Physical shifting recon

Questions and Comments
#1

I’m running into some interesting recon and I’m wondering if anyone else has dealt with it.

So I’m running seductress and it can feel conflicting at times. Mostly because it feels like there’s this push towards body acceptance, but it feels like if I accept that I won’t move towards what I actually want.

I’m not sure if this body acceptance is just a clever escape hatch to get out of physical changes. As much as I want them, I know deep down changes scare me. It does mirror my pattern of not knowing how to balance acceptance of myself vs change.

So yeah, at a loss for this one and just looking for any input.

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#2

I assume that all well-developed and healthy “acceptance” is not “I accept who I am so I won’t change” but rather “I accept that this is who I am right now so I’m not wasting my mental resourecs on worrying about it and can direct them towards getting better”. See, acceptance and change are not the opposites

Acceptance kind of releases all the stress/hang ups regarding current situation which frees up the energy for action and gives the “space” for new habits/beliefs/results.

I’m not sure if I’m communicating it clearly

I’ll give a different example, what happened to me with EOG ST1. It kills the fear of poverty and not having all those worries/thoughts like “oh man, I’m so poor, what do I do, what do I do?!” frees up a lot of mental resources to actually go and do something.

It’s not that I’m not afraid of being poor anymore so I can safely stay poor and use it as escapism from taking action to get rich; it’s that I now accept my current situation and don’t waste my mental resources on worrying about it, instead I’m able to direct them towards achieving more desired state

Hope I explained it clearly enough lol

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#3

Do you have space in your stack for one more title, my friend? If yes, you could add Alchemist Singularity to the mix to help with holding paradoxes in your mind.

Anofher option is to add the Singularity’s Paradox module in your custom if you are running one or feel like making.a custom is a good idea.

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#4

I would get something like this on Wanted Black and now Wanted

“If I like myself as I am then that might make me not chase after my ideal look/physique”

For me, it’s the go, go, go mentality I have. But also a severe lack of love for myself

And it’s sort of ending up being with constantly moving the goal posts and not ever being happy with myself. And actually an anxiety that I keep ignoring

I’m probably going to address this with Love Bomb and possibly Sanguine/GLM

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#5

Soooo funny you say that. I did have singularity’s paradox in my previous name embed. I switched to untouchable module recently. Maybe when the new regeneration drops I’ll switch back to the paradox centered one since regeneration might help with stabilizing me a bit more.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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#6

Ooof yeah that’s exactly how I feel right now. Like acceptance would be admitting defeat.

I think things are further complicated because the physical changes I’m looking for aren’t entirely aesthetic. They’re very much tied to my quality of life.

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#7

Perhaps a a shifting in thinking might help.

The way I interpret body acceptance is “loving my body, flaws and all”. Falling short of cosmetic standards doesn’t faze me anymore. However, loving my body also means making sure it’s healthy and well maintained.

Since listening New WANTED, I’ve greatly improved my skin care and hair care routines. I’m seeing physical changes as a by-product of better care, but they aren’t necessarily the goal. I imagine this all feeds into the physical shifting because I’m taking action that improves my physical health and wellbeing.

Good call. LB (4 months in), GLM ( 2.5 months in) and new WANTED (1.5 months in) are a perfect storm for internal validation:

  • LB with GLM creates a solid foundation for self love.
  • GLM gives you the determination to make changes and the resilience to see them through
  • Wanted addresses desirability and self-image issues
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#8

What I’ve been learning lately is not accepting circumstances is what keeps one in resistance. Resistance keeps you stuck and unable to move towards your goals/changes you want.

“What you resist will persist”

So it’s a catch 20, accept the circumstances so changes can actually take place.

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#9

I was thinking about that this morning. You’re totally right. Maybe I need to sit with this and confront my worst fears.

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#10

So in the time I posted this till now I’ve been trying to allow this feeling vs keep fighting it. And it is a lot of fears. It’s strange how a seemingly positive focus on growth and improvement can be like a mask over the real fears.

I have been running from this stuff. It’s hard to face. But I keep reminding myself it’s just fear, that’s all it is, acknowledging it doesn’t mean I’m aligning with the idea of it. And now I’m starting to feel like this is the sub guiding me to go deeper and dismantle these blocks because the fear of not being able to change is paradoxically causing my difficulties with change.

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#11

WOW what a brilliant suggestion - especially due to how helpful it would be to reconcile gender identity and any nagging societal conditioning holding u back from full acceptance on that front

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#12

It’s the opposite of an escape hatch, it’s the door to the physical changes lol.

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#13

This is similar to how I see it. I think growing up and having my career amongst people (not all of them) who were very surface level, cosmetically oriented helped to numb me to other peoples opinions. For others who haven’t had that experience of being ostracised or made fun of since a young age, it’s probably more difficult to put aside the positive reinforcement of the typical societal feedback loops that go on.

Density aside, New Wanted definitely has the scripting to work on that and probably pairs much better with Seductress than something like GLM, although there is still some orientation within the copy to being gender specific. I think the Genesis line probably has some of the same without that specificity, but I don’t know enough about those programs.

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