I've been watering plants for friends who are away so this sweltering heat doesn't do them in. This week a friend is backpacking in Alaska so I'm hiking to her house daily to feed her cat.
I'm catching up with many old and new friends, writing again and really enjoying a deeper space of appreciating my life. Lots of folks are struggling with jobs, money and relationships and I have my own challenges there but I decided to give fear a vacation. When I feel that hopeless vacuum of same old, same old or clutching panic of how will I make this work, I breathe and ask myself what belief is running me. The fact that I feel gripping fear or hollow hope directs me to examine what I'm thinking.
Try it. Next time you feel any negative emotion, stop, breathe through it and write down what you are thinking. Here are four questions to ask:
1) Is it absolutely true?
2) How do I feel when I think this thought?
3) How would I feel without this thought?
4) Mirror back the thought by making it about you.
These questions are The Work, by Bryon Katie. This simple approach helps you see how your thinking is faulty.
You will see some immediate results that open up your energy to move out of that old stagnant space and make better choices. It Works!
Until next time,
Sarah
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Hi, friends,
I've made previous attempts to blog before today but now I'm feeling eager to begin again and blog regularly. Maybe because I have a great group of friends within http://www.blissbrokers.com/ and it seems right to send my thoughts and ramblings out to the ethers. I hope you enjoy visiting my blog to read the positive, encouraging messages I intend to send.
I listening to a favorite Internet radio show, http://www.hayhouseradio.com/, today and it was about living deliberate by being aware of what you're doing with yourself. Are you operating by default based on family patterns or have you replaced them with new ways that work better for you now that you're adult? You'll know the answer to this by the nature of your personal and work relationships. Are they easy or are they energy drains? Communicating deliberately can transform your relationships and the first step is noticing what you're doing.
It does take courage to fearlessly look at your patterns and make changes. I started checking in with what I was feeling in my body when I found myself in a heated conversation. Becoming aware is the first step to changing any situation, be it a tough boss or a passive spouse. As we get good at knowing our default way of showing up, we learn (hopefully quickly) that the people who push our buttons are helping us to learn something important.
As you might have guessed, I am a coach and I love helping others find their steps to making changes so they can create real happiness and fulfillment, one moment at a time.
Thanks for visiting.
I've made previous attempts to blog before today but now I'm feeling eager to begin again and blog regularly. Maybe because I have a great group of friends within http://www.blissbrokers.com/ and it seems right to send my thoughts and ramblings out to the ethers. I hope you enjoy visiting my blog to read the positive, encouraging messages I intend to send.
I listening to a favorite Internet radio show, http://www.hayhouseradio.com/, today and it was about living deliberate by being aware of what you're doing with yourself. Are you operating by default based on family patterns or have you replaced them with new ways that work better for you now that you're adult? You'll know the answer to this by the nature of your personal and work relationships. Are they easy or are they energy drains? Communicating deliberately can transform your relationships and the first step is noticing what you're doing.
It does take courage to fearlessly look at your patterns and make changes. I started checking in with what I was feeling in my body when I found myself in a heated conversation. Becoming aware is the first step to changing any situation, be it a tough boss or a passive spouse. As we get good at knowing our default way of showing up, we learn (hopefully quickly) that the people who push our buttons are helping us to learn something important.
As you might have guessed, I am a coach and I love helping others find their steps to making changes so they can create real happiness and fulfillment, one moment at a time.
Thanks for visiting.
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