It’s true. I have a whiny inner child that hates being interrupted. It also sabotages me from doing things I want to do and keeps me from completing projects. If you also have fallen victim to your inner resistance, this episode is all about how we explore and overcome the fears that spark our resistance so we can make happier, more informed choices. Kick that resistance to the curb! After you give it a hug.
Some Highlights
2:01 Our need to be a part of society makes us shut down some of our emotions and emotional reactions
3:29 You can be content in your life while still allowing for feeling irked now and then
3:55 Interruptions to our thought process and activities piss us off and that’s normal and probably a good thing
4:30 Being interrupted feels like a punch through my solar plexus from the inside that gets stopped at my skin level
5:10 Resistance is informing and showing you where you are focused and where you don’t want to be focused
6:20 The resistance to doing something you think you want to do feels different than the resistance of an outer distraction blocking you from action
8:40 We think we’ll be happy if we do something perfectly, so we hold off on starting until we believe we can or will do it perfectly
9:13 We get stuck in an idea of perfection, but we can’t even define what perfection is because we have too many definitions of it
10:43 So much of our experience of life is open for questioning that could allow us to have more choices about what we want to do next and what we allow ourselves to pursue next
11:15 The fear of what we’ll find underneath our feelings of resistance is what keeps us avoiding things even more
12:50 Our resistance of whatever we are avoiding doesn’t negate the times we actually did do the work and followed through, even if we fear it does
13:17 Pausing a project for a time doesn’t mean that you will never come back to it – Never is just a thought you have about the situation, and that can change
13:40 To reengage with your project or passion, you need to connect with the reason you wanted to start in the first place, the first time around
14:00 It’s OK to have grown in between the periods of resistance and to set a project aside in order to start something new, or even the same thing, again, from scratch
14:40 I was inspired by writer Charles de Lint’s crow girls and am currently overcoming resistance to finishing my painting of them
15:21 There are so many ways we trap ourselves into stopping following our inspiration
16:10 Releasing the perfection trap and our inner resistance can be as simple as noticing it’s there in the first place and forgiving ourselves for forgetting that we can always make a new choice
Welcome to the full Spectrum Feeling Podcast. I'm your host, Blaze Schwaller, life coach and former tattoo artist. I help people heal their past, speak their truth to those they love, and learn how to feel ALL their emotions, so that they can live lives they love no matter what comes up. Join me here every week for conversations on how to live an imperfect but fully engaged life that embraces all the feels, so you can stretch into your best life while enjoying the you that's here now.