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I used to think that some of the worst thing that could happen to me, was to become a young widow (because that's really grief-worthy and scary), or to become disabled (because I love moving my body). Then later I thought that losing a child would be the worst thing. I was so afraid of these kinds of circumstances and the unknown future because I didn't understand how peace and happiness and joy could still be available.

One of the greatest skills I have gained over the years (and am still practicing), is the capacity to experience feelings. When we truly understand that the worst thing that can happen is a feeling, and add to that the skill of processing feelings, our confidence sky-rockets. Being willing to feel, is a skill of confidence.

Listen to hear how to create your own mental "Ibuprofen," for those times when we experience difficulty, AND what to do with negative emotion.

Three main nuggets:

1. In the present, we are always okay. One great way to bring ourselves into the present is to pay attention to our breath.

2. Emotions are simply chemical responses in the body, and our bodies are designed to experience and process them. It's okay to feel negative emotions. 

3. Choose to believe that Heavenly Father makes masterpieces out of messes (especially the horrible, unjust, and altogether wrong things). "Be still and know that I am God."

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