RESILIENCE IS ALWAYS A CHOICE
Welcome to another inspiring episode of The Resilient Dad Show. Today we speak with PJ, an award-winning authority on resilience and overcoming obstacles. In the context of survival, PJ shares how he overcame the limitations of his disability and his learning that commitment is what gives birth to resilience.
PJ talks about being free versus being a slave and how controlling your unconscious mind is what frees you. Pat then shares how his relationship with his former spouse and son has been tested by unconscious reactions, and how he learned to be gentle as an expression of true strength.
PJ differentiates between leading with spite and leading with values and how to break this pattern that makes you feel stuck. He suggests moving in stages, from negative to neutral and then to positive, to avoid being reactive and having to clean up after the mess that the unconscious mind makes.
WORDS OF RESILIENCE
Resilience begins by choosing to commit to it - PJ: "You're only as resilient as you think, and then I always follow it up with because resilience is a choice. Now here's the thing, what are you thinking about? Are you thinking about what you're committed to? Or are you thinking about what you're resistant to? And the thing is that you're committed either way. You're committed to something that you want in the future."
A free person chooses how they respond instead of reacting - PJ: "I believe there are only 2 kinds of people in the world. There are free people and there are slaves. Free people operate from a conscious response. They consciously choose how they're going to respond to a situation. When you're in reaction mode, remember that reaction is a slave action."
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