Most of us are not perfect.
I certainly am not. In fact,lately I have been replaying several moments from my life where I behaved poorly.
But when I do this nowadays, I don’t beat myself up. I have learned to find self-compassion for the person I used to be and to recognize I am no longer him.
Integrity is the alignment of our values or beliefs with our actions or behavior. Even though I know I am human, I am still surprised when I catch myself behaving out of integrity or out of alignment.
When we do this, it is easy to beat ourselves up, but another option is to figure out what is going on.
In this Episode I share a few examples of my behavior not aligning with my beliefs, and how I chose to deal with these situations.
The first step is to be able to see what is happening, and that, in itself, is a lot of work. Things like meditation, journaling, yoga, and exercise can help us find our way to these glimpses in time.
Once we can take the observer position and see things happening in our lives, we can make a choice to do some work, or to let it go, or to do whatever. The key is we can buy ourselves a choice to change. And grow. And learn.
I am amazed at how regularly I find myself looking at my behavior. I’m not saying I have figured everything out, but I am living proof that we can learn to overcome our issues and find more peace and calm in our lives. I hope this Episode sheds some light on how that happens.
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Podcast audio: https://pdcn.co/e/https://chtbl.com/track/CGDA9D/www.buzzsprout.com/530563/10332189-kew-episode-91-walk-the-talk.mp3?download=true
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/Amx1aEEsM78