Last week I saw this meme about what if what’s standing in your way, is the way?
That made me pause.
I wonder, how many of us choose to avoid, circumvent, ignore or try to find ways to work around the whatever is standing in our way?
How much energy are we wasting by putting energy into things we are trying to ignore only for those things to surface again and again until it becomes too unbearable to avoid any further?
What if instead, we considered moving towards our resistance and dismantling those things that are standing in our way one brick at a time?
Well, I put this to the test last week and I’m actively inviting in the resistance to show me the way.
Allowing myself to feel where resistance is showing up and then gently asking it what I need to move through it, the answers were given.
By being able to have uncomfortable conversations or even acknowledging my own trauma responses to situations and being ok with myself that this is another layer of healing I get to do, ease flowed throughout my day.
Healing and learning about ourselves and our dogs is never in a straight line, but knowing that growing and expanding ourselves doesn’t end maybe invites in a bit more of curiosity into what shows up for us.
How can you lean into resistance today? I’m curious to learn what shows up for you!
Katherine Porter is a force free, reward based dog behavior advisor and consultant serving clients and their companion dogs worldwide. Her calm and gentle approach in coaching clients in effectively communicating what they want to their dog blends her MSW background into her dog training and behavior practice.
Katherine was a behavior consultant for Heeling Hounds after graduation. She opened Four Paws and You Dog Training LLC when the military relocated her family to Fort Sill, OK in 2015. During this time, she volunteered with Rainbow Bridge Can Wait where she provided post adoption consultations to new pet parents. She also developed and implemented tailored behavior modification plans for highly reactive dogs residing at the shelter. She also provided educational programs to military children through interactive workshops at the Fort Sill School Age Center.
In 2017, Katherine relocated Four Paws and You Dog Training LLC to Germany. She served the Armed Forces communities in Bavaria. She continued coaching and advising her clients in addressing their companion dog’s fearful and reactive behavioral issues. Katherine takes a Do No Harm approach first and foremost in providing behavioral plans. She is committed in serving clients with gentle and modern science approaches in modifying behavioral concerns such as reactivity, aggression, separation anxiety and fear based responses.
Katherine is a member of the Pet Professional Guild. She is focused on integrating a holistic and modern approach in addressing her client’s pet companion reactive behavior issues.
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