In person retreat in Seattle is coming! August 20-24, 2024. Learn more here: https://www.workwithgrace.com/summer-retreat/ Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers Year of Inquiry, a vibrant membership community of inquirers Sept-June each year. Grace also has a…

When we believe we are right, and we MUST be right, it is stressful...and also can be difficult to let go of. If I let go of this, I might be too passive, I might lose motivation, I might find myself lost, I might never change (gasp), says the mind. Who would we be without thoughts about whatever is happening at all? It doesn't mean we'd be passive…

When we believe anything should stay with us, including money, we can often experience fear. But who would we be without the story of staying, or leaving, as we notice even we ourselves move and flow all through life. In person retreat in Seattle is coming! April 30-May 5, 2024. Learn more here: https://www.workwithgrace.com/in-person-spring-retrea…

When we believe we need to get rid of thoughts, especially very repetitive thoughts that return again and again and are painful, it can be even more stressful. It's possible to question any thought at all. When "fat thoughts" appear, as they do for so many of us who have been plagued by concerns about acceptance and rejection of the shape of the bo…

When we believe something in our lives that doesn't change is keeping us from the center of life itself, that this condition keeps us on the sidelines....it hurts. We want that condition gone. We believe we're doing something wrong, that this condition is present in our lives. Whether it's a health condition like a disease, weight, pain or another …

So many of us are familiar with the thoughts that direct attention to who we are as a person in the world, and how it's coming up short. Then, to add to this list of shortcomings, we say we shouldn't be so self-critical, we should love ourselves. Who would we be without this story? Listen today as a woman finds this thought stressful, and has a mot…

Helen Amery is a coach from the UK who has created the Enlightenment Summit, along with a program following the summit where participants will explore this wonderful topic. As one of the speakers in the summit, I enjoyed interviewing Helen on her journey and how she came to be doing what she does. Her scientific background in chemistry at universit…

When we have a new year, we often reflect on what this new year will contain, offer, and what we'll experience. If you have problems...we often want them solved. We want them gone. Who would you be without the story "something is blocking my peace, happiness, dream"? The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with str…

We look at willpower, discipline, structure, laws, rules and resolutions....and notice how often they have failed and don't appear to work. Yet, someone asks "does this mean I should never try to stop my behavior, I should just DO it whenever the urge arises to do it?" This is swinging in the complete opposite direction and using the thought "willp…

We when believe we should do, think, say, feel, act differently than we do, the internal dialogue can be very painful and vicious. Who would we be without those thoughts? Listen today as people share the kinds of thinking they have when they're believing they should be different than they actually are in the moment....and what it's like without the…