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You’ve done the work. Everything should be easy now, right?
On today’s episode of Life Happens with Barb and Michelle, Barb and Michelle explore what happens when stress and overwhelm show up, even when you’ve been doing the work, and challenge the common misconception that mindfulness “fixes everything.” In a real time moment during the recording, Barb becomes overwhelmed and asks to pause, creating an honest example of what it looks like to stop, acknowledge what you’re feeling, and give yourself space rather than pushing through.
Barb speaks on how external circumstances cannot be controlled, only we as individuals can control their internal responses and rebuild their mind’s narrative. Michelle walks through helpful frameworks like taking the mind to the gym and creating new neural pathways, they emphasize that managing stress is an ongoing practice of self-worth and resilience. Ultimately, they encourage listeners to offer themselves grace and practice tools like pausing, positive affirmations, journaling, self-compassion, and setting boundaries.
In This Episode, We Discuss:
✨ How to identify signs that someone is taking advantage of you.
✨Personal experiences from both Barb and Michelle where they were taken advantage of and what they learned from their own experiences.
✨How to release the shame of being manipulated, and to embrace the awareness that the experience has brought you
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