5 New Year’s Resolutions to Consider for Personal Growth
People often use New Year’s Resolutions as an opportunity to try to break a bad habit. Some of the most common ones are to lose weight, exercise more, or stop smoking. But have you considered setting goals that will help you personally and interpersonally? Here are a few to consider:
Read MoreTop 10 Hidden Causes of Anxiety and One Amazing Tip
Have you been struggling with anxiety?
In graduate school, I used to have so much worry and stress about getting it all done, that I wouldn’t be able to sit still or concentrate. I’d find myself having to go on epic bike rides just to calm myself down enough to focus.
I had generalized anxiety, social anxiety and performance anxiety. And EFT, the Emotion Code and the Body Code made a huge difference!
These days I hardly worry at all, and I spend more time focusing on getting things done! My generalized and social anxiety are gone, and I’m comfortable standing up and speaking in front of crowds!
I remember, I was working with another practitioner at the time on my social anxiety. I went on a date with someone I liked right after my session, and more often than not in those days, I had a hard time relaxing around people I liked, so my dates weren’t much fun. I remember feeling so excited because I finally felt like I could relax, have fun and be myself, and I knew it had nothing to do with him!
I got rid of my anxiety by addressing the underlying causes.
Find out what those underlying causes of anxiety are by watching this:
Read MoreDoes Punishment Really Work?
I have always been interested in the question of what inspires people to be their best. Why do some people have a tendency towards violence or addiction or cruelty? Why are there people that only seem to care about themselves? And what makes someone spend their entire life dedicated to serving others?
America is a punitive society and has grown increasingly more so in my lifetime. Our prison population has had about a 8.5x increase since 1980! We have the 2nd highest per-capita incarceration rates in the world. Most prisoners are not violent when they go into prison, and are at higher risk for deviant behavior when they leave.
Parents and teachers also struggle these days with difficult children who are disrespectful , argumentative or uncooperative. The default approach stems from the belief that punishment is a deterrent.
But is punishment really an effective deterrent?
Read MoreHow to Forgive the Beasts in Our Life
Jackie was abused as a child by a family member. This “beast” violated her trust and left her afraid and vulnerable for years of her childhood. She was sworn to secrecy and felt helpless to protect herself.
His actions were none other than horrific! But if she had held the anger inside of her all her life, it would have eaten away at her and magnified the trauma. It would have trapped emotions around her heart, creating what we call a heart wall. A heart wall would have robbed her ability to love herself and others, and prevented her from fully embracing life!
So how did she let that anger go?
Read MoreHow Childhood Trauma Affects Physical Health
I had a client who had been coughing for months. Her breathing felt tight and restricted, and it was compromising her ability to talk and sing and breathe! We released exposure to cigarette smoke in her life and from her ancestors, and the coughing decreased but persisted. What did we have to release before the coughing stopped?
Read MoreNot Reaching Your Dreams? Ask This:
I have a client who kept sabotaging herself. She needed to lose weight. She had high cholesterol, sleep apnea, and shortness of breath that were all largely due to her weight. In addition, she had extraordinary knee pain that was so bad that she could barely walk. She was mostly homebound, and relied mostly on her daughters to help her get to appointments. The doctors had no solutions for her, and would not operate on her knees until she lost weight.
She knew what that she needed to healthy vegetables and was working with a nutritionist to optimize her diet for weight loss. But she’d regularly find herself making excuses and going back to her old habits and her old diet. Her weight was not changing.
When she came to me, I asked her what she thought was getting in her way.
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