SURVIVE to THRIVE, Shift to Bliss

Among adoptees and surrendering mothers and adoptive families, the subject of adoption is emotional. Frequently to protect ourselves from emotional overwhelm, we shield ourselves...we stop the hurting in many ways. We cut ourselves off emotionally, develop unhealthy behaviors, and are challenged in relationships.

NONE OF US DID ANYTHING WRONG. Until awakened by a secondary trauma, I associated PTS with mental illness...and refused even to be evaluated. That diagnosis, I thought, would be followed by years of therapy and perscription drugs. Instead, I spent my childhood and most of my adult life perceiving myself as a victim. My ego consistently identified accordingly. Life wasn't fair. My adoptive parents were a charming couple who provided well for me; my Dad a prince who always put me #2 (his wife first, himself third).

Although blessed to be re-united with my biological Mom 18 years ago, implications of the emotional reaction I experienced as an infant continued to haunt me. Many other adoptees and surrendering mothers I've spoken with over the years share this dis-connect.

In November 2009, I was privileged to be in the first group of practitioners trained by Tom Stone of Great Life Technologies as a Trauma Resolution Specialist. The training included an immersion, where practitioners cleared all past traumas enabling us to serve clients without being triggered by their issues. In honoring and allowing the entire emotional reaction of being "abandoned" by my Mother without shielding myself, I made a liberating discovery. Our ego is no more our friend than our self-limiting beliefs. The stories we tell ourselves, and others, do not serve us. Releasing the energy attached to our "stories" allows appropriate response to current and future stress or trauma...rather than reacting based on unmet expectation in a previous circumstance.

This discovery was made in a blissful place Tom Stone calls "PURE AWARENESS". Pure Awareness is the underpinning of Trauma Resolution Coaching...guiding the shift from Survive to Thrive. For everyone else, practicing these same techniques improve relationships, concentration, and response to stress or dysfunction. Once guided to "Pure Awareness", participants delight in coming back to this place where they further develop application of techniques and increase their joy.

Although there are less than 100 practitioners trained in these leading-edge techniques, we are honored to bring these techniques to those haunted by traumatic stress (which may have occurred in childhood or adulthood). Members of fractured families, re-unified families and blended families...application of these simple techniques permanently resolves stored emotional energy that keeps us from being all we can be. BE TRAUMA FREE WITHOUT THERAPY. Its quick, effective and permanent.

As the number of trained practitioner/facilitators increases, you may find Trauma Resolution Specialists (trained in Human Software Engineering) in your area...and we are building our capacity to serve telephonically. Personally serving the Los Angeles area, fellow practitioners are available by referral; Great Life Technologies is located in Carlsbad, CA. www.greatlifetechnologies.com

Readers feedback and comments always welcome, watch for new features, enhancements, and guest-bloggers bringing greater value in 2010. Stay blessed, I LUV YOU ALL!