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Laurie Weiss
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Letting It Go
Self-Help
Author Insight
He Stopped Screaming After Three Sentences
My 11-year-old grandson was having trouble with a school assignment. We used the three magic sentences to help him release his belief that he couldn't do the work. Afterwards, he was very excited about how easy it was to complete that work. We were pleased because we hadn't been sure the process would work with a child that young. Several months later, he and his brothers were playing in the backyard, and he appeared in the kitchen, sobbing and distraught. He pointed to his toe, which, as far as I could tell, had a drop of blood on it. I said, "Let's try saying the magic sentences." He managed to repeat them after me. I usually ask someone what has changed after they've done a round of the sentences. The answer can be anything from "I feel relaxed" to "the picture that I imagined has shattered into little pieces" to saying something about how they could now solve a longstanding problem. When I asked him if anything had changed, he looked at me as if I were incredibly stupid and said condescendingly, "Well, Grandma, I've stopped screaming, haven't I?" I'll never be sure exactly what happened that day, but many people have asked if this tool can be used with children. The answer is, often it can. Trying it does no harm at all. Get comfortable with using it yourself first. The instructions are in the book. Then, when the occasion comes up, give it a try.
Book Excerpt
Letting It Go
Today’s Distress Connects to Your Stuck Energy
You may not even know that your current problem is a reaction to something that is connected to something else that happened long ago. You just know you feel on edge or worried or can’t seem to get around to doing something you want to do. Nevertheless, learning about these triggers and connections may be very important to letting the problem go.
It was for Dennis. He didn’t have any idea why he started feeling so anxious about keeping his job. Everything seemed to be going well but he couldn’t let go of his feelings of dread or the pounding of his heart each time he entered the building.
If he had come to me for help before I learned to use Logosynthesis, I would have explored what was happening with his supervisor and co-workers and what his hidden fears might be.
If he had gone to his physician for help, he might have been given anti-anxiety medication to help him relax and become dependent on the medication to manage his anxiety for the rest of his life. Fortunately, he was in a workshop where he was learning Logosynthesis as a self-coaching tool.
Logosynthesis Helps You Reclaim Your Energy
Dennis chose to reclaim his energy that was stuck in his pounding heart. When his partner helped him use the sentences the real trigger emerged. It was the new vice-president who reminded him of his deceased father, who had been very critical of mistakes he made when he was a child.
He didn’t even report to the vice-president and chances of encountering him on the job were remote. When he used the sentences about all the times his father had criticized him, he relaxed. Afterwards, when he imagined having to actually work with the vice-president, he felt calm and relaxed. His anxious feelings vanished completely.
The entire process took a lot less than an hour. And it was not even necessary for him to know the original reason for his upset when he started to work. It was just important for him to be open to exploring how his energy got stuck and having the tools to release it.
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