Trish Law

Anybody else a complete sucker for colorful markers?

I love triggers.
When I first begin with a new client, what really lights them up trigger wise is one of the first places we start our work.
I want to know who pi**es them off, who pushes their buttons, who's wronged them, disappointed them, scared them, cheated them, minimized them, offended them, and hurt them.
For me, it's like an emotional M.R.I. scan.
These triggers show me where the wounds are.
And once we get our hands on those wounds - we know where the medicine needs to go.
I truly believe that every person that comes into our life experience has something to teach us.
We don't always have to like someone to learn something from them.
The problem is, for most of us anyway, when we get all offended and/or all worked up by others...and we don't USE the trigger to understand OURSELVES better, we really miss an opportunity to heal, not to mention GROW.
We live in a world right now where people are so easily offended.
When people get triggered the typical "modus operandi" is to project that inner discomfort outward.
In other words: someone will experience a trigger and then expect the external environment to shift in order to mitigate inner discomfort.
While on paper that might make sense, in actuality...they've surrendered their power.
When our comfort is contingent upon external factors lining up certain ways - we're at the mercy of things that are completely out of our control.
It's a recipe for failure.
Instead, if we're aware enough to USE these triggers to ask ourselves: "Huh, WHY does that bother me so much? Where is this coming from? What INSIDE of ME is this stirring up? What is this REALLY about?" We've just alchemized "being offended" into some potent medicine for ourselves.
Does the medicine always taste good?
No.
But it will give you your power back.
Do you have someone in your life that lights you up emotionally like a Christmas tree?
Write down their name on a piece of paper.
Cross it out with a big red pen.
And underneath write the word "Teacher."
Potent medicine right there.

One of the first things I teach in my workshops and in my one-on-one sessions with clients is emotional awareness.
I believe deeply in the power of our emotions.
I do not subscribe to the adage that experiencing only "good" emotions means that you've achieved "mental wellness."
I do not believe that difficult emotions mean that they are "bad" or negative. I also don't think experiencing them means that there is necessarily something "wrong" with you.
I think emotions are information for you about you.
Emotions tell us when we're out of alignment.
They can also guide us towards where we're meant to invest our curiosity, or follow through on a clue that can lead us another step closer to our authenticity...maybe even our soul's purpose
Desire is one of the most powerful emotions.
I'm not necessarily taking about physical desire.
I'm taking about a deeper inner guidance that goes beyond trying to fulfill a superficial and fleeting need.
Desire is an inner knowledge that shows up as something we know we want to do or be or have that's often quickly dismissed by the limited scope of the human ego.
Despite the fact that the ego often "c**k blocks" the emotion of desire with logic and rationale, it continues to toss out little breadcrumbs for us with the hope that we'll follow a few.
Desire is the GPS of the Soul.
This is why dealing with your trauma, and identifying what emotions take up space in your life so that you can heal is so massively important.
Because without this, desire is often over shadowed by difficult emotions geared towards survival like: anxiety (a lack of self trust,) fear (a lack of perceived safety,) anger (an unspoken truth,) you know?
Healing helps us make space for desire.
The Soul's information for you is very specific, incredibly precise and powerfully individualized.
Desire is it's language.
What do you want?
Maybe allow the desire of it tell you more.
You'll be surprised what you'll find when you decide to follow it.
You know...like yourself.