Back to the Future Moments
When Marty Wakes Up
Remember in the movie Back To The Future when Marty wakes up the next day? He goes downstairs and is shocked by what he sees. His parents are now cool, his sister and brother are wearing business attire, and they have a nice house. Has this ever happened to you where you’re in a situation and suddenly it changes? I’ve had this experience many times. I call them “Back-To-The-Future” Moments.
This has been happening since I started working with Dr. Terrie Hope. I would do a session about a situation, and when I went back to it, it had changed. I don’t know how it happens, but it does. It’s like changing tracks, and it’s fast.
When Nothing Worked for Anxiety
It all started around my 40th birthday. I developed anxiety. I was anxious all the time about every little thing. It was hard to go anywhere or do anything except work. I tried everything under the sun to feel better. I studied mindfulness and meditation and read every personal growth book out there. I spoke to therapists, rabbis, priests, naturopaths, and acupuncturists. I got my amalgam fillings out, had my house wired so I wouldn’t need Wi-Fi, and put EMF-protection blinds on the windows. I tried yoga, Feng Shui, and prayer. I was determined. When I think back now, it’s almost humorous, but it wasn’t funny at the time.
Enter Dr. Terrie Hope
A friend suggested I take one of her classes. It was great. I told her about my anxiety, and I had several physical issues that were happening because of the stress. She said she could help.
I started working with her and started getting clear of the stuff that was causing the anxiety; it wasn’t therapy or mindset work, it was something entirely different. It was like taking a magic eraser and poof, the thing that was so upsetting in the past had no charge anymore. I started feeling better, and some physical symptoms started to disappear as well.
The work with Terrie internalizes the change so it becomes part of who you are. Not something you need to think about. It’s not cognitive.
My LinkedIn Story
Around that time I started working with Terrie, I was using LinkedIn to sell my online courses. It suddenly stopped working. I contacted LinkedIn tech support, and they said no one else was having this problem and that everything should be working fine, but it wasn’t. I called a few tech experts, and nobody could figure it out. I was pretty panicked; my business depended on this, so I booked a session with Terrie.
What came up in the session was “fear of success,” and that I was the one who was stopping LinkedIn. We spent one hour clearing stuff around “fear of success,” and one hour later, LinkedIn worked again! It was unbelievable. I realized then that we are stopping ourselves in so many ways that we have no idea about. Most people don’t know what’s holding them back. It’s not conscious. The work with Terrie internalizes the change so it becomes part of who you are. Not something you need to think about. It’s not cognitive.
Unwinding the limitations of the past
I’ve discovered that life can be so much greater and I can make choices without the limitations of the past holding me back.
And as for anxiety. I’m good now. If I have the odd day where I’m not good, I know there is something under the covers that I need to look at. My life has changed a lot. All my relationships have improved; I enjoy life more; I have greater appreciation for food and beauty and nature; I sleep well every night, and I feel much healthier. I’m now aware of the endless possibilities that are out there.
Terrie is busy travelling the world. Lecturing, teaching new methods for stress and burnout, performance, age-reversing and regeneration, speaking and doing research studies on how the brain works.
I’m going after more all the time, and have some things I want to change and get unstuck about. I’ve convinced her to facilitate a program called “Changing Tracks” for 3-days of her precious time. It’ll be live in Toronto or online. I’ll be taking that class for sure. Maybe you’d like to join me?
Is there something you’d really like to change but haven’t been able to so far?
