Youch! And yay! I hit an upper limit problem!
What is an upper limit problem? I hear you ask.
An upper limit problem is a concept popularised by Psychologist and author Gay Hendricks, in his best selling book, The Big Leap. It relates to the belief that each one of us has, about how much happiness, abundance, success, love, etc we are allowed to experience before things go wrong.
Maybe, now is the time where you decide to practice, I mean really practice, listening to your body.
This is especially important if you are healing an ongoing injury – like a sore back for example. I remember, when I was recovering from my back injury. One of my unhelpful thought patterns was “I’ll just….”
I would use this to do what I wanted to do, rather than, listen to my back. My back always spoke the loudest and I would be crippled with pain. I’d slowly get better then “I’d just” …. hurt myself.
Before we get into the nitty gritty, have look at this picture below. Just have a look. What do you see? Is she beautiful? Have a good look and just notice what comes up for you.
The chances are that you used unique language and thought patterns to create meaning about this face. This unique language and thinking generated unique feelings and contributed to your perceptions.