieve Your December Weight Goals: Whether you aim to maintain, lose, or simply stay mindful, Heatherâs method shows you how to set realistic weekly overeats and create a simple holiday eating protocol.Stay One Step Ahead of Overwhelm: Plan your events, eating, and self-care on your calendar, so youâre prepared and empowered, even during busy weeks.Reduce Burnout by Focusing on What Matters: Heatherâs tips for prioritizing traditions using the Eisenhower matrix help you spend energy only on what truly brings you joy.Homework:
Take some time to reflect and journal on whatâs most meaningful to you this December, noting your top three priorities. Next, set a weight goal for the month and use Heatherâs table method to create your holiday eating protocol, ensuring it aligns with both your commitments and your goals.Stay Updated for 2025 Planning:
Join Heather for an upcoming special planning call for 2025. Join my email list for updates.Join the Conversation:
Connect with Heather on Instagram to share your goals and planning progress for December. Sheâd love to hear how youâre making December a month of meaningful choices and mindful enjoyment.Donât forget to share this episode with friends or family who could use a more peaceful, intentional holiday season.
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In Episode 65, Iâm talking about embracing changeâa fitting theme as we head into the end of the year and think about a new year of possibilities. Hereâs what's covered:
Why We Resist Change: Our brains are wired for safety and routine, so when faced with change, the amygdala (our fear center) often triggers anxiety. This is a natural response, and understanding it can help us navigate transitions without judgment.Reframing Change as Growth: Resisting change is normal, but growth often comes from discomfort. Looking back, we usually see that the challenging moments brought us the most progress. I reference Carol Dweckâs "Growth Mindset" to illustrate how embracing uncertainty can foster resilience.Strategies for Managing Change: To support a growth mindset, I suggest:Becoming aware of your thoughts around changePracticing self-forgiveness and forgiveness of othersUsing mindfulness to stay presentSetting intentional goals and using smart time management to focus on what you can controlHomework:Identify and reframe any negative thoughts around change.Set personal intentions for the future and make actionable plans.Try a self-forgiveness exercise to let go of lingering guilt.Support the show
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In this episode, I introduce three powerful tools to help you overcome overwhelm, overplanning, and overdoing. These tools are designed to make it easier for you to prioritize what truly matters to you including weight loss. There more you can do that, the better chance you have to reach ALL your goals.
In this episode you'll learn:
â˘How overwhelm affects your weight loss journey and why addressing it is critical
â˘How to use the Eisenhower Matrix to prioritize tasks based on urgency and importance
â˘Strategies to shift your mindset around time scarcity and regain control over your schedule and tasks
â˘Practical tips for time blocking and restraining your to-do list to 3 items daily.
Coach Homework:
1. Download the Eisenhower Matrix worksheet by visiting my instagram account @ThriveInMidlife and comment MATRIX on any of my posts, and I'll DM you the link to download.
2. Practice leveling up your thinking about time and agency to experiment with decreasing overwhelm. Find 10 power thoughts about your time and practice thinking them every day for at least two weeks.
3. Classify your current to-do list tasks into each of the four quadrants using the Eisenhower Matrix: urgent/important, important/not urgent, urgent/not important, and neither urgent nor important.
3. Schedule out the days and times of your Quadrant 1 and 2 tasks into your digital calendar. Practice following through and give yourself the gift of completion.
4. Time block recurring tasks into your calendar so you can take those tasks off your to-do list forever.
5. Use this system for 4-6 weeks to organize your tasks, prioritize whatâs essential, and delegate or delete tasks that donât move you toward your goals.Support the show
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In this episode, Advanced Certified Weight and Life Coach, Heather Beardsley revisits the concept of anti-fragile weight loss and delves into the "fuck-it/distracted cycle"âa common pattern where life's disruptions cause you to lose focus on the new habits. This episode focuses on how to shrink that cycle and regain your sense of agency when life gets messy.
What Youâll Learn in This Episode:
What the "fuck it distracted cycle" is and why it happensWhy these cycles are completely normal and how to recognize when you're in oneHow to avoid using these cycles as evidence of failure and instead see them as growth opportunitiesSimple strategies to regain control, even during chaotic times, like jotting down a quick food plan or drinking waterHow small intentional actions can help you refocus and stay committed to your weight loss goalsThe power of asking yourself, âHow do I win the moment Iâm in?â to shift your mindset in challenging timesKey Takeaways:
Everyone experiences cycles of distraction and chaosâit's part of life.The key to success is minimizing the time spent in the "fuck it distracted cycle" and refocusing with small, doable actions.These cycles do not signal failure; they are a chance to practice resilience and self-compassion.Heather encourages listeners to let go of self-judgment and focus on what they can control in the present moment.Homework:
Create a list of small, simple ways to make the next best decision when you're in the "fuck it distracted cycle." Start with things like making a quick food plan or hydrating. Focus on what you can do right now, rather than worrying about what went wrong before.Join the Conversation:
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In episode 62, you'll explore the concept of "should" thinkingâthose thoughts that stem from societal expectations and external pressuresâand how they impact not just your food choices but other areas of your life, like relationships and self-care. By recognizing and reframing these "should" thoughts, you'll be able to move away from outside ideas of how you 'should' live your life that can create chronic feelings of guilt and frustration toward a mindset that allows for more freedom and the self-fulfillment that comes from living a self-directed life.
The episode equips you with tools to become more aware of how "should" thinking affects your behavior and provides strategies to shift toward more empowering, self-directed thoughts. By the end of this episode, you'll gain clarity on how to let go of restrictive internal dialogue and replace it with affirming thoughts that support your values and internal preferences. You CAN feel confident about building a lifestyle that aligns with your values, free from external pressures and expectations, ugrade your internal world, and live a more meaningful life.
The episode includes homework to help you put these concepts into action. This week, you'll track your "should" thoughts by keeping a journal for a week, reflecting on where these thoughts come from, and identifying whether they are driven by external or internal sources. Next, you'll change up the 'shoulds' by practicing reframing these thoughts into empowering statements, such as "I choose to" or "I'm curious about," you'll start to build more self-directed intuitive habits of thinking and doing.Support the show
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A common recurring theme I see with my clients is a struggle to break free from diet mentality. Restrictive diet mentality is the belief that there are "right" and "wrong" foods you 'should' eat in order to lose weight or maintain your weight.
When use restrictive diet mentality to lose/maintain weight, what happens is you prioritize choosing those virtuous foods above your own internal tastes and preferences. When we ask ourselves to consistently eat virtuous foods over what we prefer to eat, we experience scarcity thinking. There is manager you telling you all of the things you should be eating and then there is the part of you wants what she wants. This pits inner and outer selves against each other; and what we see is the dynamic of 'being good' for a while, which is always followed by 'being bad, overeating, feeling out of control, and self judging. We can participate in restrictive deit mentality for decades, even though we all know this approach is flawed, as evidenced by people we know who eat "unvirtuous" foods yet maintain a healthy weight.
How do I know when my clients are grappling with diet mentality? One sign is that they make a food plan, but then don't end up following it consistently. Another sign is a resistance/fear of putting the bad/unvirtuous foods on their plan; even though they might be eating those foods daily without permission. A third sign is using shaming/judging self talk to increase compliance with virtuous choices. This disconnect between planned and actual eating is a key indicator you might be stuck in restrictive diet mentality.Your coach homework for this week is to take a look at your food planning from the previous seven days and identify any foods they overate. Plan for those foods intentionally this week, by practicing enjoying them with permission and following your hunger and fullness cues. The goal is to create emotional satisfaction in the experience of eating those foods with permission and safety; which tells the brain the way to lose weight sustainably, for life, is to tune into your own choices internal cues for answering the questions of what, when, and how much to eat.
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Success in changing habits around food relies on having tools ready to respond when you have an urge to eat outside of being hungry or already having eaten enough food. In today's episode, I give you fifteen good responses to practice and have at the ready when you find yourself having an urge to overeat.
Using these will help you redirect how you think in those moments to help you respond differently AND help it feel easier to choose to not overeat.Here is the list of fifteen good responses for when you have an urge to overeat.
This will taste even better when I'm hungry again.It tastes so good AND overeating won't allow me to enjoy this any more than I already have. If I stop at enough, I'll be able to have it again the next time I'm hungry, which will be sooner than if I overeat now...PLUS I'll be proud of myself. Iâve already decided on this issue. If I say yes to eating more right now what am I saying no to? This is my chance to practice a new habit. I want it, but I also want to (lose weight this week). I will meet the discomfort of stopping now, or I will meet the discomfort of my overeat when I fill out a discovery sheet tomorrow. Either way, itâs uncomfortable. Of course, it tastes good. If I put it away now I get to enjoy it again tomorrow.Yes, it tastes good, but so does going to bed knowing I've had my own back today. Food canât make me feel better, only my thoughts can do that. What do I really need right now to feel better? Am I tired, stressed, overworked, or need to give myself a break? Can I acknowledge my needs beyond what food can give me right now? The price of learning how to change habits is my willingness to be uncomfortable for a while. I wonât always feel this way about stopping the more I practice this skill.Your Coach homework this week is to PRACTICE and REHEARSE thinking these so they are fresh in your mind when the urge to overeat happens. Then, practice using them, and see how your typical responses to urges to overeat might change.
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In this episode I introduce a strategy that you can use to help you be more intentional AND feel better during times whenvoyu notice you tend to overeat.
Emotional time blocking is deciding how you WANT to feel ahead of time instead of reacting to or resisting to how you feel when you are in automatic mode.
Time blocking your day can encompass more than just identifying when you focus on what tasks you want to accomplish that day. Time blocking can also take into comsideration how you want to feel intentionally during each segment or section of your day. When you both plan for how you spend your time AND how you want to feel during that time, you are practicing emotional time blocking.
Emotional time blocking can be used to be more intentional any time you notice you tend to overeat. Successful emotional time blocking will depend on your ability to identify the core need underlying the problematic desire or want, and I give you examples of how to do that inside the episode.
Your coach homework this week is to try emotional time blocking, not just for overeating patterns, but also as a way to level up your overall experience in any challenging times where you'd like to feel better and get different results. Doing so will allow you to feel more in control and with a plan for how you want to show up and feel in the process rather than feeling like you are always reacting to emotions you typically eat over like feeling tired, overwhelmed, or stressed.
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Today I answer three questions from the VIPs on my email list:
1. Allison has recently lost 40 lbs over 15 months with the help of Wegovy. Her question is what happens when the meds go away? How does a person deal with the brain chatter they've had for 30 plus years when the meds are gone?2. Kay Ann is very judgmental of her body shape. She needs to loose 30lbs, does strength training, and core. She says she has nice arms, not bad shaped legs, but her middle torments her.
3. Julie has lost 123 pounds and is thrilled to now be at 135 pounds. She has been taking Ozempic and is now stretching out the number of days between shots and prioritizing movement and weight-bearing exercise. She is asking for any advice that I think would be beneficial for her at this part in her journey.
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Anti-fragility means that a system becomes stronger when faced with disruptions, variations, or outlier events.
Variability in a system like weight loss are often things like holidays or vacations, which are are often viewed 'hard' for weight loss and as such we tend to respond by resisting these stressors which makes everything harder, or more 'fragile.'
Making your weight loss or weight maintenance system 'anti-fragile' means embracing the variability of life that put stressors of your system in order to learn how to make the entire system stronger. This way we can view stressors event as opportunities for growth and learning, rather than viewing them as failures.Overcontrolling the weight loss system sytem can make it more fragile; for example virtuous eating, all-or-nothing thinking, indulging in 'I'm off track' thinking, and obsessing over 'streaks', can introduce fragility into your weight loss system. Instead, focus on understanding the underlying reasons for your actions and results and use those as a way to build a more robust and anti-frgaile weight loss system.
Weight loss does not occur in a vacuum, and fragility in weight loss may be indicative of fragility in other areas of life, such as finances, relationships, or past trauma. Addressing these broader issues can help build the tensile strength into your habits around food needed for sustainable weight loss.
Coach Homework:
1. Identify what are the fragile components of your weight loss approach. List as many as you can think of.
2. Explore ways to think and approach these variations and how you can make your weight loss system anti-fragile or stronger as a result of when these things happen.Support the show
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Human beings have the unique ability to think, feel, take action, and listen intentionally by using the prefrontal cortex part of our brain rather than do all of those things automatically or reactively.
Being curious and aware of 'how' you listen to and then interpret what you hear can completely change how you see yourself and how you view and understand others.Without intentional listening, our past experiences and expectations will always be filtering and shaping the way we interpret what we hear in our self talk and what we hear from others. This can be a significant obstacle in weight loss, as our automatic, habitual thoughts and beliefs about food and our behaviors can prevent us from making meaningful changes. [00:15:17]
By actively listening and questioning our beliefs, we can gain a deeper understanding of the underlying issues driving our behaviors, such as overeating. [00:19:51]
Intentional listening means developing the habit of not believing everything our brain tells us. Considering alternative perspectives, separating facts from our automatic interpretations and then choosing the meaning we want to give to our experiences is a powerful tool for breaking free from unhelpful patterns and creating lasting change. [00:19:59]
If we want to work on active listening, it's important to balance those efforts with regular periods of mental rest like meditation daily or even serveral times a day. [00:30:51]
Intentional listening is a great way to reclaim your life, your beliefs, and your perspective of yourself and others as your own. To be truly free requires listening actively, using discernment, and then choosing what to think in response in a way that that serves you and the person you want to be. [00:34:12]Coach Homework assignment:
1. Has there ever been a time in your life when you thought what you heard was a wrong interpretation and that had big consequences?
2. Has there ever been a time in your life when someone misunderstood what you were trying to say and that had consequences? [00:34:46]Deeply listening to other people without your own agenda or old beliefs filtering what you hear can give you a deeper. truer understanding of yourself and why you do what you do. Once you are aware of your behaviors, you have a shot at being able to change them. Active or intentional listening can give you that, and it's something you can work at every day in little ways with your self-talk and how you communicate with the important people in your life. [00:36:18]
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In this episode, I teach you some techniques for how to eat less and feel satisfied with less. For most of us, this means changing your habit of how you determine what is enough food that still allows you to lose weight without feeling restricted.
Our old habits of determining what is enough food is usually using visual estimations of what is enough like preportioning or using a certain sized plate or bowl. Or, we are waiting to feel physical fullness (stretching in the stomach) as a cue for when to stop eating. These methods not a reliable or effective ways to determine how much food is enough to lose weight AND also represents enough to feel emotionally satisfied.
Listen in and take notes on the full 6 step protocol for how to eat less and feel satisfied or visit me on the Instagram reel to grab the steps. The link is below.Homework:
What exactly does it feel like when youâve eaten to completely full, 10 out 10 parts full? What does it feel like when you are done eating a meal that will maintain your weight?What does it feel like when you are done eating a meal that is physically enough food, but a number of bites less than you would typically eat to maintain? What does it feel like when you are done eating a meal that isnât enough food physically? Why do you suppose you might have resistance to eating a little bit less? What is you worried about if you have in fact, eaten enough food physically to 7/10ths full?For your answer to number five, what can you do to anticipate this need and meet it ahead of time knowing you will feel this way when you practice eating to 7/10th full?Support the show
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Welcome to the first Bonus Q&A episode where I answer questions from listeners who are on my email list.
Today I answer three questions, tune in to listen to the coaching feedback I offer on these questions, and then see how you might be able to apply the concepts to what YOU are working on in your own life.
#1 from Cindy :
I have Chronic Pain Syndrome and wake up several times a night. I have been eating up to 50% of my calories at night and while my stomach does growl sometimes, it has definitely become a horrible habit. I was planning all the snacks! Not good.
What can I do? How can I stop this. I have had a lot Of regain at this point and donât want to regain all my weight.
#2 from Joyce:
Any tips on how to get back in the healthy habit routines?
#3 from Mary Ann:
A question or topic popping to my mind would be something along the lines of getting past the diet mentality of doing all the things NOW. Lately, Iâve been focusing on Basically stopping (at half my portion). I still struggle with hunger and enough. (Stopping at half) has helped a lot - especially if Iâve planned ice cream and really want it after dinner! So, curious what insights you might offer about letting go the speed trap diet mentality told us was possible and effective. (No shade to the people who have been able to do all the things, Iâm just not one of them).
A big thank you to Cindy, Joyce, and Mary Ann for submitting questions. I have not yet gotten to them all, so stay tuned for the next Q&A episode in a few weeks.
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Why is changing reactive and automatic eating habits important if you want to get to goal weight and keep it off?
Reactive and automatic eating are two adpative habits that respresent habitual overeating. If we always look to food to resist, react to, or escape from how we feel OR we use eating as a form of escapism then you are chronically overeating; which is in the way of weight loss.
I offer three approaches to work with decreasing reactive and automatic eating; working ahead of the build up of negative emotions, directly processing how you feel and cultivating a relationship with your emotional/thinking patterns, and practicing acceptance to what is and tell the truth about what is happening in your life. Finally, you can increase your awareness of how your thinking and feelings affect your nervous system and whether you are in a stressed state or not.
Questions to ask regarding reactive and automatic eating:
1. If you are not hungry for the food then what am I thinking eating is going to give me?
2. My need in this situation is for _____________________________.
3. How else could I meet this need more directly? List as many as possible.
4. What is this situation trying to tell me is needed and or needs to be accepted?
5. How can I give time and space to process my day and the emotions I am feeling before I eat?
Homework:
Challenge yourself to practice a different response (other than eating) when you want to reactive eat or automatic eat up to FIFTY times. At the end of fifty times responding differently, you will start to fundamentally change your habit of reactive and/or automatic eating.Support the show
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In this episode, I go over the main tenets of weight loss without restriction, and I give you the exact data-driven steps I use with my clients for how to get the scale to start moving consistently (or remain consistent if you are in maintenance.) If you feel like you are tired of f*cking around with your weight loss goals, this is the episode for you.
Previous episodes mentioned:
Making Peace with Hunger
How To Break The Habit of OvereatingSupport the show
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Sustainability is the ability to maintain or support a process continuously over time. In order for your weight loss to remain sustainable, we need to find a way to regulate and attune to our energetic, financial, emotional, physical, and interpersonal needs enough to sustain our desired habits around food. It requires deep listening and paying attention to your limits and boundaries of what's possible.
Is my life as I've created it in this phase of my life truly sustainable? Are there signs that elements in my life need some restructuring or change? Go back and listen to any episodes in Season One that you missed or want to relisten to and/or purchase the Love Life & Lose Weight book on Amazon. The paperback is now available.
Doing a review of the periods of time in your life that have resulted in weight gain can reveal unsustainable circumstances. These might be able to be made sustainable with practice or maybe not. What do the clues tell you? When do you find it impossible to not overeat? What does your inner knowing tell you about your life in those times and your competing desire to lose or maintain your desired weight? Is it time to make some big changes to stop making things so hard so that the life and weight you desire can BE sustainable?
Coach Homework:I'm taking a sabbatical from the podcast for the fourth quarter of 2023. I'm not exactly sure when I'll be back, but my best guess is the beginning of 2024 for Season Two. I want to reassure you that between the 51 podcast episodes of season one and the book, you have everything you need to lose weight without restriction. Thank you for coming on this journey with me.
In the meantime, the best way to stay in touch with me and my work is to join the email list HERE.
Stay focused and so long. xo
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What I'm suggesting today is to make your relationship to receptivity an intentional component of your weight loss to help make that process easier and take less time than it has to.
Allowing and receptivity are cousins in this regard. Limiting habits of thinking about food, indulging in doubt as to whether you can lose weight, and allowing competing priorities are just some examples that take us out of receptivity to weight loss.
Being receptive also includes being willing to allow the discomfort of habit change to suck and be hard, but that difficult process also creates the alchemy of change we are after. Just allowing receptivity for the process to be an intentional part of your journey will help you reach your goals. It's about opening up to the process. Let it change you, and watch everything shift in your journey. Commit yourself to getting out of the way and stop throwing resistance into the mix.
Stay tuned for special announcements as we are now in the last few episodes of season one of the podcast!Support the show
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Relational capacity, as I define it describes your ability to meet your expectations of what you know you need to think, feel, and do in order to lose weight.
Write about what you think is in the way of you reaching your goals? Make a list. For each item, consider where you are with relational capacity for it. Can this area be optimized with focus and practice? How exactly can you work at the edges of your current level of performance? Describe what would that would look like. Then make a plan to start this week by writing it into your weekly and daily planner. To get a copy of these planners, join the list.
Weight loss will always involve noticing what level of performance you are at; especially when you notice you did not take the desired actions you are after. Understanding these letdown moments is so much more helpful if you frame the situation in terms of where your capacity level was at that moment.
Noticing how you aren't doing what you know you want to do will be so much more fruitful if you frame that level of performance as a capacity issue and THEN commit to slowly building your capacity with a commitment to BUILDING that capacity.
As a coach, I so often see my clients viewing their capacity limits, for example, when they overeat pizza again on Friday night as seeming PROOF of inability, and nothing could be further from the truth.
Instead, you can approach your current level of performance and habits around weight loss in terms of optimizing your capacity and working at the edges of where you are at. Relentlessly notice your progress and wins, and never use your current capacity against yourself and your goals and dreams.
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In this episode, I explain how to translate the top eight negative emotions to learn what might be needed. The emotions listed below are the top eight negative emotions that we often eat over. If you are in a place of wanting to move beyond reacting to them, resisting them, or avoiding them, this episode is for you!
Anger is trying to tell you what you're passionate about, where your boundaries and values are, and what you believe needs to change about the world.Disappointment is trying to tell you that you tried for something, that you did not give in to apathy, and that you still care.Anxiety is trying to tell you that you need to wake up to the truth of how life is right now, that you're stuck in the past and living in fear of the future.Bitterness is trying to tell you about what needs healing and where you're still holding judgment of others and/or yourself.Resentment is trying to tell you where you're arguing for things to be different, living in the past, and not allowing the present to be as it is.Guilt is trying to tell you that you're living life from other people's or external expectations of what you should do.Discomfort is trying to tell you that you need to pay attention right now to what is happening because you're being given the opportunity to change, to do something different than what is typical for you.Sadness is trying to tell you the depth of your feelings and care for others and/or the world.
For any negative emotions we experience, we can take 100% responsibility for them by how we have chosen to think about the world and what's happening that created them. When we do that, we create a space of intentionality and agency over our lives, even when it feels hard.
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