With your feet in March…

They say March is when the year starts "to real". My invitation here is that we can think about what it means "to real" for each of us. For some it may be "running time", to "go after", to make it happen. Go after what same? You know what you want? Where you go? These are some reflections that can help us find meaning in what we are doing, or show us that we are lost from ourselves and what is important to us. Having the clarity about what we are seeking help to move in this direction.

Acceptance and commitment therapy discusses psychological flexibility and the 6 processes that compose it: present moment, self as context, acceptance, allegation, values and action with commitment , some of which will be tangent in this text.

What makes us evaluate that it is “worth it”? What moves us and makes us wake up and "go after" every day? Questions like these lead us to think about the values process, as well as the actions with commitment - those actions that are effectively “going after”, our behaviors that help us to be closer than we value.

the process of Defusion - the ability to observe thoughts, emotions, sensations such as internal experiences and not as rules - helps us look at our choices without judgments, and even when they exist, to be seen In perspective, freeing us from comparisons, standards and rules that we sometimes believe should be followed. A significant life again - is guided by values and not by imposed rules.

To be close to this clarity and have our values as a compass is essential to be in the present moment - this means being in full, not a “present body” with the head working the million , focused on mourning the past, hours of worrying about the future. To be present is to be experiencing the moment with the 5 senses, with full attention, with the perspective of internal experiences and enjoying and observing the external.

May the month of March and the year 2023 be lived with everything that makes us feel accomplished. Let us be aware of who you are and what you want, to be able to finish each day with the feeling that it was worth it.

Text written by the member of the core Cefi Contextus -