The Inner Guide
Some years ago, I discovered something that amazed me. I had, without realizing it, created a new part of my mind, a very special mental pathway that could help me in many ways. At first I didn't understand how such an entity could come into existence, but over the following few years I developed the theory that explains it. I call it an Inner Guide.
How Does it Help?
It works silently, behind the scenes, to gradually end stress and painful emotions such as anxiety, depression, and irritation. It gradually ends unwanted habits, such as overeating, smoking, and procrastinating. Through its subliminal perceptions, it can protect one from various external dangers and it can protect your health.
Who Can Learn It?
I taught my patients how to create their own Inner Guides, and then taught this to many others in a variety of situations. I have now developed an online video course so that anyone can learn how to do this.
An Example
It has helped me in so many ways, and recently I was thinking about how it revived a dormant pleasure for me. When I was in my teens, I loved jazz and decided that I wanted to become a jazz musician. Typical of unrealistic adolescent fantasies, I wanted to learn to play the tenor sax well enough so that I could play with Duke Ellington's band. And although, as a fan, I received a Christmas card from Duke Ellington for a number of years, that was the extent of my connection with him. And my efforts to become good at playing jazz were in vain. I just didn't seem to have the talent for it. Although I didn't realize it, I had an inhibition, a block, to making music.
After deciding to become a psychiatrist instead, the time and effort involved in realizing that goal left no space for me to continue any serious interest in music. My life became very full with other things: my work and motherhood. Both of these were very rich and satisfying experiences.
But as I was developing the theory that explains the Inner Guide's existence and capabilities, there were periods during which I seemed to be making no further progress. I just had to wait until another moment of inspiration occurred. To keep me from feeling frustrated during these plateaus, my Inner Guide moved me to become preoccupied with other things and one of these was a renewed interest in jazz.
At some point in recent years, I realized that I wanted to learn about music theory so that I could better appreciate what I was hearing, and I now find myself in the hands of not one, but two jazz teachers. Both are professional musicians. One plays tenor sax and teaches theory in a very comprehensive way. The other is a bass player who is a wonderfully skilled arranger. And they are teaching me to play the piano (an excellent way to understand what you are hearing).
One of them (the bass player) recently told me that he and his wife (also a musician) agree that if I had become a musician instead of a psychiatrist, I would have been a good one. What they don't know is that my Inner Guide had succeeded in eliminating the inhibition, the block that I used to have. So now I can fully enjoy listening to, and playing, jazz.
You Can Learn It, Too!
You can read about it at https://emotionalcomfort.com/the-course and decide whether this is for you!
