The Power of Slowing Down, Getting Curious & Seeking to Understand
As I find myself drawn to longer-form podcasts these days like this one, this one, this one and this one, I'm aware of how much I'm craving deep dive connection in the world right now.
Longing for (even) more in-depth, fully present, authentic, genuinely curious, kind, thoughtful conversations that reflect the best in our human nature and give us the space to really settle into learning about one another's whole selves in our full, glorious, messy, beautiful human complexity.
I’m wondering if you’re noticing this type of leaning toward even more authentic connection and conversation in your life these days too. (If you're a part of this community, I have no doubt you're already someone who leads with authentic connection.)
While, on the one hand, current life and (social) media are habituating us to a faster, shorter churn of output and input, I'm simultaneously feeling the call to:
Slow down.
Rest.
Resource.
Refuel.
Reflect.
To allow space for what wants to be heard to be heard and for what wants to emerge to emerge, at its own unrushed pace.
To attune more to the seasons - external and internal - and to honor their natural rhythms within and around me.
To slow down enough and get curious enough to be willing to really seek to better know and understand the other humans I regularly bump up against in my daily life.
Slowing down.
Getting curious.
Seeking to understand rather than taking our mind's snap judgments as Truth.
This all speaks to the potency of the sacred space of a coaching conversation, of course, too. Because that space is one in which my entire intention is to witness and honor the perfectly whole, multitudes-containing Self sitting before me with zero judgment, with whole-hearted curiosity and care, and with zero attachment to where the breadcrumbs of the conversation lead us.
And these types of connective conversations, where we intend to really understand and honor another human in their full humanness, really are sacred.
We feel differently when we're seen differently.
We feel whole when we're seen as whole.
We feel lovable when our inherent lovability is reflected back to us.
So these are a few simple tools we each have available to us to choose in any given moment:
To slow down; get curious; and genuinely seek to better understand one another.
When so much in the world feels out of our control in painful or overwhelming ways, the simpler the tools and reminders the better, right?
So here’s wishing you a bit of extra space and curiosity to truly understand the people you're surrounded by over these next few holiday weeks. Trust that the ripples of kindness you initiate in your immediate sphere really do make a difference in the world.
With Love,