Why We Devalue Ourselves (But Call it “Fact”)
Most people think devaluation is something that happens to them. Someone criticizes you… ignores you… rejects you… and you feel it immediately. It registers as drama, or even abuse. There’s a clear sense that something “out there” is happening to you. But when you do the exact same thing to yourself… You don’t recognize it […]
Hips Don’t Lie: the Conflict Behind Hip Pain
Audio Recording of Call Notes In January, our topic is self-esteem, and today we’re looking at the special biological program that involves the hips. This program begins with a self-devaluation conflict So the “problem” beneath hip pain is usually: A self-devaluation conflict linked to not being able to assert myself / not getting my way. […]
Did Dr. Jordan Peterson Have Thalamus Conflict?
Notes Not medical advice; we’re not diagnosing anyone today, but we’re going to practice thinking through various ideas and seeing if we discover anything. Especially, could we think of ways that we could help someone to resolve a health problem and feel better, even if nobody has been able to “diagnose” the problem. Dr. Jordan […]
‘I Will Work Harder:’ the Biology of Helper Syndrome
Audio Recording of Call Notes Our theme in January is “self-esteem.” This follows “mental health” in December because, after we connect with reality instead of our own (or other people’s) weird stories about reality, having good self-esteem is the next level of having good mental wellbeing. January is when we examine how and why we […]
The Science of Completing PCL B
Call Recording Audio Recording of Call Notes/Transcript Here’s why not completing PCL B is a problem: relapses – in GNM, this is especially common with self-devaluation conflicts degenerative diseases – Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons, and Multiple Sclerosis or ALS, for example chronic symptoms – again, self-devaluation conflicts are the most typical in GNM, so we see chronic […]
You’re Not Procrastinating. You’re Protecting Your Worth.
Call Recording: Audio Recording of Call Notes/Transcript: Procrastination is a habit – an unconscious strategy, you might say – of putting off unpleasant actions for your Future Self to do. You know there are things you need to do to feel better: confronting a fear making a choice about your future making a change in […]
Why (and How) I Cured My Self-Devaluation
Call Recording: Audio Recording of Call Notes/Transcript: Michelle had requested a topic about: “death/afterlife and the meaning of that in the context of the purpose or value of being alive now.” To start this discussion, what is death/afterlife? From a GNM or GHK perspective, the moment of death is the moment when the individual makes […]
Existential Isolation and the Moment that Saves Your Life
Call Recording: Audio Recording of Call Notes/Transcript: This month in the Quintessence Tribe, our theme of discussion is “self-esteem.” I personally believe that with self-esteem, all things are possible; with self-devaluation, nothing is; and, through resolving and healing our self-devaluation, we increase our self-esteem, making what was impossible into a reality. The problem I want […]
The ‘Divine Hedonist:’ How Pleasure Can be a Tool for Healing
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Being Worthy
Call Recording: Audio Recording of Call Notes/Transcript: Our theme for August in the Quintessence Tribe is “abundance” as it relates to both our physical and our mental/emotional wellbeing. What abundance means in biological terms is “energy:” literal energy, like in physics, and how to have the right amount for ourselves. What is that right amount? […]