Heidi Rae Coaching - Mindfulness

Beauties!!

I want to talk about my favorite lesson so far - Mindfulness.Mindfulness is about NOT judging ourselves while staying more aware of our thoughts, feelings, and experiences in the present.

"It's natural to try to feel good - and avoid negative emotions like stress, sadness, or fear of missing out. (enter in validation addiction) That's why it's easier to dig into an ice cream sundae (a momentary positive)... The problem is that our emotions are short-lived. And those fleeting good feelings from downing a sundae can quickly sour when we realize we strayed from a goal. And then those negative feelings can once again leave us searching for another temporary positive." Noom

*The ice cream sundae is just an example of a momentary positive that we might seek. It could also be control or a relationship or a drug or spending or whatever.

While our default setting when feeling overwhelmed might be avoidance or running (and not the exercise kind), stress is unavoidable! "Negative" feelings are sometimes unavoidable.

When we are mindful about our present, we are actually protecting ourselves! We are addressing "negative" feelings head-on, working through them rather than avoiding them or running to a momentary positive. "Mindfulness gives us the information we need to change our habits and better handle stressors and other emotions, to face our problems instead of running from them, and to thrive - even if our lives are in chaos!" Noom

"If it's out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind too." Ivan Nuru

I love the quote that I attached as well! Mindfulness is HARD when you begin practicing it after living four decades running! But, the practice of it is so worth it. It changes us!

Be aware. Be, be aware!

XOXOXO