Blog Category: Trauma

We think our memories are about the past. However, our brain and nervous system use this information to evaluate and assess our present. Those memories also influence our current beliefs and ideas, plus form our thoughts about future outcomes and possibilities / limits. 

Do you struggle to keep up the pace? Here's what helped me

Do you have difficult memories? Have you put them in a box in your mind and try to keep the lid closed? What if you had a way to let go of the emotional attachment and inner story connected to those memories? How free would you feel?

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed, numb, depleted maybe even deep sadness and grief? Is feeling anxious, panicked, worried part of your daily life? Do you have digestive issues, shallow breathing, immune system issues? Maybe you often feel sluggish or chronically tired despite sleeping long hours? Do you feel so wired up and stuck in constant “busyness” running here and there, always doing, never a break in the day. Are you always doing for others until you’re exhausted and still feeling like you’re not enough? 

Life in this system with this level of stress on a daily basis is rough. Yet we humans are resilient, can often not only survive but thrive. Sometimes we don’t hear our amazing nervous system sounding the alarm until it’s elevated to a very loud level. Even then we may not know what to do in response to the alarm, we have no plan. I can help you get your toolbox prepared so when your amazing nervous system sounds an alert you hear it at a lower level AND you know what to do in response to the alert. 

Are we prisoners of our past or do we have a choice? I offer you these thoughts to ponder, to help you in your healing journey along with several tools for you.

Do you know wounded people? This picture is my neurotic cat who had suffered all her life. Although she had lived safely with me shortly after her birth and was even bottle fed, something—whether events in her first few days of life or the trauma of previous generations—was stuck in her terrified little body. Sometimes people get locked in fear, always stuck on high alert, sometimes completely shut down. 

AFT dissolves our emotional attachment to painful memories or anxious feelings about future events. During a session, we step through your memories and I guide you to reconsolidate them. This means you look at that memory and the emotions fused to it, adjust your emotions attached to it and consolidate (or bring together) your memory in a whole new way. It is rewriting neural pathways at the very core of your being. 

That memory no longer means much and doesn't occupy our thoughts or interfere with our life. The memory isn't always forgotten completely. We do not forget our experience. Our beliefs and the story attached to that memory are gone. 

You’ve heard the term “swallow your feelings” and this is an actual physical response. Very often people who “swallow their feelings” wind up with digestive and gut issues. Do you experience odd aches and pains with no physical cause? Do you react more strongly than expected to seemingly mild situations? Are you tired and worn for no logical or physical reason? I can relate and here's something to consider

What would your life look like if you could resolve memories and emotions blocking you from reaching your current goals and fullest potential? Learn how memories are stored in the brain and what you can do clear them, move them and gain forward momentum

Have you ever had a song activate a memory? Do certain times of the year remind you of loved ones you’ve lost? Maybe a place, like the beach, reminds you of something or someone, or maybe a certain aroma does. These memories may be welcome, or they may take us by surprise, striking suddenly. Without expecting it, they may bring us back to another place and time.

I had the distinct honor and pleasure of chatting with Dr. Benjamin Perkus, Clinical Physiologist, to share what moved me to pursue Aroma Freedom Technique (AFT) certification and how his program changed my life and the lives of my clients and others.

Is releasing the past a challenge? Do past events and experiences play like an endless loop in your head? Do replay situations over and over wishing you'd done things different? 

I know how that feels. Here's one perspective that helped me...

Do you feel blocked and stuck working toward future goals, a present challenge, positive changes or past struggles? Check out these four new offerings for you! I can help guide you so you can realize your full potential and unlock tremendous motivation. What is Aroma Freedom or AFT?

The mind / body / emotion connection is significant and essential to your healing. The science is simple, and not difficult to comprehend. You may already know all these things deep in your soul. So I share what I've learned in the hope it helps empower others to heal emotionally and physically before it all takes its toll on you.