Life Skills

for Living

The skills that live between what happened and what you choose to do.

Patterns of Self-Care shape the setup. Principles reveal what is driving the choice. Life Skills determine how we handle it.

Explore everyday stories and see how the whole framework comes together.

One Choice. The Whole Story.

Every choice carries more than the moment may reveal.

Three Skills. One Wise Response.

What will help me regulate myself enough to respond wisely?

Coping

Critical Thinking

What is true here, what is within my control, and what needs to be considered?

Problem Solving

What can I solve, what must I adapt to, and what requires both?

REGULATE

EXAMINE

RESPOND

The Life Skills Matrix

The situation tells us where the struggle is. The matrix helps us decide how to respond.

Choose the Kind of Response the Situation Requires

For what is solvable and within your control.

For what cannot be changed or controlled.

For situations with both changeable and unchangeable parts.

From Knowing to Doing

Identify the problem accurately.

Steady yourself; respond don't react.

Separate facts from assumptions.

Match the situation to the right response.

Do what you can, with what you have, now.

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Wisdom is practiced and grows as we apply what we learn.

Repeated practice strengthens the pathways.

The brain rewires itself making a new normal.