18/02/2025
How to build mental fitness using everyday annoyances...
Think things like traffic, running late to work, kids pushing your buttons, partner saying something (not major life event)
💥 Try 3-2-1 💥
✳️ 3 emotions and feelings it brings up in you and ask yourself why
[ Emotion: Anger, because < why > and that made me feel undervalued, unheard etc. Fear because that means < why > and this made me feel worried and anxious. ]
How did you behave as a result of feeling this? (Shouted at kids, put me in a bad mood all morning, ate s**t, opened a bottle of wine 🍷)
💫YOU ARE RAISING YOUR SELF REFLECTION & AWARENESS GAME 💫
NOW;
✳️ 2 insights or something you've learnt about yourself (be kind)
[ For example; I am a time optimist. I used to be late 99% of the time. I'd plan, I knew what time I needed to leave, it just never happened and I'd then be running around like a headless chicken, stressed! ]
💫YOU ARE LEARNING TO BE MORE OBJECTIVE AND SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE💫
NOW:
✳️ 1 Mindset, attitude or lifestyle shift you can make that could support you next time you're in a similar situation
[ This way of thinking never accounts for last minute hiccups. So, I now tell myself I need to be 'there' 10 mins before I need to, and viola since this I'm more on time now than I've ever been, and I'm a mama! ]
💫 YOU ARE CREATING A SOLUTION FOR NEXT TIME - also known as mental rehearsals 💫
Seems simple but begins to build mental fitness skills and resilience to lifes little annoyances
Research 🔬 shows us that people who practise mental fitness are less stressed, more self assured & happier.
💕PRACTISE MAKES PROGRESS 💕
Let me know if you try this
With Love
Marti
Your Mental Fitness Coach 💪🏼 🧠