Stay the Course
A session can sometimes bring about a real change.
Something releases, a new understanding emerges, an emotion is released. We feel different, lighter, freer, with the sense that something has truly shifted.
And it has.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean that our old habits, reactions or ways of thinking disappear overnight. Although it is possible.
We may have spent years functioning in a certain way: adapting, protecting ourselves, staying silent, getting angry, trying to control everything, taking care of others before ourselves…
So even when we have chosen a new direction, we may sometimes find ourselves slipping back into our old ways.
I think of a boat changing course.
The captain knows where they want to go. Yet the wind, the currents or the waves can push the boat off course.
That doesn’t mean they chose the wrong direction.
They look at where they are, notice that they have drifted off course, and adjust their direction.
Then they keep going.
Change can be like that too.
It doesn’t necessarily mean never falling back into an old reaction again.
Maybe it means beginning to recognise it sooner.
“Oh yes… I’m doing that again.”
And this time, instead of judging ourselves or thinking that nothing has changed, we can simply remember the direction we had chosen.
And get back on course, again and again.
At first, we may need to do this often. Then, little by little, this new way of being becomes more familiar. We recognise it more easily. We return to it more quickly.
Until one day, we realise that what once required effort has become much more natural.
Returning to an old pattern doesn’t mean that our inner process of change hasn’t begun.
Change is also about noticing sooner when we have drifted back into an old pattern, and knowing how to find our way back on course.
I would be honoured to accompany you on your journey to joyful mindful life.
I offer in-person sessions in West Cork, Ireland, and online sessions worldwide.
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Muriel Laradi
Intuitive Kinesiologist • Healer • Spiritual Coach