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IMPROVE YOUR PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE
Have you ever felt paralysed by enormous emotional pain ? As if you can barely function ? You ’ re not alone . We all experience grief , loss , depression or trauma at some stage in our lives , but there is a way out of the darkness to feel joy again .
For guidance on how to strengthen our psychological resilience when the going gets tough , we ’ ve enlisted the help of Deal-based best-selling author , mental health advocate and happiness expert , Lisa Brett , who shares her guidance , tips and advice on achieving happiness , particularly during difficult and overwhelming times .
• Find the blessings in adversity . When you can find a blessing in the most awful of situations and circumstances , you start to take control of your destiny .
• Practice gratitude daily for the small things and the big things . How you choose to think matters and should be designed to make you feel good .
• Practice self-love and self-care . Know that you are enough just as you are . Put your happiness before someone else ’ s . You can more effectively help others when your cup is full . Never give more of yourself than you keep for yourself .
• Implement healthy boundaries because they let people know how we want and expect to be treated . The ability to stay true to our sense of self , beliefs , values and passions is vital for our emotional health and general wellbeing .
• Take notice of red flags . That feeling that something is wrong alerts us to things that need our attention or that have to change for us to be or feel safe , secure , loved , wanted , valued and appreciated .
• Get in touch with nature and develop your spirituality . They are inextricably linked . Every season brings its own blessings and many of them mirror the cycles in our life . Spring is the season of new beginnings . Everything flourishes in summer . Autumn is a time for gathering , storing , and , for some , migrating . Winter is for hibernation . There ’ s a message in every experience we have with Gaia - Mother Earth .
• Go with the flow . Too many of us live our lives in fear instead of surrender and trust . We dwell too much on the past and worry too much about the future instead of living in the moment and trusting that our lives will unfold naturally and usually for the best . Wanting too much control is exhausting .
• Meditate . Take as long as you want or need to replenish and rejuvenate . Rest , read , relax . Book a holiday . Listen to music . Dance . Write in your journal . Create something beautiful . Take a nap . Do something familiar . Do something new . Invest time and effort in you because you deserve your undivided attention .
• Read books about personal growth , empowerment and emotional wellbeing . Listen to podcasts , motivational speakers and positive affirmations on YouTube . There ’ s a wealth of free feelgood information out there .
• Find your soul tribe . They are people just like you . They think like you , feel like you , and understand you at a very deep level . You ’ re bonded together through shared experiences , desires , goals , dreams , actions and suffering , as well as through energy and essence . They share the same mission and purpose as you .
BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
The tried-and-tested theory goes that when you beam with confidence and inner peace , you ’ ll attract others with the same zest for living , which improves the quality of your relationships , which improves your life overall . The cycle seems clear and achievable – but it all starts with self-acceptance and finding comfort in who you are .
If you ’ re feeling insecure about what you represent and where you fit – at work , at home , or both – a great starting point to rectify this is to change the way you talk to yourself . Beliefs have as much power to create as they do to destroy and before you know it , any negative inner thoughts you ’ re harbouring will become a self-fulfilling prophecy . It ’ s OK to hold yourself to high standards and to feel negative emotions – you ’ re human – but don ’ t get stuck in a cycle of negativity . Catch yourself when you fall into derogatory self-talk and make a conscious effort to adapt the way you ’ re talking to yourself to focus on positives and solutions , which will in turn make you feel more in control .
Stress and negativity are the enemies of positivity , motivation and self-conficence ; they can make us feel burned out , resentful and lonely , leaving zero room in our lives for self-development and learning to love ourselves no matter what . Which is why it ’ s so important to let loose and have fun . Whether that ’ s putting on your favorite music to dance around the kitchen , playing a game with your friends , kids or grandkids , making more time to immerse yourself in a good book , going for a hike and getting out in nature , or organising more nights out , give yourself that chance to get out of your own head , and you just might find you ’ re actually really proud of the new , more spontaneous and more confident you .
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