12 Steps for Everyday Living

The following 12 steps can be followed everyday to support you in creating a life free of stress, anxieties, and addictions-- giving you the power to create the life you desire.

1. Admit we are powerless over everything and everyone outside of ourselves.

2. Come to recognize and believe that we can control our own thoughts and beliefs, perceptions and actions and that through this, we will regain power in our lives.

3. Make the decision to allow life to happen, knowing that we can handle anything that comes our way.

4. Take a few moments to recognize that we are human, recognizing our thoughts, faults, beauty, strengths, and values with total and complete honesty and acceptance.

5. Take a few moments to recognize the people in our lives- recognizing their faults, beauty, strengths, an values with total and complete honesty and acceptance.

6. Take a moment to forgive any person that we feel has wronged us.

7. Take a moment to forgive ourselves.

8. Take a moment to recognize an Automatic Negative Thought/Belief that may be holding us back.  Embrace it- look at it with honesty- feel the emotions it causes.

9. Replace the negative thought/belief with a positive affirmation and remember it throughout the day.

10. Remember our larger goals and create small tangible goals for positive forward movement.

11. Remember to take one small step at a time and to breathe.

12. Create action in our lives, always following suite with what we value from deep within.

These are the principles I live by in my life.  They have helped me reduce my anxiety to almost nothing.  They have helped me create positive forward movement in my life on a mental, spiritual and physical level.  I realized a while back that external control is simply an illusion that causes major detriment to our lives.  Seeking to control the people and world around us forces us to lose control of ourselves, leading to addiction, anxiety, depression, etc.  Accepting the notion that we are powerless over that which is outside of ourselves is crucial to living a joyful, successful, and anxiety free life.  We take control of our lives when we recognize that we are only in control of ourselves.  Although we cannot control the world around us, we are powerful and can create positive action in the world through following suite with our values and taking one step at a time.

Sincerely,
Melissa McNulty
Nationally Certified Hypnotherapist, Life Coach, Nutrition Coach, Wellness Practitioner
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