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Most of what we call "forgiveness" is bullshit.
Part of the issue is that forgiveness is not a real thing in and of itself.
Leslie Quigless
Feb 1, 20244 min read
Adventures in Being Triggered Post #8: The trials (and joys!) of remaining in (triggered) Nondoing.
My commitment to nondoing the things I sooo want to do re: my novel and IM growth (see posts from last week) grows sticky. Bills are...
Leslie Quigless
Jan 15, 20242 min read
Adventures in Being Triggered Post #7: I still know what I need to do. It's still not happening. (More on what to do when you are emotionally triggered.)
As I said yesterday, pushing is a highly effective way of getting things done, and I am risking that deeply, profoundly smiled upon...
Leslie Quigless
Jan 12, 20242 min read
Adventures in Being Triggered Post #6: I know what I need to do. And I can't do it. (Or, what to do when you are emotionally triggered.)
I'm definitely emotionally triggered.
This I know for sure, because the urge in my fingers is to DO something. To push. To push through.
Leslie Quigless
Jan 11, 20242 min read
Shame: the Great Magic-Maker (Or: How to heal shame)
When shame arises within the IM container, I go squirmy with excitement for the meditator—me if I’m practicing, my fellow meditator(s) if...
Leslie Quigless
Jan 10, 20242 min read
A 5-D Perspective on How to Heal Trauma
I love practicing & teaching my modality, Inquiry Meditation (IM), bc I get to play in the multiversal Field of Possibility: 5-D and...
Leslie Quigless
Jan 9, 20242 min read
Adventures in Being Triggered Post #5:What are emotional triggers? And how do we heal them?
Note: this post isn't quite an update...but it was helpful for me to write. To and for myself, first. I hope it helps you as well in your...
Leslie Quigless
Jan 8, 20242 min read
Adventures in Being Triggered Post #4: How to talk to (and how to heal) an emotional trigger.
Here’s a snippet of my Inquiry Meditation (IM) process yesterday—this is what yesterday’s blog post, “How to be (consciously) triggered...
Leslie Quigless
Jan 5, 20241 min read
Adventures in Adventures in Being Triggered Post #3: What I'm learning (thus far) from this week's triggering: how to trust your body
A glimmer occurs about my trigger. I needed more transition time before I return to my “normal” schedule—the rigorous life schedule I...
Leslie Quigless
Jan 5, 20242 min read
Adventures in Being Triggered Post #2: How to be (consciously) triggered A.F.--and TRULY heal an emotional trigger
My saying “You can stay” a coupla nights ago to my trigger apparently brought up more trigger—enough life content to keep me good &...
Leslie Quigless
Jan 4, 20242 min read
Adventures in Being Triggered Post #1: I spent most of yesterday triggered.
I spent most of yesterday triggered. Money pulled unexpectedly from my account. Also, it was the first post-holiday day back to “regular...
Leslie Quigless
Jan 3, 20242 min read
New Year's Resolutions as acts of (internal) civil war (Or: the counterintuitive method to keep your New Year's Resolution)
Many New Year’s Resolutions carry the frequency of internal civil war. What does internal civil war look like? Being hard on ourselves....
Leslie Quigless
Jan 2, 20242 min read
"What if I don't heal all my trauma?"
A friend asked me, “What if I don’t heal all of my trauma wounds? What if I never get to the bottom of my seemingly endless trauma well?”...
Leslie Quigless
Nov 29, 20232 min read
Pleasure, Joy, and Healing Trauma
Talk of pleasure and joy may not seem to have much to do with Inquiry Meditation, since, oftentimes, we’re working on stuff we associate...
Leslie Quigless
Nov 27, 20233 min read
Last week, some fuckface smashed my car window. (Or: An "IM'ing in the wild" essay told in 7 parts) (Or: When bad things happen to okay-enough/pretty good people)
I knew I was being a shithead, I knew it. But I couldn't stop.
Leslie Quigless
Oct 23, 20236 min read
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