Sometimes the mind misses the point of finding balance. When doing a turnaround, it’s easy to flip from attacking “them” to attacking me. This is not the purpose of turnarounds. But sometimes it’s hard to avoid. The mind has a habit of self-attacking.
The Work is The Work. But there are many ways to do it. You can sit down and answer the four questions, and find the turnarounds and examples for the turnarounds, alone with a pen and paper. Or you can…
Anything can be faked, even The Work. Here’s how to do it.
Let’s Be Honest There’s usually just one reason why anyone does The Work: they want to get out of suffering. But if you’ve been doing
Most worksheets start with a stressful situation. That’s how you write a Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet. You identify a time when you got triggered. A time when you had a stress reaction. And you revisit that moment in your mind to write down all the stressful thoughts going on for you in that situation. But I love breaking the rules. Or rather, I love proving to myself that there are no rules.
A Practice Means Doing Something Repeatedly Perhaps with the idea of becoming better at it. But the beauty of practice is that there is no
I notice that I can’t be afraid without wanting something. Either I want to get something, and I’m afraid that I won’t be able to get it. Or I have what I want, and I’m afraid that I will lose it. In both cases, it is my want that is at the root of my fear.
My friend, Margot Diskin, and I will be taking 15 participants into the Sahara Desert for a week of mindfulness and self-inquiry from Oct 8-16, 2016. Margot, who is also a certified facilitator of The Work, has led three groups into the desert so far and has loved the experience every time. She says, “The desert is a wonderful way to find ourselves. It is timeless. There is no internet. You leave everything behind. It is a powerful way to go inward.”
I don’t know about you, but I tend to self-sabotage. The more successful my business gets, the more I find my mind looking for a way out. What is that? It doesn’t make sense. And it feels stressful. So there must be some beliefs I can question. The first step is to identify the thoughts associated with this stress.
We are not meant to live stressed lives. Learn how to address the root cause of your stress and find your freedom again. Otherwise, stress will keep accumulating. Learn how to break the cycle of stress here.
