Go Home!

Go home!

Go home!

As a dog lover, whenever I had a new puppy to train, one of the first commands we would cover happened the last five minutes during our walk. The command was:

Go home!

And then we would start trotting towards home. Sometimes in the excitement of the run, puppy-dog would get distracted and try to go in another direction, so I held the command

Go home!

To this day, whenever I see a lost dog, rather than checking for tags, etc., I immediately say ‘go home, go home’ and in most cases, the dog turns direction (presumably to go home)

I find myself saying "go home" a lot these days. Not to puppy dogs, but to my clients, when they confirm that they are doing the internal work but are concerned that their business or income will be negatively affected because their clients are distracted with fear, worry, anxiety, and downright panic.

The universe is saying the same. Go home. Not simply to your 3-dimensional shelter in place home, but go home within. That inner sanctuary where your treasure awaits.

Now as a woman who has seen her share of 80’s and 90’s horror flicks, I was the first to scream at the movie screen….

DON’T GO IN THE BASEMENT

And yet, right now, the basement of our inner home is where some of our best work and treasures spring forth.

Here’s what I mean.

If you are doing ‘the work’ and find yourself worried about other people reactions to the current atmosphere, then you are (no judgment…cause this is where I start my work too) still plugged into an inner belief regarding your own feelings of safety, security, and do I belong here and it is coming up for review.

It is easier to see this in others, then to face that pain in our own self (our dark basement).

Here’s a quick exercise to uncover what beliefs you are still plugged into:

Write down the name of a person who is triggering a ‘negative’ reaction in you.

On the right side of the page write down the persons positive traits (try to pick at least two)

On the left side of the page write down the traits you dislike in the person.

Here’s an example:

Gertrude:

Positive

• Funny
• Driven
• Attractive

Negative

• Aggressive
• Mean
• Loud
• Self-Centered
• Victimy

Now write, before each item in the positive column:

• I love myself when…(I’m funny).
• I love myself when…(I’m driven)
• I love myself when…(I’m attractive)

Then write next to each item in the negative column:

• I don’t like myself when…(I’m aggressive)
• I don’t like myself when…(I’m mean)
• I don’t like myself when….(I’m loud)
• I don’t like myself when…(I’m self-centered)
• I don’t like myself when….(I’m victimy)??

This is a way to quickly see that what triggers you in other people is really about you. And the positive and negative traits are parts of your ‘home’ power that you have projected onto others.?

By going home to your inner sanctuary, you get to call all parts and pieces back to yourself. You step into your power…and you own it!

Interestingly, the more we can own the aspects on one side of the scale (like the positive) the more quickly the other side of the scale comes into balance (like the negative). Both sides of the scale have gifts and treasures for you. And here’s the bonus gift of this exercise:

When you are in balance, nothing external, including distractions, can knock you from your core.

So today, Go Home.

And if you would like to be guided into the dark basement of you, DM me.