Listening to and honoring your body and what it needs and what it is trying to tell you that you haven't been able to hear before is crucial to overall health, especially in recovery from injuries.

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I am so glad you are recognizing and celebrating that growth. It is exciting to see all the dramatic and subtle shifts and celebrate with you.

Growing from that new place is fun!

This is fabulous! It is always so incredible when we come to those places of noticing the difference of not being triggered in a situation that before would have been severely derailing! It is a testament to you showing up, doing the work and continuing to implement. We start at zero, grow to 10 and then create a new zero to grow from.

Jenny it is so true when we experience trauma, abuse, unfortunate behaviors and dysfunction in our lives, we find a way consciously and unconsciously to survive, escape, protect, cope and hopefully do what's important to us.

You have quite a list in your life - being the child of a brutal divorce, having an abusive narcissist parent who was a boundary crusher, which has led to you seeking boundary solutions, coping with being derailed and being triggered when the rules change and the actual steps greatly outnumber the original perceived number of steps. It makes complete sense when the rules and situations change in writing and publishing it brings up all of the trauma, abuse, unfortunate behaviors and dysfunction from your past and you try to protect yourself from failure, being stuck and negative self-talk.

We are doing the best we can with what we know at the time. You've been doing an amazing job finding viable solutions that have supported you. Consider the possibility instead of coping with your past trauma, abuse and dysfunction, you could release it consciously and unconsciously which would transform your writing, your life, your self-talk, your ability to reach further for yourself AND you would be able to implement new solutions in your life.

I experienced this myself as a professional musician with overwhelming, debilitating stage fright. I had all of these complicated systems and coping mechanisms so I could get up and perform and do what I wanted. When I first came to coaching as a client, this was the first major release I experienced. Literally the next day, I was performing and was shocked to discover all the anxiety, fear, literal shaking and stage fright had vanished! I realized, I didn't need all the systems and coping mechanisms I had previously relied on. I felt relief, freedom, joy and being fully present in a completely new way. My relationship with music and performing has completely transformed.

I'd love to continue the conversation with you.

I had another situation that came up recently that triggered many emotions. I could feel it derailing me. I used the techniques you'd taught me and before long I was deep into my creative work, completely focused on creativity and production. When it came time to deal with -the thing- again, I didn't feel triggered. I could discuss it calmly without even the slightest desire to murder the triggering individual. It was wonderful. (grin) And then right back into my writing! It is so wonderful to see you sharing this with other creatives.

This is a subject I cover in my Masterclass. The way we do one thing is the way we do EVERYTHING. When something comes up in one area of life, it's helpful to ask ourselves, Where else does this show up for me?

What would happen if you considered procrastination as information and what do I need to learn from it?