7# Leaning into the Difficult
Sometimes the more I try to stop a nagging thought the more it comes back to haunt me. The more I resent the pain the worse it feels. Sometimes leaning into my difficulty with a 'mindful' attitude can soften its charge. This isn't logical. But the mind isn’t ‘just logical’ either.
Here is a simple example: having a relatively poor memory I get nervous picking up a random client call for fear I will make a fool of myself. Through mindfulness practice I have become aware how my nervous system gets triggered. Leaning into this nervousness, I recognise that it is simply some tension on the forehead, shoulders and a stream of ‘what-if’ thoughts - nothing bad really happens.
Experiencing this ‘mindfully’ time and time again over the last 6 months has made the nervousness pretty much disappear. Those with poor memory will understand the relief!
I wonder in what other ways leaning-into-the-difficult could improve my day-to-day life…
Author: JD
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