Mastering Adulthood

01/02/2024

A great listen to launch your year from my dear friend Diana Hill!

‎Show Your Life In Process, Ep How to Have a Better Year in 2024 With Dr. Diana Hill, Elissa Epel, Alexandra Crosswell, Rick Hanson, Brad Stulberg, Anna Lembke and More - Jan 1, 2024

06/18/2023

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What is an emotional grownup?

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An emotional grownup refers to an individual who has developed a high level of emotional maturity and self-awareness. It is someone who can navigate their emotions effectively, respond to challenging situations with composure, and maintain healthy relationships with others.

Emotional grownups have acquired various traits and skills that contribute to their emotional maturity. They are generally capable of understanding and regulating their emotions, which means they can identify their feelings, express them appropriately, and manage them in a healthy way. They take responsibility for their emotions and actions, recognizing that they have control over their responses to different situations.

Furthermore, emotional grownups possess empathy and compassion towards others. They can understand and relate to the emotions and perspectives of those around them, fostering stronger connections and healthier relationships. They are also able to communicate effectively, expressing their thoughts and emotions clearly while actively listening to others.

In addition, emotional grownups have developed resilience and adaptability. They can cope with setbacks and challenges, bouncing back from difficult experiences with a positive mindset. They understand that life is filled with ups and downs, and they have the ability to navigate through those fluctuations while maintaining their emotional well-being.

Overall, being an emotional grownup entails having a high level of emotional intelligence and the ability to handle emotions in a mature and constructive manner. It is a valuable quality that allows individuals to lead more fulfilling and balanced lives, both personally and in their relationships with others

05/08/2023

🎉 MASTERING ADULTHOOD can be daunting! But these basic reminders can get you back on course. I know really struggle to keep up my social outings. How bout you? Which of these could you do better with?

02/14/2023

It’s THAT DAY again! How do you feel about Valentine’s Day? Where are you on the love spectrum today?

The DASHBOARD is a core tool we use and in our book, to get a handle on our emotional habit patterns. Which ones are moving us towards our values and which ones are no longer working?

What are your bodily sensations, thoughts, and action tendencies related to love? Do these sound like you? Or something different?

What’s on your DASHBOARD today?

 

02/08/2023

When your heart has been smashed, or even just a little dented from a break up, is travel running away from the problem?

We spoke with experts and travelers about what can help you heal after a breakup.

02/07/2023

Psychological Flexibility is THE Super-Skill of Well-Being
While psychological rigidity has been linked to a number of mental health diagnoses, psychological flexibility (PF) may be the shining star of resilience and well being. It is the ultimate Super-Skill! PF is “a primary determinant of mental health and behavioral effectiveness.”

This super skill is the ability to maintain gentle and kind awareness of the present moment and take action, based on your values and goals. In other words, it is a kind of meta-awareness of all the components on the Dashboard of your Mind-Body Vehicle, from which you take actions towards your own True North.

Reams of studies have shown this one ability is found in those who are functioning well and getting stuff done! It has been studied in many forms for decades.

But more recently, it has gained more notoriety as the bedrock of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an evidence supported intervention for everything from severe mental illness to leadership and organizational wellbeing. Steven Hayes, ACT’s founder, defines psychological flexibility as the ability to “make contact with experience in the present moment fully and without defense.”

So, who wouldn’t wanna build this super-skill? Get the full blog at mindful-mastery.com/blog. Or better yet, get on your own path to psychological flexibility by getting the book😃⬆️ link in bio ⬆️ https://mindful-mastery.com/psychological-flexibility-the-super-skill-for-mastering-stressful-periods-of-change/-
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01/30/2023

Needing some motivation this Monday? Check your internal compass to find your values. For a LOT of people, finding and knowing what we care deeply about can take some time. Usually, that’s because we’ve learned to avoid, control or cover up our feelings so well, we have lost the trail on how to listen to our feelings and emotions as directions to what we care about.

One fun way to start listening to your heart and gut (rather than all that mind programing) is to find and follow your ‘Aha moments’. Next time you are hemming and hawing about a decision, notice. Maybe you are not connecting, maybe this is not where you belong?

To start reconnecting, try this exercise from the book. Find 3 songs, one that makes you angry, one that makes you happy, and one that makes you sad. While in that emotions, see if you can identify what comes to mind around that emotion. These will be important clues for what you care about. Follow them. They might just lead you to your purpose.

 

01/25/2023

Thank you Ana Maria, Life Coach and Healing Strategist for sharing your ‘go to’ practice with us!

01/23/2023

Monday mornings can be a drag! Alll the passengers start screaming, “I don’t want to!” “This sucks!” “I need another day of weekend!” AND, if we let our thoughts and emotions run the show, we’d never get anything done. So, MASTERING ADULTHOOD means being like an excellent mom to yourself. Finding the balance between compassionately listening to yourself (i.e. practicing acceptance) AND gently nudging yourself forward to tackle the tasks that make you the badass grownup you want to be! !