Chasing growth, humor, and grace with Dr. Glenn Doyle |
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WEEKLY RECAP February 17th - 23rd 2018 |
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Highlights from the Blog and Facebook |
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| | Saturday, February 17th (AM) When you're angry, you're angry. No point denying or disowning it. Anger is not a character weakness. It is a normal response when your territory is being threatened | | |
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| | Saturday, February 17th (AM) Your "happy life" might look very different from others'. There's no guaranteed recipe for happiness. It's something you have to figure out as you go. | | |
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| | Sunday, February 18th (AM) If you love someone-- give up your desire to improve them. It's natural to want to see the people we love succeed, do well, be their best selves. | | |
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| | Sunday, February 18th (PM) You can love someone, but hold them responsible for their behavior. Loving someone does not give them license to treat you poorly. | | |
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| | Monday, February 19th (AM) Be realistic – what are your strengths? Not, "what SHOULD my strengths be?" Not, "what would I PREFER my strengths be?" | | |
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| | Monday, February 19th (PM) When it comes to self-compassion, the question isn't, "What did I do to deserve compassion?" | | |
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| | Tuesday, February 20th (Blog) "More than a river in Egypt." There’s this temptation to think that if we don’t acknowledge a need, we won’t have to deal with it. | | |
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| | Tuesday, February 20th (PM) Craving creature comforts is not a sign of "weakness." Humans are wired to crave comfort and pleasure. It doesn't mean we always have to choose... | | |
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| | Wednesday, February 21st (AM) Anybody who talks to you like they're talking to a naughty child who doesn't understand life is trying to establish a power dynamic... | | |
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| | Wednesday, February 21st (PM) Flexibility is a sign of strength, not weakness. There are usually many paths to any given goal. | | |
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| | Thursday, February 22nd (Blog): "Take it easy on your past self." Ironically, it’s often when we make new breakthroughs or learn new skills that we become most frustrated with what we “could have been doing all along.” The thing is, though: COULD we have been doing those things all along? | | |
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| | Thursday, February 22nd (PM) Flexibility is a sign of strength, not weakness. There are usually many paths to any given goal. Staying flexible and aware gives you a ridiculous edge over people who plow ahead with one approach, day after day, never straying. You're smart enough to adapt. You're smart enough to think about... | | |
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| | Friday, February 23rd (AM) Please, don't let anyone convince you that you need to be "mission-minded" 24 hours a day, seven days a week. | | |
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| | Friday, February 23rd (PM) It sucks that things haven't always gone your way. You don't have to be happy about it. You don't have to be proud of every... | | |
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Newsletter created by Susan Michelle. |
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