Body Vitality, Safety, & Self-Image
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When Your Belly Is Trying to Protect You
A belly can become the focus of body war while also carrying meanings of protection, stored readiness, visibility, sexuality, or being prepared for scarcity. What looks irrational about belly often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With belly, the aim is not to…
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I Can’t Slow Down, I Might Feel…
– If I slow down I might not get the work I need – I might feel not good enough – Alone, sad and unsupported – I need to distract myself
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When The Pain Comes Back
– Feeling unsupported and overwhelmed – Always have pain somewhere – Chasing the pain – Fear and pain in my back
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Too Much Stress
– Fear of going to the doctor’s office – EKG… not exactly good news – Work & personal life balance – Anger at the process – Doing stuff without the DREAD
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Transitions
Abundance, Money, & Thriving BusinessBody Vitality, Safety, & Self-ImageEmotional StatesTrauma ReliefPassage from one form, state, style, or place to another. Change, often major. A period which leads from one well-defined and steady existence to another. – what are we losing or leaving behind? (what are we gaining?) – is it safe? – who will we be? – do we have a choice? – will we…
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Self Nurturing
– I don’t deserve it – It’s not safe – I don’t want to do it their way – I don’t know how
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Why Do We Become Ungrounded?
We learn to disassociate… and it is also instinctual. For better or worse, we learn “coping” mechanisms from Mom and Dad and other early caregivers. Our primitive brain instinctually dissasociates us both in the freeze response and whenever pain or injury would keep us from fighting or fleeing. Energy Tapping (EFT) can certainly help! Tapping…