When life seems hard, remember, your only job is to fully show up and be counted. Be joyfully obedient, and seek to bless others every single time. God's got you, so don't worry about that. Want to see what else is in store for you? Check it out!
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By the time my posts during this month are through, you’ll have a wish list of things that will transform how you live—and even who you are as a person.
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Sometimes in life, things happen that can shake you. Can I get an "amen?" I feel like we've had a year of that. There's enough confusion and stress that now people are snapping in response to a word. Literally this year has brought us to a tinder box of stress, anger, frustration, and confusion. I'm seeing people fly off the handle at the slightest irritation. We've all been on the receiving end of tense words.
This post is about what you can do during this time. I don't have all the answers, and I can't wave a magic wand, but I will tell you what I do. I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts and comments, as well.
Read more...I talked on Tuesday about FEELING emotional pain in a physical way. That could be a super duper disconcerting thought if you're not aware that the two can be interrelated, or it can be incredibly affirming. I know how to handle emotional pain, which means I have a shot at alleviating physical pain as a result. But no promises, I can't diagnose, prescribe, treat, recommend, or advise. So I just share these posts for entertainment (and hopefully educational) purposes.
When you feel pain, even if it's emotional, you can stop and identify the location of the pain if you are able to stop at all. Think of the basic emotions, which are anger, fear, sadness, and joy. My daughter Shana breaks these down into two more basic categories - contentment, and distress. Either way you slice it, do your best to identify which one you feel. It's often easier under distress to identify if an emotion is simply positive or negative.
Identify that emotion to the best of your ability. Then seek to isolate where you feel it. What physical symptoms are you experiencing? Sometimes those aren't simply limited to pain.
Now I will share with you what I do when I am feeling this way, if I can't utilize one of the coping mechanisms I listed on Monday in this post. I drip a drop of each Stress Away, Frankincense, and Lavender essential oil in the palm of my left hand and massage my palms together. I breathe in until I feel myself leaving the place of angst or distress. You can also grab these 3 oils already boxed, and 8 or 9 others, plus a diffuser, here
Stress Away, Frankincense, and Lavender, one drop each, is my reset mixture! I have friends who say they pre-blend these oils to put them into a small amber bottle so the oils are ready when their emotions take off. What does that do? Try it and see! If you did, leave a comment below what you experienced! If you need to have your oils on hand, click here to get yours.
Have you as a leader ever gotten a message from a member of your organization who said they were quitting, or were “done?” Has it ever been right as you feel this member is gaining momentum and about to break ground on a new opportunity, or about to see massive growth in a strategic area? You have just hit the big time! Yes, this can be really aggravating, but actually, this could be just the beginning of great things for you and your mission. This is a perfect chance for you to see the silver lining!
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