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The Head ~ Heart ~ Gut Model
As noted in the introduction to this book, developing this new model has been a process. This model has developed from many years of my working with people who want to improve their inner strength and be all that they can be. Several years ago, I realized that for some time I had been working with this model for building esteem. I'd used it with people I assisted as a psychotherapist, in seminars and even as a keynote presenter. And I had realized that I had used this model for building esteem in myself.
Head-Heart-Gut are the three main components of this model. They're written this way so that they are easy to remember and use. Those few people who have questioned the Head-Heart-Gut approach have stated that it is 'too simple'. When I here this I smile, for simplicity is what we need when working on self-improvement in a life that already holds many demands and challenges.
The Head is about our thought processes. When you learn to become an observer' of your own thought processes, you begin to understand how your thinking processes affects you and creates the life you live. You learn to develop more effective strategies for thinking and personal support. At this point energy available to you in your life immediately changes.
The Heart is about feelings. Very few of us have learned what feelings really are, or how to express them in an advantageous way. We don't know that feelings are valid and useful. But when we do understand this we immediately feel more in charge of our lives and no longer waste energy on needing to live disconnected from how we truly feel.
The Gut is about the jewel called intuition. This word, Gut, sounds so basic and almost crude. The word says it all, for the Gut is the intuitive part of ourselves that both women and men use very little.When they need it, they use it, then they quickly discount it. Butas you begin to use your intuition - or even better, live your intuition - your world opens up spiritually. Real meaning enters personal relationships and experiences, your work and your ability to play moves to deeper levels. It is an amazing life transformation.
Unique Features of the Head ~ Heart ~ Gut Model
- Eliminates the belief that there is something 'wrong' with you if you need a stronger core of self.
- Clear, direct and easy to learn.
- Teaches new information and provides the skills to implement such information.
- Addresses old belief systems which are no longer effective.
- Develops and enhances self-awareness.
- Reconnects us with our physical self, our emotions and our intuition.
- Teaches self-care as a life attitude.
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