I left then. Somehow I got separated from her and I've been chasing her since. There's something elusive. A kind of knowing that I can't quite grasp.
This is the story of Anna. At 10 her family moved her away. Sending her to boarding school where she stayed until 18.
She benefitted and when the time came, landed a good job, setting off up the ladder.
Years later, from the outside her story is one of accomplishment, fulfilment and comfort. But that's not how it is on the inside.
Inside she is unsettled, forever striving, lonely and unhappy. Nobody knows this of course. What they see is success. So why doesn't she feel it? She harbours a fear that it's all going to unravel. That the inner truth will out.
When we work with the body we learn that we cannot muscle our way through. We also learn that the body has a pace and wisdom of its own. That the pain we fear isn't as painful as the fear itself. That the body is wise and kind, moving us towards our definition of a settled life.
Including the body in coaching offers this gift.
Perhaps you left yourself somewhere someplace? Or perhaps you too have heard the wisdom of your own body?
(This is an illustrative story to represent how the outside doesn’t always match the inside; that the answer is often found by including the body.)
