S2E6 } SERENITY NOW! Our Need to ...
S2E6 } SERENITY NOW! Our Need to Control the Chaos

Let's Dig into That by Jordan & J.T. Coppinger

Episode notes

Join Jordan’s spiral as she explores her relationship with control, her compulsory need to provide (unwanted) help and (unsolicited) advice. The impulse to control seems rooted in Jordan’s self-proclaimed codependent tendencies, providing her with an illusion of safety and complicating the way she shows love. In a casual chat gone critical self-reflection mission, Jordan and J.T. discuss:

- The increased desire for control in times of uncertainty, control as a coping mechanism for chaos

- Costs of rigidity and loss of power

- Disruptions, distractions, and trusting the process: the micro-growth of surrendering control

- Allowing life to unfold (easier said than done): practicing flexibility with expectations, not values

- Why surrendering to the experience is only possible with acceptance ... 

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