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Why Do You Resist Healthy Change?

8/28/2017

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As you can tell from my blog post topics this summer, I’m on a mission to help you dig deep enough to uncover hidden toxic coping skills and patterns.  These are what fuel your triggers and create major stumbling blocks on your healing journey.  

Thanks so much for all your emails and comments about this series of blog posts.  I’m thrilled to hear I’m giving you the kind of information you want and need!  

Today, I’d like to tackle the frustrating issue of “resistance.”  Why do we resist healthy change?  Why does resistance rear its stubborn head every time we decide to do something good for ourselves?  It makes no sense!  

Or does it?

Actually, it makes perfect sense.  Every scary door you open on your healing journey contains an important message.  Resistance is no exception.  

The purpose of resistance is to protect you.  Once again, this is a biological brain issue.  Your brain keeps you safe.  That’s one of its many skills.  However, change involves stepping outside your comfort zone.  Change is risky, and risk can be dangerous.  This is why any kind of change flips the switch that sends your brain into “Protection Mode.”  The end result is resistance.  

Fortunately, you can dissolve resistance.  The first step is to identify it.  Resistance takes many forms: foggy brain, discouragement, overwhelm, panic attacks, anxiety, a brick wall, a swamp, quicksand, or your inner critic.  

The second step is to sit patiently with resistance.  Let it know you’re grateful for the way it has always kept you safe.  Tell it you appreciate how it has never allowed you to deal with more than you can emotionally or psychologically handle.  By doing this, you build trust.  

Now resistance can loosen its iron grip on your mind, emotions, and body.  Only then will it reveal its message.

Today, make the decision to work with resistance rather than against it.  When you do, you’ll find it much easier to make those healthy changes!
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2 Comments
Sigurður Kristjánsson
8/29/2017 06:23:34 am

Sæl

Ég er búinn að vera á póstlistanum þínum í dálítinn tíma og ég vil þakka þér fyrir skrifin sem koma frá þér. Þó ég karlkyns, þá þekki ég ýmislegt í þessu mjög vel af sjálfum mér, t.d. þetta með þessa viðnám gegn breytingum. Enn og aftur þakka ég þér fyrir bloggið, það hefur nefnilega oft gefið mér innblástur.

Besta kveðja
SK

Hlýtur að vera í lagi að skrifa á íslensku :)

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Svava
8/29/2017 06:06:44 pm

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Sæll Sigurður, Takk fyrir að skrifa á íslensku og láta mig vita að bloggið hefur hjálpað þér. Nákvæmlega, þú ert ekki einn og viðnám við breytingum er gott að skilja og læra að vinna með. Takk aftur. Mér hlýnaði um hjartarætur.

Thank you for writing in Icelandic and letting me know my blog is helping you. Agreed, you are not alone and the resistance to change is important to understand and work through. Thanks again, reading your comment in Icelandic warmed my heart.

kveðja,
Svava

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