On this week’s episode of The Black Woman’s Confidant, Dr. Nicole addresses a listener’s question on cultivating inner peace. Dr. Nicole emphasizes the importance of building a steady peace that is not rooted in avoidance, especially in a constantly changing world. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Nicole provides practical guidance on creating cognitive flexibility and developing the space between an event and your reaction to it. Listeners will also learn valuable strategies for pivoting instead of panicking, and how to safely challenge the boundaries of their peace.
Key Points
00:20 Answering a listener’s question
2:00 Are you protecting your peace or hiding out?
3:03 Peace can be based in avoidance
4:22 Thermostat vs thermometer
6:00 Starting with the end in mind
6:46 Building the gap between an experience and your response
7:15 Creating cognitive flexibility
10:20 Finding moments to safely challenge your peace
12:07 Calling out peace disturbances
13:55 Moving from an irrational space to a rational space
14:56 How to manage peace disturbances
16:46 Filtering exercises
19:51 How to pivot instead of panicking
21:27 Analyzing disruptions
22:40 Borrowing disruptions
23:25 Internal disrupters
25:00 Knowing what peace actually is
25:30 Conclusion
Episode Resources
Download the Unshakable Peace ToolKit Here: Unshakable Peace Toolkit
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