{"id":3098,"date":"2016-04-10T13:08:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T20:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2018-01-03T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T22:51:06","slug":"how-to-change-not-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/uncategorized\/richardawarecomm-com\/how-to-change-not-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Not What But How&#8230; to Change with EMDR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Opening Insights<\/h2>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\"The greatest revolution in our generation \r\nis the discovery that human beings, \r\nby changing the inner attitudes of their minds, \r\ncan change the outer aspects of their lives.\" \r\n~ William James ~<\/em><\/strong>\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>When it comes to mental health it is widely assumed that resolution and healing of severe emotional pain, trauma, distress and learned conditioning is achievable in most cases only over a long period of time, while in some cases the prognosis is more chronic and hopeless. The reality is that to overcome and recover from mental and \/ or emotional problems and trauma requires a change in how we perceive, experience, understand, think and behave. The key word is CHANGE.<\/p>\n<h2>Informational Insights<\/h2>\n<p>The realities of the need to change are all around us. We are bombarded on a daily basis by messages, advertisements and false promises of change. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The media company that promises <em>you can trust us<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li>The clothing company that promises <em>our clothes will make you feel good<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li>The greatest diet company that promises <em>a slimmer you<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li>The pain-relief pill that promises <em>to make all the pain go away<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li>The self-help technique that promises <em>to change your life<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li>The miracle drug that promises <em>to save your life<\/em>;<\/li>\n<li>The politician that promises you a <em>better tomorrow<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Is it any wonder that we as a culture fear change and resist \u201cThe New?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When it comes to change,<br \/>\nthe question is NOT WHAT but HOW to change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mind is a curious thing. It can be our greatest strength, yet when in \u201cdistress\u201d it can become our greatest weakness. Our brains are conditioned to support our survival, and for many of us that means protecting ourselves from stress, pain and trauma.<\/p>\n<p>When we fail to process stress, pain and traumatic events they haunts us and many people find themselves reliving the experience and trauma in thoughts, feelings, dreams, flashbacks and even behaviors, as our mind seeks to find resolution with the tools we have (good or bad). Thus, like the <em>\u201c<\/em>little engine that could\u201d\u2026 we try and try and try. Unfortunately, this positive metaphor of determination and perseverance that many of us learn as children soon becomes an endless struggle of: <em>\u201cI think I can, I think I can\u2026why can\u2019t I\u2026 there must be something wrong\u2026with me\u2026.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>However, life does not have to be like this! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research has shown that we can use EMDR and supportive technology to overcome our \u201cevolutionary glitch,\u201d reprocess and relearn information in a way that our mind and brain can understand, believe and accept resolution, change and \u201cThe New.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Possibilities for Consideration<\/h2>\n<h3>Take a moment and examine\u2026<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>As you reviewed the material above, what stood out to you?<\/li>\n<li>What is the potential impact, economically and\/or socially?<\/li>\n<li>What action is needed to stop or support this idea?<\/li>\n<li>You may want to consider whether you:\n<ul>\n<li>want to be <em>aware<\/em> of,<\/li>\n<li>should become <em>supportive<\/em> of,<\/li>\n<li>would want to be <em>active<\/em> in this topic?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Add Your Insight<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em>Being willing is not enough; we must do.<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em>LEONARDO DA VINCI<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Opening Insights &#8220;The greatest revolution in our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.&#8221; ~ William James ~ When <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/uncategorized\/richardawarecomm-com\/how-to-change-not-what\/\" title=\"Not What But How&#8230; to Change with EMDR\">[&#8230;]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[201,30,11,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emod-blog","category-discovery-recovery","category-healthcare","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/emdr-blog.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17527,"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions\/17527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}