🧰 The Tip
When stress, confusion, or emotional overload hits, we often absorb feelings, expectations, and pressures that don’t even belong to us.
The “Is This Mine?” Check is a quick mental filter that helps you separate your own emotional load from what comes from others, the environment, or old habits.
How to do it (10-second method):
- Pause for 2 seconds.
- Notice the emotion or thought that feels heavy.
- Ask yourself: “Is this mine?”
- If the answer feels like no, gently imagine placing the feeling outside your space.
- If the answer feels like yes, keep it — now it’s clearer and easier to handle.
This tip doesn’t require accuracy — only a tiny bit of honesty and inner listening.
Even a 70% clarity shift makes the moment lighter.
🔍 Why It Works
This reset breaks the automatic loop of absorbing emotional noise.
It reduces mental clutter, restores boundaries, and helps you return to your own center.