WEEK 5: PLAY THE INFINITE GAME- NATURE'S WAY

WHEN THE PRESSURE IS HIGH, WE CAN CRUMBLE OR WE CAN GROW

"When you change your thinking, you create new decisions, actions, and results."

-Lynn Carnes

START HERE WITH THIS VIDEO: <6 Min

SECTION 1: ROUND PEN WILLIE

You can watch me in action here, with Bruce and “Round pen Willie” supporting me to dance along in the froth.

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SECTION 2: CHAPTER 13: THE ART OF LIVING

It took me several months to realize that my previous self-awareness journey had given me the tools to tolerate the upheaval. For your final reflection, it starts with reading Chapter 13 of Dancing the Tightrope. This exercise takes you from commitment to clarity in five layers.

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BLOG: ARREST AND REDIRECT RUNAWAY THOUGHTS

Our thoughts can run away with us. They pop in our head, like the uninvited dinner guest. Before you know it, those runaway thoughts sit down, strap on a bib and start helping themselves to heaping piles of the dinner we have prepared.

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PRACTICES: BREATHING METHODS

I outline four different types of breath you can use to calm your mind and keep you operating in peak condition. For each breath, there is a video with a demonstration of how to do the breath. Just click on the picture and then follow the link that pops up. Written instructions for each type of breath follow all of the videos.

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EXERCISE: MOMENTUM CREATOR

Launching a new habit or sticking with a good habit takes a lot of personal resources - at first. It’s like trying to push a car up hill. Once you do the new habit for a few days, you create a streak. And who wants to break a streak? Keeping track of your streak makes it much easier to keep strong in your intentions.

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THE FLYWHEEL

This is the Flywheel to Raise Your Pressure Threshold. You can print this inforgraphic out and put it somewhere that will remind you to Reach for Your Tools.

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