2717: 7 Subtle Ways Victim Mentality Is Sneaking Into Your Life by Erica Layne

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Erica Layne shares 7 ways that victim mentality is sneaking into your life Episode 2717: 7 Subtle Ways Victim Mentality Is Sneaking Into Your Life by Erica Layne Erica Layne is a sunset chaser, mom of three, and founder of The Life On Purpose Movement—a community of women living life with intention. Her website reaches thousands of women every day, helping them trade overwhelm and fatigue for focus and peace. Erica graduated in print journalism from BYU, has been interviewed for The Wall Street Journal, and contributes to some of the top websites in the minimalism space. She lives with her young family in the San Francisco Bay Area. The original post is located here: https://ericalayne.co/victim-mentality/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2717.
0:04.2	7 Suttle Ways Victim mentality is sneaking into your life by Eric Elaine of EricAlain.co
0:11.3	and I'm just a molecule personal narrator.
0:12.9	We're going to get right to it today and start optimizing your life.
0:21.2	7 Suttle Ways Victim mentality is sneaking into your life by Eric Elaine of EricAlain.co
0:29.5	I used to feel helpless, not all of the time, but a lot more often than I do now.
0:34.9	Sometimes in my mind I pictured myself as a caged little bird.
0:39.2	Sure, I lived in a lovely cage with a lovely little bird family inside of it with me,
0:44.7	but my life still felt a bit like a cage.
0:47.6	I could just sense it.
0:49.2	Eventually, I learned that the cage was largely of my own making.
0:53.3	I built it one stake at a time with thoughts and beliefs that put me in a disempowered position.
0:59.1	I never would have characterized myself as someone with a victim mentality,
1:02.7	which is generally defined as believing that you're a victim of your circumstances
1:07.0	with no control over what happens to you.
1:09.8	I didn't think anyone was out to get me.
1:11.9	I knew there were a thousand things in my life that I did have control over.
1:15.7	I could see lots of good in the world around me.
1:18.4	But still, that caged feeling persisted.
1:21.9	A touch of helplessness here and a touch of powerlessness there.
1:25.8	Those feelings came from my thoughts, sneaky little thoughts that felt so true that it
1:30.0	took me years before I realized they were optional.
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