FREE Mental Health Micro Guide #21

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Two words that have

helped me enormously.

Now with their own issue of the guide.

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The Question: How can “If Then” help?

Two words vs anxiety.

Seriously?

How are two words going to help?

Find out how in this 4 minute film…

(fwd is aiming to have all video content accompanied with a descriptive transcript so that we can benefit from the wisdom and character of all who engage. The descriptive transcript can be found under the video in Youtube.)

The Time-Saver: Using “If Then”

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A carousel summarising the benefits of “if Then”

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The Checklist: The power of “if then”

A quick look at the

“how” and “why”

of “if thens”

from the resources above.

The Pause Portal: Flourish (Seed)

This Pause Portal is a throwback to the beginning of 2023 but still valid today.

(drawnty is a pop-up film studio I do sometimes…)

If you had to sum up living life to the full in one word - what would that word be? A word that fits well is “flourishing” but how do we flourish in life?

Imagine (this year) is a flower pot. Four flower pots in fact.

You plant a seed in the first one. But you haven’t removed the hard rocks. So the plant is blocked and doesn’t flourish.

You plant a seed in the second one. But you haven’t removed unwanted seeds that grow quicker and stronger. So the plant is overwhelmed and doesn’t flourish.

You plant a seed in the third one. But the soil has been squashed down so often that it is hard. The seed stays exposed at the surface, open to attack from the birds and definitely doesn’t flourish.

The fourth seed you plant is different. You remove the hard rocks. It isn’t blocked. You remove the unwanted seeds and remove any weeds that send up shoots. It isn’t overwhelmed. You make sure it is planted deep but not squashed down. It isn’t exposed or open to attack.

Slowly, but surely the seed flourishes giving roots, shoots and fruit including many more seeds.

This story is adapted from one that is over 2000 years old. But we all know what it feels like to want to flourish, to live a better fuller life. We all know what it feels like to be blocked, overwhelmed, exposed and open to attack. We all know what it feels like to fail to flourish.

What will you plant in (this year) for a better life?

And how will you look after it?

Write down your thoughts and plans.

Try it and see what difference it makes?

(fwd is aiming to have all video content accompanied with a descriptive transcript so that we can benefit from the wisdom and character of all who engage. The descriptive transcript can be found under the video in Youtube.)

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