Clean Slate Theory |  |
Sometimes the idea of a clean slate sounds so desirable. Escaping, forgetting, and wiping clean all the moments, decisions, and relationships that we currently find hurtful or embarrassing, even if they are far in the past.
Pain and discomfort can be an activator for change. Finding ways to consciously clean up the thoughts and feelings that keep appearing can be an important part of therapy.
Sometimes we can start over….but often feelings, memories, people, or dynamics keep showing up. Learning how to navigate and respond to these very undesirable feelings can be an activator to do things differently, a vehicle for positive change.
Learning how to do things differently can be better than a clean slate. It’s a progression or evolution that can also include elements from the same past we wish to forget.
Learning how to respond differently to the things about ourselves that make us cringe can be the very things that motivate changes that result in amazing things.
Pain and discomfort can be an activator for change. Finding ways to consciously clean up the thoughts and feelings that keep appearing can be an important part of therapy.
Sometimes we can start over….but often feelings, memories, people, or dynamics keep showing up. Learning how to navigate and respond to these very undesirable feelings can be an activator to do things differently, a vehicle for positive change.
Learning how to do things differently can be better than a clean slate. It’s a progression or evolution that can also include elements from the same past we wish to forget.
Learning how to respond differently to the things about ourselves that make us cringe can be the very things that motivate changes that result in amazing things.