The Storm Inside

I remember a day when everything seemed to go wrong: a client complaint, a team misunderstanding, and a family issue all hit at once. My emotions felt like a thunderstorm with no shelter in sight. I wanted to lash out and shut down. Then I remembered something I often tell my clients:

“You can’t stop the storm, but you can choose where you stand in it.”

That’s where self-regulation begins, the ability to guide my emotions instead of being ruled by them. I went for a short walk, took slow breaths, and reminded myself, this isn’t permanent, and it isn’t personal. When I returned, nothing outside had changed, but something inside had.

Later that night, my self-talk claimed, “You handled that better than expected.” I smiled. Growth doesn’t shout; it whispers in the quiet moments when I choose calm over chaos.

The real test of maturity isn’t how I act when life is easy; it’s how I respond when it’s not. Self-awareness lets me see the storm coming. Self-regulation gives me the tools to navigate through it without losing my balance.

The calm I create within myself becomes the peace others feel around me, and that calm, practiced over time, becomes my greatest strength.

Watch for the blind spots.

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