“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings…” – Lao Tzu

No one likes a painful ending.

If we have difficulty transitioning to our new beginning, our minds can get locked into feeling negative about our life, and if we have difficulty seeing the positive, our hearts can get filled with anger and resentment over feeling forced into something else.

No one actually enjoys living in this state, but when we feel trapped, it feels impossible to change or to move forward.

Step one to breaking free of this mind pattern:

Becoming aware of our thoughts in a non-judgemental way. Why is that important?

When we’re in a judgemental mindset, we actually reinforce our negative thought patterns by speaking unkindly or harshly to ourselves.

Try practicing looking at your life in a compassionate light, telling yourself that you are doing the best you can right now!

Non-judgemental thinking is difficult to practice when we’re used to beating ourselves up emotionally. It requires suspending the negative thoughts, looking at things objectively and not negatively editorializing every action or thought.

I found it helped me to have a few positive quotes to speak to myself as I tried to look at my life in order to teach myself to see the previously hidden (from myself) positives in my life.

Positive reinforcement helps to rewire our brains to be able to start functioning in a more positive environment.

The benefits this gives to our mental, physical and emotional health are huge!

Give it a try!

“When I know better, I do better.” – Maya Angelou

“When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D Roosevelt

“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” – Malcolm S. Forbes

“We don’t see the things the way they are. We see things the way WE are.” – Talmund

Some more good thoughts:

• It’s okay to change your mind, even after making a declaration in front of family or peers!
• How do you know if you’re in the right place?
• Never think you don’t have an impact!
• It is safe to ask for help!
• Why we’re so attracted to people who end up abusing us
• Breathe, Darling. This is just a chapter. It’s not your whole story.
• Our inner head space… doing the inner shadow work
• What good is Intuition to us?
• Be gentle with yourself, you’re doing the best you can!
• What is Toxic Femininity? Is it similar to Toxic Masculinity?
• See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.
• People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
• Never underestimate the power of planting a seed!
• If someone has a problem with you…
• Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not.
• Feeling broken?
• Pray the universe gives difficult people what they need and not what they deserve!
• Pushing forward after being unfairly or wrongly judged
• Alpha male? Beta male? …maybe a Gamma male? Or what?
• How social myths contribute to struggling mental health issues
• Giving ourselves permission to be “less than” others, but still 100% ourselves
• Changing ourselves and others
• What’s the opposite of “Hurt people hurt others”?

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