Breaking patterns of Insanity and seeing with Brand New Eyes by Helen October 26, 2015 You could say I was a mature kid for my age. As a child, I was self-sufficient and could function independently — no parental supervision required. One could say I was never a “troubled” individual, but still somewhere deep inside there was a struggle. I was unclear about the feelings I was having or why they were there, but I could see...
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Stress-Nothing more than Fear in Disguise by Meghan October 18, 2015 I have lived the majority of my life feeling a constant anxiety that I had labeled just a necessary “stress” of living. Even in the simple everyday tasks of waking up, getting ready for work, and showing up on time, my mind continually found ways to fear the outcome of how I may somehow mess up or do something wrong: I might take too long, be late, give a...
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Welcoming the Opportunity to Feel by Erin October 11, 2015 For most of my life, I had a constant recording in my head: “If you could just stop feeling, you could live a normal life!” From the moment I walked into my first hug at an Awareness Institute workshop I knew I had found the place to do my feeling (healing) work. It was not the traditional “peace, love, happiness, rainbows and unicorns – let’s all be happy...
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Don’t Stare at the Rock by Rebekah October 7, 2015 I had dinner not too long ago with a friend who gave me the following advice: don’t stare at the rock. See, she’s friends with a mountain biker who shared that advice with her, and it stuck. In mountain biking you encounter many rocks and other obstacles on the trail, but here’s the thing: if you stare at the rock, you will hit it. Like magic, every. single. time. And hitting...
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Freedom to Love Unconditionally by Joanne Sept 28, 2015 In the past I thought love was based on certain conditions. Conditions that I learned from my parents. As these learned conditions were not met, I blamed my parents. It was their fault that my relationships fell apart. I felt that these patterns I had learned were set in stone, unchangeable, permanent, and true. Through my work with the Awareness Institute and in being part of...
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You Are What You Believe You Are by Annie Sept 21, 2015 “You are what you believe you are. Your thoughts create your reality.” We’ve all heard or read this by now. But it takes a certain willingness or environment for me to honestly examine what this mind of mine is producing. The looking part is essential or phrases like those can quickly become cliche. What DO I believe about myself, about my world, about other people, about God?...
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