Focusing on parts

Greetings! I hope things are going well with you and your working with parts.

I realized today that one of my main goals right now is to get better at working with my own parts. I am noticing periods of time when I blast right through feelings rather than processing them. I sometimes go for hours on adrenaline energy rather than feeling calm and centered. This state of unease disrupts my sleep, disturbs my stomach, and makes me feel vaguely nervous much of the time.

For the next 30 days I am going to emphasize parts as one of my main concerns. How are my parts doing? What do I need to make sure I do/think about/remember before I finish my day? It's like the top thing on my "to do" list is communicate with parts and make sure I am attempting to be centered.

I also realized today that I won't do this perfectly, and all my parts felt happier once I accepted this. It's hard to get into new habits, and this centering/parts communicating habit is very new. So even if I go 2 steps forward and 3 back, I am encouraged that there is movement. And that I am noticing movement in this new direction.

How do others remember to listen and center? I don't want to only listen to parts, or only meditate/center. I want to do both, in order to be more whole.

One strategy from today: notice body cues about tension. My shoulders have been very sore from being in a defensive position so much. I want to know about my tense parts, and also be able to relax them. So this week I'll try to work with tense parts and also relaxation of shoulders. I'll check in next week with results.

How is your working with parts going? Any clues or cues you could share?

Thanks,
Karen