How to Identify Your Triggers to Accelerate Your Growth

Triggers—we ALL have them. For some of us, our triggers have been with us seemingly since day one. But as we grow and change, it’s not uncommon for new triggers to pop up. The problem is, these triggers can start to rule our life if we let them. Once we’re aware of our specific emotional triggers, however, we can start to manage them. 

Not only that, we can actually use triggers to accelerate our growth, rather than letting them hold us back. 

How to Identify Your Triggers

Some of your triggers may already be very obvious to you. For others, you may not have made the connection between a certain emotion or situation and the response it elicits in you. 

Here’s a quick way to identify your triggers: tune into your body. Emotional triggers have a way of manifesting physically. So, if you notice things like your heart pounding, your palms sweating, or an upset stomach when something comes up, these are signs it has triggered you. 

Examples of Triggers

One example? Let’s say you’ve put in a LOT of work on a presentation you’re really proud of. You give this presentation, expecting praise and applause, only to find your efforts fell flat. Your presentation is criticized, and the audience disapproved of your ideas. Immediately, you begin to feel faint. Along with a surge of emotions, you’re dizzy, sweaty, and weak. 

When you think back to something like this, you might discover that criticism and disapproval are two of your triggers. In fact, these are two very common triggers.

Here are some others:

• Rejection
• Fear of failure
• Insecurity
• Feeling smothered
• A loss of control or independence
• Being left out or ignored
• Feeling unwanted

Once you’ve begun to identify these specific triggers, it’s time to find out where they come from! Tracing these triggers and identifying their origins will help you challenge the beliefs that made them triggers in the first place. (I’ve got an entire post on challenging and reframing your beliefs you can’t miss. Find it here: Take the Belief Inventory to Discover What Holds You Back)

How Can Your Triggers Accelerate Your Growth?

Once you identify your triggers and begin to take control of them, you automatically clear one hurdle on your path to success. This kind of progress takes deep work. But it’s the kind of work that pays off in every area of your life.

If you’re ready to do this work, I am here to help! Whether you want to start with a FREE three-day vitality challenge, a group coaching program, or one-on-one business coaching, I have the tools, resources, and experience you need to make the progress you’ve been dreaming of. Let’s get started.

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I can’t wait to help you overcome your triggers and look for other opportunities for growth, vitality, and success!