{"id":34359,"date":"2009-04-13T02:54:22","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T06:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=34359"},"modified":"2013-12-20T03:00:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T08:00:57","slug":"whatever-irks-you-thats-where-youve-got-emotional-work-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/whatever-irks-you-thats-where-youve-got-emotional-work-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatever irks you, there you&#8217;ve got emotional work to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anytime I feel emotionally triggered by something, that means I&#8217;ve got emotional work to do. \u00a0It&#8217;s the same for all of us. \u00a0It usually has to do with forgiveness.\u00a0There is no shame in that. \u00a0We&#8217;re all here doing the same thing. \u00a0We&#8217;re doing it together, so it&#8217;s useless to play the Us against Them game. \u00a0There is no US that is different from Them. \u00a0We are I. \u00a0We can&#8217;t be offended when someone doesn&#8217;t use the same words we use. \u00a0In every instance, look past the words to the meaning of what they are trying to convey. \u00a0Seek content over form every time. \u00a0I don&#8217;t care for the word psychic. \u00a0If I use words like &#8220;spiritual advisor,&#8221; then someone who doesn&#8217;t know that term will keep looking until she sees the word &#8220;psychic.&#8221; \u00a0So I use the words my clients will be looking for:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/Phone_sessions\/index.html\">psychic, clairvoyant<\/a>, since that is their term for what I do. \u00a0Talk to people in their own language. \u00a0Meet them where they are. \u00a0Seek first to understand. \u00a0Twenty years down the road you&#8217;ll have the aha that &#8220;We Are ALL The Ones We&#8217;ve Been Waiting For.&#8221; All of us, together. \u00a0Really.<\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/whatever-irks-you-thats-where-youve-got-emotional-work-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Whatever irks you, there you&#8217;ve got emotional work to do&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/whatever-irks-you-thats-where-youve-got-emotional-work-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/whatever-irks-you-thats-where-youve-got-emotional-work-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/whatever-irks-you-thats-where-youve-got-emotional-work-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Whatever%20irks%20you,%20there%20you&#8217;ve%20got%20emotional%20work%20to%20do&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/whatever-irks-you-thats-where-youve-got-emotional-work-to-do\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anytime I feel emotionally triggered by something, that means I&#8217;ve got emotional work to do. \u00a0It&#8217;s the same for all of us. \u00a0It usually has to do with forgiveness.\u00a0There is no shame in that. \u00a0We&#8217;re all here doing the same thing. \u00a0We&#8217;re doing it together, so it&#8217;s useless to play the Us against Them game. 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