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Ask America’s Experts: Tracy Hutchinson, Ph.D.
Ask America’s Experts:
Recovering from Setbacks
Happy to be featured again in “Ask America’s Ultimate Experts ” panel for help in recovering from a setback or failure. This panel focuses on failure and setbacks in life, which are inevitable, many have had several. However, reframing setbacks is key in moving onward and upward.
We all have setbacks and “failures” in life, times we feel disappointed with the way things “should have gone”. Being able to reframe the setback is important. Looking at failure as a part of life or as a means of being re-directed in a more positive direction, may help. For example, the universe may be trying to guide you in another direction because you have outgrown your current circumstance. By embracing the setback, one can learn from it and increase self-awareness.
One key to embracing the setback is the idea of “common humanity” in self-compassion research. When we are in touch with this idea, we understand that feelings of failure and feeling inadequate are universal and everyone goes through times in their lives when they stumble (often many times!). Self-compassion highlights that suffering is a part of the shared human experience which can help us understand we are not alone.
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