Tag: anxiety

Quieting Your Mind

I’m learning that quieting your mind is sooooo hard. My brain is constantly on 1 million things a minute. One thing I have to figure out is how to shhhhh it.

I’ve read somewhere to let the thoughts come and then release them. That if you keep pushing the thoughts down, eventually they will come back up and explode in your face. So, I am learning to let myself have the thought and then release it. Just watch it float away, down a stream of water. Knowing that I can’t change the things that I cannot change. I can’t make people think the way I do, can’t always be in control of the situation. I’ve been trying to retrain my brain, and let the things float down the river, and it does seem to help.

We have more power that we believe that we do. Our brain is soo strong but can also play tricks on us. I’m slowly trying to believe in myself and learn that I am the one in control of my own choices, not everyone else’s. I’ve spent sooo many years worried about everyone else and taking care of everything. My thoughts and obsessiveness overcome me to the point of no turning back sometimes. This is me quieting my mind, throwing it down the river, and watching it float away.

What do you do to try and quiet your mind ?

-Brandy

Let’s Dig In

“Growth requires that you get uncomfortable, that you be vulnerable, that you risk failure. Pursuing comfort may feel great today but it will ultimately hold you back from your potential. Lean in, believe in yourself, do the work.”

-Kevin DeShazo

Let’s discuss. What does that quote mean to you? (c0mment)

For me. It’s a lot! I’m an over thinker, over analyzer. I’m the WHAT IF person? What if this, what if that …None of which ever happens. I never step out of my comfort zone. I love a routine. Eat at a certain time, sleep certain time, wake up. etc… You get my point. I hate being vulnerable. Which is one reason why I started this blog. To step out.

Mel Robbins has a podcast I’ve been listening to. In one of the episodes, she said to start a project. To keep your brain busy. She said to redirect your anxiousness onto something that would give purpose. So, here we are. I really want to overcome these feelings that I have. I feel like no one understands them if I’m being honest. Feelings of nervousness, of losing control. Feelings of not being myself. I literally wake up some days in sheer panic attack for zero reason. Heck, if I’m being totally truthful, I’m not even sure who I am most days. So here we are, this is my project. I want to interact with you all. Let’s talk about anything. I will post daily, and you guys’ comment. Let’s figure out together how we can better ourselves, without wrecking ourselves 🙂

-Brandy