When You’re (More Than) Ready for Change

You’ll see a change in the length of these pearls (I was wearing myself out writing all five every week). So sometimes I’ll recommend the main pearl plus an amazing book for book-desert. Other times it might be the main pearl with a quote I want to share with you.

Pearl Three

Initial Sequel

Sequencing is taken directly from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The purpose of sequences is to help us move from reacting to circumstances to responding. I encourage you to do a sequence a day in your journal. Powerful stuff. Apply to your own life.

• Situation (be very concrete): Cookie is a fifty-five-year-old with two kids in college and Cookie‘s manager just asked for a Friday meeting. Nobody else would be joining them.
• Initial thought: “Here we go. I worried this would happen. The company is getting a new CEO this summer and this new CEO would bring his or her favorite people and do things differently
  
• Action: In a panic, Cookie calls everyone she knows to let them know she needs a new job. Stat. She ruminates about the bad things that could happen. She lived on one income alone and this might see the kids coming home early from college.
• Result: Her boss let’s her go and she spirals down finally choosing a dull job that doesn’t challenge her.

Chosen Sequence

• Situation (be very concrete): Cookie is a fifty-five-year-old with two kids in college and Cookie‘s manager just asked for a Friday meeting. Nobody else would be joining them.
• Initial thought: “Okay. It’s not great but I can do this. I’m working on not panicking.” Not panicking could bring about a better future.
• New Feeling: A little nervous, but hopeful that what comes after “the meeting” will work for her future good.
• Action: Cookie has a few quiet evenings at home with good music and chills. She meets with her manager that Friday and, as she suspected, is being let go.
• Result: She spends the weekend working with herself to come from a place of calm. She begins to notice the many paths of opportunity that spring from one little question: “What’s next?” ❄️
  

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♥. Wendy

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