TRE by Mike

24/06/2022

“Don’t feel what you feel, don’t think what you think, and don’t experience what you experience….

“And, if you do (despite all that), definitely don’t SAY so.”

Oh, my. 😞

Many of us learned early on to deny our thoughts, feelings, and even the experiences we had in our very own bodies.

We shut down our voice.

So that we’d be safe.

So that we could have connection (hey, some is better than none).

So that we could receive approval.

But while that strategy may have been important (even necessary!) for our survival and wellbeing, it’s…

Definitely not so helpful for our adult relationships now.

Words like “people-pleaser” or “codependent” can get tossed around as if we’re doing it on purpose.

But that’s not what’s happening at all.

People-pleasing has origins, reasons, and validity.

And yet.

There is a better way.

A way that will bring us the acceptance, safety, and healthy connections we’ve longed for.

Yes, we had to learn how to function in an unboundaried way.

But that can change (and healing is possible).

Boundaries are beautiful.

❤️

Molly

PS. If you’d like to work with me more closely on this, I accept a small handful of women each month to take part in my 8-week online boundaries intensive. We dive deep, combining practical tools with paradigm-shifting self-discovery. To see if you might be a good fit, come watch my free class:
Http://boundaried.com 🦋

11/06/2022

"These attempts to maintain control over unbearable physiological reactions can result in a whole range of physical symptoms, including fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and other autoimmune diseases. This explains why it is critical for trauma treatment to engage the entire organism, body, mind, and brain.”

15/05/2022

26/03/2022

Don't take your thoughts too seriously, especially the negative ones.

But first, we have to notice our thoughts....once looked at, they lose power. If we don't realize we're lost in thinking, we suffer. 👍

25/03/2022

Intergenerational trauma can be passed down to us from family.

You CAN heal and pass down healthy patterns: break the chain. 🙌💓💪📈♾

19/03/2022

The 5 Step Self-holding Exercise is an exercise I [by Heidi Hanson] compiled from various sources is a really helpful self-soothing exercise for anxiety, stress and symptoms related to PTSD. 👌🚀🎯☯️🙏💝

The 5 Step Self-holding Exercise is an exercise I compiled from various sources that has been really helping me a lot lately with anxiety, stress and symptoms related to PTSD. Synonyms (alternate titles): Extended Sequence Self-Holding Exercise, 5 Step Self-Soothing Exercise, 5 Step Self-Calming Exe...

15/03/2022

Awareness of Awareness...👁☯️🎯🏝

10/03/2022

WALKING MEDITATION. (33-35)

The Buddha said that the samadhi you develop from walking meditation is much stronger than the samadhi that you develop from sitting meditation.

Very important to know because in the moving process if you can stay with that, the awareness is stronger.

When you walk it is the sensation that should be the object of meditation. Not the seeing of the ‘lifting’ of the foot in the mind.
How do you feel in the muscles? And also the mind, how do you feel in the mind?

As you do the walking meditation what is in your mind? Let the mind choose the object, and just be aware of it. What is it doing now? What does it know?
It is important to know and note what is the mind doing. You can take any object in walking meditation as long as the mind is known.

Don’t go to objects let them come to you.

Do you have greed, anger, expectations, or aversion in that mind that is meditating?

If you don’t see your own mind (seeing your own mind is meditating) as you are meditating, and your own attitudes, your own mindsets, opinions views, and ideas in that mind, you can’t say that you are practicing.

Attention of 50% to body and 50% to mind. Gradually go to 100% mind. Use the step as an anchor, begin by putting your attention at the heel of the foot, when mental activity appears turn your attention to the mind for as long as it takes.

Deal with it until it clears, then return to your paying attention to your walking, until something appears in the mind again. Then turn your attention to the mind, observe the mind.

If some powerful, overwhelming mental state appears, stop and deal with it. Sit down on a chair if you have to, giving it 100% of your attention for as long as it takes to deal with it.

- Cittanupassana

04/03/2022

If traumatic material can't be processed at the time, our bodies will store it to be dealt with later. 🤯

TRE is a great way to naturally discharge this trapped traumatic energy and restore our bodies to balance. ☯️🎯😌

18/02/2022

06/02/2022

😅👏

The daily struggle…

31/01/2022

One of the most important skills you can learn is to watch your own thoughts! 🎯

Like many other important life skills, we are not taught this in school.

If we don't learn to watch our thinking, we get swept along/trapped by thoughts, and lost in them, like a robot running off an invisible software program. 🤖

The problem here is that many thoughts are negative and lead to stress, anxiety and depression. 😞

What's the way out of this? 🤔 Making our thoughts visible (and seeing through/ignoring them) & grounding awarensss in the present moment. 💡⏰

Like most skills, we need to practice and practice. Here's a good video on how to incorporate a short, but consistent, daily practice (that might change your life)...😎☯️

https://youtu.be/haxoOOJPRDU

A meditation on bringing the attention back to the breath. This strengthens the muscles of attention and concentration and is the key to Mindfulness. We ar...

22/01/2022

RIP. Enjoy the void, you earned it! 👌🏝🎯☯️🎆

“This body is not me.
I am not limited by this body.
I am life without boundaries.
I have never been born,
and I shall never die.
Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars,
manifestations from my wondrous true mind.
Since before time, I have been free.
Birth and death are only doors through which we pass,
sacred thresholds on our journey.
Birth and death are a game of hide-and-seek.
So laugh with me,
hold my hand,
let us say good-bye,
say good-bye, to meet again soon.
We meet today.
We will meet again tomorrow.
We will meet at the source every moment.
We meet each other in all forms of life."

-Thich Nhat Hanh

16/12/2021

M**A + therapy = deep healing

Kelan Thomas, PharmD, MS, associate professor of clinical sciences at Touro University California College of Pharmacy, discusses common themes or key points being raised in the field of psychedelic medicine at recent conferences.

15/12/2021

Insecure adult attachment styles as a result of being traumatized.

03/12/2021

Keep it simple. 👍🎯

25/10/2021

Golden dharma talk by Ajarn Chah for anyone interested in uncovering our inner guidance system. 🎯

UNFORTUNATELY, I see many people being led astray by others in life & on social media...the blind leading the blind! It's obvious that bad decisions = bad consequences. 🌋

LUCKILY, we all have the capacity to stand in mindfulness of our speech and actions (and even thoughts). 🪄

When we hold steady awareness like this, we can access another dimension of ourselves...WISDOM! This innate faculty clearly tells is what is the right and wrong thing to do. 🎯

We just have to listen. 👌📈

DOWNLOAD LINK : http://www.amaravati.org/teachings/audio_compilation/1962The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah was published in 2012. This is the complete ...