Vanessa Hannah Bright, LAc, LP

Like any other morning, the other day I sat down to meditate with one of Dr. Joe Dispenza's guided meditation tracks*. I have been studying his work for nearly a year and find it to be a tremendous method to rework deeply-entrenched emotional patterns in an experiential way. In this post I'd like to share with you a bit of my experience, as well as some insights into how to use this kind of meditation in order to truly grow.... https://lovingpsychoanalysis.wordpress.com//making-medita/

This year I have been deeply studying the work of several people whose ideas and findings are extremely important to the world of healing and personal growth, although they are not in the world of psychotherapy. Three of these people -- all of whom are scientists, researchers, and speakers -- are Dr. Joe Dispenza, Gregg Braden, and Lynne McTaggart [ 1,562 more word ] https://lovingpsychoanalysis.wordpress.com//making-space-/

Normal human responses to a global pandemic that do not need to be pathologized or treated as abnormal: Food and eating challenges & difficulties Resurgence... of compulsive or addictive behaviours Obsessive or instrusive thoughts, memories or fears Generalised fear, anxiety, panic & overwhelm Depression, dissociation, shutdown, freeze, hopelessness Feelings of abandonment or loneliness or isolation Sense of loss of control or powerlessness. Feeling confused Anxiety around money, shelter, food, and other survival needs Past traumas being triggered, activated or re-experienced Health anxiety heightened (about Covid19 and otherwise) Feeling unheard or unseen amidst the flood of stories Feeling like existing chronic needs are being ignored Thoughts and feelings about death and dying New and old grief surfacing Feelings of anger, irritation and frustration Caring for everyone to own detriment. Compassion fatigue Feeling exhausted, fatigued, unmotivated, lethargic Hyper-focus, surges of energy, keeping 'doing' to distract Immune system depleted, other illnesses starting, chronic flares (list not exhaustive) AND if you do need support with any of it, that's okay too. Sarah Mariann Martland . . . . . . . . . . . #TraumaandCo #Trauma #ComplexTrauma #PTSD #ComplexPTSD #CPTSD #PostTraumatic #Traumatic #TraumaAwareness #TraumaInformed #TraumaSupport #Complexity #ComplexHuman #Human #Layers #SelfCompassion #Compassion #Empathy #SelfCare #ChronicIllness #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #Grief #Emotions #Feelings #Pandemic #Covid19 #CoronaVirus #Covid_19

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At this moment, take a breath and see if you can relax your jaw. (I just noticed I was holding my breath too.) Grab some tea, and go easy. At a time like this one all my clients are going through the same thing I'm going through -- a pandemic engulfing the world and devastating entire countries. Everyone is going through it in their own unique way, but we are also in it together. [ 1,071 more word ] https://lovingpsychoanalysis.wordpress.com//you-are-doing/