One of the workshops we teach at Indrani’s Light Foundation is called “Finding Resilience.” We talk about the importance of shame resilience, understanding the attributes of empathy, identifying your shame story, naming your trusted network of people, and lastly, we explore your strengths that help you through your everyday life.
Are you facing a challenge that is coming up soon? Maybe you are planning to have a difficult conversation with a friend, or family member? Or maybe you need to ask for a raise.
Right now you may be in “survival mode.” We often numb ourselves from our true feelings, needs, and desires. We can also lose our sense of identity and our values. But in order to lead a full and meaningful life, we must reconnect with ourselves. This mean we connect with our deeply held values.
In order to recover from the survival mode, we must find our strengths.
The first thing we ask people to do is to take the VIA Character Strengths Test. This is a place to start to begin identifying some of your most powerful strengths. Go to {this website now} and take the free test.
What strengths are you bringing to the table?
The second thing we’d like to offer you is a personal, short meditation from Indrani to help you find your strengths.
In the past, think of something you did that you were proud of. What were the strengths that made this happen? Were you brave? Did you have a love of learning? Maybe you used humor, or practiced gratitude.
Focus on the memory, and bring it with you when you go ask for that raise, or have the difficult conversation with your friend or family member.
Here is Indrani’s meditation, “Finding Your Strengths.”
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Today’s 3-minute meditation is about giving you permission to experience 5 percent more joy today. Indrani has provided a “Drive Thru” meditation for those of you who need to check in with yourselves during a busy day. There are times when we are unable to sit still for awhile to take care of ourselves. Hopefully this short meditation will give you the time you need to tap into a little more joy.
Indrani would love to share some of her meditations with you, so keep an eye on the ILF blog for our ongoing meditation series, which begins with today’s meditation. Her desire is to assist the members of the Indrani’s Light Foundation family a way to begin a meditation practice, if you do not have one at this time. If you have a meditation practice, these weekly meditations will help you to work on living a brighter life.
There are benefits of expressing gratitude as a daily practice. Specifically, scientists have been able to verify that practicing gratitude on a daily basis positively impacts well-being and has a lasting effect.
“Affirmations are positive, specific statements that help you to overcome self-sabotaging, negative thoughts. They help you visualize, and believe in, what you’re affirming to yourself, helping you to make positive changes to your life and career.”
TO SURVIVE: