Stuck in a rut? You could just be a Hero in the making!

While the Olympics are on in Athens this month, there seems to be newfound interest in the ancient Greek myths. The journey of Odysseus (in The Odyssey by Homer) really made me think again about the idea of being "stuck in a rut" - one of the most common reasons people come to coaching or self-development.

In the myth, Odysseus travels home to his wife, Penelope, after defeating the Trojans in battle. The journey takes a total of ten years and along the way he has to deal with many dangers including the Sirens luring his men to their deaths, the Cyclops and the Lotus Eaters. All this takes time - but his longest delay is with the goddess Calypso, with whom he spends an entire 7 years after being washed up on her island. After 7 years he finally decides to give up this life of pleasure, yearning instead for his wife and son at home. Even though Calypso tries to keep him by promising to make him immortal, he has made up his mind and, with the help of an intervention by Zeus, he finally leaves.

"Ruts" are like this. They can be pleasurable. They can be comfortable. And even if they are not, they may seem safer than the risk of escaping. And they may be genuinely difficult to get out of - like being marooned on a island. But the worst danger of all, is thinking "It has been like this for so many years, it's too late to try and change now". Or even more dangerously "I have been like this for so many years, I can never change".

The modern world too is full of heroes who experienced long periods of "non-heroness" before achieving their dream. Colonel Sanders was a full 60 years old when he started out with no savings and nothing but a fried chicken recipe. Mary Wesley was 70 years old when she published her first novel. Anthony Robbins, self-development phenomenon of the 90's spent many years overweight and in poor paying jobs before becoming the success he is today.

The rut you may be in now says absolutely nothing about your potential - or how quickly things can be turned around. A small intervention from Zeus - in the form of a coach, a few rounds of EFT or even a comment from a friend, may be all you need to be on your way.

Getting over the ex - in the street!

I recently had the pleasure of training a new AMT practitioner, Ric Hayman, Hypnotherapist and Life Coach, also practising in Ipswich. When he came to collect his certificate last week he told me this wonderful story of how he has recently used EFT.

He had bumped into a friend in town who was looking very unhappy having recently been left by his girlfriend.

Ric offered to help him with this problem and rather than wait they conducted an EFT session in the shopping precinct right outside a bookshop. According to Ric, his friend's grief vanished within just a few minutes!

I look forward to hearing many more of Ric's success stories as he adds EFT to his practice.

Autumn talks and appearances

Thursday 9th December 2004
The Harmony Centre
Evening talk on "How to use EFT to help achieve your Life Goals"
7.30-9.30pm

Gary's Corner

Gary Craig, the originator of EFT maintains an excellent website packed with real case histories and articles. This month:

A straightforward self-help suggestion for anyone dealing with this problem.

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