4: How To Get Out Of A Rut

The Joy in Failure Podcast

On today’s episode, I dive deep into questions that I keep on getting asked such as ‘how to get out of a rut', 'how to find the joy when in a rut', 'how to stay joyful when all you want to do is stay angry'. One thing these questions have in common is the fact that they are about how we navigate our negative emotions. We aren’t taught how to deal with or process our emotions. On this episode, I discuss why it's so important for us to feel and embrace all our emotions including the negative ones and why it is imperative for us to express all our emotions, because what we resist persists. I share how we can use the Abraham Hicks’ Emotional Guidance Scale or any online sources to help us understand our rainbow of emotions. I walk you through the 5 steps that has helped me navigate my negative emotions, and helped me get out of a rut. These 5 steps are encased in an acronym which I call iCARE and the steps are as follows: 1. Identifying the emotion(s) and understanding the why behind the emotion(s) 2. Compassion for yourself and others in the situation(s) 3. Accept and Acknowledge the emotion(s), and allow the emotion(s) to pass through you 4. Reframe the situation(s) and Release the emotion(s) 5. Embrace the emotion(s) no matter what! I also delve into a personal failure of mine that triggered lots and lots of negative emotions, and I share how the iCARE framework could have been used to help me get out of that rut and navigate my negative emotions more easily. Get full show notes and more information here: www.thejoyinfailure.com/podcast/episode4 Music by DJ Babus at www.djbabus.com Also definitely check out and join https://www.clevergirlfinance.com and subscribe to my friend Bola's amazing 'Clever Girl Knows' podcast. I'm sure you'll love it as much as I do. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejoyinfailurepodcast/support