50% of everything you do… isn’t as good as the other half. The first time I heard this, it was like a punch in the gut. Oh no, it’s true. Half of everything I do isn’t any good. Arrgh! And then I had to smile because…
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...“Worried” and “angry” are emotional postures. So are peevish, cynical, critical, lonely, unmotivated, ignored, friendless, untrusting, not-good-enough, unappreciated, and unloved. Let’s also include overwhelmed, frustrated, impatient, and stressed. If a person demonstrates such a state of being on a consistent basis, it is an emotional posture. It has become how the person stands and relates to the world. EFT and our group coaching program can help you establish new, self-empowered emotional postures.
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...When you’re distressed, can you shift to neutral with confidence and ease? I didn’t realize for a long time that this is a SKILL… a skill that can be cultivated and become one of the most beautiful gifts we can give to ourselves and those around us. People talk about wanting to be Happy. They …
A typical affirmation is stated in the present tense as if what you want is already yours. For example, “I am wonderful!” Say that to yourself. “I am wonderful!” Notice what your head says right after the affirmation. What your head says AFTER the affirmation is, indeed, the REAL affirmation.
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Thriving Now – Community Center – Latest topics
- The Crazy Train stopped at the station and I got onWhat a day it’s been. I’ve been feeling the “Crazy Train” arriving at my gate the past few days as one thing after another came up. I tapped, meditated, tapped more, meditated more, journaled. It all helped a little but today a major button got pushed and so many of these feels came up. I […]
- Your SongAmazing…and it makes me consider how we might aquire random or accidental ‘songs’ in our lives that do not serve us if we have not been blessed with an authentic song…and it makes me think that the work and the play we do here is about finding our authentic song that we were not blessed […]
- Carpool Tunnel Syndrome3 posts - 3 participants Read full topic
- Let's Dance with Uncertainty and FunYesterday I attended an informative, creative and inspirational workshop with @Rick and @Cathy about Dancing with Uncertainty. I came to the workshop feeling that everything felt uncertain until I heard ideas about pausing and feeling our heartbeats, pausing and feeling our breaths, tuning our bodies to the earth and much more. I am certain that […]
- Just an update…!I feel like I should’ve written this a while back but I guess better late than never! I haven’t really been here much as my current journey has had me focusing on meditation and really learning to listen to my heart and soul more…! I do miss the community as well but it is definitely […]
- Collective DignityEmotional Freedom for All is, for me, about individual and collective dignity. We need self-care (me-care). We also need communal care (we-care). This feels essential to thriving. 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
- My Chair's rocking and my My Feet are a tapping - Good music, FunI couldn’t title this Humor because to me it is more emotional freedom. Dancing and music was one of my favorite things. Back in the 50s Bill Haley and the Comets really got me moving. There were a few people I could dance with but sometimes it was hard because I just wanted to break […]
- Staying Alivehttps://www.youtube.com/embed/5eEBON65lzA 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
- HeartistryHeartistry Heartistry is expressing into the world what matters to you. Heartistry frees us from the judgments and expectations humans have about what is “artistry” and what is not. Heartistic expressions grow our sense of who we are. Grounded in what matters in our core – heart, body, and mind – even simple acts nourish […]
- Listening and Being With Instead of FixingI saw this article and thought about how people think trying to take away pain and grief by cheering them up helps. It doesn’t. Here in our circle we listen, we tap and @Rick asks, “what are you feeling? Where are you feeling it” and more. He allows us to be sad. Tears and laughter […]
- Anchor Positive MomentsComing Tue May 31 2022 at 830pm EDT / 530pm PDT 3 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
- Dancing with UncertaintyReal Skills Workshop - Community Event Dancing with Uncertainty Real Skills Workshop: Feel Emotionally Free Hosts: Rick Wilkes (@Rick) and Cathy Vartuli (@Cathy) Recorded Sun May 15 2022 We hope you’ll join us, and bring a guest! Replay is below 7 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
- Perspective... and Truthtwitter.com Interesting Channel @ChannelInteres 7:56 AM - 26 Apr 2022 367 122 Perspective… doesn’t mean “truth”. This particular video shows that our perspective on something can make it “seem” to be different (bigger, smaller) than it might measure from another perspective. Meaning… my perspective that THIS feels bigger to me than THAT might, if you […]
- Power Up Your Momentum with Carol LookI know some of us are taking Carol Look’s Power Up Your Momentum course Apr-May 2022. Here’s a place for us to share what’s alive for us, that we’d like to get some momentum around… If you’re not in the course, you’re still welcome to engage, support, reply. Rick 11 posts - 3 participants Read […]
- Laughter Lifts Our VibrationsSo I signed up for Carol Look’s class Power Up your Momentum and tapped a lot about joy, ease, fun and how these emotions lift our vibrations. Laughter has gotten me through some tough times. I remember my mother asking, “how can you laugh at a time like this?” Yes I cry too and hard. […]
- What if you Met your Inner Child?Isn’t this cute!https://www.youtube.com/embed/ikuiByrF6rs 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
- Passion is Energy Propelling us ForwardThis morning I opened my email and found a story from Chicken Soup for the Soul that I subscribe to. It wasn’t the story that caught my eye it was this: "Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. - Oprah Winfrey. Bingo! Something went off in my thoughts. […]
- Herculian Effort!5 posts - 3 participants Read full topic
- Nobody else hasI’ve been blessed to interact with thousands of people. No person has been “just like” another – even after filtering for people who want emotional freedom! You voice, your mind, your story, your vision. They matter! YOU MATTER! Love, @Rick 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
- Why We Seek Happiness Even in Hard TimesA friend sent me this interview with Jack Kornfield. I found it so helpful because sometimes I get so down about the state of the world. Yesterday was one of them. I felt so much better after borrowing benefits from our call last night. I felt some of it come back when I woke up […]