I was with a woman today who was having a full-on, public Inner Critter attack. They had tied her up such that she just knew she could not move. They had control of her mind, her voice, her body and of course, her emotions. She ranted, she railed, she cried, she swore, she blamed the people around her, she blamed the world around her, she even blamed people who were clearly trying to help her. Wow!

I haven’t seen a Critter storm like that in a very long time. Made my Critters look like pikers.

And then, something wonderful happened. She had just a moment of self-reflection, just one moment, but it was enough of a pause in the pandemonium that she could breath and let another voice in, her Whisperer. Her tone grew softer and lighter as she said, “I know this will pass. I’m just emoting because I feel safe to emote here in this setting.” Amazing.

Just had to share that as a reminder that there’s an eye (an I) in every Critter storm.

Tomorrow, a meeting on the business plan. I’m stoked.