Recently, on a Sunday, a client called. She blurted out that she had experienced a major breakthrough. And, it was a result of my telling her to ‘Shut up”!
Whaaat? I couldn’t have said that to a client! My mind scrambled to remember.
Ahhh, now I get it. I had suggested to her that she step back from her situation and observe; that she remain silent and allow herself to hear.
She had been verbally ‘reacting” to this other person based on her past experience. The knee-jerk response. Making assumptions. The ‘stories’ she clung to and dragged forward into the present were controlling her mind and emotions. She was, like most of us, projecting onto another what had hurt her in the past...her wounds.
For her, the new perspective was life altering.
What's interesting is that often. in the coaching process, the client will receive the message that they most need to hear.
Shut up. Perhaps we all are doing too much talking and not enough listening.
What about you?
Live the real you…. mindfully.
Sharon
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