Harness Your Power: Deal with Past Pain

A theme this week in my life coaching work this past week is the need to deal with past pain and traumas. 

Too many people think they can suppress or ignore past traumas with no implication to their lives.  Clients who have pain and trauma from the past (sometimes as far back as chidhood) who have not taken the time to heal, experience the effects throughout their lives.  Their relationships are impacted by the pain.  They often try to numb the pain with drugs, alcohol or some other form of addiction.  They may feel depressed or get stuck as they try to work on their goals.

The key is to identify the areas of pain that you have been ignoring.  In fact, write a list of the nagging issues from your past.  Then, one by one, open to heal and move through whatever pain and emotion lingers.  Until the past has been dealt with, it is very hard to reach your full potential and live fully today.

Journaling is an excellent way to begin this healing process.  As you write, make sure you come from your heart not from your mind.  Allow the emotions to surface.  Give yoursef permission to write anything that comes up.  Do not worry about punctuation or grammar.  Just put pen to paper and say it like you feel it. 

I wish you a week of healing!
If you need support in doing this, please contact me at thoughtdr@patriciaomoqui.com .

I'm here to support you in living your best life in 2011!

With love,
Patricia Omoqui, The Thought Dr.
http://www.patriciaomoqui.com/

Harness Your Power: Let Your Wounds Heal (Don't pick at them!)

Have you ever noticed that when you have a cut, it begins to itch as your body heals it?  It is all too easy to start scratching at the scab and open the wound back up.  In fact, I've been witnessing this first hand with one of my daughters this week.  I was reminded clearly:  wounds don't heal, in fact, they can get quite infected, if you don't let them heal without picking at them!

Isn't that the truth with our inner wounds too.  Time heals our inner traumas, that is, if we aren't constantly opening them up.  Many people spend time talking of dramas, traumas and past hurts, re-living them over and over in their head.  They do this so much that they prevent their complete healing.  I'm not saying that it isn't good to express how we feel about things we've experienced that have been hard for us.  It is good to process and tell your story.  It's powerful to understand the roots of our patterns for the purpose of moving forward and not repeating them.

Remember this week that repeatedly opening up old wounds to dig around in them is much different than applying ointment, a bandaid and letting the natural process of spirit-mending to take place.

If you could use support in moving beyond the past so you can fully enjoy the present, please drop me an email at thoughtdr@patriciaomoqui.com .  Life coaching might be just what you need to make huge leaps forward in your personal well-being.

With all my love,
Patricia Omoqui
http://www.patriciaomoqui.com/