The Life and Times of Indigo Stone
Writing, Editing, Publishing
The Life and Times of Indigo Stone
Writing, Editing, Publishing
In this life, situations happen that are outside your control. Rude neighbor, backstabbing co-worker, broke friend asking for money. Learn to protect your peace. Learning to protect your peace means you navigate away from unnecessary drama and other people’s toxic behavior. Depending on who you ask, it may be seen as selfish, but having self-love is the first step to reducing stress in your life. So, what are the next steps to protecting your peace?
When is the last time you stopped to take a deep breath—a breath that flowed down your chest into your belly? Breath has power and can calm you in stressful moments or help you reconnect in quiet moments. Breath can help you come through a situation with a new perspective like potent medicine.
Practice deep breathing at every moment. It is especially useful before or after any difficult moment that has disrupted your life. Deep breathing calms your nervous system that can be on high alert during these times with constant reports of political conflict, inflation, planes falling out of the sky, and more.
Mastering your emotions in life is a mark of maturity. You do not have control over the people and situations that arise in your life, but you do have control over how you respond to them. People are very, very sensitive to other people’s anger that may lead to an uncomfortable confrontation. When you are away from home or on the job, an over-the-top expression of negative emotions might cost you your job. In a place of business, an over-the-top negative emotion may have you ejected or denied services. On the news, we see enough people on planes, trains, and automobiles who do not master their emotions and cause serious problems for others.
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