Today I am going to speak to what mental health actually is because I don’t believe many people understand it given all the writing by the psychs that complicate it.
Very simply mental health is being contented in life, to the point where other peoples’ actions and statements have no negative emotional impact on you because you have decided that nobody has the right to upset you for any reason whatsoever. It is a choice, we make in each and every interaction that we have both with ourselves in our own mind, and while interacting with others.
How does one get to the point? Well, I believe it is understanding that allowing ourselves to have our minds played with by other people is not something that we are going to allow. Because when another person is able to make you angry with all the ‘injustice’ or ‘unfairness’ they perceive you are allowing this person to impact you in a very negative fashion. Anger begets resentment which begets depression and the downward cycle of ill health from there. It is way too high a price to pay for something that need not negatively affect you.
So, how do we deal with these injustices we see in our lives? We take a positive stand operating from our heart and soul to heal that which needs healing in whatever way we are moved to do so. Not because someone else forced you to feel angry or guilty – NO- you do it because you feel in your heart moved to do that thing that is the correct thing to do.
Is it always easy to do the right thing? Absolutely not. However, when we are coming from the heart, it is being done with the correct energy and becomes helpful instead of destructive to ourselves and those around us. Because, my guess is that you would rather be enrolled in doing something positive with heart and soul, than doing something negative to prove a point – which by the way is always based on one’s perceptions – something that was drilled into my brain here as I learned about the Palestinian side of things by Palestinians and Arabs themselves – people that are not in proximity for these deep conversations from the places in which I have previously lived in the United States – on both coasts at this point.
You see, it is when we are capable of having humility in knowing that there are many things that we do not know or understand that we can open our minds and hearts to others giving us a much larger understanding of the world and the way that it is – and then we can figure out what matters to us enough to do something to provide some positive change. However, it needs to be coming from the right place and that place is never from anger – it always comes from a place of desiring to learn about the other’s perspective and moving into healing from there.
Learning: To have mental health means that we are contented in our own lives. We are able to get out of our own heads and into that of the greater world to understand the perspectives of others from our hearts and soul. It means that we love and respect others instead of making assessments we have no right to make because until we have experienced what they have we can never fully understand – however, humility will take us a long way to healing the wounds that have come between us being willing for a change to care as much about others as we do about ourselves. That is what mental health really means in case you wanted to know.
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Suzanne Kellner-Zinck founded Dawning Visions Hypnosis in 2002, She has become an innovator in the use of hypnotism and neuro-linguistic programming in the areas of obsessive compulsive disorders such as: eating disorders, sexual addiction and substance abuse as well as working with those with anxiety and mood disorders.
Her clients have come to work with her from across the United States and as far away as Africa to help them to finally be freed from these emotional issues that once ruled their lives. Today she is in the process of bringing her work to many more in the form of ebooks and other downloadable formats.
She is a member of American Holistic Medical Association and the American College for Advancement in Medicine.
Prior to founding Dawning Visions Hypnosis, Kellner-Zinck worked within vendor programs for the mentally ill working to help them to live up to their fullest potential. Many of her previous clients were able to move out on their own and find fulfilling work.
Kellner-Zinck is a Certified Trainer of Hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic programing through Tad James Company, Inc. and a Master Hypnotist and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming through Advanced Neuro Dynamics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in education and political studies from Curry College.
Dawning Visions Hypnosis is teaching people that they can indeed leave their unwanted behaviors behind as they move forward to living fulfilling and joy filled lives.
