Comments for Rain Ripple River https://rainrippleriver.com/ Changing the world from the inside out Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:15:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Comment on Change your story to change your experience by Don't just change your life - change your experience - Rain Ripple River https://rainrippleriver.com/change-your-story/#comment-144 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:15:45 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1241#comment-144 […] The stories you tell create the lens through which you see the world. That in turn dictates what you see and ultimately, what you experience. When you change your story, you change your experience. [Read Change your story to change your experience] […]

]]> Comment on Unhappy? Try a both/and balm by Stop white-knuckling happiness - take a both/and approach instead - Rain Ripple River https://rainrippleriver.com/unhappy-both-and-balm/#comment-57 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:41:48 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1336#comment-57 […] If it’s unhappy, how are you treating yourself? Are you being kind to yourself, or are you adding to the unhappiness by the way you’re treating yourself? (In my next post I’m going to offer some ideas for how to navigate the “unhappy” region with a both/and approach.) […]

]]> Comment on Don’t just change your life – change your experience by Unhappy? Try a both/and balm - Rain Ripple River https://rainrippleriver.com/dont-just-change-your-life-change-your-experience/#comment-56 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:36:20 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1238#comment-56 […] Create positive movement: That might be taking action on making a positive change. Or it could be developing a positive practice like meditation or gratitude journaling. It might entail consciously adding positive elements to your life (like a weekly hobby night where you give yourself permission to just do something you love). Or it might mean recognizing the need to change the story you tell about your situation to change how you experience it. […]

]]> Comment on Change your story to change your experience by Unhappy? Try a both/and balm - Rain Ripple River https://rainrippleriver.com/change-your-story/#comment-55 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:35:15 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1241#comment-55 […] give yourself permission to just do something you love). Or it might mean recognizing the need to change the story you tell about your situation to change how you experience […]

]]> Comment on Don’t just change your life – change your experience by Stop white-knuckling happiness - take a both/and approach instead - Rain Ripple River https://rainrippleriver.com/dont-just-change-your-life-change-your-experience/#comment-52 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:41:55 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1238#comment-52 […] and amplify what’s already there. (This is an example of using “focus management” as a way to change your experience – in this case, expanding the good that is already there.) […]

]]> Comment on Change your focus to change your experience by Stop white-knuckling happiness - take a both/and approach instead - Rain Ripple River https://rainrippleriver.com/change-your-focus/#comment-51 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:39:58 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1246#comment-51 […] up consciously can strengthen and amplify what’s already there. (This is an example of using “focus management” as a way to change your experience – in this case, expanding the good that is already there.) […]

]]> Comment on Change your life with a pointillist approach by Stop white-knuckling happiness - take a both/and approach instead - Rain Ripple River https://rainrippleriver.com/change-your-life-with-a-pointillist-approach/#comment-50 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:38:26 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1265#comment-50 […] you – that could add more of what energizes you to your life? (This is one way of taking a pointillist approach to shaping your life in a positive direction.) […]

]]> Comment on Permission to be human by Stop white-knuckling happiness - take a both/and approach instead - Rain Ripple River https://rainrippleriver.com/permission-to-be-human/#comment-49 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:36:56 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1182#comment-49 […] Like it or not, you’re going to have down days. Maybe it’s just a short melancholy funk. Or perhaps things are going sideways in your life and you’re feeling the weight of it. Or maybe you’ve just hit a stretch of the blah doldrums. It’s all part of the messy, imperfect reality of being human. […]

]]> Comment on What gifts are you giving Future You? by curtrosengren https://rainrippleriver.com/what-gifts-are-you-giving-future-you/#comment-41 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:36:17 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1279#comment-41 In reply to Heather B.

Perfect! And such an important gift!

]]> Comment on What gifts are you giving Future You? by Heather B https://rainrippleriver.com/what-gifts-are-you-giving-future-you/#comment-40 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:26:22 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1279#comment-40 Today’s preventive mammogram is my gift to Future Me! Thanks for this terrific reframe.

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