SELF-ACCEPTANCE
How Extreme Is Your Judgment Of Yourself?
How Realistic?
How Much Do You Shame Yourself For Being The Way You Are
JUDGING THE ATTRIBUTE
too little --------------------------------------------------------------------------- too much
SENSITIVITY
insensitive ------------------------------------------------------------------ hypersensitive
INTELLIGENCE
stupid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- know-it-all
POWER
weak ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- domineering
ATTRACTION
ugly -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- showy
FLEXIBILITY
rigid -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- erratic
LOYALTY
fickle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sucker
SOCIABILITY
loner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- leech
ENERGY
dull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hyperactive
CARING
selfish ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- overbearing
COURAGE
gutless -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- reckless
SELF-ACCEPTANCE DAILY REVIEW
1. CENTERING: Spend five minutes focusing awareness on my breath.
"Receive": Inhale, filling myself with loving Spirit.
"Release": Exhale, letting go of my tension, shame, and guilt.
2. SHAMING JUDGMENTS: Review significant events of the day, watching for negative self-talk, internal 'put downs'. Choose one particular event to work on.
Identify typical wording, as well as situational patterns.
3. HISTORICAL ROOTS: What past experience does this event remind me of?
What unfinished business (feelings unfelt, words unsaid, actions undone)
might I now complete in my imagination?
4. FEELINGS: If I set my judgments aside, what feelings am I experiencing now with
regard to the current event I am working on? How much of the energy in
this feeling fits the past? (Return to #3.) How much fits the present?
5. ACCEPTANCE: What words and images help me to accept myself just as I'm
experiencing myself right now
6. AFFIRMATION: What strengths do I have that can relieve the negative judgment above? What mantra can I use to support my belief in myself?
7. CHALLENGE: What options are available to me as a further response to the above experience, if I come from my strengths? What specific action do I intend to do?
THERE IS NO SHAME IN THE TRUTH
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