Dec 14, 2020
In this week's episode of Mind the Gap, Stephanie shares the
gift of her frustration being sick for five days. ***Make sure you
listen until the end as she has a very special first time coaching
giveaway.***
Stephanie shares how for those of us who experience being
controlling and action oriented (i.e. her!) — not feeling well is
usually a miserable experience / waste of time etc.
In her frustration, she realized her “attachment” to being a very
healthy person - attached both to the image of herself and the
emotions generated by always feeling “good”, she was making a bad
experience worse! (Caught in that negative spiral one could
say...)
As always, Stephanie eventually used the opportunity to ask “what”
is the lesson here? And there is one! A recurring one :)
She chose to focus on the question “WHAT is the lesson here”
instead of “WHY is this happening to me”. When we overly focus on
“why” we get caught in the analytical / judgment / victim
experience which is counterproductive when we already feel like
sh*t.
When we ask “what is the lesson”...we shift a negative experience
into a positive one — which is the secret of life really.
The lesson? She is doing great, and so are YOU!
That was the message of “being sick”.
It’s easy to beat ourselves up, focus on what’s wrong / missing
when instead we can be learning a valuable lesson! Or be reminded
of one that keeps repeating, thank you very much.
As we close out the year, Stephanie encourages you to reflect on
how great you are - not “ego” great - but more like, what are 3
things you are truly proud of this year?
You’re Doing Great! Let’s Go!