Today is a day to remind ourselves that we are in control of where we choose to focus our thoughts...

All us are going through a new and unique experience together and yet alone. We have created a world in which we are connected globally. There was a time in which we knew very little about what was going on in other parts of out planet. By the time we heard about it was far in the past. Now we know in an instant what is happening everywhere to all 744 billion of us. 

We have to remind ourselves that bad news usually travels fast but for whatever reason good news has a harder time reaching us at the same speed. It really is I suppose the way our brain is wired. In my coaching I talk a lot about our primitive brain and how it was set up to help us when danger was around every corner and one mistake to lead to disaster for us and possibly our tribe as a whole.  While our prefrontal cortex seems to live with us here today and has the ability to rationalize and choose where to focus our energy and our mind. That primitive part has no idea that we have evolved, it does not understand language only emotion. As soon as we anxious the amygdala (the security guard in our brain) gives the primitive brain full veto power and shuts off the blood flow to the prefrontal cortex. Now alarms are going off we are tense ready to flee of freeze; our heart rate may increase and we can have a sense that the sky is falling.   

These are the times when we need to dig deep into our toolbox and grab hold of those tools we chose to put away for days like this. “There you go breathe, slowly in and out while saying to yourself I am safe I am okay. Continue to do this until you feel your back in your more rational mind”. From this place you can make clear choices to support your best self to plan, reach out for support and know that this too shall pass. You have been through many smaller trials that have prepared you for this. From this place you can choose to look for stories of triumph, support and tremendous kindness. You have been training for this with all those little bumps in the past. You can let go of fear and open to trust.

Love and Light 

Rosetta Sanders