The world is CRAZY right now! Many of you are thinking “How in the heck am I supposed to keep a positive mindset when I don’t even know if I am going to have food to put on the table right now?”
The key IS your mindset.
I am always saying thoughts become things.
Your THOUGHTS create feelings and your FEELINGS create your ACTION.
So think about the toilet paper situation-yes, the toilet paper. It’s what is happening right now and it’s a good metaphor to see how this all transpires.
When someone starts to think “what happens if the world shuts down and I run out of toilet paper?” That thought then creates a feeling of fear and lack. So, in response to that feeling, said person decides to take action and runs to the store to buy as much toilet paper as he or she can to ensure that he or she will not run out, thinking this will dissipate the fear.
Did the fear go away? No!
Because it isn’t about the toilet paper at all. It’s about how the person is thinking about what is going on.
How could this have been different?
By reframing the original thought.
Now, I want you to know that I am not looking at this situation through rose-colored glasses and not believing this is a real pandemic. Quite the contrary.
I am fully aware of the severity of the situation. I am being affected by what is going on around me directly.
I have elderly, not well parents that could be literally taken out if they caught this virus.
My Tai Chi center closed until further notice so that we can participate in the social distancing.
We have a friend that stayed with us a couple or weekends ago and was not aware that his mother, who lives with him, has not been feeling well the past few weeks. Her doc asked her to come in and there was a good chance she may have needed to be tested.
Which meant our friend would have had to be tested and in turn, if that test came back positive, we would have had to be tested.
Good news, Mom only had one of the symptoms and actually had a sinus infection causing her to feel yucky.
A couple of weeks ago, I was laid off from my job. Fortunately, I called back and a week later, was told that we were all going to start working from home because of the state mandated Stay at Home order.
Everything is still uncertain for me as to if I will have a job tomorrow.
Does any of these scenarios cause fear within me? A little, sure.
However, the difference with how I am CHOOSING to respond is how I look at the situation. My thoughts around what is going on may be quite different than yours. I am NOT living in a state of fear and allowing it to consume me.
Am I concerned about our medical system? Am I concerned about my future and how I am going to come out of all of this, especially since I just launched two program offerings RIGHT BEFORE this all went down?
Sure I am! But it is NOT dictating my life.
I am carrying on, business as usual, with even more passion, vigor, and drive. I know this is all temporary. We will come out of this.
And, I look at this as an opportunity. An opportunity to educate, create awareness, and hope that I can make a difference in someone else’s outlook, which is life-changing.
I am the beacon of light in a dark situation. I know this. This is my gift and what better time to burn the light even brighter?
I went live last Sunday in my private Facebook group, from my bed (because it was self-care day) and again Monday morning and talked about the state of fear we, as a society, are operating in and how we can survive the state of uncertainty. I also posted about gratitude and how gratitude is the antidote to fear.
I practice gratitude every. Single. Day. All. Day.
It is the number one way to stay resonating at my highest power and combat fear or any other feelings of uncertainty.
In addition to gratitude, here are 4 things that you can do to make this time a bit more bearable:
- Move your body-exercise is the number one top thing you can do to mitigate depression and anxiety. It releases all of the feel-goods that we need in our bodies to maintain a healthy outlook, not to mention it makes us physically feel good.
- Talk about your feelings-holding in is never good no matter the situation. My husband and I talk every night about the things that transpired during the day and discuss how we feel about it and what our next steps will be.
- Be hyper-aware of what you are consuming from the media and eliminate that which does not serve you. The media is not necessarily your friend. Don’t take their updates as truth. Question everything. The news is here to instill the fear so that you stay glued to the TV which increases ratings. That’s all. Do your research. Stay educated but not through the news or what people post on social media.
- Only focus on what you can control. You can’t control what is going on “out there”. You CAN control how you respond. You CAN control if you wash your hands or keep the social distance. You CAN control if you are bombarding your thoughts with fear-based information.
So, check-in and see how you are responding to what is going on around you. If you are stuck in a state of fear, choose to get out!
Start implementing gratitude and the 4 recommendations and start to thrive in this horrible situation.
As always, you can contact me anytime. I am here for you. If you would like to get a bit deeper with this topic and are considering hiring a coach, contact me! Here is the direct link to my calendar. I offer FREE 30-minute breakthrough calls to see where you and how to get you to where you want to be. Just click Here-http://bit.ly/TiffenysBreakthroughCall
