Your New Mantra: "It's Easy And I Like It!"

Hey, beautiful people! What if you were able to look at the things in your life that were super boring, really hard, or just miserable, and honestly say to yourself and truly believe it ~ "It's easy and I like it!"? I'm going to show you how today on Stress Therapy.It's season 4, on Stress Therapy 101. So, settle in and listen up…because your stress therapy session is about to begin… right…now! In this podcast, we will learn: How to resist excuses and negative thoughts with your new mantraThe basics of cognitive therapy and why your new mantra actually works in helping you feel betterHow to embrace, practice and live our new mantra, "It's easy and I like it!"Quotes: "If you can manipulate the way that you're thinking about things, it's going to change how you feel about things...it's going to change how you react and live in this world."- Cheri"If we think something enough we believe it to be true, whether it's true or not! So, let’s take control over what we are thinking...Let’s take control now, and decide that it’s easy and I like it!" - CheriThe Host for this podcast:Cheri Augustine Flake, LCSWThe Stress Therapist and AuthorTwitter: @stresstherapyInstagram: @thestresstherapist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheriaugustineflakeLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-augustine-flake-719b044Website: https://thestresstherapist.com/Stay in touch with Cheri and sign up for The Stress Therapist's Newsletter:https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/Join Cheri Flake on her next retreat!https://thestresstherapist.com/retreats/https://thestresstherapist.com/beach-retreats/Want Cheri Flake to be your therapist? If you live in Georgia go to this link:https://thestresstherapist.com/contact/ to schedule a free 15 minute consultation.Follow Cheri Flake on GoodReads:Cheri Augustine Flake (Author of Honey Do to Honey DONE!)Buy Cheri's book: Honey Do To Honey DONE! A Simple System For A Productive And Happy Household With Absolutely No More Nagging! https://www.amazon.com/Honey-DONE-Productive-Household-Absolutely/dp/0997950919/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8A word from your host, Cheri Flake, LCSW:Feeling good after our Stress Therapy session? Awesome. Check out the show notes to connect with me, The Stress Therapist on social media and you can always go to iLoveTherapy.com to find out about meditation and yoga retreats and other offerings that I have there. Do you live in Georgia? Are you ready to be one of my clients? Go to my website to find out how you can sign up for a free consultation with me. But at the very least, go to my website and jump on my mailer so, you don't stress or miss one thing!Chapters00:00 Introduction01:25 How to resist defaulting to excuses03:01 Why is Cognitive Therapy effective?05:50 Our new mantra, "It's easy and I like it"12:28 Take our beautiful mantra and let's meditate!26:49 Post meditation28:12 My song about my personal journey in creating the life I want "Joy"28:28 The next episodes of Stress TherapyJoy by 13 Storieshttps://open.spotify.com/track/28gcvkVn2xw4XjbKGKBs25?si=ddb84f4486e644d0&nd=1JoyI take my joy straight up every day…Bliss is simply what I wantI'm not doing, but I'm doneChange the way you look at thingsand it all falls in placeDig two graves or forgivenessI choose peace instead of thisYou go on about nothin’While you’re missing what there is…Es no sobre “getting”Es sobre “letting”I take my joy straight up every dayChorus:MilkshakeChocolate covered hard-acheDig my own religionLive like a magicianTake my mind from noisyTo what I find rosyIt’s none of my business what you think so…I take my joy straight up every dayI walk down a different streetDo not go right back to sleepI’m your violet incenseI’ve learned I can make grass growI know like I know like I know like I knowI take my joy straight up every dayDon’t die with music still in youInside my mind God is blueWhen I’m 500 years oldI’ll still be thanking youOpen to everythingAttached to nothingI take my joy straight up every day