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Utilize Everything, Take Risk, Don’t Settle, Practice over Perfection & Words of Thanks

Posted on February 24, 2012 by edwards87

Principle: Utilize Everything & Take more Risk In changing behaviour, there will be an element of uncertainty and challenge involved in going outside of the ranges of how I normally act (my comfort zone/safe haven). This visceral feeling of tension … Continue reading →

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Establishing Healthy Boundaries, Emotional Completion, Diagnosing Addictions and Removing Lifestyle Stressors

Posted on February 20, 2012 by edwards87

Socio-emotional Needs In addition to the basic human needs for air, light, water, food, sleep, strength and mobility, we also have social and emotional needs. As social animals, we have a need for social acceptance and we like to relate, … Continue reading →

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Getting my Needs met in a Quality manner & Suggestions for Practice

Posted on February 17, 2012 by edwards87

Principle: Getting my needs met Human beings have a variety of needs, the most basic of which concern those that directly concern our survival. Oxygen (air), sleep and water are the most important and immediate, whereas light, food (energy and nutrition) … Continue reading →

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Integrity, Self-trust, Locus of Control and Being with the Weirdness

Posted on February 15, 2012 by edwards87

Principle: Integrity and Self-trust “Without integrity, nothing works.” ~ Erhard, Jensen & Zaffron, 2009 ~ According to Werner Erhard, an important aspect of integrity is keeping my word. Keeping my word means doing what I say I will. When I … Continue reading →

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Summary, Completion and the Capacity for Challenge

Posted on January 20, 2012 by edwards87

The incomplete needs company In a state of unprocessed past hurts, the wounded individual doesn’t feel whole. Like I wrote earlier: Deep down, the child knows that something just isn’t right. This intuitive feel is spot on as the child’s … Continue reading →

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The parent/child Trust Bridge and Trauma/Abuse

Posted on January 11, 2012 by edwards87

Defenceless child It is quite paradoxical that the child is usually more eager to explore new things than the adult, as the child is much more vulnerable. The child is physically small and not very strong, yet seems unfazed by … Continue reading →

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The Need for Preditability & the Need for Exploration

Posted on January 9, 2012 by edwards87

Part II: Carefree Child “There are vaults in your nervous system, where you store whatever pain, stress and bad memories you have. You have to dive back into that trauma, go back and do the same tricks that hurt you, … Continue reading →

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