“If you are a people-pleaser, then I would like you, just for today, to have a holiday from the oppression that can sometimes result from your relationship with judgers. I’d like you to do some things that work for you, in a way that works for you.”

“If you are a people-pleaser, then I would like you, just for today, to have a holiday from the oppression that can sometimes result from your relationship with judgers. I’d like you to do some things that work for you, in a way that works for you.”
To manage overwhelming emotions, we can get busy on distracting activities, or we can work inwardly on ourselves. Both are effective, but learning to manage our emotions inwardly may have more long-term success.
We can control anxiety by moderating our tendency to become attached to patterns and concepts that don’t suit.
Anxiety can be caused by conflicts of ideas. Therefore, we need to spend time exploring the different ideas that make up our minds.
When we are not in a comfortable relationship with ourselves or others, there is resentment. Forgiveness is the re-establishing of that right relationship.
A significant driver in anxiety is fear, a very primitive emotion that’s hard to handle.