Wake Your Dream

117 - Becoming More Patient

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Annaliese and Alan talk about a more approachable way to become more patient. Patience is necessary in life, but it can be difficult to build that skill because our “normal” or comfort zone is designed around avoiding discomfort and uncertainty around waiting. You'll learn that patience isn’t something overly virtuous that only certain people can do - it’s a muscle that everyone has, including you, and exercising it in small ways will expand your own confidence and your joy in life!

You'll Hear About:

  • Patience is a muscle — not a personality trait only some people are born with. It's a skill you build by choosing, in real moments, to tolerate the discomfort of waiting and uncertainty. There's no perfect patience, just the small choices you keep making.
  • When we stop practicing patience, life starts to feel smaller — it gets harder to slow down, reflect, grow relationships, or show up the way we actually want to.
  • Building patience in the little everyday moments (traffic, hard conversations, long lines) creates real resilience, confidence, and joy over time.

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    Practices:

    Understanding How & Why to Practice Patience:

    1. Patience is a muscle — strengthening it expands your capacity and your choices in life.
    2. Patience builds confidence — because it grows your own resilience, resourcefulness, and discernment.
    3. Patience builds discipline — because you begin to own that choosing the hard thing now leads to a better outcome later.
    4. Patience builds desire — because the more you practice, the more you open yourself up to joy and possibility.

      5. Simple Patience Practices:

      • Any moment counts — help yourself take things slow and small by just noticing you can shift from autopilot to present, wherever you are (grocery store lines, traffic, hard conversations, etc!).
      • Surf the Urge — when you feel an urge, reaction, or craving rising, picture that energy as a wave forming inside you. Notice what you're experiencing — name the sensations in your body, and really see yourself in what you're going through. As the emotion moves through you, talk yourself through it: ride out the intensity while reminding yourself the crest is coming, and that you can get through it because you know there's a better way you want to show up. If it helps, trace the rise and fall of that wave on your arm or shirtsleeve as you feel it happening — letting the energy move through your body as you ride it out until it winds down.
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        Wake Your DreamBy Annaliese Seaborn