On today's episode, I am talking about the turnaround, an easy way to get some perspective on whatever is bugging you. This is taken from The Work of Bryon Katie. She does four questions and a turnaround.
So today what we are talking about is the turnaround. It is kind of like playing opposite day with your thoughts. The purpose of the turnaround is to get perspective and sometimes that perspective is so powerful it just instantly releases all of the weight of whatever you have been carrying around.
In This Episode:
- [01:19] So today what we are talking about is the turnaround. It is kind of like playing opposite day with your thoughts.
- [01:37] ANNOUNCEMENT: I am launching an ask me anything for you (my podcast listeners). Submit your question here.
- [02:38] The purpose of the turnaround is to get perspective and sometimes that perspective is so powerful it just instantly releases all of the weight of whatever you have been carrying around.
- [03:08] it can help you recognize that your thoughts are optional.
- [03:50] Some turnarounds will be very obvious for you but some will actually be pretty challenging to figure out the opposite thought that can give you the most power.
- [04:32] Start by doing a brain dump on paper of something that is bugging you right now.
- [05:07] The difference between a brain dump and a journal entry is that you want to give every thought that you have its own line like a list. Keep asking why. Give your brain a chance to get it all out.
- [05:15] If there isn't something specific that's bothering you but you are just feeling generally anxious or frustrated. Then you want to start by asking yourself how you are feeling right now. Then you will list each emotion that comes up. Then you ask why you are feeling that way.
- [07:42] Next you will grab another piece of paper and you are going to rewrite your same thought as a turnaround.
- [08:51] Linsi shares turnaround examples when frustrated with other people.
- [09:25] When you are doing the turnaround thought you want to look at what is really painful behind the thought itself. It is more about restating to yourself in a way that feels empowering instead of painful.
- [11:31] The turnaround puts you back in the driver's seat, it gives you ownership over what's going on, and it helps you actually see that everything you are thinking about someone or something else is ultimately something you are thinking about yourself.
- [11:54] When Linsi starts to recognize that she is having judgments about herself and others she decides ultimately that her main goal is to drop the judgment.
- [12:24] The turnaround is such a powerful tool to help us get back to the place where we are really being the brilliant business owner and person we can be and want to be.
Questions to Ask:
- What's bothering me right now?
- Who is bothering me right now?
- Why is that bothering me?
- What are they doing that is bothering me?
- What do I wish was different?
- How am I feeling right now?
- Why am I feeling this way?
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