Comments on: Befriending the Hounds of More http://www.comfortqueen.com/befriending-the-hounds-of-more Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:13:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Epiphany…of sorts | Caitlin Mowbray http://www.comfortqueen.com/befriending-the-hounds-of-more/comment-page-1#comment-6774 Epiphany…of sorts | Caitlin Mowbray Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:13:58 +0000 http://www.comfortqueen.com/?p=3748#comment-6774 [...] somehow I’m not complete without it.  I love Jennifer Louden’s description of this as the Hounds of More, I totally identify with that.  There they are snapping at my ankles making me go faster, seek [...] [...] somehow I’m not complete without it.  I love Jennifer Louden’s description of this as the Hounds of More, I totally identify with that.  There they are snapping at my ankles making me go faster, seek [...]

]]> By: The Very Best of Jen in 2010 » Comfort Queen http://www.comfortqueen.com/befriending-the-hounds-of-more/comment-page-1#comment-6699 The Very Best of Jen in 2010 » Comfort Queen Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:02:07 +0000 http://www.comfortqueen.com/?p=3748#comment-6699 [...] Befriending the Hounds of More, More, More (get them off your back now) [...] [...] Befriending the Hounds of More, More, More (get them off your back now) [...]

]]> By: How to be in the present moment — A Peaceful Resolution http://www.comfortqueen.com/befriending-the-hounds-of-more/comment-page-1#comment-5704 How to be in the present moment — A Peaceful Resolution Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:06:37 +0000 http://www.comfortqueen.com/?p=3748#comment-5704 [...] other thing is that the Hounds of More (as Jen calls them) often grab hold of an aspiration and send it to the [...] [...] other thing is that the Hounds of More (as Jen calls them) often grab hold of an aspiration and send it to the [...]

]]> By: Isabel Parlett http://www.comfortqueen.com/befriending-the-hounds-of-more/comment-page-1#comment-5300 Isabel Parlett Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:41:17 +0000 http://www.comfortqueen.com/?p=3748#comment-5300 Jen, I am working myself through both the voices that say "you need to do more, be more, and have more" and the voices that make me wrong for thinking I need to do more, be more, and have more. I love how you brought this to life. Isabel Jen,

I am working myself through both the voices that say “you need to do more, be more, and have more” and the voices that make me wrong for thinking I need to do more, be more, and have more.

I love how you brought this to life.

Isabel

]]> By: Hiro Boga http://www.comfortqueen.com/befriending-the-hounds-of-more/comment-page-1#comment-5297 Hiro Boga Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:52:54 +0000 http://www.comfortqueen.com/?p=3748#comment-5297 Ah, Jen, I hadn't thought of them as Hounds of More, but as aspects of my selves that bear, in their hearts, my soul's truths and qualities. And yes, their essential goodness is often overlaid with anxiety, worry, or overwhelm, which is where the not-good-enough, not-fill-in-the-blank-enough comes from. Often, for me, they're all a-flutter after I've made a big shift, in my self or in my work, or both. It takes them time to adapt to change. They don't trust it, they're not sure how it's going to affect my life, and they want to keep me safe. Only, their understanding of safety is sometimes limited by their experience, which is fragmented and doesn't see my life as whole. Like you, I talk with them, lovingly, with infinite respect for their essence, which is the Sacred incarnate. And because they're also sometimes very young, I give them structure, boundaries, containment--whatever they need to feel safe, loved, heard and understood. When I focus on the essence of the truth each of them carries, it reminds them of who they really are. It reminds them of their wholeness, and then we can create together, in harmony with each other, rather than pulling apart in different directions. I love your Conditions of Enoughness as a container. And will go off now to commune with the Hounds. Ah, Jen, I hadn’t thought of them as Hounds of More, but as aspects of my selves that bear, in their hearts, my soul’s truths and qualities.

And yes, their essential goodness is often overlaid with anxiety, worry, or overwhelm, which is where the not-good-enough, not-fill-in-the-blank-enough comes from.

Often, for me, they’re all a-flutter after I’ve made a big shift, in my self or in my work, or both. It takes them time to adapt to change. They don’t trust it, they’re not sure how it’s going to affect my life, and they want to keep me safe. Only, their understanding of safety is sometimes limited by their experience, which is fragmented and doesn’t see my life as whole.

Like you, I talk with them, lovingly, with infinite respect for their essence, which is the Sacred incarnate. And because they’re also sometimes very young, I give them structure, boundaries, containment–whatever they need to feel safe, loved, heard and understood.

When I focus on the essence of the truth each of them carries, it reminds them of who they really are. It reminds them of their wholeness, and then we can create together, in harmony with each other, rather than pulling apart in different directions.

I love your Conditions of Enoughness as a container. And will go off now to commune with the Hounds.

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