How to Experience The Nourishment of Your Inner Landscape
Published about 1 year ago • 2 min read
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March 5th
New Episode: From Small Talk to Deeply-Felt Descriptors
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Connection is the ultimate antidote to loneliness and addiction, but in our world, it eludes so many. The rift between our inner landscapes and how we describe them to each other makes it hard for us to tune into one another, and so we’re stuck in small talk, restrictive words, and nothing that truly nourishes.
We want to get our true feelings across, but the words we use regularly don’t describe them well enough, so we’re left with limited language.
Could learning to use better descriptors of our inner worlds be the solution? Some of the most powerful ways to connect and be understood is using embodied language - “cold feet”, “lump in my throat”, “pit of my stomach”. These phrases allow for a circulation of actual experience and emotion that goes deeper than saying “I’m fine.”
How do we expand and express our inner vocabulary? In this episode, we talk about how to solve addiction and all the other side effects of disconnection.
Most people aren’t aware that the paucity of our descriptors for inner life has an impact on our creativity, and also our relationships with others.
From fly-by conversation to reservoir-filling connection: How do we escape the trap of small talk and communicate in a nourishing way?
Focus on verbs: What assists us in letting someone else in?
Get rid of stingy words: How do we get away from using words like ‘fine’ or ‘interesting’ and pull true emotion out of people?
Words can be music: How does sound allow us to access our inner landscape?
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Take care of you,
P.S. Here are a couple of resources to support you in deepening your connection to your own experience, so you can continue to deepen your relationship to those around you:
Matching: Matching is a way of bringing congruence between our inner experience and our outer expression. Learn how to do just that with this helpful module from the Foundation for Conscious Living.
Meet each other where we're at:This tale of the Prince who thought he was a rooster is a wonderful illustration of the importance of connecting and understanding our fellow community on a deeper level - enjoy!
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