01/06/2025
Greetings fellow Mindful Traveler!
Happy January and New Year 2025! This month I want to share some wisdom that came to me as I was reflecting on the past year.
Life is full of opposites - joy and pain, loss and gain, good times and bad times. There are two sides to every coin.
So with each side, how do we hold that experience?
With negative life experiences we often want to run away, fight with, or pretend they are not happening. Which is understandable.
But perhaps there is a different way - perhaps negative life experiences have a meaning and purpose to them.
What if they were your teacher? What if they were asking you to grow into who you are meant to be?
What if your struggle was pointing you to something that is truly valuable to you.
What if you health struggles were showing you how to truly love your body?
What if your relationship difficulties were teaching you how to be kind to your inner child?
What if your career let downs were pointing you back to your true purpose in life?
And on the flip side - how might we hold positive experiences in our life?
Do we dismiss them and say we don't deserve them? Or get stuck in fear that they will be short lived?
Perhaps positive experiences can be held with an attitude of gratitude.
Can we say "thank you" for the many blessings we have and continue to receive? And truly sit with them in joy?
So with each experience we have in life - both negative and positive - perhaps we can practice holding them with Growth and Gratitude.
And from there we can embrace both sides of the coin of life's experiences.
This is what I have been learning in my life as well :)
Thanks for reading and I hope this message was helpful as you start your journey into 2025.
Ellis Edmunds, Psy.D.
Anxiety Therapy – Oakland, Alameda, and Online in California As a hardworking Bay Area professional or student, you might be feeling overwhelmed with life and find yourself in a battle with anxiety. When you try to fall asleep, your mind keeps racing – worrying about relationships or stressing a...
