Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones,
But Names Can Hurt You, Too!
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This is a story about METAPHORS. The things you say and think. They attract either positive or negative energy into your lives.
The dictionary defines a metaphor as a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.
In my practice I hear people using metaphoric phrases that affect their health.
Let me give you a few examples:
When I was growing up I listened when my grandmother said, "Always look down when you are walking, so you will find money." Sometimes I wondered why I didn't have very many friends. I started making more when I finally turned chin up and smiled.
My mother used to say, "You are a survivor!" So I spent most of my life attracting bad things to myself to prove that I could survive anything. Now I say, "I'm a thriver." This attracts a different and more wonderful type of energy.
One winter, during an arduous divorce process several years ago I used to say, "I am so pissed off." I said it with lots of emotion. I really got into it. I called so much negative energy to my bladder area that it wasn't until I started urinating blood, having already taken a bout of antibiotics, several different homeopathics, and supplements for urinary tract infections, that I realized I was causing the problem by what I was saying. I took the phrase out of my vocabulary and my urine turned clear in two days with no other treatments or changes in my life!
I had a partner who died of colon cancer. His favorite phrase was, "These people are a pain in the ass."
Had a client in Kooskia, Idaho who had a triple bypass. He often frequented a particular restaurant in Kooskia that served lots of food, cheap prices, but the food was rather high in calories. Jim's favorite phrase on Saturday mornings was, "Come on. Let's go eat our triple bypass breakfast." He doesn't say that anymore.
I used to say, "Denice, your entire family that has passed thus far has died of cancer. You are going to die of cancer, so just don't worry about it." Actually, I used to say that every day. . . until I got pre-cervical cancer! Took a few months of natural medicine to get rid of that. The good thing about it was that I don't say that anymore, but also, I am not afraid of cancer anymore. I know I have healed myself once, and I can do it again if necessary. The experience was a blessing for me to teach me balance in my life.
I had a dear receptionist who wore two hearing aids. She had a 5-year-old son. Her favorite phrase was, "I don't want to hear it." Now, she was trying to improve her hearing, so changed the phrase to, "I hear you loud and clear."
Several years ago I had a difficult time with my sacrum subluxating. I had seen three chiropractors for it and a host of other alternative healers. Eventually, I caught myself saying, "I have been busting my butt around here to." Actually I didn't catch myself saying it until I said it three times that day. I immediately recanted the phrase and my sacrum popped in on it's own that night while I was lying in bed.
One of my favorite phrases used to be, "I don't have the time." And I never did! Now I say, "I have time for everything that is important to me." I seem to have lots more time now, and try to remind myself of what is important when I start feeling overwhelmed.
"I'll try" is another phrase. So here is the exercise. Lay a pen down on the counter. Now "try" to pick it up. If you picked up the pen, then you didn't try to do it, you DID it! So, either you do or don't perform the task. Trying doesn't get you anywhere.
So how do you determine what phrases you say that are hurting you? Make a list of the phrases you remembered as you were growing up, ask a friend what phrases you repeat often, or hire a kid to follow you around and write down the phrases you repeat. Give him/her a dime per phrase.
Now what?
Try a 40-day fast. For forty days, fast from saying those phrases. Tell others what you are doing so they can catch you at it.
Replace all negative thoughts you say or think with something you want to attract into your life. Like, "I AM love" "I AM peace and joy" "I AM prosperity" etc. Saying it out loud will seat it into your nervous system faster.
What you sow, so shall you reap. This goes for what you say and think. What you focus on today you will reap in the future. What is it that you want to reap?
Think wonderful thoughts!
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Here are some common metaphors that play havoc with your health and some phrases to substitute.
Remember: Where the concentration goes the energy flows. What comes out of your mouth IS your issue. Here they are:
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I can't stand it (joint problems?) |
This is less than perfect. |
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That's the straw that broke the camel's back. (back pain?) |
That's it. I am worth more than this! |
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Beauty is only skin deep. (skin?) |
There is beauty in all things |
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Don't bite off more than you can chew. (TMJ, jaw problems, teeth problems?) |
I choose to use my gifts. |
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You have to take the bitter with the sweet. (gallbladder?) |
It's all good. |
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Cold hands, warm heart. (anything with heart dinks with your heart and lung area) |
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It's eating me alive (cancer?) |
Oh piffle. |
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That pisses me off (bladder infections) |
Well, this is less than perfect |
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It galls me (gallbladder problems) |
Hmm. Bummer. |
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What can't be cured must be endured (fibromyalgia and chronic degenerative diseases) |
Every day and in every way I'm feeling better and better! |
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I'm a survivor. (low self-esteem) |
I'm a thriver! |
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That's to die for (as you wish!) |
That is SO good! |
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I'd rather die |
I'd much rather do... |
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Time flies (no time for anything you want to do) |
I have time for everything that's important. |
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I'm not good at... |
I'm getting better at this every time I do it. |
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I've never been good at... |
In the past it has been challenging. |
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder (heart/lung) |
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Accidents happen. (accident prone) |
There are no accidents, only lessons. |
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Misery loves company |
I bless that thought and set it free. |
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I'm just feeling so old. (fast aging) |
Don't let age be your cage. |
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Age before beauty. |
You go first. Or, After you! |
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It's an albatross around my neck (neck/swallowing) |
I choose to let that go. |
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They are a pain in the neck. (neck/headaches/brain) |
They pose interesting lessons. |
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What a pain in the butt (sciatica/hemorrhoids/colon cancer) |
What am I learning from them? |
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Oh my aching back (back/kidneys) |
What great exercise. |
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I don't want to hear it. (hearing loss/earaches/wax) |
I hear you loud and clear. |
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Doesn't it just break your heart (heart attack) |
That is sad |
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It takes your breath away (emphysema/lung disease) |
WOW! Thank You, God! |
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Give me a break (osteoporosis/broken bones) |
Could you help me? |
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I'm so sick and tired (well, OK.) |
Calgon, take me away! |
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I can't think straight. (dementia, Alzheimer's) |
I'm totally focused. I see the big picture clearly. |
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I don't see it (vision disturbances) |
Could you explain that a different way? |
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Warts and all. (warts and growths) |
Putting my best foot forward |
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It's your funeral (what an omen!) |
There are better ways. |
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I'm going to finish this if it kills me. |
I see the project as done. |
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I don't listen well. |
I hear as well as I see. |
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No pain, no gain. (stop beating yourself up!) |
You reap what you sow. |
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I need that like I need a hole in the head. |
No thank you. |
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Home is where the heart is. |
I'm content wherever I am. |
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That turns my stomach. (stomach, ulcers) |
That doesn't really appeal to me. |
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Life is short. (as you wish!) |
Life is full and wonderful. |
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Trouble comes in threes. (self-fulfilling prophesy?) |
I know some good will come of this. |
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Out of sight, out of mind. (forgetfulness) |
I attend to the important tasks and prioritize with grace and with ease. |
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I'm overwhelmed. (anxiety, stress, short term memory loss) |
I'm in such demand! |
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That's irritating (skin or gallbladder?) |
That's very stimulating. |
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I'm so depressed. |
I focus on what is going well. |
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Poor me. Life sucks. (where the concentration goes, the energy flows!) |
Life is good and I am grateful! |
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I have no time for that. |
I have time for what is important. |
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You're tearing me apart (aneurysms) |
Let me see the lesson in this! |
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I eat like a pig (or bird.) |
My body is nourished and craves all good, healthy, raw, and whole foods. |
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Going out of my mind with worry |
It's in God's hands. All is well. |
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Driving me crazy |
Wow. Imagine that! |
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