Stop Scapegoating

It is always fascinating to help clients understand how our nervous systems are continuously hijacking us and our behaviors.

Here is a personal example I washed dishes the other day and tapped a glass close to the edge of the counter. The glass broke, and my first thought was, who put that there?

I did not think about the broken glass at all. I immediately reached for someone to blame.

Thankfully, I caught this mistake before my thoughts went on to accuse other household members, and I chuckled with the ridiculousness of my initial reaction when I remembered I put the glass there.

How often do we not catch that initial negative response and seek someone other than ourselves to blame?

Hundreds of times a day, I bet.

Think about how often you have felt pain or suffering and pushed it off onto other people because you didn't like the feeling.

We spend most of our energy looking for a scapegoat—someone to blame for everything, instead of falling into reality.

This thought behavior is deeply entrenched in most people, yet very few care to acknowledge or shift it.

If you want to start working on more self-awareness, pay attention to your thoughts.

Better yet come in a meet and lets us see what patterns you have and chart a course for shifting them.

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