Ever wonder why you get stuck?

Ever wonder why you get stuck: Reason 1

It’s all about your emotions.

Depending on what you are feeling will depend on what you do. THINK about it, the days when you are at your happiest or you feeling great you manage to do so much more than the days you feel sick or tired or frustrated.

Depending on how you feeling will depend on what you do. Our emotions are the reason we do everything and anything.

You might be thinking, ‘If my emotions control everything, how do I control my emotions?’

Here is one emotion controller.

 There are a few and I am going to take one at a time. Because it’s important that you take the time to think about each. Really start to listen to your emotions.

The first one I want to discuss is you:

Your inner critic. This guy is the most important one to take note of. He/She always visits, it’s loud and overwhelming and let’s face it he/she is horrible. The things the inner critic is often much too harsh.

Most of the time it’s all in your subconscious and you are not even 100% aware of it.

So, let’s stop again and recap. Emotions control what we do right and my self-critic is constantly saying harsh things about us. And this is why I get stuck….

Let’s give your self-critic a little slack here. The thing is the only reason why your self-critic is being so harshly is to protect you, to make sure you don’t repeat the same bad past experiences.

Let’s use an example. Let say that in school you suffered socially; it was difficult for you to make friend. Now as an adult when an experience comes up, your self-critic reminds you of the bad experience you had as a child to protect you from repeating the past event.  As loud as possible your self-critic says. YOU GOING TO MESS THIS UP, or MAYBE YOU SHOULD NOT EVEN TRY, or YOU WERE A LOSER THEN AND YOU STILL A LOSER NOW.  Even though your self-critic is trying to protect you it can hold you back from a new experience.

Think of your self-critic as a child that can over exaggerate. This child needs to be put in its place or rather into perspective. If you are not aware of your self-critic, it runs havoc in your mind. Making life difficult and keeps up stuck.

Here are three things you can do to get UPSTUCK with regards to your critic.

1. Truthy become aware of what your self-critic is telling yourself. Morning pages by Julia Cameron helped me.
2. Be completely honest with yourself.
3. Put your self-critic into perspective.