30-Minute Miracles

It’s not unusual for me to give away a couple of gift certificates for free thirty-minute clearing sessions at the end of one of my presentations. I typically raffle them off as door prizes. But on this day, I asked if anyone in the audience had a burning desire to receive a session. Immediately, Verna’s hand shot into the air as she shouted, “I want it!” I couldn’t help but laugh at her unbridled enthusiasm.

A week or so later, we met for her session. She immediately gave me a list of the challenges she was facing in her professional life. She said, “It seems like things get going well, and then it all stops. Doubt starts creeping in, and then I start saying things to myself that made me feel worse. I say it’s not going to work. Why do I try so hard? I look awful today. It just spirals down from there.”

It was right about there in her story; I started to smile. She asked me what was so funny, and I replied, “It’s not funny. It’s just that I’ve been where you are. I know what you are talking about. Do you also have challenges with procrastination?”

She answered, “Yes! How did you know?”

“I know because I’ve faced the same challenges. What you have, my friend is a case of self-sabotage as it relates to your success. It’s like having one foot on the accelerator of your car and the other foot on the break. Start, Stop. They begin to cancel each other out – causing your momentum to lag.”

“I’ve never thought of it like that,” she said. “I wonder why I do that?” she muttered under her breath.

I shared with her my story. I had a similar experience when I was trying to publish my book. I learned that my challenge lay in that I didn’t want to upstage my mother. As a successful psychologist, my mom had wanted to write a book for years but never got around to finishing it. Part of me didn’t want to have a published book when she had had the dream first.

As my conversation with Verna continued, I learned the hurt she carried was from being passed over twice for promotion within her company.  Even though she was qualified for each position, she was never taken seriously. Then one day, she broached the subject with the hiring manager about why she was not selected.  He revealed the shocking truth. They had someone else in mind from the beginning, and the job posting and interview process was a formality they had to go through. Hearing that, she felt betrayed and angry. She no longer trusted the system or the managers.

With that information in hand, I knew what needed to happen. The best way to help her was to clear the negative energy she held for the organization, the managers, and the process. I explained this to her, and she agreed it would be helpful since she has another interview for a new position the very next day.

It only took me 15 minutes to identify and clear the energies of helplessness, shock, frustration, panic, and being taken for granted, which negatively influenced her attitude. When I finished, I asked her how she felt. She described the feeling as a “heavy weight had been lifted” from her shoulders.

Two weeks later, I received a phone call from Verna. She said, “It worked! What you did cleared my anxiety. I went into the interview confident, and I got the job.” She went on to say, “The second interview took only 30 minutes and was a breeze. It was so quick that I thought I had blown it.”

Verna scored the job she wanted and deserved by clearing the negative, unsupportive thoughts and emotions from previous interviews that had sabotaged her confidence.

Now, I can’t guarantee the same results from every Discovery Session. But what I can promise is that you will learn what is standing in the way of your success.

If you’d like to try it for yourself, sign up for a complimentary Discovery Session here.