PRACTICE / CHAPTER 14

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A difficult moment turns into a verdict on you.

THE STUCK POINT / REUSABLE PRACTICE

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Something happens, and a familiar conclusion about who you are begins directing your response.

1
Name the verdict you are adding to this moment.
2
Ask what this particular event supports.
3
Write a narrower account and choose an action consistent with it.

For example: “This attempt needs a change” gives you a different task from “I fail at everything.”

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 14 of The Stuck Point.

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