Sdfsdf, as we come up on what I'm personally referring to as the "godforsakenyearaversary" of this global pandemic, I've done A. LOT. A lot of watching and observing in regard to what's in the general media, the trends I'm seeing for members in my Business Miracles Community of Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs and Leaders as well as what I've seen in myself...
And one of the biggest, most common themes I'm seeing is the shame that has gotten triggered as a result of this global pandemic.
Shame around our finances - whether it's because we are making more or less money than we did pre-pandemic, or more or less than others.
Shame around our relationships with our spouses.
Shame around how we are relating to our parents.
Shame around how we are showing up as parents to our children.
Shame around equality with race, religion and socioeconomics.
And overall, just shame about feeling general pandemic fatigue.
Collectively, shame is being induced in all of us, causing us to question our worth and how we've been able to manage these Exceptional Times.
I know for myself, I've definitely bumped up against shame throughout this pandemic - in the form of a sneaky super ego voice - causing me to question myself, my judgement and my decisions.
Yet, because I've been consistently committed to doing the real work to re-train my highly sensitive nervous system, I've been able to grab that shame by the tail, sooner rather than later, by bringing it straight to the Shame Transformation Tools I teach.
Through using these tools, I've been able to clearly land on the valuable realization that this shame is simply a result of trying to use an old metric (pre-pandemic) within a new paradigm (pandemic).
Which is literally impossible.
How can we judge ourselves - in the midst of this massively unexpected, unchosen circumstance - based on previous metrics that honestly, weren't necessarily so helpful even pre-pandemic?!
We cannot judge ourselves, in the middle of a Global Pandemic, by pre-pandemic metrics and standards.
Rather than judging ourselves and giving in to the feelings of shame, we can flip the switch and use these feelings as an opportunity - an opportunity to use this traumatic, stressful situation we've all been managing to learn to make a different choice.
To break old patterns.
To do things differently.
And then, as we mark this godforsakenyearaversary, we position ourselves to be able to emerge from this time into a space of heightened leadership as a result.
IN FAITH,
Heather
P.S. If you're looking for an aligned community to support you with learning how to work with your highly sensitive nervous system so that you too can lead from your highly sensitive strengths to create more impact and more income - I would love to extend a really special invitation for you to join my FREE Facebook group that I created specifically for Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs and Leaders by clicking here. It's a great place to receive more teachings from me as well as a way to see what other highly sensitives are up to. :)
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