Dec 31 2023

Happy New Years 2024!

I have to say that I have a practice every year two times a year where I go over the things that I have accomplished for the year and determine what is next on my list of desires that could be done during the year as well as longer-term projects that could take a couple or a few years to complete. One time is around my birthday in September which is close to the Jewish New Year (yes, I was raised as a Reform Jew), and again near the beginning of the regular New Year on January 1st. 

I used to keep index cards for every area of my life where I wanted to accomplish things. However, I have not done that since leaving Massachusetts in 2013. However, it needs to be acknowledged that I accomplished about 97% of the goals that I had on those index cards through the many years I kept that practice. 

I have to admit that one of the best decisions that I made back in September 2021 after my Master’s in Peace & Conflict Management was completed at the International School of the University of Haifa, was to not return to the US. There were many reasons for this decision the most important so far as I was concerned was to not be treated as a second-class citizen in my own country for not being willing to take what has been proven to be a bioweapon as the injections were indeed developed in the defense department of China with money from the US defense department. We can tell by the horrific number of adverse effects that these injections have had that this could be the only truth behind their development. I am forever grateful for being immersed in biological and mental health research and practice from the time I was 13 gaining the knowledge that I did where many others were without it. Education is the best anecdote to societal stupidity based on lies being stated as fact and endless censorship of those who spent their lives studying the components being used to dictate what people could and could not do. I never was in a shutdown because I went to countries where that was not policy deliberately. I went to places that many would never go to such as my home last year and again this year in Golem, Albania where the food is all organically grown, where the government stays out of my business, and where my days are my own including almost daily walks along the seaside of the Ionian Sea which is about a 3-minute walk from here.

Another interesting thing that I was able to do because I was already in Eastern Europe was meeting up with an American family I have been friendly with for over 20 years in Belgrade, Serbia during the 3 months I had to leave Albania after my tourist visa expired. I was able to watch their college-aged daughter compete in the World’s International Rowing Competition in Belgrade with them which was something that only happened because the stars aligned to have us all there for that event. It was a fun event and better for being with a family that has helped me out a lot over the years, especially during my mother’s last couple of weeks of life.

I am completing a Master’s in Instructional Design, a topic I had zero knowledge of before starting but knowing that I would be able to design a great training for those mental health providers who treat anorexics and bulimics with that particular program. All the courses are built on the previous one. Now I have great training which I am going to test empirically in a Psy. D. program given by the same university.  It is 4 more years of study minimum to gain that credential which will prove to those who were allopathically trained in mental health that they could do a lot better for their patients especially those who are fragile and dealing with the number one mental health killer of anorexia by integrating hypnosis and neuro-linguistic programming into their healing protocols. 

It is my firm belief that the older we get the more important it is for us to have constructive projects that are meaningful to us. Certainly, for those of us who love what we do for a living, retirement is out of the question.  Rather it is a matter of figuring out the next phase of the work to be done. In my case, it is training others in the healing protocols I have found to help anorexics and bulimics fully let go of their negative thoughts and behaviors by facilitating life-giving thoughts and behaviors based on developing self-love and self-respect along with a compelling future that is more important to them than keeping their old dysfunctional ways. 

I also have found that living among people who are unconditionally loving and caring brings a bright attitude toward life. It does not matter that we can’t speak one another’s language, Google Translate does the job most times along with some sign language. When necessary someone can always be found who speaks English to help with the translation. 

What I am sharing with you here is a way to come into the New Year creating a life that works for you. Not for those who have placed demands on you, but for you based on your values and interest in this life. The only person who can determine what works best for you is you.

What I found is that the less I own and the less I have to take care of the more flexible my life is to fit what I care about most. I also have to admit that traveling the world to many countries that are as different from the US as possible has given me a much broader understanding of where I want to fit in this world. 

I do not have any plans of returning to live in the US again, it is much less expensive with much better food and attitudes in other places in the world. However, if there is a good enough reason to bring me back to the US I will make that decision at that time because one never knows what opportunities can be had till they arise. I am a firm believer in taking every opportunity that I can especially if I find it a bit scary. Because this is where growth occurs. And, if one is not growing one is dying which is why it is important to always have audacious plans especially as one comes to the last half of one’s life. 

I wish you a significant upgrade in your life for the New Year by being sensitive to what your inner guidance is guiding you to do next. 

Suzanne 

Dec 28 2023

What Happens When a Person is Place on Psychotropic Medication They Do Not Need – A Case History? Vol. 658 – December 28, 2023

This client has been working with me for the past two years. Two years longer than my usual clients most of them healed within 3 to 4 longer sessions. However, you will see this is a special case.

At a very young age, my client was placed in a figure ice skating competition. Her mother wanted her to be active, not gain weight. Her mother was taught by her mother to never be overweight because a woman must never have large breasts or big buttocks because that is thought to be ‘gross’ in her family.

My client went on to win some state competitions in ice skating during her teen years, never enjoying it, but doing it to please her mother. It was during this time that she was first placed on amphetamines to keep her weight down.

She was bullied throughout high school and acted out by punching her bullies in the face, showing them that this behavior was not going to be tolerated by her.

When she was 17 she was placed on Adderall and a mood stabilizer being told that she had ADD and bipolar. She found herself constantly talking, aggressive, and unhappy.

At the age of 17, she decided to become a professional singer. She had vocal lessons working out all the time, and taking more weight loss medication to keep her body svelt for the music videos and live performances necessary for the industry standards during this time. This was dictated by her manager.

Also at 17, she got involved in what would be a chain of abusive boyfriends one worse than the next. It was a very difficult time for her because she could not understand why she was being yelled at and beaten up by these guys who ‘loved’ her. Three years ago she got involved with an abuser who strangled her on 4 different occasions. Right before COVID hit, she was to go on her first singing tour something she had worked hard to realize. The one thing she had been living for was abruptly taken away as the world closed down. She was so angry at the world, and so depressed given everything she was experiencing.

About a year later she called me to help her because she was ready to kill herself and knew she needed some help.

After we cleared all the trauma she went through regaining a true sense of herself she decided that she wanted the guy who strangled her, an illegal alien who did not even belong in the US to be convicted and in prison, then deported for the harm he had done to her. So, she decided to continue services with me having to tell her gruesome story repeatedly.

She was coming down with infections her weight too low to function and with this the realization that she did not need any of her medications choosing to go off all of them. She also realized that her negative behavior was due to the abuse.

Since then she is no longer overtalking, no longer stressed out, and is much calmer. She never needed to be medicated. All she needed was to heal her trauma and get justice.

Dec 21 2023

Where Does Happiness Come From? Vol. 657 – December 21, 2023

Many people want to know what makes them happy, believing that reaching one’s goals regardless of what they may be, will do the job. However, this is not the case as I have learned from those who are a lot smarter than I am over the years.

Those who have come to make incredible wealth gain much more happiness from giving it away. I have heard this on many occasions when billionaires have been interviewed on this topic.

The other thing that is really important is to be doing work that you are interested in doing and find fun. The reason someone like Warren Buffet is still investing is because he finds it fun playing the game of investing. The reason I will never retire is because I love the work that I do – all of the creative and analytical aspects of it work to make it fun and endlessly interesting.

I speak about one’s environment a lot on this page because this too is something that comes up a lot both in my reading and listening to those who study the subject. Plus, I have found for myself my environments were integral to either making me truly miserable or really happy both personally and professionally. When an environment did not work out, I walked away.

There is a way to live one’s life to bring happiness and that is by being willing to do what many will not. That is by assessing how you are spending your time, with whom you are spending your time, how you are gaining your income, and how you are utilizing your income.

It is also important to live without regrets for poor decisions made because we all make them. It is all part of learning how to live life. It is also important to do all those things you desire to do and stop making excuses and rationalizations about why you can’t do them. I have written many times in these posts that I never allowed an interesting or fun opportunity even if it scared the hell out of me, to get away from me. The gift of doing that gave me immense satisfaction, meeting amazing people doing amazing things all over the world, and learning that I am much more capable of doing things I did not believe I was because I stretched myself to learn how to do them. And, by doing those things I grew a lot!

It is also important to figure out what parts of yourself you love so you will take better care of yourself. This sense of self-love will also give you a sense of self-respect. So, you will no longer worry about what others think about you and instead will take your time and income to focus on how you can make others’ lives better because when one feels good about one’s self, one will always work to make others’ lives better. It is those who are miserable who are always looking to tear others down regardless of the amount of money and expensive toys they may own.

Being much more intentional in life is how one is able to become much happier. It helps to be willing to clear out all those out-lived defense mechanisms that run your life, and it helps to forgive those who you feel harmed you, which is a foundational piece of all the work I do with all my clients who have experienced traumas that have decreased their sense of happiness even after they have made all the changes suggested above.

Dec 14 2023

Stressor of Being Overly Booked Up – Vol. 656, December 14, 2023

I came across a very well-written post by author Jeff Goin speaking about a problem that stresses out so many people in the US and other Western countries but is never really addressed.

What is that subject: Being overly booked with all the responsibilities parents in particular face. Their children are enrolled in many extracurricular activities. Some parents own their businesses and are also home-schooling their kids.

This manner of living is not helpful to anyone who is involved.

Yes, children need to have activities to learn basic ideas like engaging in activities they enjoy. This is only learned by trying out a lot of them best while young. They also learn to persist in achieving long-term goals to counter the impulsive tendencies all social media is based upon wrecking their brains’ ability to wait for an outcome. They learn to act as human beings who need socialization to grow up to be healthy adults.

However, humans also need downtime for rest and repair Constantly running around till one drops down into bed is a great means to bring on disease from the increased cortisol and adrenaline into the body that comes with this endless running around till exhaustion.

We humans need time for self-reflection to figure out what truly matters to us in life. Each of us with a different result if we just allow ourselves time to reflect each day. I prefer to do this in the morning with journaling. I get out all the crap that is stuck in my subconscious mind from the previous day and with that cleared out my subconscious mind allows me to figure out what I want to concentrate the largest effort on for the next few years.

For thousands of years, the Kabbalists have been teaching that our life is to serve others by filling their vessels with our talents, knowledge, and interests bringing others to a better place in the process. They call it ‘channeling God’s work’ which I believe is a beautiful way to practice spirituality. Other religions share this idea as I found out during a conversation with another professional on Alignable, though I forgot what religion she practices.

So, my questions to you today are simply this:

Are you ready to address this madness of compromising your health by running yourself into an early grave?

Are you willing to demonstrate some balance between being and doing for your children and others in your life?

I can promise you that if you do not, poor health be it physical with the development of cancer and/or autoimmune disease cropping up to stop you in your tracks, mental illness in the form of heightened anxiety often leading to depression, and/or depression.

After 30+ years as a practitioner in healthcare, I can promise you that this is the end that you can expect if you do not slow down and take time for rest and relaxation for your body’s renewal. I know that you all know this intellectually, and yet, you ignore it as your body and mind are screaming for you to just slow down…way down!

Dec 07 2023

What are Some Steps One Can Take To Overcome Addictions? Vol. 655 – December 7, 2023

You know there are many types of addiction out there. The Kabbalists speak to those addictions of things such as: always thinking you are right, believing that others owe you, believing that you are more important than you are, etc.

What I have found in my hypnosis practice, understanding that it is our mind that creates our illusion of what we feel reality is – that is most important in letting go of any addiction.

One needs to know that there is a cause for the addiction – some sensitizing event that caused enough pain (emotionally usually, however with the increase in opiate overdoses, one has to include physical pain as well). There is a purpose to holding on to the addiction, like not having to deal with negative emotions, negative self-talk, etc. And, then one needs to make up one’s mind that the addiction is not really helping them, but slowly killing them. So, one needs a ‘compelling future’ that is more important to them on a visceral strongly felt level, than holding on to the secondary gains of having the addiction (not feeling those feelings or not having those negative thoughts) to let the addiction go. One’s mind is the most powerful tool one has, and it is very sad that kids are not taught how to employ it for their health, well-being, and sense of purpose which brings fulfillment and contentment in life.

Nov 30 2023

Are You Using Your Life Up, Or Is It Using You Up? Vol. 654, November 30, 2023

Many people would consider living alone in a foreign country where one does not know the language making communication difficult to be rather lonely.

Well, to tell you the truth, when one knows how to occupy one’s time one will not be lonely. However, there is much to be said about being able to spend one’s time doing what one wants to do at any given time without having to worry about what is expected by someone else or even the culture itself.

Though, yesterday while I was on the computer during a session with a client the grandkids of the owners were standing on a stool outside my window where the balcony is located. I had the door open to allow fresh air in. The kids were wanting to interact with me. So, after the session, I went outside to interact with them. The boy who I think was around 7 or 8 years old spoke perfect English. The little girl who looked to be 4 or 5 years old spoke zero English. It was a fun 20 minutes or so out in perfect weather till their parents were ready to take them home.

But, that is not the point of this post. For that, I need to tell you about a video I was just watching of a billionaire or so he claims who had bought all the fancy expensive items that one who makes a ton of money is supposed to buy living in the US – a huge house that comes with all the taxes, repairs, and staff to keep it all up, a fancy car that is hard to drive anywhere fearful of being in an accident in it, and expensive to upkeep, and the fancy watches and suits.

You know what? He got rid of all of it and lives in a place with a stand-up desk and a bed and that is all. He concentrates all his time and energy on his businesses because he has found that this is where his greatest enjoyment comes from and everything else is a distraction.

Now, anyone who knows me personally knows that I do enjoy some of the finer things in life. However, what I have come to realize is that stuff can be a burden. In fact, as those of you who follow my writing here know, I need to leave Albania for 3 months and then I can come back for another year on another tourist visa.

One of the things that I need to deal with is what to do with the stuff that I do not want to take with me because I do not want to pay extra fees for heavy baggage for the short flight from here to Serbia. So, even with the relatively small amount of personal stuff I have with me, it is now more than what I could bring with me given the new stuff that I bought while my Godson was here visiting in April. So, stuff can be a burden.

I am going to see if I can just leave the stuff I do not need here knowing that I am returning here. I do not think that will be a problem since I will be staying for another year upon my return – but it is just an example of what a pain having stuff can be.

The other point this entrepreneur made was that it truly does matter what one is doing to make an income. He had been a part of a company with partners which was how he made his money, but received zero fulfillment from the work involved. He wanted out and just walked away. He did not ask to be bought out, he just left and went off on his own to concentrate on creating businesses where he cared about what he was doing for his clients.

It is not an easy road, to go out on one’s own to create something out of nothing. Yet, that is where all the fun and excitement comes from, when one is doing something that matters in this world. And, to tell you the truth I would never be able to be employed by another person this late in my life because I have seen the stupid manner in which businesses especially where people are dependent on knowledge, insight, and compassion are necessary to do much more harm than good over the years. No thanks!

You may not be a person who needs the type of independence that the gentleman whose video I watched requires, but you are indeed a person who would be best served doing work that matches your values in a workplace that respects your contribution.

Never be fearful of taking the steps to breathe into your life by doing those things that you believe in. Yes, there will be missteps along the way, but that is also where the greatest fulfillment comes by overcoming them and growing in the process, finding out what you are made of – much more than perhaps you are giving yourself credit for at the moment never having tested yourself…it this applies to you.

Take some time to think about these ideas because life is short…it goes by quickly…and you want to know that you used up your life instead of it using you.

 

Nov 23 2023

The Influence of Hypnotism on Our Bodies – Vol. 653, November 23, 2023

The Physiological Influence of Hypnosis on Our Bodies

“Research into the physiological influence of hypnosis has experienced a renaissance with the advent of psychoneuroimmunology. Reduction in cancer-related pain, immune regulation, and lowered stress are all benefits attributed to hypnotic interventions.”

I have been a practicing hypnotist for the past 20 years able to help those patients that the allopathically trained practitioners could not. Many of the clients that I have helped over the years have suffered horrendous traumas, though that is not true of all of them. Some just needed one to find the cause of the problem and help them heal it like the very young 61-year-old anesthesiologist who had insomnia. He had all the usual sleep tests and nothing was found physiologically to be problematic. Yet, he had not gotten a really good night of sleep in over 30 years. It turned out in his case that he had been interrupted from his sleep so many times during the 3 residencies he had completed that his body did not feel safe going to sleep.

Or the 42-year-old woman who had excruciating pain in her stomach in which there was no physiological cause based on the report from her doctor and no obvious emotional issue based on the input from her psychologist at one of the best hospitals in the US. In her case, the issue went back to being traumatized starting from when she was 4 years old through her teen years by her father who found many ways to antagonize her emotionally and physically. It was only when we helped her to heal these individual traumas from her past that she was able to finally let go of the stabbing pains in her stomach.

You see, our subconscious mind holds so many events in our minds and we cannot reach many of them on the conscious level which is the manner in which medical care is given. So, how is a patient to heal? The answer is that in most cases they never do take medications many of which are of negligible help if the truth be known because though the symptoms may be lessened, the underlying problem still remains.

Here is the URL for the article in which I took the quote at the beginning of this post for your own education:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/hypnosis-and-fear-4188587?utm_source=Health&src_src=Health&utm_campaign=health-2022-10-16&src_cmp=health-2022-10-16&utm_medium=email&est=ptudP1zrQFkPKsWjPM0%2FbF%2FQTgjFouXlfmJYNvxn0sITBXgDmJ2NEa0m0bynsWT5WGh9hhse

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