Looking For A Quick Fix?
Written by: Claire Michelle Ward, Executive Contributor
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Oh how I have longed for that quick fix, the easy way to change my life and fix my problems. I have been sold many different programs with the promise of it transforming my life, giving me all the things of my dreams, if I just follow the system. So why am I not living my dream life in a villa by the sea? For several reasons…
I believe one of the main reasons is because it takes time. You can’t just snap your fingers and watch all your problems disappear and your dreams manifest in a heartbeat. Not when you have spent years of your life being conditioned to believe certain things about yourself and about the world. Ask, believe, receive is only a part of the solution, it is over-simplifying things.
We have core beliefs about who we are, about what we deserve, about how the world works, about what is available to us and many of those beliefs are limiting beliefs. What I mean by that is they limit us in some way or another, they hold us back. These beliefs are running the show, creating our experience of the outer world. They need to be identified and then replaced with better beliefs, ones that allow us to expand into those ideas of who we want to be and what we want.
Energy healing also comes into play here. We hold things within our energy field that cause us distress and keep us from accessing those desires. When we don’t allow ourselves to feel things fully the energy of those emotions gets stuck. Emotion is an energy in motion which can only move through us to be released, by feeling it fully. Some of these stuck energies are not even from this lifetime, they are from past lives, but that is a subject to be explored another day. That stuck energy plays havoc with our being on all levels, emotional, mental, physical and spiritual. There are many different ways you can release this energy; by yourself using various tools such as physical movement, journaling, EFT (tapping) to name just a few, and of course, with the help of an energy healer. There are many different modalities to choose from, my chosen modality is Reiki but there are other treatments you can have to help release energy.
I also believe we are all different with varying amounts of limiting beliefs, stuck energies, unfelt emotions and healing to do, and of course, our past lives are different for each of us. It may take one person a shorter amount of time than another to move through all they need to shift to be able to manifest their dreams. There is no one rule for all, this is not Lord of the Rings, as in there is no one ring to rule them all. We each are individuals and whilst many tools and modalities will work for many of us, how they work for us, how quickly, and in what way, will be unique to the individual.
There is also another crucial part to this all working out for you, for you to be able to manifest your dreams, for you to create a different life for yourself and to see real lasting change happen: YOU NEED TO PARTICIPATE!! No one can do the work for you. No one can do your healing for you. You can go and see energy healers and yes, they will help you to clear out those stuck energies but, if you just go back to your life, living it in the exact same way that caused the stuckness, guess what? Your life won’t change!! There is no magic cure here. You have to make those changes. You have to learn to take responsibility for yourself, and I mean all of yourself. I know that sounds like a lot, believe me I have looked for the quick fix, the easy answer and it doesn’t exist. It is about looking at where in your life you want things to improve then asking yourself what you need to do to get there. If you don’t know, find someone who can help you, who can start you off in the right direction, that can teach you some tools and techniques to get there. You must learn to manage yourself and take your power back. What do I mean by that?
We give our power away to others all the time, believing they can do for us what we can’t do for ourselves. That is not true!! You can learn the same as anyone else has had to learn, as I have had to learn. I have learned many tools to help manage myself, when things become challenging in my life, I have a whole array of things I can turn to for help. I am an energy healer myself and manage my own energy as well as utilising the help of others. You need to take control, take full responsibility and make the effort.
At the end of the day, this is your life, your shot at happiness, of feeling that bliss and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to be human and feel all life has to offer, the not so happy feelings too. When you learn to do this for yourself, when you learn to empower yourself, that is when you see the big shifts taking shape in your life. You are worth the effort my friend, but it starts with you making that decision and being the one to put in that effort.
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Claire Michelle Ward, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine Claire Ward is a wife, a mum of two beautiful children, a Holistic Empowerment Coach, and a Reiki Master Teacher, who teaches people to identify and let go of their self-judgment and self-criticism, so they can empower themselves and their families, leading them all to be emotionally and mentally strong individuals. ‘Only when you learn to love, respect and accept yourself, can you teach others to do the same’ – Claire M. Ward. After more than 20 years of living a life inflicting pain and suffering on herself, and her family, Claire came to the realisation that the power to transform and heal herself was in her own hands all along, leading her on a journey into a new world of self-love and appreciation.
Seeing the transformation in her own life and the impact it had on her relationships, particularly with her husband and children, she realised the processes she used on herself would also work for them, enabling them to support themselves throughout life’s challenges. In that moment her passion and purpose became clear; to use her experiences and skills to guide other people along their individual paths to healing, giving them the skills and techniques needed to support themselves and their families. Claire intuitively helps clients to discover the root of their pain and suffering, before selecting an array of healing tools and techniques specific to the client. This gives them the ability to take their healing power into their own hands and provides them with lifelong tools which can also be passed onto future generations. For those wanting to take a deeper journey into the world of energy healing, Claire runs courses online and in-person in Level One and Level Two Reiki.
