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My poker coach taught me an exercise. Before the start of every hand I sit up straight and while I'm breathing in I say, "Breathing in I have $400 and I am first to act" (or whatever the situation actually is).
On the surface, this is in exercise in being aware of the amount of money I have and how much information I will have to make my decisions (acting last is valuable). At a deeper level, though, this is an exercise in accepting reality.
It doesn't matter whether I have $400 because I used to have $200 and I just won $200 more or because I used to have $1200 and I just lost $800. My strategy should be the same. Breathing and acknowledging reality gets me back to what is, not what used to be.
Having practiced this breathing exercise a thousand times in the last month I knew it helped me play better but I hadn't thought about other applications. Then yesterday I suffered a nasty business setback.
I found myself saying, "Breathing in this is my situation," and I got to work. Used to be I'd throw a tantrum (usually privately and quietly, but still a tantrum), then get depressed, then later get to work.
It was interesting to watch my brain calmly accept and adapt to my new reality. I'm not sure I can confidently suggest learning poker as a path to enlightenment, but it's working for me. (Here is my coach Tommy Angelo's most accessible book amazon.com/dp/B06XJ81Q8N/…)
