The Art Of Emotional Health Course Notes
Venue Details October 2010
Week One
Homework for Week One
This week, focus on simply bringing your attention to the physical sensations that you feel when you are experiencing emotion – any emotion – no matter how small or insignificant. Ask yourself the following questions:
- What does it feel like in my body? What’s the quality of the sensation?
- Where do I feel it?
- When did the sensation start?
- How long did the sensation go on for?
Week Two
Homework for Week Two
Choose ONE thing (and ONE thing ONLY) from our discussion on Food & Mood that you would like to have more or less of in your diet. It may even be a simple behavioural change regarding how you eat every day. You don’t need to make the change, just start to identify the reality of what that change would look like in your day to day life and what support you may need to put into place so you can easily make that change.
Make it as small or big as you like but think about the moment to moment experience of that shift – will you need to substitute green tea for coffee? How would you go about minimising or eliminating all refined sugar from your home? What superfood benefit would most help you right now? You may want to make a list and prioritise changes you’d like to make. Your one thing may become something else over the next couple of days. You may want to create a plan or other structure. Or, you may just want to jump straight in!
Week Three
Homework for Week Three
Be honest, REALLY honest at least once this week with someone. Start with the little things – what do you really mean when you say “I’m too busy”? Do you really “not mind?” What’s happening underneath your wanting to keep the peace or make everything as easy as possible?
If we’re really still and have a good look we may find that we simply don’t want to do that particular thing, that’s all. No good, no bad, no right, no wrong, we just don’t want to do it for whatever reason. Being honest is not about the “why” – it’s about honouring how you feel on a moment to moment basis.
I invite you to pause the next time you find yourself saying something mindlessly and ask yourself what’s really going on. Become aware of what your body is telling you about your level of honesty – any sense of tension or resistance felt may give you a clue. How can you communicate openly and clearly with the other person? Can you say that you don’t want to do something from that place of clarity and coldness? Can you do it with love – for yourself and for the other person?
Week Four
AOEH Word Document Worksheet Week Four
Accountability and Support
Let’s kick start our 5 week process after The Art Of Emotional Health Course! Use me to bounce ideas off, keep you on track and celebrate with you on the way to your transformation – whichever ONE transformation you’ve identified that you want to make. Make sure it’s a SMARTER transformation. Download and fill in the word document and email it back to me ASAP and I’ll get in touch with you periodically over the next 5 weeks to touch base.