I Can’t Cope! – Good and Bad Coping Strategies and Why We Use Them
episode summary
Are you using unhealthy coping skills or healthy coping skills to navigate through life? We show you how to cope well and be more in your flow.
When life gets tough, many people choose unhealthy coping strategies that can make a life challenge or problem and its long-term impact on them much worse.
In this teaching, you’ll discover how to choose healthier and more balanced and authentic ways of coping with life’s ups and downs.
Episode highlights
- The telltale signs that you may be using unhealthy coping strategies in your life.
- Why do we believe that we can’t cope and run away from life’s challenges or anything out of our comfort zone.
- How the inner child is involved in our unhealthy coping habits.
What is ‘healthy’ coping, and how do we implement this in our life?
extra resources
Other related episodes on our YouTube channel that will help you:
- The Insecure Inner Child: Reparenting Techniques to Support Your Fearful Inner Child
- Anxiety Therapy: Powerful Anxiety Help & Treatment
- How to Stop Negative Thoughts and Negative Self Talk
- How to Control Emotional Eating
- Feeling Needy In a Relationship: Save Me Syndrome Explained
- The Inner Child Explained: How to Love Guide & Heal Your Inner Child
- Reparenting Your Inner Child (Part 1) & (Part 2)
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