Emotional States
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Apprehensive – I Feel Apprehensive About the Future
We genuinely can’t control the future. We are often afraid because: Bad things have happened in the past, so we expect bad things to happen (and attract them). We don’t trust ourselves to deal with what occurs, good or bad. We either don’t know or doubt our ability to create abundance and safety
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Mother Issues: Finding Calm Around Mother’s Day and More
We’ll look at some of the issues around Mother’s Day and help you tap through pain that might be in the way of having a better relationship with your mother (or at least feeling calm when you think of her).
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Unwanted – I Don’t Feel Wanted
Many people who carry this belief learned it when they were very young. As adults, we may not need a particular caregiver, but we are aware of needing our social network to receive the abundance we have (electricity, telephone, transportation, medical care, social connection). When we have a “not wanted” wound, any form of rejection…
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When Motivation Feels Like a Whip, Look for Inspiration
After a period of intense effort, ordinary work can feel strangely flat. We may accuse ourselves of losing motivation and reach for the familiar fuel: pressure, fear, urgency, or a looming problem. Stress-driven motivation can produce real results. It can also teach the body that engagement requires an emergency. Inspiration and curiosity offer a different…
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Inherited Money Rules: Success, Hard Work, and the Cost of Receiving
Families pass down more than financial advice. We absorb emotional rules: money must come through hard work, enjoyable work does not count, success will be lost, receiving creates obligation, and prosperity damages the next generation. The rule may never have been spoken directly. We learn from who suffered, who was praised, which stories were repeated,…
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When You Need to Know Right Now to Feel Safe
Uncertainty can turn an ordinary decision into an emergency. The mind races through possibilities, demands the right answer, and treats delay as danger. This is often more than a preference for planning. A body shaped by instability may believe, If I know what will happen, I can prevent the next surprise. The problem is that…
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I Will Never Lose This Weight
Listen Download MP3 “I’ve tried everything. Why would this time be different?” “I don’t want to hope and fail again. It hurts too much.” If those thoughts feel familiar, tap along with Rick Wilkes and Cathy Vartuli as we work with the discouragement and protective beliefs beneath them. What May Be Under “I’ll Never Lose…