Cindy asks, “How do I recognize the difference between crying out for help as a survival technique learned from having no mother around with an abusive father versus a mature ‘I am reaching out for some support because I need support here.’”

What a powerful question.

The survival technique would be crying out, “Please help me.  I feel abandoned and abused and I’m just trying to survive.”  It is a victim statement that repeats the same story we tell ourselves over and over, searching for and finding new reasons to believe it yet again.  We’re stuck in an old story from our past.   As we tell ourselves the story, we affirm the problem and thus attract more of that problem to us.

Your recurring story represents the issues, beliefs, and concepts that are blocking you.  The faster you can identify these issues, beliefs, and concepts, the faster you can gain awareness and come into powerful experiences of love and truth.  Becoming aware of what is blocking you is a sign that your soul is ready to clear the underlying causes and is ready for this issue, belief, or concept to be healed.

If you’re stuck spinning around in your story, you’re not aware.  To stop the story, take some kind of physical action. Take a deep breath and even take a physical step backward.  Taking a deep breath is taking an action.  This action can stop the spinning of the story in your mind.

The stories the mind is telling you are not necessarily true.  They are a blend of your beliefs and concepts and some experiences you’ve had.  Minds naturally make up composite stories and as long as you are captured by these stories, you are not in current reality; you are not here now.

Begin to recognize when your mind is telling you a story and focus instead on what is happening now.  Take a deep breath and look at what is true in this moment.  What is the deepest yearning of your soul?

You do not have to be a victim to your story.  Empower yourself by identifying the recurring story when it comes up and stop it: “Here it is again.  I am recognizing that I need help and I have this issue that has captured me before.  I am going to take a deep breathe now and open myself to receive some new awareness.  I don’t want to be stuck anymore.  I am going to do everything I can to gain awareness to stop that behavior.” 

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