St. George Health & Wellness Magazine March/April 2021

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Mind and Body Deep Clean, 2021 Style By Erin Del Toro, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist

Not meeting those New Year’s goals like you hoped? Maybe it’s time to spring clean your past.

About the Author Erin Del Toro is a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist for True North Mind Management. She is passionate about combining eastern and western medicine, changing the effects of trauma, and helping others unlock the power of their true potential. When she’s not reading and learning about the mind, she enjoys spending time with her daughters, training for ninja warrior competitions, and staying active in the great outdoors of Southern Utah.

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As a nation, we’ve survived a year of COVID and masks, high emotions, political tension, and financial challenges. But as individuals, this surviving did not happen in a vacuum. Before 2020 turned upside down and emptied itself into an already-full wastebasket of issues, most people were already dealing with enough in their day-to-day lives. For many, the combination of the past and the present is beginning to feel overwhelming, making it difficult to meet goals and make changes. The results are showing in pretty much every way that people tend to react to stress. In 2020, anxiety and depression steadily increased. Seventy-one million Americans reported significant weight gain. Reports and polls show that men and women have increased alcohol consumption and daydrinking. Recreational marijuana purchases continue to climb, American families have moved to more television binge-watching, and electronics usage has skyrocketed. When human beings aren’t sure about how to deal with stress, it’s only natural for them to turn to easy comfort. This usually means less movement, more fast food, and more substance use, creating a body that is unhealthy and weighed down. As is often the case with easy comforts, a negative feedback loop is created that can be challenging to break. Sound familiar? If you’re moving through 2021 and you are not thrilled with the way your resolutions are turning out—whether you wanted to be healthier, disconnect from a bad relationship, enjoy less screen time, improve your sleep schedule, or discontinue a substance—you’re not alone. It is not just the current stress and distractions you have around you right now that are likely holding you back; chances are it’s rooted in your past. When we have had an experience that we no longer consciously think about it, the feelings and memories surrounding it are stored in the cells in our brains and the pathways that link them—for life. These memories that we are not aware of using end up functioning with what we call the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind reminds the body of the programming issued by these old experiences: the

feelings, the thoughts, and the way we reacted to what happened. It continues to communicate these feelings to our bodies, and it alters the way our bodies and minds work, including the system in the body responsible for distributing chemicals for emotions. In this way, old, unaddressed feelings hold people back from living up to their potential. One of the keys to success is to locate the old experiences that are quietly hiding away and need to be dealt with, then heal and repurpose them to make pathways for new growth. If it sounds daunting to begin the task of emptying out painful experiences during the stress of everyday life right now, don’t be overwhelmed. Healing from the past properly comes with a major bonus. As old pains lift and the subconscious mind begins to understand that it’s time to change, the chemicals in the brain and body shift, freeing us to see and experience current life in a new and different way. There are several ways to clear the path of the future: Meditating and/or praying can connect you deeply to the experiences your body and mind are storing. There are many great sources of meditation and prayer on youtube and the internet for all types of healing and trauma. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps you process and evaluate your thoughts and feelings about your behaviors and past experiences with a therapist. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) incorporates elements of cognitive behavioral therapy with eye movements or other forms of rhythmic, left-right stimulation that can “unfreeze” traumatic memories. Clinical hypnotherapy allows the conscious and subconscious mind to connect and collaborate to locate what is responsible for emotions, habits, physical ailments, or negative feedback loops and correct them. (For more information on clinical hypnotherapy, visit truenorthmindmanagement.com). If you’re ready to take the next step into personal healing and new goals, one of these methods might be right for you. There couldn’t be a better time for a deep spring clean.


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Dining Guide

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Rocky Vista University Message

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Mayoral Message

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The FACs of Dog Allergies

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A Compassionate Heart is a Courageous Heart

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Spring into Action

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COVID-19 Testing and Treatment

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Spring Back into Shape

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The Blue Zones: How to Live Healthy for One Hundred Years

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Matters of Life and Death

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Vision Restoration

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A Time of Renewal

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