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Intention — how does it help working with chronic illness?

November 5, 2007 by Rosalind Joffe 1 Comment

Ellen (not her real name) is looking at surgery, post op and return to work and trying to figure out. She asked me, “With my own tension and lost time here, what can I do so I don’t crash at work?” Ahh, a coaching moment….

man-woman-with-briefcase.jpgIntention: determination to act in a certain way. Ellen used the words, “… acting with will”.

Since you can’t control your health (although you might find that you can influence it), the only thing you can control is your ability to set your mind to be a certain way and base your actions on that idea. Here are 3 things to think about:

1. What do you want to come from this– also called your desired outcomes?

2. What behavior will support that?

3. What can you do to support your behavior?

Rosalind

Filed Under: Attitude, Working with chronic illness

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  1. Technology snafus, chronic illness snafus. Are you ready to pull out your hair? at says:
    November 7, 2007 at 4:54 pm

    […] My apologies for those who received the last few posts in gobbledeygook.  That wasn’t my intention (if you didn’t read the last post about intention, you should!) But as we know, even with the “right” intentions, things can still mess us up. […]

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