Do You Know Your Monsters
Do you know your inner monsters? Your shadow self? The things/patterns/triggers that take you out of ease and flow. Self awareness and transpersonal process work can be incredibly helpful in getting to know them if you don’t. On Sunday I posted about self employment and calling ourselves out on our own bullshit, this is a post on how.
Accepting and acknowledging our darkness is part of being self aware, and being able to make decisions in alignment with our purpose. *When* to make decisions and when to wait. Do you know how your body feels when you’re grounded and centered? How does that differ from being disconnected and busy? Or triggered and stressed? Which state is most frequent?
I like to set up flags for myself when I’m present in either, like a felt moodboard or snapshot to refer back to when Im in the mudd or stuck. Does this feel like flow? Am I activated in my chest or belly? Am I light or heavy? Am I forcing things and rushing to the finish line? What do I need to feel grounded and open? What emotions are present and blocking me?
Usually fear and old stories. If we can name it, for example “Not meeting deadlines makes me feel panic and fear judgement and consequence,” then we can usually calm that inner child and return to a place of flow and ease. Running your business from a centered state will do more than any sales funnel or advertisement.
This is emotional intelligence; being able to recognize and identify what you’re feeling. Know which ones come up frequently and start to create new synapses; retrain the mind and nervous system response.
All of our emotional responses are created in the first 7 years of life and we either repeat and reinforce or heal them. When we heal them we become less reactive and feel more satisfaction in our daily lives. We’re more effective and efficient in our work, which leaves more space for joy. #goals
Of course this is a very surface level work example, and these things run deep and dark in our relationships and lives as well. Seek help when you need to. Know everyone is facing darknesses you’ll never see and send love and compassion to your community and selves.
#mindfulbusiness