52 Three Effective Strategies for Getting Unstuck with Dr. Christi Bartolomucci
Challenges Won't Stop Me
English - February 04, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Arts Design overcomer fighter women powerful christian faith struggle advice keep moving forward Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
My guest is Dr. Christi Bartolomucci of Atlanta Innovative Counseling Center. She’s been a licensed counselor, working with hundreds of clients for the last eighteen years.
Dr. Christi shared her wisdom about anxiety and strategies to help those struggling with anxiety during season 2. Check out episode 17 “Anxiety Is a Bully,” episode 18 “Our Kids & Anxiety: Q & A,” and episode 19 “Helping Our Kids Navigate Uncertain Times & Survive Online Learning.”
Because listeners loved those episodes, I knew I wanted her to join me again. In this episode, Dr. Christi shares her wisdom about thinking errors we experience that often lead to feeling stuck or trapped. What do we do about these thinking errors? She shares strategies to correct those errors, which really work as I used them to stop my thinking error during the show!
And she shares what we all need most: strategies for getting unstuck. Dr. Christi mentioned these strategies are common and simple but effective IF we use them consistently.
Dr. Christi shared, “Usually when we feel stuck, there is a reality that we are facing, and we don’t know what to do. We can’t figure out movement, and we feel trapped. We just don’t know the next steps. We start thinking is this just the way it’s always going to be.”
She referred to the book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. She quoted this repetitive phrase from the book: “You can’t go under it. You can’t go over it. You’ve gotta go through it.”
Additional quotes from Dr. Christi:
“Our thoughts, in part, are what get us stuck.”
“When we make shifts in our thinking, we can get a very different outcome.”
Three common thinking errors:
1. All or none (black and white thinking, using always and never)
2. Catastrophizing (worst case scenario)
3. We are not mind readers or fortune tellers.
Ways to correct thinking errors:
1. Catch the thinking error and bring attention to the story we are telling ourselves.
2. Take a pause and think about what is really true.
3. Ask yourself, “What is a more realistic story?”
Three simple but effective strategies for getting unstuck:
1. Practice gratitude. “When we practice gratitude, our lens changes. We begin to see things from a different perspective.”
2. Focused attention mindfulness. “It means being present in the moment.”
3. Remind yourself that you have a purpose. “It’s easy to forget our purpose when we feel disconnected. We each have a purse. Every one of us have worth.”
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