There are moments in life that are hard, painful, scary and difficult to endure. There are times when we feel anger, anxiety, grief, embarrassment, stress, remorse or other negative emotions. In this post, Melli OâBrien from www.mrsmindfulness.com gives a 6-step process for using mindfulness to deal with negative emotionsâŚ
In these trying times we often want to escape the pain, drown it out or push it away somehow. We may begin a mental struggle with the pain trying to mentally talk our way out of it, or we distract ourselves with activities or drown it out with food or drink or something stronger.
All these ways of avoiding pain only perpetuate it in the long run. Avoidance creates suffering and keeps us from living fully this miraculous and precious life that we have.
Through mindfulness you can learn to turn your negative emotions into your greatest teachers and sources of strength.
How?
Instead of âturning awayâ from pain in avoidance we can learn to gently âturn towardsâ what...
By better I mean being FREE from all the nagging DOUBTS & FEARS that most of us carry to the grave. Iâm talking about having utmost confidence in your capabilities and decisions so that youâll no longer worry what people think of you, no longer think the worst about situations and no longer create make-believe catastrophes in your mind (which would probably never happen anyway).
By more enjoyable I mean feeling HAPPIER, CALMER and IN-CONTROL in even the most stressful & difficult situations. Youâll be able to relax deeply at will so that the pressures of work, family and life in general no longer bother you. Youâll no longer be a slave to NEGATIVE EMOTIONS such as anxiety, worry & depression.
Oh, and donât be surprised if you SLEEP BETTER as a result of this too. Most people who practice mindfulness meditation find they are able to relax very deeply and no longer have difficult
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