05-26-2026 Shifting Your Attitude

05-26-2026 Shifting Your Attitude

What can we learn from those who have battled addiction? This conversation on Levelheaded Talk leans into that question by looking at something deceptively simple: your attitude. Dr. Andrea Vitz and co-host Jon Leon Guerrero break down how a “bad attitude” often shows up as soon as someone or something triggers an emotional reaction.

Instead of shaming anyone for it, they talk about building composure like a skill, with Andrea explaining that emotional sobriety means noticing, “Oh, right now I have a bad attitude,” and then gently tapping yourself “back on the path.” You’ll hear them stress that shifting your attitude isn’t about plastering on fake positivity. It’s more about choosing a more effective perspective.

Andrea gives a sharp example: rather than saying, “I hate my job,” she reframes it as, “this is my training ground” for learning leadership, composure and emotional stability. Jon chimes in with the idea of a job as “paid school” where you get daily reps in handling difficult people and situations. Parenting gets the same treatment.

Instead of seeing it only as draining, Andrea describes it as an education “with somebody I love more than anyone in the world,” a chance to practise patience, grace and maturity with the person who matters most. Spiritual and practical angles blend together too. Jon recalls a pastor who said, “when you pray for patience, God gives you an opportunity to be patient,” and Andrea likens this to hiring a trainer when you say you want to squat 500 pounds.

If you want composure, you have to show up for the reps, sit in the discomfort and stay emotionally sober. Anyone working on habits, relationships or addiction will likely relate to the honest talk about self-centred thinking, “whiny victimhood,” and the simple but brave question: “What’s right about this that I’m not seeing?” Maybe it’s time to ask yourself where your next rep in composure is waiting.