Such an outstanding call today.
Homework: The Echo Journal
For the next seven days, when an unexplained emotion appears, write:
- What am I feeling?
- When did it change?
- What happened immediately before the change?
- Is there a personal story connected to it?
- What am I actually perceiving?
- What changes when I ask, “Is this mine?”
Then complete:
“I can perceive __________ without becoming __________.”
Examples:
- “I can perceive sadness without becoming sad.”
- “I can perceive tension without creating a story about it.”
- “I can perceive someone’s fear without changing my decision.”
- “I can perceive anger without assuming it is directed at me.”