The Work of Byron Katie
Self Inquiry Sessions with Kathleen Hannan
2024 - phone, zoom or outdoor sessions
Many of us have the intuition that freedom, love and peace is our birthright,
and we go in search of it. But what if what the mystics say is true?
We already are the freedom and love that we seek, and it is only belief in our
habitual limited thinking that confuses us, and causes all our suffering.
How can we discover who we are at the deepest level? Who are we, really?
The Work of Byron Katie is a simple and powerful tool for profound Self discovery. It has been a miracle for over twenty years in my own life since my partner read Katie's first book, Loving What Is, and we began to investigate our stressful thinking with Katie's 4 questions and turnarounds. Since then I have attended Byron Katie's School for the Work and other workshops with Katie, and I have been facilitating the work with individuals and in groups for the past 18 years.
If you wonder what your life would be like when lived without the lens of your mind's version of reality, I'd love to share the Work with you.
To set up an appointment or have a conversation about the possibilities,
please write to me , or call me at 919-695-5032.
Fees for individual sessions with Kathleen:
Introductory 90 minute session is $100
After that, sessions are one hour long - $80
8 week packages have a discounted rate of $600 (after an introductory session)
I may be able to find funding for scholarships; please let me know if you need a discount.
For groups - Kathleen presents evening and weekend workshops
as well as 8-10 week classes in the Work.
The 4 questions and turnarounds that Byron Katie calls the Work, are below.
You can find out more about the work on Katie's website www.thework.com
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The Work of Byron Katie
Byron Katie's powerful "Work" is 4 simple questions and "turnarounds".
We take a thought that we had in a particular stressful situation,
such as "She should listen to me", and put the thought up to inquiry with the 4 questions.
As Byron Katie says, this work is meditation. We imagine ourselves in the particular situation in which we had this thought, and take our time with each question,
listening inside, and waiting for answers to arise.
She should listen to me
1. Is it true?
2. Can I absolutely know it's true?
3. How do/did I react when I believe the thought?
(Reactions include feelings, images we see, things we say or do, ways we treat others
and ways we treat ourself when we are believing the thought.)
4. Who would I be without the thought?
(Who would I be in that same exact situation, without the thought.)
Turnarounds
Now take the original thought, turn it around to as many opposites
as you can find, and find ways that each turnaround is as true or truer
for you than the original thought. In this example, the three basic
turnarounds would be....
She should not listen to me.
I should listen to her.
I should listen to me.
Now look for genuine examples of where the turnarounds
are as true or truer for you than the original statement.
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Kathleen Hannan meets with groups and individuals (in person or on the phone)
using the the Work of Bryon Katie and the Enneagram map of personality
as tools for the discovery of who we are in our true essence, our true nature.
Kathleen is a student of the Heart, and is in love with the truth that arises from listening within. She is a graduate of Byron Katie's School for the Work, and she's been using the Work inquiry in her own life for 18 years, and facilitating others in the Work for 15 years.
She has also been using the Enneagram map of personality to help herself and others see through the trance of personality for almost 30 years.
Information about the Enneagram is here.
using the the Work of Bryon Katie and the Enneagram map of personality
as tools for the discovery of who we are in our true essence, our true nature.
Kathleen is a student of the Heart, and is in love with the truth that arises from listening within. She is a graduate of Byron Katie's School for the Work, and she's been using the Work inquiry in her own life for 18 years, and facilitating others in the Work for 15 years.
She has also been using the Enneagram map of personality to help herself and others see through the trance of personality for almost 30 years.
Information about the Enneagram is here.
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For information about The Work of Byron Katie, please visit www.thework.com and read Katie's book, Loving What Is. |