Finding meaning and purpose in daily life
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We all have a story. Just like the hero or heroine in your favorite movie or book, you have a story to tell. If you own your story, though, you get to write the ending!
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Just like any other skill or ability, we can build a positive attitude and see the good in the world by practicing gratitude.
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What if you had the ability to be more confident and powerful in your decisions? Having a sense of congruence, or internal alignment, allows us to be more whole in the choices we make.
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How do you decide if you trust someone? Trust is not a simple unit – understanding the elements of trust may help trusting others.
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We hold up as heroes those who make it their career or calling to serve others. Part of our own development is to find our own way to find purpose and meaning the service to others.
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If Shakespeare is correct and “all the world’s a stage” then you have roles to play. What are your roles? And are you playing them?
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Three times this week someone has mentioned having impostor syndrome! So it must be time to talk about it!
Ever have the feeling you shouldn’t be included in a group and that someone will find out? THAT’s impostor syndrome. Actually it isn’t a syndrome at all. Suzanne Imes and Pauline Rose Clance coined the term Impostor Phenomenon as it isn’t actually a diagnosable syndrome. But we all have it at some point in our lives. Some of us feel it when we are new to a group or a career, or when we don’t trust our own abilities.
Having this phenomenon creates a lot of anxiety. We all experience it in a variety of ways and for some of us we may have it about one topic while the person sitting next to us is having about something else.
There isn’t an easy fix. For some of us it goes away once we are older and have some more experience.
As with most of these internal battles we have with ourselves, it helps to name what is going on. “I fee like an impostor” said out loud relieves some of the tension.
Have some compassion for yourself and take stock of what talents, skills and experience you bring to the situation. Make a list!
Make a note for yourself that social, racial, and gender cues make this phenomenon worse. Pay attention to the scenario you are in, even you don’t feel like the impostor!
Ask for help! I’ve posted about this before. The fear of asking for help prevents so many options for us in life. And finally, take a break when you recognize that your stress is high. By pausing it allows the fear to dissipate and creates the ability to shift your perception of what is going on.
Where do you feel you are an impostor? What evidence is there to suggest this isn’t true? How different would your experience be if you believed you weren’t an impostor? That sensation isn’t helping you! – www.rhoadscoaching.com
finding meaning and purpose in daily life
Introspective Topics in Under Five Minutes!
One of the fundamentals of communication we sometimes miss is verifying if the message we sent was received. Are you taking time to determine whether it was or not?
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We have a critical component to ourselves. A piece we weren’t born with and that can damage how we treat ourselves and those around us. This Critic blames, shames, and steals energy and power. You have the ability to take that power back as The Critic is not who you really are!
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You have critical phrases that play in your head. Phrases that take your energy and time without providing value. It is time to evict those freeloaders. No free rent in your head!
I’ve posted before about the different internal conversations we have with ourselves. For some of us it is almost a continuously streaming conversation. I’ve also posted about “The Critic”, who is the internal voice that has nothing positive to say to you.
Some of the phrases we say to ourselves (“What were you thinking?” or “That wasn’t good enough!”) were inherited from others. Even though that person may not be standing next to us, we repeat their phrase to ourself.
At some level, then, that person occupies time, energy, and resources in our internal world. They become a freeloader that lives rent free in our internal world!
If that voice isn’t providing value, or is negative in terms of how you treat yourself, it is time for it to go! Just like a squatter or poor tenant, YOU are responsible for your own property. It is up to you to be your own landlord and evict these negative voices.
So which phrases and voices treat you the worst? Are you able to identify where you picked them up? What do you need to generate the power to evict that tenant from your internal world?- www.rhoadscoaching.com
finding meaning and purpose in daily life