Living Better with Yourself: A Practical Guide to Embodied Growth

Living Better with Yourself: A Practical Guide to Embodied Growth

by Michael Conti

Self-Improvement Mental Health

Season 14

My Secure Past – chapter 14, exercise 4

A guided visualisation recalling a person or place associated with security, strengthening internal access to safety.

Foetal Position – chapter 14, exercise 1

A body-based grounding exercise exploring where you physically experience safety and how posture strengthens that sensation.

Season 13

A Three-Way Conversation with the ‘Good’ and the ‘Bad’ – chapter 13, exercise 16

An extended chair-work dialogue between your ‘good’, ‘not-so-good’ and whole self, fostering integration through spoken self-dialogue.

Switching Between Extremes – chapter 13, exercise 12

A mirror-based embodiment exercise. By exaggerating both sides physically, you experience how it feels to inhabit each extreme and explore integration.

Facing My Opposite Side – chapter 13, exercise 6

A chair-work confrontation exercise. By imagining your opposite side sitting across from you, you explore emotional and physical reactions and gradually reduce internal tension.

Season 12

Being a Mountain – chapter 12, exercise 11

A grounding embodiment exercise cultivating steadiness and strength through posture and imagery, particularly for those who feel overly unstructured.

Season 11

“I Will Not!” – chapter 11, exercise 10

An assertiveness exercise countering ‘should’ statements with a strong, embodied “No!” to cultivate autonomy and emotional empowerment.

Facing Those Who Taught Me My ‘Should’ Statements – chapter 11, exercise 9

An imagined confrontation exercise where you stand tall and speak freely to those associated with your ‘shoulds’, noticing shifts in identity and power.

Free from My ‘Should’ Statements – chapter 11, exercise 4

A visualisation exercise imagining life without certain ‘shoulds’. You’ll explore emotional, cognitive and bodily responses to the idea of freedom.

“You Should!” – chapter 11, exercise 3

A mirror confrontation exercise. By speaking your ‘should’ statements aloud in a stern voice, you’ll observe your emotional and physical reactions.

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