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What I really think of the Release Technique!

Well friends, it’s been waaaayyyyy  too long since I’ve written. I apologize, I’ve been reflecting on what I’ve learned, practiced and experience the past few years. 

I've been meaning to update my blog in regards to the Release Technique in particular. The gains I experienced were all from the Release Technique and feng shui. Because I had such terrific gains, I decided to delve deep. I set aside months to "dig in the dirt" so to speak because this is what Larry Crane of the Release Technique teaches. WHAT A MISTAKE! My dad and I both discovered that if you keep digging in the dirt, then you will not only find dirt but start manifesting negative situations in your life. Plus, I felt depressed and lethargic. The Release Technique (RT) is absolutely wonderful if you are feeling resistance or negativity, however, I would not use RT to go digging around for emotions and feelings that aren't easily coming to the surface. In my opinion, Larry really missed the mark on Lester's teachings here. My longtime spiritual teacher (who I have the utmost respect for and who has a very high level of integrity) confirmed that one should not be dwelling on negative things.

I think the biggest thing missing from the Release Technique is the focus on love and appreciation. Those big gains I experienced were a result of something I was doing intuitively. I would release on a specific thought, and then send a strong feeling of love out into the universe. Most people who have had extraordinary gains were focusing on feelings of love.  One of the RT teachers received a $45 million dollar gain simply by releasing and sending love to everyone in her life starting from childhood.

I would recommend using the RT if you have any negativity or resistance present. Otherwise, I would completely focus on feelings of love and appreciation. It feels much better too! After I started practicing this again, I've started to experience big gains again. Shakti Gawain's book "Creative Visualization" has many of the exercises that I was doing intuitively that brought BIG results.

I wish you well on your journey!

Jessica

 

In case you missed the point, you must let go of your negativity if you want to be healthy, happy and abundant. Now is the time to move into positive thinking.

According to the Release Technique, there are 4 ways people handle their feelings—they either hide, vent, cope, or let go of them.

When you hide (or suppress) your feelings you are pushing them down so that you don’t have to deal with them. This is the most common and the most destructive thing you can do and it can have some very harmful emotional and physical effects. It’s like when you keep shoving the laundry into the hamper—continually packing it down so that you don’t have to do it. Does it get rid of the dirty laundry? No. Does the laundry clean itself? No. What happens is that you end up spending an entire day (or weekend) doing the damn laundry. You don’t want to spend the rest of your life doing your “emotional laundry” do you? No, I didn’t think so.

The second way people handle their feelings is to vent or express them. I’m sure you are all familiar with this one—someone does something to piss you off, so you end up screaming at him in the office kitchen. The sound ricochets off the walls, your co-workers delight in the new office-gossip. Sure, you may feel a little bit of relief but it is only temporary. And not only do you not feel any better, but now the person you yelled at is pissed off too. The anger becomes an office epidemic. I worked in an office like that once. The owner would scream obscenities at people. Her anger filtered down to every single employee.

The third way to handle feelings is to cope or escape from them. You might watch TV, have a drink, eat, smoke, etc. On the surface you may feel better but those negative feelings lie hidden, working their perverse little magic on you. Before you know it, 10 years have gone by and you are 30 pounds heavier, have high blood pressure and you still don’t like your mother. Cookies don’t solve problems. Period.

And of course, the last way to deal with feelings is to let them go. THIS IS THE HEALTHIEST AND MOST BENEFICIAL WAY TO DEAL WITH NEGATIVITY.

How do you let go of negative feelings? There are many successful ways to do this. Some of my favorite methods include the Release Technique, the Sedona Method, I’O, EFT, acupuncture, and meditation.

Dr. John Diamond has an absolutely phenomenal book called “Life Energy.” Many of his beliefs coincide with Lester Levenson’s and Louise Hay’s teachings. Namely, that negativity will take its toll on you. It not only makes you feel awful but it can actually make you physically ill. You must transmute your negative feelings into positive ones. Here is what Dr. Diamond says about transmutation:

“Transmutation is surrendering the negative state and turning around into the positive—instantly, harmlessly, inexpensively, and without outside intervention. To do this, you do not need a psychiatrist. You just need to have the will and desire to give up the negative and come forward into the positive.”

Get that? Life is a decision. You must make the decision to feel better. Then decide on a method and do it.

Here are some useful resources for learning to let go so that you can be happy, healthy and abundant:

John Diamond - “Life Energy”

John Diamond’s philosophy is quite extraordinary. He believes that an underactive thymus gland leads to energy imbalances, emotional and mental problems and disease. What are the causes of an underactive thymus gland? Yep, you guessed it—negativity. You can activate your thymus gland through positive affirmations and acupressure. I love his book and use it all the time.
Check out his "Life Energy" book here.

Louise Hay – “You Can Heal Your Body”

Louise Hay is the goddess mother of positive affirmations. She has an amazing book called “Heal Your Body” which links the emotional and mental states of mind to physical illness. She is the real deal, not some capitalistic “self-help guru” trying to make a buck. She even cured her own ovarian cancer. This book is an absolute must-have.

She has a delightful movie too.

Lester Levenson – “The Ultimate Truth”

Where has this guy been all my life? He is the founder of the Release Technique. But even more importantly, he is an amazing Master. This tiny little book is so incredibly valuable and inspiring. 
Check out "The Ultimate Truth" book here.

Faster EFT with Robert Smith

Robert has developed a quicker and easier eft (emotional freedom technique) method for letting go. Basically by tapping on energy meridians and stating positive affirmations, you can clear away any stuck energy. As my dad says, it’s a great way to immediately let go of any “stinkin’ thinkin’.”
Check out faster eft on youtube.com

I’O - Laurie Grant

I have worked with Laurie for over 13 years. She is a profound healer and teacher. Under her instruction and guidance, I have become a successful and powerful healer, intuit, and teacher myself. Her I’O series allowed me to surrender fully and learn to trust in the universe. For me, I’O proved to be the most powerful step I took on my personal development path.
Check out Laurie's website here.

The Release Technique – Larry Crane

The Release Technique is essential for overcoming any obstacles to getting what you desire. If you really want to let go of some serious garbage, this is the technique for you. It’s so simple too.

Hay House Radio – Soul Coaching with Denise Linn

First of all, if you don’t know about Hay House Radio, you’ve got to check it out. Louise Hay has brought together some of the best spiritual/personal development teachers in one glorious internet radio site. If you ever need a little encouragement or inspiration, Hay House Radio is the place.

My favorite program is “Soul Coaching” with Denise Linn. She does these awesome guided meditations for letting go of things like fear, insecurity, etc. Make sure to check out the archives—you have to pay a membership fee for access to the archives, but it is sooooo worth it!

I use ALL of these techniques and credit them with keeping me happy, healthy and sane!

Be well,
Jessica

Tips for panic attacks: the quickest way to get rid of panic or anxiety attacks.

Meditation is wonderful, however when you are in the grip of a heart-pounding, full-blown panic attack the LAST thing you are going to be able to do is sit quietly and silence the mind… I know; I’ve tried.

One of the key tips for panic attacks is to address it immediately. DO NOT wait until you have time. Don’t wait until dinner is over and the kids are put to bed. Don’t wait until it’s Saturday. You’ve got to deal with it NOW!

Fortunately I discovered Robert Smith’s videos on youtube.com featuring his new and improved emotional freedom technique (EFT). It kind of works like acupuncture in that you can clear energy blockages in specific meridians by tapping on acupuncture points. Tapping the energy meridians and voicing positive affirmations works to clear the “short circuit.”

Watch one of his sessions here.

I can be a pretty impatient person, so I am all for anything that is faster, more efficient and easier to do. I LOVE this faster EFT.

Next time you find yourself in the middle of a panic attack or even if you are feeling some negative emotion like anxiety, anger or sadness pull up one of Robert’s videos and follow along. (Just replace the issue the person is working on with your own).

I guarantee you will feel better.

Be well,

Jessica

All you need is love. (Apparently, "The Beatles" had is right.)

Have you ever had one of those moods in which you feel like a fraud? Have you ever felt like maybe you are not who you say you are?

Or have you ever had one of those moments when you simply feel let down by the world? Maybe things don’t work like you thought, and that in fact, the world may be out to get you.

I had one of those moments last week.

I had a rather unfortunate event occur — I received an unexpected bill for $1400. This probably doesn’t sound like such a big deal, but it is to someone like me who was absolutely sure I knew how the world worked, how to get what I wanted, and how to make everything okay.

I believed I had the answers, but I was let down.

I had been using the release technique and feng shui with the same rigorousness as an athlete training for the Olympics. I really believed that these techniques would bring me abundance — in a big way!

When I received that unexpected bill, I honestly felt like I had been sucker-punched by some supreme spiritual trickster — I had been duped.

After what I will only describe as “melodramatic epic” intent on destroying the world, I received some much needed divine guidance.

“Love is the answer.”

So many spiritual leaders teach this message, including Lester Levenson. But I had been using the Release Technique to dig down in my garbage for so long, that I forgot what it was like to have loving thoughts, to be grateful for those things I have and feel compassion and acceptance for the things that I don’t like. It wasn’t until this recent event that I realized I had not been very loving. In a desperate attempt for some peace and sanity, I called the Release Technique hotline.

This is where things get a little weird.

Remember that Release Technique teacher I told you about that received $45 million? Well, I had always wanted to know exactly what she did to get what she wanted. And it just so happens that she was the one who answered the phone that day when I was having my divinely guided emotional breakdown!

Through my desperate sobs, she calmly helped me release my emotional anguish. And then, out of the clear blue sky, she told me exactly what she did to completely change her life in just a few months.

Are you ready?

She simply woke up at 5AM and released for a couple hours on every single person in her life starting from her first memory. She would release what she didn’t like and then send that person love and approval. She focused on getting rid of all non-loving thoughts.

That’s it.

So for all of you desperate souls out there relentlessly digging down in your garbage — I have some wonderful advice courtesy of Rob Breszny:

“I think you’re ready to stand up and reclaim your power from the soul-sucking influences that have been swindling you. But you don’t have to turn this showdown into a melodramatic epic that brings down the house or blows up the world. In fact, I think it’s better if you stay low-key as you transform the dynamics that have been grinding you down. The adjustments may be nowhere near as major as you imagine. Why? Because most of what you need to do is make shifts in your own attitude. The necessary changes in outer circumstances will arise naturally once you’ve done that.”

In other words, all you need is love. Transmute everything into love. Especially the things you don’t like.

Be well,

Jessica

“Why don’t I get what I want, damnit?”

Well, if you’ve been following this blog then you know that I am not a millionaire yet.

I’ve spent weeks releasing on what I thought were all of my aversions and attachments to money. I’ve had some amazing breakthroughs—so why the hell haven’t I struck the mother load yet?

I think I’ve discovered the answer.

My dad recently got back from a release class and learned that many of our serious hang-ups—the things that keep us from getting exactly what we want—hide out in our aversions. Aha!

I had been working on my goals and eliminating any obstacles that keep from achieving them. I had gotten so darn good, that it was never a question in my mind of whether or not I would get a million dollars, it was only a question of when.

You want to know a good way to check and see if you have any aversions hiding out in the deep, dark crevices of your subconscious? Imagine never reaching your goal. Never ever. Can you still feel peaceful and happy then?

You know what happened to me when I tried this exercise? I imagined the possibility of never receiving a million dollars. I took it even further and imagined living the rest of my life in utter poverty. And out of the clear blue sky (or rather the dark pit of my mind) my ego announced that it would rather die than live without abundance.

Whoa! That seems stupidly extreme. I never knew how attached I was to getting what I wanted… unbelievable. I felt like a two-year old who believes it’s the end of the world because I didn’t get the pink lollipop.

Well, now I know why I hadn’t received a million dollars yet—I had a slight (*wink*) aversion to being broke. I’ve literally been pushing abundance away.

You’ve got to be hootless about your goal. It must be okay whether you get it or not.

Several of the Release Technique teachers have proven this by becoming multi-millionaires. One teacher even received $45 million dollars and still runs her own business and volunteers a ridiculous amount of time to helping others.

So, could you be happy and peaceful even if you don’t get what you want? Could you?

5 things you can do right now to attract the mate of your dreams… free romance tips for the romantically challenged.

If you’ve given up on this whole love thing and resigned yourself to life of romantic comedies from Netflix, don’t despair! There are some things you can do right now to start attracting your perfect romantic partner.

1. Learn to love yourself. I know, I know… this is probably the most trite and tired romance tip out there. You wanna know why? Because it is crucial and no one seems to take it very seriously. Most people would rather hire a psychic to find their one true love than look in the mirror and say (in honesty), “I love you.” No one will truly love you if you don’t love yourself. It seems Stuart Smalley was actually onto something.
   
2. Be open to receiving love. Many people say they want a romantic relationship, but when the opportunity actually comes knocking at their door they sabotage it faster than a politician can flip flop opinions. I have a friend who will psychoanalyze, diagnose, and dump a guy before or during her first date. Guess what? She is single and about to turn 40. She is not open to receiving love. You can open yourself up to receiving love by loving yourself, being loving towards others, and expressing gratitude for the love that does show up in your life.
   
3. Let go of wanting love. Wanting is a sure-fire way to repel love. Wanting is a distinct feeling of not having. If you want love, then you most certainly feel and know that you don’t have it. Wanting is better than a bad case of body odor at fending off any romantic prospects. Let go of wanting love.
   
   
4. Use feng shui to enhance your love life. Everything is energy. That means that you are connected to the energy in your home. If your home has a positive, uplifting flow of energy, then you are more positive and uplifted. Consult the feng shui bagua map and locate the part of your home that corresponds to love and relationships. Make sure this area has positive energy and beneficial enhancements. Still not sure about this whole energy thing? Why not just give it a try; what do you have to lose? I’ve had great success with the feng shui bagua.
   
5. Use your home as a metaphor for the love you wish to create. Many psychologists believe that everything in the unconscious seeks an outward manifestation. Therefore, if you want to discover your subconscious dreams, fears, and beliefs, look around your home. On the flip side, every object in your home has an influence on you. Carl Jung called this numinosity.

Basically, your home reflects who you really are now and influences who you will be in the future. If you sleep in a single bed full of stuffed animals, you might discover that not only do you have some unresolved childhood issues but that you certainly don’t have any room for a romantic partner in your life. Make your home a symbol of your intention to attract love.

If you want more information, please visit “Easy feng shui love and romance tips.” and “Free relationship advice for attracting perfect relationships and improving existing ones.”

4 simple steps to getting rid of fear and anxiety.

Everyone has fear (everyone that isn’t free, that is). Fear is paralyzing. It keeps us from being and doing what we want. And you want to know the worst part? Most people place a continual emphasis on avoiding what they fear which actually gives the fear complete power and control over their life.

Don’t let fear and anxiety run your life!

These 4 steps are extremely powerful and effective at getting rid of fear.
 
1.    Stop preparing for the worst to happen.
2.    Acknowledge your fear.
3.    Surrender to your fear.
4.    Release your fear.

Visit “the secret to overcoming fear and anxiety” for more details.


1.    Stop preparing for the worst to happen.

The first step to getting rid of fear and anxiety is to stop expecting the worst to happen! What you hold in mind is what you get. Abraham Hicks taught us that.

2.    Acknowledge your fear.

When you choose to acknowledge your fears, you bring them up from the subconscious into your conscious mind where they release instantly.

If you resist your fears, they become even stronger. On the other hand, if you acknowledge their presence and even accept them, then they have less power in your life. 

This was the hardest step for me.

3.    Surrender to your fear.

If you simply surrender to your fears they lose their power over you. It also invites the universe, your higher self, and any other higher power to assist you in being free from fear and anxiety forever.

4.    Release your fear.

Sit down, relax and think of something that you fear. Now ask yourself, “Could I let go of wanting this to happen?” By doing this exercise, you are releasing fear instantaneously.

This may sound ludicrous to you at first glance, but it works! If you are holding in mind what you fear then you are subconsciously creating it. Can you stop doing that?  Can you let go of wanting your fear to appear?

The answer should be a resounding “yes!”

Visit “the secret to overcoming fear and anxiety” for more details.

How to be happy: sure-fire ways to get your smile on.

Start a gratitude journal.
It is impossible to be negative or unhappy when you show appreciation and gratitude — they are completely opposite emotions. It would be like trying to stand up and sit down at the same time. You can’t.

Plus, the Universe absolutely adores gratitude. It’s kinda like when someone cute winks at you while you are waiting in line for your double latte to go — you can’t help but feel the flutter of genuinely good vibes. When you express gratitude you are showering the Universe with heartfelt flattery after which you had better watch out for what author Sera Beak likes to call one big fat “Divine Wink” (that’s a real good thing).

Get a notebook and starting writing at least 5 things you are grateful for everyday. What do you have to lose (aside from a bad case of the grumpies)?

A good old-fashioned gratitude journal is what helped my mom kick a hellacious 35-year addiction to alcohol and enables her to live a joyful, fulfilling life.

Clear your clutter and clean house.
You’re probably wondering what this has to do with happiness, right? A lot! Your outer reality reflects your inner reality and if you have a house full of crap, then you have a mind full of crap.

Clutter and filth do not serve you. They drain your energy and are downright depressing. Read more about clutter control here.

Use feng shui to create a template for happiness.
This relates to the previous tip. Your inner world and outer world are deeply connected. Every object in your home has an influence on you. Make sure your home is conveying the right messages to you.

Your external environment can be a powerful tool for manifesting — especially when you use feng shui in the home. Focus on the creativity and abundance areas of the feng shui bagua. Want some free tips for finding happiness with feng shui?

Read or watch material that makes you laugh or inspires and energizes you.
Remember, you can’t stand up and sit down at the same time — just as you can’t laugh and be depressed simultaneously.

Seems to simple, doesn’t it?

Well, it may be simple but it works! I credit this technique, along with gratitude journaling and visualization for getting me off of automatic and launching me to freedom. When I applied these three techniques, everything came into my life that I needed — teachers, books, classes, jobs, money, love, feng shui, the Release Technique, etc. Read tales from my Pollyanna Wonderland.

Connect with nature.
You don’t have to pull a Thoreau and retreat to an isolated cabin while ranting about the pitfalls of our industrialized society. However, it would behoove you to take a walk, dig your bare feet into the grass, or sit under a tree. Nature nourishes the soul. There is a physiological and psychological need to connect with nature. Living in a denatured environment creates denatured people. So go outside and play!

Practice the Sedona Method, the Release Technique or some other meditation practice that helps you to quiet the mind and find internal peace.
Everyone seeks happiness. Unfortunately, most people seek happiness in outward experiences — which are impossible to control. Are you really gonna rely on your friends, your mother, your cat, your car, your awesome designer handbag to make you happy?

Why would you hand over such an important issue to something so precarious? You must learn to find happiness within — once you do, your external world will automatically reflect your internal state of joy. Here is a quick guide to The Method, the Release Technique, the Sedona Method and Lester Levenson.

The secret to why the law of attraction doesn’t work.

You probably learned about the law of attraction from the movie “The Secret” or Abraham Hicks. Both define the law of attraction as what you hold in mind is what manifests in your reality — like attracts like. If you hold good thoughts in mind, then only good people, experiences, and situations will come into your life.

This is all true. The mind is creative.

The problem is that about 90% of the mind is subconscious — meaning we aren’t even aware of it! 90% of what you are creating in your life isn’t even conscious or intentional. Sure, you may be visualizing, gratitude journaling, and thinking positive thoughts but if you have some serious garbage in your subconscious mind, then you won’t have the power to manifest what you desire.

You must release the garbage from your subconscious mind so that you can manifest what you truly love. (By the way, all garbage emanates from feelings of want and lack.)

Using the Release Technique or the Sedona Method helps put you in the driver seat. It helps you to pull up all subconscious programs so that you can easily let them go — forever. When you are free and clear of all subconscious programming, then you can be, do, or have anything you want.

Don’t believe me? Read some of my gains from applying the Release Technique.

The Cosmic Universe — Super Genius: how feng shui got my butt off the couch.

So this funny thing happened once I learned to surrender to higher levels of energy — I became acutely aware of my surroundings.

Like Fox Mulder sniffing out imperceptible signs of the paranormal, I could tell exactly what kind of feng shui adjustments would be necessary to my new apartment in Philadelphia. I also started space clearing in earnestness and got some seriously eerie messages from my home. For instance, when we moved into our apartment I noticed the relationships and love corner was missing from our floor plan. When I space cleared the first time, I got a very unmistakable feeling that the couple that lived there before had a very unpleasant break-up and she had cheated on him. Years later, my neighbor living below us confirmed this hunch by telling me she caught the previous tenant making out with some mysterious guy outside the apartment building and it had caused a brutal separation between the couple. No kidding! Da da daaa dummmm...

While I continued to surrender, I added feng shui enhancements and space cleared my home on a consistent basis. At which point (and pardon the language)… shit happened!

Because the relationships and love corner was missing from our apartment, I paid special attention to that area of the feng shui bagua. I used feng shui cures like mirrors, plants, rose quartz crystals and lots of lights and candles to enhance the area. I also focused on the abundance and prosperity, creativity, career and journey, and fame and reputation areas of the bagua. My intent was to improve my romantic relationship, gain clarity, achieve a more fulfilling and creative career, and attract more abundance into my life.

And then I waited for my prayers to be answered.

One thing I have learned for certain is that the universe always, always, always answers your prayers, but it is never how you expect. Why is this? Is it because the universe is some wily trickster akin to the Mad Hatter out to perpetually confound you? Nope. No way.

Actually, the universe is infinitely wiser and much more resourceful than any mere human mind. The universe always knows what you really desire — the true essence of what will make you happy and allow you to reach your full potential. If you stand back and let the universe work its magic, it will bring everything to your doorstep so that you may become who you truly are.

Originally my intent was to reinvigorate my 13-year relationship with my partner. Instead, the relationship ended, I moved out, and now I am engaged to be married. (Wanna know how I attracted love and my divine partner?)

I also set out to find a job that would be fulfilling and prosperous. Instead, I quit my job, moved back to Colorado and haven’t held a full-time job in 3 years. I also had several experiences that fortified my commitment to go completely free.

When you take one step towards freedom and happiness, freedom and happiness take 10 steps towards you. I would not tell you this if I wasn’t 100% sure this was the truth. I have experienced all the knowledge I share and I give it to you without reservation so that you may go free too.

I am grateful to be able to share my experiences with you.

Be well,
Jessica