{"id":1029,"date":"2022-01-29T03:07:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T03:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owl-create.com\/staging\/5086\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2022-01-29T03:07:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T03:07:48","slug":"week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owl-create.com\/staging\/5086\/week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The right next thing or the next right thing? I am one who notices how words and stories unfold. These two strings of words are not interchangeable. I wasn\u2019t sure what it was at first. I just knew that sometimes one or the other flew out more naturally depending on the context. I\u2019m also one who will go with a line just because it feels right. You may have noticed that I say \u201cif it feels right\u201d a lot around here. This is because noticing what feels right, not necessarily what feels comfortable or easy, is an essential part of my creative living practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before I could say what feels right, I had to connect with what I feel. The good. The bad. The ugly. The neutral. It wasn\u2019t so long ago that I was one who could not have told you what feels right. If asked, \u201cdoes that feel right to you?\u201d I would have issued an abrupt and offensive \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d or perhaps an apprehensive shrug and furrowed brow because obviously I should know how it feels and if I don&#8217;t then that&#8217;s bad. If instead of the question, I was offered to follow an instruction or invitation \u201cif it feels right,\u201d then I would promptly launch an investigation of the motives behind this invitation to determine what the offering party wants from me\u2013perhaps asking them directly or more likely letting my inner monologue take it away to fill in the gaps. Either way, there would have been little to no actual assessment of how I felt about it at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My internal wiring was all tangled up with threads of stories and attachments so messy that I couldn\u2019t even make sense of the question or instruction. It made it hard to advocate for myself as a patient with chronic health issues within our American healthcare system and as a parent of kids with specific considerations within our public education system and even as a partner in a loving marriage. *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">*<em>There\u2019s a lot to unpack in these lines, and some might recognize this context as trauma. I\u2019m a living testament that trauma recovery is possible. I got the support I needed and broke the cycle. I\u2019m a huge advocate for figuring out and getting the support that is right for you. For trauma, I know that having a skilled, trauma-informed practitioner is a game-changer. It wouldn\u2019t feel right for me to skip right over this tidbit. It\u2019s too important.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even now, as I navigate more common blocks, sometimes I hit that resistance where I don\u2019t know what feels right. Then what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martha Beck hosts a podcast called \u201cthe gathering room,\u201d and this week she shared that <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Nx-Th7ywa6k\">when we don\u2019t know what to do <\/a>we must \u201cpull over and calm down\u2026and go to the place beyond fear.\u201d The idea is a little different. Not knowing what to do isn\u2019t the same as knowing what feels right, right? But in a way, this process that I\u2019ve been practicing looks a lot like Martha\u2019s advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 I get tangled up in a thing, and I\u2019m in the fear place about to &#8216;eat or get eaten&#8217;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 I call a time out for myself. It might be a micro-time out, just long enough to access that place of calm beyond fear. Standing in the sand with the ocean stretched out before me and the \u201cendless yes of the horizon.\u201d Swaying with the natural rhythm of the waves and feeling a universal connection that I can\u2019t logic my way into. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022I emerge from that stillness with something figured out. Some tiny thing. A next right thing. Or maybe a right next thing. It\u2019s not always logical. It is always creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where does this land for you? What is your relationship with the phrase \u201cif it feels right\u201d? Where do you find calm beyond the fear? I\u2019d love to hear from you. Drop a line in the comments, send me a private email or <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/owlcreate\">book a curiosity call<\/a> if it feels right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The right next thing or the next right thing? I am one who notices how words and stories unfold. 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