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Have you ever wondered what people mean when they say they’re “doing their inner work?” Would you like to hear a bit more about the path to becoming truly resourced from within?

I have a new book coming out in April called Maintain. It’s about the art of sustaining weight loss over the long term. The book talks about the three main identity shifts needed to not just lose weight, but to keep it off for a lifetime: becoming DEVOTED to your plan, becoming RESOURCED so you don’t need to use food as a crutch anymore, and becoming LIBERATED from the food and weight struggle.

In this vlog, I’m focusing on the second shift, about becoming resourced, or doing your inner work.

What is “Inner Work”?

I’ve been doing inner work for more than thirty years. I started going to therapy in sixth grade. That’s one form of doing inner work: finding a therapist. Here are some other forms:

• Shadow work: this is examining and reclaiming our shadow parts, which are the parts of us we deny, feel shame about, or refuse to acknowledge.
• Meditating: I’ve been doing 30 minutes every morning for 22 years. It’s the center of my being.
• Mindfulness work: Do this while meditating, or at any other time, like when you’re washing the dishes or driving. It involves attending to the present moment and being right here, right now.
• Working with your inner child: Yesterday, I was feeling addictive, and underneath that, I found a wounded, lonely 14-year-old. I helped her release her emotions and see my life as it is today.
• Emotional work: Tara Brach is excellent at this. It’s learning to sit and really feel your emotions, letting them flow, and relating to them. Often if we tune into our emotions we find that the stormy weather system passes in under two minutes. It’s remarkable.
• Addressing limiting beliefs and barriers: When I first got clean and sober, I was terrified of success and did things to sabotage myself. We can become aware of our limiting beliefs and learn to transcend our self-imposed barriers.
• Journaling prompts: using a powerful question or prompt to get started with your writing. A well-crafted inquiry tool is priceless.
• Values work: really looking at what you believe and stand for, and aligning yourself with it more fully.
• Somatic experiencing and releasing: This involves going into your body and identifying areas that are tight or hurt. You then address or release that tightness. I feel the pain of my motherhood journey (having twins born at one pound), for example, in my left hip, and with gentle twisting and breath work, I can gently release it.
• Parts work, or Internal Family Systems (IFS) work: with this modality you think of yourself as not just a single being, but as a constellation of parts that may think or feel differently, like the food indulger and the food controller parts. You can become curious about what the different parts of you think and feel, and even heal deeply wounded parts.
• Forgiveness work: I did this about four years ago, when I had a dynamic with someone that was hard to let go of. Learning how to overcome, forgive, and set ourselves free can be invaluable.
• Attuning to the stories we tell ourselves: we can, for example, be caught up in a victim story, and learning to turn that into a victory story is powerful. We can transform the stories we’re believing about ourselves and our lives. Byron Katie’s work on this is amazing.
• Visioning: imagining and crafting the life you want for yourself. What holds meaning for you? What are you intending? What are you creating? What are you striving for?
• Intuition work: honing and sharpening the still small voice inside us. This can go hand-in-hand with spiritual work and higher power work.
• Alignment work: having integrity around relationships. Asking if you’ve harmed someone, for example, or if you’re in alignment with your commitments, agreements, and values.

A New Course from Susan Peirce Thompson, PhD

Ever since I started Bright Line Eating, I’ve known I wanted to teach a course in inner work. My primary focus has been on helping people lose weight and thrive, but being resourced is a big part of that journey.

So this week, I’m offering a free webinar on Finding Inner Peace: The Power of Becoming Resourced. It’s all about this inner work—the frameworks and the neuroscience behind it. There’s a link below this vlog to register.

I’m also offering a deep-dive course called The Resourced Self, and one person attending the free webinar live will get free enrollment in that course.

Are you on an Inner Work path?

I encourage you to think about where you are on the path to doing inner work. For me, it’s the primary orientation for keeping weight off my body. I engage with the work even when life gets lifey. Especially when life gets lifey. I use the tools I’ve just described to come back to center.

I’m honored to have the chance to choose the best of these tools and pass them on to you. I hope you’ll join me for the free webinar.

And if you’re on the Bright Line Eating email list, keep an eye out for the Masterclass that is running on the same topic. Consider joining me for The Resourced Self, an incredible eight-week deep dive into finding peace within.

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