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Summer/Fall 2006 Newsletter Welcome I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! As we roll into fall, it’s a good time not only to harvest the fruits of your labors, but also to turn your reflections inwards after a busy summer for what kinds of internal seeds you want to plant for yourself. All Good Wishes, The “Stick Factor” of Change It would be easy to throw up your hands in frustration, muttering under your breath, “Well, it wouldn’t have worked for me anyway. Nothing like that ever does,” before moving on to the next self improvement venture, hoping for better results. But if stating affirmations were enough, our lives and this world would already be a different place. Affirmations and positive thinking can lead to “surface level” changes. With discipline your thinking habits, can be altered and over time your general outlook on life could be different. But for real change to occur and life patterns to be different, something more is needed. To create real, lasting change, rooting around in your belief system is required. So, the question to start with is, what do you believe? That sounds like it would be easy to answer, and sometimes it is. But more often than not, there are unconscious beliefs at play that cloud our perceptions. How do you discover unconscious beliefs? To find answers, examine your life. You live the life your beliefs will allow. Do you have what you want? Or, does what you want come close and then poof! disappear? Does it never show up at all? Does it come and stay awhile but then something happens and it’s gone again, like a treasured tapestry unraveling? To live closer to your heart’s desire you need first to be clear about what you want. A wonderful partner? A satisfying career? To free up your creativity? Not to worry about finances? To lose some extra weight? Whatever it is, experience your desired outcome in glorious technicolor in your mind — see it, taste it, feel it, hear it. Next, ask yourself, “What will having that do for me?” The answers that come up may surprise you, and are the first attempt of digging deeper towards your unconscious beliefs. For example, let’s say your hearts desire is to be in a satisfying, fulfilling relationship. You can easily imagine yourself in that space, but when the question, “What will having that do for me?” is asked, an unexpected answer, such as, “It will help me feel better about myself,” comes up. “What will having that do for me?” asked again gets a deeper response, “It will give me a sense of completion, because I’m not enough on my own.” This is the start to discovering and working with unconscious beliefs. In this example, what the person really wants is to feel like they are enough. Of course there are likely even deeper layers to this issue, but this is a good place for healing work to begin. When light is shed on the unconscious beliefs, patterns, loyalties and family soul obligations that have been keeping us stuck, there is a real chance to make lasting change. But just knowing the belief behind the pattern isn’t enough. At that point, new beliefs can be “installed” in their place. When new beliefs are incorporated, life changes. There is more than one technique that works with changing belief systems. In my experience, a technique that integrates your new way of thinking with the senses, including muscle and cellular memory, and respects the paths taken to get to where you are, works best. The end result can be an effortless transition as your updated system attracts new experiences — experiences that more closely match who you really are. If you are ready to live more of the life you desire, call 206-417-4541 to set up an appointment. Referrals are always welcome. Summer/Fall Special! Family Constellations What to expect: Volunteers from the group will represent family members for the client whose issue is being worked on. Participants work within the client’s “field of the Family Soul” by feeling the energy that comes through as they represent. The information that the participants convey helps point to where re-solution within the family system can take place. The facilitators, using simple movement and language, guide the partipants to unblock and get energy flowing again within the family system, so healing can take place, both for the individual and the family. Comments Disclaimer Please feel free to reproduce, copy or distribute this newsletter with people you know who would be intereseted in the content. When doing so, please forward it in its entirety, including my contact and copyright information. If any other use is desired, permission in writing from Kara Pomeroy is re-quired. Thank you for spreading the word. Welcome | About NLP | About Family Systems | About Family Constellations | About Me Serving the Seattle area Registered Counselor #RC00052079
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