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This is the Scientific facts of how our body and brain works, it can help to know and use this as we need our body to grounded and safe to be in, so we can do our spiritual work in the world. Which is always self compassion and care for you first. Then we can have the space to create what we want to create and also allows us more joy and love.
This is how we feel the world, not all feel it this way. Here is a way I remember I am seeing things and feeling things on a whole different level than 80 percent of the population. So I need to have lots of self care and compassion and understanding to process what I need.
Dr Elaine Aron presented a good way to summarize the HSP trait with the acronym
DOES,which stands for…
Depth of processing (we tend to process more information in a deeper way)
Over stimulation (when you take in so many details you tend to get overstimulated, HSPs tend to get more stressed with over stimulation. We can get overwhelmed and spill over with emotions or other self negative actions or talk.
Emotionally responsive (more brain activity to both positive and negative stimulus)
Sensitivity to subtle stimuli (we take in details and information that others might miss
Self Compassion tool for Sensitive Souls
Try paying attention to your inner talk. What if we were to use self-compassion instead? I know when I first started learning this it seemed impossible to really believe. But when I learned about how the brain literally grows a particular part that becomes easier to access the more you practice it, I started to try it out. Because this is a brain exercise, you get better at it the more you practice. Think of it like building a muscle. If you keep doing it, you get stronger at it. One of my favorite methods is adapted from Kristin Neff, a psychologist who studies self-compassion.
There are three steps:
1. Put your hand on your chest because it activates a calming response and then acknowledge the suffering. (i.e., I feel overwhelmed, sad, scared, fearful, abandoned, unworthy, etc.). When you can name an emotion you activate the cognitive part of the brain and can start to cut the pain in half just by doing this first step.
2. In the second step, we need to validate and normalize. For example, you might say to yourself, “It makes sense to me that I feel [fill in the blank] (validations). Other HSPs would likely feel the same way if they were experiencing this too.” (normalizing). This step is incredibly powerful for HSPs and cannot be skipped.
3. In the final step, you want to check in with your needs. Ask yourself in a loving tone what you need right in this moment. I might also say, “I know this feeling is temporary, and I am going to get through it. Maybe I’m tired right now and need a break or to eat something.” Sometimes, it’s simple like that. Or maybe you realize you need to get some support. The point of these steps is that they activate a soothing response.
This is how we feel the world, not all feel it this way. Here is a way I remember I am seeing things and feeling things on a whole different level than 80 percent of the population. So I need to have lots of self care and compassion and understanding to process what I need.
Dr Elaine Aron presented a good way to summarize the HSP trait with the acronym
DOES,which stands for…
Depth of processing (we tend to process more information in a deeper way)
Over stimulation (when you take in so many details you tend to get overstimulated, HSPs tend to get more stressed with over stimulation. We can get overwhelmed and spill over with emotions or other self negative actions or talk.
Emotionally responsive (more brain activity to both positive and negative stimulus)
Sensitivity to subtle stimuli (we take in details and information that others might miss
Self Compassion tool for Sensitive Souls
Try paying attention to your inner talk. What if we were to use self-compassion instead? I know when I first started learning this it seemed impossible to really believe. But when I learned about how the brain literally grows a particular part that becomes easier to access the more you practice it, I started to try it out. Because this is a brain exercise, you get better at it the more you practice. Think of it like building a muscle. If you keep doing it, you get stronger at it. One of my favorite methods is adapted from Kristin Neff, a psychologist who studies self-compassion.
There are three steps:
1. Put your hand on your chest because it activates a calming response and then acknowledge the suffering. (i.e., I feel overwhelmed, sad, scared, fearful, abandoned, unworthy, etc.). When you can name an emotion you activate the cognitive part of the brain and can start to cut the pain in half just by doing this first step.
2. In the second step, we need to validate and normalize. For example, you might say to yourself, “It makes sense to me that I feel [fill in the blank] (validations). Other HSPs would likely feel the same way if they were experiencing this too.” (normalizing). This step is incredibly powerful for HSPs and cannot be skipped.
3. In the final step, you want to check in with your needs. Ask yourself in a loving tone what you need right in this moment. I might also say, “I know this feeling is temporary, and I am going to get through it. Maybe I’m tired right now and need a break or to eat something.” Sometimes, it’s simple like that. Or maybe you realize you need to get some support. The point of these steps is that they activate a soothing response.
3/26/2019
This week we are at the end of Mercury Retrograde and at Quarter Moon
What was unconscious has now been made conscious... keep asking questions:
Will this create more?
What's right about this I'm not getting?
What would I choose if I fully trusted my ability to create it?
How Does it get any better than this and what are the possibilities?...
Use the energy tool of return to sender all energy that is not mine and release all energy corded to my body and soul that is not in my highest and best interest.
This week we are at the end of Mercury Retrograde and at Quarter Moon
What was unconscious has now been made conscious... keep asking questions:
Will this create more?
What's right about this I'm not getting?
What would I choose if I fully trusted my ability to create it?
How Does it get any better than this and what are the possibilities?...
Use the energy tool of return to sender all energy that is not mine and release all energy corded to my body and soul that is not in my highest and best interest.