Befriending Feelings Of Inadequacy

Do you ever feel that you are not enough? Research has shown that most people struggle with perceived inadequacy. Psychotherapy is one effective way to work with perceived inadequacy. Another is the path of somatic mindfulness. Mindfulness begins with the present moment. In the present moment, stories of inadequacy are linked to feelings in your mind and body. Meeting those feelings is an “under the radar” way to address perceived inadequacy, not by reconditioning your thoughts but by befriending the emotional patterns that live deep within the nervous system.
In this practice, we learn to progress through five easy steps to befriending a feeling: pause, notice, breathe, surround and befriend. Through cultivating the practice, we develop self-compassion, and empathy for others who struggle with the same feelings.

Reviews

This meditation was incredibly Effective in helping me to loosen the grip on that tight feeling inside & to create space in my heart. I will definitely be returning to this track. Thank you so much! I’m still blown away by how helpful this was.

This is excellent. Even though we’re working to befriend the feeling, not change it, the knots in my stomach eased quite a bit with this practice. Bookmarking this one for sure ❤️

Wonderful short practice; very helpful and soothing.

Wonderful practice, thank you! I’d like to suggest to include more moments of silence so as to allow us to digest every word and be able to feel each subtle sensation as it appears if it does.

🙏 Thank you.

Clear and calm, so helpful

Beautiful. I cried. This feeling has persistent since I was a kind. I've tried to shove it down, to run from it, to scream and cry it away, but the result has always been nil. This idea of befriending feelings is revolutionary to me it made something click so to speak. I will listen to this often.

An essential reminder of the importance of acknowledging, befriending and exploring of all feelings. Valuable.

What a wonderful way to be with the feeling of inadequacy. Very special. An inspiration.

Beautiful approach. I find, sometimes, this idea of welcoming undesirable feelings kind of hoaxy - but it was done here in a clever and genuine way.

I'm the kind of person always looking for a way for me to "fix" any perceived negative emotion or thought. This meditation taught me to sit with it and just allow it to be there: recognised and accepted without the urgency to change it.

It was so different to hear in a meditation that I am not here to change or fix to just be company. I think I liked that a lot bc it took pressure of and allowed me to just be. thank you so much!

Thank you, Willa! Just the acceptance and gratitude messages I needed to hear. I really enjoyed your soothing voice and the pace of the meditation.

Beautiful and poetic approach to feeling of inadequacy

A gentle voice. I appreciate and needed the invitation to non-judgmental attention. Thank you

A beautiful practice, thank you! I think this would be especially helpful for people for whom self compassion is difficult in some way, because it is so subtle and helps give space to all feelings.

I stopped resisting, and allowed it to reside in my body. And I was able to stay present while body was feeling restless and tight. Thank you Willa for opening the doorway to presence without judgement.

I really appreciated the pace of this meditation and the voice. Just right for me🙏

Thanks very much for this very supportive practice:)

So helpful; thank you so much Lama Willa