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Recent posts from Thriving Now.
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When Strength and Independence Feel Unsafe
Strength can sound desirable while feeling dangerous in the body. If independence once threatened family connection, invited punishment, or seemed impossible during illness, a part of us may equate being strong with being alone. The result can look like weakness or procrastination, yet the deeper conflict is relational: I want capacity, and I also want…
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Allowing Love
– All on my own – Second hand love – Love from others isn’t safe – Crust around my heart, protecting me
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Allowing Love
People ask all the time, how can I tap on attracting more love? Love is so important to a beautiful life, yet for many of us it feels elusive and hard to find.
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#34 – Why Am I Resistant to Change?
Rick and Carol discuss the reasons our primitive brain likes to keep things the same and ways we can teach it that it is safe to change now. Included is tapping to target letting go of the past, releasing old habits and feeling safe with new opportunities. Tap along Today!
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I MUST Hold On To This Feeling
When we start feeling good, our fears can get in the way of enjoying contentment and self-acceptance. Especially if we haven’t had a lot of experience with basking in good feelings, we may be TERRIFIED of losing them.
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Old Rules About Weight Loss
– I hate being DEPRIVED – RULES… and more RULES – Must be All or NOTHING – Mindful eating
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Tapping When You’re FIXATED On The Past!
We can all learn from the past, but when we feel fixated on those failures, we may end up re-creating the very thing we want to avoid.
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Movement Without Punishment or Forced Motivation
Movement becomes difficult when exercise has been used as punishment, repayment for eating, or proof that we are serious enough about changing. What looks irrational about movement often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With movement, the aim is not to make the…
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Who Will I Be Without the Weight? Identity After Body Change
Changing weight can disturb more than appearance. A familiar body may have carried an identity, a role, or a way of moving through attention. Part of us can want change while another asks, “Who will I be without this protection?” That question is not resistance to health. It is useful information about belonging, visibility, and…
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I Don’t Want To Go There Again
– Old Coping Mechanisms are hard to release when we fear we’ll need them again. – Used to self hatred – Medical anxiety – Addictions from when dad divorced me – Falling apart