Hi there -
Just a little note from me, Lisa.
How are you doing? Or more accurately, how are you FEELING?
My own addiction problem was that I was totally disconnected to how I was FEELING.
I would try to THINK things through. I’d think about my life, think about what foods I wanted, I’d think about what foods were “good” for me, which were “bad” and mostly everything I did was an intellectual game, that mostly was failing.
Where the healing began for me was to start doing barometer checks about HOW DO I FEEL????
and whenever I realized that I didn’t feel good, I would realize that I needed to take some time for myself, do something slightly differently, and find something that would make me FEEL better.
almost 9 times of 10, it had to do with honoring myself, being nice to myself, being more gentle with myself, not pushing so hard, not trying so hard, just giving myself the freedom and gift to rest and relax and enjoy a little time to just breathe, to be present in the moment, without having to achieve or accomplish anything.
and that has been my solution and daily practice. I’m constantly checking in with how I FEEL.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL?
How can you FEEL different?
How can you FEEL better?
What can you do that would make you FEEL more hopeful, more joy, more playful?
