It is easy to feel powerless in your day-to-day. Whether you’re listening to the news or someone at work or at home has upset you, it can seem like you have little control. The feelings those episodes often stir up can linger and leave you stuck being angry, sad and frustrated.
In those moments, psychotherapist and author Steven Stosny recommends turning to what he calls his three laws of personal power.
Taking these steps, he says, can help you “cheer yourself up when you’re down and calm yourself down when you’re upset.”
While you might not be able to change the situation you’re in, you can focus on what’s within your power, like changing your perspective.
“If [someone is] being very rude to me, I can’t improve that,” Stosny says.
