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REEL 39: Living with COURAGE after a traumatic event is an essential part of living a great life
Not faking it… talking about it… staying close to your besties… creating intimacy… are all difficult things to do; and the common element in each of those steps that help us live great lives after a traumatic event is COURAGE.
And so you know, COURAGE is not the absence of fear, because you’re gonna be scared as you take each of those steps. COURAGE is putting your fear aside and doing what is best for you and the people who love you… so you can live a GREAT life.
We’ll talk about it.
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Reel 38: The increased importance of INTIMACY in our lives after a traumatic event.
Once you stop faking it… once you begin to talk about your traumatic experiences with those closest to you… your tribe… what you’re really doing is creating intimacy in your life.
If human beings are to live great lives, intimacy will be a part of their life… after traumatic experiences, we crave intimacy… but we run from it.
We’ll talk about it.
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REEL 37, Part 3: We’ve gotta talk about our traumatic experiences & STAY CONNECTED TO OUR TRIBE
In Part 3 of the 8th Commandment, we’ll talk about staying connected to our “tribe” — to our besties and why that is sooooo important as we struggle in the aftermath of traumatic experiences.REEL 37, Part 2: We’ve gotta talk about our traumatic experiences… but who do we talk to?
After we stop faking our mental fitness, and understand that we need to talk about our traumatic experiences… the next step is to select who we’re going to talk to?REEL 37, Part 1: We’ve gotta talk about our traumatic experiences & stay connected to our tribe
After we stop faking our mental fitness, a door will naturally open to a conversation we need to have.REEL 36: A few more thoughts on trauma & handling money well… it’s really important
I want to continue the discussion about how important it is to first become financially solid, and then to become financially secure after traumatic experiences.REEL 35: Learning how to handle money well is a key component to becoming a better version of YOU
One of the aspects of “post-traumatic life” that can make coping extremely difficult is the inability to handle money well.REEL 34: Why Do You Believe So Much in What You Do?
I’ve been out speaking and modifying my studio to record audiobooks… but I’m back!- My new puppy… I’ll introduce you to “Deebo.”
- While out speaking, I was asked a question: “Why do you believe in what you do so much? I’ll share my answer with you.
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REEL 33: If You Struggle with Trauma, Stop Drinking and/or Doing Drugs
We begin our study of Blueprint #2, “THE BETTER VERSION OF ME” blueprint, with our 5th Commandment: Quit Drinking or Using Drugs If You Struggle With Trauma.
Using alcohol and/or drugs is a very frequent course of action and a numbing mechanism after traumatic events occur in our lives. Alcohol and drugs destroy so many relationships and families… it was something I heard in almost every interview I did, so this is a relatively easy bit of wisdom to share because it’s 100% true.
AND, don’t tell me you can’t do it, millions of people on this planet walk away from alcohol and drugs every year on this planet… if they can do it, you can do it too.
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REEL 32: The Only New Year’s Resolution You Need to Make
I won’t spoil the message… but you only need to make ONE resolution this New Year if you want to fundamentally change you life.
Happy New Year!
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REEL 31: Blueprint #2, The Better Version of You Blueprint
In the aftermath of trauma, it is essential that we change our behavior. Blueprint #2 is about how we actually DO that… how we come better versions of ourselves so that we can live great lives.
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REEL 30: Pets and Trauma
After traumatic events occur in our lives, our pets become therapy devices… they provide companionship and intimacy… they need us… and we desperately need to be needed during those difficult days. We’ll talk about that idea in Reel #30.
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REEL 29: We Conclude our study of Blueprint #1 — The “Understanding the Valley of the Shadow of Death” Blueprint
As we accept Commandments 1 through 4, as well as Goal #1… we conclude the study of BLUEPRINT #1, The Valley of the Shadow of Death blueprint.
Mac has some final comments about Blueprint #1 as we move to study Blueprint #2: The Better Version of Me blueprint.
Onward.
REEL 28: GOAL #1 — Learn to Coexist with Trauma
If you believe that Commandments One through Four are true and valid… and they are, then they logically lead you to GOAL #1… Learn to COEXIST with trauma.REEL 27: Commandment #4, Part 2 — Becoming a Better Version of You
As I tried to deal with the damage that the traumatic events of my life had caused to me, I got frustrated because I couldn’t be the person I used to be, no matter how hard I tried… a part of me was different.
People would say to me, “I just wish you could be the way you used to be…” and that was devastating to hear because I was TRYING to be that guy! Then I came to the realization that I could never be that guy again… I WAS different, those events had changed part of me… and then I stumbled into a bit of wisdom from a documentary two friends of mine (Ken & Betty Rodgers) produced about trauma and how it impacts homes, families, and intimate relationships.
I heard a phrase in that documentary that inspired a thought inside my head: I NEED TO BECOME A BETTER VERSION OF ME! I knew I could do that, and that made total sense to me.
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