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Recent posts from Thriving Now.
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Trauma-9/11
– Disconnection – Mouth trauma – Holding onto trauma in house – I’m inadequate for this task – Medical trauma
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I Feel Betrayed
– By my body, my inner child, EFT, myself, Abraham. – What was the expectation? – How much do I expect people to betray me?
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When Fear Is the Only Fuel You Know
Fear can create motion. A low balance, deadline, or imagined disaster fills the mind with “I have to, I have to, I have to.” Yet the pressure may leave you doing nothing because everything feels simultaneously urgent and unclear. If fear has been your primary fuel, calm can feel unproductive. Without the emergency, how will…
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How to NO
by Whitney Hess, via A List Apart: Articles: No One Nos: Learning to Say No to Bad Ideas, with comments about the emotional blocks to saying NO by Rick@Thrivingnow.com Last October while on the phone with Harry Max—a pioneer in the field of Information Architecture, co-founder of Virtual Vineyards/Wine.com, (the first secure shopping system on…
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Is it okay if I do tapping (EFT) for different things one after the other?
Q. Is it okay if I do tapping for different things one after the other – for example for more money/abundance, then weight loss, then safety and anxiety…? Does this confuse the issue? When I first started teaching tapping, I recommended that you Persist Until You Get to Zero. And that’s great for all the…
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I Take on Too Much Responsibility
– I’ve taken care of everyone since I was a kid – I MUST make them happy – I have to make up for all that time – I have to save them, no one else will – My parents needed me to be in charge
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Comfort Eating Without the Shame Loop
Stress eating and evening eating often intensify after a day of restraint, performance, loneliness, or unmet emotional need. What looks irrational about comfort eating often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With comfort eating, the aim is not to make the body responsible…
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I’m Afraid to Feel Good, I Can’t Enjoy Myself
– I don’t deserve to be happy – I can’t feel better than my mother – Parental programing, shame and guilt – I’m not up to Mom’s standards:
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When Responsibility Becomes the Price of Love
Being useful can become a way to secure belonging. You solve, organize, pay, anticipate, and carry more than your share. Other people may appreciate it, but underneath is a frightening bargain: if I stop being responsible for everyone, will anyone still need or love me? Responsibility is a strength. It becomes costly when it is…
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What Would It Take To Feel More Free?
– I’d have to be less afraid – Bigger business, better wife, perfect product – Compulsion to have “it” – Self-judgements getting in the way of my dream