1584: Can We Choose How We Feel? by Allison Carmen on How To Be More Positive & Optimistic in Tough Situations

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🗓️ 12 April 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Allison Carmen shares if we can choose how we feel. Episode 1584: Can We Choose How We Feel? by Allison Carmen on How To Be More Positive & Optimistic in Tough Situations Allison Carmen holds a B.A. in accounting, a J.D. of Law, and a Master’s of Law in taxation. After working for a large law firm in Manhattan, Allison founded her own law firm and built a successful practice focusing on real estate, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation. After 15 years of practicing law, Allison transitioned her practice into business consulting, business coaching and life coaching. Today, Allison’s clients range from owners of multi-million dollar companies to artists, actors, writers, and parents. She's also the host of the podcast: 10 Minutes to Less Suffering. The original post is located here: http://www.allisoncarmen.com/can-we-choose-how-we-feel/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1584.
0:03.1	Can we choose how we feel by Allison Carmen of AllisonCarmen.com?
0:08.2	And I'm just a molecule, very own personal narrator.
0:10.8	I read to you from some of the best blogs in the world every day covering personal development and growth,
0:16.4	lifestyle, self-help, minimalism, and more.
0:19.6	But I'll keep this intro nice and short, so let's get right to it and continue optimizing your life.
0:24.3	Can we choose how we feel by AllisonCarmen of AllisonCarmen.com?
0:33.5	A few weeks ago my children were off for a spring break and my husband and I decided to take the girls to Disney World for a few days.
0:41.2	The first two days were a lot of fun.
0:43.4	We also took a detour to Universal Studios to visit the Harry Potter attractions and just enjoyed our time together as a family.
0:50.3	On the third day my older daughter woke up nauseous when I thought it would just pass so we headed to the amusement park.
0:56.5	By 2pm we were running to the hotel room for what turned out to be a stomach virus.
1:01.6	My husband headed back to the park with my younger daughter and there I was in my hotel room at Disney World
1:06.9	with my older daughter feeling just awful.
1:09.9	As I squeezed myself out the door onto our small balcony overlooking the giraffes we stayed at the animal kingdom.
1:15.7	I could hear several children laughing and having a great time.
1:19.0	I felt my mood started to drop and had the following thoughts.
1:22.8	It's not fair that those children get to enjoy Disney World and we don't.
1:26.3	I can't believe we spent all of this money to sit in this room and this is the worst vacation ever.
1:32.5	As I let myself dip further and further into this mood I started to suffer greatly.
1:37.2	As I felt myself slipping I actually asked myself out loud,
1:40.8	do I really want to have this experience with this mindset?
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