Lessons Learned

What skills or lessons have you learned recently?

Regulation

This has been a good year to learn and relearn different ways to re regulate. Understanding that I won’t ever stay in a state of regulation is a helpful lesson. It’s bad enough to land in a state of dysregulation, but getting upset over being in a different state, makes it worse by far. Knowing that I don’t have to figure out what went wrong is important. Its also good to remember that I won’t stay dysregulated for long.

I’m glad to know that there’s a little magic in Gratitude, that if I can find some things to name that I’m thankful for, I’ll probably feel better. Honestly, just remembering to breathe and take care of myself when I feel out of sorts, cuts down on time spent suffering.

I liked learning that I can influence whatever state I’m in. I can make the good, bigger and the bad, smaller. I like the lessons that help me be easier on myself and drop into a comfortable flow of calm confidence, faster. Helping myself spend even a little more time regulated is a gift.

As I move through all the steps of finishing my book, I’m grateful for the expanded learning process I wasn’t expecting. When I’m really off, breathing some long slow breaths, is still my best default move. Glad all these years later, my books still prove true. Simple and helpful.