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Choice has always felt like a really central element of my own healing and I’ve noticed that the same is often true for clients. Learning to recognise that I have options now that I may not have had in times of trauma has been incredibly empowering. It has also been a lesson I’ve reached for again and again, one I have often forgotten in triggered moments. EFT has helped me not only to keep hold of the knowledge that I have a choice when I most need it but also to make the choices that serve me best. I am steadily learning to embody this feeling of power and control in my own life, a sense of autonomy and sovereignty that at first felt completely alien to me and I’m delighted to be able to take you along with me on the journey.
Our videos this month explore and heal times when our choice has been taken away, not by force or by violence but by shame, judgement and criticism. Week by week we’ll look at times when other people have tried (and maybe succeeded) to take away our choice around our appearance, our health, our sex life and our decisions around whether and how to have a family. All of these areas are deeply personal and yet most of us have probably received an unsolicited opinion from those around us on at least one if not all of them.
For some of us it’s easy to dismiss these opinions, stay focused on what’s right for us and stay centred and grounded in ourselves. For others, like me, who’ve adapted to difficult times with a strategy of people pleasing, these judgements and criticisms can have a far bigger impact. When we’ve learnt to survive by making others happy, receiving their scorn, judgement or ridicule can feel like a threat to our whole existence, we might then override our own truth as we prioritise survival at all costs. Our tapping in this series has been all about returning to our own truth, the knowledge of what’s right for our own body in each moment, and feeling safe as we do so. Recognising that in the here and now, our survival likely doesn’t depend on the approval of those who’ve chosen to weigh in on our life choices. I hope that this series helps you return to a sense of autonomy in your own body and if you need a little more support, I’m here for you, get in touch for one to one sessions.
Video dates:
Appearances: July 5th for Patreon members (full version), July 7th for YouTube subscribers (short version)
Health: July 12th for Patreon members (full version), July 14th for YouTube subscribers (short version)
Sex: July 19th for Patreon members (full version), July 21st for YouTube subscribers (short version)
Parenting: July 26th for Patreon members (full version), July 28th for YouTube subscribers (short version)
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