006: 🌀 Hurricane Ian and CONTROLLING the Controllable!

Focusing on what you can control, even during a Hurricane 🌀! This has been an interesting week for me - If you weren't aware, my family and I live in Gulf Coast Florida, and this past week we had to evacuate our home which is in a flood zone to avoid Hurricane Ian.  This is, obviously, a very stressful situation - we had to prepare our house, move stuff up high on shelves in case it floods, and pack up the car and off we go. Myself + Husband, our 3 kids, our dog 🐕‍🦺 Kali, and my son's hedgehog Maple. 🦔 The thing is, we didn't know what we would come back to. In a worst-case scenario, our house could be completely destroyed along with all of our "stuff".  In this episode, I talk all about how we have to focus on what we can control.  I sure as heck can't control a freakin' hurricane, but I know what I can control - my mind, and my thoughts about the potential outcomes. I can control my actions - the decision to evacuate. What to pack. How to prepare our house.  Of course, we know bad things can happen - and this storm did a LOT of bad things further south from where we live - but that's nothing that I can do anything about. So hope for the best, plan for the worst.  I also give you four tips to help YOU control the controllable Being aware of and noticing your own thoughts Reminding yourself that YOU Control the thoughts that go into your head Visualizing a positive outcome - don't focus on the worst-case scenario Work on changing the words you are thinking about the situation to a positive situation Remember, focusing on the controllable doesn't mean not acknowledging that bad things happen - it just means you aren't putting your energy on something that hasn't even happened yet!  ⭐ Hey there! Thanks for listening! ⭐  If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @katherinereuter! And, since the Do Life Big podcast is JUST GETTING off the GROUND 🚀 a REVIEW would mean the WORLD to getting our message of living your best freakin' life possible out there! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Have a topic you'd like to hear about? Shoot me an email at [email protected]!