Releasing The past
How would your life change if you could release the past?
Paul Chubbuck, M.S., S.E.P.
Andrew was depressed for most of 20 years, without knowing why.
Cynthia had poor digestion for 2 years after a car accident.
After losing a friend, Matt worried about death much of the time.
Today they are free of this suffering!
How did they get better?
Does your past rule your present? Do loss, resentment, trauma, regrets, or disappointment from the past drag you down like a sandbag on a balloon, preventing you from getting what you want and from feeling the way you want to feel.
If you were once overwhelmed by loss, injury, violence, abuse, or neglect, and you didn't have support to move through the feelings and the shock to your system, stress, pain, and trauma may have gotten stuffed and stored, with long-term consequences.
"Before I came to Paul for therapy, my life seemed to be controlled by my emotional reaction to every situation that triggered uncomfortable past memories. Now when a situation brings that emotion to the forefront, I am able to feel it and quickly dismiss it."
"Until recently, my life’s experience had always been threatened with a sense of rejection and abandonment. With Paul’s guidance and my own reflection, I have found the awareness of who I am internally, the inner-strength I hold, and the ability to express my emotional and physical being with those around me."
- Do you feel depressed or low energy?
- Do you think or worry obsessively?
- Do you have frequent bouts with fear, guilt, or anger?
- Do you suffer with relationship and intimacy difficulties?
- Do you have pain or disease with no apparent cause?
- Do you use substances or processes (such as overworking, sex, or eating) addictively?
Each of these may be the result of unresolved loss, high stress, or trauma. And it is estimated that chronic stress causes at least 80% of known diseases.
Recent years have brought a hopeful new answer — it isn't necessarily a psychological or personality problem! While your symptoms likely began with some past painful experience, today those symptoms persist because of the highly anxious (fight-flight) or shut down (freeze) state of your physiology — your body and your nervous system — in the present.
The great news is — that energy can be discharged or released. Once that energy begins to discharge, most people get significant relief quickly. And with more time, natural healing abilities take over. Distressing emotions dissolve and are replaced with a growing sense of optimism, energy, and clear thinking to meet life's pleasures and challenges.
That sandbag on the balloon can be released, freeing up the energy you need to find a fulfilling life! With this understanding, Peter Levine, author of Waking The Tiger, developed Somatic Experiencing® a powerfully effective method for releasing the stuck energy of loss, stress, and trauma.
I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (S.E.P.) trained directly by Peter Levine and by his school, The Foundation For Human Enrichment. I help people release their past painful experiences from where they are stored, in the body and the nervous system. I practice in Fort Collins, Colorado and do phone sessions just about anywhere. To read more about what this work is and how you can learn to allow the body's wisdom to release the suffering of the past, click here.
"Before I came to Paul for therapy, my life seemed to be controlled by my emotional reaction to every situation that triggered uncomfortable past memories. Now when a situation brings that emotion to the forefront, I am able to feel it and quickly dismiss it."
