Have you ever had or do you currently have poor posture? Have you ever had to rehab from an injury that made you need to change your normal posture or walking gait or something similar to that? We’re hoping a good number of you have your hands raised, because this metaphor depends on it!
Good posture actually feels wrong when you are habituated to bad posture. If you physically adjust someone with a crooked posture to stand straight and balanced, they can almost fall over because it feels SO WRONG! Their bodies and minds have gotten so used to the unaligned posture that it feels straight to them.
This is an apt metaphor for the work we do. Oftentimes when you are working on rediscovering your authentic voice, it can feel jarring or unnatural. This is why it is so important to have a safe and free space to explore and try things on without consequences. Our work provides that safe “playground” or “fitting room” to try on our ideas. It’s a room, a space for our clients to explore themselves.
Sometimes something feels wrong because it is wrong and other times it feels wrong because you are so used to doing, saying, feeling something else. It is this latter category that really interests us. There is a lot of undiscovered and beautiful “stuff” in those feelings, thoughts, and actions.
To trying things on
