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Resistance and Resilience Reflect Each Other
Resistance is what we experience when we’re getting ready to do something that goes beyond what we know, expect or find familiar. It’s the thing that makes us have bad hair days, get paper cuts, drop the coffee, run late or lose the phone when we’re about to make big change. The ironic thing about it is that resistance shows up even when we actually want the change to happen.
One of the most apt descriptions I’ve found in working with my clients to overcome their resistance is to have them think about getting in the car to drive somewhere. I ask them if they actually get in the vehicle when they want to go somewhere. Naturally, they think I’m crazy and say yes, of course. I point out that they don’t know what they’re going to encounter along the way… they might discover a boulder in the road, a detour, an accident or a tree across the road. Does that sway them from getting in the car? And they say no, they would get in and go anyway.
Which leads me to my next question for them… why would they get into a vehicle that is thousands of pounds and could be quite dangerous for themselves and others if they don’t know what they will encounter in the physical world as they drive it? Now they’re really confused. Until I point out that it’s their natural resilience, their trust in their ability to handle what comes up as they drive. And that’s the key teaching here.
What are you not trusting yourself about, so much so that you’re not willing to go beyond where you’ve already been? Where are you holding yourself back from growing just because you don’t know what you might find? What detours do you believe yourself incapable of handling in life? When is the last time you learned that you could handle something new? And what does that mean for you now in thinking about new opportunities that are presenting to you daily?
Resistance is a message that you are about to grow beyond your comfort zone. And resilience is knowing that you can handle whatever comes up. It’s nearly impossible to not grow when you see that having the quality of resilience is natural in many parts of your life already. Now use it to handle your resistance and grow to your next best level.
Lynn Scheurell
http://www.mycreativecatalyst.com
Lynn Scheurell, writer, author, teacher and professional catalyst, is an authority on translating nebulous and/or complex concepts to clear, concise language that effectively distills the key ideas to be communicated.
Since 1998, she has worked with more than 5,000 people to discover their unique message and accelerate their delivery of it through their businesses, books and presentations.
By definition, a catalyst provokes significant change; this is what people expect in working with Lynn. She is an innovator and facilitator of the complex made simple. Concurrently, Lynn also knows the proven keys to success in communications, language and marketing.
Her mainstream employment history includes nearly two decades of increasing corporate responsibilities as: the dean of education for a nation vocational system, a resource development officer in the not-for-profit sector, membership recruiter for a national health and human services association, physician recruiter and negotiator, temp agency manager, special projects consultant for a start-up technology company, manager of client relations, sales, social worker and health insurance claims adjuster.
She has also had serial entrepreneurial ventures (both online and brick and mortar) since her teens in such diverse businesses as: a specialty boutique retail shop, a resume writing business, a home staging business, working as a professional intuitive, personal / entrepreneurial development mentor and writer.
All these opportunities, as well as consistent continuing education through workshops, seminars, classes, group training and private mentoring, provided development in her innovation and brainstorming skills, lateral systems thinking capabilities and cultivated a high sensitivity to unseen energies that can be utilized to optimize communication flow.
Her formal education was received through the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, with a B.S. in Criminal Justice (with minors in Psychology and Sociology). In high school, she was valedictorian, class president and prom queen of the first graduating class of the (then) new college-bound program at Rufus King Prep School in Milwaukee, WI.
Focusing now on writing her own book, she currently resides in Austin, Texas. She considers herself to be a practical visionary, idea generator and facilitator of positive transformation through clarity consciousness.
See www.LynnScheurell.com and www.MyCreativeCatalyst.com for more information.
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