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Following on from last week’s post on comfort zones, here are some steps people can take to reshape their comfort zones to work to their benefit and not against them:
Step 1: Acknowledge your comfort behaviours and the reasons you created them.
Step 2: Identify which parts of your comfort zone are providing you with comfort and which ones are not. Which behaviours leave you feeling safe, relaxed, protected and which ones leave you feeling guilty, ashamed, self-blaming and th...inking low of yourself?
Step 3: Plan and Action Decide which behaviours you want to maintain in your comfort zone as they are, which ones you want to tweak so that once again they can offer you the initial comfort and which ones you want to eliminate completely.
Start with one behaviour at a time.
The most important though is to be patient and compassionate with yourself. When you struggle to implement change, it is helpful to look at what is stopping you. No need to beat yourself up for not managing the changes, even the small ones. Reflect on the difficulty and the obstacles, allow yourself to fall back for a limited time in the behaviours that indeed offer you comfort, but continue with your planning and action to implement the changes later on in the day or from the next day. #selflove #selfhelp #selfempowerment #believeinyourself #changeisgood #motivation #beatingdepression #mentalhealth #anxiety
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Do we stop to ask ourselves why we have created our comfort zones?Creating comfort behaviours helps us deal with uncomfortable emotions such as fear, anxiety, worry, sadness, desperation, frustration, anger, guild, unhappiness and dissatisfaction. The comfort zone can offer relaxation, safety, a shield to protect us from the outside world and a short lived opportunity to silence our inner critic. Stepping outside that zone is scary, stressful, risky and makes us feel vulnerab...le. The comfort zone was created to protect and help us cope, but the longer we stay in it, it stops serving the purpose it was created for. As the amount, frequency and length of time of engagement in our comfort behaviours increases, the degree of comfort decreases. Read more here https://www.innersightcounselling.uk/comf ort-zone-post.php. #selflove #selfhelp #selfempowerment #believeinyourself #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #anxiety #comfortzone #depressionhelp #selfhelp #selfblame
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This quote has stuck with me since I first came across it on Instagram a few weeks ago. I don’t know who has said it, but I feel it’s so true. We all know the things, big or small, that we could change in our lives to make us happier, but yet we struggle to implement them. We are left yearning for a better life, a better relationship, a better career, a better us, a better world, a better meaning of life that makes sense to us. The magic is not out there, it is within us and what we actually have to do is to take action. I will keep reminding this to myself😊 #selfhelp #beingpresent #selflove #selfempowerment #believeinyourself

A widely used technique for those moments that you feel that anxiety, worry, fear, frustration or anger are threatening to take over your mind. The 5-4-3-2-1 technique helps you to focus on your senses, distances you from the feelings and interrupts the spiralling negative thoughts. You can use this technique as many times as you need to.

Today’s tip about mindfulness and learning to take a step away from our thoughts comes from Natasha @mindfulness.com.gr #mentalhealthawareness #selfhelp #beingpresent #selfsupport #mindfulness #mentalhealth #livemindfully #selfcare

https://www.seasonsincolour.com/…/menta l-health-week-tips-t…

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81010166
Brene talks about courage, vulnerability and accepting feedback and criticism from people who are brave in their own lives and not from the ones who are mere spectators to other people's lives, without ever taking a risk themselves.