06/21/2023
Dear Friends,
As many of you know, our son Oliver’s death awoke in me a renewed hunt for meaning. Yesterday’s answers, or rather non-answers, no longer sufficed. Who are we, what are we here for, and where are we going? What, exactly, came before us and the Universe? When we die, do things simply turn black and that’s it? Most of us abandon these questions in our youth - before returning to them again, rather anxiously, as we age; or upon the loss of a loved one.
Thanks to the journey upon which I was launched by Oliver, I may not have answers but I have clues - enough to have discovered glimmerings of an internal peace and happiness I never would have dreamed possible that morning his oxygen was switched off, eight years ago, in June, 2015. And whatever the ruckus in the outside world, however enormous the suffering and the challenges, I have begun, just begun, to learn to hold it, to grant it space without being overwhelmed, to bear witness.
In this latest stage of my journey, for which I am profoundly indebted to so many extraordinary scientists, philosophers, healers, and teachers past and present, I have initiated what might in modern parlance be termed a “side hustle” to my work as a corporate investigator and in preventative pediatric cancer research.
Last year I obtained my Certification in Hypnotherapy, and this year my Master’s level. I help people to heal, to become whole, to move into their full potential - physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Fears and phobias; anxiety and stress; unwanted habits; grief. Exploring purpose and possibility.
Hypnotherapy is an ancient tradition, readily traceable to Egypt and Greece. It was validated as a therapeutic tool by the American Medical Association in 1958. Predicated on a post-materialist view of the Universe that consciousness is more fundamental than matter, hypnotherapy embraces a mind-body-spirit approach to healing.
I help clients address mental, emotional, and physical problems by guiding them on journeys - journeys which reveal memories underlying the feelings, images, words, and sensations associated with their symptoms. Revelation leads to release and resolution. My clients and I are co-creators, co-investigators.
Why tiger eye?! Because not only is it a beautiful, grounding gemstone (used by the ancient Egyptians for the eyes of their deities, representing divine vision and also considered to have protective qualities), but Oliver had a huge affinity with tigers!
I invite you to visit (and like!) my new page, - and also my website at www.tigereyehealing.com
With love,
Simon
