Gus · Self-Help & Personal Growth
How to Do the Work
by Nicole LePera
Three key ideas
- Split a recurring reaction into situation, interpretation, emotion, and action.
- A delayed reply is an event. Deciding you are unwanted is an interpretation.
- Keep explanations of past learning tentative. You need no single hidden cause for a habit.
The five 2-minute lessons
- 1.Spot the loop in your reaction
- 2.Your past is a guess, not a verdict
- 3.Small promises you can actually keep
- 4.Boundaries: what you will do
- 5.Change includes support
From the comic
I agreed to the extra task before checking whether my afternoon exists.
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