Peace Talk Episode 199: I can only be happy if I am thin
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
Release Date: 06/15/2022
Peace Talk Episode 253: Money should stay with me
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
When we believe anything should stay with us, including money, we can often experience fear. But who would we be without the story of staying, or leaving, as we notice even we ourselves move and flow all through life. In person retreat in Seattle is coming! April 30-May 5, 2024. Learn more here: https://www.workwithgrace.com/in-person-spring-retreat/ Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers Year of Inquiry, a vibrant membership community of inquirers Sept-June each year. Grace also has a special...
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Peace Talk Episode 252: The Work of Byron Katie on addiction "I need to release repetitive fat thoughts"
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
When we believe we need to get rid of thoughts, especially very repetitive thoughts that return again and again and are painful, it can be even more stressful. It's possible to question any thought at all. When "fat thoughts" appear, as they do for so many of us who have been plagued by concerns about acceptance and rejection of the shape of the body, it hurts. It's possible to relax our beliefs about those thoughts themselves, while also questioning the belief "I need to stop thinking these fat thoughts". Is it true? Can I absolutely know it's true I am fat? Can I know it's true I...
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Peace Talk Episode 251: Questioning the belief This condition (health, relationship, state of affairs) keeps me on the sidelines
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
When we believe something in our lives that doesn't change is keeping us from the center of life itself, that this condition keeps us on the sidelines....it hurts. We want that condition gone. We believe we're doing something wrong, that this condition is present in our lives. Whether it's a health condition like a disease, weight, pain or another ailment, OR this condition is a troubled primary relationship or job title....we can question our beliefs about the presence of this state of affairs in our lives, and see what possibilities can arise when we drop the story of being...
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Peace Talk Episode 250: During a group session, a woman does The Work on herself "I should not be self-critical"
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
So many of us are familiar with the thoughts that direct attention to who we are as a person in the world, and how it's coming up short. Then, to add to this list of shortcomings, we say we shouldn't be so self-critical, we should love ourselves. Who would we be without this story? Listen today as a woman finds this thought stressful, and has a motive to not be critical in order to receive the acceptance from another. So innocent the way our minds work with this story. To join a 5 hour online retreat in The Work on February 14th, 2024 for Valentine's Day, visit here: Grace...
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Peace Talk Episode 249: A Conversation with Helen Amery about Enlightenment and Awakening
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
Helen Amery is a coach from the UK who has created the Enlightenment Summit, along with a program following the summit where participants will explore this wonderful topic. As one of the speakers in the summit, I enjoyed interviewing Helen on her journey and how she came to be doing what she does. Her scientific background in chemistry at university, followed by years in the corporate world, is a fascinating backdrop to the study of enlightenment and eventually a great expansion of ways humans can meet themselves. You can find Helen and her enlightenment summit at: Her book is...
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Peace Talk Episode 248: this unkind person, cancer, physical pain, etc is blocking my peace or happy future
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
When we have a new year, we often reflect on what this new year will contain, offer, and what we'll experience. If you have problems...we often want them solved. We want them gone. Who would you be without the story "something is blocking my peace, happiness, dream"? The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with our experience of life. Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers Year of Inquiry, a vibrant...
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Peace Talk Episode 247: Should I never try to stop myself from doing, saying, feeling something?
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
We look at willpower, discipline, structure, laws, rules and resolutions....and notice how often they have failed and don't appear to work. Yet, someone asks "does this mean I should never try to stop my behavior, I should just DO it whenever the urge arises to do it?" This is swinging in the complete opposite direction and using the thought "willpower doesn't work" to give the excuse to just fall into a behavior that isn't ultimately what I want. What we truly want, is for the behavior that seems to be "required" to become unnecessary and irrelevant. What we truly want is to no...
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Peace Talk Episode 246: the stressful power of believing I SHOULD do, think, say, be, feel different
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
We when believe we should do, think, say, feel, act differently than we do, the internal dialogue can be very painful and vicious. Who would we be without those thoughts? Listen today as people share the kinds of thinking they have when they're believing they should be different than they actually are in the moment....and what it's like without the story. The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with our experience of life. Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question...
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Peace Talk Episode 245: The Work of Byron Katie self-inquiry He brushes me aside
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
When we believe someone sees us as unimportant, of no consequence, and they brush us aside....how does it feel? Listen today as a woman does The Work on a co-worker and discovers that the seeing was happening in her own mind, not his. The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with our experience of life. Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers Year of Inquiry, a vibrant membership community of inquirers Sept-June...
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Peace Talk Episode 244: I don't like the thoughts I'm having
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
I don't know about you, but when I've had troubling, frightening or pessimistic thoughts, my whole body has tensed and fought against them. Why am I thinking this? What's wrong with me? The mind grinds away churning out, it seems, unwanted ideas repetitively. But what if we explored that more deeply, and wondered about this "thinking" that appears so troubling? We can question the thinking specifically, but also the very idea that thoughts appear that we can't handle....that they mean something is wrong with me. Is that really true? The...
info_outlineA Q&A episode: an inquirer asks how to do The Work on her belief "I can only be happy if I am thin".