Transform Your Past Story To What You Want
Do you battle with an unknown block or question why something keeps happening? Do you wish there were more options or want to have a better understanding of why you behave or think the way you do? Going through the process of uncovering and untangling the past doesn’t have to be scary and take years of talk therapy to accomplish. Being vulnerable and speaking about emotions or your past is not a weakness… these are signs of strength and a willingness to seek out more in life.
The Only Way to Make Lasting Change Is To Go Inward
Using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques you can better understand your past and create new meaning to things that have happened in order to have an empowered present experience. These changes can be done without feeling like the world is falling apart or that it’s turned it’s back on you. This work allows more options to be available to you in your life so you can have changes that last.
“You’re not stuck. You’re just committed to certain patterns of behavior because they helped you in the past. Now those behaviors have become more harmful than helpful. The reason why you can’t move forward is because you keep applying an old formula to a new level in your life. Change the formula to get a different result.” -Emily Maroutian
What is an NLP Session with Joaquin like?
On the surface, NLP is conversation-based and similar to sitting down for a counseling session. BUT, under the hood, as your trained practitioner, I connect your story to your physiology in order to understand how your conscious brain is wired to your subconscious programming. That’s where the magic starts to happen. By accessing your subconscious and hidden innate power, we can discover when and how the programming of your specific beliefs and behaviors started. Then we can update them, so those parts better serve you today.
What Is Taking Off The Armor?
We all wear some sort of emotional or psychological armor in order to function in our daily life and maintain our identity… that’s the nature of being human. This armor works to protect us and support our survival. But when we experience some form of hurt, even if minor, we can carry that hurt with us under our armor and never address it to heal (like living with an emotional sprained ankle). That hurt expands and can grow into other areas of our life, limiting our performance and experiences of today. Taking Off The Armor is about going beneath our protection in order to see what is injured and allow the process of healing to begin.
For men, this can mean opening up to vulnerability even when our past patterning and social conditions condemn a man for being vulnerable. As author Brené Brown references, men take on the idea of needing to be a “knight in shining armor” or the “the solid rock” in a relationship, which limits our ability to show/speak emotion, creates shame when we do, and eats away at our quality of life. We all have the capacity to heal from these past injuries and it starts with pulling down the walls and taking off the armor.