Want to change the quality of your life almost instantly? It’s easy – change the way you talk to yourself about your life. Our lives are mostly comprised of the stories we tell ourselves in our own heads. Events occur, and we perceive them and make meaning out of them by telling ourselves stories about […]
Finding Your Hidden Stories
Battle Tactics: Dealing with Sadness & Grief
If last week’s post on rage wasn’t your personal issue, then this might be the week for you – today we’re talking about sadness and grief. Usually one or the other (or in my case, both) of these emotions really freaks people out and we’ll go to amazing lengths to avoid them. This week, I’m […]
Battle Tactics: Replacing Your Critical, Lying ‘Everyone’
Last week I posted about the idea of “everyone” and invited you to really look at if you were handing over your power and your sense of self to a worthy group of people. Huge breakthroughs can come from just recognizing that the people who make up your “everyone” are folks who you wouldn’t really […]
Battle Tactics: Rewriting Your Story
After weeks of writing about how to recognize and challenge our own internal negative stories, we’re moving on to using our natural storytelling brains to our own advantage. Today, we get to ditch our own internal victim and create our hero’s saga, thanks to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. To begin, pick one of your life […]
Battle Tactics: Thought Shifting
So perhaps by this time you’re thinking, “all these thought models are fantastic, Liz, but really, how much time do you think I have to be sitting around doing thought work?” Trust me, I get that, and this week’s thought work model is for those of you who are super stressed and barely have time […]
Battle Tactics: The Most Powerful Spell Ever Invented
Last week we went over the difference between clean and dirty pain, and how our own thoughts can cause suffering. This week, we get to talk about what to do about those painful thoughts – we’re applying the most powerful spell ever invented! That spell is “The Work” by Byron Katie. I highly recommend checking […]
Battle Tactics: Recognizing Clean vs. Dirty Pain
I’m excited to be sharing with you all the beginning of a series of posts on how to reduce your suffering way faster than you could believe. Recognizing “clean” and “dirty” pain is the very first step on this path, so let’s get started! There’s a school of psychological thought called Acceptance & Commitment Therapy […]