Dr. (phil.) Natalia Wiechowski的动态

That moment when u’r SO in the flow, u ?? “bliss out” I’ve experienced that last Wednesday, in my 3. Improv session. But: Let’s start from the beginning: As u know, I promised myself 2 work less this year. Not only work in the sense of serving clients/“doing my job”. But also in the sense of self-WORK. Can u c it? There was simply 2 much work in my life. Why not more ease & fun?? So, instead of more self-WORK (& learning a new “technical skills” or hiring another performance coach/leadership mentor), I decided 2 primarily invest in utterly CREATIVE self-DEVELOPMENT activities that don’t require work but PLAY. I don’t need more structure/leadership skills for the next version of myself. I’ve enough of that “male energy”. ??I need more “female energy” in the sense of more flexibility, spontaneity, mess, chaos, space 2 explore, breathe & playfulness. That’s why I started singing & now also with improv. During the first 2 improv lessons I held myself back repeating the mantra: “Don’t perform. Don’t b ambitious. Don’t compete. Don’t stand out. B average.” GOSH… that was SO difficult! But I made it. Although, it didn’t feel natural at all… During the 3. lesson we were asked 2 tell a story, which we were just told, making the audience believe it was US who experienced it in the past. Cool, consider it done.? I started with the above-mentioned mantra in my head & after just 2 sec decided: F*CK IT!!! That’s against my nature! I went all in & channeled my inner edutainer; & those couple of min felt like eternity. I lost a sense of space & time & felt deeeply connected 2 the now. As if my ego dissolved. My soul was on ??. The giggles & reactions of the audience made my inner light burn even brighter… I was “blissing out”. ?? Eventually, I came to the end of the story, safely landed back on this ?? & connected back to this earthly “reality”. ?? I had SO missed that feeling! “Awesome, a happy end” u might think! Nope. Once I went off the stage my inner judge tried 2 make me feel bad: “Erm… what happened to: Don’t perform. Don’t b ambitious?” I thought about it 4 a while & answered: ??Performance has 2 meanings: 1??taking action/working, often with the unspoken but expected promise of “overdelivering”. 2??the act of representing a character on a stage & edutaining people I’m done with the 1. version of performance, as it is soul-crushing. And I’ll very likely never stop doing the latter, as it is the core of my being. There’s no ambition when I edutain. There’s no competition. The only thing that matters is that the audience & I feel connected & experience joy! My inner judge didn’t c that one coming aaand… respectfully STFU. ?? Aaahhh… ?double bliss“ due 2 that inner peace & silence! ?? I walked away home that evening with a huge inner shift & new insight about myself. ?? I can’t wait what I’l learn this week… What action brings U in a blissful state of #flow? #improv #leadership #thinknatalia #personaldevelopment Think Natalia