Soul News
THE GETTING THRU TO YOUR SOUL E-MAIL NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER 1, 2003

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CONTENTS

1. Updates: Hypnotherapy School  
2. Helping Others When You Need Help Yourself
3. Upcoming Events & Resources

By Holistic Hypnotherapists & Spiritual Counselors Phillip and Jane Mountrose 

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1. UPDATES  

HYPNOTHERAPY SCHOOL

We will be opening a 150-200-hour certificated holistic hypnotherapy in the San Luis Obispo , CA area beginning this October 11th. More information about this dynamic course and Free introductory evenings can be found on our website, http://www.gettingthru.org, and are listed in the Resource section below or call us at 805-489-9315.  

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2. HELPING OTHERS WHEN YOU NEED HELP YOURSELF  

The following article is an excerpt from our e-book, entitled The Heart and Soul of Being Therapeutic. 

This issue is particularly for those who are involved in healing work. When helping others, you want to consider your training and any related laws in your area.

For those of us who do help others, an uncomfortable question inevitably arises: how can I help someone else when I’m messed up myself? If I’m overweight, have bad habits, relationship issues, fears and phobias, who am I to offer my assistance to someone else?  

From one angle, if you acknowledge certain issues that you have, you are on the road to resolving them. Of course, you don’t want to get paralyzed by your problems. Taking action on yourself means applying the healing techniques you use with others to yourself. Just as people want your help because they know you can help them, so, too, can you help yourself, even if this means seeking out another healer to assist you.  

If we had to be completely healed, issue-free, in order to help others, there would be no healers available. To quote a maxim, “Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.” In fact, trying to be perfect is a blockage itself, indicating that your ego is urging you to be better than others.  

Sometimes during a session, you might feel uncomfortable when the other person brings up an issue that you have not resolved yourself. In some cases, the healing that then occurs will be for both of you. In other cases, you need to refer the person to someone who is in a better position to help.  

“I’M GOOD AT HELPING OTHERS, BUT NOT MYSELF”  

Susan, one of our students, felt that she had already tried so many ways to resolve her issues (regarding weight and relationships), that she questioned her ability as a healer, in spite of the successes that she had. Her limiting belief was “I’m good at helping others, but not myself.”  

Phillip helped her by using a Break Thru Process, as described in our Getting Thru to Your Emotions with EFT book and tapes. This process is great for someone who is ready to transcend limitations, such as quitting smoking or cleaning out their clutter.

Susan felt this stuck energy pattern about being unable to heal herself in her third chakra, feeling powerless and victimized. In the Break Thru process, she moved along a road, which in her case was surrounded by dead grass. She then came to a rustic gate. Before going through this transformative gate, she had the opportunity to do a final cleansing. She threw all her remaining fear, sadness and disempowerment into a purple flame of transformation that burned by the side of the road.  

She then went through the gate. On the other side, the grass was wonderfully green. She also came into contact with a red-orange healing color, as she began to dance along the road. It reminded her of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz skipping merrily down the road.  

Phillip asked her what she now believed about herself. She confidently responded, “I’m a powerful healer, for myself as well as others.”  

FOLLOW UP

Three months later, Phillip asked Susan how she felt about this issue of being limited in helping others because she needed healing herself. She commented that she used hiking to help her continue to integrate the powerful shifts from the Breakthrough Process. She said she had gone hiking regularly, and had not had any accidents, which made her feel healthy and reassured about herself. Previously, accidents and self-esteem issues prevented her from hiking regularly.  

She felt strong in her body, not a victim of being overweight. She also got many creative ideas while hiking. Susan asserted that she now knew on a deeper level that she could heal herself as well as others.    

FINAL THOUGHTS  

So if healing others is part of your purpose, you might find Susan’s story particularly relevant. It might encourage you to do your own Break Thru Process.  

In any event, we all have a need at times to heal ourselves. It is fortunate we are living in a time when so many healing techniques are becoming widely available. Luckily, you don’t have to be perfect before you can help another. Remember that we are all in this thing together, so it’s natural to help others, taking into account your background, training, and the particular situation.  

This article was excerpted from the ebook The Heart and Soul of Being Therapeutic. To learn more about this concise guide to fostering therapeutic relationships, click here. 

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Special Request: Sandy Therry, an EFT practitioner from Australia, is looking for stories about successfully using EFT with children to include in her upcoming book. Send your stories to hellosandy@iinet.net.au

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2. EVENTS & RESOURCES

SAN LUIS OBISPO: 
CERTIFICATED HYPNOTHERAPY COURSE
In San Luis Obispo , California , we will be opening a 200-hour certificated Holistic Hypnotherapy course beginning October 11^th.Visit http://www.gettingthru.org/yhypnos.htm or call us at 805-489-9315.

Hypnotherapy CE units. For those wanting continuing education units, check out our dynamic, advanced courses given in Sacramento November through January on Medical Hypnosis, Advanced Energy Techniques, Working with Difficult Clients and Timeless, Ageless Living. Visit http://www.gettingthru.org, or call us at 805-489-9315.

WALNUT CREEK:
EFT and the Four Levels of Healing
October 19, 1-3:30pm , $20
Unity Center of Walnut Creek , 1871 Geary, 925-937-2191

SACRAMENTO :
Muscle Testing for Body-Mind-Spirit
October 24, 7pm, $8
East West Bookstore, 2216 Fair Oaks Blvd, 916-920-3145

For more information on the BOOKS and TAPES Getting Thru to Your Emotions with EFT and Getting Thru to Your Soul and the spiritual growth program Intuitive Techniques for Getting Thru to Your Soul (six-tape audio with manual program) go to http://www.gettingthru.org/holistic.htm

HOME-STUDY CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS NOW AVAILABLE:  
In response to interest on how to learn more about Spiritual Kinesiology, EFT, Intuition, and True Purpose, we have created four independent study units. There are 36-hour modules for each area and a spiritual counselor program for those who choose to take all the units. Mentoring by us is also available with the independent study courses. We have the details on the Home-Study Modules on our website at http://www.gettingthru.org/acertify.htm or call 805-489-9315.  

To request our NEW FREE E-CATALOG of all of AWAKENING INSTITUTE’S SERVICES (books, tapes, consultations, certification courses, and degree programs), email us at joy@gettingthru.org

Easy Ordering: We now have available secure Online Credit Card Purchases for all our products and certification programs on our website through payments with PayPal, see http://www.gettingthru.org/horder.htm  

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YOUR INPUT

We hope that you find this newsletter of value on your spiritual journey. We want to provide a forum for the expression of those who are focusing on soul awareness and unconditional love, so we are interested in having questions, as well as short inspirational poems, stories, articles and thoughts to share with our readers. We would also appreciate your comments and suggestions on the newsletter and the information we provide. Please send any of the above to joy@gettingthru.org, with your name, city and state, and phone number.

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TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS

We are available to help you with connecting with your soul, with your spiritual journey or any problem you are experiencing in your life. You can find more information about the personal consultations at http://www.gettingthru.org/aconsult.htm.

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SHARING

The genuine and permanent solution to the complex problems we face as a society and as a planet lies in shifting our consciousness and focusing on unconditional love and unity instead of hatred and separation. To assist in reaching this goal, we invite you to share this newsletter with your friends. We welcome all who want to join us in a life focused on joy, love and freedom. Surely, this will put the end to famine, war, devastation of the environment, hatred, and violence of all kinds as humanity unites in a common goal.
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Copyright 2003, Phillip and Jane Mountrose