The addJOY Podcast

S4 E5 Savoring + Appreciation: Appreciating the Challenges, the Hard Stuff, and the Rough Patches

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  • Savoring and appreciating the challenges, the hard stuff, the rough patches
    • Be grateful for the things you wouldn’t have chosen for yourself
    • Reevaluate that which you call an obstacle
    • Savor the little things in the midst of adversity
    • Look for beauty 
    • Appreciate the ones going through it with you 
    • “Bow to your opponent” 
    • Find value in the fruit of the difficult time
    • Morehouse Brother’s meme: “hey, it wasn’t the trauma that made you stronger, kinder and more empathetic…it’s how you handled it. That credit is yours.” 
    • Embrace failure 
    • Identify the purpose for your pain and then find value in that purpose
  • Why is it important to savor and appreciate the difficult parts of one’s life?
    • It builds resistance
    • It improves your decision making 
    • It humbles you…in a good way
    • It brings out the you, YOU didn’t even know existed. 
    • It gets you out of old habits and patterns that are no longer serving you
    • It can shorten the healing time
    • It teaches you how, and when, to let go
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The addJOY PodcastBy Maria Newport M.S.Ed., Kanika Bell Ph.D.