Let’s Tweak the Golden Rule!
Are you more patient with other people than you are with yourself? Do you talk to (or about) yourself the same way you would a dear friend? Have you noticed what you’ll do for others but not for yourself?
I’m not going to give any spoiler alerts about how I’ve decided to change the Golden Rule! However, I will say that the main topic in today’s episode is about how we treat ourselves and how we talk to ourselves compared to how we do so with others.
Please join me in tweaking the Golden Rule in a way you may not have thought about before, and let’s do it before we do any further harm to ourselves!
Not be missed take-ways:
1. Stop and listen to what you say to yourself.
2. Be aware: are you constantly putting other’s needs, wants, and desires, before yours?
3. Taking care of others and putting them first is like painting with watercolors. It can get out of control and run away from you, and you end up with an image that was not at all what you had in mind.
4. Let’s tweak the Golden Rule: (you’ve got to tune in to find out how!)
5. If you continue to treat others better than you do yourself, resentments will build and dock in your harbor.
6. Let’s not perpetuate a behavior that models not valuing ourselves.
7. Taking care of yourself is not selfish.
8. Compromising is different than neglecting yourself.
9. The irony is: the biggest favor you can do for those you love and care about, is to treat yourself well, and put yourself first. Then you are nourished and fueled up so that you can have a full tank to be there for those you care about.
And your mission, that I hope you’ll choose to accept…
1) When you notice that you’ve said something unkind or disrespectful to yourself: Notice it, Name it, Reframe it. You can read specific examples on how to do this by downloading The First 5 Steps to Loving Later Life on the home page of nancylanggibbs.com.
2) The next time you find yourself about to take the burnt or broken piece of something; or you’re tempted to say ‘yes’ to something you’d rather not do… Stop. Ask yourself if this is what you really want.
3) Let us know how it went! Write me at nancy@lovinglaterlife.com so I can share with everyone. When we share our experiences, it helps us all!
4) Share this episode with someone you think needs to hear it!
Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!
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