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		<title>Grounding Exercises – Regain Your Balance and Composure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2022 21:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(FREE Audio) When we start reconnecting with the body, sometimes we can find triggers that feel overwhelming. Here are some techniques that help us regain some balance and regroup. This audio covers what it means to be grounded along with some basic grounding techniques.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Feeling Safer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 15:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We enjoy life and function better when we feel safer.  No matter what you are doing... from enjoying a BBQ with friends, weeding the flowerbeds, taking a walk, or doing spring cleaning... you will feel more present and focused if you feel safe. When we feel even "a bit" threatened or nervous, there is a constant underlying tension and worry. Part of our attention is always focused on the threat. Yet for many of us, we don&#8217;t even know what the danger is! We just feel unsafe.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>I’m Too Needy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 03:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[- I need love and affection
- If anyone loves me, there must be something wrong with them
- I need to not appear needy
- I’ve been used by those who were needy
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		<title>Transistions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cathy Vartuli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Abundance, Money, & Thriving Business]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Passage 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 be able to handle it?
- often a more chaotic time where we face more unknowns and experience accelerated learning
- can be unsettled and uncomfortable
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		<title>Why Do We Become Ungrounded?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 can calm the primitive brain and help release old patterns of behavior.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Boundaries: Yours, Mine, and Ours</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cathy Vartuli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A lot of us never learned boundaries growing up. Even if we did, managing them with ease and grace is not always natural. We help you define what is yours to decide on and show you ways to stand up for that. And we delve into some of the grey areas that occur when we interact closely with someone at work or socially.
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		<title>Is It Safe To Care About Myself?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thriving Now]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Limiting Beliefs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Put everyone else first... Selfish to care about myself... Better to give than receive... I can&#8217;t be abundant or I&#8217;m not a good person... Pleasure in caring for other... Do I know what my needs are?? Finding a balance.]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Unsafe &#8211; It’s Not Safe To Feel Safe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If I felt safe&#8230; People might be jealous. I wouldn&#8217;t be alert enough. I will attract dangerous people or things. Something terrible will happen. I&#8217;m not allowed to feel safe, I don&#8217;t deserve it.]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Pro-Active Approach to Safety</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thriving Now]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(FREE Audio) This is the outline and recording for the call <i>Pro-Active Approach to Safety</i> which is a part of our Body Vitality Workshop as we focus on Body Safety with co-hosts Rick Wilkes and Cathy Vartuli. We are joined on the call by Vivian Cannataro, EFT expert from Toronto who specializes in using EFT to help people pro-actively create safer and safer environments as well as healthier and more respectful relationships.]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Creating Safe and Healthy Boundaries</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thriving Now]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Healthy boundaries are crucial for feeling safe. In this Body Vitality Workshop call, we look at what is a boundary, the different types, boundary violations, why it is so hard to set boundaries, body guidance, emotional guidance, having a good NO, and feeling safe in your body through practicing boundaries consciously.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reconnect with Safe and Happy Feelings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thriving Now]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this Body Vitality Workshop call we look at the deep benefits of reconnecting with our body, softening the blocks to reconnecting, the reasons we distrust our body, exercises to reconnect, building trust with the body, and accepting where we are right NOW (Yeah, Right!)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why do I feel disconnected… unsafe and unhappy in my body?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thriving Now]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this Body Vitality Workshop call we: explain some basic grounding techniques, discuss what being disconnected from our bodies means, explain why you may have initially lost connection to your body, and how the mind and body stores trauma, talk about why we want to connect with our bodies, list common blocks to reconnecting with our bodies, and explain why we sometimes repeat experiences that feel bad.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Do you feel SAFE in your body?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thriving Now]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Say aloud: I feel SAFE in my body. How TRUE does it feel in your body on a scale of 0-10 where 0 means "not true at ALL" and 10 means "I feel totally safe." Until we feel safe -- truly SAFE -- nothing else will fall into place. We can't feel abundant, get consistent body guidance, enjoy life, or thrive. Our primitive brain will have us doing things we'd rather not, and we'll often find ourselves in emotional conflict over even "simple" life choices.]]></description>
		
		
		
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