Episode 15: When Things are Hard

08/26/21 • 11 min

What do you do when things are hard?

Do you identify as the victim and blame your circumstances?
Do you spin and spin in helplessness?
Do you "catastrophize"?

Or do you step back, ask yourself some powerful questions, and navigate these difficult events from a place of strength and love?

Your life is a canvas and you are its artist. What colors will you choose to represent your life? How big and varied is your palette?

Listen to my podcast to hear the three powerful questions that can help you have a rich and beautiful life, even when times are very tough. Then come visit me at GirafeCoaching.com to download my "Powerful Practice for Facing Tough Times" booklet, free!

What do you do when things are hard?

Do you identify as the victim and blame your circumstances?
Do you spin and spin in helplessness?
Do you "catastrophize"?

Or do you step back, ask yourself some powerful questions, and navigate these difficult events from a place of strength and love?

Your life is a canvas and you are its artist. What colors will you choose to represent your life? How big and varied is your palette?

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Episode 14: The London Double Decker

Riding the second level of a double-decker bus is fun — if you're a tourist on holiday in London.

It's a lot less fun if that second level is actually all the bad emotions you pile on top of a particular problem in your life.

In this episode, I talk about a very useful tool for reducing guilt, anxiety, overwhelm, and feelings of inadequacy: solve the problem, don't bury it under a layer of unnecessary emotion.

If you're on your own double-decker bus, going around and around but not getting anywhere, I invite you to listen to this episode of my podcast, then visit me at Girafe Coaching to learn more about how to live a life you'll love.

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Episode 16: Bonsai or Baobab

What kind of life do you prefer?

Perhaps you're more of a bonsai — you want a life that is orderly, purposeful, and beautiful. Or maybe you're a baobab, wanting a life that is big, messy, a little chaotic, and beautiful? Or you might be a bit of both.

No matter what, be sure you're living the life you choose, the life you design, not the one created for you by circumstance.

In this episode, I talk about how our emotions can limit our choices and cancel our dreams, if we let them. And I give you some tools to help you see your dreams clearly and begin forming the life that suits you best.

Come visit me at girafecoaching.com to find out more about my Unlock Your Full Potential program and other ways to begin living a life you'll love.