Andrea Bordeaux Instagram – If you’re already feeling the heaviness and obligation of keeping up with New Years resolutions, then this is for you.
My clients know that I’m a stickler for language and I’m very purposeful about correcting the language that they use to speak over their lives, because our words cast spells.
I’ve never loved the word ‘discipline’, mostly because of the negative association that I have with it from my childhood, but also because it is overly masculine and, to me, lacks grace and fluidity.
Here’s the definition of discipline: train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.
I don’t find that particularly inspiring or appealing.
Let’s say you’ve set some incredible goals for yourself and you create routines and schedules and commitments that are designed to help you reach them. What happens when life does with it does and throws a massive monkey wrench into your plans?
You get sick, you suffer an injury, your financial situation changes, or you just really really can’t bring yourself to do anything “productive” today.
I’m my client’s case, she was beating herself up because she had a knee injury that prevented her from going to the gym.
What I offered her was a perspective shift that allowed her to reframe the heavy, obligatory energy of discipline into something light, free, and loving.
Devotion: love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause
This is a much more inspiring and appealing approach, right?
The commitments that we make to ourselves and our dreams don’t have to feel so heavy and rigid. And there is no need for punishment or self-flagellation when we inevitably have days where we simply don’t have the capacity.
In Part 2, I will talk about why this reframe is especially important for Women, because as is the case for most things in this inverted society, our concepts of ‘discipline’ and goal achievement are based around male nature and physiology.
Women have a very special, Divine nature that is better suited by a softer, more fluid approach and in Part 2, I will provide you with some examples.
Tell me, how does hearing the shift from discipline to devotion make you feel? | Posted on 02/Jan/2024 22:07:16
