Mouse Traps break the worry cycle to develop new habits and behaviors
Worry is something that we all of have. Worry stops us from;
- Taking risks
- Exploring the unknown
- Gaining new knowledge
- Changing
- Listening
- Making more money
- Confronting team members who are not doing their work
- Being happy and doing meaningful work
Worry follows a familiar pattern
Event (internal or external) –> Worry (Thoughts & Feelings) –> Worry—Physical (Stress reactions) –> Worry—Behavior (Checking & Avoiding) –> returning to Worry
This cycle is vicious.
So how do mouse traps break this? A mouse trap has an external worry attached. Fears from getting injured, to rodent phobia etc… Attaching and working through a Worry then creating familiarity with the worry, and the final step is attaching a worry that the person has to the mouse trap.
Here is how I generally sequence Breaking the Worry Cycle with Mouse traps.
- 1 Explain the worry cycle
- 2 Explore techniques to reduce worry i.e. behavior replacement, breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation.
- 3 Illustrate how mouse traps work
- 4 explore worries and individual worry of mouse traps
- 5 Practice until familiar and have a working comfort with traps
- 6 Explain about breaking the worry cycle
- 7 Ask people to write a worry they have on the trap
- 8 Guide people though a visualization of worry reduction and techniques.
- 9 People gain concrete and metaphorical skills in breaking the worry cycle with the mouse traps.
Mouse Traps and the Worry Cycle – good stuff. To discuss this further contact me
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