Intro to Unlearning

We have good news for you! This is one place you can go on Mondays where you don’t have to add anything to your ever-increasing to-do list; instead you can accept an invitation to notice or act on things that you don’t need to continue doing.

You may be asking yourself...What do we mean by unlearning and when would this be helpful? One way that makes sense to me is when something feels incredibly difficult or feels impossible when it should be much easier-- that’s a cue to ask myself things like--- 

Is this really the rule or is it the rule in my head? 

Does this way of doing things still make sense? Does it work? Does it cause more harm than good? 

How does my way of doing this benefit or harm the current situation? What habits might be getting in the way that I haven’t noticed and are not helping the situation? 

Are there other ways of doing this or am I doing this because it is the way I have always known or thought it should be done?

Of all my years of living, 2020 was a year that felt like there was as much unlearning happening as there was learning.  Unlearning is ongoing, and can feel incredibly awkward, painful, exhilarating, freeing, and life expanding. It also was a year that the need for both unlearning and learning became clearly and equally necessary. We can be sure, each of us has things to unlearn and we can also be certain each of us is at a different level of comfort in accepting and acting on that truth. 

You may be: 

• eager to notice and act on what you need to unlearn

• completely unaware of what is needing to be unlearned

• aware and terrified of unlearning

• any combination depending on the subject 
  

There is space here for you. Space to observe, meet your appropriate edge, and keep working on it. 

The best part-- you don’t have to do so alone, we’re in this together. And we’re seeking to make unlearning a welcomed process that brings more ease into our everyday living choices.