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By: Blog Review: Flip Flopping Joy « Pathological Narcissist

Blog Review: Flip Flopping Joy « Pathological Narcissist — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:43:54 +0000

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By: Renee

Renee — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:59:05 +0000

Accepting limitations is something I am still working hard at. I always pay a cost when I push and yet somehow mentally I cannot accept that doing less is indeed acceptable and necessary. I think that part of it is realizing that even those that are able bodied have limitations on what they can do.

By: happyhedonsit

happyhedonsit — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:11:28 +0000

Trusting ourselves is a huge obstacle to our own peace of mind. I try so hard, with the kids I nanny for, to get this across: Trust your gut. Whoever and wherever it is – and *especially with people you know*. And come to me, and always, always tell. I WILL BELIEVE YOU.

By: Bq

Bq — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:32:42 +0000

thank you.

By: Superla

Superla — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:39:45 +0000

This post speaks to me. Thank you for sharing it.

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:23:01 +0000

I have recently been in contact with gestalt therapists who raised awareness about listening to the body. What they said seemed to go beyond biological conceptions of flight or fight. It was more about listening to how the body feels which gives great insight to how WE feel about interactions with other people, about certain situations etc. You know how sometimes people separate how they conceptualise their being-in-the-world and how they experience the world from their bodies and movement? Missing both the sensory and the intuitive which is grounded in our bodies really. So no Cartesian mind/body split here.

Anyway something as simple as listening to your body became open to me quite recently, and it is pretty fantastic to take that on, especially for someone who did operate according to a mind/body split. Yet it is also scary

By: shannon

shannon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:10:02 +0000

There was a book I read once, called the gift of fear. The premise was that one’s instincts know what’s going on.For example, I may get a ‘bad feeling’ about someone from a gestalt of their body movements, vocal tone, etc, and that is also an important signal.

By: mzbitca

mzbitca — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:48:31 +0000

love this post

By: Kismet

Kismet — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:42:01 +0000

love bfp, love, love from me to u

By: Quix

Quix — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:33:56 +0000

That’s how I think of it too. My body’s always tried to protect me, it’s always trying to communicate, it’s always trying to tell me what I need and what it needs, and there’s all kinds of times and ways I haven’t listened to it, and oh it’s brought me so much pain and it’s brought my body so much pain.

(((bfp)))