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Whatever you do (action or inaction) … Think Mind Emotional Nurturing.


BEING + DOING = START
BEING + DOING = START

In most situations that you find yourself in life, some of which you might be aware will definitely happen. Such as;


  1. Giving, sharing, or taking from others

  2. Building relationships and connecting with yourself and others

  3. Staying active, eating, and sleeping

  4. Trying & learning something new, both pleasurable and achievable activities

  5. Being present with yourself, environment and taking notice of others and things around you.


What do you see happening when you think about these situations?


  • What story do you tell yourself about “the argument with your partner”?

  • How do you interpret “your mother’s phone call to you today”?

  • What meaning are you giving to “the job interview that you lost”?

  • What do you make “the flaws on your body” to ‘do’ with you or ‘be’ about you?


In most situations that you find yourself in life, where is your starting point? Is it


- Negative

+ Positive or

0 Neutral


An absolute positive or negative thinking can both be distorted. This leads you to experience a higher risk of unhealthy negative and unpleasant emotions and increased feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression.


As children, you are mostly taught to see things in black & white. In addition to training your underdeveloped brain to start thinking towards an all-or-nothing style. Which can be harmful and unhelpful to your way of being and doing (both emotional wellbeing & overall functioning). For example, You either;


  • Like something, someone or dislike them

  • A failure or successful

  • Things are either going perfectly your way, or else it is a disaster.

Let me ask you again, in whatever situation you find yourself in life, where do you get off?

Mind reading, Fortune Telling or Catastrophizing?


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How about balanced thinking or being open-minded? Being observant and silence your mind. #ACEyourthoughts or watch your thoughts while processing your emotions - a place where no one emotion is overpowering another. You can think and pay attention to what is being and doing while feeling neutral, balanced, and undisturbed.


Do you want to learn to identify what is bothering?

Do you want to START with #calmness, #clarity, and #certainty?



 
 


Whatever you do (action or inaction)… Think Mind Emotional Nurturing.

BEING + DOING = IMPROVEMENT
BEING + DOING = IMPROVEMENT

Balancing your #Being and #Doing is a simple practice to bring about the precise #energy to improve on whatever you want.


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Who will be affected if your wellbeing was to deteriorate suddenly?

Are you ready?

Do you like to learn how to increase your wellbeing?





 
 

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For you to learn how to think the way you want, first, you need to identify your type of thinking.


Types of Thinking


Using the ABC Cognitive Behavioural Model, there are two distinct types of thinking involving the following:


A – Activating Events (Situation, Circumstance, Triggers, Relationships, and Social Environment)

B – Beliefs and Thoughts

C - Consequences – pleasant or unpleasant feeling / sensation in the body (emotions) - Cognition, Physical reactions , Actions and Inaction


1. A-C Thinking – This is where you believe what is being (things that exist) or what is doing (other people) make you feel and behave in the way that you do.


This thinking pattern makes you feel helpless with substantial limitations. It is a belief that events and others around you control you, and they have to change before you can. Also, you have no control over you.


The belief that external circumstances cause how you feel and act can keep you in a vicious cycle with no rest. This is because things will ‘always’ be happening around you, and this can lead to #stress, #anxiety, or #depression.


2. B-C Thinking – This eliminates the feeling of helplessness associated with the ‘A-C’ Thinking because you understand that YOU determine your feelings and actions, rather than anything external. You realise that the meaning you give to what is being and what is doing, your interpretation of the event, which include your assumptions, opinions, and core beliefs, determine your feelings in creating your reality.


The B-C thinking can make you feel limitless, liberated, and empowered, knowing that you are in control. Yes, you will still have some automatic thoughts (Positive or Negative). However, you remain in control and know you have the power to keep, amend, or reframe from unhelpful #ACTs Anxiety Creating Thoughts.


Think Mind Emotional Nurturing _ How to Think.

  1. The Self-Coaching Model: Your thought creates your feeling and action. Taking psychological responsibility and adopting the new belief that while most things might be outside your control, your thoughts, feelings, and actions are within your control.

  2. Thinking about Thinking: Spot and start changing your unhelpful beliefs about what you are thinking. Whether you are making it mean something about yourself, others, or the world; dropping it all and #BeingCurious is a helpful start.

  3. Think on Purpose: Learn to and match your thought with your feelings, and control your actions using your brain (#Neuroplasticity) in creating feelings of confidence.

You can achieve all this, but first, you want to learn to balance your being and doing.



Bibliography


Neenan, M. and Palmer, S. (2012) Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice: An Evidence Based Approach London: Routledge

 
 
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