Hi and welcome to Move Toward with Jenna.
I'm Jenna and today we are going to move toward our busy mind.
So let's get started.
Welcome my sweet friends to Move Toward with Jenna.
Today we are going to move toward our busy minds.
But before we do that,
Today I want to make one special caveat.
And that is racing thought.
If you are noticing that you have a tendency to have racing thoughts,
Racing words.
There is a condition that is called mania or hypomania when it's more limited,
And that can be a part of bipolar or what's more moderated is called cyclosymia.
And if that is your experience,
If you notice that you have episodic periods of really,
Really racing thoughts and racing words and lots of.
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Kind of high goal-oriented activity and a lack of need for sleep.
Then you may be experiencing mania or hypomania.
And in those cases,
I want to encourage you to seek some medical assistance and support from a psychiatrist.
The reason why is because that is a neurochemical.
And so while this meditation can surely be helpful.
You will also want to have the additional support of psychiatric care.
So thank you so much.
And now let's go ahead and move toward our busy thoughts.
So remember our three steps of move toward notice.
Know,
And need.
So we'll begin by just noticing where.
We become aware in or around our body of our busy thoughts.
And you're probably very much like me.
My busy thoughts are all right up in my head.
At the moment,
There's a loud landscaper and some construction outside the window where we're trying to film.
So I have a lot of busy thoughts.
About managing the exterior noise.
My apologies for that external noise.
But I'm definitely noticing.
Those racing.
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Thoughts,
Intrusive thoughts about all the things that need to be done today and checking off a to-do list and don't forget this and don't forget that.
So.
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I'm just noticing that that is where my busy mind.
Is showing up in my body.
So just notice what it's like for you.
How does your busy mind show up for you?
And so as we become aware of.
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Where our busy thoughts show up.
Gently beginning to allow our awareness to be present with the busy thought.
With no agenda to change them.
To make them settle down,
To move against them in any way,
But just being with them.
If it feels.
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Like a good fit for you,
Maybe even just breathing in some appreciation.
Or love.
Or compassion to those busy thoughts for a moment.
If you're like me,
Some people are visual like this.
Other people are not.
Either way is totally fine,
Totally normal.
I'm having a little bit of an image of kind of a cartoonish character with big glasses furiously scribbling on a notepad.
As I'm being with my busy thoughts compassionately,
I'm kind of getting an image of this busy thinking part of me.
If an image is coming to mind for you as well.
Just noticing it,
Welcoming it.
And either way,
Whether you have an image or not,
If you feel like you have been able to.
Just gently be present with your busy thoughts or the part of you that has the busy thoughts.
Then you're ready to move on to step two.
And step two of moving towards is no.
K-N-O-W So let's together ask our busy thought.
Or if you have an image of this busily thinking part of you,
As I do,
Just ask the image.
What do you want me to know?
About you.
Why you are trying to help me in this way.
And then wait and see what comes to mind.
Don't try to figure it out.
Amen.
So I'm noticing your experience may be similar,
May be different,
That right away I got a very clear sense that.
This part,
It feels a little bit almost panicky or anxious.
And the sense that I got was I have to remind you,
I have to write everything down because if I don't help you keep up with it,
You're going to drop a ball.
You're going to make a mistake.
Something's going to get missed because there's so many things that you are trying to juggle right now.
So you may have gotten an impression from your busy thoughts as well.
And if you did,
Just go ahead and.
Let this part of you know that you're getting it.
You're getting what it's saying.
See if there's anything else that this part of you would like you to know right now about how hard it's working for you or.
Where it first learned how to try to help you in this way.
So what I'm noticing is coming to mind for me is that this part of me is exhausted.
It feels like it can't ever let down.
It can't ever just take a load off or take a nap or get a break.
Because it is.
Working to manage all of the responsibilities that the part of me that compulsively overworks generates for it.
That makes a ton of sense to me,
So I'm just.
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Letting this image letting this part of me know that i'm getting that that's totally valid Maybe you're noticing.
Some similar impressions or thoughts that are coming to mind,
Whatever's coming up for you.
If you can just acknowledge that you're really getting it,
It makes sense.
You may have had some memories come up.
Or an impression of something.
Just really affirm that if you can.
You And so if it feels like.
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The busy thoughts part of you has had a chance to really tell you.
Everything it wants you to know.
Then that's an indication that you're ready to move on to step three of move towards.
And step three is need.
And this is the step where you and I can ask our busy thoughts,
The part of us that has these busy thoughts.
What do you need from me right now to feel a little more comfortable,
A little less harried and stressed out?
And again,
A critical piece of this is to ask but not try to figure it out.
Just wait and see if something comes up.
You Okay,
So in my mind's eye.
What came up for me was one of those super comfy like sling chair things with an ottoman.
And like my busy racing thoughts,
This image that I have of this cartoon character,
It just kind of went and just slumped back in this chair and sort of dropped the notepad and just was like,
Thank you.
I just needed an easy chair to sit down in.
It's amazing how even that it's an imaginal experience,
But there is a real tangible relief in that.
You And I'm also getting the clear sense that.
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This part of me really needs me to be using.
The boundaries that I have tried to create in my life.
To create balance.
I've enlisted.
My assistant.
Support people,
Accountability,
I'm blocked off areas of my calendar.
And it's ask of me what it needs of me is to be consistent with that and to really be faithful,
To delegate and to.
Not say yes so much.
It's very specifically saying you need to say no.
To good things.
So that you can say yes to the best things.
That is a super valid ask.
And that's an intention that I set frequently,
But I need to revisit it.
So I'm just going to go ahead and set that intention with this part of me.
And you may be noticing.
Also something that your busy thoughts need from you in your external world.
And if so,
You may want to join me in setting an intention to do that.
Or to take one step toward that.
So interesting.
I'm just going to narrate what's going on internally.
My overworking part that I'm really familiar with.
It just piped up that Um,
What it needs if I'm going to do that is to.
Really ask for some affirmation.
From my support people.
Because part of why my busy overworking part is overworking is because it's craving.
Affirmation.
And it's not willing to back down.
If I'm not able to receive that affirmation in a different way.
So I'm going to go ahead and set an intention with my busy part,
My overworking part that I'm going to ask my husband.
To very intentionally affirm me when I say no.
Because I really need that support.
Yeah,
He's already really good about that.
My overworking part knows that and my overworking part because I've done a lot of work with that part of me.
It also has an awareness that if I don't say no,
Then it's going to do everything poorly and not get the affirmation anyway.
So it's on board with that agreement.
So you may have noticed a little bit of a multi-part dialogue inside of you on this topic as well as I did.
And if so,
Just acknowledging and honoring the very,
Very different needs and desires and goals.
That those parts of you have just like my parts have.
And noticing the beauty that when we move toward all of our parts rather than against them.
They can actually move into more collaborative working relationships with each other that are much more productive.
Get them both closer to their goals.
So whenever that.
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Third step.
Of what does this part need from you to feel more comfortable.
Feels complete for you for now.
Just really extending gratitude and love and care to.
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Your busy thoughts part.
If you had other parts pop in on this dialogue like I did,
Extending love and appreciation to them as well.
And then when that feels complete,
Just shifting your attention gently back out into the room.
Noticing the sounds that are in the ambient environment around you and the support and the chair and the floor underneath you and when you feel ready.
Opening your eyes.
Well,
Thanks for joining me in that wonderful conversation.
Move toward experience.
And I don't know about you,
But this magical thing happens when we move toward our parts.
I'm noticing that my racing thoughts,
My fast,
Busy thoughts have slowed way down.
They don't feel like they have to be so rushed because I've actually acknowledged them.
And I'm going to go ahead and take those steps.
That I set an intention to take.
Notice that if we set an intention and don't follow through,
We actually breach trust.
With those parts of us.
And as a result,
They get more activated and take over more often because they don't trust.
That our authentic self,
Or in a faith translation,
What we would call the God image within us,
Is reliable.
To lead our lives.
So this is really an active experience of building trust with the different parts of our experience.
And follow through,
Being faithful to what we say we're going to do is a really important part of that.
So I would invite you to join me in actually following through if you did set an intention with this wonderful part of you today.
Thank you for joining me.
Until next time,
May our thoughts move towards.
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May our words move towards and may our hearts move towards with love and compassion.
Thanks for joining me.
