Write of Passage 9 Christin's Mentor Session 3

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  • Personalized help with your WOP journey
  • Any questions about WOP
  • Just to say hi

Session 3 Recap

  • Some emotions are hard to name or are actually quite complex behind-the-scenes. So befriending them is a touch challenging…but what if we honor them instead, and just get to know their “true names”?

Exercise

Gift of Time

  • Work on your assignment
  • You have 10 minutes…

  • What duties can you let go of to get 10 min back daily for writing?
  • How can you adjust your expectations/systems to maximize the 10 min?
  • You have 3 minutes…

Breakout Room

3 people, ~5 min each (15 min total)

  • Introduce yourself + take 3 deep breaths together
  • What duties can you let go of to get 10 min back daily for writing?
  • How can you adjust your expectations/systems to maximize the 10 min?

Group Discussion

How can we honor ourselves as writers in terms of space + time?

Key Learning

Give yourself the gift of time and space to honor your identity as a writer.

  • But sometimes, the feeling of tiredness/drained can be a disguised emotion…

  • “Tiredness/drained” can represent physiological needs, or perhaps unnamed inner conflict!

  • It is really important to address physiological needs!

Words Used By Attendees to Describe Inner Conflict

  • Tug of War
  • Indecision, self-doubt, second-guessing
  • Resistance
  • Dissonance
  • “two wolves inside me, one wants a cuppa, one wants a chai tea latte”
  • Feels like Adam Tank’s Demogorgan is a good name for an internal demon
  • Two magnets with the same poles pointing at each other.
  • nice tie in bananas
  • “Out of integrity”, or “out of alignment”
  • Uncalibrated from my Values GPS
  • Bicameralism
  • The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck is a great book on this topic.
  • Something is pushing me away… and I need to sit down with myself and ask myself why that is

Post Session: Inner Conflict Is A Good Thing!

Homework Assignment

Rest for 10 min today and do NOT think about work/WOP

Attendees said they will commit to:

  • Nap
  • Walk
  • Dance with their baby
  • Journal
  • Draw
  • Walk their dogs
  • Sit
  • Non sleep deep rest
  • Do nothing
  • Play with their kids
  • Listen to music
  • Drink tea
  • Read a novel

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