{"id":161,"date":"2020-05-22T15:10:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T15:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/?p=161"},"modified":"2020-05-22T15:10:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T15:10:15","slug":"whos-line-is-it-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/2020\/05\/22\/whos-line-is-it-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s line is it anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here&#8217;s another great trick for taking your thoughts less seriously! Pick your favorite cartoon or movie character- try finding one with a very distinct voice (Like Dory or Batman or Yoda). Then turn your challenging thought into a short statement (e.g., &#8220;I can&#8217;t do this&#8221;, &#8220;I am a failure&#8221;, &#8220;Things are too hard&#8221;). Now imagine: how would that character say it? Try saying it out loud just like the character would! Notice your experience with the thought as you do this&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Are you holding the thought more gently? <\/li><li>Are you laughing\/taking it less seriously? <\/li><li>Are you focusing more on how to say it rather than on what the thought means? <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" class=\"wp-image-165\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/05\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/05\/download.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/05\/download-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> [speaking whale] &#8220;iiiiiiiiii&#8230;.cccccaaaannnnnnttttttt&#8230;.ddoooooooooooo&#8230;ttttthhiiiiiiiiiisssssssss&#8221;                      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"162\" class=\"wp-image-164\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/05\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/05\/download-1.jpeg 311w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/05\/download-1-300x156.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/> [deep voice]                                                                                        &#8220;I am&#8230;.a failure&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"225\" class=\"wp-image-163\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/05\/download-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/05\/download-2.jpeg 224w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2020\/05\/download-2-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>                                                                                                      &#8220;Too hard things are&#8221; [Yoda laugh]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s another great trick for taking your thoughts less seriously! Pick your favorite cartoon or movie character- try finding one with a very distinct voice (Like Dory or Batman or Yoda). Then turn your challenging thought into a short statement <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/2020\/05\/22\/whos-line-is-it-anyway\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Who&#8217;s line is it anyway?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/maketodaymeaningful\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}