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Solution to Weight-loss Problems
Weight-loss: it’s the number one craze and obsession Hale Dwoskin, the New York Times best-selling author of
The Sedona Method believes that the root cause of diet failure is due to issues of guilt and shame. “One of the ways that we unwittingly sabotage our success while dieting, or while trying to achieve and maintain our ideal weight, is with the feelings of guilt and shame. "Most of us have guilt and shame associated with how our bodies look and what we eat or do not eat. In fact most people feel some guilt at every meal even if they are eating what most people would agree is healthy, weight maintaining or even slimming foods,” says Dwoskin. The Sedona Method enables people to understand how they often throw up roadblocks to their own success and happiness, and how they sometimes let negative feelings, set perceptions and previous experiences prevent them from finding joy and lasting contentment in their life. Dwoskin himself believes that America’s obsession with self-improvement may be part of the problem. “Body image is a major issue for everyone,” says Dwoskin “however many carry it to the extreme. No matter how thin, beautiful, smart, etc. that we are, it’s never good enough in our own minds.” For others, falling into the cycle of over eating and yo-yo dieting is most often the direct result of other emotional and psychological issues at play. We allow ourselves to hold onto negative feelings and use food as a crutch or reward.
The Sedona Method helps us break this cycle and learn to release ourselves from emotions that hold us back and cause enormous pain in our lives. " Here is an interview with Hale Dwoskin: "Q. Why do you think people believe that personal growth has to be difficult? Do you really think you've discovered a formula to make it easy? A. We have all been trained to believe that getting ahead requires hard work and that there is no gain without pain. This is just not true. We have discovered that growth can be easy and fun and still produce the results we are all looking for. The Sedona Method is the simplest tool for personal growth that I know of. It does not require any complex, hard-to-remember and duplicate formulas or processes--and you get instant gratification. Q. Can you give us some tangible examples of how this would work in practice? A. In one of the Harry Potter stories, Harry is having the problem of having flashbacks or thinking too often of the death of a friend that he witnessed in the previous book. We all have memories that plague us, things from our life that we regret and which come up to haunt us. With the Sedona Method, handling Harry's problem is very simple. Harry would first notice that he is upset and remember there is something he could do about it. Next he would ask himself if he wanted to change what had happened. This is key: we all hold in mind things about the past that we would like to change; however, there is nothing we can do to change what has already occurred. So, Harry would simply ask himself if he could let go of wanting to change it. Now, this may seem simplistic, but when we let go of our desire to change what cannot be changed, this liberates a tremendous amount of energy that has been locked into the turmoil we feel. Q. Any others? A. A few years ago in one of my seminars, I worked with a man that had been experiencing severe back pain for over two years--so severe, in fact, that he was on a prescription for morphine. We used the Sedona Method first to release the anger he had at himself for having hurt his back, and at his body for causing so much suffering. Then, the Method was used to release the fear he had about how this might continue or get worse. Last, I had him welcome the sensation of pain as best he could, and then also welcome the lack of pain or comfort he was feeling in most of his body. He left the seminar without pain or the need for the morphine. Over a year later, there was still no pain. On a personal note, several years ago I developed a sudden case of severe meningitis that landed me in the critical care section of our local hospital. The doctors were doubtful I would survive or, if I did, make a complete recovery. Instead of just giving up or adding emotional suffering to the physical pain that was coming from the illness, I let go of the fear and upset and actually experienced a profound sense of peace as to whether I would live or die or recover or not--and of course I lived, and I also made a complete and rapid recovery. This was a very powerful example to me of how this process works even in extreme situations. Hale Dwoskin"
Guilt and shame in the subconscious mind show up in yo-yo dieting and binge eating. Guilt and shame are useless, horrible feelings that need to be resurrected, released and sent to the dump. Evy
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