This is a really interesting interview and offers so much insight. I loved how Maria mentioned that journaling is a grounding practice for her. As an avid and life-long journaler, it invited me to consider why I return to this practice daily. I never used the word "grounding" in association with journaling but that makes sense. I always felt like it was a way for me to externalize all the chatter of ideas in my mind so I could sort through them and just see them with more clarity. Of course, that process allows me to feel more stable, which sounds a lot like grounding to me. The physical act of writing (by hand) moves the mental clutter onto a page so I can see what's valuable, what's just taking up space and needs to be tossed, and what's ripe for exploration and transformation. I do not do enough physical movement so maybe this journaling isn't just "playing with my mind and its ideas" as I have always thought. Maybe it's a nudge toward more physical grounding that I need? I've been doing more Qigong flows recently and I marvel how good it feels, how refreshed I am after even 10 or 15 minutes.
I’m going to try a session with a therapist who takes people for a walk or hike into some parkland while talking out the issues. This feels quite dynamic to me, because I like being outdoors anyway. It’s always been somewhere that I feel better. I know what you mean about the use of the word grounding. It can be felt to mean humbling, so it can feel confusing to people who actually need lifting a bit. Maybe “building the groundwork of your own framework” might be a better phrase. Mine is a bit bent out of shape, it’s too open on my boundaries (in every sense of the word) and I am an empath, so I get easily overwhelmed at the moment. Maria doesn’t, and it’s interesting for me to learn why. She showed me how you can make a career out of what you know best if you have better control of the way your own mind works, if you understand it’s strengths and weaknesses better. I’m glad you enjoyed the exchange. I know I did. Thank you on behalf of both of us for your generous feedback and some of your own thoughts on how you both begin to write, and also step back and decide how to look after your own body better. All those old techniques are definitely worth exploring. They must work for some people to still be around. Mind and body is both an old problem, and a new one as so many of us live in an urban environment now. Enjoy the process, whatever you do!
Maria and I really wanted to shake things up and bring some new ideas to this whole space because they are so sorely needed. I’m so glad you felt energised by the exchange. That was the plan!
This is a really interesting interview and offers so much insight. I loved how Maria mentioned that journaling is a grounding practice for her. As an avid and life-long journaler, it invited me to consider why I return to this practice daily. I never used the word "grounding" in association with journaling but that makes sense. I always felt like it was a way for me to externalize all the chatter of ideas in my mind so I could sort through them and just see them with more clarity. Of course, that process allows me to feel more stable, which sounds a lot like grounding to me. The physical act of writing (by hand) moves the mental clutter onto a page so I can see what's valuable, what's just taking up space and needs to be tossed, and what's ripe for exploration and transformation. I do not do enough physical movement so maybe this journaling isn't just "playing with my mind and its ideas" as I have always thought. Maybe it's a nudge toward more physical grounding that I need? I've been doing more Qigong flows recently and I marvel how good it feels, how refreshed I am after even 10 or 15 minutes.
I’m going to try a session with a therapist who takes people for a walk or hike into some parkland while talking out the issues. This feels quite dynamic to me, because I like being outdoors anyway. It’s always been somewhere that I feel better. I know what you mean about the use of the word grounding. It can be felt to mean humbling, so it can feel confusing to people who actually need lifting a bit. Maybe “building the groundwork of your own framework” might be a better phrase. Mine is a bit bent out of shape, it’s too open on my boundaries (in every sense of the word) and I am an empath, so I get easily overwhelmed at the moment. Maria doesn’t, and it’s interesting for me to learn why. She showed me how you can make a career out of what you know best if you have better control of the way your own mind works, if you understand it’s strengths and weaknesses better. I’m glad you enjoyed the exchange. I know I did. Thank you on behalf of both of us for your generous feedback and some of your own thoughts on how you both begin to write, and also step back and decide how to look after your own body better. All those old techniques are definitely worth exploring. They must work for some people to still be around. Mind and body is both an old problem, and a new one as so many of us live in an urban environment now. Enjoy the process, whatever you do!
This was really fascinating and very new to me. Great to read something completely different and hope others have benefited from it too
Glad you liked it Simon! ❤️
This is a fantastic interview!
Maria and I really wanted to shake things up and bring some new ideas to this whole space because they are so sorely needed. I’m so glad you felt energised by the exchange. That was the plan!
I am glad you enjoyed it Traci 💗