Tornadic Thoughts
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I learned what works for me by first trying ALL the other things that didn't work, as usual. My life has pretty much been an ongoing scene of, "Hey, watch me and learn what NOT to do, y'all."
The most beneficial things I found were learned through combined efforts of sheer desperation of nothing else working, attending donation based or free community events with a healing theme, discovering more about energy work and how everything truly is connected, being referred to other healers by healer friends via a community time bank, discovering open source info in various online spaces, using the library often, and having a few healer-type folks contact me after hearing of my significant weight loss and no longer requiring prescription interventions and such.
Some of those folks were struggling with their own issues that I was able to help with and we were able to barter time and skills to help each other. Helping others, when I'm able, is one of the best things I can do as it keeps me focused and reminds me of why I'm doing it for myself, too. The most valuable things had no specific dollar value, ironically enough. The total opposite of what I was used to in seeking help in other venues. Bartering was quite foreign to me as it's frowned upon in many spaces. But it ended up being very much a life saver for me.
Breathing on purpose and deeply, often throughout each and every day, purposeful daily movement that I find fun enough to look forward to each day, cooking and sharing foods that are truly healthy and life nurturing vs. full of all the highly addictive and toxic ingredients that were slowly (in moderation) but surely taking me down - and continues to take others down at rapid rates (no matter how good it tastes or how much perceived "comfort" it brings in a moment - my digestive and other bodily systems abruptly and painfully taught me of the long term negative effects of such choices), giving myself permission to no longer feel pressured to conform just to please others so they can maintain their levels of comfort while mine gets blown all to pieces, and finally learning how to show myself the nurturing sustainable unconditional love no one else ever did/could/would.
Until I learned how to practice all of the above, with practice being the key word, I stayed pretty miserable, overall. Things would smooth out for a bit with temporary relief, but my ongoing choices or quick dismissal of what I was convinced could never work based solely on highly proven and heavily documented studies and such always left room for more grief and pain to come rushing in, even if it was subtle and gradual and not readily noticed. Always left feeling like I must be severely damaged beyond belief since I could never seem to "catch on" to all these supposed therapeutic things being thrown at me by all these highly trained insurance-approved folks charged with helping others damn near took me out of here. Grateful for the chance to experience something totally different that what I was used to. May we all find our best and healthiest healing grooves while we're still able to enjoy them.
The most beneficial things I found were learned through combined efforts of sheer desperation of nothing else working, attending donation based or free community events with a healing theme, discovering more about energy work and how everything truly is connected, being referred to other healers by healer friends via a community time bank, discovering open source info in various online spaces, using the library often, and having a few healer-type folks contact me after hearing of my significant weight loss and no longer requiring prescription interventions and such.
Some of those folks were struggling with their own issues that I was able to help with and we were able to barter time and skills to help each other. Helping others, when I'm able, is one of the best things I can do as it keeps me focused and reminds me of why I'm doing it for myself, too. The most valuable things had no specific dollar value, ironically enough. The total opposite of what I was used to in seeking help in other venues. Bartering was quite foreign to me as it's frowned upon in many spaces. But it ended up being very much a life saver for me.
Breathing on purpose and deeply, often throughout each and every day, purposeful daily movement that I find fun enough to look forward to each day, cooking and sharing foods that are truly healthy and life nurturing vs. full of all the highly addictive and toxic ingredients that were slowly (in moderation) but surely taking me down - and continues to take others down at rapid rates (no matter how good it tastes or how much perceived "comfort" it brings in a moment - my digestive and other bodily systems abruptly and painfully taught me of the long term negative effects of such choices), giving myself permission to no longer feel pressured to conform just to please others so they can maintain their levels of comfort while mine gets blown all to pieces, and finally learning how to show myself the nurturing sustainable unconditional love no one else ever did/could/would.
Until I learned how to practice all of the above, with practice being the key word, I stayed pretty miserable, overall. Things would smooth out for a bit with temporary relief, but my ongoing choices or quick dismissal of what I was convinced could never work based solely on highly proven and heavily documented studies and such always left room for more grief and pain to come rushing in, even if it was subtle and gradual and not readily noticed. Always left feeling like I must be severely damaged beyond belief since I could never seem to "catch on" to all these supposed therapeutic things being thrown at me by all these highly trained insurance-approved folks charged with helping others damn near took me out of here. Grateful for the chance to experience something totally different that what I was used to. May we all find our best and healthiest healing grooves while we're still able to enjoy them.
