What kinds of things are on your list? Do they make your heart sing when you think about having that experience or situation? Does your list include things that would make a difference in your life or the lives of others? If so, in what ways? Is there something that you have been longing to do that keeps getting shoved back on the back burner?

After all, we need to make a living, the kids need to get to soccer practice, then there is college to think about. We are so busy making a living, it is difficult to think about making a life.

After acceptance of what you really desire, can you express that desire? Can you consider it a possibility? If so, now focus on creating it. The first step is to accept your state of being about what you REALLY desire and open up to the possibility that you could experience it! Keep this visual image of what it LOOKS like, what it FEELS like, incorporating all the sensory elements possible. Everyone has a unique talent and a unique way of expressing and putting that talent to use. When thinking about your unique talents, include things that you love to do using those talents. When you lovingly nurture the goodness that lies deep within your spirit or your soul, you will awaken that desire within your heart.

When thinking about your heart’s desire, does it also bring up thoughts about your life’s purpose? Would living your heart’s desire help to fulfill what you would regard as your life’s purpose? Do we HAVE a life’s purpose? Do you often wonder what is the meaning of your life? What exactly is our life purpose? It’s not the end result of our journey, but the destination that’s important. We are constantly in a quest for knowing what our life’s purpose is, yet very few of us find it or even think about what it is or could be.

When thinking about your heart’s desire, are you thinking about what you need in order to experience what you want? Could it be such a simple thing as to realize that we are all God’s creations and that we are all on a journey to uncover the mysteries of life?

In our desire to connect, are we disconnecting more from who we are and the people that we want to be with and communicate with?

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It is based on a heart-centered caring relationship in which the practitioner and client come together energetically to facilitate the client’s health and healing. It is appropriate for everyone and can take place in any setting, including hospitals, schools, hospices, homes and offices. If one area of your life is not in balance, then it affects the other areas. I can provide support and guidance into areas of your life that you would like to improve upon.

These techniques are safe for all ages and states of health and work in harmony with standard medical care. It can be used in collaboration with other approaches to health and healing.

Research suggests that there are many benefits, including pain reduction, pre/post surgical procedures, wound healing, decrease of chemo/radiation side effects, decrease anxiety, rediscovering inner peace and promoting general well-being, although individual experiences will vary. An energy therapy session can be a catalyst for recovery of physical and emotional diseases and disorders.
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Sue Heldenbrand, chtp
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The results of the study showed participants who received Healing Touch treatments were significantly less depressed after the three-week treatment period than participants in the control group who received no treatment.

The treatment group had their level of depression retested one month after completion of their sessions and continued to be less depressed than before they began the study. The author speculated that specific techniques may not be what relieves the symptomatology but rather the purity of love and intent of the healer acts to heal the original wound.

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When our bodies are in a deeply relaxed state (as with energy-based therapies, deep sleep, meditation, massage, yoga, relaxing soaks, etc.) that’s when our bodies are able to heal.

The chakras send and receive energy of everything that has ever happened to us.

The size of your chakras are about the size of your fist. When balanced, these energy centers should be spinning clockwise. Whenever our chakras are balanced, we maintain optimal health and well-being. Our health is affected on all levels, mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.

Problems such as illness and disease may result from chakras not being balanced. There are exercises and meditations that can help and having energy work can be very beneficial in creating and maintaining this balance.

Although there are many chakras throughout our bodies and layers of our energy fields, there are 7 major chakras, which correlate to the colors of the rainbow.

First chakra(red) – root chakra and has to do with survival, our foundation, being grounded. It relates to insecurities, bladder and nervous disorders, sexual dysfunctions and skin problems.

Second chakra(orange) – sacral chakra located below the navel. This chakra relates to pleasure, relationships, appetite and our creativity. Examples of dysfunctions would be colitis, PMS, kidney problems ovarian/uterine disorders, emotional issues.

Third chakra(yellow) – solar plexus. This chakra is the seat of the ego. Digestive and weight disorders would be a dysfunction, as well as power issues, gallbladder, fear and self-esteem problems.

Fourth chakra(green) – heart center, is about giving and receiving love, compassion. Dysfunctions would include blood pressure, heart and lung problems, asthma and sleep disorders.

Fifth chakra(blue) – throat center, governs all aspects of communication. It is the will to express, whether written or oral communication. Problems in this chakra may include the thyroid, jaw, tonsils, or an inability to express oneself.

Sixth chakra(indigo) – brow center, is also known as the “third eye”, our inner vision. An unbalanced brow chakra may show up as eyesight problems, headaches in the brow, glandular or endocrine issues or hormonal imbalances.

Seventh chakra,(violet to white) located at the crown or top of the head is about our purpose in life. Major depression, problems relating to the pineal gland, learning disorders, headaches and light-headedness are associated with imbalances within the crown chakra.

This information is for educational purposes only. For all health problems, consult your health care practitioner.

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Author’s Bio
Sue has always been a proponent of using natural methods whenever possible. So, when the opportunity became available to use natural therapeutic therapies to help individuals achieve a return to wholeness, she pursued this path and became certified as a Healing Touch Practitioner.

Sue became involved with Healing Touch in 1998 and received her certification as a Healing Touch practitioner in 2002. She is also a Certified Integrated Energy Therapy Practitioner, a Reiki Practitioner, and a Quantum Touch Practitioner.

She also uses energy-based therapies for trauma release work with success. When working with Volunteers of America, Sue was able to provide sessions for disaster relief workers as well as members of the National Guard while they were dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in La.

She has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations, as well as presenting at state conferences. Sue has written articles on energy work for alternative and complementary newsletters and online publications.

She has been able to integrate energy based therapies into local hospital’s operating and recovery rooms as well as providing these therapies to newborn babies at a local hospital.

She is in private practice in Louisiana.

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Children have such a joyous outlook on life. It’s seems that children can reach into that place where joy tickles their soul. But as we get older, we tend to lose that sense of wonderment and spontaneous joy.

Pre-school aged children don’t have to be told to laugh. They laugh naturally and a lot more often than adults do. In fact, a study has shown that children laugh about 400 times a day as compared to adults who laugh 17 times a day.

More health-care professionals are finding that laughter helps to lower blood pressure, boost the immune system, and reduce stress hormones while triggering the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers.

More and more research is indicating that laughter is indeed the best medicine. The bottom line is that laughter helps to produce a wonderful sense of well-being and there are no “feel good” pills required.

Laughter is contagious and has no known side effects, unless you count laughing until you cry. It’s that good belly laugh that exercises the diaphragm, relaxes muscles, and reduces stress while giving the heart a good workout as well while contracting the abs.

Humor Therapy is showing up in hospitals around the country as being therapeutic. Studies even show that laughing actually raises levels of infection-fighting T-cells, disease-fighting proteins called Gamma-interferon and B-cells, which produce disease-destroying antibodies and also helps people to heal. The physical and emotional releases from laughing produce a cleansed feeling.

Laughter and humor give a light hearted perspective to life’s challenges and brings the focus away from negative emotions such as guilt, anger, fear and stress.

Laughing Clubs are becoming popular in countries such as India as well as the United States. Participants gather for the sole purpose of laughing.

Humor is a universal language which connects us to each other. As a natural diversion, it helps to break down barriers and bring people together. Perhaps by lightening the mood, it helps to improve the quality of social interaction. As more and more people bring laughter into their lives, others around will most likely laugh more and everyone will realize the benefits. Yoga laughing is receiving attention as a means of healing mind, body and spirit.

How can you find more humor in your life?
TV and Movies offer an assortment of comedies, while getting together with friends at a comedy club is a great way to bring more laughter into your life.

Change your attitude and instead of complaining about life’s frustrations, bring humor into the situation. Approach life with more joy and you’ll feel less stressed about negative events.

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For example: Monday, you may select “a-attitude”.  On Mondays be aware of your attitude.  Is it positive or negative? How does it affect yourself and family?  Is your attitude something you want to change?  Tuesday you may select “r-read”.  Take a few minutes to read a new book, inspirational readings, etc. Wednesday you may select “f-family time”. 

Make a special point of having everyone sit together and eat dinner or do something special on that night: play a game, take a walk together, etc.  As a family, talk about the personal benefits, challenges and how these exercises affect others.

A.  Attitude, affirmations, awareness, accept yourself, appreciate, allow, action

B.  breathe, believe, best you can be, begin

C.  calm, creativity, compassion, commit, confidence, communication, change

D.  discipline, diet, dance, dream journal

E.  exercise, enjoy, energy work, encourage, embrace experience something new

F. faith, fun, forgiveness, family time, focus, friendship, flexibility

G.  gratitude, gardening, goal setting, goodness

H.  health, hobby, humor, happy thoughts, hugs

I.  interests, imagery, intention, integrity

J.  joy, journaling

K. knowledge, kindness to self, others

L. laughter, love, learn something new, listen, Let Go, live in the moment

M.  Meditation, minerals, massage, mindfulness, music, “ME-TIME”

N.  naps, nutrition, nutrients, nature, nurture

O.  oxygen, organic, open minded, organize

P.  prayer, peaceful thoughts, positive, play, patience

Q. quiet time, quality decisions

R. rest, relaxation, read, respect, right thoughts, responsibility for actions

S.  sleep, spa night, solitude, supplements, support, self-image

T. time management, trust, truth, transformation

U.  utilize resources, understand

V.  visualization, vitamins, variety

W.  wellness, willingness to try new things, words, walk

X.   extra of what makes you feel good

Y.   you, your word, young at heart (be a child again)

Z.    zzz’s, zest for life

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Sue Heldenbrand BS, CHTP, CIET

Lafayette, La.

energyworker2003@yahoo.com

Sue became involved with Healing Touch in 1998 and received her certification as a Healing Touch practitioner in 2002.  She is also a Certified Integrated Energy Therapy Practitioner, a Reiki Practitioner, Trauma Release and a Quantum Touch Practitioner.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Personnel Management from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.  She has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations, as well as presenting at state conferences.  Sue has written articles on energy work for alternative and complementary newsletters. She has developed material and has been a trainer for education classes for child care providers in several cities in Louisiana since 2003.   She has been able to integrate energy- based therapies into local hospital’s operating and recovery rooms as well as providing these therapies to newborn babies at a local hospital.  As a volunteer at health fairs and cancer survivor retreats offering energy based therapies, Sue has gained experience in dealing with a variety of health challenges.  Sue is also an Instructor at Blue Cliff College and has helped conduct workshops with local hospitals and hospice for caregivers.

Training in an advanced Healing Touch technique for PTSD (“amygdala connection”) proved helpful for recovery personnel dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes as they dealt with anxiety, confusion, sleeping disturbances, undiagnosed pain and other symptoms of acute stress disorder. Trauma Release is helpful for health providers to reduce secondary stress effects of working with traumatized clients or in trauma settings like hospitals, first response settings, disasters, battle zones, etc.

Sue’s private clientele includes World War II and Iraqi war veterans, abuse victims and other individuals reporting symptoms of stress from life-threatening illnesses, chronic pain, accidents, and the death of loved ones. As a volunteer working with cancer survivors and hospital personnel, Sue has assisted individuals dealing with the trauma of their illness.

Sue has a private practice in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words. Rei and ki.  Rei means supernatural force of spiritual intelligence and Ki means life energy.  Thus Reiki is spiritually guided life force energy.

Treatments can be done in person or remotely. It may aid in helping illnesses, injuries and diseases.  Reiki is very versatile and can be used to heal or improve any condition or difficulty.

While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a Religion.  It has no dogma and there is nothing you must believe in order to learn or use Reiki.  Reiki is compatible with all Religious paths and faiths.

Sessions usually involve a combination of energy-based modalities that are individualized to fit the client.

The Five Spiritual Principles of Reiki

Just for today I shall not worry.

Just for today I will do my work honestly.

Just for today I will not anger.

Just for today I will respect and be kind to all beings.

Just for today I will show gratitude for all my blessings.

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Sue Heldenbrand BS, CHTP, CIET

Lafayette, La.

energyworker2003@yahoo.com

Sue became involved with Healing Touch in 1998 and received her certification as a Healing Touch practitioner in 2002.  She is also a Certified Integrated Energy Therapy Practitioner, a Reiki Practitioner, Trauma Release and a Quantum Touch Practitioner.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Personnel Management from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.  She has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations, as well as presenting at state conferences.  Sue has written articles on energy work for alternative and complementary newsletters. She has developed material and has been a trainer for education classes for child care providers in several cities in Louisiana since 2003.   She has been able to integrate energy- based therapies into local hospital’s operating and recovery rooms as well as providing these therapies to newborn babies at a local hospital.  As a volunteer at health fairs and cancer survivor retreats offering energy based therapies, Sue has gained experience in dealing with a variety of health challenges.

Training in an advanced Healing Touch technique for PTSD (“amygdala connection”) proved helpful for recovery personnel dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes as they dealt with anxiety, confusion, sleeping disturbances, undiagnosed pain and other symptoms of acute stress disorder. Trauma Release is helpful for health providers to reduce secondary stress effects of working with traumatized clients or in trauma settings like hospitals, first response settings, disasters, battle zones, etc.

Sue’s private clientele includes World War II and Iraqi war veterans, abuse victims and other individuals reporting symptoms of stress from life-threatening illnesses, chronic pain, accidents, and the death of loved ones. As a volunteer working with cancer survivors and hospital personnel, Sue has assisted individuals dealing with the trauma of their illness.

Sue has a private practice in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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The majority of what we fear usually does not materialize.  It’s in the allowing the fear to control you that makes it stronger by interacting with it.  The news media is great for instilling that fear in our minds and keeping it there.  By constantly being exposed to the fear based channels, you are generating more of that fear by giving it more power.

Everyone at one time or another in his or her lifetime has had an event or situation that would be considered as traumatic.  It can be a series of events, abuse, and fear produced by a critical and unsupportive parent or anything that produces a feeling of helplessness. These experiences can be overwhelming and dealing with emotions can be difficult. Although the event has ended, the memories may last for months or years to come.

What about the fear from the past or feelings of panic or anxiety that comes out of nowhere?  If you have ever experienced PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) or severe or chronic stress, then possibly you may be re-living that traumatic event or events and not be aware of it.

One way that these emotions may be released from the part of the brain that stores these memories is with energy-based therapies. Energy-based therapies use techniques that address all levels of the individual: mental, emotional, spiritual as well as physical and allow the person to heal on whatever level is needed.

What happens in our bodies and our brain when we perceive a threatening situation or we have been through a traumatic situation? Feelings of anger, rage, fear, avoidance and defensiveness are involved in the limbic brain or our emotional brain. Our emotional brain creates the freeze reaction, sweaty palms, and muscles to tense, protective postures or facial expressions. This area of the brain sends adrenaline and other hormones into the blood stream during a stressful or fearful situation.

There are unconscious memory centers in our brains that store these traumatic events. When we experience sensations, images, smells, sights or anything that reminds us of the trauma, our body reacts as if being a present threat. The traumatic experience still exists in our brain and contains the emotional and conscious memory traces of the event. Our brains are unable to release this message of threat that it is receiving and shows up as symptoms of fear and anxiety.

Instead of focusing on something negative that might happen, visualize what you would like to happen.  Keep your focus on a positive outcome.

Using energy-based techniques such as Healing Touch can help to release these stuck emotions and give the person a sense of peace and well-being.  Practitioners act as facilitators in assisting the individual in their journey to self heal.

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Sue Heldenbrand BS, CHTP, CIET

Lafayette, La.

energyworker2003@yahoo.com

Sue became involved with Healing Touch in 1998 and received her certification as a Healing Touch practitioner in 2002.  She is also a Certified Integrated Energy Therapy Practitioner, a Reiki Practitioner, Trauma Release and a Quantum Touch Practitioner.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Personnel Management from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.  She has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations, as well as presenting at state conferences.  Sue has written articles on energy work for alternative and complementary newsletters. She has developed material and has been a trainer for education classes for child care providers.  She has been able to integrate energy- based therapies into local hospital’s operating and recovery rooms as well as providing these therapies to newborn babies at a local hospital.  As a volunteer at health fairs and cancer survivor retreats offering energy based therapies, Sue has gained experience in dealing with a variety of health challenges.

Training in an advanced Healing Touch technique for PTSD (“amygdala connection”) proved helpful for recovery personnel dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes as they dealt with anxiety, confusion, sleeping disturbances, undiagnosed pain and other symptoms of acute stress disorder. Trauma Release is helpful for health providers to reduce secondary stress effects of working with traumatized clients or in trauma settings like hospitals, first response settings, disasters, battle zones, etc.

Sue’s private clientele includes World War II and Iraqi war veterans, abuse victims and other individuals reporting symptoms of stress from life-threatening illnesses, chronic pain, accidents, and the death of loved ones. As a volunteer working with cancer survivors and hospital personnel, Sue has assisted individuals dealing with the trauma of their illness.

Sue has a private practice in Lafayette, Louisiana.

http://www.SynergisticCenter.com