Coping with the Stress of Financially
Challenging Times and Creating Financial Internal Security
We currently live in
financially challenging times. Financial institutions have been failing and
record numbers of people have been laid off. The newspapers are full of
negative events happening in all most all areas of society. The truth is that
the media is focusing only on the negative events in the world. There is a lot
of good and positive things happening in our country and the world. For example
if unemployment is 8 percent, well 92 percent of the population is employed. Where
is your point of focus, on the positive or the negative?
If we focus only on negative
events, this usually results in increased feelings of depression and anxiety. The
symptoms of depression and anxiety can be reduced and eliminated. See other
articles on this website for more information on depression and anxiety.
To overcome the stress of
our current financial times, I suggest refocusing your attention to positive
events and the blessings in your life. One of the greatest prayers is a prayer
of appreciation and gratitude for the blessings in our life. Christ said as a
man believes in his heart so he is. Other people of prominence have talked about
the law of magnetic attraction. That is what we believe in and focus or
attention on increases the probability of happening. The field of cognitive
psychology indicates if a person believes negatively about himself, their
future, and their world, will significantly increase the possibility of
depression and negative outcomes.
One of the ways I address
this challenge is through prayer and affirmations. In our self-talk what ever
we say after the work ”I” is very powerful. If an individual is consistently
thinking “I am not going to make it”, the unconscious mind will seek ways to
bring this into reality.
Some positive affirmations I
use are:
Abundance is my nature state
of being and I am accepting it now.
I am earning and receiving a
great income doing what is my passion.
I am rejoicing with other’s
successes knowing there is an abundance for all humanity.
I am a successful manager of
my financial and personal resources and my investments are paying positive
returns.
I am a financial success and
all my needs are being met.
I am successfully managing
all of my assets and I have positive cash flow.
I am wisely investing my
resources in those areas that are producing large and timely financial and
personal rewards.
Every day and in every way I
am becoming more opulent in all of my activities.
I am debt free and fiscally
fit and joyful in living in opulence with positive cash flow.
I am gratefully receiving,
wisely utilizing, and joyfully sharing the abundant resources of the universe.
I am successful. I feel and
act successfully.
I value my time, energy, and
resources and I use them wisely to uplift myself and others.
I enjoy giving back to
others. I give thanks for my abundant riches including my health, time, family,
and friends.
I am easily and gratefully living a life with health,
financial wealth, and peace.
I suggest you create your own affirmations that
specifically address your needs.
You can regain your self confidence in your ability
to maintain and increase your
personal well being.
For a consultation and to
start the healing process, call 224-577-5308 for an appointment. Dr .Lawrence
Todryk is a licensed psychologist who received his doctorate in clinical
psychology and a certificate in substance abuse counseling from