1709: 6 Life Areas You’re Avoiding: And 4 Ways to Face Them Head On by Ingrid Y Helander on Overcoming Avoidance

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🗓️ 15 August 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Ingrid Y Helander shares what areas of life we're avoiding and how to confront them head on. Episode 1709: 6 Life Areas You’re Avoiding: And 4 Ways to Face Them Head On by Ingrid Y Helander on Overcoming Avoidance Ingrid began her career in Marriage and Family Therapy after she had her three children. After her youngest son was diagnosed with a chronic illness, she decided that she wanted to train to work alongside people as they work through life’s difficulties. She has a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Central Connecticut State University. Ingrid specializes in Internal Family Systems and and Intimacy from the Inside Out Couples Therapy. The original post is located here: https://ingridyhelanderlmft.com/6-life-areas-youre-avoiding-and-4-ways-to-stop/ 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 1709, six life areas you're avoiding,
0:05.4	and four ways to face them head on by Ingrid Y. Hellendr of IngridYHellendrLMFT.com,
0:12.0	and I'm Justin Mollick. Hope you're having a great weekend if you're listening in real time,
0:15.6	and welcome back to Optimal Living Daily or the OLD podcast, where I read to you from some of the
0:21.2	best blogs I can find and get permission from, mostly covering personal development and
0:25.5	minimalism on this show. Let's get right to today's post and start optimizing your life.
0:35.2	Six life areas you're avoiding, and four ways to face them head on by IngridYHellendr of IngridYHellendrLMFT.com.
0:45.2	You might call avoidance being lazy, unmotivated, depressed, freaked out, or disliking conflict,
0:52.4	but if you are human, you probably know the warning signs when you start avoiding.
0:57.0	Avoiding can become a way of life if you're not careful, robbing you of time,
1:01.2	relationship, money, fun, and other pleasures. Here are a few target areas and examples of avoidance
1:07.7	that I see in my office every day. Work life. Your successful career requires consistent task
1:14.7	completion, and suddenly you are online shopping like crazy. Physical health. There are two
1:21.2	wakeful hours before you get ready for work, and rather than going to the gym, you roll over and
1:26.4	go back to sleep. Relationship. A small disagreement happens and you suddenly walk away from your partner.
1:34.4	Social. A friend's imitation waits in your inbox and you tell yourself you'll think about whether
1:39.2	to attend or not later. Spiritual. Your yoga mat and journal sit in the corner and you daily
1:46.9	pass them by. Financial. Six bills sit in your mail pile. You set them aside knowing that a simple
1:53.9	check could pay them tomorrow. Sound familiar? What's happening when you avoid and what can you do about
2:00.0	it? Avoiding is seldom a fully conscious choice. Elizabeth Scott MS explains this frustrating
2:06.8	tendency this way, quote, avoidance coping, also known as avoidant coping, avoidance behaviors,
2:13.3	and escape coping is a maladaptive form of coping that involves changing our behavior to try to avoid
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