Life Hack #48: Just Stop
Do you ever feel like there’s not enough time in a day? How often do you take time in your day to just let your mind wander?
Life Hack #45: Distance Self Talk
How often do you talk to yourself when you are struggling or when you are trying to solve a problem? Is it frustrating or helpful?
Life Hack #44: Be Curious, Not Judgmental
How often do you judge someone instead of being curious? Is saying “I wonder” or “why” a common part of your conversations or internal dialogue?
Life Hack #43: Stop Shoulding on Yourself
How often do you “should” yourself or others? Interestingly, “shoulding” is really shaming ourselves and others isn’t good for anyone.
Life Hack #42: Train the Strength Response
Our natural tendency is to focus on the negatives in most situations. And while this has an evolutionary advantage in order to escape threats, this bias often isn’t helpful and can hurt us.
Life Hack #41: Meet People in Their Space
How often do you go into a conversation with expectations of how it will go? Do you ever interact with someone already knowing what you want the other person to do or what you think they should do?
Life Hack #40: Post Your Strengths
Do you know your strengths? With a brain designed to pick out negatives more readily than the positives, there could be great benefit to literally posting our strengths in front of us.
Life Hack #39: Challenge Over Threat
There’s important research that shows this internal dialogue really matters – not only in how we respond to stress in the moment, but also how it affects us over time.
Life Hack #38: Make Decisions Based on Values
Sometimes we think we “have to” or “should” be doing something, that the pressures of work, family, society dictate our choices. We end up not feeling truly happy or fulfilled.
Life Hack #37: Not Right Now
Have you ever found yourself just not interested in taking on a new challenge? Have you ever lacked motivation to engage in something you know is good for you?