How To Make Yourself Prepare For Difficult Situations in Life

Life has its own way of throwing hiccups and hurdles at times when you least expect them. Rather than leaving yourself at the mercy of chance, or everything to life’s circumstances, why not act by preparing yourself for difficult scenarios?

A counseling session with a psychotherapy counselor and coach at Harmonious Heart Counseling in Northern Colorado can promote growth, development, emotional maturity and improved coping skills with life in a way that can support you in feeling more independent, self-assured and self-empowered.In this way, you can freely make the best decisions for your life and your own happiness. Our psychotherapy counselor brings to light the positive strengths and wisdom that you already possess as well as helping through personal fears and anxiety.

The following tips, though challenging on your own, can help you move through life’s never-ending challenges easier and more quickly.

Decisive, Thoughtful Actions Helps Build Resilience

My father use to say: “It’s a cinch by the inch; it’s hard by the yard.” While this might be a simple statement, the overall point is that anytime you are faced with something that seems unmanageable, see if you can break it down into smaller and smaller pieces. If you can accomplish the first small step successfully, there is more motivation to continue on and tackle another small step. Adversity isn’t something that you can avoid but it is something you can do something about. Getting stuck and hoping that someone else will handle your problems isn’t the best approach. Remember, self-help through counseling or coaching is the best help!!

• Seek Help From Your Support System When Required

Another way to become more resilient includes creating a support group of trusted family, friends, and a competent mental health professional. Asking for help is actually a show of strength, not weakness. Seeking counseling from a psychotherapy therapist during tough times not only allows you to work through the problem quicker and in more efficient manner; it will also provide a firm base from which to face any future struggles or obstacles. Regardless of where you currently stand on your path to emotional and spiritual wholeness, together you and your counselor can walk that path further than you ever thought possible.

• Be Confident in Each Decision You Make or Take

Problem solving is really about making a list of all the possible solutions regardless of how ridiculous they may seem. By allowing your creativity to have full range, you may think of something that is pure genius. Of course, you can only do this if you can do it without any judgement. Just keep throwing ideas onto your list. Then, and again, without self- judgement, look at your list with the view of possibilities while removing any that can’t possible work. (i.e. an alien whisking you off to another planet). Once you have narrowed your list down to a few items, take the time to think each one through thoroughly for all possible consequences. Soon you will find your list has only one or two items. Now, you can have more confidence in making a choice.

Give yourself time to solve the problem without being judgmental. Share your worries and fears with your therapist or counselor because talking about your problems with a professional helps you identify ways to change the outcome. (Remember the definition of ‘crazy’ is “to do the same thing every time while always expecting a different outcome”).
Everyone has the innate tools within them waiting to be discovered – Our counselor at Harmonious Heart Counseling in Northern Colorado can help you in this discovery.

• Be Mentally Prepared so that Things Don’t Look Harrowing

You may not be able to steer clear off all of life’s upsets or get rid of them completely. You can, however, navigate through them successfully by working on your resilience in the above ways. When you’re mentally prepared, challenging situations are a lot less harrowing.

• Conquer Your Fears and Come up with the Best Solution

Take the time you need to feel safe and be thoughtful. Deal with the difficulties you face with greater ease. You’ll have the right tools on hand and coping mechanisms available to help you with your struggles. You’ll have the knowledge and support needed to conquer your fears and come up with solutions that have your best interests in mind.

Our psychotherapy counselor in Northern Colorado teaches you a variety of tools to help you have influence over your own thoughts and actions. Call today to make an appointment for a counseling session with Harmonious Heart Counseling and learn how to deal with the struggles, learn to express your desires, and dip into the deep well of your own innate wisdom.