Emotional States

  • When Not Knowing What Others Think Feels Unsafe

    Emotional StatesTrauma Relief

    A conversation ends. An email receives no reply. Someone’s expression changes for half a second. The mind goes to work: Did I say too much? Are they offended? Will they stop liking me? Did I jeopardize the relationship, the job, or the money? We may call this overthinking, but often it is an attempt to…

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  • Overwhelm – 2006-04-03

    Emotional States

    Feelings of overwhelm are guaranteed when we focus on what we should or “have to” do. We are freedom-seeking beings, and as soon as we perceive a situation or set of tasks as enslaving us, our emotional guidance system REBELS. There are ways to re-perceive a to-do list which can make it empowered by personal…

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  • Anxiety – 2006-04-02

    Emotional States

    Feelings of anxiety can come from our most primitive instincts. And it they can come from perceptions and beliefs of our thinking brain. In this extended team call we cover anxiety from several different angles as it relates to past experiences of “losing it all” to career fears and feeling like there is too big…

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  • Grief – 2006-03-19

    Emotional StatesSex, Love, & Relationships

    Grief is intertwined with our spiritual beliefs and knowings. So, no discussion of grief can take place without that context being present. As you listen to this team call on grief and loss, it is my hope that the message of the eternalness of Who We Really Are comes through in a way that feels…

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  • Guilt & Shame – 2006-03-19

    Emotional StatesSex, Love, & Relationships

    Once we get down to the hurt, the guilt and shame, significant progress can be made. Those feelings that we shouldn’t exist, that we’re not good enough, that we ARE wrong (shame) or that we’ve done wrong (guilt)… these get so strongly ingrained on an energetic level that affects the whole organism.

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  • Out of Control! – 2006-03-14

    Emotional States

    We all want to feel control because feeling in control feels GOOD! There is a sense of certainty when we feel like Master of our own Universe. And that feeling typically lasts until something outside ourselves intrudes… and convinces us that we are, alas, NOT in control. Yet, we ARE. We are in control of…

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  • Jealousy and Envy – 2006-03-12

    Emotional StatesSex, Love, & Relationships

    When we feel jealousy (fearful or wary of being supplanted, or of losing affection or position) or envy (a feeling of discontentment and resentment aroused by desire for the possessions or qualities of another), we can use EFT on the body sensations and use re-perceiving to empower ourselves.

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