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11/09/2024

17/07/2024

Cultivating an awareness to influences upon our thinking can develop an understanding of why seeking change can be so challenging.

We do not always see and therefore understand what is holding us back from the change we want for our lives.

Investing the time to discover inner influences is the beginning point of the journey and the leads to important shifts that facilitate change.

We can release ourselves to think and act differently.

18/04/2024

Inner perspectives are powerful influences upon our interpretations of how people interact and relate to us.

If we come from a place of not being enough, our perspectives often find the evidence they need to be confirmed.

Developing awareness to the motivation of these perspectives / beliefs creates opportunity for a conscious choice and evidence based approaches to shift our personal stories.



Ident

03/04/2024

Our inner world is often a dance of light and shadow and part of any journey of change is accepting it is part of who we are.

We can fall into the trap of self judgement, and go to war with ourselves. Seeking to defeat our shadow, only to deepen our pain and shame.

Self-acceptance is a committment of support as we learn more deeply about ourselves.

Be kind to yourself..

27/03/2024

There have been countless times in my life where conversations have escalated, and I have not understood why. In reflecting I have come to understand that part of this experience, is because a need I have is not being met in the conversation.

When needs go unmet we can experience strong emotions and react out of that place. Communication is often far deeper than we acknowledge and when two or more people come together, there are multiple needs that are seeking to meet through the conversation.

Conflict can occur and become emotion driven when it is no longer just about what is being spoken, but the intense experience of the conversation not meeting what we are seeking to have met through our communication.

Taking moment to think through prior to a conversation or reflecting post a conversation, can help us to learn more about ourselves and what we are seeking for our lives.

20/03/2024

When we begin to pause to reflect on what is taking place for us, we move from projecting to looking within.

The power of looking within is we begin to identify what is influence this action, and we start to see what we can shift to experience life differently.

Working through the stories that limit our thinking, engage with our emotional experience and understand the body's part in our life - helps us to understand and process those influences and impact upon our lives.

As we move through this transitional space, we begin to accept the current reality and make conscious decisions on what we would like to be different.

This changes our action of projection and allows us to accept ourselves, and experience a greater degree of inner peace.

13/03/2024

When we look at the world today, we can all identify both wonder and challenge present in our communities, wider society, and the global stage.

It can be natural for us to project our concerns, fears, and desires outwardly. Seeking to be heard and understood. To identify evidence that meets our opinions and protects us. Part of being human is to constantly search for meaning and our place in a wider context.

Until we seek to understand ourselves, we will continue operate out of unconscious needs and concerns. Whether we are a parent, partner, manager, or global leader.

Self – awareness brings to the surface those unconscious motivators of our actions and behaviours. It grants us the opportunity to reflect and identify change. It creates possibility for our personal transformation that changes what we do, when and how we do it.

It shifts us towards personal responsibility. Where we identify what exists within us that needs support or reframing, rather than seeking the world to meet our current perspective.

Self-awareness has the power to change the world if we are willing to live in the curiosity of what can be, both for ourselves and the wider world.

06/03/2024

When we commit to inner work, we learn how wonderfully complex we are as human beings. As we heal and learn, we soften towards the journey of others and become more understanding of what they may be going through.

It is through walking the challenges of our own journey, that we begin to see the path of transformation that is there for all of us to travel.

This is not to create expectation upon us, who we should be or what we should do; and there is a time and process with those that may have directly impacted our lives.

It speaks to a shift in our general worldview, of being kinder to ourselves and gracious to those around us.

27/02/2024

We are unconciously driven to take care of our inner needs.
It is a natural part of our human experience.

The shadow of this desire is that we can unconciously seek to control environments, situations and people to ensure our needs are met. This shift towards control is not because we are flawed or broken, it is because it feeds a genuine need.

Becoming aware of what drives our actions and behaviours can help us to discover more fulfiling alternatives.