Ok… Tell the truth…
Have you ever wanted to be happy for someone but you just couldn’t get past the resentment you felt about why you haven’t “earned yours” yet?
Maybe you scrolled through social media and felt the “comparisonitis” coming on strong, or maybe your best friend just delivered good news, but you couldn’t help but question why it wasn’t YOU… after all, you deserve it more right?
I think in some way, we’ve all been there but this kind of scarcity mindset is completely damaging to our health.
How? Well, like I always say, our physical health has a lot to do with our emotional state… and when we feel resentful, jealous or envious of another, we cause a lot of grief within and wonder why we walk around feeling anxious which restricts the energy we could give to the things that are most important to us…
More on that a different day, but here are 3 VERY IMPORTANTE tips to remember when you catch yourself feeling less than you deserve.
You may have actually heard this advice in elementary school but I’m bringing it back because I know it will save you a world a grief when any of these limiting emotions come back to haunt you.
STOP. DROP. and ROLL!
You remember this right? We learned to do this in case of a fire but I’m going to tell you how this advice works for any fear-based emotion that comes your way!
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Tracey SAYS:
This was great! I love how you’re able to so succinctly identify the root causes of these nagging feelings that plague so many women. For me, it helps demystify my own feelings, which in turn empowers me to get a grip on them. E.g. I’ve always been able to identify when I’ve been jealous, but rather than go deeper to figure out *why* I was jealous, I used to think maybe it was just an inherent part of my personality, that I was a jealous person because I was a weak person (hello cycle of self-hate!).
I just did a quick mental exercise in which I thought of a few times I’ve felt jealous, and you’re spot on — it’s all been fueled by fear: fear that I’d appear less next to the person, fear that I was missing out. It’s unproductive and exhausting. But knowing that it’s fueled by fear also means knowing that it’s within my power to address it, and to change.