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I took a course last year from the IFS-Institute which is an organization that is focused on what their founder, Dr. Richard Swartz, says is powerful Self-leadership. While there is way too much to go into in some simple emails, and I have only started to scratch the surface of all their learning and teaching, one of the ideas I was reminded of last week is what they call "The 8 C's of Self Leadership: Calm, Curiosity, Confidence, Compassion, Creativity, Courage, Clarity, and Connectedness." 


I've also been thinking a lot about how to engage 2025 with a sense of purpose and intention and it seems like using these 8 C's as a launching point for helping us start on the right footing for 2025, and continuing to move forward with Priming the Pump, would be some time well spent. So, I'll start with Calm this week, and we'll just keep going forward until we've covered them all.


Calm

One of the approaches they take toward all of the 8 C's is to think about them in terms of noticing and movement. As we start with Calm this week, what that means is we begin by noticing where and when we feel a sense of Calm - the types of situations or circumstances that help to produce it or reinforce it. But part of noticing is when we can pay attention to what might also diminish it or create the opposite effect in our lives (like agitation or unrest). Then, as we notice where Calm may be arising or diminishing, we look for active ways to move toward more Calm, or away from it's opposite.


For example, I know that even one or two minutes of the deep breathing technique I learned from the Center for Mind & Body Medicine a few years ago help to produce a sense of Calm within me. So, if I am starting to feel unrest or turmoil arising, I will take time to pause and engage in those deep, focused breaths which helps me move away from the agitation and toward being more Calm. Additionally, if I am in a location where I can take those deep breaths outside, that seems to increase the rate at which I move toward being Calm.


How about you? What helps you to feel Calm? Are there certain activities that help you move away from unrest and toward Calm?  Perhaps there are some locations that enhance your ability to feel Calm and less agitated? How could you pay attention and notice more clearly what impacts your Calm and then make decisions that help you enhance that reality?


Here's to experiencing more Calm in our lives this week!


Be Well,

Stephen


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