When we ask "will I ever stop this obsessive compulsive behavior?" or "will this EVER stop?" (about almost anything difficult) we feel hopelessness and despair. 

We're looking closely at what doesn't work. We're seeing so much proof that this thing or condition or situation is incredibly persistent and relentless, and never-ending. Notice how you feel when you see it this way. Notice where the mind travels.

Then, be sure to ask the question: Who are you without this story? What if you turned towards noticing that "stopping" happens constantly? That peace is available to you, for you, inside of you? What if you didn't believe what you're thinking?

It seems hard to focus on what works instead of what does not. But it may be easier than our apparent one-track minds are making it out to be.

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When we believe we've eaten too much, spent too much money, said too much and we feel upset about it, it often hurts or frightens us. How could "I" let this happen? This is wrong. This is going in the "wrong" direction. What if we paused and approached this moment with self-inquiry, especially using The Work of Byron Katie? No need to understand any philosophy, "get" any special theories, know anything new...simply working with What Is, or what appears to be true about reality, and noticing. Who would you be without your story about what's happened? And this doesn't mean deciding you don't care about what's happened at all, you sink into resignation, you give up, or you're fake positive about what's happened. Could thought itself be supportive? Let's do The Work of Byron Katie: four questions and turnarounds, and see what happens in this moment when we believe we've done, eaten, said, spent too much.

When someone dies, it is commonly a time of great transition and grief. What happens when we question our stories of death, needing someone to be present in their body, wanting things to be the way they used to be?

Listen as a lovely woman, whose mother died only 2 months before this group inquiry call, shares her thoughts with us, and inquirers into her story. Who are we without our stories about the future, or the past, when someone dies? 

The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with our experience of life.

Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers Year of Inquiry, a vibrant membership community of inquirers Sept-June each year.

Grace also has a special love for those suffering from eating issues including disordered eating (disordered thinking) of all kinds--having suffered from this behavior and thought/feeling process herself and finding an unshakable peace within around eating, food, health and behaviors with eating.

Grace works with all kinds of compulsions, habits and addictions as they are all the same thing: a pull to some behavior, substance or activity in order to help us with our stressful feelings and thoughts. As Byron Katie offers us (founder of The Work); when we believe what we think, it creates unnecessary suffering.

When we question what we think, we feel lighter and less serious about what is. We even begin to laugh. We notice who we really are is peaceful already, a human being living life as best we can--learning, growing, loving. In the public sessions on this youtube channel, we have all-group inquiry sessions called First Friday Inquiry, we have interviews with practitioners of The Work, we have Eating Peace videos (on the eating peace playlist) and we have individual sessions in The Work by courageous people willing to be recorded for Peace Talk podcast and this channel.

Thanks to everyone involved in what is shared here on this channel, as it is great service to others in the world who find their way here and who are curious about life without "believing" thought all the time.

Where to find Grace:

workwithgrace.com
grace notes from the past at workingwithgrace.com
https://www.facebook.com/WorkWithGrace/
https://twitter.com/ByronKatieCoach
https://www.linkedin.com/in/workwithgrace/
https://www.instagram.com/byronkatiecoach/

When we dislike whatever is happening in our bodies, we feel fear, worry, angst, suffering. We make plans to change it.

What if we questioned our story, when it's painful? How strange to question the story of pain, disease, or physical appearance. But what does it look like to do this? Who are we without a story?

The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with our experience of life.

Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers Year of Inquiry, a vibrant membership community of inquirers Sept-June each year.

Grace also has a special love for those suffering from eating issues including disordered eating (disordered thinking) of all kinds--having suffered from this behavior and thought/feeling process herself and finding an unshakable peace within around eating, food, health and behaviors with eating.

Grace works with all kinds of compulsions, habits and addictions as they are all the same thing: a pull to some behavior, substance or activity in order to help us with our stressful feelings and thoughts. As Byron Katie offers us (founder of The Work); when we believe what we think, it creates unnecessary suffering.

When we question what we think, we feel lighter and less serious about what is. We even begin to laugh. We notice who we really are is peaceful already, a human being living life as best we can--learning, growing, loving. In the public sessions on this youtube channel, we have all-group inquiry sessions called First Friday Inquiry, we have interviews with practitioners of The Work, we have Q&A Tuesday live videos (on the eating peace playlist) and we have individual sessions in The Work by courageous people willing to be recorded for Peace Talk podcast and this channel.

Thanks to everyone involved in what is shared here on this channel, as it is great service to others in the world who find their way here and who are curious about life without "believing" or identifying with thought all the time. Self-inquiry and The Work of Byron Katie supports us to ride the wave of thought into the mystery of No Thought, or the space of being who we are, already, without our troubling stories. All is well. 

Where to find Grace:

workwithgrace.com
grace notes from the past at workingwithgrace.com
https://www.facebook.com/WorkWithGrace/
https://twitter.com/ByronKatieCoach
https://www.linkedin.com/in/workwithgrace/
https://www.instagram.com/byronkatiecoach/

In today's episode, a wonderful group of inquirers gathers online to do The Work on the concept one person beautifully brought to the table: "he hurt me" (and the belief he will hurt me again).

To investigate being hurt and feeling the effects of pain when it comes to other peoples' words, behaviors, conduct, facial movements....can bring amazing insights.

The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with our experience of life.

Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers Year of Inquiry, a vibrant membership community of inquirers Sept-June each year.

Grace also has a special love for those suffering from eating issues including disordered eating (disordered thinking) of all kinds--having suffered from this behavior and thought/feeling process herself and finding an unshakable peace within around eating, food, health and behaviors with eating.

Grace works with all kinds of compulsions, habits and addictions as they are all the same thing: a pull to some behavior, substance or activity in order to help us with our stressful feelings and thoughts. As Byron Katie offers us (founder of The Work); when we believe what we think, it creates unnecessary suffering.

When we question what we think, we feel lighter and less serious about what is. We even begin to laugh. We notice who we really are is peaceful already, a human being living life as best we can--learning, growing, loving. In the public sessions on this youtube channel, we have all-group inquiry sessions called First Friday Inquiry, we have interviews with practitioners of The Work, we have Eating Peace videos (on the eating peace playlist) and we have individual sessions in The Work by courageous people willing to be recorded for Peace Talk podcast and this channel.

Thanks to everyone involved in what is shared here on this channel, as it is great service to others in the world who find their way here and who are curious about life without "believing" thought all the time.

Where to find Grace:

workwithgrace.com
grace notes from the past at workingwithgrace.com
https://www.facebook.com/WorkWithGrace/
https://twitter.com/ByronKatieCoach
https://www.linkedin.com/in/workwithgrace/
https://www.instagram.com/byronkatiecoach/

In today's episode, a wonderful group of inquirers gathers online to do The Work on the concept that someone really needs to change, for us to be happen. "If only they were different" we say.

It's profound to do The Work on this, and find our freedom from needing someone else to change. We are no longer dependent on the world to be different, for us to be happy.

The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with our experience of life.

Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers Year of Inquiry, a vibrant membership community of inquirers Sept-June each year.

Grace also has a special love for those suffering from eating issues including disordered eating (disordered thinking) of all kinds--having suffered from this behavior and thought/feeling process herself and finding an unshakable peace within around eating, food, health and behaviors with eating.

Grace works with all kinds of compulsions, habits and addictions as they are all the same thing: a pull to some behavior, substance or activity in order to help us with our stressful feelings and thoughts. As Byron Katie offers us (founder of The Work); when we believe what we think, it creates unnecessary suffering.

When we question what we think, we feel lighter and less serious about what is. We even begin to laugh. We notice who we really are is peaceful already, a human being living life as best we can--learning, growing, loving. In the public sessions on this youtube channel, we have all-group inquiry sessions called First Friday Inquiry, we have interviews with practitioners of The Work, we have Eating Peace videos (on the eating peace playlist) and we have individual sessions in The Work by courageous people willing to be recorded for Peace Talk podcast and this channel.

Thanks to everyone involved in what is shared here on this channel, as it is great service to others in the world who find their way here and who are curious about life without "believing" thought all the time.

For the Work With Grace programs and more information, and to get on the Grace Notes mailing list for updates and sharing of all kinds around The Work, please visit www.workwithgrace.com

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Where to find Grace: workwithgrace.com grace notes from the past at workingwithgrace.com https://www.facebook.com/WorkWithGrace/ https://twitter.com/ByronKatieCoach https://www.linkedin.com/in/workwithgrace/ https://www.instagram.com/byronkatiecoach/

Dr. Amy Johnson is author of several books including "The Little Book of Big Change". Her work focuses on the nature of thought, and making friends with it. Just like we do when we practice The Work of Byron Katie (especially question four; who are you without your story?).

Amy offers a 6 week school twice a year called the Little School of Big Change where people can gain understanding and insight into their thinking, behaviors, and emotions--especially when it comes to unwanted habits. 

You can find more information at www.dramyjohnson.com

Peace Talk is a podcast dedicated to exploring change and what dissolves or shifts human suffering....where we investigate misery, unhappiness, negativity, mental illness, addiction and other internal battles people experience that make life not-so-fun....and turn these experiences around for a life of peace, joy and acceptance. Who are we without our stressful thinking?

For more information about Grace Bell, host of Peace Talk, please visit www.workwithgrace.com

 

 

We've all anticipated something and noticed change, and thought--depending on the situation--that what's happening is dangerous. We dread the future, we're so worried. 

Listen as a woman questions her story about what caring is supposed to look like, what love means, and what she's really responsible for, as she navigates change observed in her husband of many years. 

Peace Talk is a podcast dedicated to exploring change and dissolving human suffering....where we investigate misery, unhappiness, negativity, mental illness, addiction and other internal battles people experience that make life not-so-fun....and turn these experiences around for a life of peace, joy and acceptance. Who are we without our stressful thinking?

 

We all have stories about needs. What if they were fun, joyful stories...instead of the never-ending story called "not enough"?

Who would we be without the stress of the belief "I need....."?

Find Grace at www.workwithgrace.com. 

Today's episode is a gathering of people together on zoom. One inquirer brings to the session her thoughts about eating when not hungry last night. When we have images in our minds of ways life could be better, even in the moment of reaching for food, just like this inquirer notices....we have all kinds of other thoughts about needing to understand what's underway, to stop that behavior, to fix this situation.

Who would we be without our stories of improvement, even self-improvement, at all? Who are we, even when we have images of pleasure to move towards?