On Having The Space To Dream (The benefits of slowing down - #3)

On Having The Space To Dream (The benefits of slowing down - #3)

The more I chose to see this season as an invitation to slow down, the more I discover the rich benefits, the new possibilities, the creative opportunities which I would otherwise have missed. And the more I notice my brain firing up in innovative, connective, generative ways which it doesn’t often get to do.

In this season of slowing down, I have had space to imagine what could be. I have had space to dream.

On The Benefits of Slowing Down: Slowing down the brain

On The Benefits of Slowing Down: Slowing down the brain

If you had asked me ten years ago about the benefits of slowing my life down I would have probably either a) looked at you as if you had just asked me about the benefit of eating a raw onion (who would EVER do a thing like that…), or b) uttered some comment along the lines of ‘I can sleep when I’m dead’.

But here I am sharing, from my own first-hand experience, the benefits of not rushing around as much as possible and being as busy as humanly possible…

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On the power to choose how we respond to our emotions

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On the power to choose how we respond to our emotions

Anger, fear, sadness, shame and numerous other difficult emotions are swirling around us like a storm in the current circumstances. And yet, there is an increasing body of research into human emotions which concludes:

How we choose to respond to the emotions we feel is within our circle of control.

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