When you are starting something new, taking a risk to grow, moving to a new level (or even when you’re avoiding any of that), how often does it feel like your focus shifts over to how other people see you? And what happens to your well-being when you forget the things you know to be true about yourself and are anxiously reading other people’s reactions to monitor what they’re thinking or feeling?
The holidays, especially if you are visiting with different family members that push your buttons is the perfect time to settle in and observe these patterns. Especially when they bring up a bunch of AFGO’s (Another F*#%ing Growth Opportunity). In fact, I recently broadcast a teleclass, The Holiday Table with Sharon Strand Ellison, the brilliant creator of Powerful Non-Defensive Communication™ looking at how we can manage or energy and communication skills when feeling triggered.
Today, I’ve been musing on how often, regardless of what I “know,” I still get nervous others’ judgments, even if I’m alone in my room. Luckily I have the perfect qigong tool to help bring me back to center. Now to remember using it during this busy week to come!
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“Renegade-Woo” Vicki Dello Joio, founder of The Way of Joy: A Spiritual Fitness Program, brings together East Coast Attitude and West Coast energy consciousness as a master teacher, transformative speaker and performing artist. Integrating over 40 years of Chi Kung practice with other martial arts as well as her work in Yoga, Feldenkreis, physical fitness and theater, Vicki has developed a dynamic set of tools to transform obstacles into opportunities and enhance creative potential. Book: The Way of Joy, CD: Short Meditations for a Busy Life.