October is all about TAKING YOUR POWER BACK on The Unbreakable Wisdom Show, and we’re starting with something most of us do far more often than we realize…allowing what other people say and do to determine how WE feel and what we do next.

Someone says something you don’t like, behaves in a way you don’t understand or something doesn’t turn out the way you expected. You assign meaning to what happened, create a story around it and suddenly you’re emotionally reacting to something that may have very little to do with you.

In this episode, I’m talking about how to recognize when you’ve gotten hooked, why so many of our present-day reactions are connected to stories from our past and how creating a PAUSE gives us the freedom to choose a different response.

We get into emotional regulation, facts versus stories, boundaries, personal responsibility, white space and what it really takes to stop allowing other people’s behavior to dictate your emotional state.

I also talk about why you don’t have to answer every phone call or text the minute it arrives, why reinvention requires us to stop carrying old versions of ourselves forward and why some of us need to stop expecting gallon-sized responses from half-pint people. 😁

Your homework this week is to get curious about where you’re getting hooked. Who or what can immediately change your emotional state? What old story might you still be reacting to? Where are you giving away your power without even realizing it?

Let them do what they do. Then ask yourself…what will I do next?

That’s where your power is.

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