EP257: Guidance versus conditioning, trauma and habits, and practices versus intuition: Questions from a listener.

Katie has several questions about listening to her heart rather than her head. How does one do that? Is it even something we can do? She also says she starts to sense freedom from her habits, but then she “clams up”. She wonders if this response is due to being in an unsafe environment in

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I Want My Old Life Back

Today’s article was written by Change Coach Missy Maiorano In 2018, when I was in the throes of battling chronic hives and lip swelling, all I wanted was to have my old life back. I wanted the “happy, carefree Missy who wore cute sundresses and a bright smile.” I wanted the feelings of hopelessness and fear

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EP256: Why ‘lean into what arises’ when the thoughts behind those feelings aren’t true?

I hear some variation on this question a lot. If I’m feeling discomfort and I know an untrue thought is behind it, why lean into that discomfort? The discomfort reveals that something untrue is being identified with. So why lean into that discomfort if it’s rooted in a lie?When someone asks a version of this question

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Smart Watch, Smarter Inner Wisdom

Today’s article was written by Change Coach Sarah Edwards I used to have a full-blown relationship with my Apple Watch. I would gaze at it several times a minute to check how my day was going…emails, texts, step count, calories burned, my bank balance, my diary…signs of atrial fibrillation. Technology for a busy person perpetually in forward

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EP255: “Whose thoughts are they?” A question from a listener

A listener sent an excellent question. “I’m still confused about how your thinking is not personal. How can this be? Whose thoughts are they?”She says she sees there is a “witness me” who sees everything, but isn’t there a “thinker me” being seen? We examine these “me’s” and the thoughts that apparently belong to them in

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Why ‘Mastering’ Our Emotional Regulation Is So Powerful

Today’s article was written by Change Coach Suzie Yeulett We have very little control over what happens in life. I saw this when I lost my Mum. Rather than this thought scaring me, it felt like freedom. There’s less for us ‘to do’, or to manage. That doesn’t mean we do nothing, it means we can just do

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Worrying and Caring Are Not the Same Thing

Today’s article was written by Change Coach Kristina Bruce The other day I posted a video to YouTube titled “You DON’T Need to WORRY About What You Eat. Here’s Why”. It garnered a comment from someone who seemed quite upset that I was telling people not to care about what they eat (and subsequently not care about

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EP254: “OCD healed me”

Aneta Mruz was diagnosed with OCD shortly after her son was born, about 6 years ago. As difficult and terrifying as it was at the time, she says OCD healed her and she’d go through it all over again for what it’s given her.  OCD forced Aneta to re-examine everything she thought she was and

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Relax

The word ‘relax’ has taken on many meanings for me throughout the years. As a kid with energy to burn, I heard “relax”. Stop being so full of life. The adults wanted peace and quiet. Then, relax felt unnatural. As an anxious 20-something, I heard conflicting advice. “Work hard, make something of yourself, what you do now matters”.

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