How it feels is Optional: Your GPS to Emotional Freedom

Learning to sit with uncomfortable feelings isn't easy, but it's a crucial skill for emotional well-being. Instead of fighting against difficult emotions, we can learn to acknowledge and accept them as natural parts of the human experience.

Let's take a common situation:
You're driving and feeling anxious because it's taking too long. Here's how to work through it:

1. Ask yourself: Can I change the situation?
The ride will take as long as it takes, so fighting that reality only creates more stress.

2. Consider: Is my anxiety helping or hurting?
If others are in the car, your anxiety might make the ride unpleasant for them. Plus, anxious driving can lead to mistakes.

3. Recognize your power to choose:
You can acknowledge "I'm anxious" while also deciding "I don't want to feel this way right now." Staying anxious is just as much a choice as deciding to shift your emotional state.

Instead of staying stuck, try:

- Calling a friend

- Playing music you enjoy

- Making it fun with car games like spotting different colored vehicles

- Taking deep breaths and focusing on safe driving

Remember: Your feelings are choices.
Whether it's happiness or anxiety, you have more control than you might think. Don't believe it? Challenge yourself to work through an anxious moment. With practice, you'll discover you can shift your emotional state more than you realized.

Don't believe me? I challenge you to give it a try. I know you can. Do you believe you can?

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