Cognitive Awareness with a Touch of God: Recent Episodes
Bear N Lora Lee
How we Think, is how we Feel and Behave. How do we Fix how we Think? Through Cognitive Awareness - being made aware of what we Think. It stems from issues deeper than our Thoughts and this Podcast takes you to those depths to ensure you, or your loved ones, can Heal from their Monkey-Mind Thoughts and Behaviors.
Episode 19 should be titled Asking Forgiveness instead of Permission, but I found myself needing to express the dysfunction behind that statement and to clarify what we need to change in Humanity to bring us into our Global Peace, rather than making more assumptions and setting our Respect for others to such LOW standards that we are faltering as a specifies.
In every kind of Healing process, there are constants needed to begin and complete the process. This podcast is introducing you to the 7 Most Powerful Steps in the process of Self Healing. If you learn each of these Steps and integrate them into your daily routine, you'll have taken on the most critical aspects of Healing with dedication and dep intentions.
The age old concept; Knowledge Is Power. Well...I'm debunking the myth. Take a listen to how Knowledge is merely a stepping stone to Wisdom!
Our FEAR of Change can be a devastating emotion. Hard to get past, but we have to learn how to cope with it and to heal from it. Time to review how Change tends to generate a Fear in us as we walk our path.
Boundaries help us limit the outside OR the inside crud that takes us out of our Happiness. Boundaries are Limitations that we put out there for us and others to follow otherwise there will be consequences to our or their actions. Setting attainable Boundaries is similar to setting attainable goals, but they go much deeper than goals. It goes to the Heart!
Having or Setting Proper Expectations is a very important aspect of remaining in a Healing or Healed way. Expectations can leave us feeling disappointed in someone or ourselves. If our Expectations are set too high, we will seem to always be in a 'failing' mind set. If we keep our Expectations attainable or within reach, our chances for success and less stress increases.
Taken from our Path To Recovery Podcast, this Episode deals with Real-Time Coping with Triggers. It isn't a heavy scenario, but for two people who have healed from their Addictions, every scenario is Important! It teaches us how to Balance ourselves, create SAFE Boundaries and try our best to always rely on our higher power!
We KNOW that Abuse comes in many forms and ALL of them are unhealthy and unnecessary. We need to learn how to Cope with it and how to get Beyond it in order to be Healthy and stay on our path to recovery!
Why DO we feel Alone? What causes us to have that feeling when we are in the middle of the darkest and hardest part of recovery? This Podcast delves into the reasons behind the FEELING of being Alone.
Responsibility and Forgiveness work hand in hand and we accelerate our Healing when we apply these two methods to our learning to heal. Recognition is probably the most used skill in Healing from our Dysfunctional Thoughts, but Forgiveness allows us to wipe the slate clean and Move On!
Organizing our Priorities sounds so old-school, but it is a critical part in our Recovery as we can evaluate and review how we once Prioritized our life when we were Happy and Healthy, and then how we Prioritized our life when we were in our Dark Times (Dark Night of the Soul). Then, we can find out how our Priorities change as we step into our Recovery!
What does it take to figure out and possibly stop my Anxieties or Panic Attacks? Finding where they come from is first. Then we use the Worksheet to help us track our success in healing from it.
Link to download the Worksheet:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/trrc056f30rfssi/Anxieties%20or%20Panic%20Attacks%20Worksheet.pdf?dl=0
What are Triggers and how do they become such a problem? Better yet, what can I do about them?
Cognitive Distortions is more recognized as our Destructive Thoughts. What we Think creates our Emotions and Actions, therefore, if we recognize HOW we think, we can change how Destructive our Thoughts can be. When I was in my darkest Depression, I lived my life around my Cognitive Distortions. Learn what they mean in order to change how we Think.
Part 2 of Behind The Mask continues the conversation with myself and Lora Lee. It gets deeper and draws you in to FEEL the connection between what we DO and who we ARE.
Behind The Mask is a long discussion between myself and my life partner; Lora Lee, about how we all tend to put a mask on in order to hide or conceal who we really are. This Podcast is a Two Part cast because there is a lot to talk about and to understand. So sink in to Part 1 and Part 2 is right after!
Episode 5 we re-introduce you to what Emotions we might experience. There are actually Levels of Emotions that we experience, but we, as humans, tend to generalize how we feel in order to either avoid talking about it, or we know if we talk about it, it might get more intense. Levels of Sadness, Anger or Love can help us in healing ourselves or assisting others in their Healing! The great thing about Podcasts is you can l;listen to them over and over and over! Thank you!
Now that we have an idea about what Cognitive Awareness is, let's delve into the skill of Recognizing our Problems and finding solutions. Recognition not only of the problem, but more importantly, what triggered the problem in the first place.
In the beginning of healing our minds, we have to understand the Three Phases to recovery; Recognize the Problem and how it happens, Accept that it will take some time and Be Responsible for our Thoughts, Words and Actions.
So Where IS the problem? Why do we have ugly and unhealthy thoughts? Is it because I hate? Is it because I am angry? Is it because I don't like my life? No! It is created through your Belief System. What you Believe, is what you Think. What you Think is what you Feel. What you Feel is what you Say and Do or how you Behave.
Cognitive Awareness is being Aware of our Thoughts. Our Thoughts create words which create emotions and then actions. So if we are in a dark place and looking for a way out, it all starts in the brain...or does it? We discuss the concept of being able to fix our Thought patterns by digging in deeper to the real root cause of our thoughts...Our Beliefs!