Tag: Mindefulness

Often in life we feel stressed or confused or just out of our comfort zone. In these moments we need to recentre ourselves.

In life we are on one long journey or many short journeys, depending on how you want to think about it. When we get into a primal state of stress or anxiety we need to stop, re-centre ourselves and look at what is ahead of us to decide our next step.

Re-Centre

If you use Google Maps on a mobile phone there is a feature that allows you to tap a symbol on the screen and the app uses the GPS on your mobile phone to bring the map to your exact location. Stopping and re-centring is very much like this, it is being mindful of your present, and moving away from thoughts about what has happened and what may happen.

We live most of our lives thinking about either the past or the future, and these thoughts are more often negative rather than positive. Being mindful and present will solve a lot of our problems and will usually reduce our anxiety.

Opt Out Of Negativity

Google Maps also has a feature where you can choose to avoid motorways or toll road, etc. In life we can also choose what we focus on. We can choose to begin with a new more positive belief about our capabilities or how the world works and opt out of the negative thinking. We can choose to believe that the universe is working for us rather than against us. These beliefs can fundamentally change our world view.

Change Your Beliefs

I heard an example recently of a successful entrepreneur that was out with some movers and shakers and felt that they didn’t belong there. This man was a believer in God and his life coach asked him why God would put him in the wrong place on a Friday night. This man suddenly realised that, to him, this would mean that he belongs everywhere he is. This is a fundamental shift in his world view. He changed a limiting belief to an empowering belief, because he realised that the limiting belief was untrue, more importantly he realised that the opposite was true.

It is almost always the case that our limiting beliefs are untrue. If we look at them and consider what the opposite belief would be and look for evidence of this belief, then we empower ourselves to move forward with confidence.