Life isn’t easy for many of us right now. Personal worries, national events and global news can leave us feeling overwhelmed and unsure which way to turn.
What we choose to pay attention to can make a real difference to how we feel, including how we treat ourselves, and how motivated we are to create the changes we want to see.
To experience this directly rather than just read about it, I’d like to offer you a 10-minute exercise I recorded a couple of years ago, inspired by Kelly McGonigal’s book Choose to Change. It invites you to notice what happens in your body when you engage in critical self-talk, and how that differs when you practise self-appreciation.
While the exercise focuses on aspects of our inner world, the same principle applies more widely, including to how we engage with what’s happening in the world around us.
Find a quiet ten minutes, and give it a try:
Do listen to the explanation towards the end of the recording, too. The exercise is a first taste of the ideas behind it.
Warmly,
Uschi
Food for Thought
Keynote Highlight: Kelly McGonigal
Kelly McGonigal, health psychologist, Stanford University lecturer, and international best-selling author spoke about her research into stress: How to perceive it, how to best manage it, and how lawyers can handle stress better.