“Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.” ~ Sean Covey. But changing our habits is not as easy as making a decision to change. In his book, The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg demonstrates the very real power habits have in our individual lives, in organizations, and in our society. He also explains how habits are encoded in our brains as well as how to alter them or else establish a new one.
Plan for Uncertainty
Planning for the future is always complicated by the unknown, but COVID-19 has made planning feel virtually impossible or else completely useless. This handout will guide you through a series of questions designed to move you out of limbo and into a mindset where planning is possible. A self-study handout designed to follow the blog post or podcast episode: When will it be Ok?
When will it be OK?
When will it be OK again? What will OK feel like? What am I putting off while I wait for OK? Is the limbo of not knowing the worst part? Or is it worse to think I must commit to the way things are right now? How would I change the way I am living if I could foresee an endpoint? What if that endpoint was two years out? How is limbo affecting my mental health?
Decoding Negative Emotions
Decoding Negative Emotions will guide you through an exploration of how you have habitually approached and expressed negative emotions. Then, you will be asked to describe how you personally experience a number of specific negative emotions and how you might express each one more authentically.
Navigating Negative Emotions
Negative emotions are just as common if not more common than positive emotions. Despite this fact, they are often deemed socially unacceptable. This means we spend a considerable amount of energy internalizing negative emotions or masking them. Before we can express our negative emotions authentically, we often need to relearn how to recognize and differentiate between separate emotional states.
Guided Body Scan
A 5-minute guided mindfulness exercise intended get your out of your mind and back into your body.