shining the light of awareness

What we believe has a direct impact on our lives.
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Beliefs are what shape, influence, change and transform how we perceive ourselves and the world around us.

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The Work itself refers to a series of 4 simple questions and what are called turnarounds, ways to explore opposite perspectives of the same situation.
 
The first part is to identify what we believe is causing us the pain we're experiencing. It may be a particular person or circumstance, a painful memory, something feared in the future, the state of one’s body, etc.
 
The second part is to sincerely explore what's true for us by examining each belief, one at a time, with the questions and notice if there are any genuine examples in the opposite perspectives. 
 
It's a simple meditative process that's free of motive and dogma. To paraphrase Byron Katie, "stillness and the desire to understand the cause of your suffering is all that's required."

All materials necessary for learning about and practicing The Work are available for free on thework.com

“The power of The Work is not in eliminating thoughts. Its power lies in the watching and investigation.
Notice thoughts, investigate them, and come to know for yourself that meeting them with understanding can be the end of internal war, which in turn is the end of all war.”​
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Byron Katie

how is 'the work' different than therapy? 

The Work is a meditative process of inquiry, it is not therapy. There's no diagnosis, no advice and no agenda for a particular outcome.

The question “is it true?” for example doesn’t imply that it’s not true, it’s solely a question to consider. That’s why it’s a meditation, there’s no force in it. It’s not about "becoming peaceful" or "getting rid of thoughts," even though peace and lightness around thoughts is often a result. It's a way of finding your own answers within and discovering what's true for you when you get still.

As a facilitator, I hold the space as an equal. Clients don't come to me for answers, they come to be supported in deeply listening to themselves - this is where genuine insight takes root.

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"When I began working with Susan V I was in a place of such deep suffering from suicidal ideations and wanting to end my own life that upon our first meeting: I thought that I’d 'give one more thing, one more try.'

Susan met me with her gentle ‘alchemy’ of mercy, kindness, grace, and the power of four questions and a turn around.

Experiencing The Work with her is a miracle that keeps walking me back home to loving my own beloved life as I am. I am alive because of The Work with Susan V."

Kristen Grimm

perspective

​It's self-evident that two people can encounter the same event and walk away with two completely different experiences.

​We all know this intuitively and yet, it's so easy to forget: the one thing that can shift everything is what we're thinking and believing - the lens through which we perceive the world.

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"There are those few moments in life, those precious few, where you get to meet your wiser-self. Where the only person who knows you well enough to know your blind spots, where your shadows lurk, the secrets you've hidden from yourself to protect yourself – reaches down through you, and nudges you to look at yourself from a separate, non-personal perspective – like two friends looking at a fire, instead of fanning each other's flames. 

Susan is the third friend, who introduces you to yourself like no one else. She makes the acquaintance, and then allows you to pose the questions to yourself. You hardly notice she's there, and it feels as if you're having an internal conversation, yet guided with surgical precision. In the hundreds of people and guides I've met...no one has lead me to more freedom."

Leandro Sorice, New York

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"Susan is a gifted facilitator. She knows how to create the perfect environment to open, soften, and awaken to the truth.

​Her experience shows in her ability to take people deeper to find the crack and open the door. 

​I feel safe enough with her to go to the inner depths of my own private hell and trust that she'll guide me back." 

Carlene A., Alberta