Mini: How to Get Things in Control with Dr. Lara Pence / MIND
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Spartan Races
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🗓️ 29 April 2020
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
When things feel really out of our control, we often move into a position of helplessness. We can operate from a victim mindset, throw our hands up, and believe that we've got zero power. The truth is, there are absolutely going to be times in your life when things happen outside of you that are not in your control. However, there are ways that you can shift your perspective to give yourself a sense of greater control. By considering the things that are in your control and implementing greater agency over your emotional response, you can put yourself in the driver seat again.
LESSONS: Sometimes there will be things in your life that you cannot control - when this happens perspective is key. Exercise self-agency by thinking of all the things that you can control, rather than what is out of your control. Remember, something that you can always control is your emotional response. So respond to your own emotions with clarity and strength.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Spartans it's Dr. L. here with Spartan Mind and today we're talking about |
| 0:09.5 | how to get things in control when things feel out of control. Now the truth is there are going to be |
| 0:16.4 | things in your life that feel out of control. That's just a life, right? We actually don't have as much control as we think we do about a lot of different |
| 0:24.9 | things. First of all, we don't even have control over the things that we think, right? Thoughts |
| 0:30.1 | will flow into our head at any moment and we can't necessarily control them |
| 0:34.2 | coming in. Now we can totally control how we respond to those thoughts, but there's a |
| 0:38.8 | lot of things in our life that we just don't have control over. Now that can create stress and anxiety and |
| 0:44.8 | panic because when we don't feel like we're in control of things we can almost |
| 0:48.9 | lose this sense of stability right this foundation, this baseline, |
| 0:54.0 | because we feel off balance, right? |
| 0:56.2 | We feel like someone's pushing us |
| 0:57.8 | and we don't have control of that, okay? |
| 1:00.0 | So I want you to consider just a few things when you feel like things are spiraling out of control. |
| 1:05.8 | How do you get control? |
| 1:07.2 | The first is, identify the things you can control. |
| 1:10.3 | Okay, what are some of the things you can control? |
| 1:12.4 | You can control what you put into your body, right? |
| 1:15.0 | You can control your response to emotions. |
| 1:19.0 | I know a lot of people feel like they can't, they're like, well my emotions are out of control. |
| 1:22.0 | I can't get a whole well my emotions are out of control I can't get a |
| 1:23.3 | whole of my anger yes you can right go back to some of those other videos that I |
| 1:28.2 | said how to increase emotional acuity how to deal with stress those are going to help |
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