100 - ENCORE Episode 12: Emotional Self-Care To Take Charge Of Your Day

Annaliese and Alan talk about getting caught up in the feelings of right now can sidetrack your day, and how to bring yourself back to feeling more present and giving your day another chance. Annaliese brings up practically how to face and handle the struggle throughout the day in a self-care way so your mind can work for you, not against you! Listen to learn ways to act like you do have a choice and can support yourself better, even when you don’t feel like it.

You’ll Hear About:

• Noticing when your current feeling is trying to take over and tell you that it’s the whole picture of your life (it’s not!).

• Seeing your feeling as a signpost—it’s pointing to you to take a second and attend to yourself, not to shut down your entire day.

• How you build emotional maturity when you can sit with discomfort. It’s the difference between caring or avoiding. If you can practice sitting with your discomfort, you’ll be able to create more of that ability to attend to the mindset, self-care, and actions you want in your day.

Resources:

• Experience coaching with Annaliese for yourself! Visit www.linktree.com/coachannaliese to schedule your FREE, 1-hour Discovery Chat. Share your story with Annaliese and she'll help you gain helpful tips to make real changes in your life.

• Ten Percent Happier Meditation App

• Practice: Defy the Lie

  • Stop — pause whatever you’re doing.

  • Turn around to face the negative feeling (no sidestepping).

  • Notice your feelings. It might feel terrifying, and that’s okay. You can stand in this feeling.

  • Listen to the thoughts—remember the power isn’t in the negative thought or feeling, but in the cycle of running from it.

  • Name the message: attend to the thought and grasp what you’re really experiencing.

  • Break the fear pattern by facing what’s actually happening before moving on with your day.

  • Repeat this practice each time the dragon shows up.

Short prompt: Stop. Turn. Notice. Name. Own & Repeat.