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Feb 22 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
How do you communicate?

To others and yourself.

Is it the same or different?

Can you listen deeply, to see the needs of the other person, but also yourself?

Can you recognise the roots of suffering?

Cont.

#thepaincoach #pain #communication #compassion

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See the nature and cause of suffering, which allows you to help.

You use loving speech to people you care about.

Do you use the same language to yourself?

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You can practice compassionate listening to another person and yourself.

To understand. To validate. To be present. To help the other person and you to suffer less.

Mindful practice enables this.

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Sunday self care.

What do you do to care for yourself?

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Familiar?

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And then what you do, based on your beliefs about your ability to deal with it.

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Change is happening all the time, despite how things may appear.

When you examine your own experience closely, you realise this is the truth.

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Something that is the same is what we tell ourselves. The story.

Do you hear yourself saying: it’s the same.

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Pay close attention to your breath. The movement of your body. Change.

Pay attention to sounds. Change.

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