It takes two to tango. Are you accepting the right amount of your contribution to the argument?

TAKEAWAYS:

• Blaming others for problems is very common, but it is not a useful way to approach problem-solving. 

• The key shift is to start asking ourselves about how we are contributing to creating the problem (there is ALWAYS a way that we are contributing) and what we need to do to take responsibility for OUR share of the solution. This creates a shift in dynamics that can be powerful and healing.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE:

• The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership (Conscious Leadership Group, https://conscious.is); see especially Commitment #1, “I commit to taking full responsibility for the circumstances of my life and for my physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.”

• A brief, fun educational video on this topic is on the website of the Conscious Leadership Group: https://conscious.is/video/are-you-taking-100-responsibility

• The Hendricks Institute, https://hendricks.com, “an International Learning Center that teaches core skills for conscious living and conscious loving.”

Through Riggs Integral Coaching, Susan Riggs works with individuals and teams to help them live and work with depth, purpose, and joy. She is a certified Integral Coach® through New Ventures West, an associate certified coach through the International Coaching Federation, and a certified Myers-Briggs® trainer. She has many years of experience working with community health centers and other nonprofit organizations.

Through Serenity and Health, Donna Chacko shares information, inspiration, and perspective in her monthly blog to help others enhance their physical and mental health and grow closer to God. She practiced medicine for 40 years, first as a radiation oncologist and later, as a family medicine doctor. What she learned from caring for cancer patients, and later immigrants and the homeless in Washington, D.C., continues to influence her message. She is the author of “Pilgrimage: A Doctor’s Healing Journey.”