H E A LT H & W E L L N E S S
SHIFT HAPPENS
Andrea Wagemaker
FEELING UNWORTHY IS JUST
A State of Mind
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When we start a personal journey and begin
Your mistakes of the past can be like a ball and chain that
to peel back the layers of what defines our complicated
you carry and can’t shake off, and day after day you come
lives, it’s one thing that we fear. Yup, one reason alone sits
back to this same situation only to cause more stress and
behind all the worries of suffering, failure, and conflict.
anxiety that feed the thoughts. The negative self-talk has
What holds us back or pushes us forward is defined by one
now created a negative mindset or belief that you are not
thought and one thought alone: “Will I be good enough?”
good enough. Regardless of how you dress it up, whether it be fear of failure, it all relates to one core issue. “I’m not
Is Everything you ever desired on the other side of fear?
good enough” is the ultimate human fear.
Love? Financial abundance? New job? Joy? Feeling and living here and now? The question remains, how do I get
You have the power to change a negative mindset into
past the fear? Are you in your own way? The great news
a new positive mindset through the power of light and
is the problem is not you, it may be your own mindset
reaching a higher vibration in energy and connection to
that is holding you back. The thought of “I am not de-
authentic self. It is in the light where our thoughts begin
serving" or “I am not worthy” or “I am not good enough”
to change. Where your focus goes, new positive energy
will keep you stuck in the past and unable to get past the
can flow. This will not change the events or memories in
guilt and the fear of moving forward. Believe it or not, it
your life, but it can begin to change the feelings of fear,
is our own negative self-talk that keeps our minds stuck.
flight, fight or freeze that take hold of the mind from
The mind does not care if it is good or bad for us—it just
moving forward and putting the past where it belongs.
knows what it knows and it loves repetition and replaying the past even though it is paralyzing us from bringing in
The self-talk of negativity is how the brain tries to pro-
positive new experiences.
tect you by keeping you in your current state of fear. This self-talk can take hold and that is how we can be stuck in
It is easy to say you can’t keep living in the past, but letting
our own thoughts. The narrative your head needs to start
go and accepting that what is done is done can be hard
changing. Moving from "I’m not good enough" to one of
for the mind to accept. Even more when the mind replays
"I’m better than I was yesterday."
and frames a failure only to set you up for repetition. With the introduction of Lucia Light, the mind can begin You may find yourself thinking and pondering about a
to start a new positive pathway to leaving the past behind
trauma or a past negative experience every day, heck…
and you can begin to take charge of your thoughts instead
you may have nightmares about it too, even if you tell
of them controlling you, finally giving yourself permission
yourself you need to let go and learn the lessons from
to focus on what you decide to bring in. The light allows
the past and finally move on. The reality is that it can be
your mind to easily turn off the outside world as you begin
hard to let go of the guilt, shame and for the pain brought
to take an inner journey into self. This is the time to create
on by others or pain you may have caused someone else.
a new journey and break free of fear-based thoughts.
Interested in having a session with the Lucia No. 3? Visit www.ShiftHypnotherapy.ca | 250-338-3401 Andrea Wagemaker is a Licensed Clinical Hypnotherapist and Certified Life Coach. Call now for your inner journey visit. 2 8 | C O M PA S S M A G A Z I N E | I s s u e 2 6
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