As we saw two weeks ago, the trick is to surprise our ego before it gets settled into deeper negative patterns. After feathers or balloons, here is another way to manage our mind-chatter in 2016! Happy New Year!
In part 8, I promised that we would learn to turn dirt into gold thanks to studying our hot buttons. Since then, without a doubt, we’ve been able to get closer to who we really are. We identified the formative stories that shaped our personality, and excavated the common denominator to ALL the problems in […]
In the beginning, there is vastness and pure energy. It is unlimited and unconditional. It is whole, swift and fluid. There is no body, no time, and no worry. The universe is the heartbeat. Until the big blackout. I am incarnated, thirsty, hungry, cold and sleepy. A receptor, breathing in and breathing out, I am […]
Before delivering crucial material about mastering our hot buttons, I’d like to recap the critical steps we covered together so far (you can skip this part and go directly to paragraph III, but I warn you that you will miss some witty new insights): I- Self-awareness In part 1, I described how hot buttons are […]
I’d like to pause in the Hot Button Mastery series and celebrate a personal event: my 100th blog! Blogging – writing and drawing, sharing humorous reflections about the human psyche, the complexity of living and working with others, and the challenges of being the person we want to be in the world – has been […]
Why is self-awareness so important in this Hot Button Mastery series? When we are not aware of our ineffective reactions, we are actually in denial of their impact on others as well as our self. Problems can accumulate and get out of control. It is important to recognize as soon as possible: Our reactive […]
After skimming over our hot button fields in my two previous posts, I’m inviting you today to dig deeper into the crucial area of self-awareness. Self-awareness is our ability to accurately perceive our emotions, thoughts and behaviours in the moment. Self-awareness is key to self-transformation. We all have the capacity to be self-aware. When we […]
In my previous blog, an introduction to a new series about Hot Button Mastery, I listed all my hot buttons or points of sensitivity that represent a threat to my self worth, and which interfere with my desire to be the person I want to be in the world. I enthusiastically invited you to share […]
Blogging entails many ego-dangers*. One of them is to have your “unsubscribe” blog button clicked. *Note: an ego-danger is a danger to your self-worth. At the beginning of my career as a blogger, I intellectually knew that it was ridiculous to trigger myself with the MailChimp report** denouncing the names of all the “unsubscribers”. **Note: Like […]
Cows have the capacity to regurgitate what they gulped down, and in the process of re-chewing again and again, they stimulate digestion, acquire nutrients and complete absorption. When human beings ruminate it’s another story. Unfortunately, when I regurgitate negative thoughts and re-chew them over and over, I don’t make them more digestible. On the contrary, […]