True Story - They charged my friend £700 EXTRA to fly home

I've been off for the last 2 weeks as I was in America with one of my closest friends (and our partners) visiting a friend of ours who moved out there with his wife.

I won't bore you with the details but we flew home separately and when he and his wife got to the airport they were both told they didn't have a place on the plane as they hadn't gotten on the interconnecting flight.

Therefore they'd need new tickets (£600 each!) although they would offer him a small refund (1/3 of the original 3 leg journey).

Basically they had to pay an extra £700 to get home. Despite having already paid for tickets on the flight and in addition to 2 weeks on holiday in America.

Even worse, they got on the plane and it was less than half full!

My friend has historically not been renowned for his patience.

Quite the opposite in fact.

But he's recently done some work with a coach and has become aware of the fact that he can choose how to react to external situations.

He could rant, rave, argue, complain, bitch, moan and throw his teddies out of the pram.

He could have done this at the airport, during the flight and afterwards to anyone and everyone who would listen.

But what good would that do?

Would it get him his money back?

Or genuinely make him feel better?

I don't think so.

The reality here is that he had a choice. To lose his mind and let it fill with anger and frustration.

Or accept that, at that moment all he could control was getting home and he could try and get his money back once he was in the UK.

I'm proud to say he chose the latter option.

Anyone who struggles with emotional eating will empathise with this difficulty to control how they act in response to situations.

And it can feel like you have no choice or control.

But the truth is you do and you can change.

The morale of the story here is that with time, practice and effort you can control your immediate reactions to be more conducive to the life you want to live.

You can choose to use healthier coping mechanisms and react differently to previous events where you have used food to help you manage.

And it all starts by recognising that it is possible.

I'm looking to create some content this week for those struggling with emotional eating, so if that's you, let me know ([email protected]) what you need help with and I will create a video / blog to help.