Peace Talk Episode 227: What if change looks too scary? What if I believe it requires more of me than I have?
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
Release Date: 07/04/2023
Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
Who are we without our stories? An inquirer does The Work on the belief "there is something wrong with me" and finds freedom in this moment, now. Pain, Sickness, Death Retreat Oct 28-Nov 2 ONLINE daily 8-10am PT (except Saturday 11/2 only 1 final hour). November 8-10, 2024 Retreat in Seattle at Grace's office. See workwithgrace.com for information December 6-13, 2024 The Work and Yoga at Mount Madonna in California. workwithgrace.com for information Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers...
info_outline Peace Talk Episode 259: questioning stress about the bodyPeace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
Who are we without our stories? November 8-10, 2024 Retreat in Seattle at Grace's office. See workwithgrace.com for information December 6-13, 2024 The Work and Yoga at Mount Madonna in California. workwithgrace.com for information 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. Learn more about Year of Inquiry at https://workwithgrace.com/year-of-inquiry Grace also has a special love for those suffering from eating...
info_outline Peace Talk Episode 258: Career transitions, body decline, difficult people--let's do The WorkPeace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
Who are we without our stories? 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. Learn more about Year of Inquiry at Grace also has a special love for those suffering from eating issues including disordered eating (disordered thinking) of all kinds--having suffered from this behavior and thought/feeling process herself and finding an unshakable peace within around eating, food, health and behaviors with eating. ...
info_outline Peace Talk Episode 257: this condition, person, not-enoughness should go awayPeace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
A woman with a disease diagnosis is frightened and volunteers to do The Work. Her belief is "this should go away". We can do this with just about anything. Who are we without our panicked story about an ailment showing up in our bodies? In person retreat in Seattle is coming! August 20-24, 2024. Learn more here: https://www.workwithgrace.com/summer-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...
info_outline Peace Talk Episode 256: questioning thoughts about death, decline, things falling apartPeace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
It's very common in being human to be against situations in life that look threatening. What happens when we question our thoughts that something happening, like death, decline, disease, hardship....is absolutely true? That is really is TERRIBLE? (And it doesn't mean that it is not). Who are we without our stories? In person retreat in Seattle is coming! August 20-24, 2024. Learn more here: https://www.workwithgrace.com/summer-retreat/ Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers Year of...
info_outline Peace Talk Episode 255: I can't get what I wantPeace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
In person retreat in Seattle is coming! August 20-24, 2024. Learn more here: https://www.workwithgrace.com/summer-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 love for those suffering from eating issues including disordered eating (disordered thinking) of all kinds--having suffered from this behavior and thought/feeling process herself and finding an unshakable peace within around...
info_outline Peace Talk Episode 254 The Work of Byron Katie: I need THAT to go my way, I need to be right about itPeace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
When we believe we are right, and we MUST be right, it is stressful...and also can be difficult to let go of. If I let go of this, I might be too passive, I might lose motivation, I might find myself lost, I might never change (gasp), says the mind. Who would we be without thoughts about whatever is happening at all? It doesn't mean we'd be passive. We might be more active than we ever imagined. In person retreat in Seattle is coming! August 20-24, 2024. Learn more here: https://www.workwithgrace.com/summer-retreat/ Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to...
info_outline Peace Talk Episode 253: Money should stay with mePeace 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...
info_outline 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...
info_outline Peace Talk Episode 251: Questioning the belief This condition (health, relationship, state of affairs) keeps me on the sidelinesPeace 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...
info_outlineAn inquirer asks: "I'm at a stage where I've questioned a lot and had some real insights, but I still find it hard in the moment sometimes not to be seduced by the ego into believing images of past/future. I don't feel that I have the strength/energy/bandwidth to make that leap into living the turn arounds. Honestly it might take a change in priorities which also feels scary and stressful in its own way."
I see a few wonderful things in this question that may help, if you've had some of the same kinds of thoughts appear:
1. My relationship with thought itself
2. What I believe is necessary to overcome this (strength/bandwidth)
3. The change will ask me to do something scary
So much beautiful information here, so helpful for us to find the clues into insight and awareness. It can be like a hidden treasure, buried somewhere...and making the discovery that life wants to reveal for us.
Who would you be without the story that you don't have what it takes...and what it takes, furthermore, is too frightening?
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As Byron Katie offers us (founder of The Work); when we believe what we think, it creates unnecessary suffering. When we question what we think, we feel lighter and less serious about what is. We even begin to laugh. We notice who we really are is peaceful already, a human being living life as best we can--learning, growing, loving.
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