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Brighter Life Bits #27: Reaching Out

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ILF_Wtagline_Logo rgbWelcome to this Brighter Life Bit segment.  For this lesson, you can listen to the original teaching at the 1 hour 14 minute mark of the Class 4 recording. You can download the audio from the ILF website here.

Reaching out and sharing your story can weaken your shame.

Exercise: After listening to this part of the recording, grab your journal or open a word document on your computer and write down what steps you need to take in order to tear down those walls of separation, and share your story.

Your exercise assignment this week: Write down your top three people who you trust…. who has earned the right to hear your story?  Write down your story if it’s safe for you to do so.  Try to practice speaking it out loud if you need to.  

Isn’t it time to give voice to your shame?

Share your experience with how this exercise worked for you in the comments of this post.

Brighter Life Bit #26: Attributes of Empathy

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ILF_Wtagline_Logo rgbYou can listen to the original teaching at the 19:50 minute mark of the Class 4 recording. You can download the audio from the ILF website here.

The attributes of empathy are defined. After listening to this part of the recording, grab your journal or open a word document on your computer and write down the four attributes of empathy.

Listen to Indrani’s example on the recording.

Do you see how you can see the world through someone else’s eyes?

Your exercise assignment this week: Find a “low intensity” situation with someone you don’t know (i.e., a cashier at the store, someone standing in line, maybe a neighbour you don’t know well).  Strike up a conversation and look for an opportunity to practice some language around an empathetic situation.

Share your experience with how this exercise worked for you in the comments of this post.

LABL Podcast 019: Soul Mapping with Lissa Boles

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ILF_Wtagline_Logo rgbWelcome to Episode #19 of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast!

In this episode of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast, Indrani speaks with Lissa Boles. You will learn:

  • How to recognize your higher work?
  • What is your inner and outer work
  • Doing your higher work will make you joyful
  • What can happen if you lose joy in your work

Indrani looks at how she can use this teaching in helping women who are suffering domestic violence.

lissa-bolesA little about Lissa Boles

Everything she creates is designed to help you do three things:

1. Find your purpose.
2. Grow your business.
3. Fulfill yourself completely.

When all three pieces converge, your role on the planet becomes supercharged. It’s like plugging into a cosmic socket. Visit Lissa’s website at www.thesoulmap.com

 

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Brighter Life Bit #25: How to Build Shame Resilience

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ILF_Wtagline_Logo rgbYou can listen to the original teaching at the 15:30 minute mark of the Class 4 recording. You can download the audio from the ILF website here.

What is shame resilience? After listening to this part of the recording, grab your journal or open a word document on your computer and answer the following question:

“Have you recognized a shame experience this week? If so, what is coming up for you?”

How can you build shame resilience? Use the antidote called EMPATHY.   As you listen to the recording, do you believe you are a “giver” and “receiver” of empathy?  What comes up for you?  Write it down.

Share your experience with how these exercises worked for you in the comments of this post.

Brighter Life Bit #24: The Wash of Shame

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ILF_Wtagline_Logo rgbYou can listen to the original teaching at the 1 hour 15 minute mark of the Class 3 recording. You can download the audio from iTunes here  or from the ILF website here. 

The “Wash of Shame” comes from the work of Brené Brown. Here is how it works.

Exercise: 

Let’s “Go to the movies” like we did in module 1.

Think of a “medium intensity” event that happened in your childhood, as a young adult, or maybe something that happened yesterday.  Put yourself there again.  Watch it like you’re at the movies. What was the weather like? What were you wearing? What did you smell? Were you inside or outside? Who was there?

Answer these questions:

  • “I physically feel shame in my …..” (name a part of your body).
  • “I know I’m ashamed when I feel …..”
  • “If I could taste shame, it would taste like ….”
  • “If I could smell shame, it would smell like ….”
  • “If I could touch shame, it would feel like ….”
  • Look at your responses…. This is YOUR “Wash of Shame.”  

The first step is to acknowledge your shame. Share your experience with how these exercises worked for you in the comments of this post.

Brighter Life Bits #23: What are your triggers?

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ILF_Wtagline_Logo rgbYou can listen to the original teaching at the 55 minute mark of the Class 3 recording. You can download the audio from iTunes here  or from the ILF website here.

What are your triggers?  What circumstances bring you straight to shame?

Grab your journal or open a word document on your computer and write the following statement to yourself:

“I want to be perceived as ……”

Now write the following statement:

“What I DON’T want to be perceived as …..”

Examples of shame :

Body type, skin color, sexual orientation, class, religion

This exercise is a gentle way to recognize the power that these triggers have over you, and to understand that power.  It’s a process and needs practice.

Share your experience with how these exercises worked for you in the comments of this post.

Brighter Life Bit #22: Critical Awareness – Letting Go

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ILF_Wtagline_Logo rgbYou can listen to the original teaching at the 55 minute mark of the Class 3 recording. You can download the audio from iTunes here  or from the ILF website here.

In this section, we teach you about “Critical Awareness, and how can you practice it?

Critical Awareness is knowing why something exists, how it works, how our society is impacted by it and who benefits from it.

In order to practice CRITICAL AWARENESS, you must:

  • Contextualize, and see the big picture
  • Normalize, and realize you’re not alone or the only one
  • Demystify, and understand its source

To practice Critical Awareness, answer these questions in your journal:

  • What are the expectations around your trigger?
  • Why do these expectations exist?
  • How is our society influenced by these expectations?
  • Who benefits from these expectations?

Share your experience with how these exercises worked for you in the comments below.

 

LABL 018: Love, Lessons, & Loss with Dr. Martha Atkins

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ILF_Wtagline_Logo rgb Welcome to Episode #18 of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast!

In this episode of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast Indrani speaks with Dr. Martha Atkins about love, loss, and lessons. You will learn:

  • How you can grieve
  • The different theories of grief
  • Post-traumatic growth
  • How you can comfort someone during the grief process

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LABL 017: Words from a Survivor – Making the choice to change

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ILF_Wtagline_LogoWelcome to Episode #17 of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast!

In this episode of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast Indrani speaks with Patty Copolla about making the choice to have joy in her life. You will learn:

  • that when life is un-joyous you must create your own joy
  • why you get to make a choice what to do with the lows in your life
  • the need for connection when facing challenges
  • the importance of loving and accepting yourself
  • what she will teach her daughter so she doesn’t lose herself as she grows up

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LABL 016: Words from a Survivor – Suffocation of the Soul

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ILF_Wtagline_LogoWelcome to Episode #16 of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast!

In this episode of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast Indrani speaks with Angela Lauria about surviving her abusive marriage. You will learn:

  • The importance of feeling safe with the people you love
  • Why it is so hard to believe that there is a way to leave
  • The clear sign she received that is was time to leave
  • The joy Angela found in ending her marriage and falling in love with herself
  • How to look for those things that are perfect in you
  • How to support someone being abused without telling them to leave

You can find Angela on the internet at: www.angelalauria.com

Podcast Recording

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