Reframing: A Skill That Can Change Your Life.

Reframing is skill that a number of my clients and readers often ask me to explain a bit more about.

In a nutshell, when we reframe, we change the way we think about or view a problem or challenging situation. The goal is to move from a negative perspective to a more positive, opportunistic, outcome focussed perspective.

Reframing requires us to see our problem or challenging situation in a new way. A way that allows us to recognise and appreciate the learnings and opportunities that can come out of the situation. Reframing allows us to view challenging situations as opportunities to be taken advantage of rather than problems to run away from.

Whenever I find myself in a negative situation I always stop and ask myself the question:

“Is this true?”

This gives me the space to acknowledge and accept how I’m feeling about the situation. And most importantly, reminds me to challenge my thinking and point of view.

Some other go to questions I like to ask are:

What is this situation telling me?

What do I need to change? Can I improve this situation?

Is this an opportunity for me to learn something new?

What is the is opportunity I can create from this?

We are all going to experience problems and challenges in our life. That’s how we learn and grow. The trick is to learn how to accept and let go of the situations we find ourselves in without falling into negativity, hopelessness or resentment. Then, to train ourselves to look for the positive opportunity.

You can find out more about how to do this in my new book, “Grow Your Calm: The Roadmap For Your Journey From Stress To Peace.”

By changing our perspective, we can change our life.

By redefining our problems, we redefine how we handle them.

Then we can all live a richer, more productive, positive, happy life.