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Just published: Martha Treat #208
All Designed for Us
Sometimes, as clients are processing their email inbox, they share their reactions to an email and want to explain why they are upset, etc. On occasion, I have suggested that they write the reply they would not dare to send—and then delete it. That action can be very effective as it moves the energy.
I have discovered another effective use of reactions. It is seeing any kind of upset or disturbance as an opportunity to complete something (or even just a few things) as it can shift the energy on the spot. What we tend to do with upset is dwell in it, justify it, want to talk about it, etc. And instead of shifting the energy we tend to sink with it.
As a writer, I sometimes dialogue with my inner knower when I need support with something. Recently, I was quite out of balance and was shown that using the anger to my advantage by completing something vs. procrastinating was the way through it. So, I got up and did a few things and the energy did not shift. I kept dialoguing with my inner knower and discovered the specific completion that needed to happen to shift the energy. I was procrastinating.
For some time, I have put off recording my newest book which has turned into a guided audio mp3. It’s called Softly Slowly Gently. Once I connected the anger to this specific incomplete, I didn’t argue or defend. I simply stood up, picked up the text, opened the Voice Memo App on my iPhone and recorded it. It took less than 15 minutes and all the “reasons why” I had not done it until now were irrelevant. The energy surge was stunning.
In doing this work over the years I have learned that the resolution to just about anything is moving, doing and completing.
I also know that everything that happens is for me regardless of how it appears, and I get to choose to use it in a way that supports me.
[The mp3 download is under Rewarding/Downloads]
Martha Invitations
1. Watch any negative reaction that surfaces. Skip wanting to defend it, talk about it, dwell in it or whatever patterns we humans do, and ask—how can I use this reaction for me?
2. Pretend for a day that everything that happens to you is for you in some way, even if not obvious.
3. Dwell more in the Softly, Slowly, or Gently and notice any shift in a reactive pattern.
Martha
virginia@msia.org
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and includes an invitation to take action around that learning in your life.
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Just published: Martha Treat #208
All Designed for Us
Sometimes, as clients are processing their email inbox, they share their reactions to an email and want to explain why they are upset, etc. On occasion, I have suggested that they write the reply they would not dare to send—and then delete it. That action can be very effective as it moves the energy.
I have discovered another effective use of reactions. It is seeing any kind of upset or disturbance as an opportunity to complete something (or even just a few things) as it can shift the energy on the spot. What we tend to do with upset is dwell in it, justify it, want to talk about it, etc. And instead of shifting the energy we tend to sink with it.
As a writer, I sometimes dialogue with my inner knower when I need support with something. Recently, I was quite out of balance and was shown that using the anger to my advantage by completing something vs. procrastinating was the way through it. So, I got up and did a few things and the energy did not shift. I kept dialoguing with my inner knower and discovered the specific completion that needed to happen to shift the energy. I was procrastinating.
For some time, I have put off recording my newest book which has turned into a guided audio mp3. It’s called Softly Slowly Gently. Once I connected the anger to this specific incomplete, I didn’t argue or defend. I simply stood up, picked up the text, opened the Voice Memo App on my iPhone and recorded it. It took less than 15 minutes and all the “reasons why” I had not done it until now were irrelevant. The energy surge was stunning.
In doing this work over the years I have learned that the resolution to just about anything is moving, doing and completing.
I also know that everything that happens is for me regardless of how it appears, and I get to choose to use it in a way that supports me.
[The mp3 download is under Rewarding/Downloads]
Martha Invitations
1. Watch any negative reaction that surfaces. Skip wanting to defend it, talk about it, dwell in it or whatever patterns we humans do, and ask—how can I use this reaction for me?
2. Pretend for a day that everything that happens to you is for you in some way, even if not obvious.
3. Dwell more in the Softly, Slowly, or Gently and notice any shift in a reactive pattern.
Martha
virginia@msia.org
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2019
Treat #207 Reverence and Joy for Doing
Treat #206 Choosing vs Auto Pilot Treat #205 Defaulting to the One-Track Focus Treat #204 Elegant and On Purpose Treat #203 The Fullness in Minimal Treat #202 The Real Culprit of Focus Drain Treat #201 Resting in Action Treat #200 Loving the Empty Spaces Treat #199 Putting Together All The Pieces Treat #198 Are you at the Top of your To Do List? |
2018
Treat #197 The Tiny Finishings
Treat #196 Emergency,Crisis,Fire Treat #195 Mastership Treat #194 It Works Every Time Treat #193 Let the Stuffing Be Gone Treat #192 Whole Focus Treat #191 The One Thing Not to Complete Treat #190 Just Keep It Flowing Treat #189 In Between Time Treat #188 What is Stealing Your Energy? Treat #187 To Skim or Not to Skim Treat #186 I Love January |
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2017
Treat #185 Both Hands Please
Treat #184 I'll Remember Treat #183 Creating New Doing Paths Treat #182 A Habit Worth Quitting Treat #181 Eclipse of Action Treat #180 Forgive Me for Multitasking Treat #179 What are You Looking At? Treat #178 Are you Squishing Snails? Treat #177 Relaxing the Grip Treat #176 All the Time in the World Treat #175 When is Enough . . . Enough Treat #174 Engaging Yourself to Completion |
2016
Treat #173 A Kink in the Works
Treat #172 What's Stopping You? Treat #171 All of Ours to Do Treat #170 Attitude Adjustment Treat #169 IN Consciousness Treat #168 Completing Past our Reactions Treat #167 Keep Your Dog Leash Treat #166 The Essential Piece Treat #165 Day is Done Treat #164 Do-Nothing Time Treat #163 Curbside Calm Treat #162 Pile-Up |
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2015:
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2014:
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Treat #161 Gentle Doing
Treat #160 Freedom in the Discipline Treat #159 Finding New Routes Treat #158 Keeping the Awe Alive Treat #157 "Finishiative" Treat #156 The Exquisite Sound of the Moment Treat #155 Up-to-the-minute Treat #154 Uninviting Interruptions Treat #153 What's bugging you Treat #152 Competing Attention Treat #151 Our Inner Awareness Treat #150 Spontaneously Fresh and Alive |
Treat #149 Without the Push
Treat #148 100% With... Treat #147 Are You Signaling? Treat #146 What is Pulling on Your Attention? Treat #145 Gathering Ourselves Out of Overwhelm Treat #144 Wonderings – Another Kind of Incomplete Treat #143 Asking – A New Form of Delegating Treat #142 Split Attention Payback Treat #141 Getting All the Way In To Doing Treat #140 Willingness to Look Treat #139 Follow Yourself Around Treat #138 A New Kind of Flow |
2013:
Treat #137 Well Done
Treat #136 Moving from all-at-once to one-at-a-time
Treat #135 All the Way Through to Completion
Treat #134 Out of Control Into Freedom
Treat #133 The Present Processor
Treat #136 Moving from all-at-once to one-at-a-time
Treat #135 All the Way Through to Completion
Treat #134 Out of Control Into Freedom
Treat #133 The Present Processor