NOW Mind Body Healing

  This article explores the interplay between four therapeutic modalities—Narrative Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Inner Child Healing, and Therapeutic Imagery (or Guided Visualization)—emphasizing how an eclectic, holistic approach can offer a powerful toolkit for personal transformation. While each method appears distinct, they share a core similarity: helping clients reshape their personal narratives for healing and growth. In the field of mental health, therapeutic approaches often look distinct at first glance. Narrative Therapy, for instance, focuses on re-authoring an individual’s life story to empower new perspectives, while hypnotherapy uses deep relaxation to access the subconscious for behavior modification and healing. Yet, despite their varied methods, these approaches share a common goal: fostering self-discovery, healing, and empowerment. Narrative Therapy , pioneered by Michael White and David Epston, encourages clients to separate their identity from their problems, viewin...

In the world of mental health and well-being, the expectation that practitioners should be "fully healed" before helping others is both common and contentious. While self-awareness and personal growth undeniably enhance a practitioner's ability to support clients, the notion of reaching a state of complete healing is often unrealistic. The following explores briefly the complexities of this idea, unpacking the phrase “Physician, heal thyself” and examining the difference between striving for perfection and embracing an ongoing journey of self-improvement. By addressing the balance between personal growth and professional effectiveness, we’ll look at why empathy, resilience, and commitment to self-awareness are more valuable—and attainable—qualities for those working in this field. ------------------------------------ The idea that counselors, therapists, psychologists, and other mental health practitioners should be “healed” before helping others is well-intentioned but a...

From an epigenetic perspective, self-doubt often stems from deeply rooted, inherited or environmentally triggered patterns linked to early experiences and childhood conditioning. This model suggests that our environment—parental messages, cultural norms, and formative social interactions—can activate genes linked to anxiety or low self-esteem, thereby influencing our thoughts and behaviors. A psychologist or coach may observe that self-doubt in adulthood can be a residual effect of these early activated patterns, where certain "scripts" of inadequacy, rejection, or conditional love remain subconsciously reinforced. Inner child healing can be particularly effective, as it allows clients to revisit and compassionately reframe those formative experiences, offering the "inner child" an opportunity for understanding and emotional release. This can help clients neutralize limiting beliefs formed early on, effectively "rewriting" the origin of their self-doubt...

Why is it so easy for so many of us to feel stuck? Are you feeling stuck? At work, at home, in relationships, with our finances, our health condition? Whatever the situation may be – we have all been there, have we not? Most people, at some point, feel trapped by patterns of thought, behavior, or circumstance. Why is it so easy to get stuck, and more importantly, how can we break free from these cycles? Much of what makes us feel “stuck” stems from social conditioning and past experiences, which form the foundation of our self-concept, behaviors, and beliefs about the world. This conditioning is woven into our lives through various societal messages, social expectations, and life experiences, which all contribute to how we perceive our potential and limitations.   Social Conditioning and the Roots of Limitation From early childhood, we are bombarded with social norms and expectations that shape our understanding of what is acceptable or achievable. For instance, messages ...