Unlocking your inner greatness
April 7th, 2008
Growing up I’ve always had a keen sense of how a person is feeling at that very instant even if they didn’t express it vocally. It was something that I could just “sense.” Then as I grew older and began my Velocity Wellness Center, I began to see that how a person was feeling emotionally really affected how they were functioning physically. What I noticed on almost every patient was that their health problems were due to some unresolved emotional incident. A mentor once reminded me of a Woody Allen quote, “I won’t get angry, I’ll just grow a tumor!”
One particular patient comes to mind when I think about repressed emotions and how it was affecting her physical health (she will remain anonymous). She came into my office with complaints ranging from abnormal rashes on her face to insomnia and fatigue. You could tell that something was weighing down upon her shoulders. She just didn’t have that spark of life. After a few sessions with moderate results I turned the focus to looking at “unresolved feelings of anger and resentment.” She was shocked at how past emotional events can stick around and cause physical problems. After discovering specific emotional traumas and bringing them to her conscious mind, we were able to help her release those repressed emotions. Tears were shed and she began to share more information. I knew she was beginning to truly heal as you could hear it in her v oice.
A few days later she returned and told me that after she left, she began to relive those past events but was now at a state of “okay-ness.” (A state of “okay-ness” means that you are neutral to the situation and happens when you truly forgive and let go). She said:
“Dr. Mike, I now understand that all those things that happened to me in the past is just that. THE PAST and I will not let it determine my PRESENT. I’ve been living too long in the shadows of other’s insecurities and I thought that they were my insecurities. I feel free now!”
She has gone on to discover new relationships and opportunities that bring her limitless joy and happiness. And when things don’t seem to go her way, she now has a solid foundation to know that ‘all is well.’
I’ve learned from my patients and in my personal life that once you truly forgive you immediately detach your link to holding on to those repressed emotions. You release that emotional baggage and you can begin to heal. Suppressed emotions have to manifest in one way or another, either physically or emotionally. So it’s time to do some spring cleaning and get rid of that unwanted emotional baggage. I highly recommend everyone to read Eckhart Tolle’s new book “A New Earth: Awakening to your Life’s purpose” to get a sense of becoming who you are meant to be. Emotional baggage does not serve you. It only keeps you from progressing. And guess what? You have all the ability to let go of that emotional baggage. You have your own doctor within you. Let it go and become the great person you are meant to be.
Recommended reading:
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61) by Eckhart Tolle |
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Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol K. Truman |
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Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by David R. Hawkins |
