Wired for Growth
comfortableNight4463
October 17th, 2022
"Like all living things, you are meant to grow.
“There’s a party and you’re invited”
These uncomfortable feelings are our personal invitation to a party for our own emotional growth. We all need this invitation to come home because experiencing vulnerable emotion is essential for deepening capacities for authenticity, resilience, and connection.
“We get speedy, heady, and disconnected”
We have the urge to escape the inner discomfort by getting busy with stories in our heads and activities in our lives.
“Approach rather than avoid the discomfort”
By practicing the very opposite of how we’re wired and approaching rather than avoiding the discomfort, awareness of our inner experience actually soothes the body. In the vulnerable truth of our human limitation to control things that matter to us, we can do the one thing that is always ours to do: we can matter to ourselves.
Matter to Yourself
When we matter to ourselves, we pay attention in our physical matter. We notice what it feels like to be anxious, tense, and bracing against the inevitable pain of life. We let go of the stories, judgment, and defenses.
7 Steps to More You
- Step 1: Take a breath right now. Inhale and exhale with full attention to what that feels like.
- Step 2: Open up to some sense of longing inside—perhaps you long for more support, or time, or ease, or for a good night’s sleep, or for someone you love to be well.
- Step 3: Acknowledge that you do not have 100% control over whether or how that thing happens.
- Step 4: Slow your mind down and focus on your body.
- Step 5: Let go of your judgment and feel the uncomfortable sensations with precision.
- Step 6: Let go of your need for anything to be different right now, and notice as some emotion rises to help you accept your human limits.
- Step 7: Love your vulnerable self right here and now.
“Trust Your Wiring”
We are wired to grow via experience. Trust your wiring. Pay compassionate inner attention to discomfort in your body. You are the medicine for the distress—stay present without judgment and soothe it. Access the wisdom of your emotions."
Reflection:
What are your thoughts on growth?
#Growth #Motivation #Self-Improvement
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October 20th, 2022
@comfortableNight4463
The willingness to step outside or comfort zones are crucial to creating a good growth mindset
1 reply
@ayeyaeyaaaaaaaa Exactly! Growth requires the ability to put yourself in uncomfortable situation that help you gain beneficial experiences. Thanks for sharing!
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