Chasing growth, humor, and grace with Dr. Glenn Doyle |
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WEEKLY RECAP October 19th - 25th, 2019 |
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Highlights from the Blog and Facebook |
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| | Saturday, October 19th (AM) You're not going to outrun the truth forever. Whether it's the truth about your past; about your present; about who you are and what you want; or about what you need...it will keep pace with you, year by year. | | |
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| | Saturday, October 19th (PM) Sometimes we do things not because we're necessarily responding to something in the environment...sometimes we just do things because those are the things we do. There are actually neuropsychological reasons for this. | | |
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| | Sunday, October 20th (AM) You can't recover and remain the same person you have been, with the same attitudes, beliefs, and habits you've picked up over the years. As the old saying goes: if you continue to do what you've always done, you'll continue to get what you've always gotten. | | |
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| | Sunday, October 20th (PM) Even a little routine is better than just doing what you feel like, when you feel like it. We often have a fantasy that we can get better and create the life we want just by doing whatever we're inclined to do, whenever we're inclined to do it. I wish that were the case. | | |
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| | Monday, October 21st (AM) We may be thoroughly CONVINCED we're worthless, because it FEELS so overwhelming and real to us...but the truth is, our fundamental worth as human beings cannot be diminished. | | |
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| | Monday, October 21st (PM) It's a good thing we can't tell what other people are thinking-- because, if we're honest, we wouldn't want THEM reading OUR minds, either. | | |
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| | Tuesday, October 22nd (Blog) "YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT." You don’t have to LIKE doing the things you need to do in therapy or recovery. You don’t need to find them EASY. You don’t need to find them interesting, exciting, or fun. You just need to do them- and do them consistently. | | |
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| | Tuesday, October 22nd (PM) Don’t hold yourself prisoner to what you wanted and needed once upon a time. Times change. People change. Situations change. You change. You have changed...and you will change. What the you of the past wanted and needed may not be the same as what the you of today wants and needs. | | |
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| | Wednesday, October 23rd (AM) Forgiveness is not about changing the past. It's about giving ourselves permission to shift our focus in the present and future when we think about someone. | | |
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| | Wednesday, October 23rd (PM) It takes practice and skill to NOT think about the past in the same way, with the same frequency, as you've gotten used to doing. Letting go doesn't happen in an instant. | | |
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| | Thursday, October 24th (Blog): “YOU HAVE MANY PARTS…AND YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.” The thing is: emotions don’t like to be denied or disowned. They exist for a reason: to be felt, and sometimes expressed. And if we’re consciously trying to deny them the opportunity to be felt or expressed, because we’ve decided we “shouldn’t” be feeling them…they WILL find a way to make themselves “heard.” | | |
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| | Thursday, October 24th (PM) Letting go of the past is not as simple as just making a decision. It usually doesn't happen in an instant, when you "decide" to "let go of the past." When we're preoccupied with the past, it's because we've developed a pattern of focusing on it often, focusing on it in response to specific triggers, and focusing on it in a specific way (remembering certain details, in a certain order). All of that has to be rewired if we're looking to truly move on and "let go." | | |
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| | Friday, October 25th (AM) Among the most important skills we’ll ever learn are how to tolerate it when we are bored or lonely... | | |
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| | Friday, October 25th (PM) Don't believe everything you think, and don't trust everything you feel. Your thoughts and your feelings are both susceptible to... | | |
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Newsletter created by Susan Michelle. |
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