Ep 11: "Facing Fears and Shifting Gears" Zen Habit #6: If You Fall Down, Get Back Up

Something about dropping a motorcycle makes you feel so stupid, even if you are not hurt, and even if it is not broken. There were so many times, while I was shopping for my first bike, that I saw motorcycles at the dealership with about 50 miles on them, and one scratch on one side. It was obvious, someone had fallen and not gotten back up.When we fall down, and give up, most of the time it is our ego that prevents us from moving forward. But when we make mistakes or fail at something in life, we can look at it as an opportunity to practice recovering from a fall. We can use these opportunities to practice recovering from challenges and difficulties in life. And every time we practice getting back up, it makes recovering from mistakes and falls easier to recover from.*********************************"Facing Fears and Shifting Gears" is a podcast about mental health, neurodiversity, and changing our perspective when life brings us challenges, in order to heal and thrive!My name is Leslie Reyes, and I'm the author of the IndieBRAG award-winning Amazon best-seller, "The Zen of Learning to Ride a Motorcycle: How I Faced My Fears, Shifted Gears, and Found Healing from Anxiety, Codependency, and Depression."I have worked as a psychiatric and chemical dependency nurse, yoga teacher, and I'm also a motorcycle enthusiast. I have seen mental illness up close, first as the daughter of a schizophrenic mother and later through my own personal mental health struggles.I never expected a motorcycle would one day be the guru I needed to change my life habits and finally learn to trust myself. I live with my husband, our five motorcycles, and two dogs in Northern California. This is a podcast about mental health, neurodiversity, and changing our perspective when life brings us challenges, in order to heal and thrive! (This podcast is not a substitute for mental health care or autism treatment).Website: https://www.lesliereyesauthor.comBuy my audiobook here: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Learning-Ride-Motorcycle-Codependency/dp/B0BL2HBP56/Thank you for joining me!