Triquetra Wellness by Laurie

First of all let me assure you that Clinical Hypnotherapy is NOT the ooey-gooey "I will control your mind" nonsense that Hollywood has portrayed for many years. Nor is it that guy making you dance around like a chicken at a stage show. Well... no... let me correct that. Stage Hypnosis is real. It is an art all on its own and takes a lot of practice to finesse. However, CLINICAL Hypnotherapy is an accepted form of client-driven therapy that has been backed by numerous studies and was recognized by the American Medical Association in the mid 1950's. Here in Canada, as with any "new" therapy or treatment, it took a lot longer to gain approval. It wasn't until 1996 that Clinical Hypnotherapy gained credibility with the Canadian Medical Association. It is one of the fastest growing and cutting edge therapies available to people. And that is because all hypnosis is Self-hypnosis. Let me ask you: Have you ever zoned out in front of the TV, a movie or a book?...

By this point in my life I shouldn't find myself surprised at the twists, turns and changes that seem to occur at a rapid and seemingly random pace. Yet I am. The past few months have seen many changes and I am finally and very happily announcing that we are in our new location and ready to hit the ground running on our new project. Well, actually an old project revisited. The project, my "Animal Assisted Wellness" is where I/we work with clients with trauma or just life issues that need help getting back to life. Combining aspects of living rurally with animals and the holistic therapies I practice, with other health practitioners, clients are able to heal at their own pace, while being in a completely safe and non-judgemental atmosphere. Finally, at the beginning of this month, we found our new home. A nice little 10 acre property between the little burb of Lone Butte and the town of 100 Mile House. Over the past couple of weeks THE MOVE...

So it is four weeks in to the new year. How are YOUR resolutions working out? Did you find yourself starting this year full of determination and resolve, only to discover that by now, week four, you've slipped back into old habits? That you quickly fell back into the same old patterns of eating, not exercising, going off the diet or still smoking? And maybe, in spite of all the positive affirmations you have started repeating to yourself, you just feel like  you are experiencing a negativity backlash? Frustrated at the lack of ability to change things in your life? The reasons and excuses we make to self-sabotage ourselves are as infinite as the universe. Yet there is only one real reason why you are facing such difficulty. It is because your subconscious is still running old programs. The ones you have been running since you were a child. Until you are able to re-write those old thought and belief patterns, you will continue to face challenges on...

While things were really busy leading up to the end of 2015, there is no sign of anything slowing down for 2016 - and that is a GOOD thing! To begin with - I don't make resolution's.  I view every day as an opportunity to learn and grow and try something new. Doesn't necessarily mean that I do anything really differently every day, just that I am open to new thoughts, ideas, feelings or things. Sometimes new beginnings coincide with the beginning of a new year or a new month, or a new moon. Big or small doesn't matter, it needn't be something earth shattering. Just know it's different for all of us and whatever that ' new ' is for you, embrace it. My new this year is that I signed up for a workshop that concluded this weekend on an amazing process called PSYCH-K. PSYCH-K was developed by a gentleman named Rob Williams and is fully supported by Dr. Bruce Lipton, a world renowned cell biologist & author of "The Biology of Belief" and ...

We have become a society that loves to hold on to everything. Sickness, pain, depression, sorrow, fear, anxiety, guilt. We can't seem to enjoy or be grateful for all the GOOD things that happen to us daily. The moment to moment blessings that we have every single minute of every single day. We can breathe, walk, enjoy sunshine, electrically controlled environments so we are comfortable all the time. Most of us have food on the table and roofs over our heads. Jobs, even if we don't like them. Hobbies and activities we are able to enjoy every day. Instead, we choose to rant and rave at the powers that be (the universe, or God or whatever higher power you believe in). When things go wrong, get bad or tragedy strikes we are very quick to blame something outside of, or other than ourselves. Yet we then cling to whatever has happened and refuse to let  IT go, Then we spin our emotional wheels in one spot, creating more and more of whatever it is we don'...

Acknowledgement & Acceptance: both are crucial to healing. When you first hear that you have a life-altering situation or life-threatening illness or injury - the last thing you want to do is acknowledge or accept the news. You meet the news with shock, anger and denial, even though, in some cases, at some level you already knew what the outcome was going to be. You get emotional. You start giving in to regret and guilt and the why me? Some people go through the blame game, some fall into deep depression and hopelessness. Some just stay mad. Acknowledging and Accepting a situation or diagnosis does not mean giving in. They are part of the process. Moving forward through acknowledgement and acceptance can be some of the most empowering, important steps that you can take for yourself.  Acknowledge the crisis. Acknowledge the full meaning of what you have been told. Ask questions, get information. Educate yourself ...

Energy & Nature. Two things we all have a connection to and yet so rarely pay attention to. This past weekend I spent time visiting and working with friends. And for a couple of hours each day, we hiked, played with my dogs and theirs. And we laughed. And laughed. Something I haven't really done for quite a while. Like most of us living in urban and suburban areas, I too, get so busy with 'life' that I sometimes forget about the simple and amazing energy of nature. I certainly haven't spent time outdoors as much as I would like. However, this weekend I had the opportunity to do so and had several really profound experiences. Starting with an almost complete unplugging from cell phones and the internet. I forgot my phone charger and where I was staying there was no wifi, so service was sporadic. Oh and my car died. Instead of panicking about what I was going to do, I took each moment as it came, got a lot of work done and spent a lot of time outdoors. Each morn...