PRACTICE / CHAPTER 15

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It helps for a moment. Then you need it again.

THE STUCK POINT / REUSABLE PRACTICE

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The response offers something immediately, while a return to ordinary life keeps getting postponed.

1
Name what your usual response gives you now and costs later.
2
Briefly pause one manageable, nonessential repetition.
3
Return to a chosen activity or useful support.

For example: After checking necessary information once, turn toward the practical action or your planned activity.

What is the practice for?

The entry point helps choose a practice. The need helps choose what comes after it. Consider what this opening makes possible for protection, connection, self-respect, choice, or meaning.

Explore what serves each need

After you try it.

What did you do? What did it make possible? What still needs attention?

Choose a safe, manageable situation. Practical help and necessary care take priority. Educational practice adapted from Chapter 15 of The Stuck Point.

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