Once Upon a completely imaginary situation...

Something I come across again and again with my clients, is just how powerful our storytelling powers are. You do it too by the way...

That's right, all those times you sit there and play out a movie in your mind of how you think things are going to play out tomorrow/next week/next year etc...even years into the future.

We may as well grab a bag of popcorn and snuggle up on the sofa whilst we watch this movie play out in our minds - because it's really detailed and you don't want to miss anything...

I mean, you go over exactly what the situation will be, what the other person may do or say in said situation, what you'll then say in return - or even worse - what will you say in return?!

And then you're thinking about all the consequences of that situation and how it will affect not only your life, but everyone else's.

And before you know it, you're really stressed out trying to deal with this situation!

But if you were to have an out of body type experience and float up above your head and look down at yourself, you'd see that you're sat on the sofa, eating popcorn, and not much else. Everything around you is calm, and pretty normal. And most importantly, you're absolutely fine.

And this is your actual reality.

It's inside your head where all the drama is happening.

That's where the made-up, imaginary movies are going full force and taking you down all kinds of different routes and throwing even more problematic situations at you to deal with. And very quickly you start to experience all of the feelings that go along with this thinking - fear, anxiety, frustration, annoyance - you name it!

But none of it is real. None of it is actually happening.

And lets pretend for argument's sake that something you're concerned about did end up happening in the future.

Do you not trust that in that moment, you'll find a way to deal with it and know how to work through it, just as you've done countless times in your life already?

We can grow so used to creating these imaginary movies in our minds of how we think things will play out in the future, that this is where we end up living most of the time. In the made-up reality in our minds, created solely by the thinking we're having in that moment, and nothing else.

You wanna know what's real? You reading this right now.

Nothing else that you're worried about in the future has happened yet - and may not ever happen either. So why not give yourself a break, and switch off from the future (and the past for the matter); and come back to the present moment. And deal with whatever is going on for you right now in this moment instead. And then do the same tomorrow, and the day after that.

It's a pretty good formula for a stress-free life.

And it's exactly the type of thing you'll become more aware of and better able to deal with, in my live monthly coaching programme ‘Effortless Relationships’.

Not only do we focus on marriage and relationships, but we also go deep into how to manage your own emotions, so that you end up becoming a stronger, less anxious, more confident and happier person all around - that's genuinely content with life.

But that's probably not gonna happen if you continue to spend most of your time living (and stressing) in that made up movie world in your mind...

This live coaching programme also includes access to my 5-Part online Effortless Relationships training programme -and I’ve made the first module available for free. Here’s where to get it:

www.ptissem.com/free

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