Sit In The Messy | Catalyst | My Year in Review
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
Sit In The Messy
Firstly, allow me to wish you a lovely Christmas Day (if you recognise it). This is the first LEAPS that has fallen on 25th December!
So, my learn to share with you is one inspired by my fabulous team members who recently shared their own LEAPS for 2024 with me. This is where ‘sitting in the messy’ came from.
When the sh*t hits the fan, I tend to be a ‘doer’ - I’m keen to keep pushing through, getting things done and often seek to avoid the reality of the moment through action. However, the team discussed the importance of resisting this every so often and the need to sit with the pain, frustration, hurt, challenge and unknown. It’s not easy to sit in the messiness, and yet it’s often the most valuable thing to do. Being able and willing to have patience and courage to just sit in what’s happening allows us to recalibrate, heal and find the lessons in the madness. After all, messiness won’t harm you - but constantly forcing your way through it might!
ENERGY
An emotion or energy; a stand-out word / s
Catalyst
I thought of this word as I contemplated 2024.
Catalyst is from the Latinized form of Greek katalysis meaning "dissolution, a dissolving". The chemical sense of "change caused by an agent which itself remains unchanged" is attested from 1836, introduced by Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848).
ACTION
Something small that you can do that might make a big difference
Just Sit
Take 2 minutes and just sit - without looking at your mobile device or anything else.
PROCESSING
A question to think about and consider (you can discuss this with someone or write your thoughts down)
“Are you ready?”
I’m deliberately giving you a vague question to allow your mind to wonder.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.
Community
Whether it’s two people, a full crew of folks or your friends - being part of something with others is so powerful. This week I’m shouting out all the communities we belong to, regardless of reason or size.
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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?
