Episode #109 - How To Pull Yourself Out of the Pit of Self-Pity
WELCOME TO EPISODE #109 OF THE ENRICH YOUR SOUL PODCAST
If you’ve never been in the pit of self-pity, I congratulate you, I am jealous of you and I would love for you to buy me a lottery ticket because you are the luckiest person I know. Self-pity is a slow creep takeover that can absolutely ruin your mood, your productivity and your health.
Over the last month and change, I have been battling this awful phenomenon.
It started with fear with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and suddenly became this slide into a bottomless pit of self-pity. Sadness, unhappiness, lack of energy and insomnia took over my vibrant soul and turned the lights out. I felt un-motivated and this old nemesis of self-doubt became a daily battle that I would fight.
On certain days, I’d get my shots in and feel like I was making progress, only to be knocked down again, harder than before. Then, one morning, something changed. I realized what I was doing to myself and I decided I had had enough.
What did I change? In this episode I will share the 6 behavioral changes that I implemented that got me out of the endless slide of self-pity and back on solid, bright ground.
Face Your Feelings
Understand Your Self-Pity Triggers
Be Wary of “Blanket” Negative Statements
Go Toe-to-Toe With Your Negative Self
Keep a Pity Time Journal
Practice Gratitude
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