Join us as we chat about the remarkable skill of reframing in this podcast episode. Angela and Geneva share how they use reframing to improve their outlook and mental health.
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We also use reframing in Reiki sessions. It is a key skill for intention setting, the very first step of our Reiki practice. The universal life force energy of Reiki is aligned with the most loving and positive frequency you can imagine. When we set that positive intention, everything flows with ease, and reframing is a big part of that.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
The Work by Byron Katie
This is a classic reframing tool that can help you gently explore your thoughts, The Work by Byron Katie. In just four introspective questions and the key turnarounds, you get an opportunity to dismantle thoughts that might be harmful and explore other ways of viewing a situation.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
This therapy method helps you understand some thinking errors that might be creating more stress in your life. After exploring where your mindset might be stuck, you and your cognitive behavioural therapist gently look at the kind intent below the thought and work towards a truer, positive thought.
Reiki Sessions!
Yes! We are partial to Reiki sessions here as a support for reframing. But on a larger level, we actively use intentions as the focus for each Session. In doing this, we chat about where you are and then flip that inside out to get to your intention.
The results are quite amazing. The combination of that intention, how you want to feel, and Reiki are profound and can give you a focus for your self-care work in between sessions. Book a session in our Jane app.
Louise Hay
We adore the work of Louise Hay. Her pioneering book “You Can Heal Your Life” is pretty much a master class in reframing. She explores the mind-body connection and has a handy list of affirmations to support not only your outlook but also your wellbeing on many levels.
Your Best Friend!
Never underestimate the power of friends to help you see another perspective on a situation. Because they love you and know a bit of your history, they can see things from a different way. This loving perspective is invaluable for your overall well-being. You can playfully examine what they say and see if it works for you.
Much like borrowing their jean jacket, you can ‘try on’ their idea and see if it fits. It’s okay if it doesn’t. But in that gentle exploration of their ideas, it may encourage you to see things from a new angle and even come up with something altogether new!
Further Reading on Reframing as a Superpower
Here are a few titles that might spark something for you.
The Gift by Dr. Edith Eger
Dr. Eger is an absolutely amazing human. A psychologist and a holocaust survivor, she has hard-won experience of the protective benefits of a positive outlook.
Her book ‘The Gift” is genuinely touching in how this kind woman has created a framework for freeing your mind. Often positive psychology can be dismissed in importance because the proponents ‘haven’t really struggled’.
But in this case, Dr. Eger shows examples from her life and her work with others, how seeing things from the positive can completely shift the direction of a person’s life, even in the harshest and cruellest of situations.
It is awe-inspiring, and a light approach to reframing that is maybe the best book you can read.
The Mindful Body by Ellen Langer
This book is absolutely packed with studies on how the mind-body influences health. Not only is it the result of nearly 50 years of research by Dr. Langer, but she also gives you plenty of ideas on how you can loosen up your thinking.
The power of going from mindless to mindful is shown over and over again in this illuminating book, The Mindful Body.
Meditations to help get into a Reframing mindset:
Try these meditations to help activate your energy and soften into a place where reframing is much easier.
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