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Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace

Let's do The Work! Peace Talk is dedicated to self-inquiry especially using The Work of Byron Katie and inquiry based stress reduction...and the life of freedom and heart-break that can be led by having an open mind, and looking. For more information about Grace Bell, please visit workwithgrace.com

Dec 15, 2023

We look at willpower, discipline, structure, laws, rules and resolutions....and notice how often they have failed and don't appear to work. 

Yet, someone asks "does this mean I should never try to stop my behavior, I should just DO it whenever the urge arises to do it?"

This is swinging in the complete opposite...


Dec 8, 2023

We when believe we should do, think, say, feel, act differently than we do, the internal dialogue can be very painful and vicious. 

Who would we be without those thoughts?

Listen today as people share the kinds of thinking they have when they're believing they should be different than they actually are in the...


Nov 3, 2023

When we believe someone sees us as unimportant, of no consequence, and they brush us aside....how does it feel?

Listen today as a woman does The Work on a co-worker and discovers that the seeing was happening in her own mind, not his.

The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with...


Oct 24, 2023

I don't know about you, but when I've had troubling, frightening or pessimistic thoughts, my whole body has tensed and fought against them.
 
Why am I thinking this? What's wrong with me?
 
The mind grinds away churning out, it seems, unwanted ideas repetitively.
 
But what if we explored that more deeply,...


Oct 19, 2023

One of the first ideas I offer around dissolving repetitive habit (thoughts, behaviors, feelings) is to stop trying to control it--and even before that, to stop hating that you do it. 

When I began to see I might have a natural desire to stop, that I don't need to conjure up or make happen, something shifted. 

Hear my...