Attune
There’s a part of me that wants to solve and fix. I have an awareness and understanding of where she came from, of why she developed. I have love and compassion for her.
I have also come to know that she is not the part of me you need. She does not belong here in my work and when she shows up (which she still does now and then) it’s my job to notice and my work to walk her home. To see her before she takes the reins and to give her what she needs so that she doesn’t feel the need to get louder than a whisper.
Behind her in those moments, and when I’m at my best, way out in front of her, is the part that you and my work do need. The part of me that can see and hear you and your story like you may not have experienced before. The part who can sit and stay with you and your story exactly as you are feeling and experiencing it in the moment. Reflect back what I’m hearing you say and what I’m sensing between the lines…which is all what you already know.
Provide the safety, support and gentle encouragement you might need, to sit and stay with it too, until the next step forward and out of it emerges.
