Stuck? In a rut? Uncertain? Overwhelmed? Going around in circles? Running out of energy? How did I get here? It’s not my fault. Feel like you’re on a hamster wheel?
Stubbornness is not one of my most endearing traits. At times, I have been able to hang on to that hamster wheel like my life depended on it.
It’s amazing how quickly a few negative thoughts about what I’m challenged with in my life can turn into that negative unending spiral. And down I go – hangin’ on to that stupid hamster wheel.
The only thing that got me off the darn thing was getting desperate enough to say “ENOUGH!!”
As soon as I did that, it created an opportunity. I had a CHOICE!
And when I realized that I could choose to not be a hamster, I fell off the wheel. And immediately my memory was flooded with all of the tools that I have at my fingertips to blast that wheel into smithereens!!
Several years ago, my youngest sister was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer. She was given 3 to 5 years.
Well, I jumped on to that hamster wheel in a big way at first! I was really angry that this had happened to her. But that stupid hamster wheel was really all about me and had nothing to do with her or what she was going through.
I could not change this situation, but I finally realized that I did have a choice. She needed a lot of help. So I made a CHOICE to just be with her – from moment to moment. Some of those moments were excruciatingly hard and some were ecstatically joyful. She passed away about two years ago and I am grateful for every one of those moments I had with her.
Those years were also magnificent opportunities to feel stuck and to remember that I had a choice.
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to slip into a fear mindset? And what’s WORSE is how easy it is to actually feel COMFORTABLE being afraid. Even being afraid all the time.
The big problem with this is that you are wired to respond to fear with a flood of hormones that keeps you on alert. This is the ‘flight or fight’ response.
This is actually a good thing if you are in immediate danger – like someone cuts you off in traffic. You move quickly before you even have time to think about it.
But if you have fallen into a hamster wheel of chronic negative thoughts, your nervous system is constantly bombarding your body with flood after flood of hormones to keep you in ‘flight or fight’ response.
The FACT is that CHRONIC FEAR KILLS!
Chronic fear and the symptoms of stress it creates are the root cause of most of the illnesses people are suffering from. In fact the US Center for Disease control has reported that over half of all deaths, of those under 65, are from causes rooted in stress.
It is really, really important to know that you ALWAYS have a choice!
Stuck is an opportunity to remember that you can choose to either change the situation or change how you are responding to it. Or you can choose to stay stuck.
There are many ways to use sound to shift out of the fear mindset and to reduce or dissolve the symptoms of stress.
If creating a life of balance and harmony is important to you, I invite you to check out the Sound Wellness Fundamentals that includes our Sound Wellness Solution workshop coming up at the end of September.
Every person is unique in his or her response to sound. So throughout the workshop, you experience a variety of different kinds of sound and music to choose from. You will leave with many tools that support your wellbeing.
