How Radical Acceptance, Can Alleviate Suffering.
Radical acceptance means taking stock of your current situation — especially where you may be suffering —.
and choosing acceptance as a strategy for overcoming distress. .
Life regularly and inevitably involves emotional stress, anger, fears around health, shame around failed relationships, but anything short of fully accepting our human experience will keep us caught in those emotions, Dr. Tara Branch, via 'The New York Times'.
Here are five suggestions to help you practice radical acceptance.
1, Seek out judgmental thoughts.
Pay attention to when spiraling thoughts arise and try to look at the facts of what you're experiencing. This can provide a clearer perspective.
2, Allow yourself to experience
all of your emotions.
Experts say that honoring all emotions, even the ones that are unpleasant, can lead to the kinds of actions that develop the life you want.
3, Let go of any
tension in your face.
Research shows that our
face impacts our emotions.
So relaxing your face can help
to process what you're feeling.
4, Turn willingness
into a practice.
Willingness is different from willfulness in that it takes stock of the clear and present circumstances. This allows you to contribute more fully to what is.
5, Accept that
you'll stumble.
Acceptance takes practice just like any other endeavor. If it seems like it makes a difference, keep trying