So on today’s episode of Share & Let’s Live! I talk about a concept my therapist taught me, called “acting opposite.”
Essentially, acting opposite is when you do the opposite of what you would normally do. Sound simple, right? Well… it is simple. But like I learned from the amazing author and writing coach, Elizabeth Lyons, simple isn’t always easy.
In practice, acting opposite looks like choosing to handle things differently than you normally would, despite the pull of habit toward doing otherwise. So maybe you’re a person who has a short-temper. When you decide to act opposite, you choose to respond differently to the things that trigger you. Instead of yelling, you choose to take deep breaths, or laugh to calm yourself down. If you are a person who let’s the dishes pile up, when you start to place that first dirty dish in the clean sink you decide, “Nope. Let me wash this right now.” If you’re a person who tends to keep drinking after you’re tipsy, and things always go south from there, you decide, “Next time I feel tipsy, I’m going to request a glass of water, and I’m done with alcohol for the night, no matter what.”
Acting opposite is a gamechanger. And on today’s episode, I note my growth over time, and how “acting opposite” has been a huge part of the shift.
Check out today’s episode. Maybe this is something you can incorporate into your own life, and personal growth journey.
Blessings!
Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist
MDillon Designs & Publishing 