Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3352: Leo Babauta offers practical steps to build the habit of staying calm during moments of frustration. By noticing habitual reactions like shutting down or lashing out, and learning to pause, breathe, and open up with compassion, Babauta shows how you can shift from anger to connection, leading to more thoughtful and empathetic responses. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://zenhabits.net/frustrating/ Quotes to ponder: "This comes from the hope that things will be calm, orderly, simple, solid, and under control. The world doesn’t comply with this hope so we get frustrated and angry." "Once you practice this, you get more and more comfortable being in the middle of frustration, and you don’t need to relieve the feeling by lashing out." "The problem is your closed heart. Try not indulging in that shutting down, and opening yourself a little." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices