S3E4 : “How Can I Stay Positive About My Chronic Illness?” [listener write-in]
How do you stay positive about your chronic illness? Even on your worst days?
What does staying positive actually do? Does it help you? Is it something you feel you ‘should’ aim for in order to call in the joy, happiness, health & healing you’re after…and does it’s absence make you feel even worse about how you’re experiencing your chronic illness?
In today's episode, I talk about why positivity isn't the thing we should all be aiming for, because positivity alone won't give you want you might believe it will.
So what do you call on, if positivity isn't all it's cracked up to be?
Listen on to find out.
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Points of reflection:
Think about how you generally feel about your chronic illness, on the scale of positive, through neutral, to negative? What’s behind those feelings?
Why do you feel you need to be positive about your illness at all? How do you think it will serve you, and where do you think the aim for positivity in this part of your life has come from?
Staying positive isn’t the thing that allows progression, growth and healing to become truths. Allowing yourself to experience and work through your full spectrum of feelings and emotions, in a held and supported way, is.
If you find yourself resisting the full spectrum of your feelings, get curious about why. What support do you need, what do you need to give yourself, in order to feel comfortable about being uncomfortable?
Lastly, a reframe. Move away from positivity as an anchor point or an aim and consider what peace has to offer you.