Susan Hyatt

A party. With the election as the theme.  I danced. Here’s why….

As a coach, I get to hear about my clients’ most intimate wishes, goals, and the limiting thoughts that get in their way.  Having the privilege of witnessing them as their essential selves, and seeing the extraordinary things that they do when they get out of their own way, just about moves me to tears daily.

Lately, there have been plenty of coaching sessions around the economy and the election.  I coach liberals, conservatives, democrats, republicans, and sometimes my beagle (but that’s another blog altogether).  What’s interesting is what stories my clients tell themselves that trigger hysteria on both sides of the isle.  Lot of folks, it seems, believe that the white house and the dow create or take away their happiness.  My clients know that this kind of talk leads to

my favorite coaching tool : mockery.

I can’t help but laugh at this.  One of my core beliefs is that I create my life, my happiness, my joy regardless of my savings and my president. Seriously.

So, with all of the anxiety out there, I was stunned to see my newspaper’s suggestion of having an ELECTION PARTY. These are two words that I had not considered uttering together. And why not?  There’s a lot to celebrate.

Instead of telling yourself an awful, scary, icky story about the current world circumstances, turn your attention to what is cool.  I’ll get you started:  No matter who is elected, our country will make history by having either an African American or a woman in the white house.

What can you tell yourself that you believe and feels better than the YUK that’s spreading around?

Notice how you feel. Choose your thoughts.