{"id":2864,"date":"2015-01-13T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T19:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweetveg.org\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2015-06-23T11:16:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T18:16:36","slug":"our-beliefs-about-discomfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweetveg.org\/2015\/01\/13\/our-beliefs-about-discomfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Beliefs About Discomfort"},"content":{"rendered":"

Often, we know what our bodies need. We know when we are giving it those things that nourish it and when we are doing those things that deplete it.<\/p>\n

Yet, how often do we do something we know our body doesn’t want? Why is this? Where is the disconnection between our ability to hear what our body is telling us and our ability to act on that information?<\/p>\n

This has puzzled and frustrated me. Why do I put something in my mouth that I know will leave me feeling like crap a few hours, or even minutes, later? Why do I stay up late when I know that I won’t feel good the next day?<\/p>\n

For me, a lot of it boils down to feeling uncomfortable in my body. Often, when I feel\u00a0something strong, whether it’s emotions, pain, discomfort or fatigue, then my ability to act in my body’s best interest gets harder.<\/p>\n

For any of us who are sensitive, feeling uncomfortable in our bodies can at the least be really distracting and at its worst,\u00a0excruciating.<\/p>\n

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The truth is, we are in human bodies. We are highly attuned, we feel things and often it’s going to feel uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

I had a friend once who told me to just “get over it.” And I finally really heard him the last time he said it. He was right. I am a super sensitive being. I’m uncomfortable whether I am out there in the world living my life or if I lay in bed all day. The \u00a0problem was\u00a0that I was letting the discomfort distract me from really living my full purpose and being\u00a0out in the world in a big way.<\/p>\n

So let’s look at this discomfort. Some of it\u00a0has to do with beliefs around what we label as good and bad feelings. Right? Some people love the feeling of fear, others don’t. Some people love that feeling of being in love, while other people get sick to their stomach.<\/p>\n

I am writing this today because I am making a commitment to shift this pattern of letting my discomfort have so much power in my life. I am no longer willing to let anything get in the way of my relationship with my body, and being uncomfortable has been getting in the way.<\/p>\n

I am going to start\u00a0by looking at the beliefs I have about discomfort. It’s my beliefs that keep me from really sinking fully into the experience of being in my body.\u00a0It’s my beliefs that\u00a0make me afraid to feel\u00a0fully and this creates a distance between me and my body. It also creates distance between me and everything else as well\u00a0because it keeps me from being fully present.<\/p>\n

I’ll give you an example of shifting a belief. I had this belief that if I allow myself to feel things fully, my system will short circuit. This probably isn’t true. It’s possible that my physical system can handle a large amount of input and it would be fine. So my new belief is that my body is highly intelligent and equipped to feel big feelings with grace and ease.<\/p>\n

I want to encourage you to do some exploring of your own. Look at some\u00a0beliefs you have about discomfort and your body, shine some light on a few and shift them. Craft a new belief. And if you leave your new belief in the comments, I will send some energy your way to help support\u00a0your shift.<\/p>\n

Love,
\nTeresa<\/p>\n

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