My older sister picked out I am Enough by Marisa Peer. This week we are reading the Introduction and Chapter 1.
I have made the following notes while I was reading:
- 2 Emotional needs
- Find connection
- Avoid rejection
- 3 archetypes
- want it all but attain none
- have some but self-sabotage
- I think I fall into the "have some but self-sabotage" category
- have some and share
- You can't always change your situation but you can always change how you respond to it.
- I have heard of and will tell others "you can't change how they act only how you respond".
- Muscle testing
- The mind listens to the words and the body reacts.
- Often I have found myself getting worked up and escalating of things that I shouldn't. This is making me realize that I am kickstarting my fight/flight response.
- Reframe your reality (Is it really the worst day ever?)
- Often I have found myself exaggerating my circumstances in my mind. This is one I'm really going to have to work on.
- It is not changing, it is "updating"
- Change is hard and often times it results in failure as I am unable/unwilling to finish. I start off well but then get distracted. I think changing my though process on this to updating and a work in progress rather than an end result could be helpful to manage my stress regarding change.
