Inner Strengths are the supplies you have in your pack, as you make your way down the hard road of life
They include:
- A positive mood
- Common sense
- Integrity
- Inner-peace
- Determination
- A warm heart
Researchers identify other’s strengths as well
- Self-compassion
- Emotional intelligence
- Learned optimism
- Relaxation Response
- Self-esteem
- Distress tolerance
- Self-regulation
- Resilience
- Executive functions
Strengths are positive feelings such as: Calm, contentment, and caring
Strengths are also skills such as: Perspectives and inclinations
Strengths are also embodied qualities such as: Vitality and/or relaxation
Unlike fleeting mental states, inner strengths are stable traits
- An enduring state of well-being
- Wise and effective action
- Contributions to others
craving used from: Hardwiring Happiness by : Rick Hansen
Re-Tooling
Adapt or alter (someone or something) to make them more useful or suitable
What’s in your pack?
- What are your inner strengths that you value?
- What inner strengths do you use regularly.
- Which ones haven’t you been using that you would like to take out and start using?
- What can you start practicing Now?
Ex: finding the will to get up instead of pressing snooze