We Wear Lavender Bracelets

to symbolize our unity and to remind us we are not alone

Relaxation Lavender Baths

     Sometimes it is your negative thoughts or worries that create tension in your life.  You can practice thought stopping techniques and learn how to use positive self-talk to cope with stress.  Even simple interruptions can help.  Stop and take a purposeful 10 minute break. 
     Relaxation techniques are extremely valuable tools in stress management.  They make it possible for you to spend a short period of time in a state of profound relaxation.  In this state the body and the mind are at rest and the outside world is screened out for a period of time.  Your energy level and ability to cope with the external world are replenished.

   Journal Therapy        Garden Therapy         Pet Therapy         Dance Therapy

  WHEN USING AFFIRMATION & MEDITATION TAPES . . .
only use female voices with affirmation tapes and meditation because you are trying to substitute your inner voice with theirs through repetition.  A male voice sounds like an abuser telling you to calm down and minimize the situation.

  The Power is Within You    Louise Hay
Louise expands on her philosophy of loving the self and shows you how to overcome emotional barriers through learning to listen to your inner voice, loving the child within, letting your true feelings out, and much more!
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You Can Heal Your Life The Movie Trailer
     Louise is proud to announce the debut of the first-ever film. This inspirational movie gives penetrating insights into her fascinating life story; and also provides clarity on how her views on self-esteem, abundance, and the metaphysical causes behind physical ailments were developed.  
     Lucinda Bassett will teach you how to control the symptoms, how to prevent severe anxiety, how to stop negative worrisome thoughts, and how to control your emotions. It will provide the resources for you to become confident, assertive and independent.

 
Shrinking the Judge: Freeing the Inner Child describes the Judge part of everyone's personality and how the Judge dominates a person's Inner Child part.
 
The book makes it easy for most people to gain a better understanding of their experience with the Judge in themselves and in others around them.
 
Many personal stories in the book help to illustrate how the Judge can bring on anxiety or depression, how the Judge fuels addictions and dysfunctional behavior.

Rhonda Britten
 
   Rhonda's passion for overcoming emotional fears was born of personal tragedy. She became an orphan at fourteen, when she was the only witness to her parents' murder-suicide.
   In overcoming the legacy of this terrifying life stopping experience, Rhonda developed the principles and resources that she would later use to heal herself and so many others.
 
 
    Today, her Fearless Living Institute provides dedicated support, an industry-leading life coach training program, and intensive workshops and presentations for corporations.

Did you know that so much of depression

is amplified by our own thinking? 
 

   One of the worst things we do is to "talk" ourselves into being more depressed than we have to be. Just remember, if you are having depressing thoughts, shake your head, argue with yourself, or use the rubber band trick.  That's where you put a rubber band on your wrist and when you have a depressing/negative thought, you pop it. The brain associates that stinging sensation with the thought relates the pain to them!

Remember, it's not what happens to you...
    it's HOW YOU let it affect YOU!
        lol  - dark_storm73

here is our favorites:
BrainSync
Mother Earth Tartaruga Song – Oliver Shanti
African Water Drums – Yellow Bell
Guided Meditation
Kelly Howell

Hypnosis
Randy Thomas

Mantra’s / Chanting
Gayatri Mantra
 
There are many great MP3 available to have at ready access to calm and sooth you. 

Techniques Combating Negative Talk

Louise L. Hay
How to Love Yourself
Morning & Evening
           Meditations
The Power is Within You
What I Believe

www.hayhouse.com

What Helps During a Flashback

   RAINN Website Article    
If you realize that you are in the middle of a flashback:
  1. Tell yourself that you are having a flashback and remind yourself that the actual event is over and you survived.
  2. Breathe. Take slow, deep breaths by putting your hand on your stomach and taking deep enough breathes that your hand moves out with the inhalations and in with the exhalations. This is important because when we panic our body begins to take short, shallow breaths and the decrease in oxygen that accompanies this change increases our panicked state. So increasing the oxygen in our system can help us to get out of the anxious state we are in.
  3. Return to the present. Take time to use your five senses to establish where you are in the present. Look around you and take note of the colors in the room. Listen to the sounds that are happening around you. Smell the smells that are in the room with you. Feel the clothes on your skin and take note of how different parts of your body feel (hands, feet, etc.).
  4. Recognize what would make you feel more safe. Wrap yourself in a blanket, shut yourself in a room, whatever it takes to feel as if you are secure.
  5. Get the support of people you can trust. If you can, ask someone for help and support in this time of vulnerability.
  6. Take the time to recover. Let yourself have the time to get back to feeling comfortable and in the present. This may take a while and that is ok. If you like, take a nap, some time for yourself, or whatever it is that would help you feel safe and more comfortable.
Be good to yourself. Know that you are not crazy and are not doing anything wrong- it takes time to heal.