Maintaining Your Positivity During Troubled Times

It seems these days that everyone is overwhelmed or stressed out. COVID-19 has stirred up chaos on top of the drama we were already navigating pre-pandemic. No one has escaped 2020 without facing a decision to change one or more aspects of their life.

I picked up a saying a couple of years ago — “Nobody likes change except wet babies. And they cry during the change.” Yep. That pretty much describes how much of us have dealt with the dynamics of this new reality. Of course, adult crying looks different than a baby screaming its lungs out. We cry by shouting in the streets, creating rambling and divisive posts on social media, and sinking into negative but comforting patterns. For all of the changes humanity has had to undergo over the last century, we are still terrible at embracing it in positive ways.

Which begs the question: “How can we maintain a positive attitude in the midst of change?”

How can we maintain a positive attitude in the midst of change?

In 2010, I faced one of the most difficult journeys in my life. I faced a serious illness that could have ended in death or chronic conditions. My journey back to “normal” took almost one year. There were times when I felt like giving up. In the middle of my personal chaos, I took up running…