Inner Peace Lifestyle

Being Aware Of Our Feelings
Written by: Stephanie Ann Frazier

Hey y’all,
In the last video I spoke about being aware of our thoughts, in this video I’m going to talk about being aware of our feelings.

When we practice awareness, or self awareness, it’s important to consider (or be aware) of our feelings, which is thinking about how we feel at all times.

Our feelings are not the same as our thoughts, people often don’t understand how they feel or what makes them feel certain emotions. This can make it difficult to understand for ourselves and communicate to other people, but it’s important to try.

Sometimes we have feelings about people and situations before we even have thoughts, but if we have the same feelings every time we enter a specific situation or are around certain people, it might be good to think about why we feel that way.

Our personal feelings are our body’s way of picking up information from the environment or the interaction we’re having. The way we feel lets us know if it’s a good or bad situation (although we can be fooled). For example if you’re on a first date and it’s going well, that feels differently than if you’re on a first date and it’s not going well.

Feelings and emotions are ways that our body supplements the information received by our minds, so that what we think and feel are separate but they work together; we can have feelings without thoughts, and thoughts without feelings, but when we have them both together they typically line up.

Bad thoughts go with bad feelings, but good thoughts go with good feelings. Once we understand this, it becomes easier to find the right people and situations that bring us inner peace.

Why It’s Important To Think About Our Thoughts
Written by: Stephanie Ann Frazier

Hey y’all,
As you may know by now our first Pillar of Inner Peace is awareness. In this video I’m going to share why it’s important to be aware of what we think about.

When we think about what it is that we think about, we can learn to control our thoughts and become more focused on whatever it is that we’re trying to do.
A good way to think about what we’re thinking about is to ask ourselves questions, such as: “why am I thinking about this?” Or “why did I think this was a good idea?”

When we answer our own questions to ourselves we can get more insight about how our own mind works, which will help us understand ourselves better.

When we understand our own thinking it builds our confidence because we know that we know ourselves and we can explain what we think and what our plans are to other people.
We can be confident when we pursue goals and relationships because we will have certainty and clarity in our mind.

After becoming aware of our thought process, we develop more focus, which leads us to the right people, and the right opportunities for us to become who we believe we can be.

Thinking is so important, we can’t get anything done without using our mind to do it, so it’s important for us to have control over our mind.

The first place to start when it comes to controlling our own mind and behavior, is to become aware of what we were thinking, and why we were thinking about it at all.

Here’s an opportunity to practice that concept:
Think about some personal goals you have and ask yourself these questions about each one: Why is this goal important to me? What is my purpose in achieving this goal?

You may come up with other questions to ask yourself, but I’ve found through experience that these two questions are the most important.

It can be intimidating to think about this kind of stuff but it’s very necessary to be able to control the direction of your own life.
And I want to let you know that I’m here to support you. I’m available by direct message, or in the comments if you need me to answer any questions you may have 🙂

Peace and blessings 🙏🏽

Heavenly Father,

Help me to be more aware of the things I say and do, and the way I act with other people. Help me to know myself so that I can understand myself and other people in my life, and so that I can better know my own intentions and the intentions of others.
Help me to know and understand not only what my goals should be, but also how to achieve them.
Lord, please help me to have more awareness in relationships so that I choose healthy relationships that don’t distract me from my goals.
Thank you, Father, for giving me the ability to understand myself and understand other people through reason and empathy.

In the name of the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit,

Amen