Page 22 - Wellness Magazine April 2018
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Therapist is completely different. It is                 to know the boundless love that exists
       wholly loving, and it only sees your                     within all of us. An anxiety-free life is
       inner light. It reminds you that you are                 possible. We can awaken from the
       made of peace, joy and love. It’s a soft                 dream of fear, right now, and anxiety
       voice, so it can easily be drowned out                   falls away as you begin to remember
       by the ego voice. Note, however, that                    your True Self. Who you truly are
       the ego and the Inner Therapist don’t                    cannot be hurt or sick, and cannot die.
       have to be experienced as a “voice.” I                   We do not walk alone because Love is
       often experience the “voice” of the                      always with us.
       Inner Therapist as thoughts, but more
       often, I experience it as a feeling – a                  # # #
       resonant feeling in the core of my
       body.                                                    Corinne Zupko, EdS, LPC, is the
                                                                author of From Anxiety to Love. As a

       Do you have any advice to offer                          licensed counselor and keynote
       anxiety sufferers when they are in                       speaker, she has helped thousands of
       the midst of a panic attack?                             individuals through her one-on-one
                                                                counseling, weekly meditation classes
       I always recommend these three                           for corporations, and the largest virtual
       steps: 1. Remember that panic occurs                     conference of ACIM in the world,
       in linear time and so it WILL come to                    through the organization Miracle Share
       an end. 2. Remind yourself that this is                  International, which she cofounded.
       just intense anxiety and you are not                     She lives in New Jersey. Visit her
       going crazy. 3. If you’re comfortable,                   online at
       lay down or sit back in a chair. Place                   www.FromAnxietytoLove.com.
       once hand on your belly and the other
       hand on your chest. Chances are you
       are breathing from high up in your
       chest, so soften your abdominal
       muscles so your belly moves as you
       breathe. This automatically can change

       your physiology, and help bring about
       calmness.


       What do you most hope readers
       will take away from your book
       From Anxiety to Love?
       My hope is that this book will re-
       awaken and strengthen the hope, light
       and love in the reader’s heart. I hope
       the reader will be motivated to work
       these healing principles and learn that
       our awareness can continue to expand


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