I caught myself grumbling and complaining this morning.
This is a sign to me that I need to look at my thinking around what’s happening. My reaction says a heck of a lot more about me than it does anyone—or anything—else.
One of the things I’ve noticed is that people tend to hold on to their complaints, believing that their thinking the situation should be different, or someone else should behave differently will somehow make those changes happen.
What is actually happening is you are negatively impacting your mental, physical, and spiritual wellness.
Your negative thoughts are generating catabolic energy that releases the stress hormone cortisol, adrenaline, and other chemicals that literally can cannibalize your body. They break down your immune system, stress your heart, and impact your muscles. Over time, this catabolic energy can cause everything from painful trigger points in your shoulders, to inflammation, to heart attacks. It can even impact your metabolism and other weight-related systems making it easier to gain and harder to release weight.
Your complaining is literally weighing you down!
When you “lighten up” emotionally by allowing yourself to relax, smile, laugh, and enjoy life you are making it easier for your body to “lighten up.”
When you lighten up emotionally, you are allowing your body to work for you down to the cellular level. Choosing a more constructive and positive anabolic reaction releases endorphins and body supporting hormones that help your body heal, rebuild, and flow with physical energy. And yes, make it easier to release excess weight.
Here’s a tip. To change your response, change your perception of who you are in relationship to what is happening.
Remind yourself that you are capable of dealing with the situation. Be confident in its resolution. Open your mind to the solutions. Be flexible and willing to look at things from another point of view.
You are much more powerful than you realize. You absolutely have the ability to change your response. All it takes is a slight mental shift in how you see yourself, the situation, and the people involved.
Now when you catch yourself complaining about anyone or anything, recognize the negative impact it’s having on your body. Pay attention to what you are doing to your own wellness.
Reach for a new thought about yourself—who you are, what you are capable of, and what you deserve.
How does that impact how you physically and mentally feel? How does your more positive response improve the situation?
Together we can do it!
Great post. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! Appreciate you commenting!
Thank you for illuminating this topic! So timely for me. Yesterday, I found myself complaining to myself, in an empty house! I get so fed up with the world that we’re living in, and am more than ready for it to really change. I find myself cursing everything from the way we’ve been controlled, to gravity itself! A downward spiral ensues. But, of course, the change in our world starts with me/each one of us, so that’s what’s truly counterproductive! Thank you for reminding me to reach deeper and treat myself as I/we deserve. You remind me that we are powerful, and I’ll take your advice to heart : )
So glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for letting me know. Appreciate you!
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Difficult work…figuring out who I am again. Must discover lost self!
You are in the process of figuring it out. Let yourself believe that you will. I know you can do it.
Okay…that is encouraging…one lady told me today to “keep being brave…” So hard to be brave and be rejected! *Thank you* for the encouragement.
Just one tiny step at a time. That’s all it takes to move in the direction you want to go. You can do it! Cheering you on.
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