Blog 10: Reaction vs Response
Hope you all have been enjoying the warmer weather!! I know it has been lifting my energy! How was the last blog for you about compassion? Have you been able to practice talking to yourself in a more compassionate way? Feel free to email me your thoughts! Today we are talking about a tool called STOPP that I love to use! STOPP can be used when you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, have a big decision, and/or when your tolerance is low. This tool will help us RESPOND vs REACT to daily situations. Sometimes, we react to situations i.e. we are not thinking about how our actions will effect ourselves and others. We simple just act or say whatever comes out of our mouths. We can see or hear something, and react with defending ourselves, jumping to conclusions, aggression, yelling, accusing, or having no reaction which is shutting down. These ways of reacting usually end up in: feeling awful about ourselves, ruminating over what happened and how it could have been different, blaming o