by Bev Aisbett
But, let’s face it: we humans aren’t really doing a great job of doing it the HUMAN way. It takes INFINITE INTELLIGENCE to create worlds. Maybe it knows better than us what it’s doing.
Maybe he/she/it has a smarter way of getting things done if we would just allow him/her/it to get ON with it.
There is a saying: ‘Let go and let God’. There’s a lot of wisdom in stepping back and allowing things to unfold in any number of ways.
Expect the BEST and you’re likely to see it. Sometimes this is quite, well, MIRACULOUS. But you won’t see it if you insist on a pessimistic view because it won’t match with your expectations.
Grab on to hope and NEVER LET IT GO. You have been through the WORST. Now hope for and expect the BEST.
WORKING DAY 30
• Today, ‘get out of your own way’ and be open to OTHER POSSIBILITIES. Step aside and watch as things unfold in their OWN way. There are MANY possibilities beyond what you have thought of!
• How might you embrace the concept of ‘Let go and let God’ today? (Substitute any other concept of a Higher Power or Natural Force if you are uncomfortable with the idea of God.)
• What if you stopped being so insistent on a future full of PAIN and embraced the idea of something BETTER? How might that affect how you feel RIGHT NOW?
• Find your PURPOSE. Set yourself some explicit goals with realistic, doable deadlines. Now list a series of small steps to get to your goal. Make a promise to yourself to ACHIEVE the goal.
• And finally, find something to BELIEVE IN. Yourself is a good place to start.
YOUR MANTRA FOR DAY 30
‘There is ALWAYS hope. I just lost sight of it for a while.’
And so our work is done. I now say ‘Namaste’, which means ‘The Pete in me salutes the Pete in you’.
And, for Pete’s sake, have more FUN!
Also by Bev Aisbett . . .
30 DAYS 30 WAYS TO OVERCOME ANXIETY
From Bev Aisbett, Australia’s bestselling anxiety expert and author of the classic national bestseller Living with IT, comes a proven and practical workbook to help people manage their anxiety, with simple daily strategies for work and for home.
Based on the exercises Bev has been teaching and writing about for the past twenty years, 30 Days 30 Ways to Overcome Anxiety provides clear, simple daily building blocks to help people manage their anxiety and assist in recovery.
Designed to be carried in handbags or backpacks as a daily companion, this is a highly approachable, concise, practical and, above all, proven method of overcoming anxiety.
TAMING THE BLACK DOG: A Guide to Overcoming Depression
Don’t want to get out of bed in the morning?
Feeling as though the light is fading at the end of the tunnel?
You may be suffering from depression, a condition Winston Churchill referred to as the ‘Black Dog’.
Now expanded and fully updated, Taming the Black Dog is a simple guide to managing depression, which an estimated 1 in 5 people will suffer in one form or another at some time in their lives. Modelled on Bev Aisbett’s successful Living with IT, Taming the Black Dog has a unique blend of wit and information, and is an invaluable guide for both chronic sufferers of depression as well as anyone with a fit of ‘the blues’.
LIVING WITH IT:
A Survivor’s Guide to Panic Attacks
Panic attacks — approximately 5% of the population will experience them at sometime or another. Seemingly coming from nowhere, the dread of having an attack itself transforms the ordinary world of everyday life into a nightmare of anxiety and suffering.
In this refreshing and accessible guide, Bev Aisbett, a survivor herself of Panic Syndrome, tells us how panic disorders develop and how to recognise the symptoms. With the aid of her inimitable cartoons, she covers topics such as changing negative thought patterns, seeking professional help and, ultimately, learning skills for recovery. Living With IT provides much needed reassurance and support, leading the way out of the maze of panic with humour and the insight of first-hand experience.
FIXING IT:
The Complete Survivor’s Guide to Anxiety-Free Living
What’s your IT?
Anger? Fear? Low self-esteem? Depression? Addiction?
Fixing IT brings together, for the first time in one volume, a complete guide to surviving anxiety in its many forms and how to move on to achieve change and growth in our lives. This single edition includes three titles:
Living with IT: A Survivor’s Guide to Panic Attacks
Living IT Up: The Advanced Survivor’s
Guide to Anxiety-Free Living
Letting IT Go: Attaining Awareness out of Adversity
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BEV AISBETT is the author and illustrator of several highly regarded self-help texts for sufferers of anxiety and depression, most notably Living with IT and Taming the Black Dog. These books are distributed to health professionals nationwide and have been translated into four languages.
A trained counsellor, Bev is also the facilitator of the Art of Anxiety recovery program in Melbourne. For those unable to attend her workshop in person, she offers a home-study version, The Art of Anxiety DVD Workshop, as well as other online resources and services. She conducts lectures to assist sufferers of depression and anxiety within metropolitan and regional Victoria.
Bev is also a recognised artist, and her soulful paintings have been regularly exhibited in Victoria and Tasmania.
Workshop and lecture information, and other anxiety resources:
www.bevaisbettartofanxiety.com
ALSO BY BEV AISBETT
Living IT Up
Letting IT Go
Get Real
Taming the Black Dog
The Little Book of IT
Fixing IT
Recovery: A Journey to Healing
The Book of IT
Get Over IT
I Love Me
All of IT: A Memoir
Living with IT
30 Days 30 Ways to Overcome Anxiety
30 Days 30 Ways to Overcome Depression
COPYRIGHT
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First published in Australia in 2020
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Copyright © Bev Aisbett 2020
The right of Bev Aisbett to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000.
This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced, copied, scanned, stored in a retrieval system, recorded, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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