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Life changes
Seasons of change
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🐦 Change in Relationships
It’s like a bird building a new nest each season. New season, new space. Change means growth.
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🏡 Build a New “Nest”
When things shift, create a new safe space for your feelings. Yes, it’s hard — but it helps you grow.
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🔍 Notice the Need for Change
Ask yourself: “What needs to shift?” Then take one small step forward.
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💔 Yes, Change Can Hurt…
But staying stuck in the same pain? That can hurt even more. Sometimes pain is what pushes us to grow.
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💪 Keep Going
Change is tough — but it can lead to something better.
Stronger. Healthier. Worth it.
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Podcast: Micro Stress Doses and the impact of stress on our health
Change:
Change can be hard because it’s scary not knowing what will happen. People like things they can predict, like the same food or drinks from places like McDonald's or Starbucks.
Big changes in life, like losing a job, getting sick, or a family breakup, can make everything feel upside down. Even smaller changes, like trying to lose weight or stop smoking, can be tough.
Guiding Change:
Knowing which changes are important to you helps decide what to do next. Change often happens when the pain of staying the same becomes worse than the pain of changing.
Thinking about the worst things that could happen if you don’t change can push you to act. When you see how bad things could get, you’ll understand why making changes today is important.
Book: Happy Mind Happy Life - Dr Rangan Chatterjee 2022
Being able to surrender our selfish thought patterns is an essential ingredient for happiness. When we become overly me-focused, we tend to forget to feel grateful for parts of our life that are actually good.
We also fail to forgive people who we come into conflict with. Being thankful for what we have , and actively and intentionally practicing forgiveness, are common spiritual practices for the simple reason - they work.
They make our relationships stronger, which makes our social world safer, and this makes us feel more in control. They make us feel more content and at peace with the world, and more aligned with what we want to be.
Holding on to jealousy, anger and envy has been found to put our mind and body into a stressful state. It signals to our brain that we’re in an unsafe space. Which can trigger more stress and spiral down into depression.
Forgiveness reverses this process, sending us on an upward spiral towards happiness.
Gratitude is the cure for negativity.
Gratitude is a social emotion that reminds us how supported and safe we are and connects us to the people around us.
Book: Why has nobody told me this before? By Dr Julie Smith 2022 On Dark Places
4. How to turn bad days into better days. - Change Topic
Summary:
Focus on making good decisions, not perfect ones.
Good enough steers you towards real change. Perfectionism causes decision- making paralysis, whereas improving your mood demands that you make decisions and take action.
Keep changes small and sustainable
When someone is down we show them kindness because we know it is what they need.
So if you are committed to managing your mood and overall mental health, commit to practicing self-compassion.
Once you understand the problem, use it to help you work out where you want to go and focus on the horizon ahead of you.
5. How to get the basics right. Go to: Author Opinion - Foundation Topic
Model of Change:
Pre-contemplative:
Not thinking about change yet.
Unaware of the need to change.
Contemplative:
Starting to think about change.
Recognizing the need but unsure about taking action.
Preparation:
Getting ready to make a change.
Planning and gathering resources.
Action:
Actively making changes.
Implementing new behaviors.
Maintenance:
Sustaining the changes over time.
Preventing relapse and continuing progress.
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Updated: November 2023
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