Mental Health: Growing Through Difficult Life Transitions | How to Value Our Non-Shared Experiences

#MentalHealth #LifeTransitions #experiences 0:00 - 2:30 - Intro 2:30 - 11:20 The Value in Non-Shared Experience 11:20 - Wrap Up Hello Everyone, Hope all is well. Welcome to another segment on Mental Health, this week ☺️! In today's conversation, we're talking about our non-shared lived experiences. Specifically, the people, places, and situations that we've experienced that others struggle to relate with. Even if others experienced similarly, the interplay between our personality, preferences, and disposition, confronted with the unfolding of the specific events or circumstances make these experiences personal, non-shared, and un-relatable. These also somehow end up being the moments in life that fundamentally changed the way we see the world around us. This shift in perspective and worldview can feel alienating, and can also leave us feeling unheard, misunderstood, and alone. But only for a time ☺️. While we may not find solace in the comforts that supported who we once were, it's always worth the investment to find alignment in people, interests and settings that best reflect who we have become now. Whether people choose to acknowledge it or not, much of who we are is grounded in our non-shared experiences. As we heal, these become those pivotal moments and core memories that serve us, rather than hold us down. Any questions? Send us an email: [email protected] #mentalhealth #lifetransitions #experiences *RESOURCES* -- Commentary: Why are children in the same family so different? Non-shared environment three decades late: https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/40/3/582/739694 - Shared versus Nonshared Environmental Influences A Riddle: https://www.doctorabel.us/personality-psychology/shared-versus-nonshared-environmental-influences-a-riddle.html - Nature vs. nurture is nonsense: On the necessity of an integrated genetic, social, developmental, and personality psychology: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajpy.12240 For all topics related to renewing and rebuilding family, communities and relationships, check out our blogs! We post bi-weekly: https://www.spe-projectpurpose.com/blogs Make sure to come visit us, subscribe to the website, and join our Member's Area for more valuable content: *SOCIALS* Website: www.spe-projectpurpose.com Facebook Page: @ProjectPurposeSPE Instagram: @ProjectPurposeSPE or my personal account @realistrae Twitter: @Purpose_SPE Pinterest: @ProjectPurposeSPE If you'd like to read my research thesis, "ADHD: Is it a Social Construct or does it have a Neurophysiological Basis?" you can find it at the following address: https://rachellerealist.wordpress.com​​. ​I'm more than happy to answer your questions, feel free to send an email to: [email protected] OUR AUTONOMY, SELF-EFFICACY, COMPASSION & SELF-CONCEPT WORKSHOPS ARE AVAILABLE (AGES 4-8, 9-13 & 14-17) BE SURE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND MAKE YOUR PURCHASE! Do you like the intro/outro music? Check out the artist on Spotify: Artist Name: Valdii Song Name: I Learn