It is what it is … or is it?
What can we control?
What can we influence?
What is out of our control?
What we can control (usually) is my response to what I can influence and what I cannot control.
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Resilience is a lot about those soft skills, or “EQ” and a lot about what makes us healthy and happy:
· It’s being honest and open about your feelings; it’s vulnerability.
· It’s being curious where those (especially what we think of as negative) thoughts and feelings come from and letting yourself go with them for the moment.
· It’s being compassionate with yourself (and with others) when you (they) fail.
· It’s finding and acknowledging those false assumptions and putting a correct one in its place; - this is key, and not easy!
· It’s learning from the mistake and putting new practices in place.
· It’s not only about healthy mindsets, but also about healthy lifestyles and relationships.
When it comes to our thoughts and emotions and that struggle to see what’s really happening, then its really about what’s going on inside of us.
Brené Brown calls this the rumble.
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Time management is key to getting the important things done.
We need to find ways to CARVE out time for the important things and for reflection and Rest for 2022.
Look at your calendar and make that “cut” and CARVE out the time.
Then when you are in your reflection day (or at least half-day per month), decide what is really important and CARVE out time for that one or two items for the next month.
Then reflect again at another pre-planned date. And keep those times holy.
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As we move towards 2022, I am doing some reflection. It helps to bring about change.
I’m reflecting on my situation and accepting for it is, and then doing what I can about it.
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It’s a season where we think we should be grateful but what can we be grateful for?
There’s bad news all around starting with a continuing pandemic (now we have delta and omicron) and ending with wars and rumors of wars, famine, diseases (other than covid) and floods.
STOP, THINK, FEEL, REFLECT – and BE GRATEFUL.
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this gives us all a chance to think of how to make our working environment more positive, in general. Maybe I can be a friend so someone (unfortunately my work “best friend” recently retired, and now I would like to find someone, which isn’t always easy, as it is chemistry, etc.)- so, I wish you a god time reflecting and moving forward at work.
Finally, maybe you are still under lockdown or afraid that it will happen again at any time, if this is the case, what on the list can best help you deal with that uncertainty. Learning to deal with the uncertainty in life is the best we can do at this time.
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We all have fears, and fear is normal. We are made to have fear so we run away from imminent danger.
But sometimes our fear goes “sideways” and comes out in the “wrong place.
Sometimes we are afraid of the wrong things.
Sometimes fear overwhelms and gets us in a stuck place.
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As you move on from the difficult 2020 covid (COVID-19) spring, grieve your losses, remember the good and be grateful, and move into the future with an attitude of hope.
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When you are feeling up one moment and down the next, it could be the COVID situation. Here is a way to regulate your emotions.
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What is supervision? Awareness and reflection for development are key to success.
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What will the future be? Where will innovation lead us?
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Have you ever been knocked down from behind? This blog helps you to respond and learn from the situation through reflection. Being blindsided is common, but can be overcome.
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