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Seven Life Tools
How to Stay Lighthearted in Challenging Times
by kari Joys
I
n today’s tough economic times,
many people are facing very
difficult life situations. Mounting
uncertainties seem to permeate the
atmosphere of thought because
so many have already lost their
jobs and their homes. It’s not
easy to stay cool, calm and
collected when you don’t know
what to expect tomorrow.
You may feel that staying
lighthearted is impossible in today’s
world. But in working as a psycho-
therapist for 30 years, I have found
that, again and again, employing these
seven simple tools enables individuals
to come through the darkness to a more
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Brainstorm possible solutions
until you find one that feels
good to you. Take some positive
lighthearted way of living.
action today towards changing your life
for the better.
1
Cry the tears that need to be
cried—tears clean the win-
dows of your soul. If there’s no
one to talk to, write your feelings in a
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Practice showing love to every
person you come in contact
with. Remember that when you
journal until your body relaxes and you
give love, love also comes back to you.
feel a sense of relief.
2
See every challenge as an
opportunity to grow. Ask for
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Look at the funny side of life
and find things to laugh about.
Share your sense of humor with
divine help to face challenges
everyone around you, so that they can
in the best way possible and to find a
laugh and have fun, too.
positive solution that feels good to you.
Repeat this process every day until
3
Choose a new reality. Affirm to
things get better. Once you get started,
yourself “I’m choosing a new re-
you may want to continue doing it for
ality.” Then change your negative
the rest of your life.
thoughts and beliefs about your chal-
lenges to positive thoughts and beliefs.
Spokane psychotherapist Kari Joys
is director of the Center for Creative
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Imagine in living color what it
Change and the author of Choos-
would be like if a total miracle
ing Light-Heartedness. A lighthearted
happened in your life. What
seminar leader, she is a member of the
you would see, hear, feel, smell and
American Counseling Association and
taste if, by some miracle, your life took
a certified Yuen Wellness practitioner.
a definite turn for the better?
Learn more at
Kari-Joys.com.
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