Work can feel like play
written by Candace Sauve
“Ugh. This doesn’t feel fun,” I say to my Business Partner, mid-brainstorm. The tension in my body reflects the serious nature of our work.
In my 2021 New Years’ intentions, I’d set a goal of allowing “work to feel like play.” Yet, I’d never had a model for what that looked like.
Even working at McDonald’s at age 14, it was so serious. I had to be on time for my 6 AM shift. I had to avoid burning myself on the fry machine. I had to ensure the orders were perfect to avoid lost revenue…and so on.
Every Corporate job since then, I’ve been Ms.Super-Seriously-Invested. The first one to show up and the last one to leave. Eventually, deciding there had to be a better mindset to approach my work.
I wanted my heart-centered work to feel different. I wanted to believe it’s possible for entrepreneurship to feel easeful and fun.
Then I remembered the words taught in my EMRES training: “EMRES is not a technique. It’s a way of life.”
So, in the moment of the highest tension, I asked my business partner to pause for a minute and gave myself permission to close my eyes.
I feel stabbing tension in my lower spine.
There’s pinching in my left shoulder blade.
My shoulders feel really, really heavy.
“DO NOTHING. Let the sensations change.” I tell myself silently.
Ah. Relief.
About a minute later, I feel like I can breathe again and sigh.
Feeling much softer, I look at Edmond and gently nod my head and smirk that we got so off track.
Let’s play a game, he says.
“YES, AND…” he writes on our big brainstorm post it in orange letters.
He explains, “Anything either of us says, we respond with ‘yes, and..’ to find a way to add to what each other says without saying ‘no.’
I laugh and grab a purple marker and begin to jot down ideas on post-its.
I can tell the tension has resolved as the creative energy flows through me again.
Candace Sauve helps people awaken life changing connection through workshops and Coaching that blends, EMRES (Emotional Resolution), NLP, and Breathwork. www.gotbreathwork.com
