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Cultivating Gratitude Through Understanding Stressful Beliefs by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body Earlier today, an unpleasant memory came up for me around the Thanksgiving holiday. Years ago, I had taken my mother out to dinner at an upscale restaurant. She was elderly, ... Read on »
Occupy This Facilitator Until Dec. 31, 2011 by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body The tides are changing here in my queendom by the sea. Old systems have been outed as no longer serving, new ones are taking their place amid some inner protesting. Fears of ... Read on »
What If Setbacks Aren't Setbacks? by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body One time a few years back, a friend and I were exploring my belief, "Setbacks are failures." She was facilitating my inquiry on the thought, when at one point she int ... Read on »
Another Way to Look at Addictions by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body It's "Addictions Week" at Clear Life Solutions. Which doesn't surprise me; in the course of any few days, often I detect themes running through my clients' work as well as m ... Read on »
Watch Your Cartoons by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body A man I’ll call Brad was my nemesis while we worked on a creative project together. He seemed to embody most of my old, stressful “men” stories; a physically imposing ... Read on »
Need a Relation-shift? Do Inquiry With Your Partner by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body Many couples have discovered the clarity and healing that can occur when doing inquiry together on relationship issues. Inquiry with a partner consists of writing down your ... Read on »
The Economy Is Bad; Is That True? by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body My client called me the other night with a remarkable Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet on the economy. I, too, like to do The Work on institutions—things (society, my body, my ... Read on »
The Nightmare Ends by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body My client J. gave me permission to share this with you. She writes "Here's a dream I had in December which I attribute directly to The Work and being free to love and be ... Read on »
Turning Around B.S. by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body In recent months I seem to have developed an extreme intolerance to b.s. In particular, I get uncomfortable around absolutist statements regarding teachings that don't work ... Read on »
Merries and Happies by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body To my friends, clients and colleagues around the world... I'm a big fan of fresh starts. I've always loved "back to school," "first day of Spring," and ringing in th ... Read on »
Got Gratitude? If Not, Try This by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body 2010 has been a difficult year for many of us, the world over. I have friends who have been successful and productive for most of their lives who are now unemployed or under ... Read on »
Is There Such A Thing as Energy Transmission? by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body Does this do anything for you? I've watched it twice and I didn't feel a thing. That doesn't mean Eckhart's work is ineffective. It just means that one woman ... Read on »
Won't I Be a Doormat? by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body Q: If I answer Question 4, "Who would I be without that thought?" it's just speculation. In reality, I'd be an idiot without my thoughts, ignoring the facts and with no prot ... Read on »
In the Name of The Work, How Do I Abandon The Work? by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body Byron Katie has said, "If I think you need The Work, I need The Work." I'll take it one step further: outside of a mutually agreed-upon, facilitator-client relationshi ... Read on »
Forgiveness by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body As the Jewish New Year approaches—a time for self-reflection, forgiveness and making amends—I wanted to share with you a poem/prayer by Meredith Cahn that I received in my e ... Read on »
Focus on Facilitation: Adapting Inquiry to Alternative Learning Styles by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body The theory of multiple intelligences may be useful for facilitators of The Work of Byron Katie. I have often used metaphors with my clients as a way of explaining how ... Read on »
"Dangerous" Turnarounds and the Power of "Sometimes" by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body Here are some dangerous thoughts; dangerous for us who believe them, because we may stake our very lives on them and create unnecessary stress, suffering and separation. ... Read on »
Whose Identity Is This, Anyway? by ClearLifeCarol Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Mind-Body The day after Santa Cruz Pride Weekend, I stopped to look at the colorful posters in the window of the Diversity Center, our local GBLT support organization, to see if there ... Read on »