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Why there are two distinct sets of Mental Health resources:
Life can be a struggle; and circumstance and set backs can be easy-to-point-at culprits to rationalise the struggle, but rarely are the reasons for that struggle, external.
I've come to learn that the reasons for my struggle are internally anchored within the mind and the body. Upgrading both mind and body are required to shift life from surviving the grind, to having fun living.
Childhood belief system yet to be upgraded - Mindset Resources
Legacy Programming installed in childhood anchored our belief system about who we are, how fair the world is, how safe the world is, and the ceiling height we'll be lucky enough to greet, That legacy programme runs until we consciously and deliberately upgrade it.
Childhood nervous system settings yet to be upgraded - Brain and Body Resources
Legacy Physiology Our brain's hippocampus, brain stem, amygdala and nervous system and related functions, remain on childhood settings until deliberately changed in later years. When trauma is in childhood, deliberate intervention to repair the effects of trauma, is needed.
Using childhood settings in adult years, (with or without trauma), can make life feel like it's a struggle, ensuring the fun more meaningful lifestyle will elude you.
Side note: If you are not aware of how trauma effects the brain and central nervous system, perhaps read this 3-minute blog first, how childhood trauma effects the brain
We can consume all the training, workshops, courses, books we want to change our human and if we're lucky, some change will show up, but rarely does it last.
The quantum shift we seek for our life happens when that newly acquired information is accompanied with practices that reset and upgrade the brain and body settings to now match the upgraded programming we're pursuing.
If you have often heard yourself saying some version of:
I know what I am supposed to do, but I just can't do it! | What am I doing with my life? Why is everything so hard? |
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Brain & Body settings - | Mindset settings - |
Then please allow me to wade in and suggest that the likely blindspot here is that you are missing the practices that reset and upgrade childhood physiology into settings that best support your adult self today. I have curated an extensive list of resources, tools, and experts who support resetting and reprogramming of legacy physiology. | Then I might suggest that what could be helpful in this instance is to start with the awareness and information gathering to better understand the feelings you have in regards to the WHAT and WHY questions you're pondering. The resources to reprogram physiology are critical, but often step two of this life change. I have curated a list of resources and experts who I have found instrumental in not only answering the WHAT and WHY, but where to start initiating change. |
Mindset Resources: from surviving the grind to having fun living
Changing legacy programmes that hold our underlying legacy belief systems.
Mindset Resource | Description | Useful Links |
Dr. Bruce Lipton - Biology of Belief | In The Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton argues that you have more control over your health and genetic expression than you think. He says that your thoughts and beliefs can have a powerful impact on your body, influencing everything from your immune system to your hormones. | |
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk - The body keeps the score | A fascinating exploration of a wide range of therapeutic treatments shows readers how to take charge of the healing process, gain a sense of safety, and find their way out of the morass of suffering. | Buy the book on Amazon or your local retailer. |
Dr. Gabor Maté - When the body says no | When the Body Says No (2003) probes the hidden connections between mental health and physical illness. Modern medical science often tries to reassure us that our minds and bodies are totally separate – when, in reality, they're deeply interconnected. | Buy the book on Amazon or your local retailer. |
Dr. John Demartini - The Breakthrough Method | A powerful reliable and reproducible science that dissolves emotional baggage - misperceptions that people judge in themselves or others that distract them from fulfilling their most inspired mission. | |
Dr. Dan Seigel - | Interpersonal neurobiology explores how the brain grows and changes based on relationships. Positive relationships beget positive changes, which yields healing for those who have suffered from trauma. | |
Dr. Gabor Maté's Compassionate Inquiry Practitioners | Interpersonal neurobiology explores how the brain grows and changes based on relationships. Positive relationships beget positive changes, which yields healing for those who have suffered from trauma. | |
Dr. Peter Levine - Waking the Tiger | 'Waking the Tiger' is a prerequisite for some Therapy based courses. Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. | Buy the book on Amazon or your local retailer. |
David Richo - Daring to Trust | Daring to Trust (2010) offers a clear path to finding the confidence to trust yourself and the world around you. You'll learn to overcome past trauma and accept life for what it has to offer, discovering how to live in the moment and work toward a better future. | Buy the book on Amazon or your local retailer. |
Nedra Glover Tawwab - : Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself. | “Set Boundaries, Find Peace breaks down the what, why, and how of boundaries in a clear and compassionate way, leaving you confident, empowered, and prepared to tackle those tough conversations.” | |
Ingrid Clayton - Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic abuse and complex trauma | What if emotional abuse is so hidden, its effects remain unchallenged for decades, masquerading as personal failings? Believing Me is an emotionally gripping memoir that gives language to the hidden and ineffable nature of childhood trauma and how it can imprint on a person, resulting in fractured self-esteem, addictions, perfectionism and a string of abusive relationships. |
Brain & Body Resources: from surviving the grind to having fun living
Upgrading childhood physiology to settings and states that better support our adult self today.
Body Resource | Description | Useful Links |
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Moody Cow Adult Colouring, Journalling, Micro Learning books | Mindfulness - through activities that bring our attention and focus to the present moment. Immersive Mindfulness with Adult Colouring Books designed to promote recovery | |
Gratitude Practicie | Deeper understanding of what Gratitude is, how it shapes our thoughts, wellbeing and immersive mindfulness practices to journal your own gratitude, while pondering on different perceptions of gratitude to deepen embodiment. | |
PSYCH K | PSYCH-K is a set of principles and processes designed to change subconscious beliefs that limit the expression of your full potential as a divine being having a human experience. From Bruce Lipton: “I teach with Rob Williams the originator of PSYCH-K. This is the modality that I use personally and with which I am most familiar.” | Ian Spicer facilitates many online courses. Check them out here > |
Biofield Tuning | The term biofield refers to our body’s electrical system in its entirety – both the electric current that runs through our bodies, and the magnetic field that surrounds it. Biofield Tuning is a sound therapy method that works directly with this system, seeing it as inextricably connected with our conscious and subconscious mind, including our memories. | |
Body Talk Systems | BodyTalk is an astonishingly simple and effective form of therapy that allows the body’s energy systems to be re-synchronized so that they can operate as nature intended. Each system, cell and atom is in constant communication with each other at all times. Through exposure to the stresses of day-to-day life, these lines of communication become compromised, which then leads to a decline in physical, emotional and/or mental health. Reconnecting these lines of communication then enables the body’s mechanisms to function at optimal levels, thus preventing disease and rapidly accelerating the healing process. BodyTalk can be used as a stand-alone system to treat many health problems, or seamlessly integrated into any health care system to increase its effectiveness and promote faster healing. | |
Cranial Release Technique | Cranial Release Technique – CRT represents a true advancement in cranial based health care. This single procedure, which takes only minutes to perform, has the potential to make a very real and exciting difference in the way you practice. | |
Emotional Freedom Technique | Based on impressive new discoveries regarding the body’s subtle energies, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) has proven successful in thousands of clinical cases. It applies to just about every emotional, health and performance issue you can name and it often works where nothing else will. | |
Byron Katie - 'The Work' | I discovered that when I believed my thoughts I suffered, but when I didn’t believe them I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment. That joy is in everyone, always. And I invite you not to believe me. I invite you to test it for yourself. - Byron Katie | |
Tai Chi & Qi Gong, and Yoga | One of the most comprehensive and integrated Body-Mind-Spirit practice | |
Emiliano Toso - Cell Biologist, Music Composer | Emiliano’s Translational Music promotes relaxation and enhances health by reversing the damaging effects of chronic stress. Emiliano’s serene and haunting music is a powerful prescription for increasing alpha brain wave activity, which in turn lowers blood pressure, breathing and heart rates while boosting immune system function. | |
Jim Oliver - Healing Music | Emmy Award winner Jim Oliver’s most nurturing and healing music. | |
Jonathan Goldman - Healing Sounds | Jonathan Goldman, author of Healing Sounds, creator of Chakra Chants, president of Spirit Music and Director of the Sound Healers Association. FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD | |
Barry Goldstein | Experience the music and workshops of Grammy Award Winning Producer and Sound Healer Barry Goldstein. Including the healing music of his series, “Ambiology,” and the uplifting songs of “The Moment.” | |
Breathwork | Breathwork involves intentionally controlling the way you breathe. Breathwork is a holistic, mind-body approach to mental health and well-being. It can be done simply and on your own, or it can be structured and part of a formal program. Its purpose is to directly influence your body’s inner workings to reduce stress, anxiety, and other challenges, increase calm, and encourage well-being. | |
Shamanic Sound Baths | A therapeutic and meditative experience whereby you “bathe” in the sounds and vibrations produced by different instruments such as gongs, tuning forks, and crystal bowls. Through these sounds and vibrations, your mind enters a meditative and relaxed state. | |
Brainspotting | Brainspotting locates points in the client’s visual field that help to access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain. Brainspotting (BSP) was discovered in 2003 by David Grand, Ph.D. Over 13,000 therapists have been trained in BSP (52 internationally), in the United States, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and Africa. Dr. Grand discovered that "Where you look affects how you feel." It is the brain activity, especially in the subcortical brain that organizes itself around that eye position. | |
Quantum Neuro Reset Therapy (QNRT) | A proprietary protocol designed to initiate a quantum shift in the nervous system by resetting the brain's response to emotional triggers for both past and present emotional trauma and stress. | |
Vince Gowmon - Healing for a new world. | Online ceremonies that support healing, empowerment, ascension and community building. They inspire not just intellectual understanding, but more importantly embodied awareness through personal transformation. It’s in the body we remember, deep in our cells, heart and felt-sense. | |
Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) | An innovative series of exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma. The exercises safely activate a natural reflex mechanism of shaking or vibrating that releases muscular tension, calming down the nervous system. | |
Internal Family Systems (IFS) | IFS is a transformative tool that conceives every human being as a system of protective and wounded inner parts lead by a core Self. |