A Cure for Pain?
It seems not only that everyone is in pain, but that there’s an underlying assumption that we shouldn’t be, creating an extra layer of suffering on top of the pain itself.
Sarah Luczaj has published the following articles at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life.
It seems not only that everyone is in pain, but that there’s an underlying assumption that we shouldn’t be, creating an extra layer of suffering on top of the pain itself.
My conviction is this: whatever you actually manage to do, with the sincere intention to improve your life, will work. There really is no shortage of methods. The trick is in managing to do the thing, whatever it is.
The Reiki system shares a foundation with person centred therapy: the practitioner does not ‘do something to’ or give something to the client, but makes conditions that facilitate people’s own natural growth or healing.
Breathing is always there to help and calm you down, to create the sense of safety and a secure base that we all need, but we need to learn how to use this precious resource.
Thoughts and feelings can argue with each other forever, but the ‘felt sense’ can reveal some of the wisdom to be found in our complex of thoughts, feelings, histories and relationships.
Are you a world-class worrier, or going for gold in the anxiety stakes? We need to pay attention to what we practice.
Assuming that people have difficulties can seem caring but can actually turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Why is it so hard to allow the possibility of things being fine?
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