On Purpose Mind/Body

11/21/2021

Enrollment begins in December and the program begins in the new year. Feel free to reach out with any questions. This will be the third time I run this group and I get more excited for each one. Hope to see you in class.

11/18/2021

Video 3/3. Here is the what and why of your 'least favorite F word'. If you want to walk the road less traveled and work intentionally on your healing then stay tuned for the program date announcement.

11/15/2021

Video 2/3. We've all been through hurt in some way or another. It's usually our family that gets to us first and that's why the holidays can be so difficult. Why is hurt so tricky to heal from?
Check out the video below.

11/12/2021

Here's video 1/3. Not looking forward to family time during the holidays? Struggling to heal from some hurt that's happened and has this frustration and pain been going on for too long?
Check out this video to learn what will likely help.

11/11/2021

Because it's the holiday season we're all reminded of our family stuff. Great stuff sometimes but some of it can be messy and murky as well.
I'm putting together group that will help with that.
Stay tuned for some videos on the topic!

07/09/2021

06/23/2021

Hey there and happy Wednesday. I sent this message to a few folks over email and wanted to share it on my FB page. If this seems up your alley then comment or send me a message and I'll include your moving forward.

I've been having very similar conversations with a lot of people recently. Also as our nation rubs it's sleepy post-pandemic eyes a lot of us are staring in the face of a lot of feelings that we don't know what to do with. I don't pretend to know how to fix a good slice of the stuff we're all going through, however when it comes to a particular combination of anger, fear, and sadness I'm pretty positive I have some information that will help.

Even though I'm supposed to be neutral and objective in the therapy room I still find it hard to hide the fact that forgiveness has, for me, been the single most helpful thing I've ever done.

Not graduate school.
Not 6.5 years of my own therapy.
Nothing.
Nothing has been as powerfully life changing as this process.

If you haven't seen my microcourse on forgiveness the link to the video is at the bottom of this email
It runs about 45 minutes.

I start by talking about what forgiveness is not.
Not justifying, not pardoning, not forgetting, and especially not becoming a doormat for more abuse.
There is a lot of unlearning we need to do in order to really get the value of this methodology.

Many aren't in a good place to forgive. They are still freshly hurt or it is too painful to explore and excavate the scar tissue in order to let these old wounds finally heal.
However many of us who want to heal and grow just have a really garbage idea of what it means to forgive. We just need some reeducation and unlearning in order to set us free.

You are getting this message because I think you're ready and because I think becoming a forgiving person might make your life easier.

This process is for people who are:
-sick and tired of feeling angry, resentful, and hurt
-Are now adults and have relationships with their family of origin that they don't know what to do with
-Having a difficult time with trust and vulnerability due to old wounds
-Struggling with an upbringing in an Abrahamic religion and want to learn what it ACTUALLY means to forgive.

My goal for everyone who joins this group is to begin to heal from old hurt that they have no clue how to address.

The feeling you get at the end of this process is tremendous power because only you can choose to forgive.
Only you can choose to shift your perspective, show compassion, and allow others their humanity.

This is the control you can exercise in the face of unthinkable wounding and you will feel so much power because of it.

If you'd like to know more then respond to this message and I'll share more about the meeting times, cost, and group duration/structure, etc.

Thanks for getting down this far in the email.
If you have read this all the way through then I hope to be working with you soon.

-Alex

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06/20/2021

Hey! About every two years I run a forgiveness group. I call it: 'Your Least Favorite F-Word'.

Here's the email I sent out.

Give it a read and if you're interested then send me a message or email..

Hello and happy Sunday,

I've been having very similar conversations with a lot of people recently. Also as our nation rubs it's sleepy post-pandemic eyes a lot of us are staring in the face of a lot of feelings that we don't know what to do with. I don't pretend to know how to fix a good slice of the stuff we're all going through, however when it comes to a particular combination of anger, fear, and sadness I'm pretty positive I have some information that will help.

Even though I'm supposed to be neutral and objective in the therapy room I still find it hard to hide the fact that forgiveness has, for me, been the single most helpful thing I've ever done.

Not graduate school.
Not 6.5 years of my own therapy.
Nothing.
Nothing has been as powerfully life changing as this process.

If you haven't seen my microcourse on forgiveness the link to the video is at the bottom of this email
It runs about 45 minutes.

I start by talking about what forgiveness is not.
Not justifying, not pardoning, not forgetting, and especially not becoming a doormat for more abuse.
There is a lot of unlearning we need to do in order to really get the value of this methodology.

Many aren't in a good place to forgive. They are still freshly hurt or it is too painful to explore and excavate the scar tissue in order to let these old wounds finally heal.
However many of us who want to heal and grow just have a really garbage idea of what it means to forgive. We just need some reeducation and unlearning in order to set us free.

I think becoming a forgiving person might make your life easier.

This process is for people who are:
-sick and tired of feeling angry, resentful, and hurt
-Are now adults and have relationships with their family of origin that they don't know what to do with
-Having a difficult time with trust and vulnerability due to old wounds
-Struggling with an upbringing in an Abrahamic religion and want to learn what it ACTUALLY means to forgive.

My goal for everyone who joins this group is to begin to heal from old hurt that they have no clue how to address.

The feeling you get at the end of this process is tremendous power because only you can choose to forgive.
Only you can choose to shift your perspective, show compassion, and allow others their humanity.

This is the control you can exercise in the face of unthinkable wounding and you will feel so much power because of it.

If you'd like to know more then send me a message in response to this post and I'll share more about the meeting times, cost, and group duration/structure, etc.

Thanks for getting down this far in the message.
If you have read this all the way through then I hope to be working with you soon.

-Alex

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06/10/2021

If you look back...

06/02/2021

You did what you needed to.