Red Droppie For Adult's Inner Child

As we talked in my previous post, RED Droppie is a multipurpose and multi age book. It has an important message for kids and for adults, specially the ones who feels that have lost their connection with their own essence.

Have you ever bought a book for your inner child? Why not?

Probably because there isn’t a lot of options. I am writing for those forgotten inner child, for those who has been so much time in this adult adventure...too busy and too worry.

I use this book for my creative coaching sessions. I invite the adult to read it first and reflect on how to connect it with their life. What is your first reaction when your coach ask you to read a children’s book? That reaction will tell a lot about the state of your relationship with your inner child.

Red Droppie connects the love that Mother Earth shares with us, with the love we have for ourselves. That big metaphor expand a lot of journeys we can it start from it. It does it by sharing different nature scenarios where each nature kingdom (animals, vegetables, minerals) and elements (fire, water, air/wind, earth and energy) show us their love in different ways.

Let's start the journey!

LOVE YOURSELF

• How do you take care of yourself?

• If the way you take care of yourself, would be a home. How many rooms might it have? How would they look like?

• How often do you do anything that only you like to do even though others won't follow you?

• How often do you observe the way you speak about yourself?

• How much love do you put into those words?

CONNECTION WITH MOTHER EARTH

• How often do you spend 10 mins in front of the sun? How do you feel when you do it regulary each day? And how do you feel when you don't?

• How often do you put your feet on the soil? How do you feel when you do it?

• How often do you spend time in nature? How do you feel when you do?

• What are your preferred nature's set up? The Mountains, a lake, just a place with trees, the beach? Why do you like one more than the other?

• What do you do to take care of Mother Earth? (recycling, composting, volunteering to clean nature or taking care of animals, etc)

THE ELEMENTS and YOU: Astrology is a tool that allows you to observe the different energies you came with to explore life. I like to bring these ancient tools, because they have good questions that still apply to us and can bring a different perspective to see learn more about ourselves.

The elements are the easiest way to start this journey, because we can easily find them in nature and our contact with them can tell a lot about ourself. These questions will help you to explore yourself through them, enjoy the ride!

FIRE: in astrology it is associated with motivation, passion and taking action on something you love. As well as anger and frustration.

• Do you like fire or you don't? If you don't, Why?

• What are the things that motivate you?

• Is there anything you would love to do but you are afraid of trying? If any, Why? Could you draw that fear?

• How do you handle frustration?

• How do you handle anger? What is your first reaction when you are angry?

• How did you transit anger emotion? Which tools do you have?

WATER: in astrology this element is associated with going with the flow, releasing control, connecting with your feelings and emotions. As well as, when we procrastinate tasks and it is hard to get them done.

• What is your relation with water? Do you like to swim?

• How do you connect with your emotions in general?

• What are the emotions that make you feel more uncomfortable and why?

• How do you connect with Joy? What does it bring you Joy?

• How do you connect with Love? What does it make you feel Love?

• How do you connect with Fear? What is your first reaction when you are afraid of something?

• What was your most recent fear? Did you overcome it?

• What do you fear the most?

• How do you connect with Sadness? What is your first reaction when you are sad?

• What was your most recent situation that made you feel sad?

• How did you transit it?

• Emotions are contagious, How do you feel when someone is laughing? And how do you feel when someone is crying, sad or angry?

• Which are the things you procrastinate? Why?

WIND/AIR: in astrology this element is associated with thinking (our thoughts), the mind, curiosity, learning new things, bringing new ideas and exploring them, along with lateral thinking. As well as, overthinking and anxiety.

• Do you like the wind? What is your feeling you hear the wind blowing?

• If you would need to draw your thoughts at this present moment, how do they look like?

• If you would need to add colors to your thoughts at the present moment, which color would they have?

• What is your connection with curiosity?

• Do you like to learn new things?

• What new thing did you learn recently?

• What is that thing you have been curious to learn for a long time? What is stopping you to make time to learn them?

• Do you practice mindfulness? If you do, how does it make you feel? If you haven't, Would you give it a try?

• How do you feel when you have a lot of thoughts? Which tools do you have to transit those moments? Like writing, drawing, dancing, walking on the grass

• How do you know when you are anxious? Which tools do you have to transit those moments?
  

EARTH: in astrology this element is associated with giving structure to ideas, bringing them to live, add order and organize something, present moment. As well as, being inflexible, want to keep things in control and ignore our emotions

• Do you like walking barefoot on soil? What is your feeling about it?

• How much order do you have in your life? And in your finances? And in your daily routine?

• How easy or difficult is for you to materialize your ideas or goals? Which tools do you have?

• How do you feel when you need to organize an event or a trip?

• How do you feel when something goes different than planned?

• How do you connect with those things in life that are outside your control? Which emotions come up when something is out of your control?

• How do you navigate changes?

• How frequently do you cry?

ENERGY: this is an element that we haven't explored a lot as humans as of yet. But it is the element that connects all the other four we talked before. Energy is imperceptible to ours five senses but it doesn't mean it isn't there. Here are some questions to explore energy, in the way our mind and body react to it.

• How do you perceive energy? Yours, the energy of a place or the energy of someone else

• How aware are you of your level of energy on daily basis?

• What are your mind and body signs that show you are in a good level of energy?

• What are those that show you are in a low level of energy?

• How do you feel in a crowded place? Do you feel energize or tired after it?

• How do you feel in dirty place? Does it bother you or not?

• How do you feel after crying? Do you feel relaxed or sad?

• How do you feel when someone is angry with you?

When someone is angry or crying their energy levels are lower and that might affect our energy too. Even when someone speaks a lot, that might be a sign of an excess of energy. There isn't anything right or wrong with low or high levels of energy. We all go up and down on energy all the time and several times a day. But being aware of its existence can help us to better navigate certain circumstances. So the key aspect of energy is maintaining it in balance, or bring it to a center, not staying too long on the lower level extreme, neither staying too long in the higher level of it.

The book "The Map of Consciousness Explained: A Proven Energy Scale to Actualize Your Ultimate Potential" by David R. Hawkins, explained a lot of details about the relationship between emotions and energy.

Understanding how to regulate your energy, brings quality to our life.

Same applies to places. That is why it is also important to perceive the energy of the place we are and understand if it is a friendly one for us in that particular moment or isn't. Usually an emotion of happiness and enthusiasm is a sign that we have been in an energetically harmonious place. Emotions like sadness or anxiety, is a sign that we have been in a not harmonious one. Sometimes a headache is a sign too.

I hope RED Droppie brought multiple and creative ways to connect you with love, Mother Earth and specially with yourself.

Reminder: These are just some aspects to travel with this book, in this eternal journey through the colors.

Stay colorful!