Re: I found The Work by Byon helpful

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Thanks! I'll give it a try

Bonnie

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On May 12, 2009, at 12:26 PM, bevshahabdolldesigns wrote:

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> I am wondering if any of you have read about " The Work " by Byron

> . She's written several books, but one I've heard about the

> most is Loving What Is. I haven't actually read the book yet, but I

> saw her interview with Oprah on Oprah's spirituality podcast about a

> month ago. From there, I went to her site and she has a free guide on

> her site about it. She calls it simply, " The Work " ; it's a

> process of inquiry that supposed to help with depression, stress,

> relationships, anger, etc.

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> I tried it out twice, and I DID find it very helpful. You get in touch

> with your feelings about anything that bothers you and then you flip

> the

> situation around to see the other person's side of things. (It can

> also be about " my thinking " instead of another person(s)

> who's annoying you.)

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> I was listening to 's podcasts on forgiveness yesterday, and it

> made me realize that this process of inquiry can be really helpful

> with

> forgiveness. I have felt resistant to the forgiveness podcasts,

> actually, which makes me think that it's something that I need to

> work on.

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> I used the inquiry twice in the past month. I was upset that my

> father-in-law lives with me for 3-4 months/year and it's stressful.

> It helped me to deal with my anger about it towards my husband. I also

> used it over the weekend on my negative feelings towards…and this is

> embarrassing…a very obese woman eating a mega-sized tub of popcorn

> at the movie theater. I think of myself as a compassionate person,

> and I

> was disturbed by my " holier-than-thou " thinking about this woman. I

> realized after the process of inquiry that I was projecting my

> negative

> feelings about myself onto this woman. I don't want MYSELF to think

> overeating is normal, and the final realization was that I need to

> accept my body as it is TODAY, not when I lose 15 more lbs.

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> If you are interested, google " The Work " and you'll find her

> site, and then click on " How to Do the Work " to find the simple

> worksheets. It's a very simple, but powerful concept.

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> Bev

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