So good Ingrid! I remember a few years ago when I took up a new hobby it being dismissed. Looking back to my childhood all hobbies were things that my parents liked. Anything new or different was given a little smirk of just being tolerated.
Thankyou Ingrid for this great share. Yesterday during my meditation I’d started to feel a lot of anger towards my late father. I just sat with the feeling and told myself “it’s OK to have this feeling. It’s OK” Afterwards Iwas curious as to why it had surfaced but didn’t question it too closely. I will wait and see what develops. It’s a relief not to have to take action every time I feel bad. Just note it with interest and see where it takes me. I am more patient with myself these days.
Thank you Ingrid, this was very helpful and it arrived at the right moment. I recently found myself in a situation where my boundaries were crossed for the umpteenth time, and I was unable to stand up for myself. My fear of confrontation was so strong, I felt completely numb, detached, yet frightened and angry. My whole body expected some kind of disaster, kept thinking of catastrophic outcome. So, instead of trying to analyse or rationalise, I just told myself "can I just let the fear be there, just feel it". To my amazement, it smoothed and disappeared soon after. I helped myself also with some somatic exercises afterwards, but your advice to feel the feeling was priceless. Thanks again, big hug, Katarina
Thanks Ingrid. I have slowly started taking my space in various social and professional interactions where I used to shrink or stay quiet. Sometimes I succeed and it feels great afterwards. Other times I am just able to identify that I was in fawn response a minute ago. This itself becomes a victory for me at celebrate because after all the years of suffering being mindful that you are in fawn response feels like a superpower. It’s a work in progress. Healing is Non linear.
So good Ingrid! I remember a few years ago when I took up a new hobby it being dismissed. Looking back to my childhood all hobbies were things that my parents liked. Anything new or different was given a little smirk of just being tolerated.
Thankyou Ingrid for this great share. Yesterday during my meditation I’d started to feel a lot of anger towards my late father. I just sat with the feeling and told myself “it’s OK to have this feeling. It’s OK” Afterwards Iwas curious as to why it had surfaced but didn’t question it too closely. I will wait and see what develops. It’s a relief not to have to take action every time I feel bad. Just note it with interest and see where it takes me. I am more patient with myself these days.
This is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing what it can look like to trust yourself, to trust your body and your process.
Thank you Ingrid, this was very helpful and it arrived at the right moment. I recently found myself in a situation where my boundaries were crossed for the umpteenth time, and I was unable to stand up for myself. My fear of confrontation was so strong, I felt completely numb, detached, yet frightened and angry. My whole body expected some kind of disaster, kept thinking of catastrophic outcome. So, instead of trying to analyse or rationalise, I just told myself "can I just let the fear be there, just feel it". To my amazement, it smoothed and disappeared soon after. I helped myself also with some somatic exercises afterwards, but your advice to feel the feeling was priceless. Thanks again, big hug, Katarina
Thanks Ingrid. I have slowly started taking my space in various social and professional interactions where I used to shrink or stay quiet. Sometimes I succeed and it feels great afterwards. Other times I am just able to identify that I was in fawn response a minute ago. This itself becomes a victory for me at celebrate because after all the years of suffering being mindful that you are in fawn response feels like a superpower. It’s a work in progress. Healing is Non linear.
Yes yes yes!