Emotional States
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Acts of Love: Rekindling the Love You Feel For Yourself and Others
– The different ways people share love. – How different people see these as having more or less importance. Some people are kinestic, and love touch, but aren’t tuned into words so much. No matter how much someone says “I love you”, they may not hear. But a gentle touch may be worth 1000 I…
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Making Room for Pain, Weakness, and Grief
When there was no room to be tired, hurt, frightened, or tearful, the body may have learned to stay braced until symptoms create an unavoidable stop. What looks irrational about grief often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With grief, the aim is…
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Balancing Past, Present, and Future Selves
– Sending gifts to your past and present selves – Finding balance and presence in the Now – Goals override needs for rest – Spent lots of time as a kid imaging the future – Heavy feelings from the past – I don’t clean for myself
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Money, Spirituality, and Personal Guidance
Spiritual ideas about abundance can inspire hope—and create shame. If money does not arrive, you may conclude that your vibration is wrong, you missed guidance, or you are not good enough. Wanting more can feel unspiritual; struggling can seem like proof of failure. Personal guidance becomes more useful when it remains alongside reality, agency, and…
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Self-Acceptance Before Your Body Is Perfect
Waiting to accept the body until it is perfect turns respect into a prize the present body can never receive. What looks irrational about self acceptance often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With self acceptance, the aim is not to make the…
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Allowing More Without Gripping for Control
Wanting more can produce two opposite movements at once. One part asks for money, support, freedom, or a joyful opportunity. Another part tightens because receiving has been dangerous, excitement has preceded pain, or change always seems to bring a new set of problems. Trying harder does not resolve this conflict. The work is to make…