Emotional Resilience & Inner Mastery: Habits to explore
Recognising emotions, responding with awareness and recovering through difficulty. When a difficult emotion arises, what pattern follows? What capacity could help you respond with greater freedom?
Habit #3 - Make peace with yourself
From self-judgement, to self-compassion, to inner unity.
SELF-JUDGEMENT
SELF-COMPASSION
INNER UNITY
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I notice self-criticism, I will respond with the same patience, truth and kindness to myself as I would offer someone I love.”
Habit #7 - Don’t believe everything you think
From judgemental or fearful thoughts, to discernment, to mental freedom.
JUDGEMENTAL or
FEARFUL THOUGHTS
DISCERNMENT
MENTAL FREEDOM
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When a judgmental or fearful thought arises, I will pause and ask, ‘Is this thought true and helpful?’"
Habit #8 - Go beyond the mind & let go
From rumination, to presence & surrender, to inner stillness.
RUMINATION
PRESENCE & SURRENDER
INNER STILLNESS
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I catch myself ruminating, I will interrupt the pattern by returning my attention to the present person, moment or task.”
Habit #11 - Cultivate forgiveness
From resentment & holding on to hurts, to release, to emotional freedom.
RESENTMENT
RELEASE
EMOTIONAL FREEDOM
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I notice myself rehearsing a hurt and feeling resentful, I will practise releasing the demand to keep rehearsing that same hurt, so I can experience emotional freedom.”
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Habit #1 - Focus on Solutions
From blaming & complaining, to problem solving, to creative empowerment
BLAME / VICTIM
PROBLEM SOLVING
CREATIVE EMPOWERMENT
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I notice myself blaming, I will identify one thing within my influence and take one constructive action.”
Habit #21 - Trust life’s unfolding
From fear/control, to trust, to surrender / flow with life.
FEAR / CONTROL
TRUST
SURRENDER / FLOW WITH LIFE
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I cannot control an outcome, I will release my demand to determine the outcome and identify and take the next loving action that is mine to take.”
Habit #4 - Tune in to your body’s wisdom
From disconnection, to body awareness, to embodied intelligence
DISCONNECTION
BODY AWARENESS
EMBODIED INTELLIGENCE
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I notice discomfort or tension, I will pause and ask, ‘What does my body need?’"
Habit #2 - Look for the lesson and the gift
From resistance & resentment, to adopting a learning mindset (curiosity), to wisdom.
RESISTANCE / RESENTMENT
LEARNING MINDSET / CURIOSITY
WISDOM
The Love Enacted Practice: A simple, repeatable action - “When I notice resistance to something or someone, I will ask, "What can I learn from this, or what is the gift in this?".
Choose one practice from the habits above that resonates with you.
Download the workbook below to access your 21-day practice plan.
Write down the ‘love enacted habit’ in your plan and each day, notice the opportunities you have to practice. Briefly record what you learn.
After 21 days, reflect on what is changing in your life, and what you want to continue developing. It might be more of the same habit, or you might want to go back to your eight areas of valour and choose another habit. Flourishing is a life-long journey of ongoing participation. We are not striving to reach a finish line!
