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Love Your Life + Law of Attraction

LYL #144: Why are you helping someone dig a hole?

Love Your Life + Law of Attraction

Jennifer Bailey

Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Education, Spirituality

5790 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re going to talk about what focusing on the problem has to do with digging a hole.

This episode is perfect for anyone who wants to learn…

  • The phrase I jotted down in a notebook from an Abraham workshop a year ago that is still resonating
  • What’s really happening when your friend calls to complain about her marriage
  • The flawed premise at work when you encourage someone to talk about their problems
  • What I’ve realized is considered “normal” about so many conversations w’re having since my obsession with all things Law of Attraction
  • The two reasons you don’t want to be a sounding board for problems and complaints
  • What you should skip next time someone comes to you with a grievance or worry

For all things Law of Attraction, visit Jennifer365.com.  

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Love Your Life with Law of Attraction.

0:25.6

I'm your host Jennifer Bailey, and this podcast is designed to inspire, uplift, and

0:31.9

add more joy to your life.

0:35.5

Today, we're going to talk about what focusing on the problem has to do with digging a hole.

0:43.2

This episode is perfect for anyone who wants to learn the phrase I jotted down in a notebook

0:48.8

from an Abraham workshop a year ago that is still resonating.

0:57.5

What's really happening when your friend calls to complain about her marriage? The flawed premise at work when you encourage someone to talk about

1:05.2

their problems. I'm going to share what I've realized is considered normal about so many conversations we're having

1:14.2

that I've only realized since my obsession with all things law of attraction.

1:19.3

I'll talk about the two reasons you don't want to be a sounding board for problems and complaints,

1:27.4

and what you should skip next time someone comes to you

1:31.6

with a grievance or worry. What you focus on grows. I created 31 days of L.O.A. The Abundance

1:41.7

series to help you focus on and grow abundance in your life. To find out more,

1:48.7

go to Jennifer 365.com forward slash abundance. And now on to the episode.

2:06.6

Hello, and Hello and welcome to Love Your Life.

2:14.1

About a year ago, I had an amazing opportunity to attend an Abraham workshop in Dallas.

2:22.8

The entire experience was wonderfully expansive. I heard so much wisdom that resonated to my core. Today's episode is about one wise gym from that day that has really stuck with me.

2:31.7

Here's what I jotted in my notebook that day from Abraham in response to the woman in the

2:37.9

hot seat. Abraham said, there's no point in digging a great big deep hole and then helping someone out of it.

2:48.1

Don't dig a hole to begin with. Oh, did that resonate? Because I realized in that moment

2:55.5

how often I had done just that with friends and family, even clients pre-Elloa. While well-intentioned,

3:05.6

I now understood this hole digging from a very different perspective.

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