Develop\nStrategies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis final step is crucial because we can all be triggered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s take one of my former styles as an example. In the past, when there was yelling and\/or a conflict, I would run to my room and hide. I’d bury my head in my pillow and cry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I now know that conflict can cause me to want to take flight. One of my current strategies is to stay and remind myself of what I can control and not control. I have learned for me, by centering myself through prayer in the midst of the conflict, my fear dissipates. It has become my most important strategy. Yours may be different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, there is an appropriate time to walk away from conflict, but there are also times when it’s important to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you premeditate strategies for your typical emotional reactions, you begin to create new patterns in your life. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe more you do this, the more the resentments of your past will melt away. Furthermore, you’ll stop attracting new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve learned that my earthly father could only give me what he had received. As a women of faith, I have a heavenly Father whose love is boundless. And through this faith, I’ve found the courage to form a healthy relationship with my dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your exact journey may be different than mine, but this is the process that helped me declutter my mind of negativity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nCreate a list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Identify the root.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Develop strategies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\nThe work I mentioned is what has allowed me to embrace a minimalist mindset. I’m able to go forward into situations with less baggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My spirit is open and teachable. Yours can be too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Deanna Broaddus recently celebrated 10 years of sobriety. She speaks publicly\u00a0about her testimony, helps women in recovery, and writes at her blog,\u00a0Recovering Women Wealth. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Deanna Hutchison of Recovering Women Wealth. For most of my life, my headspace has been filled with negative self-talk and lies. The tapes that would play over and over in my head went something like this: It was a heavy burden to carry. Worse yet, I could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"0","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[440],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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