3998: Finding A New Way To React To Problems by Allison Carmen on Emotional Regulation

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🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3998: Allison Carmen shares how a minor car accident turned into a powerful reminder that we can choose calm over conflict. By shifting perspective in the moment, she shows how small mindset changes can prevent unnecessary stress and keep life’s inconveniences from spiraling. Her insights offer simple, practical tools to respond with greater awareness and ease. Read along with the original article(s) here: http://www.allisoncarmen.com/finding-a-new-way-to-react-to-problems/ Quotes to ponder: "Cars are easy to fix, people are harder to fix." "We forget the big picture and just how insignificant this one thing that is bothering us is." "It is not about suppressing emotions, but instead examining them and giving yourself perspective while you are in the midst of an unexpected or challenging situation." Episode references: Transcendental Meditation: https://www.tm.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.2	This is Optimal Living Daily, finding a new way to react to problems by Allison Carmen of
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0:47.0	Finding a new way to react to problems by Allison Carmen of Allisoncarman.com.
0:53.5	The other day, my husband was pulling out of a parking spot, and we got into a car accident.
0:58.9	It was just a fender-bender, but enough to cause a significant amount of damage to our car.
1:03.4	As my husband got out of the car and approached the other driver, I heard him angrily say,
1:07.6	You did not signal.
1:09.1	The guy answered back in an agitated tone. I did signal, you didn't see me.
1:13.6	As I went back and forth, I jumped out of the car and said to the fellow, you didn't signal.
1:18.6	He looked at me, and I looked at him, and he both smiled and almost simultaneously said,
1:23.3	thank goodness no one has hurt. Then he quickly said, cars are easy to fix. People are harder to fix.
1:30.6	As my husband called the insurance company, we introduced ourselves, his name was Tony, and just
1:35.2	started chatting about life. After about 30 minutes, I had to leave because I had tickets for a show
1:40.2	uptown. My husband and Tony stayed and waited for the police. By the time my husband met me
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