Show Notes:
I would often create as many excuses (that I liked to call reasons but we all know those weren’t reasons) as possible to not have time to work on myself. It’s a pretty great strategy because more often than not people will take the help you offer them. It was me being a people pleaser at my best.

But, we all know it’s not the healthiest thing to do. For us to become our best selves & really grow & evolve as much as we need to for our goals & ever-changing seasons of life, we HAVE to stop allowing ourselves to get distracted by everything else in life & focus on the healing and rejuvenation that we know we need.

And let’s be clear, we are ALLOWING these distractions to happen. You might think that other people are always the problem, and they probably contribute, for sure, but you still have the power to not allow it to derail working on yourself.

Before you can figure out ways to clear away all the distractions, you need to figure out WHY you are allowing yourself to become distracted. We will talk about ideas & strategies on how to manage distractions in the next episode, but let’s determine the cause & then shift the effect.

Here are 5 Reasons You’re Allowing Distractions Get in the Way of Your Healing:

1. There’s No Immediate Gratification (it’s not going to be all better over night
2. There’s Shame of Needing Healing (stigmas are real & really lead to a lot of embarrassment & fear of being labeled & ostrichized)
3. Society Has Glamourized Only Being Positive & Happy (we like to talk about how nice it would be to work on our mental health & be so balanced in life, but actually doing the work & realizing it includes painful times & emotional breakthroughs isn’t as picture perfect as they would like)
4. Healing is Really Uncomfortable (healing isn’t fun. It’s really great for us, but it isn’t fun. And it can bring up old thoughts, mindsets & feelings. Maybe even experiences we chose to hide away because it was too much at the time. It’s messy, but it’s worth it to have the freedom that is available to us on the other side)
5. You Lack Support (focusing in on your mental health & mindset can feel so isolating & difficult when you don’t have people supporting the work you’re doing. And if it’s not possible to pay a counselor or therapist for help, it feels even more hopeless. And it’s difficult to know where to start)

Here is the website I was referring to at the end of the episode: https://www.onlinetherapy.com/free-online-therapy-chat/

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