We, Humans: Look Inside

THE WE, HUMANS^® EXPERIENCE

The Priming Booklet

“It gave me comfort, direction, insight.”

A guide to ease; includes what is known, tried, tested, useful and science-backed.

You may be tempted. To read it all at once, and only check off the box. To scan and search, and only read what appeals. To chug and glug, and only read select bits and pieces of info that you like. To omit some words, and only read what feels easy.

But this approach of insensitively and unfeelingly reading into humaneness is well known to make us feel anxious, feel overwhelmed, feel judgey, feel uneasy, amongst many other unpleasant feelings.

So, please don't, ever, rush through humanness.

Before you begin - Pause. To show your efforts.

Pause is a necessary first step. Our daily lives, our clocks, our feelings, our thoughts, our troubles. The racing speed with which all these swirl us. We are habitually rushed. Pause doesn't take more than a few minutes. But it significantly slows down our swirl. Pause creates a place where the dust settles, allowing us to see our humanness more clearly.

We all have our common and different ways that we pause.
Sit.
Feel.
Breathe.
Still.
Sense.
Drink water.
Settle down.
Relax.
Listen.
Loosen .
Close your eyes.
Pause is what we do to activate our feel-mode-on and ourme-time-on.

After you pause - Linger. To let the inner human speak.

When the dust settles with a pause. Linger allows us to see the details that we missed when we were rushed. Linger clears the way for our voices to be heard, by us. Often and unknowingly, we numb these voices, quiet them, ignore

The Foldable Easel

“A novel approach to self-help.”

A foldable easel case holds 35 non-bound single-card chapters that nudge us to google inwards, to chatgpt inwards, and to build our own intuitive intelligence.

Non-sequential chapters

Intentionally written in a non-blaming, non-shaming style

Perspectives to ease the reader out of head-space and into heart-space

Normalizing a common mindset

Spotlighting subconscious narratives that set us up to unhuman

HUMANNESS, 11

WE, HUMANS HAVE BIG EMOTIONS.

One step on our exposed wire, and we blow up.

We all have emotional episodes. A puffed-up, long lasting reaction. To Something Ahat happened or to what someone said. A big explosion of feelings. And before we realize. Its covert grip engulfs. Our big emotions become us, and we become them.

Some big emotions are obvious. Fear, anger, excitability, grief. Some are more subtle. Numbness, resentment, guilt, disgust, shame. A few are deep-rooted and hard-wired, so much so they look like a part of our original and true nature. Doomspeak, blame, self-pity. Different, for different people.

Much-much as we want. We cannot wish the big-bigs away. But it does bring, immense clarity. A big lasting emotional reaction is a clue that. An 'exposed wire'. (An existing emotional wound). Previously damaged and with frayed protection. Has been located and triggered.

The less conscious we are of these clues. More 'exposed wires' we have. More big emotions we feel. The more dysregulated we are. The more dysfunctional our life is. When in surge. Big emotions run us, and we run from them.

Suggested u-turns in perspective

About 400 words per chapter, grade 4 reading level

Empowering seeds for reflection and action

What do we do with the clue? Like one would do with any exposed wire. Recognize its fierce power for fire and damage. Clear the area to prevent casualty. Handle wire with extreme caution and protective gear. Find a way to ground it immediately. Finally, seal it with electrical tape.

With an existing emotional wound. Recognize its fierce grip. How it feels and what it makes us say/do. Take time to clear. Step away, count to 10, breathe, sleep. Handle with caution. Be kind, say less. Find a way to ground. Call a friend, speak to a therapist, google the clue. Finally, seal by learning from the clue. Understand needs, boundaries, the other person, and reality. Big emotions can guide us, and we guide them.

Achieve results using humanness

Although there are many books and articles to read on the whys and hows of this human principle, I invite you to have your first-hand experience of how human big trigger-big emotions work.

List your top big emotion. What happens when it surges?
I spy big emotions. Can you spot big emotions in others?
Can you try treating big emotions with kindness and acceptance? Can you let them gently guide you? Would it feel good to clue into what exactly is hurting?