{"id":7866,"date":"2015-08-03T20:23:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T00:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=7866"},"modified":"2015-08-03T20:23:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T00:23:32","slug":"facing-life-a-ten-week-journey-week-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2015\/08\/facing-life-a-ten-week-journey-week-eight.html","title":{"rendered":"Facing Life: A Ten Week Journey- Week Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entering the\u00a0office of Debra\/Deva Troy\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0today in order to experience the modality called\u00a0Facial Reflex Therapy\u00a0created by Lone Sorensen<\/a>, I already had a clear idea of what I wanted to work on. Although the hands-on aspect of the treatment is designed to work the systems in the body, they are also entering into the realm of the mind and emotions. One thing I had noticed over the past eight weeks since beginning the process, was that my feelings, which I had kept tamped down for awhile, had begun to re-surface. The impact of hormones,\u00a0I wonder? I have no problems feeling and exuding a sense of joy, wonder, excitement and love. Sadness and anxiety had not felt like my friends for quite awhile and I knew that they were a necessary aspect of the entirety of my being. After having watched the Disney\/Pixar movie called Inside Out, <\/a>\u00a0I was even more certain that I needed to let flow whatever I had been holding back.<\/p>\n

A few days ago, I had awoken with a feeling of anxiety over how wonderfully my life was unfolding. Silly, huh?\u00a0 I took note that I was calling in multitudes of writing and speaking opportunities. All that I had seed planted for was coming to fruition in beautiful ways. So, why the trepidation?\u00a0 Fear that it would all fall apart. Fear that I wasn’t up to the task. Imposter syndrome had kicked in and was taunting me that I would be found out to be a fraud. None of them pleasant thoughts. Through the help of insightful friends, I had come to recognize the illusion of those beliefs, that God had created in me, the spark of desire and the gift of the ability around these areas. I was reminded that I had earned all of these opportunities and I needed to just relax and breathe into them. Those things I can do<\/p>\n

Deva and I also spoke about claiming our abilities and using them in service to the world\u00a0AND getting well compensated for them. Nothing mutually exclusive about them.<\/p>\n

Then in the wee hours of this morning, I awoke from a disturbing dream. I was sitting in my car when this little girl, with blond hair parted in the middle, looking more like a wig than her natural hair, approached slowly. There was no expression on her face. Her eyes were round and the pupils were dilated black circles. I sensed that she wanted to get into the car and in slow motion, I locked the doors which kept her out. I had the feeling that she was ‘soul-less’ and wanted to suck mine out of me to replace what she had lost. Having learned about the nature of characters in dreams, I know that she is an aspect of me. What part, I ponder, feels like an empty shell, not able to see what is front of me, needing to find a host for its parasitic needs? The other thing I wondered was whether she was part of a recurring dream theme or if I had done several instant replays in this one so that it felt like she kept showing up. Either way, I need to have a chat with her and find out what she wants me to know, so she can be at peace as well.<\/p>\n

On the table, once again, I found myself in deep relaxation mode, determined not to nod off. My resolve was tested, as I work myself up snoring.\u00a0 As always, I left rested and refreshed, ready to be facing life however it presents itself, with all of my full flung feelings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Entering the\u00a0office of Debra\/Deva Troy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0today in order to experience the modality called\u00a0Facial Reflex Therapy\u00a0created by Lone Sorensen, I already had a clear idea of what I wanted to work on. 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