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Shape your perspective

Shape your perspective

Instead of focussing on the negatives in the situation, deliberately discover what is still going right. 

In choosing your perspective you are keeping the problem from consuming you.

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Take time to stop

Sometimes it can be difficult to stay calm.

Take the time to stop and breathe deeply or practice mindfulness to return your attention to the present moment and away from the worries and fears.

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Find opportunities

Every crisis presents opportunities for growth. Think how someone else you admire might handle the situation.

How can your crises shape you for the better?

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Reach out

Anxiety might make you feel that you should handle this problem without help.

Connecting with someone for help can make solutions and opportunities easier to find.

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Be solution-focused

Break the problems into workable pieces. Ask yourself how you can manage each piece.

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An outsider's perspective

An outsider's perspective

Imagining your own advice if you were counseling a friend on making the decision can help you understand what an outsider's perspective might be. 

Because you're in the middle of a situation, your views are distorted, but on the outside, you might see things differently.

A Sense Of Perspective

Non-worriers are able to distance themselves from a situation in order to gain perspective. Worriers can do that too by thinking of all the worst possible scenarios, and evaluating their likelihood of happening.

Another strategy is to talk about yourself in the third person so...

Keep things in perspective

Keep things in perspective

Remind yourself of what is going well in your life. Consider the best and worst that could happen.

What’s the worst-case scenario here? Is this situation really as bad as it could get? Probably not. Take action to fix the problem and move on.

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