The Perils of Being Understood
My heart dropped as her words sank in. “It sounds like you were more focused on being understood than on the other person understanding.” That is exactly what happened. A tingling shot through my arms to the palms and guilt lanced my chest. My self-centeredness weighed heavy on my shoulders.
Saved from myself
On my way to pick up the middles from Nature School, I stopped at the store. I bought some notebooks for journaling and almost got a new LEGO set, in violation of my self-imposed (and therapist-supported) ban on buying or building new sets.
Scary Septembers
This week brought a renewed focus on the importance of tending to my mental health.
🧠 #113: Conducting and speaking
I had a powerful experience yesterday jumping in to do unexpected things in unexpected ways.
🧠 #112: Emotional honesty
This week I relearned the lesson that handling challenging situations requires emotional honesty.
🧠 #111: Caring for our selves
During a symptomatic week, I learned how to care for myself better—to view my past and future selves as someone else.
🧠 #110: Hierarchy of stress
I was reminded this week of the possibility and importance of allowing seemingly contradictory ideas to both be true. I can be struggling AND doing well at the same time.
🧠 #109: Dropping rubber balls
Ironically, just on the day I was marveling at how well I’ve been handling everything, I was shown where I was falling apart.
🧠 #108: Extreme Ownership
This week, I faced an Extreme Ownership opportunity. Would I protect myself and my team, and make clear what was not our fault, or would I own the situation and focus on fixing it?
🧠 #107: Stressed or overwhelmed
As I step into a new job, among many other life changes, I’m trying to balance stress and overwhelm in healthy ways.