Learn to switch off of the worry channel and experience more moments of peace.
You’re going about your day and suddenly you’re overtaken with butterflies in your belly and worried thoughts in your mind.
You know that there’s nothing you can or need to do in the moment to tend to the topics you’re worried about, yet your mind is off and running with worry and your body is coursing with the chemical cocktail of cortisol.You’re sitting on the couch watching TV. A movie comes on and you quickly realize that you don’t like it at all. Maybe it’s a scary movie and you’re not a fan of scary movies. Maybe you don’t resonate with the characters. Maybe you don’t like the dialogue or the sound.
But, with consistent channel changing, feeling present, calm, and self-compassionate can become our most viewed networks. Then, feeling worried and anxious begin to feel like old reruns that signals us right back to the remote. One option is to switch to the presence program. Here we can tune into our senses in the present moment. We can notice what we’re touching, hearing, seeing, tasting, or smelling. We tune into our breathing and the surface beneath us. There will always be a breath and a surface to turn our attention to.We can switch to the compassion channel by offering ourselves compassion, understanding, acceptance, and validation.
We can click on the relaxation station and do something that feels soothing, calming, or relaxing to us.We can watch the music channel by playing music, singing, dancing, or watching music videos. Now, change the channel by thinking of something, someplace, or someone you appreciate or feel grateful for. Spend a moment here and notice how this feels.Of course, we can always reach out to supportive people if our minds are stuck on the worry channel, but since we spend 24/7 with our minds, who better to change our internal channels than us?
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