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3 Habits That Will Make You Mentally Strong

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The best way to achieve mental strength and emotional resilience is to focus on building habits that will lead to them over time.

Here’s how I think about mental strength: Mental strength is the ability to control your mind instead of being controlled by it. For example: Instead of getting sucked into spirals of self-criticism and shame, mental strength is what allows you to redirect your attention and thinking somewhere else less destructive—like that conversation you’re having with your son or the report you’re supposed to be drafting for work. Rather than impulsively responding to your spouse’s sarcastic comment with a witty jab of your own, you are able to resist the impulse and either say nothing or mention assertiv

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