Sharing…..

1) In the past I had read a little about the Emotional Freedom Technique and then had forgotten about it, but more recently I came across Nick Ortner’s work and through a bit of reading and practice I learnt to tap and realised that it is quite potent in releasing emotions and decreasing their intensity, and also, noticed that when practised before meditation it kind of facilitates one’s capacity to stay centred, I suppose because tapping on meridian points soothes the amygdala and gets us out of a fight-flight constricted state. Anyway, there is information, research findings and demonstrations on his website at: https://www.thetappingsolution.com/blog/well-tapping-grief/

2) A short talk on Grief: A Pathway to Forgiveness by Dr Joan Rosenberg                          at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UacbvBcbP34

Dr. Joan Rosenberg discusses her GRIEF protocol on how to process loss and grief, and also, talks about “disguised grief”, which underlies emotional reactions and experiences like bitterness, blame, grudges, hostility, negativity, regret, or resentment, etc. She notes the healing nature of grief as she describes the five step Grief Reset Protocol, an approach that suggests that grieving and making sense of your life story can be a path to forgiveness and a happier life.

3) The extract below written by Bethany Webster and posted yesterday on her Facebook page:

‘Outrage is part of our healing.

Don’t let anyone try to shuffle you away from your anger.

Anger is a wise, cleansing force alerting you to the truth of your worth and to the greater truth within you.

It’s a necessary step in recovering from being violated, personally and collectively.

Don’t rush out of your anger, listen to it and harness it as fuel for wise, informed action on your own behalf. Your anger is part of your power.

Do what so few dare to do: Give your anger a safe, empathic space to be fully, completely felt. Harness it, listen to it.

To the degree that you allow yourself to do so, is the degree to which you will own your power without apology.

Anger has so many gifts. Not indiscriminate, projected anger, but the energy of outrage, felt and placed where it truly belongs. Anger has an inner alchemy that heals and isn’t contingent on external validation.

Collective female outrage is a nectar that this world needs’