What is more important to you - stuff or experiences?
In this episode we take a look at the magical power of PRESENCE.
We look at:
Plus a powerful inquiry that can make all the difference and a bonus exercise for you to take away and try
Never underestimate the power of being truly present with someone or something - including yourself.
Either you are present or you are not.
True Presence is…
Presence has a power to it...
NOT Present
Presence has a power to it
It impacts those that witness it
Fear and projection (imagining what others are experiencing) tends to compromise presence - it impacts the energy you put out and the energy received
How does all this relate to you and the Christmas period?
Focusing on family gatherings...
In an ideal world you would be fully present with the people you spend time with over Christmas.
Your presence is a gift, not only to them, but a gift to yourself.
My top three culprits are:
Duty, resistance and distraction…
Duty
Doing it because you HAVE to rather than you want to to - leads to resentment and resistance…
Resistance
Fear of habitual issues…
Eg. "OMG… I’m going to want to kill my sister 10mins after we walk through the door… why? because, well, you know what she’s like!"
Fear of feeling something that hasn't happened yet
Fear:
Resistance fuels the temptation to distraction…
Distraction
Phones: Social media, games (solo games) and all that stuff you can hide away in…
The distraction of things that don't matter: Going through the motions - distracted by the routine, the polite, the withheld heart and haven't really fully, heartfully engaged with anyone.
Having your mind or your energy elsewhere or caught up in resistant thoughts or background text conversations is not presence.
These are states of non-presence: YOU are not there, you are trapped in a half-hearted, half-selfed experience.
Presence has a magic to it…
Presence (or non-presence) is contagious
Imagine if YOU could bring the gift of that this Christmas - if you could light that fire under the old dynamic - well who knows WHAT might unfold!?
"The route to presence is finding that place in you where
Choosing to be there AND choosing you align."
Another way to say that, is:
Find your congruent ‘WHY’ - why are you CHOOSING to be there?
Which means finding a reason that genuinely feels true, aligned and good to YOU
Sometimes you can ask yourself that question and you’re so in the fog of what seems impossible that you end up scratching your head and going ‘whatevs’ - so here’s something that may help…
I’m going to offer you a way to use The NPA Process to support you in this
If you can just sit and find your answer - woohoo and yay you…
But if it ain’t coming easy…
NPA will help grease the wheels, drop the resistance and open the doors…
Do it now - go download that sheet!
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