Week 7 – Conscious Reframing Workout

Hello all – This week felt like “old home week” for me – I have been practicing the practice of conscious reframing for over 30 years – using many excellent methods – and teaching it to my clients at my work. I eagerly overlaid what Heather showed us and I was able to go even deeper! I had major breakthroughs and happy little ones with my SPG and the next logical steps. I also know that everything in our lives – all experiences, all people, all so called obstacles – are there according a a perfect plan – my soul plan – so get excitied – smiling here because I can hear all of our dear GIN mentors saying exactly that. I particularly love the immediate first step of setting the tone of my attitude with “Now that’s interesting, why it’s even curiously interesting, please tell me what this is about!” I also have added the breathing into my morning movement “playcises” while simultaneously listening to one of my favorite guided mediation recordings. The bringing together the thought, feeling and movement anchors whatever I want to anchor quickly for me.

Looking forward to Tuesday! Patti Heredia

Of course, I too have been studying and teaching reframing to my patients since my psychiatric residency 35 years ago, so the concept is hardly new to me.
This week was “interesting”, topped off by a even more “interesting” day yesterday where I felt hijacked by time and circumstances. I used the SRM while driving, stuck in traffic then getting lost, which at least allowed me to enjoy my time being hijacked! Needless to say, I did not feel very positive or productive this morning. So I re-watched the Video Recording to really understand Heather’s Reframe process (I love those shorter videos, Heather, they are beautiful and so, to the point!) I actually stopped the video at the point when Heather said to draw the dial and write down the suggested emotions on each number, then write out your OWN emotions for each number. I had a shocking realization: on MINUS 7, I feel NOTHING. I would have thought that I was at ZERO, i.e. neutral. But NO, when I get to that state, the next step at MINUS 8 is “I don’t care” which is actually how I hijack myself out of feeling overwhelmed. VERY INTERESTING COGNITION!

Here is my PLAYWORK: Wasn’t really “feeling” this process, which is even more amazing that it still worked amazingly well.
1. For my warmup I did 360 (counterclockwise) while declaring to my monkey mind that I was taking control.
2. For the Body: I used the Feel Good Dial to shift from that MINUS 7 to PLUS 4 EXCITEMENT, which seemed like a big shift( and maybe not believable?) BUT it worked…(WHAT JUST HAPPENED?) After that, I really did feel excited about how easy and fast that worked!
3. For my Finale: 360 (clockwise) while declaring ” I love feeling better and better and better! Thank you thank you thank you!!!”
In all took maybe 4 minutes that I didn’t feel that I was “trying” or getting excited about it. BUT afterwards I felt that I was breathing easier, more energetic and felt 50% less weighed down but what I had been dealing with during the previous days.
Then I called my accountability partner and shared this with her and we had an awesome, really down to earth conversation that actually expanded my positive feelings. Although we both had to move on to other commitments for the day, the positive feelings for me continued to expand and expand. Thank you, Heather, for creating such wonderful shortcuts for us!

The reframing is wonderful especially when I get curious. Something has been coming up for me regarding finances and it comes in different ways. I’ll laugh sometimes, and say things like, “oh this is interesting, here you are again” and that takes away the sting. Most times I remember to put a different frame on it and see it differently. By doing this, I feel so much better. Worrying, asking questions like “why is this happening to me again” or getting upset won’t really help so being curious and reframing the challenge is the best way for me to move through it.

I had some challenges in last last few weeks.

I had challenges in the relationship area so much so that, I started to feel intense pain in the neck as I previously stated.

This week I had to go to acupuncture just to have my neck move again.

The down side of acupuncture for me is that it releases a lot of negativity — So much so I could not attend to the mastermind meeting for more than 20 minutes…

I’m ashamed to admit it but I got really angry at people having so much successes and I feel stuck since week 2.

On the bright side…

I was able to meet with Colin Cambell this week. He’s a brilliant copywriter and I learned a lot from his advices and possibly his mentorship.

I’m very grateful for this opportunity, it’s the first time I have the chance to be mentored and learn a skill that I’m passionate about.

I’m studying copywriting extensively this week and I had to push all my other assignment to really focus on learning so I can be of service to Colin.

I didn’t do much more but I feel I should do the SSG again since I have a clear HOW on how to become good. There is basic exercises that train you to become a master copywriter.

I could do a day of dreaming and start the success cycle over…

This week I felt exhausted from doing inner work, so I decided to focus on outer work instead. I remembered that I’m always happiest when I’m in the process of creating something I like. So I took a break from thinking about subconscious rewiring & conscious reframing, etc., and finished composing a musical piece for the piano, and it felt great.

Though I didn’t consciously practice conscious reframing this week, I did come up with a technique to use as soon as I notice that I’m feeling a little low:
1) Warm-up: Put my hand on my heart, take a deep breath, smile, and say “I love life.” (I remember Peter Ragnar mentioning something like this.)
2) Body: CREATE something, anything that feels good, just get in the act of creating. For example, today I simply took a pen and paper and created a list of all my favorite things that I really love, everything that makes me happy.
3) Finale: Take a deep breath, and say “Thank you.”