Ponies
Rescue Techniques
Grounding skills
All born from the same need to have some control and find relief in practicing them.

Practice is fun; it always honed my skills while I was playing soccer. I was a good team player, too...no brag, but a truth.

What if we get so lost in practicing that when the "real thing" comes along, we don't use the lessons?
Jme, at times I do all the right things and still get stuck...sometimes I think it is because there is a helluva big difference in learning and doing.
It's very easy for to get caught in a rut; leary of change yet knowing it is a need.

Earlier in this thread, I shared that I'm seeing that it is necessary for me to change some of my helpers/healers.
I won't give up my music, but I can change the songs.
Same with my books...I picked up some of Dr. Seuss's books. Light fare with whimsical creatures, far different from the ones I usually read.
Those are only two and I know there are others.

It was a no brainer to me that when I went into an even mild crisis mode, well I expected I would gracefully slide into them via auto pilot.
Worked for a long time, time now to shake up my comfy level and get it on...

What are your ponies?
Not necessarily what is learned in therapy, but what you have developed on your own...things that may sound different to others but do a grand job for you?

I'd really like to hear them. I'm being somewhat selfish in asking this...but perhaps I can add them to my list.

In Peace