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Too much safety can cause stagnation.
The right amount of risk
At the right time
Creates growth.
Change can occur from moving or staying, outside in or inside out. Â You are your own guide, determining the pace and process. THE GOAL IS AUTONOMY. Â I simply act as a tool, like a carabiner, providing safety or risk as necessary for you to enjoy continuing on your own path.
Closed Carabiner = needs an element of safety to progress
Open Carabiner = needs an element of risk to progress
Expanding Safety through Risk
UNKNOWNS
PERCEPTION
SAFE
The unknown is where risk lies. Â It is where both fear and potential live.Â
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The first step is to build trust and safety within yourself.
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The second is to know what to do with it.
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KNOWNS
SAFE
Your Relationship to Safety & Risk
RISK
SAFETY
If the inside AND outside of you feels safe, you will let it in, and you out. Â The membrane of separation becomes permeable.
If the inside of you feels safe and outside of you feels unsafe, you will protect that inner sanctuary, at all costs.
If the inside of you feels threatened or threatening, you will utilize resources outside of yourself to find a sense of calm or comfort.
Your body belongs to you. Â It in itself can generate a place of belonging, if you understand how to treat it as a true, capable friend.
Sliding States of Readiness & ExcitementÂ
The ability to accurately locate yourself is the starting point of any sort of mapping process.
Relating your mental to your physical at any given time helps determine what you might need to do (or not do) to shift away from extremes and more toward a steady, dependable baseline.
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