Susan Rambles: What is My Payout for Not Changing? Why don’t I heal?
Read for free on Substack! What is my payout? This is one of the most important questions I have discovered to assist my own healing and the healing of my clients. Think about it. If I am unwell and I want to heal, I’m looking for change. (This could apply to any version of illness: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual) If I am at Point-A which equates my current state of illness, then let’s say point-B equals a state of me being healed and whole. Therefore, Point-A and Point-B are not the same. And if I want to go from Point-A to Point-B, there must be change. And therein lies the rub. Generally speaking, humans hate change. We can go to great and creative lengths to avoid it. Note any study on addictive behavior as one possible example. You can also look at the way our brain works to preserve the species; check out “Amygdala Hijack.” And my personal favorite, Linus’ blanket. As in, “Happiness is a warm blanket, Charlie Brown!” Never mind that it is old, smelly, and hinders my socia...