Parents often kick their own butts, stress their own selves out with an automatic expectation that the day or a specific situation will be difficult.

It’s ALL unnecessary but what REALLY gets me is when I do it over something that I know I can do easily! I’ll get a running commentary on the pressure of it all and then realize, wait a minute, I do this easily. What’s all the tension about?

When we practice monitoring the energy we’re creating on our own selves, it’s surprising how much crap we’re laying on OURSELVES UNNECESSARILY! MONITOR your thoughts and feelings and identify old dead roots that you thought you’d gotten rid of trying to come alive again. Do this at random times of the day and especially when you’re not feeling good about something that hasn’t even happened yet.

Check the negative feeling, put the spotlight of your attention on it, dig out the negative thought behind it, then Nip It. … and keep nipping ’til that sucker’s dead.

How often do you find yourself needlessly stressing yourself out?