Your Power is in Your Mind

We get to decide how we show up. 

Every day and every moment. 

Especially in the difficult ones.

We can choose stories of unfairness or hardship. We can justify our pain and our anger. 

Or we can choose to own our day, own our relationships, and own our reality “just as it is.” 

Accept it and allow it.  Decide that “this is what we have today.” 

In the midst of coronavirus - with illness and suffering all around, and children with ADHD struggling with homeschooling, toddlers having tantrums, teens frustrated by cancelled proms and graduations and social distancing, grocery stores out of toilet paper, bread and flour, and even with the very real challenges of lack of PPE and a deadly virus in our midst.  We can still choose to allow the sadness, irritation, hurt, frustration, and sense of loss inherent in the situation.  We can choose to practice pause and presence. 

And we can stop resisting our reality. 

We can nourish ourselves with self-care, a little nature, zoom yoga, or even just the breath, if that is what is available.  

All of this helps. 

And, what can really change things is when we intentionally choose how we want to respond and show up in this moment. 

This is where our power and control lie. 

Why not choose to be “learning” instead of struggling.

Choose “acceptance” over resistance.

Choose “hope” over hopelessness.

Choose to “love and feel loved” - even when life and your relationships with loved ones look different than you think they “should.”

Choose connection and vulnerability over silence, isolation, and feeling alone.  

Choose to notice the impermanence of our current situation rather than the interminable.  

Our power is in our mind.  Mindset work, coaching, and mindfulness are not about being polyana, they about “choosing your own adventure” rather than having your experience chosen for you by your unmanaged brain.  And they are protection for your emotional health.