A Better Question | Consistent | Fluke
Hello there! Welcome to my weekly LEAPS.
You’re receiving this email because you subscribed to my weekly Wednesday feature or our mailing list. Every Wednesday, I share 5 things using our LEAPS approach:
Learn: something new or an idea
Energy: an energy (good or bad) word and it’s meaning
Action: something to do
Processing: a question to consider
Shout out: something or someone that I want to celebrate or acknowledge
LEARN
Something Worth Sharing
A Better Question
When we face potential challenges and impact - and uncertainty - we often consider what possibly lies ahead as either good or bad. I know personally that I can get caught imagining scenarios that may play out, and then pop them into one of two categories: 1) is it good? or 2) is it bad? Life isn’t like this, though.
I’ve recently had a personal health ‘unknown’ hanging over my head with one of the possible outcomes being extremely unpleasant and frightening. When asking myself if this would be good or bad, the answer was simply ‘as bad as it could get’. After several days of imagining the worse-case possible, I realised that I had been asking myself the wrong question. Things can perhaps look and feel scary, but when we change the question from ‘will it be good or bad?’ to ‘what can be gained from this situation?’ it helps to reframe how we look at things. This change in thinking in turn changes our emotions and allows us to better prepare and regain a sense of control.
I still don’t know which outcome I’m facing yet, but I now do know that regardless I have looked at options for what can be gained. Even in the most dire situations imaginable, there are always things we can gain.
ENERGY
An emotion or energy; a stand-out word / s
Consistent
If you have ever worked hard to achieve something, you’ll have practiced consistently. The word is from Latin CONSISTERE meaning "to stand firm, take a standing position, stop, halt". It is formed from com "with, together" + sistere "to place".
Being consistent is an ability to keep standing firm!
ACTION
Something small that you can do that might make a big difference
Share A Happy Memory
See if you can think of a happy memory - of any type - and share it. You can share the memory with someone that wasn’t part of it (e.g a friend or family member), or perhaps reach out to someone that was part of it and talk about it together.
PROCESSING
A question to think about and consider (you can discuss this with someone or write your thoughts down)
“When have you been at your bravest?”
Whether we like it or not, we all have times when we need to be brave. This means "exhibiting courage or courageous endurance". Being brave is the action that follows courage. When have you been brave - done something that wasn’t easy and perhaps even painful (emotionally or physically)? What did this teach you?
I’d love for you to send me your own stories / thoughts about this. Drop me a line with your answer / thoughts on this question
SHOUT OUT
Who / what I think deserves recognition - my gratitude or to be celebrated.
Dining Table
We have an intentionally big dining table - bigger than needed. The reason is because we have always felt very strongly that meal times shared together is essential for our values and purpose as a family. We actually use the LEAPS process at meal times - each person sharing their Learn from the day before moving to the next person for theirs, and so on. The dining table is a place that we gather - without distractions - and connect. Shout out to our dining table!
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LEAPS is a process used by our team and clients all the time - and even my own family on a daily basis.
I’ll be sharing a set of LEAPS each week with you and encourage you to do your own version:
L: what have you learned?
E: what’s your energy / feeling word
A: what’s one thing you need to do?
P: what are you thinking / processing?
S: who or what can you shout out?
