The Victim Archetype
Posted: September 13, 2014 Filed under: Energy Medicine DNA, Iwannabeaskinnybitch | Tags: archetype, bitch, Candess, Candess Campbell, Caroline Myss, heal, healer, Healers Gathering, Highly Sensitive, HSP, Intution, iwannabeaskinnybitch, journal, Medical, Medical Intuitive, medium, mind, Myss, personal power, power, psychic, psychic medium, saboteur, sacred, Sacred Contracts, self-esteem, Sensitive, Sisters, skinny, skinny bitch, Soul, victim 6 Comments“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind”
Caroline Myss
Yesterday I shared information about the Saboteur Archetype and asked you to journal about your own Saboteur. I committed to doing this myself to find out what was underneath my over-caffeinating behavior on the drive to Sisters, Oregon.
What an incredible experience it was. I sat at my friend Susie’s house overlooking the mountains and journaled. What I realized was I was actually stressed to make this long drive, but I wasn’t letting myself feel this. Instead of planning to care for myself on the drive, I just pushed through.
The other issue was, as much as I was delighted to go to The Healer’s Gathering, I was hesitant to spend three days in a group of 100 people. Being extremely sensitive has been great for my work as a psychic medium, but it also makes some other situations challenging.
When I journaled, I realized that often in my life I have been over-stimulated in situations where others do just fine. For many years I didn’t understand that I was so sensitive and often my responses appeared to others that I was being a victim. Today I know that those of us who fit the category of Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) have to take care of ourselves and plan ahead. It has been nearly impossible for me to communicate so others understand the situation, and it just created conflict.
To all the other HSPs – You are not victims! Say yes to self-care! I’m listening to this too!
In another blog I will share more about Highly Sensitive Persons, but today I want to continue with Archetypes and share about the Victim Archetype.
This information comes from information from Caroline Myss’ work in her Sacred Contracts book and the classes I took from her on Medical Intuition and Sacred Contracts. I have also added information that I have gained from working as a mental health counselor and chemical dependency professional for over 20 years.
Remember that we all have 4 archetypes that we share. These are the Child, Victim, Saboteur and Prostitute. The gift of the Victim Archetype is Self-Esteem.
In the process of self-healing, you have to come to terms with your victim self and move beyond this state of being. You can identify your victim, confront the behavior, love and forgive yourself and bring your energy into present time. In fact, unless you can bring at least 80% of your energy into present time, you will not have the power to self-heal. What do I mean by bringing yourself into present time? Watch your thoughts. Do you go off to the future (which can create anxiety) or drift off to the past (which can cause depression) or are you able to be present in the moment?
Enjoy exploring this archetype that can bring you high self-esteem once you embrace this part of yourself and move on!
Victim Archetype
Guardian of Self Esteem
Core issue is whether it is worth giving up your own sense of empowerment to avoid taking responsibility for your independence.
When you don’t stand up for yourself after awhile you no longer can tell the difference whether you are being victimized or not; so either you are being victimized and don’t know it or you are not being victimized, but act as if you are.
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The victim archetype helps you decide what you will or will not do; a guardian of personal boundaries.
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Lessons associated with the victim archetype demand that you evaluate your relationship to power, especially with people with whom you have control issues and have to set boundaries.
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Primary objective is to develop self-esteem and personal power.
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You have contracts with people whose primary purpose is to help you develop yourself-esteem through acts of honesty, integrity, courage, endurance and self-respect.
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The victim will entice you to feel sorry for yourself.
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You can act like a victim and give in or call upon your companions and guides for help.
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Like the lion in the Wizard of Oz, you need to have the courage to look at your victim and make it your ally.
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Do you victimize yourself in the way you interpret conversations with other people?
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Does your victim alert you to protect yourself rather than letting people take advantage of you?
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Does your victim motivate you to be shrewd in the dealings of whatever house it is in?
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Does your empowered victim allow you to take risks in your life?
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The victim urges us to act appropriately when we are in danger of being victimized.
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The victim can alert us to being victimized through passivity and rash or inappropriate actions.
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It can also alert us to how we victimize others for personal gain.
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In shadow it may show how we play victim for sympathy or pity.
Join with me in delving into this Victim Archetype in your journal!
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Saboteur Archetype
Posted: September 12, 2014 Filed under: Energy Medicine DNA, Iwannabeaskinnybitch | Tags: Anatomy, Anatomy of the Spirit, bitch, body, Candess, Candess Campbell, Caroline Myss, child, coffee, dancing, empower, empowerment, healer, Healers Gathering, Health, intuition, iwannabeaskinnybitch, Katie Cavanaugh, latte, Matthew Kocel, Myss, Oregon, prostitute, saboteur, sacred, Sacred Contracts, Sisters, skinny, skinny bitch, soy, speaker, Spirit, victim 7 Comments“What drains your spirit drains your body. What fuels your spirit fuels your body.”
Caroline Myss, Anatomy of the Spirit
It was an easy seven hour drive to Sisters, Oregon and when I arrived, I was so happy to spend time with my dear friends Doug and Katie Cavanaugh. Matthew Kocel, one of the speakers at The Healer’s Gathering was there too and I was able to listen to them jam! Dancing was fun too!
Where I really messed up on the drive though, was getting my second sugar-free soy latte on the road. Somehow my wisdom went out the door and almost half of my food intake was from lattes. Feel free to share why soy, coffee, and sugar free products are not healthy. I get it!
Rather than beating myself up though, I am going to journal and explore the Saboteur within. This clearly was a self-sabotaging behavior. According to the teachings of Caroline Myss there are 4 main archetypes we all share. They are the Child, Victim, Saboteur and Prostitute.
From Caroline’s Sacred Contracts class, her book and my own experiences, I have created a list of characteristics of the Saboteur archetype. The Saboteur Archetype is the Guardian of Choice.
The core issue of the Saboteur is fear of inviting changes into your life; changes that shape and deepen your spirit.
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The other side of destruction is rebuilding and rebirth.
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Use the saboteur to consciously dismantle areas of your life you need to fix or heal.
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Makes itself known through disruption and resistance.
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You can silence the saboteur with acts of courage and following your intuition. Listen to the small voice and make choices – small ones to begin with.
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The shadow saboteur will play on your fears that you are not good enough to accomplish anything on your own.
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We are afraid that if we are enlightened we will be alone, wont’ be vulnerable, capable of sensual love, so we feed the shadow saboteur, the part of use that is fragmented.
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We fear empowerment because we think it will remove us from the warmth and comfort of loved ones.
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We fear empowerment because we don’t want to be responsible for our actions and therefore consciously or unconsciously encourage our weakness and hold onto our fears; we do want to be around others that are empowered or enlightened though.
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Work with your saboteur to see where you may be doing yourself in (what are you doing you know you should not be doing and what you are not doing that you know you should be doing?
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When you make the saboteur your ally it can call your attention to ways you might be sabotaged or sabotage yourself and then you can make other choices The intellect of the scarecrow can work with your saboteur to alert you to when you are doing yourself in.
Join with me and delve into your own Saboteur and become clearer on your own Choices!
My Bags are Packed and I’m Ready to go . . .
Posted: September 11, 2014 Filed under: Energy Medicine DNA, Iwannabeaskinnybitch | Tags: awaken, bitch, Candess, Candess Campbell, carbohydrate, empower, Facebook, healers, higher purpose, hypoglycemic, inspire, Instagram, iwannabeaskinnybitch, Katie Cavanaugh, Mercedes, protein, purpose, skinny, skinny bitch, Soul, The Healer’s Gathering, travel, wisdom 3 CommentsMy bags are packed and I’m ready to go . . .
John Denver
Brings up a great song memory doesn’t it? Well, I am driving at this time and on my way to two events. One is The Healer’s Gathering created by my dear friend Katie Cavanaugh. This is a group of 100 healers coming together “To Get Inspired and Empowered to Awaken your Healing Wisdom as You Tap into the Highest Purpose of your Soul!”
I am so excited to spend this time with Katie and the others who are on a similar path. Today is a driving day and so I will check in tomorrow. In addition to the veggies I’ll snack on I have some yogurt and cheese sticks. Not the best food, but being hypoglycemic, I know my body’s requirements around protein and carbohydrates and I don’t cook.
I’ll share about the second event later!
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Dreams
Posted: September 9, 2014 Filed under: Energy Medicine DNA, Iwannabeaskinnybitch | Tags: belief, bitch, Candess, Candess Campbell, communicate, consciousness, Divine., dragons, dreams, ego, fairies, God, higher self, iwannabeaskinnybitch, Jeremy Taylor, John Lennon, Lennon, mind, myths, nightmares, Radha, realities of the dreaming mind, reality, self, Sivananda, skinny, skinny bitch, Spokane, Swami, Water Runs up Hill, Where Pigs Fly, wisdom, Yasodhara Yoga, Yoga Leave a comment“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?”
― John Lennon
Whatever you believe about God or the Divine, we all share one thing in common. We all dream. Whether you have fun dreams, fantasy dreams, detailed and confusing dreams or nightmares: you do dream.
My belief is that there is a part of you that you can access what some call your “Higher Self.” This is the wise part of you that is mostly subconscious and continues to communicate with you at a subtle level. Your ego often blocks this information, in an attempt to stay in control and so you aren’t overwhelmed with too much information at once. It is a filter and the “old guard.”
Your dreams are messages from this wise “Higher Self,” and when worked with on a consistent basis or even occasionally with a powerful dream, you can change your life in amazing ways!
Many of my students and clients have said they don’t remember their dreams. The way to change this is to put a notebook and fast writing pen by your bed every night. Before you fall asleep, ask yourself to remember your dreams in the nighttime. If you awake in the night, write your dream down or do it in the morning. Remember, dreams are fleeting, so you will need to practice to capture them!
For those who are techier, grab your smart phone and record the dream into it and email the message to yourself. You will be amazed to find the email in your inbox in the morning!
Reading books on dreams helps you to remember them. These are my favorite books that will not only help you remember, but will also assist you in finding out what your Higher Self has to say to you!
Realities of the Dreaming Mind: The Practice of Dream Yoga, by Swami Sivananda Radha
Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill: Using Dreams to Tap the Wisdom of the Unconscious, by Jeremy Taylor.
Continued awareness, continued consciousness frees up the blocks that keep you from becoming healthy, active and fully alive!
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Grateful for Getting Results
Posted: September 8, 2014 Filed under: Energy Medicine DNA, Iwannabeaskinnybitch | Tags: bitch, Candess, Candess Campbell, gratitude, Health, iwannabeaskinnybitch, laugh, motivated, personal trainer, results, self-talk, skinny, skinny bitch, support, trainer, weight, weight loss, What other people think of you 3 Comments“What other people think of you is none of your business.” – unknown
As much as this quote can be helpful: at times, what people think of me is important! The journey to health, eating less food, making healthier choices and working with a personal trainer is paying off.
One of my clients today said she could really see a difference in the changes in my body. Last week in one day, three people commented on how much thinner I looked.
It truly feels good to get this feedback. What feels great is how my clothes are fitting. I like that my waist is coming back and when I walk I feel lighter.
My tendency is to be loving and kind to myself and have positive self-talk. I also enjoy becoming my best Self!
Hope you are following along and seeing results too.
Today would be a great day to use your journal to start a gratitude list.
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I am grateful that I am clear on my path toward health.
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I am grateful that Domingo reminds me to walk every morning.
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I am grateful I am motivated.
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I am grateful I allowed myself a personal trainer.
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I am grateful that I can use humor and laugh at myself.
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I am grateful when I crave sugar I am happy to choose fruit.
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I am grateful organizing a drawer distracts me until my craving passes.
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I am grateful I have friends who are supportive of my journey.
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I am grateful I can be honest with myself in my journal.
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I am grateful I use my journal to process feelings that may cause me to eat.
Your turn!
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Spokefest – What a Ride!
Posted: September 7, 2014 Filed under: Energy Medicine DNA, Iwannabeaskinnybitch | Tags: 12 Weeks, 12 weeks to self healing, bitch, Candess, Candess Campbell, cyclist, Energy, Energy Medicine, iwannabeaskinnybitch, Medicine, motivate, pain, skinny, skinny bitch, Spokane, Spokefest, transform 4 CommentsIt’s my view that the best exercise routine for you is the one you will do consistently.
Candess M. Campbell – 12 Weeks to Self-Healing: Transforming Pain through Energy Medicine