Life is not an emergency

It's easy to feel like the ordinary challenges of life are Important Emergencies, but the truth is that we mostly create this idea in our heads.

Of course, there are legitimate emergencies, like if you think someone is having a stroke or if your baby is about to tip a pot of hot soup off the stove onto themselves.

But most things in life are not emergencies. Convincing ourselves that they are only serves to stress us out.

This is one of the most important lessons I've ever learned from the vast amount of self-help reading I've done, so I wanted to share it with you.

In this episode, I mention the excellent book "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" by Richard Carlson, which I wholeheartedly recommend.

I also invite you to join our book club, where we read and discuss self-help and nonfiction.  It's free and super fun. We meet once a month. Here's the link.

Please keep in touch! I'm on Instagram @YouKnowSandy and at innerpeacetogo.com.

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