Status Updates From The Steps: 10 lessons from ...

Step Eight - connection, nothing hugely revelatory here for me. Body scan meditation was very nice and worth trying to incorporate into a routine. Maybe at bedtime.

Pwwww… I was finding step seven (strengthen your self worth) very difficult to connect with. I was disagreeing with most of it though I don’t confidently think the author is wrong. But then I got to the poem, Your Light by Donna Ashworth and I found myself crying. So… joke’s on me, turns out I might need to read this chapter a few more times.

Inner Critic - very interesting exercise to take note of what your inner critic is saying, to challenge the commentary and to try to reframe it with kindness and compassion. I’m all for constructive criticism so I won’t be throwing the baby out with the bath water but I definitely could be nicer to myself.

A lot of the thought exercises aren’t my cup of tea but I was reading on anyway and I just had an epiphany about my inner child (she’s actually very happy and secure) it’s my inner pre-teen who needs a big hug. I’m definitely getting something good from reading this. I think I’ll take a step a day until I’m finished.