Practice the pause. Pause before judging. Pause before assumin | Self-Awareness🦀🕸🌾

Practice the pause. Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you’re about to react harshly and you’ll avoid doing and saying things you’ll later regret.

Let’s talk about a better way.
I’ve created a five-step process that can help you manage your mind, master your emotions, and feel more peace in the midst of conflict. When you feel overwhelming emotion and you’re tempted to react impulsively:
(1. Stop and pause.)
It also allows our logical brain to determine how we are perceiving the information or situation.

(2. Label the emotion.)
Breathe and allow yourself to feel the emotions triggered by your primitive brain. Then label or name the emotion. I’m feeling angry. I’m feeling anxious. I’m feeling impatient. This helps you to investigate the emotion more objectively and takes away some of its power.

(3. Lean in with curiosity.)
Next, investigate the emotions. Lean in with curiosity and non-judgment.
What is causing the most pain?
Ask yourself:
What are my thoughts about what is happening and why?
Could there be another explanation?
When we sit in a place of wonder and curiosity, we learn more about ourselves.

(4. Practice compassion.)
I was able to show compassion and use some positive self-talk as I began to use my frontal rational brain. Research has shown that when you talk to yourself in the third person you actually trigger the pathways in your brain that help you feel cared for, loved, and accepted. After we do this, we can move on to the next step.

(5. Practice acceptance.)
Learning to accept the things that are out of your control can bring you peace.
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