I had one of those weeks.
You know.
The kind of week that feels like you’re slogging through knee-deep mud?
Where it feels like everything’s more difficult than it should be?
I notice that situations like this produce stress in me.
For me, stress manifests in feelings of doubt and anger.
Needless to say, this is not where I want to be

When I notice these feelings, I use a technique called Brain Yoga to
help reset myself.
This helps to put me back in the seat of the observer.
Brain Yoga is a (short) data-supported breathing exercise taught
to me by a good friend, Daisy Mastroianni.
Daisy is the founder of MindfullyU, an organization dedicated to
cultivating peace

After I reset myself, I started to think about why the events of this
week produced these feelings.
Do you know what I found? There’s a clue in the 1st paragraph of
this email. I thought that the things I was working on SHOULD have
been easier.
SHOULD? Why did I think that? Regardless of what my thoughts were,
reality was presenting me with something different.
This difference between what I thought should be and what was,
created stress in me.

When I realized how my mindset had created this situation, I was
reminded of a quote from one of the guiding authors in my life,
Rainer Maria Rilke. The quote is:
"Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always."

So, when you feel like you’re having one of those days, I invite to
let go, stop trying to control things, and let life happen.
You might enjoy it.

Oh. Let me know if you’d like to learn that quick Brain Yoga exercise.
I’d be glad to show it to you.

Peace.