EPISODE · Apr 19, 2020 · 17 MIN
4 Secrets to having more joy in your life.
from Thrive Beyond Pornography · host Zach Spafford
- The sun is setting and the kids are out making the gleeful noises that signal an amazing day is ending.- It’s about bed time and I am sitting down to record- Thinking, what is the skill the thing that my audience needs help mastering this week? - What can I bring to them.- That they might have joy – 2 ne 25- Opposition in all things 2 ne 11- Taking new meaning- Ask clients, what percentage of life should you feel good?- 90%, 75% 60/40- Major reason we fall into buffering or addictive behaviors – avoiding negative feelings- Avoiding feelings leads to doubling down on negativity.- Lonely leads to drinking, pornography whatever,- The lonely doesn’t really get addressed and in the end it doesn’t go away- Then after the temporary pleasure fades, the loneliness comes back and- On top of that we add guilt- So now we’ve doubled the pain- Problem is we can make it even worse.- We can double again and choose to think, not, “ive done something I don’t want to do again and I will take responsibility for it and stop”- We some times choose to think, “I’m bad, broken or irredeemable” which is shame,- So now we’ve tripled our pain.- - On the flip side, when we have great things in our lives happen, we look for problems.- Or we diminish the value of our accomplishments or our contributions in the world- - - 4 ways to create joy in your life.- 1. Seek the good in your lifea. Consciously observe the wins in your day i. Dinner table questionb. avoid seeing problems where there aren’t anyc. Believe what you want to believe about yourselfd. 2. Become willing to feel your feelings all the waya. Practiceb. Self confidence i. Feel any feeling3. Remember you are learninga. Ability to trust self4. The atonement has bridged the gap, you just need to get on the...
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