Considering I completed a Ph.D. in a field I didn’t love and then stuck with it for another twenty years, I understand how and why people push themselves. While you can benefit from focus and persistence, you can also create unnecessary pain for yourself when you can’t access or don’t listen to your inner promptings.
After I earned a B average my first semester in Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, I sobbed and sobbed, not only about my grades but because at some level I knew my life must change forever. I could not quit since I lacked the self-awareness and internal scaffolding to support a new choice but continuing with my degree would require harsh discipline, a smothering of my natural inclinations. In hindsight I realize facing my uncertainty felt more intolerable than forcing myself to finish. Pushing through a Ph.D. piled on further unnecessary pain.
Although I quit IBM in 2010, my self-discipline followed me. My inability to recognize and prioritize what would invite joy beyond my fulfilling work brought distress, exacerbated by health challenges related to my celiac diagnosis in 2012. My current life, now structured by me instead of by universities, IBM, or my health crisis, reopened the unanswered questions around my personal identity, how to find and enjoy what resonates in my life instead of unconsciously pushing toward something unwanted.
When you get quiet and listen to what you want and what life wants for you and from you, pushing can stop. Experiment with only doing what you can do with joy. Misery serves no one, joy serves everyone. Joy makes every aspect of your life sweeter and only you can choose it for yourself.
Jin Shin Jyutsu® acupressure self-helps for the thinking mind or ego include Safety Energy Lock (SEL) 9 and 18, which both add up to 9, representing transformation and the end of a cycle. SEL 15 supports joy and laughter, whereas 8 invites the “magic in life.”
What happens when you stop pushing yourself? How do you stay aligned to your joy?
I love watching my own videos, as odd as it sounds. When I hear other people criticize their own videos, I remember what it was like to be hard on myself but I'm also struck by how far I've shifted from self-conscious to soul conscious.
Holiday traditions need to evolve as we do. People pleasers especially need to pay attention to their inner landscape to explore what does and doesn't resonate in present time.
From Jin Shin Jyutsu® acupressure, we know harmony begins with the breath. Balanced exhale and inhale, as well as other forms of giving and receiving, support health and awareness.
We open with a 45 minute or so Akashic Records consultation. The revealed themes, patterns, and disharmonies drive the table work in conjunction with your "pulses," body reading, and my intuitive insights. A follow-up e-mail documents what occurs during the energy work and includes customized self-helps.
In this work, you remain fully clothed. Just wear whatever will feel comfortable while lying on my massage table. If it's a remote session, I'll ask you to rest while I send energy.
Please consider the personal or interpersonal disharmony that led you to me and how you would like it to shift. During the session, we'll explore and address the origins and drivers of each "project."
No, the records aren’t a good resource for predictions. If there’s something you hope will happen, the records might reveal a series of necessary steps to reach your desired outcome but not the timing. For predictions, please consult a good psychic or astrologer!
Minors are under their parents' legal and energetic jurisdiction until they are 18, regardless of their maturity level.
The greatest benefit occurs when I incorporate all four modalities I practice. The option without the Akashic Records is appropriate for children under 18 who cannot receive readings. A stand-alone reading can bring insight and healing but does not involve my direct interaction with your energetic and physical bodies like my other practices.
No, but you are welcome to record sessions yourself.
Self-helps, both from Jin Shin Jyutsu and the Embodied Energy System, support your continued harmony, accelerate your evolution, and empower you. Plus they make you sparkly!
