Comments on: The Dastardly Dip

By: Feeling distracted? Stop fighting fires. — Dyana Valentine

Feeling distracted? Stop fighting fires. — Dyana Valentine — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:14:08 +0000

[...] We’ve all experienced it — that mojo slump midway through a project or relationship. The shiny, fresh energy has worn off, and you’re left sitting in an energetic ditch. Tanya Geisler found herself dipping halfway through a 30-day yoga challenge, and poked me for advice. I was happy to share my “Sure Thing” list. Read all about it, and get re-boosted. [...]

By: The Paradox of Focus

The Paradox of Focus — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:53:40 +0000

[...] it the Dastardly Dip, call it what you [...]

By: admin

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:45:42 +0000

Thank you ALL for your no-dip tips. More to come on this topic.
MWAH!!!

By: Cindy Morefield

Cindy Morefield — Sat, 22 May 2010 13:56:24 +0000

Wonderful post, Tanya!

This week’s dip-buster was reading my fav blogs (including yours). Yielded a bunch of timely insight and encouragement.

I have a whole page of strategies for the dip (or the slog, as I call it), and I keep adding to it, but here are the ones I use the most:
– PAINT. Gets me out of my head, into my body, and into creating mode.
– Phone a friend. Specifically, someone who will help me reframe and challenge my assumptions, but in a loving and encouraging way.
– Take a walk.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 22 May 2010 12:50:12 +0000

Loved this post, Tanya.

My technique these days: I “byron-katie-it-up” – have you seen her work? I came across it pretty recently but am LOVING it.

I grab one of her worksheets (in fact, I even made myself a Google Form of one, so the whole worksheet thing wasn’t so unwieldy) and figure out the thought that’s holding me back (e.g.”I’ll never be good at yoga”), and ask myself:

1) is it true? (no)
2) do I absolutely know it’s true? (no)
3) how do I react, what happens when I believe that thought? (I stop doing yoga and feel crappy about myself and don’t even want to go near a yoga studio)
4) who would I be without that thought? (free to practice yoga and be open to its gifts, no matter how I’m practicing it)
5) then turn it around. (“I’m great at yoga” – hm, let me find what’s true about that).

Check it out – http://www.thework.com

That’s my current Dip-Buster!

By: Steve two doors down

Steve two doors down — Sat, 22 May 2010 03:02:51 +0000

My favourite tactic is to take whatever has got me stuck and write about it. It uses a different part of my brain than what I generally use most, so it gives me that feeling of starting something new. Voila, dip becomes boost.

By: jesse

jesse — Sat, 22 May 2010 01:04:13 +0000

I crank “Heaven” by Los Lonely Boys. Real loud. And dance hard and crazy enough to embarrass my kids. They’ll usually dance with me. And then we start laughing.

Dip dumped.

By: Dyana Valentine

Dyana Valentine — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:35:59 +0000

Thanks for asking me the question, Tanya, and for giving such a beautiful treatment of the challenge we ALL go through!

There is such bravery in knowing when to break, change course and yes, to quit. Quitters aren’t losers, we’re just learning, bobbing and weaving in service to our passions.

By: Karen Johnson

Karen Johnson — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:20:13 +0000

I like to ignore THE DIP! If it’s not there it cannot get me down!
DENY, DENY,DENY until you feel good again and if you don’t feel good after awhile move on because obviously whatver it is that dipped is not for you.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:08:50 +0000

I have my “Morning Hour of Power” where I knock out all things financial, like bookkeeping, taxes, wretched crap like that. Basically, it’s my first work hour of the day.

Some mornings, for example this morning, me and the computer just sat and gave each other the hairy eyeball for an hour.

And it was good.