Mind or body. Which do you listen to most often?

Mind or body. Which do you listen to most often?

I was on a retreat a couple of weeks ago. My mind was not calling the shots of constant busyness, emails, and much more.

My body had nutritious food, daily exercise, stretching, massages, and rest. Oh, and sun, sea, and fresh air too.

No to-do list, no emails and not even any business planning or development for the mind to be distracted by.

Since coming home, I’ve made a commitment to not allow my mind to ignore the very structure upon which it depends. No skipped meals because I’m busy; no rushing straight into the office before I’ve even given my body some movement; and no mindless shoving food in between one activity and the next and calling that a meal!

So, do you listen to your mind or to your body?

Commit to the Whole Path

“You have to walk the whole path to get to any destination - even if that particular destination ends up only being a stopping point, a milestone, on the way to another destination. Continually walking half a path, and then changing our mind drains our energy and passion for life.”

Quote from Can’t see the word for the trees - Landscaping Your Life to get back on track.

Using nature as our coach and nature’s landscapes as metaphors for our lives enables us to see patterns of behaviour more easily. For example, a business leader demonstrating their pattern of going round in circles whilst we took a walk in a local wood recognised that they did know where they wanted to go to. They also realised that only ever travelling half a path kept them circling, like an airplane, in a holding pattern. Neither leaving nor arriving, and yet on constant alert. The remedy for this leader was committing to walking a whole path, and only assessing “what next?” when they got to their first milestone. What path can you commit to take this week?