Once Upon a Time, in a Land Far, Far Away, I Took Something Personally

Hello! How are you? Struggling to restrain yourself from going full Grinch exorcist Joker this holiday season? Me too! Twinsies 🌺🎵🎄🧁☺️😞

Also valid because certain things like disrespect, perciverating and boredom strikes at the core of being and causes unbelievable suffering and downright negative feelings like anxiety, disgust and judgement leaving us a short distance from spewing that toxicity onto others and into our actions, then our habits, character and ultimately destiny. 😱

So how to stop 🛑 or slow 🦥 getting sucked into black holes over and over again?

👻 AAA!!! 👻

AKA: Awareness, Acceptance and Action 

Stuff

Telling Someone They Hurt or Disrespected You

• Start with why what you want to say is important. 
• Briefly describe what happened that felt hurtful or disrespectful. 
• Say how their behavior made you feel—the impact. 
• Ask for what you need going forward. 
• End by reinforcing why you are making this request.

Feel free to share any examples of this below - both times where this might have or has worked or where it may not or hasn't.

A Helpful Video on Disrespect

https://youtu.be/obfubBHIzE4?si=QRI4X-cwNXAL2srQ

More Stuff

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.

Writing exercises 

Movies - Suggestions, recommendations and ratings and reviews below.

Tara Brach, Eckhart Tolle, Wayne Dyer, Byron Katie, Louise Hay.

Skill Stuff

1. asking for help 
2. saying sorry
3. eating and hydrating well
4. delegating
5. exercise/movement
6. to-do and to-don't lists
7. expressing gratitude
8. letting yourself be a mess
9. setting S.M.A.R.T. goals 
10. setting boundaries and reinforcing them

Final Stuff

Words that Heal - Douglas Bloch

Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth - T. Harv Eker

Vision Boards

Abraham/Ester Hicks

Counselling

*Helplines

Workshops 

Peer Support

Supporting your Local Library 

Home/Body/Life Detox

Surround self with positive people

Play and have fun

Art

Nature

Style

Done>Perfect

Sharing

Growing your own food

Mending

Creating instead of Consuming

Discipline

Positive reinforcement

Faith/believing in the self

Just keep going

Can You think of something that helps or helped you that hasn't been included? Share it in the comments below!

Is there something you heard of or thought of that you want to try? Feel free to also share that!

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*Helplines:

310-6789

1-800-SUICIDE

1-888-353-2273

1-855-242-3310 (Indigenous)

1-833-METISBC

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