Jan 20, 2020
Learning to be happy in the unhappy just may be one of the most powerful things you can learn to master! Come hang with me as we dive in to see just how you can be happy in the unhappy.
[ 2:20 ] It’s in the moments that your unhappy, in the moments that things don't go your way, in the moments that you are not in a comfortable situation that you are pushed outside of your comfort zone. In those moments it exposes what it is you need to re-evaluate, look at it, areas you need to grow in, different areas you need to change your mindset.
[ 3:34 ] There is hope in the unhappiness. Things are going to change, things will be different, there will be growth.
[ 7:16 ] You can stop an unhappy situation from turning into a disaster by stopping, reflecting, breathing, and seeing what it is you the parent can do to help the situation.
[ 9:12 ] I’m not going to let this circumstance affect how I talk to my kids, how I treat to my kids or how I respond to my kids.
[ 13:05 ] Life is going to throw things at you that you are not going to expect and that’s ok! Learn to pause in those moments of unhappiness and look inward asking yourself what part do I have, how can I grow, how can I move forward, how can I be resilient and how can I cope.
[ 15:08 ] Learn to focus on the positive and be happy where you are at.
[ 17:12 ] If you allow circumstances, locations and external things to have a direct affect on whether or not you’re happy, you are probably going to be miserable 90 times out of 100. We have no control what happens on the outside but we do have control of what happens on the inside.
[ 18:35 ] “When we resist experiences that cause us to feel unhappy we teach our children to be afraid of not only their natural human feeling but also of the natural ebb and flow of human existence. Our children then grow up believing that unhappy feelings must be avoided at all costs. So the minute they feel uncomfortable they cant tolerate it.” Dr. Shefali