I've taught this three times in the last two weeks, and I'm just so excited by it because as somebody who is late diagnosed A DHD who experienced a lot of trauma around like structure or even, and, and men and ooh, other people and authority and power and systems, um, this and has like, been kind of like healing those, I guess, masculine things in the world, um, this.

Understanding and perspective around discipline has changed my life and it's been able to, it's something that I've been practicing now for a couple of years, and it's just given me the momentum that I've really needed to feel competent, to feel like I'm moving forward and to then see those results reflected back into my life.

And I'm just so excited. So I've taken, it's so helpful. I've taken a piece out of a training. It's my, um, training that is a five week program. Work doesn't have to cost all your energy. This is from the second week. And so I will be kind of referencing the practice for the week, but you can ignore that. Uh, you can just listen to the perspective and apply it to the things that you are working on in your life.

And of course, if you would like to join us in the five week program, you'll find information about that one down below. Um. But it's just, yeah, it's completely changed my life. So I wanted to share it with you guys, and if you think it's helpful, if you find it helpful, send me a message. I 📍 hate that sometimes it feels like I'm like speaking to you and I'm a connecting type person.

So say hello. Tell me if it was helpful. Tell me if it wasn't. Tell me your little tips and tricks

📍   📍 So let's talk about discipline.

So let's talk about discipline. When I share this practice with you and when I ask you to be more disciplined in your life, I'm not talking about forcing yourself to behave a certain way. I'm actually talking about the word devotion. When we think about the root of the word discipline, it comes from the same root as the word disciple.

So taking all the Christianity and all of that behind what we know is that a disciple is someone who is devoted to something. I'm asking you right now to look at what nourishes you, and then have the discipline to be devoted to returning. To what nourishes you over and over because it supports your aliveness, not about being perfect, not about creating rigid rules, not even about being motivated and inspired to do the thing, but having the discipline and devotion to yourself and your life and what you want.

Our creating to show up for the things that make your system feel more grounded, more steady, more you. Think of devotion as creating a rhythm. Think of discipline as creating a rhythm. It's not like a routine that you obey, but it's like this, like beating of a drum. There's this rhythm that your body can kind of begin to predict, begin to trust, begin to orient around, begin to feel supported by, and a lot of this is coming back to those.

Signals that we really needed to receive when we were kids, when we were really young, and we were learning to understand the world about what, create what makes a world safe. We reparent and create safety inside of ourselves when we are consistent, when we are kind, and when we are attuned. So bringing awareness, practicing this tool that I'm sharing with you.

Um. Doing that consistently, but consistently is not every day consistently is always ha, it's already happening. Think about a drum and kind of imagine your life as like there's all of these different drumming rhythms happening. Okay. Every time that we, um, kind of like that, that boom of the drum, every time that, that kind of slaps against the skin, that is one time that that thing happens.

Sometimes I slack off and it's not for a couple of weeks. Um, there's hydration, there's movement, there's. Uh, when I'm consistent with what I share, when I'm consistent with showing up. The best thing I ever did for my business and my career was doing two hours of focused work before anything else. And anyone else?

Um. But I had to like consistently show up for that. Every single work day. I did two hours of focus work, and then there were other things that I'm consistent with. I'm consistent with like going to a sauna once a month. I want it to be more, and I could look at how to make that more, but like we're consistent with these things because there's always like.

One place. Even if you do it once a year, once every three years, like that's your drumming beat. Sometimes they're quicker, happens every hour, sometimes they're slower, happens every five years. But they're look for how they are actually steady. Maybe not identical, maybe not mechanic. There's there, it's organic, right?

But there's a consistency. And for neurodivergent and trauma affected humans. This is, as I would mentioned, this is about creating safety, consistency, predictability. Predictability is num one of the number one things that all studies show us that lowers that. Baseline stress that releases things like oxidative stress, like rust stress, which is what decreases fertility, which is what makes you really tired, which is what leads to a lot of, um, health concerns.

Regular rhythms regulate your cortisol. It reduces sensory overload. It reduces decision making. It makes all of the emotional ups and downs of life so much easier to navigate. And then it strengthens your prefrontal cortex ability to stay online during stress when things are hard. So ask yourself as you move through this and you're thinking, my invitation to you is to start thinking, what do I need to be disciplined and consistent about so that I can create the life that I want, but then ask what rhythm would feel like devotion to that?

It doesn't have to be every day. If I want it to be a little bit more consistent, like a little bit less space between each time that the stick hits the drum, what? How would I do that? Like what steady beat of this thing would nourish my dreams, and then what would nourish me enough to be able to do that?

That devotion is what allows rhythm to become healing, and that rhythm is what allows your system to trust you and life and other people. Again, it also brings all of your power back. So when other things go awry, which they will, they will be, you know, life is insane sometimes you are holding that power within you.

And if you don't know what you're devoted to, if you don't know what you're prioritizing this in this period of life, think about that.

I will reiterate for a system that has lived through chronic stress or unpredictability or emotional volatility, either in the past or currently in the present. Maybe it's your job, maybe it's something else. Maybe it's everything happening in the world. Steadiness is medicine. Predictability reduces limbic reactivity.

It restores vagal tone and devotional habits create so much internal safety and more than anything, awareness, attunement to yourself of what is coming up. Signals that you are not abandoning yourself, your desires and your dreams, your learning to be the steady presence you may not have always had, but that you hope to have forever and ever in the future.

So, where do you need to be more consistent in caring for yourself? Where do you need to be more consistent in caring for your finances? Where do you need to be more consistent in caring for your career change, your desires, your dreams, your studies? And what are your biggest priorities at this time? What are you devoted to?

Thank you for listening. I hope that was helpful. As I said, send me a message. Let me know what stood out for you and, oh, I dropped something. I kicked something off. Oh no. Um. I would love to see you inside of my one-on-one coaching or inside of my five week Energy management program where be like, master your energy and you can just reclaim so much that you are spending on things that are not helpful, that are making you tired.

Uh, you find the information for that in the show notes. You can find me on Instagram, you can find me on LinkedIn. Look for Sheridan Ruth, um, or AMI via mate. Uh, website and book a curiosity call. That's sheridan ruth.com. Sending you so much love. Bye-bye.

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