Serenity Powerlessness Unmanageability Coping with Anxiety and Distress

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18 Jul 2021

Live discussion with Dr Dawn Elise Snipes on coping with anxiety and depression and other physical and mental illnesses with an integrative behavioral health approach to psychological flexibility Serenity powerlessness and unmanageability explores the concept of applying the twelve steps and the serenity prayer through radical acceptance and purposeful action for coping with anxiety and distress and enhancing mental health The videos in this playlist a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fplaylist 3Flist 3DPLcB3trehXswh3CptXDsFykxF72mAWOL4i a will help you dive deeper into the concepts we discussed in the live streaming broadcast Please LIKE SHARE SUBSCRIBE and click the BELL to be notified when we release new videos and when Dr Dawn Elise Snipes is going live each month Access additional benefits by JOINING here a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fchannel 2FUCAE3JJi8tX7gfhZEXCUGd A 2Fjoin a Show Notes Below Would you go on a trip without first identifying where you were going Health and Happiness Would you go on a trip blindly without getting directions to your destination What steps and activities will help you achieve your definition of health and happiness When you are on your way traffic jams and delays cannot always be anticipated When you run into them what do you do Powerlessness Stay stuck Rev your engine and burn through your gas Randomly turn off and hope you can figure out how to get back on course Scream at the cars in front of you blaming them for your problem Even if someone else caused the situation it is your problem to fix Take a minute and look at the map to find the best alternate route Accept this is the best route and you may just have to be patient Serenity to accept the things I cannot change and courage to change the things I can When you are on a trip do you pay attention to your gas gauge or just hope that when you need fuel you will be able to find a station HALT When you are on a trip with a time limit vacation do you Follow the directions to ensure you get to your destination Frequently get detoured by something that seems exciting in the moment Defects of character impulsivity trying to control what you are powerless over Do you get to your destination recovery or end up going back home dying without getting there Belief in something greater than ourselves Belief in a bigger picture or Good Orderly Direction GOD can be thought of as Google Maps for living It is a set of directions for how to live our lives in a way that most efficiently gets us to our destination of a rich and meaningful life Keeping the bigger picture in focus Good Orderly Direction can give us the SERENITY to accept the things we cannot change not worth wasting the energy the COURAGE to change the things we can The WISDOM to know the difference Admit that you are powerless and this situation as you are currently experiencing it has become unmanageable Believe that following a plan GOD as opposed to living reactively could restore your health and happiness Make a decision to adhere to a plan GOD to guide your actions and use your energy in the best possible way to help you reach your destination of health and happiness Examine your thoughts and behaviors for those that are impulsive or reactive or not guided by the plan GOD Identify the exact nature of your unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that distract you from the plan BAD HALT Be entirely ready to resume your plan GOD following the directions and forgoing immediate reward to get headed back toward your destination of continuous health and happiness Regularly remind yourself that the benefits of arriving at your destination Health Happiness by adhering to the plan GOD outweigh the momentary benefits of acting on impulse powerlessness powerlessnessinrecovery mentalhealth coping anxiety