Series – Future Self Journal – 20B – Holistic Therapy

My future self will look back at today and smile. Iyanla would be proud too, I did the work! Had a deep convo with someone very important to me. I have come a long way in the past decade. I have things to atone for (don’t we all) and have begun my apology and amends tour. I am blessed that people I care about are receptive and open to the fact that I am changing for the better. I am amazed, every time, how kind and open-minded the humans in my world are. I chose my people well, and heartened that I no longer think I didn’t. I can SEE now.

Everybody’s Bill Comes Due. I am making those payments.

I credit part of the successes I am having on my Future Self Journaling work. Traditional psychotherapy requires a deep dive back into your past and examining patterns and rehashing possibly very painful experiences. For someone with OCD – Intrusive Thoughts – and Anxiety? It’s not the best type of therapy for me. What I love about holistic therapy, Future Self Journaling and Dr. Nicole LePera in particular, is that she begins where you are. It doesn’t require me to rehash a damn thing. Sometimes something will sit in my head and derail where my thoughts should be. I am given simple tools to witness and reframe behavior in the moment. Plus the journaling, which functions (for me) as a witnessing and habit replacement exercise.

More on my holistic therapy experience once I have more work and results to share.

Grateful for:

1. No snow for a while. No ice either!

2. MIL didn’t drop off a ton of cookies as we are watching what we eat more these days. I appreciate her restraint a great deal.

3. That my mini-cookies are going over well with the people I shared them with. I baked half batches and made the cookies smaller. I also gave away most of the cookies.

4. I gained weight Friday and Saturday, binged like crazy. But back on track, not just today but my weight dropped both Monday and Tuesday morning after eating better the past few days. The week before Christmas? I am amazing!

5. My blood pressure is down too after a spike a few days ago. I sound like an old lady yet honestly, who doesn’t track damn near everything the body does? Ok, maybe I am too young for all the tracking but whatevs.

See Also: https://8thdeadlysin.org/prompts-for-your-future-self-journaling/