Shoulds

What are your shoulds for today?

It's amazing how often clients share all of the shoulds of their life. How is it that we have been programmed to believe that we should rather than "get to", "want to", "would love to".

Try this for the weekend. Everytime a should comes up shift it into feelings and needs. Ex. I should clean the bathrooms...to I feel uncomfortable when the bathrooms are this dirty because I have a need for order and cleanliness. It isn't any longer a should at this point its a "want to" in order to meet my need. Just play with the concept and notice if your mood improves and you have more joy in paying attention to who you are being as you are doing.

Have a lovely weekend!

"There is more to life than shoulds"
CD