Everbetter Ideas

Everbetter Ideas

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  • 47: The STOP acronym for dealing with negative thoughts and experiences

    This episode shares additional ideas that came to me from the mindfulness presentation that I shared with you in Episode 46.

    It's a great, quick and easy skill practice for disrupting negative thoughts.  

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      8. 46: Interrupting negative thoughts.

        Five ways to disrupt a negativity spiral are shared in this episode.   The ideas for this episode, and specifically the ideas for disrupting a negative spiral, came from a presentation I attended on mindfulness.  It was presented by Alex Haley from the Earl E. Bakken Center of Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota.  

        Even if you aren't interested in mindfulness or think it is all a little too woo-woo for your tastes, I encourage you to visit the website and explore the many resources available.  It's fascinating and surprising to see how much is out there.

         https://www.csh.umn.edu/ 

         

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            8. 7 min
          8. 45: Things you should disrupt in your life...and why.

             This is somewhat in follow-up to the previous episode where I talk about getting out of my comfort zone.  In this episode, I share ideas about the ways you might disrupt your life and why that might be beneficial.

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                8. 6 min
              8. 44: Ideas about getting out of your comfort zone.

                 Getting outside of your comfort zone can be varying degrees of uncomfortable.  This episode shares a few ideas on why you should do it.


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                https://medium.com/@clavien/you-dont-have-to-be-out-of-your-comfort-zone-all-the-time-98fc69357bb2

                https://lifehacker.com/the-science-of-breaking-out-of-your-comfort-zone-and-w-656426705

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                  twitter.com/everbetterideas

                  facebook.com/everbetterideas

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                    8. 10 min
                  10. 41: How to stress less about money.
                    In this episode I share learnings from the book “I Will Teach You to be Rich” by Ramit Sethi.
                    Ramit was recently interviewed by Tim Ferris. It was a great episode that reminded me of a few things I started doing several years ago after reading Ramit’s book.
                    How do you stress less about money?
                    https://tim.blog/2019/05/07/ramit-sethi/
                    https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com
                    6 min
                  12. 39: Trading negativity for something better.

                    Humans are reactive creatures and there is no way to shut that off 100%.  

                    That’s OK but what’s not OK is failing to learn how to react better when things happen to or around us.  This episode talks about criticism, blame, problem spotting, anger and rage.  It shares alternatives to each and talks about how we can improve our knee-jerk negative responses in the moment or retrospectively.

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                      More information about Everbetter Ideas is available here:

                      https://everbetterideas.wordpress.com

                      twitter.com/everbetterideas

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                        8. 10 min
                      8. 38: Why are they doing that?

                         In this episode I share my thoughts on a recent Tweet from the Daily Stoic.  It’s on the topic of understanding why we do what we do.  The link to the original Tweet and my response are below.

                        https://twitter.com/kazoofus/status/1131240332211957760

                        “I recently discovered that instead of reacting to behavior that seems questionable or offensive, asking myself why someone might be behaving the way they are brings me some level of empathy & the ability to respond, if needed, with calmness. Context is everything.”

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                      If you are interested in actionable ideas and perspectives on a variety of topics that will help make life better, you have found the right podcast.