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Category: TVR – Life Skills

Velvet Rage Skills – Wrap Up #1

So yeah, I got tired of the daily blogging of each of the 22 skills. This is part one of … More

Just Keep Swimming – Velvet Rage Skills 9, 11, 22….. and 20.

Confused? Ambivalent? Feeling lots of feelings? Good.

Ambiguity, Ambivalence, Dory, Finding Nemo

Pain Hurts… Duh – Velvet Skill #8

The recurring feelings of hurt, abuse, neglect, failure (fill in the blank) begin to define who we are, and we fear we won’t know who we are if we become someone BEYOND or WITHOUT that pain.

feel the feels, feelings, Go to the limits of your longing, let it go, pain, rilke

Judgment-Free Zone – Velvet Skill #7

Actively resist the temptation to place everything in your life on a “good-bad continuum.”

acceptance, it is what it is, judgment, present over perfect

The Multitask Myth – Velvet Skill #6

You are going to be surprised (unless you are already a pro at this) at how difficult this skill is. Apart from those of us who have pre-programmed performance orientation, society itself keeps telling us “busyness” and “doing many things at once” show value.

fully present, multitasking, presence, Skills for Leading an Authentic Life, The Velvet Rage

Stupid is as Stupid Does – Velvet Skill #5

When life doesn’t turn out the way you want, stop insisting that it not be so.

acceptance, denial, Forrest Gump, reality, serenity prayer

And that’s ALL I need – Velvet Rage Skill #4

We don’t know where to begin unwinding what it is that will make us truly “content”…

approval, contentedness, contentment, narcissism, self-care, self-love

Fight, Flight, or… – Velvet Rage Skill #3

The presence of intense emotions will increase the likelihood of seeing ONLY this or ONLY that as possible reactions.

action, cerebral, emotion, fight or flight, limbic, reaction, response

Serenity Now! – Velvet Rage Skill #2

Yes, it turns out when Jesus tells us to “love your neighbor as yourself”, it only really works right IF YOU LOVE YOURSELF.

Alan Downs, Inner Peace, self-care, selfishness, Skills for Leading an Authentic Life, The Velvet Rage

WWRBD? – Velvet Rage Skill #1

Our hearts tell the truth, even when what it has to say scares the shit out of us.

Alan Downs, authenticity, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Skills for Leading an Authentic Life, The Velvet Rage, WWJD

The Velvet Rage – Pre-Pride Ponderings

“Straight people don’t get a Pride Month!” Exactly.

Alan Downs, authenticity, Pride, pride month, shame, Skills for Leading an Authentic Life, The Velvet Rage
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