Time is money
The lives of many professionals are punctuated by deadlines and to do-list, a frantic rhythm between work and home, with so little space for family, friends and spare time. And it can last for years until there is a glitch, a tiny little something and it all collapses.
That’s what happened to one of my clients, Jenny [1]. Hard working mother, stable family, rewarding job. And one day, Jenny could not get up. Her alarm clock rang as usual, 6.20 to be at work by 7.15 but on that morning her body would not follow. Jenny felt paralysed. After a few minutes, she was sort of panicked but managed to get out of bed. She felt completely drained. She rang work and said she was not feeling well and would not come in. Her secretary was most surprised; in 12 years she had never been ill, not even one day. Her only absence had been for pregnancy. The doctor came and after a full examination and a whole load of questions, he concluded that Jenny was suffering of a burn out. He prescribed some drugs and a lot of rest. Jenny was supposed to stay at home for 2 months, at least.
She was totally puzzled (as so was her family). She ate well, slept well and her life was (generally) balanced, no issue with her partner and her daughter was growing up peacefully. As Jenny did not like the drugs she was meant to take, as soon as she had recovered some strength, she went to her naturopath for advice. The naturopath said Jenny should rest, take the drug only if she felt like it and book an appointment with me [2].
When Jenny arrived at my practice, she looked a perfectly healthy and balanced person, but everyone has their cracks. I invited her to sit down and to tell me her story. Jenny was born in a family which was ordinary, except that her parents and grandparents had (very) high expectations for her. Early at school she was considered as talented and mature for her age, promised to a magnificent career in law or finance. Jenny went to university and graduated successfully with honours, she got a job even before graduating and started earning good money. Her career was as great as her school path, just brilliant. She met an artist, fell in love and a few years later a baby daughter joined the happy couple. She was the one putting food on the table while her partner was expressing his art and taking care of their daughter. Everything seemed perfect.
So what? What could have come to shatter this beautiful picture to pieces? When I asked Jenny, she had no idea, so we started digging. I used ThetaHealing™. With her consent, I brought Jenny to a different state of consciousness so that her mental would not interfere with her feelings and her deeply rooted memories.
I asked Jenny “If there is anything you could change to your life today, what would it be?”
“I feel useless”, “I want to help people”, and Jenny started crying. Her whole body was shaking, setting free the emotions. I helped her calm down and she remembered that sometimes during her adolescence, a little voice in her heart would say “you are here to help people” but she would silence it. She could not even remember why she was doing so.
We worked on this during a few sessions, cleaning Jenny’s subconscious from deeply rooted beliefs such as “time is money”, “you must work hard to be successful”, “money does not grow on trees”, “laziness is not allowed”, “you must always do something”.
At the end of her 2-month break, with one session per week, Jenny returned to work, but only to resign. She took another month to find out a job which corresponds to her soul nature. Today, Jenny works as an employee in a charity, lives a comfortable life, less luxurious than before but with more time for family and friends, and herself, and totally HAPPY!
[1] Story told with the consent of said client but name changed.
[2] As wellness practitioners, we often recommend people to one another if we believe they can be of help.