QOTD Series: Day 4 What's in Your Emotional Backpack

I'm Lacey Jones with Elevate the Individual. And this is day four of our Question of the Day series. Today, we'll be looking inside our emotional backpacks. Welcome, welcome. I hope you are enjoying this series as we dig into little questions that we can ponder on throughout our days as we're doing all sorts of different things and just kind of have that little chat and check in with ourselves. So if you scroll back a ways in the podcast feed to the very first episode, you will find my thoughts about packing our emotional backpack.

And I highly recommend you take a listen to that episode after this one as it dives just a little deeper into that concept. But for the time being, I'll give you a quick recap and then we can dive into our questions for today. So when our kids are young, we typically pack their overnight bags for family vacations. We ensure that they have enough socks and underwear, and we give them extras just in case there's an accident.

We double check the weather and we throw in a sweatshirt for chilly evenings. And sometimes we pack, swimsuits and the dress clothes, ensuring that each piece is accounted for. It can be a responsibility that we accept, so they have what they need. But as our children grow older, that responsibility shifts and we go from packing the bag to writing out packing lists for them to follow.

And then we can double check their attention to detail. And eventually, we allow those natural consequences to take course as our children assure us they know what they are doing, their bags are packed, and they are ready to go. Well, just as we packed our children's travel bags, our parents once packed our emotional backpacks. They modeled emotional behaviors to the best of their ability, and then they sent us on our way. But did anyone ever teach us how to repack those bags as we experienced new circumstances and developed our own independence? Chances are it's time for you to reevaluate and repack your emotional backpack to carry you into emotional adulthood or your next chapter of emotional adulthood.

So let's look at some questions that can help us with that. And please remember, your parents, they did the best they could with the emotional tools they had, just like you are doing the best you can for your children with the emotional tools that you have right now.

Now you're going to grow and develop them, and we can do that with these questions. So enough talking. Let's get working here. So I want you to ponder on these questions as we dig in. Question number one. What do you believe about your life? What is that story that you've been clinging to that when you have to tell your life history or your life story.

What is it? So that's your life. But what do you believe about yourself? How do you fit into that picture? And what lessons did your parents teach you? Here's one about the future. What do you believe about your dreams coming true, and what do you believe about your ability to create those dreams and what you want? Why do you have your current results in your life? Last one. And I'm like, man, we're just getting more and more questions with each day. It's only supposed to be one, but I can't just keep it at one. Okay, last question. What do you need to believe in order to get the results you want? This might seem obvious to you. It might not seem obvious to you. Again, all of this. This is so helpful to have a coach work you through it.

Yes, I can do this work with you. I love to do this work with you. I know I overemphasize that, but I love it. This is life changing work, and it's really fun to help empower other women to do it. So please reach out. Come to the circle. Come to a discovery call. Get your coaching sessions in. But let's do it. Let's do the work. So go back, maybe listen to that first episode. Push pause in between the questions, write down your thoughts. If you have questions for me, holler. Contact me through Instagram or the website you can go to raisingconfidentmothers.com that will direct you to different areas. So many resources. Totally here for you. Good luck doing the work.