The Benefits of Cruising into Neutral | Praise Podcast

In this episode, hear how viewing events through a more neutral lens can assist with self-care, self-love, and self-esteem.

https://momo634.com/p/benefits-cruising-neutral

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:01 In this episode,

00:00:02 --> 00:00:06 hear how viewing events through a more neutral lens can assist

00:00:06 --> 00:00:07 with self-care,

00:00:08 --> 00:00:09 self-love,

00:00:09 --> 00:00:10 and self-esteem.

00:00:13 --> 00:00:14 Hello,

00:00:14 --> 00:00:16 and welcome to Momo 634,

00:00:16 --> 00:00:22 the daily podcast chock full of faith-filled inspiration and motivation.

00:00:22 --> 00:00:25 Please like, share, and subscribe.

00:00:25 --> 00:00:30 Momo 634, motivational moments just for today.

00:00:45 --> 00:00:48 I've often said this podcast is sort of an internet

00:00:48 --> 00:00:50 confessional or a therapist

00:00:50 --> 00:00:53 couch just facing the fourth wall.

00:00:53 --> 00:00:57 But much of what I post here is me trying to work something out

00:00:57 --> 00:00:58 in my head,

00:00:58 --> 00:01:01 researching things that might have bearing on what I'm feeling

00:01:02 --> 00:01:03 at any given moment

00:01:03 --> 00:01:05 or just processing things.

00:01:06 --> 00:01:10 in light of some of the recent episodes on turning chaos into calm.

00:01:10 --> 00:01:13 And after our last episode on the gray rock technique,

00:01:14 --> 00:01:17 I've tried harder at displacing the energy of stuff swirling

00:01:17 --> 00:01:19 around me by sucking

00:01:19 --> 00:01:20 the emotion out of it.

00:01:21 --> 00:01:24 In just about every aspect of my life recently,

00:01:25 --> 00:01:26 something has been pulling at me.

00:01:27 --> 00:01:30 I choose to view it as Satan trying to sift me like wheat,

00:01:31 --> 00:01:34 but he uses the things and people around me.

00:01:35 --> 00:01:37 Like our old pal the candy gram shark,

00:01:37 --> 00:01:39 a reference that has popped up often here.

00:01:40 --> 00:01:42 He wants to get in and gobble me up,

00:01:42 --> 00:01:44 but he has to get me to open up the door first.

00:01:45 --> 00:01:48 I was born, but it wasn't yesterday.

00:01:49 --> 00:01:53 So when he doesn't get his way, he throws everything my way.

00:01:55 --> 00:01:59 All it's made me do is become more analytical in my responses.

00:02:00 --> 00:02:02 Because emotions are mercurial,

00:02:03 --> 00:02:06 and because we can come across differently than perhaps we mean

00:02:06 --> 00:02:07 to if we're running

00:02:07 --> 00:02:10 on fumes due to lack of sleep or skipping a meal,

00:02:11 --> 00:02:14 I've been playing the advanced version of The Nice Game,

00:02:14 --> 00:02:16 mentioned in one of our earliest episodes.

00:02:18 --> 00:02:21 I noticed that by taking the emotion out of what's been coming my way,

00:02:22 --> 00:02:24 by gathering my toolkit around me,

00:02:25 --> 00:02:29 and proactively choosing filters and boundaries to preserve my

00:02:29 --> 00:02:29 mental health,

00:02:30 --> 00:02:32 I've been better able to meet the challenges,

00:02:33 --> 00:02:33 which,

00:02:33 --> 00:02:34 in turn,

00:02:34 --> 00:02:36 has boosted my self-esteem.

00:02:37 --> 00:02:41 I'm sure the Candy Graham shark will be back with renewed vigor,

00:02:42 --> 00:02:44 and I'm sure I will falter from time to time.

00:02:45 --> 00:02:49 But making self-care a priority and refusing to get sucked into

00:02:49 --> 00:02:50 energy drainers

00:02:51 --> 00:02:53 especially those I cannot control,

00:02:54 --> 00:02:57 has been the mental health adjustment I needed.

00:02:58 --> 00:03:03 It's as Proverbs 26.20 says, Without wood, a fire goes out.

00:03:04 --> 00:03:07 Without gossip, a conflict ceases.

00:03:08 --> 00:03:10 Our Momoism for today says,

00:03:11 --> 00:03:14 Saving your emotional energy for the things that really matter

00:03:15 --> 00:03:16 is truly freeing.

00:03:18 --> 00:03:21 What's your take on the concept of viewing things more neutrally?

00:03:22 --> 00:03:23 Chime in below.

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