Slowing Down, 8

Pace. The codependent pull to live life at the pace of those surrounding you is strong. Find people who help you pace. Journal Prompt: The pace surrounding me is...

Slowing Down, 7

Scarcity. How might you begin to slow down when marketing and culture pursues after any spare seconds? Slowing down is long forgotten when scarcity is not an experience but a solidified state of being. If you slow down, you will miss something. Probably a few things. A choice to slow down is a choice to intentionally miss out. Journal Prompt: If I slow down, I will miss...

Slowing Down, 6

Relationships You miss the depth of relationships when you ignore prompts to slow down. In speed, you tend to overlook the nuances and sacred bonding opportunities. Muscle memory takes over and you project what is expected and live from patterns instead of organically. Journal Prompts: I tend to overlook... My muscle memory expects... I miss out on...

Slowing Down, 5

Sprinting. Slowing down means that you stay with emotions rather than wave at them as they sprint by the retail window. You walk out in front of them and make eye contact. You respect their presence and listen to what they have to say. Journal Prompt: If I slowed down and stayed with my emotions I would hear...

Slowing Down, 4

Innate. We all innately know that there is something for us if we slow down. Journal Prompt: What’s waiting for you if you slow down?

Slowing Down, 3

When. I am never more aware of my need to slow down than when I am applying lotion after a shower. What is the race about? Who is holding the blessed stopwatch? Slowing down requires moments of awareness that check your speed. Journal Prompt: I am most aware of my need to slow down when...

Slowing Down, 2

Slowing down is the conscious decision to stay present and feel. It means processing and experiencing rather than burying. Journal Prompt: I would like to bury...

Slowing Down, 1

It takes a lot of work to slow down, actually too much, that’s why we don’t. Slowing down asks you to do emotional work. Thus speeding up and distraction is born, avoidance. Emotions tucked and stressors on simmer, slowing down feels threatening. Journal Prompt: If I slow down I confront...

Emotional Misuse, 8

Money You can use money to love people, but also to control them. Emotional misuse happens when you leverage money to dictate behavior. It sways the real estate in someone's head, guiding it towards an agenda, rather than what is authentic to them. Journal Prompt: The power of money has been misused around me when...

Emotional Misuse, 7

Degrade. Using words that decay the soul, scrapes power from the bottom of a cement bucket. There are no conditions or environments that justify degrading the people you love. Speaking to degrade is about you, not the person in front of you. Journal Prompt: The power of degrading has...