1 00:00:04,319 --> 00:00:07,040 Hey, friend. Welcome to today's quick connect where 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,244 we take a moment toward mastery. Today, I 3 00:00:09,244 --> 00:00:12,445 wanna introduce a word that describes behaviors that 4 00:00:12,445 --> 00:00:15,085 we engage when we have not made the 5 00:00:15,085 --> 00:00:15,585 commitment 6 00:00:15,939 --> 00:00:18,100 to change a pattern. So this word is 7 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:19,079 called maladaptation. 8 00:00:19,699 --> 00:00:21,219 And I was thinking about it because I 9 00:00:21,219 --> 00:00:23,379 was thinking of how during some of the 10 00:00:23,379 --> 00:00:25,964 challenges in my own life, I had picked 11 00:00:25,964 --> 00:00:27,425 up some maladaptive 12 00:00:27,884 --> 00:00:30,925 behaviors. And these are basically just workarounds. They're 13 00:00:30,925 --> 00:00:33,324 behaviors that we engage in order to help 14 00:00:33,324 --> 00:00:36,070 us kinda feel safe and to avoid pain 15 00:00:36,070 --> 00:00:38,149 because of the pain we've been through. And 16 00:00:38,149 --> 00:00:41,030 the reality is maladaptation is a band aid. 17 00:00:41,030 --> 00:00:43,190 It's not a good long term fit or 18 00:00:43,190 --> 00:00:43,690 solution. 19 00:00:44,255 --> 00:00:46,975 Healing is actually the solution. In order to 20 00:00:46,975 --> 00:00:49,314 heal, we gotta be able to be uncomfortable 21 00:00:49,454 --> 00:00:52,835 enough to look at that root. Whatever that 22 00:00:53,079 --> 00:00:55,000 pain of pain is that wants to keep 23 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,479 finding its way back around in our lives 24 00:00:57,479 --> 00:00:59,719 over and over again, over and over again. 25 00:00:59,719 --> 00:01:02,575 That pattern will continue, my friend, until we 26 00:01:02,575 --> 00:01:05,055 identify it and pull out that root and 27 00:01:05,055 --> 00:01:05,555 then 28 00:01:06,015 --> 00:01:09,269 replace it with a behavior that is much 29 00:01:09,269 --> 00:01:11,829 more beneficial for us and for everybody else 30 00:01:11,829 --> 00:01:13,670 that we know and love. I'm gonna do 31 00:01:13,670 --> 00:01:15,349 a long form episode on this coming up 32 00:01:15,349 --> 00:01:18,134 soon, but for now, today's invitation is let's 33 00:01:18,134 --> 00:01:20,614 start digging around. What are we doing that 34 00:01:20,614 --> 00:01:22,795 takes the place of actually healing 35 00:01:23,094 --> 00:01:25,414 in any given area of our lives? And 36 00:01:25,414 --> 00:01:26,774 I'll tell you what to do with it 37 00:01:26,774 --> 00:01:28,489 in in the next podcast. I'm with you 38 00:01:28,489 --> 00:01:30,729 in it as always. You know that. Much 39 00:01:30,729 --> 00:01:32,969 love to you, and here's to making every 40 00:01:32,969 --> 00:01:34,055 moment count. 41 00:01:35,094 --> 00:01:37,015 Thanks so much for listening to the Stephanie 42 00:01:37,015 --> 00:01:39,655 Stevens show. Please remember to subscribe so we 43 00:01:39,655 --> 00:01:41,655 can stay connected and you never miss an 44 00:01:41,655 --> 00:01:42,795 episode of the podcast. 45 00:01:43,350 --> 00:01:44,870 Oh, and if you haven't left a rating 46 00:01:44,870 --> 00:01:47,109 yet, please be sure to do so. It 47 00:01:47,109 --> 00:01:49,850 helps incredible people like you find the podcast. 48 00:01:50,155 --> 00:01:51,534 We'll see you on the next episode.