Patience can be a toughie, especially if you have a tendency to be impulsive or frank with your position or opinion. Guess what? Patience can be cultivated and built up just like a muscle. And the kicker is, it is another way to love your self, take care of yourself and make your life way better. Learn how to get better at patience, be patient with other people, patient with your circumstances and even how to have more patience with yourself.
In this episode we will:
~Exactly how to be more patient in any situation, even with yourself.
~How to practice patience like toning a muscle
~How patience is actually self-love
~Breathe In Breathe Out Meditation
The Host for this podcast: Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW The Stress Therapist and Author
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Quotes:
"The bottom line is yes, take deep breath relax your shoulders then ask yourself is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? Do whatever you need to do~ count to three, count to 10, turn around in a circle, walk away, walk around the block…do whatever you need to do to give yourself a little bit of patience, a moment to yourself to look at it a little more deeply without fired up emotion and then act, speak, do, be, whatever it is and your life will be so much better.” —Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSW

“Take a deep breath and relax your shoulders.” -Cindy Dollar, PharmD

Excerpt from New York Times interview with Lisa Damour, PhD: Culturally, she says, “we started equating mental health with feeling good—calm, relaxed, happy”—rather than simply having feelings that make sense in a given context, and learning how to manage those feelings and cope with distress. “Of course I want people to feel good. But that is a very harrowing definition of mental health.”

Interesting Mentions:
Untangled and The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour, PhD
Cindy Dollar Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor, PharmD (Cheri’s retreat yoga teacher!)
Heartwood Retreat Center : location for Cheri’s Georgia Mountain Retreats

Ethereal Network of Shows Spotlight Podcast Skeptic Metaphysician: Will Rodriguez & Karen Endsley Website: https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/WillRodriguezFl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SkepticMetaphysician Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skepticmetaphysician_podcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TrisoltVideo

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