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Two words.
Holiday. Decorations.

I’m having thoughts about these two words and so I decided to do a quick self-coaching session.
Right here. In this post.
Here goes:

CoachMe: “What would you like to be coached on today?”

ClientMe: Well, I just really don’t want to put up any holiday decorations. I mean, the idea of getting the stuff out, putting it up, assessing what I have, thinking I should buy more stuff, going out and finding more stuff, buying it, having to put it up, putting it away, getting out the stuff for the next holiday…it just sounds very annoying this year. Too much.

Halloween. Then fall. Then Christmas.
It just does not sound fun. I mean, not my Christmas tree. I bought a new tree last year that is easy to roll into the house. Coleman and I can do it together, no sweat.

It’s the Halloween stuff. And the fall stuff. I’m just so not interested this year. But then I see cool stuff on all the social. The pumpkin carving. The Halloween-themed treats. I like it. I just don’t want to do it. Am I lame for not being interested? Maybe I’m a lame mom for not wanting to put up Halloween decorations. Yeah, I must be kind of lame for not putting up decorations.

CoachMe: “So, Halloween decorations.
That’s your circumstance. And you’re saying that the thought you are thinking about that circumstance is ‘I’m a lame mom for not putting up decorations.’”

ClientMe: Yes.

CoachMe: “How does the thought that ‘you’re a lame mom for not putting up decorations’ make you feel?”

ClientMe: Lacking.

CoachMe: “Ok, so you have that thought and then you feel like you are lacking. How do you want to feel?”

ClientMe: Sure.

CoachMe: “Alright, you want to feel sure. What might be a thought you could try on to help you feel sure?”

ClientMe: My worth as a mom has nothing to do with whether I want to put up Halloween decorations.

CoachMe: “Do you believe that?”

ClientMe: (thinks about it for a minute)
Yeah, actually I do. I believe that thought.

CoachMe: “Our work is done here.”

The takeaway of this coaching session:
Feeling very sure about the feeling of not putting up decorations if I don’t feel like it. 👊🏻😂