Laura Pladson - Holistic Counselor and Spiritual Intuitive

29/08/2024

Just in case you need a little love...may your heart be filled with the truth of your value and worth. You are a beautiful eternal soul, doing the best you can on this challenging planet. Offer yourself the same grace you give others. Sending hugs. Shine your light dear soul! I love you. ☀️🌈
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18/08/2024

"Bad days" often refer to being more easily triggered and having strong 'negative' emotions. We tend to resist strong emotions because they are uncomfortable.

But what if strong emotions were an indicator that there was some stuck energy in there and by feeling and allowing them, you could let it out?

If we resist them, they will get further suppressed, waiting for another day to come out, and maybe in a stronger, even more uncomfortable way.

What if you saw all uncomfortable emotions as a sign that something is ready to be released? What if you didn't resist them and you accepted they were there for a helpful reason like clearing you out?

How to do this? Sit quietly, acknowledge what is there. Identify the emotion, thoughts and body sensations that go with them. Witness. Allow. Breathe. Let go. Relax your body. Don't dive into it. Just observe. It will move on if you let it.

A great resource for learning this is The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer.

02/08/2024

Pare it down - do I have control over it?

If I do, what action can I take? If I don't, I can choose to let go. Accept. It's what is here. I can think it shouldn't be, I can think they're wrong, I can try to change it, but all that leads to suffering.

I'm arguing with reality when I resist what is here. It's here. What am I going to do now? Wallow in anger, resentment, frustration, misery? I can if I choose.

Or I can choose to drop it, put it down. Visualize the weight falling off. It's actually quite freeing to stop trying to control everything outside of me.

If we spent 1/2 the time focusing on our inner world that we spend trying to change what is outside of us, we'd be Masters. 🌸

21/07/2024

In the words of a wise client:
"I finally realized if I truly want to become the best version of myself, I have to do something different than what I have been doing, or nothing is ever going to change.

I need to also be okay with failure, and seeing it as a learning opportunity instead of a time to quit, and pick myself up and keep going.

In the end, I’m in control, and no one is going to come to my rescue and make these changes for me."

All three of these statements are profound truths.
We all have patterns of thought and behavior that lead to what we feel and experience daily. If you want to feel differently and have a different life, then you need to change the way you think and act.

We are human and we will fall, fail and make unhelpful choices. Sometimes big ones. Sometimes consciously. It's OK! It's never too late to reset yourself, ponder what went awry and use your past to inform your present and your future. Are you going to really let a mistake take you down forever? Get up. Move on. Take the opportunity to double down on your intentions.

You have ZERO control over anyone or anything else and 100% control over your own behavior. You get to choose how to respond to the thoughts you have. Having a thought is different from buying a thought. Your egomind will take you down dark alleys of worry, fear, misery and doubt, but you get to decide if you're going to stay there or keep walking. Not taking 100% responsibility for your life is victim mentality.

(shared with client permission)

04/07/2024

My wish for all on this 4th of July is that you know you have the option to own your Freedom and take back your power from anyone and anything outside of you. Take back the energy you've unconsciously given away and own where you are at and what you can do about it. Stop waiting for someone or something outside of you to make things better or to change so you can feel better. Only you hold that power, and that power, once owned and harnessed, is limitless.

To read full blog post go to https://www.laurapladson.com/blog

I was born on the 4th of July. 5:32 AM. I chose the date of my birth, where I was born, my parents, my Big T and little t traumas, my relationships, etc. I chose it all. (Why I believe that is not the purpose of this blog post, but if you want to know more on that rich and fascinating subject, read....

14/05/2024

If love is your frequency, love is what you frequently see.

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11/05/2024

Fear comes in the form of worries, doubts, and judgments and leads you to resist what is happening. However, whatever you resist persists. Nothing is going to change while you are in fear. You just get more of what you are focusing on.

Fear keeps you stuck in the past or worried about the future. If you are not present, you are not aware and conscious and you are giving your power away.

Your point of power, your ability to change your life, is by being in the present moment and taking control of it. CHOOSING how to react to the thoughts and emotions that arise. CHOOSING to believe them or change them to something more empowering.

You have the option to drop all fears, worries, miseries, doubts, judgments, insistence, resistance. You have the option to just LET GO of it all. Set it outside the door. You can pick it up later if you want.

Isn't it worth an experiment? Just to drop it all and be fully present in this now moment with no judgments whatsoever? With no 'shoulds' or 'shouldn'ts' for yourself or anyone else? Imagine the freedom. 🌈

I wonder how it could look for you...
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29/04/2024

What if you could rewire your nervous system for peace and connection? What if you could have increased awareness and feel more in control of your thoughts and emotions?

The Safe and Sound Protocol is an evidence-based listening therapy designed to reduce stress, regulate the nervous system, and improve the ability to emotionally regulate.

The SSP has demonstrated benefits for individuals with trauma, anxiety, depression, neurodevelopmental and sensory processing differences, and more.

SSP was developed and patented by Dr. Stephen Porges, author of the Polyvagal Theory.

According to Polyvagal Theory, the autonomic nervous system is the foundation of our well-being. The SSP offers the opportunity to feel, think, and connect better through improved nervous system regulation.

I offer this as a stand-alone therapy or as part of ongoing counseling services.

Contact me at laura@laurapladson.com or text 701-404-7756.
Learn more at https://www.laurapladson.com/ssp.

31/10/2023

I often hear clients say things like, "I don't know who I am" or "I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing." Many of us grew up in homes in which it wasn't OK to express our feelings or be loud or have a different opinion or make mistakes or share our innermost thoughts. In other words, it wasn't OK to be a kid or be ourselves! This is nothing against our parents...they all did the best they could given their own upbringing, stressors, inability to self-regulate, and lack of awareness of the unhelpful impact they were having.

Growing up not feeling safe to be who you really are leads to shutting down who you really are and unhelpful beliefs like, "there's something wrong with me" and a sense of never being good enough. Is it any surprise our nervous systems were and continue to be on high alert, worried about what others think of us and convinced we are defective? Even though we may be physically safe, our nervous systems don’t feel emotionally and mentally safe (because we weren’t as kids) so our physiology is destabilized and dysregulated. We have inner chaos as our egomind runs on the hamster wheel of negative thinking and outer chaos in the form of the constant barrage of information, responsibilities, financial concerns, parenting, social media and the greater societal concerns like war and the future of our planet! Our nervous system doesn't have a chance to regulate unless we give it a chance!

How do you do this? Recognize what is happening…accept that there isn’t anything wrong with you…your nervous system is just dysregulated due to a lifetime of stress and unmet needs. Help your physical, mental and emotional bodies feel safe. Do things daily that calm your nervous system. Treat yourself with compassion. Limit and discern what you pay attention to in the outside world. Learn more about how big T and little t traumas affect your thoughts, beliefs, emotions and behavior and what you can do to heal. Get help from a professional. Meet your own needs…no one is going to do it for you.
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22/07/2023

You don’t incarnate to live a perfect and beautiful life. You incarnate to run into obstacles, to fall into pitfalls, and to face hurdles that you have to jump over. These are all meant to show you exactly how powerful you really are.
(Daniel Scranton channeling the 9D Arcturian Council)
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12/05/2023

If I stay small and safe and continue to think, feel, do and be the same, I will not expand and grow. NO THANK YOU!! I'm here to reach into the unknown and risk everything to expand in all ways. How about you? Baby steps are better than none!
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02/05/2023

This morning I asked my spirit guides what would be helpful for me to be aware of today when it comes to the goal of expanding my consciousness and ascending into the 5th dimension with grace & ease. The response: "Ground into what it is truly like to live in harmony. Allow every living thing the peace to live as it chooses. Question yourself. Question everything. And SHINE as bright as you can!" The first visual I had was my feet going down, down, down into Mother Earth, deeper than ever. Then I saw how people allow ladybugs to be in their homes but kill the flies. I saw myself bringing the flies outside instead. Then I saw myself as the sun, smiling, sharing the light, love and truth of Source with everyone and everything.

If we want peace on earth and to be happy and joy-filled, we must BE that. We must become acutely aware of our thoughts, words and actions and how they affect others and the whole. I'm on a journey to be the best I can be mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually so that I can navigate this shift in consciousness that humanity is undergoing with great awareness while simultaneously holding the light. This means I am working on letting go of anything and everything that keeps me in a lower vibration/frequency. This is a process that can be at times brutal but necessary to get where I'm going. Sometimes we need to be aware of the truth of who we are, what we've done and what's been done to us so we can feel the emotions before letting them go. We can't go around it all to get to peace...we must go though it. It is possible and I am doing it. Would you join me??
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