Transform Your Mindset by Embracing Discomfort and Taking Control

Welcome to MindfulMornings! In today’s email, you’ll learn about:

• Transforming Discomfort into Curious Discovery

• Making Better Choices by Understanding What You Can (and Can't) Change

Here are 2 quotes, 2 tips, and 1 question to help you build healthy habits this week…

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2 Quotes

1. "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." - Carl Jung
   

    

2. "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." - Carl Rogers

2 Tips

1) Transform Discomfort into Curious Discovery

Here’s why:

We often try to avoid uncomfortable feelings and situations. It's natural - our brain is wired that way! But what if we could look at these moments differently? When we approach discomfort with curiosity instead of resistance, we open doors to personal growth and deeper self-understanding.

Here are 4 simple steps to help you turn uncomfortable moments into opportunities for learning:

1. Notice Your Feeling

   When discomfort arises:

   • Pause and take a deep breath

   • Give your feeling a name - are you anxious, frustrated, or something else?

   • Try to acknowledge its presence without judgment

      

     💡 Tip: If you struggle to notice the feeling in the moment, you can still follow the below steps whilst looking back on how you felt.

      

2. Get Curious

   Rather than avoiding the feeling, explore it:

   • Ask yourself: "What's really bothering me about this?"

   • Think of the feeling as a mystery to solve

   • Stay open-minded - your emotions have something to teach you

    

3. Start Small

   • Try to notice one mildly uncomfortable situation this week

   • Practice approaching it with curiosity

   • Notice how it feels to curiously turn towards the emotion, rather than push it away or resist it

    

4. Put Your Insights to Work

   • What have you learned about yourself?

   • How can you use this understanding to make better decisions?

Below are some examples to help you put this into practice

Remember: Each time you turn toward discomfort with curiosity, you're building emotional strength and wisdom. This skill set helps you become less reactive, improve your relationships, and strengthen your understanding of yourself.

2) Make Better Choices by Understanding What You Can (and Can't) Change

Why:

Life throws a lot at us each day. Yet, we often waste energy resisting things we can't control, leading to stress and feeling drained. By recognizing what we can and can't control we can make better choices and cultivate a greater sense of peace.

How to Put This Into Practice

• Start With a Brain Dump: Grab your morning coffee or tea and find a quiet spot. Write down everything that's bothering you lately - from your rushed morning routine to that noisy neighbor.

   

• Sort Your List: Look at each item and ask yourself: "Can I change this?" Put them into two groups:

  • Things you can change (like hitting snooze too often)

  • Things you can't change (like rainy weather or what’s in the news)

     

• Create Simple Action Steps: For the things you can (and want to) change, begin implementing small steps to affect the change. Take action!

  • Ask yourself, what’s the smallest possible action I can take to start making this change?

     

• Make Peace With What You Can't Change: For things beyond your control or that you don’t want to change, you have two options:

  1. Get away from it (if possible)

  2. Accept it

  If you choose to accept something, it doesn’t mean you agree with it; you're saying you aren’t going to let it affect how you feel.
   
  Want to Learn More?

  • Read Radical Acceptance* by Tara Brach - a powerful guide to embracing yourself fully, letting go of self-judgment, and cultivating mindfulness and compassion in everyday life.

1 Question

What’s one truth you’ve been reluctant to acknowledge, and what might happen if you turned to face it?

Thanks for reading! We hope you enjoy your week.

With gratitude,

MindfulMornings

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