This one phrase could be sabotaging your healing process
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I was once the queen of having ten problems to every solution. I once had a colleague who called me out on my BS.
I remember commenting on a project that I was working on, how laborious it was and impossible to complete within the given timeline. He said, "You really need to start adopting a can-do attitude."
His words were triggering and I felt attacked. They were loud, clear and annoyingly true.
The truth was that I was a Negative Nancy for many years of my life. I was the "Yeah, but..." expert on almost every conversation and brainstorming session. Poking holes at ideas and assessing their validity are important, yes.
Though at the time, I would often knock down an idea, thought, belief or perspective because of two things: the need to "be right" or having a pessimistic outlook on life.
I started to realize that the more I practiced pessimism, the more I opened myself up to rejecting new ideas.
The more I felt the need to "be right," the more I was training and wiring my brain to normalize fear instead of abundance.
For the last five or so years, I have been examining and reprogramming my brain to generate thoughts that serve rather than limit me.
Part of that work includes adopting a can-do attitude by replacing the phrase "Yeah, but..." with "Yes and..."
This new outlook can look like this:
➤ I can heal my gut and eat my favorite foods
➤ I can work on my business and I can binge on Netflix
➤ I can scroll through social media and I can work out
There is often a fine line between juggling thoughts that are fear-based versus thoughts that promote growth.
I believe that finding the balance that works for you can open up a world of opportunities and abundance!
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