#229: Yard Work and Self-Inquiry (Part One) • The Work of Byron Katie®

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we explore self-inquiry through Ashlee's deeply personal story, which dates back to when she was twelve years old doing yard work with her dad. Feeling oppressed and stuck in that situation, Ashlee reflects on how those childhood emotions linger into her present as mother of a twelve-year-old daughter. The anger she is holding toward her father becomes a focal point as we move through the four questions and turnarounds of The Work, examining the thoughts that create her perceptions of their relationship. Join us as we navigate through these father-daughter dynamics and learn how to end our suffering. Get still, open your mind, and together let's do The Work! (Part 1 of 2)

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. Welcome to the work with Ashley today.
0:10.0	Ashley's work, it's father work, and there's so much in this. I'm glad you've tuned in.
0:17.0	Just to give you a little sample, Ashley wants her father to see that he's cruel to her and to be kind to her and to see her and hold the space for her where she can be the way she is.
0:29.9	And you know, what can I say? Welcome to the podcast. Welcome to Ashley and her father.
0:36.2	And I hope you meet your own, and let's do the work.
0:43.3	Hello, dears, hello, good morning from California.
0:48.3	All as well, all is well, I hear not, and all as well.
0:54.8	Some things are just true.
0:57.2	Not guessing, those of you new to the work today, welcome here to this community.
1:03.1	Together we identify the thoughts we're thinking and believing that are causing all the stress in our life, everything from discontent to suicide, anger,
1:16.7	war with the self, with anyone else.
1:20.3	We identify those thoughts in our head, and we move them from our head to paper, and that we meditate
1:27.0	in the question is what I'm believing true.
1:33.6	We ponder that. It's an exercise in stillness. And then we notice, I'll put it here, how do I react
1:43.9	when I believe that thought? I meditate put it here. How do I react when I believe that thought?
1:47.4	I'm meditating.
1:48.4	I get still in it.
1:50.7	It's a question.
1:51.9	How do I react when I believe the thought?
1:54.0	And the ego offers it up.
1:56.7	I see what I said, what I did.
2:00.0	I experienced the emotional.
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