"Your Feelings are a result of your thinking." ~Dr. Reivich
Do you blow situations out of proportion?
Do you overreact?
Do you truly believe that you don't have any control over your emotional reactions?
If you answered yes to the above questions then you may have iceberg beliefs. "Iceberg beliefs are thoughts that float beneath the surface of your consciousness: powerful forces that can significantly undermine your resilience and cause you to overreact to a particular situation." ~Karen Salmansohn
Typical iceberg beliefs:
1. Things should always be fair.
2. I can't help it. This is who I am.
3. Revenge is ok.
4. You got me mad.
5. I can't.
Are these reasons for our negative reactions, or have our iceberg beliefs become built in excuses?
"You choose how you react. Your reactions don't choose you."
Quote of the month: "A life is not important except in the impact it has in other lives." ~Jackie Robinson
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