Scooch!: Edging into a Friendly Universe

by Jaya the Trust Coach

Scooch! offers a kinder, gentler process of personal growth and point yourself roughly in the right direction and inch that way--no need to map out the whole journey. This spiritual, many-paths-friendly approach offers workable support in practicing presence and nonresistance; following inner guidance; and declaring a grand experiment to live in a friendly Universe. Part 1, "Scooch in Closer to Your Pain and Suffering," posits pain as no problem. It guides you to treat feelings and thoughts mind the pain body, tend the mind (including through The Work of Byron Katie). What if you neither ran from pain nor perpetuated your own suffering? Detaching from particular timelines or outcomes, effectively scooch into just plain feeling better and into navigating by joy. Part 2, "Scooch in Closer to Yourself" offers tips in minding your relationship with yourself with supreme self-honoring. Drop comparisons; replace guilt and shame with lavish self-forgiveness; harness your power of interpretation to hold a winning stance. Here's your ticket to the end of self-abandonment. Part 3, "Scooch into Your Personal Power," advocates not power-over, but the power to be your biggest, most beautiful self. Cultivate a consciousness of choice over victim mentality, using language to support this. Tell the truth, freely answer yes or no, practice self-referral instead of looking outward for validation. The power zappers--gems showing typical ways you dilute your power--come with practical instructions on kindly course-correcting toward a more powerful expression. Part 4, "Your Power to Scooch from Vision to Fruition," turns such abused words as visioning , creating , and manifesting on their heads. This pragmatic, no-bullshit approach invites you to craft clear intentions and move toward them, while holding anything you want--any vision you've got--with a loose grip. As you move, trust open and shut doors equally, seeing both as guidance. Let life show the gifts may be in the journey, not the outcome. The gift may be in a redirection you couldn't have fathomed. Scooching into a friendly Universe means playing with trust that life will get you where you need to go.

354 pages, Paperback

Published August 8, 2016

Reviews

[Katie Caporale · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was introduced to Jaya through YTT and had the experience of talking with her regarding my journey. She is vastly knowledgeable in Enneagram and she helped me discover my number/type, which has opened up the gates of self-awareness in my life. I was excited to learn that she had authored a book, and while circumstances brought a pause to my reading, I am ending this book with inspiration to dive into the creation of my manifesto. Jaya is compassionate, intelligent, funny, and encouraging, which all comes through in her writing.

[Celeste · Rating 5 out of 5]

This takes a plethora of self-awareness and growth philosophies and breaks them down into bite sized chunks with instructions (yes, instructions!) on how to use them in everyday life. Well worth reading!

[Nisi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jaya Lalita's first book SCOOCH! is just plain brilliantly conceived and crafted. I can't stand "self-help" books and it would be a gross over-simplification to define SCOOCH! as such. Truly an engaging and Effective read (should say "readS" because you will go back and wander).