Episode #213 You Chose This
If we can ever have the hope to choose a better tomorrow, we must first accept that we have chosen our yesterday and our today. This week, Dr. Michael Brown and Casey Greenawalt explore the concept of free will in this conversation about regret, addiction, and empathy.
Show Notes
Ultimately, I think both things are true. I think your choices are determined by a lot of things. I also think you have the ability to acknowledge those things and paint a better vision and a better path for yourself.Casey Greenawalt
Three Problems
- Guilt and shame may prompt temporary choices, but they cannot lead to lasting change.
- Our circumstances often dictate the choices that are available to us.
- The accumulation of harmful choices can often lead to an even more harmful addiction.
Seven Principles
- The lives we live today are, to a great extent, the result of our choices.
- Our regrets can either lead us to deeper understanding or deeper shame.
- In order to identify who we want to become, we must examine who we are today.
- We can take ownership for our choices while still having empathy for them.
- Our pasts will inevitably shape us, but they cannot define us without our permission.
- We can invite our regrets over for dinner without inviting them to live with us..
- We always have the power to choose something different.
Five Practices
- Ask yourself “Why do I do the things that I do?” and “Why did I do what I once did?”
- Set aside time this week to inspect the experiences that have influenced your decisions.
- Explore your Enneagram type and consider your related core fears.
- Share your regrets with a therapist in an effort to gain a healthy understanding of them.
- Invite accountability so that others don’t feel the need to impose it.
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