September 12th was Day 1 of the “What’s Next Program: How to Thrive in Uncertain Times”!
We had our first group call at 10am eastern time and it was fantastic! I am so thrilled at how much the participants engaged and interacted!
The 1st week was all about mindset: about creating awareness and creating a shift. We talked about the importance of creating awareness, and about how verbalizing or writing our thoughts gives them structure and make them tangible.
We then talked about the power of changing your mindset. We can use our mindset in such powerful ways that we can actually obverse the effects of the shift in physical and measurable ways. And I’m not making this up. This is not some “woo woo” idea. There are real scientists and doctors working on understanding this phenomenon. Ever heard of the placebo effect! But what is the placebo effect? Just take a look at this awesome TED talk by Dr. Alia Crum, and you'll see what I mean: https://youtu.be/0tqq66zwa7g
We then looked at how to create that shift, how to change our focus away from what we can’t do or can’t control to what we can do and can control. We can start by accepting the ultimate truth of life, that nothing is forever and so this pandemic will end too. Instead of focusing on the situation as a whole, we can zoom in and focus on us, on our abilities, on our gifts and on our strengths. We can practice gratitude.
These are just some of the many ways to create a shift in our thinking. You decide to pick one or two, or more and run with it, see where it leads you.
Let’s ask ourselves, what if instead of concern, our thoughts, feelings and actions were coming from a place of service, towards yourself or others?
This past Saturday, September 19th, for our second call, we worked on creating a vision (my favourite part! ). I will post on that in a separate post!
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