We Need to See Ourselves in a Different Way - episode 250
Let’s start here: the number of times I said, Wow during this conversation would make a great drinking game if you’re not doing Dry January. David Waldas is our guest this week for Let’s Talk About Mental Health and he has a system of quieting the input of the outer world to restoring the health of the inner one. It’s a mechanical process that teaches you to shift energy so that you see yourself more accurately, and you are more aligned to live out your purpose. If you plug into this potential, this healing, then you’ll be able to support people more. And isn’t that a good thing?
Innovative. Inspirational. Unique.
— David Waldas
Both And…
Thoughts from We Need to See Ourselves in a Different Way
Wow! You heard me say it numerous times during this episode. For me this conversation was a divine appointment as I am experiencing many of the things David talked about. I know I present here as self-assured, confident, encouraging, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t more to the story. I think one of the reasons I like this space so much is because it reminds me to show up in the way we talk about here. If you want to learn something, teach it, I heard fellow podcaster Mike Kim say. Yes, he’s right. It’s both really.
I am self-assured, confident and encouraging but I am also wide open to feeling resentment, fear and jealousy just like most everybody else. I can relate to the outer world being louder than the inner one. We’re receiving the information, as he explained, and allowing what the world says to be ipso facto instead of allowing it to be merely a reflection, and not the final word. I would like to shift the loudness of the world. The idea that it is a mechanical process and not just something I can push away with will power is compelling to me.
An interesting point was made about anxiety as coming more from the world than the inside of the individual. What do you think of that? I thought back to the times I had crippling bouts of anxiety and I would say it’s a combination. There can be things circumstantially that lend themselves to being more vulnerable to the imbalance. There are definitely outward stimuli that can trigger things so I agree with him there. Also, I believe there is a potential genetic component that comes into play. So there are different variables taking part and it’s hard to know how it will all land.
Depression is losing track of who you are. Another wow moment that I quickly jotted down as ringing true. When we are depressed we definitely do not feel like ourselves. And of course there are many factors which go into play as to the Why? and the course of treatment i.e., healing. Or at least attempting to heal as not everyone does although we certainly wish it were so. The couple of times in my life I felt depressed, I was not myself, not in the least. There is a paralysis that goes with depression that is consuming and hard to climb out of. I am so grateful I found my way out. Not everyone does.
We do need to see ourselves in different ways. We do need to grow and become what we're capable of becoming. In order to live our life purpose, we do need to work through things we do need to recover from, experiences we've had. Sound familiar? Well said, David, well said.
I’ve often thought it’s both and, as in two things can be true at the same time. And even three, and four. We are complex creatures holding multiple things, seemingly at conflict. It’s what makes us who we are. So color me intrigued about the potential of this energy shift. I have chatted with David more behind the scenes and I’ll keep you posted on what I find out about his program and the process.
‘Both and’ makes us who we are.
There is beauty and magnificence in being naturally complex.
Irrationally fearful of sharks (Jaws!), yet love snorkeling. Almost drowned as a child (so some natural fear there) yet love the ocean. Both, and…
