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• October 13, 2015
  13Oct2015

  Emotional Triggers: Accept and Let Go

  

  Only when you accept your emotions can you let them go.
  ~ Joy Jacobs, Author, In A Pickle: Nourishing Recipes & Food for Thought

  "Why don't we take this down to the register," he said with what felt like a combination of condescension and sarcasm. I'd stopped in for a pack of gum--first time in this convenience store--found what I wanted and placed it on the counter. The register was about 5 feet from where I stood, and I hadn't seen it.

  The clerk (owner?) took my gum and walked to the register. I followed and handed him a twenty-dollar bill. The gum was $1.39.

  "Do you have anything smaller?" He looked at me over the top of his glasses. He could clearly see when I opened my wallet that it contained a twenty and a five, and he seemed upset that I'd given him the twenty.

  Me: "I do, but I’d like some change."

  Him: "Well, I need change, too."

  Okay, I'm officially triggered now by the customer service demon who lives inside me and wants to say: "Wait a minute--this is a business, right? My mood suddenly soured...

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• May 1, 2012
  1May2012

  Dealing With Difficult Conflict: There Is No Opponent There

  

  Stop doing what isn’t working. See a big red STOP sign in front of your face when you begin to react in ways you know don’t serve you, have never served you. You don’t have to have a backup plan, though it helps. Just STOP what isn’t working.

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• February 7, 2012
  7Feb2012

  Awareness Training: I Notice, and I Take Delight

  

  Until you notice you’ve been hooked, you can’t do anything about it. You will unconsciously act out the emotion the same way each time because you aren’t there. But! When you can see yourself, even after the fact …. Ah! Everything is different. Because now you have awareness.

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