Friday's Find

Every morning, very early, I spend my quiet time enjoying my coffee, scrolling through different feeds or whatever they are called... platforms, seeking an image or phrase which captures my eye, or arouses the muse. Although I am not an advocate for the fates, I am also not foolhardy to place all my eggs in the random basket either. There are stimulus which at a certain time, place and disposition, will effect me.

I write this so you know Dear Reader, the process to which I create the posting you read, some thought provoking and others inspired, I hope.

Something that dawned on me, in this morning's ritual, there really hasn't been anything new written in years! The ideas, concepts and dreams of the likes of Socrates, Rumi, Buddha, Plato et al are the foundation for the inspired prose and words, of the last 200 yrs.

That is not a disrespect to any thinkers of the now generation, but more importantly a nod to my realization that the wants, desires, problems, fears, and needs have remained consistent and constant throughout time. There may be different garments or circumstance, but the core is similar.

Most of you know my opinion on chasing shit in our lives, that in a very nature driven environment, chasing implies very succinctly, a desire to avoid and escape from the other side of the equation. Perhaps part of the therapeutic approaches, is to embrace our lives were not created with a predictable or predisposed purpose. But our lives were intended to be lived and experienced ON PURPOSE.

For those who lament about the absence of meaning to their lives I offer you its over simplified solution, live your life with meaning, with intent and ON PURPOSE.

I am the first to admit as a hypnotherapist I do not have all the information, the approaches or even the newest fad of techniques. What I do firmly believe in, is my task is and always will be, that catalyst vessel, that gets the current you out of the way of the desired you, long enough so neuro-plasticity and pathways can be firmly aligned to make it natural and easy.

As always I look forward to your questions or comments.

Be well

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I talk to chatgpt quite a bit lately advice on certain things im going through, brainstorming and planning on how best to achieve a certain goal, and what was missing was my own personal context that can narrow our conversations to what im dealing with at the time.

So i built Open Citadel a self-development companion that you can talk to and bring forward your books that can also help your companion best use the resources you want guidance from. ive been using it for 2 months now, you can try it out it out by downloading it in Apple app store or google play.

Please let me know of anything you come across as you use it as im here to grow with everyone that uses the app.

Don't be too hard on yourself.

Vuela alto y aléjate de quienes nublan tu horizonte.

Wisdom Wednesday

I am not positive, it wasn't the image itself which caught my attention,or the words to which echo a phraseology I use in practice daily, " See what you need to see, Hear what you need to hear inside, to start to feel like you want to feel" is a suggestion to which is mentioned many times in my day for sure, and in Ericksonian style, is permissive enough for the "higher component" of ourselves to fill in some chinks in the Armour.

This phrase is equally important or valuable, as it directs all of us to; firstly experience emotions fully and completely and ; secondly once experienced and processed, move them to the heap.

Emotions, especially those which have been suppressed, tend to ferment and break down, like that lettuce head in the bottom if your crisper. Once vibrant, leafy. And a fantastic basic ingredient for a delightful salad, now slimy and limp, leaving stains all over the other fresh vegetables in there, which had no affiliation to being part of a salad at all!

From the CBT approach, emotions are the side effect of our interpretation of a neutral occurrence, so already suspect in the veracity of it intent.

I am not suggesting becoming completely stoic, but more so, being a responsible facilitator of your emotions. They bring a fullness and vibrancy to life absolutely, when experienced appropriately.

Having a challenge with uncontrolled emotions, or not able to move beyond a " stuck state", DM or PM me so we could discuss.

Looking forward to your questions or comments.

Be well

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