Help yourself

We used to have more freedom.

We could choose a lot of things .

Who we want to be with, when and where we want to be.

Now it’s pretty much come down to…

One chocolate biscuit or three? Two cups of coffee or six? Another round of solitaire or ten?

Adjusting to imposed change is not easy!

Our brains are resistant to change…this is a normal response.

A sudden change can feel threatening. Especially when it goes on and on and on as in Victoria.

Our survival brains are designed to see change as potentially dangerous…will things ever be ok?

It really does put a lot of stress on us to adjust to a global pandemic…no kidding!

How to help ourselves through it?

Be honest with yourself and others.

Because this change is unavoidable and we have little control over what is happening it is not helpful for us to glibly say, “keep calm and carry on”.

It’s way better to say, Lockdowns suck!

We don’t have to like it but we do need to find ways of caring for ourselves in the midst.

We need to immerse ourselves in self compassion to cope with change.

Self Kindness = no self judgement but empathy for ourselves, as for a friend.

Mindfulness = not fearing how I feel but giving ourselves permission to be in the moment.

Common Humanity = It’s not just happening to me but a shared experience, we are not alone.

We can’t change our circumstances but we can choose how we respond to it.

If you’re stuck?

Let’s Talk!