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Bless Everyone

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:34:44 GMT

At the recent ACEP conference (May 2013) I ran into Jane, a woman who had attended my presentation at the Energy Psychology conference the previous October. There I had demonstrated an energy transmission technique that I called “The Look” in which someone remembers a traumatic emotion, locates that feeling in his/her body, and I look at it. About 10 seconds later, the feeling dissolves. At the end of that session, I transmitted that ability to anyone who wished to receive it.

Jane reminded me that she had been one of the people to whom I had transmitted that ability, and she had derived a great deal of benefit from that experience. She asked me to “bless her” again.

In the past, I would have felt uncomfortable with that request. I used to think that blessing someone was a polite but essentially meaningless behavior you did when someone sneezed. Even if there was something to priestly blessings, I’m not a priest.

But I recently changed my opinion when I realized that when I took it seriously and focused my attention on the other person I actually could feel myself radiating some sort of energy toward him or her and they actually released or healed something. When Jane asked me to bless her again, I realized that this transmission of positive energy or positive intention is a form of blessing someone. So I blessed her again, and we both got goosebumps.

I recommend we all get serious about blessing people, including ourselves, our endeavors, our possessions, etc. To really bless someone, take a moment to center your attention on your pure soul and your connection with the greater Divine Source energy that is all around us. In that full state of presence, look toward the person or thing you are blessing and radiate divine source energy, love and supportive intention. Then say the words, “I bless you”, or “blessings upon you”, or “God be with you”, or “God bless you”, or “Good luck” or whatever words convey the feeling. It might actually make a difference in your or someone else’s life.

Bless you all.

Judith

Healing from the Body Level Up (HBLU) is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLU integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, spirituality and Energy Psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLU is so effective because:

The client's deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLU helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too. Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by Zoom. Healing from the Body Level Up, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. To book an appointment, register for training, or buy our products use the information on our website, www.HBLU.org .

Successful Treatment of Physical Problems Starts with Acceptance

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:25:43 GMT

Three years ago, John’s blood sugar levels started to rise. Although John’s father and several other relatives had diabetes, John refused to believe he might really have a problem. Although his doctor had encouraged him to modify his diet and lose weight, John continued to eat whatever he wanted, not exercise, and stay fat. Now at age 52, his fasting blood sugar was 150 (normal is 70-99). When I asked him if he knew that he had diabetes, he told me that there was controversy over whether or not fasting blood glucose was a legitimate test for diabetes, and the medical establishment was now considering the A1C measurement as more accurate. So John got an A1C test, which also showed he was diabetic.

Maryanne had genetic high blood pressure from her father’s side of the family. In fact, on Christmas day last year, her father had a heart attack and required an emergency stent. Maryanne’s way of not accepting her genetics was to believe that all she had to do was take a pill and she’d be fine. Meanwhile, she ate whatever she wanted, stayed fat, and refused to exercise.

I started muscle testing and asking all my clients if they had a genetic mutation, problem, disability, handicap, defect or deficit that they did not accept 100%. As expected, many people refused to100% accept genetic mental illnesses, learning disabilities like ADD, and visibly obvious physical problems such as overweight and dwarfism. But surprisingly, many people refused to 100% accept non-visible physical genetic problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, hypothyroidism, scoliosis, immunodeficiencies causing susceptibility to bacterial and viral infections, asthma and allergies, psoriasis, and even emphysema (which I didn’t know could be genetic).

In all cases where there was less than 100% acceptance, people struggled with the symptoms and experienced a lot of misery because they did not actively pursue or adhere to treatments that could really help them manage the problem. Worse still, many people cursed themselves for having the problem, which is like throwing gasoline on the fire!

So for these clients, we used HBLU methodology to balance for the goal of “100% acceptance of the genetic problem” at the conscious, unconscious, body and soul levels. Not surprisingly, the most common interference to acceptance was Diagnosis Shock .

Amazingly, a large percentage of the symptoms disappeared when the client achieved acceptance. After this, clients actively and successfully pursued treatments that substantially helped to control or alleviate their symptoms.

Immediately after our “acceptance” sessions, John started medication to control his blood sugar and went on a diet and Maryanne started a diet and increased her exercise. Now, both of them find it natural to attend to their problems as part of life. The moral of the story is (and how many spiritual teachers have taught this) acceptance really is the key to minimizing suffering. Who knew!

If you or anyone you know would like to get unstuck or minimize suffering, HBLU methodology can help you. To learn more or schedule an appointment, please call 781-444-6940 , email info@hblu.org , or go to www.hblu.org .

Blessings, Judith

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Healing from the Body Level Up (HBLU) is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, visionary and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLU integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, spirituality and Energy Psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLU is so effective because:

The client's deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

Open Does Not Mean Vulnerable

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:48:38 GMT

Jane was dating two men at once and having trouble deciding who to choose. She listed all of John’s wonderful qualities and all of Steven’s wonderful qualities and remarked, “If I could just put the two of them together I’d have the perfect man.” When asked why she didn’t just date one man who had everything, she said she was keeping one man as a backup because she didn’t feel safe with either one of them. Puzzled, I asked, “Why would you date, let alone marry, anyone you didn’t feel safe with? Clearly, you’ll never marry either of these men.” Jane simply looked astonished.

Love is a beautiful thing. We all need to love and be loved. Sadly, many of us have been hurt by the people we love and who are supposed to love us. When that happens, we no longer feel safe, and we shut down the ability to give and receive love. The tragedy is that we can no longer feel loved or experience ourselves as loving beings. We no longer experience the nourishing flow of warm golden buttery energy that uplifts the heart/soul, connects us all, and soothes all pain. And everyone else we could be loving is robbed.

According to the dictionary, the word “vulnerable” means open to attack. When someone says, “I’m afraid to be vulnerable” he/she should be afraid to be vulnerable, but he/she should not be afraid to be emotionally open, emotionally present, or emotionally close. Opening to give and receive love should not make one vulnerable.

So what to do about it? With HBLU we acknowledge the fear and heal the traumas, dysfunctional family system and cultural brainwashing patterns that caused it. This allows people to reach out with their hearts and share one of the greatest gifts in life.

If you or anyone you know would like to open your heart to love, get happily married, or improve your marriage or other relationships, HBLU methodology can help you. If you would like to learn more or schedule an appointment, please call 781-444-6940 , email info@hblu.org , or go to www.hblu.org .

Blessings, Judith

June's Miracle

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:03:21 GMT

Dear Judith,

Of all the work we have done, of all the monumental healings and shifts you and your work has helped to facilitate in my life- this piece was the most hidden, the most perverse, the most subconscious- and was driving my life into oblivion.

I could not live one more day enslaving myself to my family, being stuck in a loveless abusive marriage. I was exhausted and stuck begging G-d for a way out (any way out).

Until you your work and my soul discovered that we needed to unblock my energy fields from using evil to seduce- by running a pathologically self-serving and self-absorbed seduction pattern.

Here I was a slave to my family, doing everything, getting nothing- I was the last person self-serving.

How did my soul and you even find this. At first I thought no…

Until you pointed out that this is what Enneagram 4s do to get love. And it all clicked. This was the seduction. IF I enslave myself, I will get love- so it was all my agenda my mission- I was “doing everything for them” which was the illusion, the seduction I was under- but it was truly a manipulative pattern I ran to try to get love from everyone I could. Only to fail miserably- and to feel even worse.

I felt powerless and stuck. Until you said those words….

And through your work- we prayed- and the seduction and illusion vanished. Poof just like that!

I can’t believe this has all been me all this time.

I WAS DESPERATE TO GET: Love, safety, approval, success and wealth and WORSHIP AND WORLD DOMINATION

What I learned was that I created a pattern of need. Everyone had to need me- I had to do it all- so people would love me. Because deep inside I doubted they could just love me for me. And that I truly don’t have to do anything for love. And neither does anyone…

And that I just give it up and teach my family to be self-sufficient so they DON'T NEED me and we can establish love for the sake of love.

OR SCREW UP MY WHOLE FAMILY AND LIFE PERPETRATING EVIL BY BEING PATHOLOGICALLY SELFISH.

Here are my learnings:

I’m just another cog in the wheel and that’s ok. We all are working together. No one better or worse. There is no need to dominate just to do each of our missions.
I was seduced into thinking I was so selfless and altruistic because I was working for what I thought “was everyone else’s good” but was really still what I thought- and my agenda
I have been self-abusing all this time, putting myself last so I could get sympathy and love. I was acting like a victim and poor me to myself & failing because I got no sympathy gratitude or love…
When we interviewed my husband - I sat still. It was the first time I could listen to him and learn. I was still - like air. Without an agenda.

And It’s the first time I feel still. And my nervous system relaxed. The first time I’m not working to get something in every action.

Today I put my agenda down. It feels so light and relaxing and freeing

It’s all been one big undercover operation to get love shrouded in a mission to do for others so no one would ever find me out. That it was all about me. And it didn’t make sense until you said I was pathologically selfish and self-absorbed. Me? No!!!… oh my gosh yes…. And the shell around me shattered. I can relax and just be me for the first time in decades….

You and your work- Judith- I’m just in disbelief- after being in disbelief many times- you’ve changed my life. Thank you Thank you Thank you. You’re a true genius Judith. I can never thank you enough. You are my teacher my mentor and I’m so grateful to have been given you to guide me in this life. I only hope to help your work reach millions.

All the Best!

C. C. Life Coach

Nothing Is Impossible.

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:33:47 GMT

James ’s brother, Samuel , sustained severe traumatic brain injury from a car accident. He spent the year going to many doctors for treatment, but could barely function. Samuel complained that not only did standard medical care not help him, but the doctors ignored and mistreated him. Whenever James suggested any complementary therapies, such as acupuncture, chiropractic, or HBLU, Samuel immediately came up with excuses as to why going for that kind of treatment was impossible. (Notice that he didn’t claim that that kind of treatment wouldn’t work. He just made it impossible to get there.) James said, “Even though I feel really guilty about it, I’ve stopped trying to help him because he makes everything impossible.”

Monica ’s 25-year-old son, Ed , suffers from such severe debilitating Crohn’s disease that he couldn’t finish high school, can’t work, can’t leave the house, and can barely leave his room. Traditional medical care and medication is not helping. Monica and her husband bought him a dog thinking that would cheer him up, but Ed does not interact with it. Monica has suggested and made appointments for many complementary therapies such as nutrition, naturopathy, family therapy, and HBLU, but Ed refuses to go to these appointments. Monica experiences guilt and deep sorrow that her son is so ill, and she and her husband haven’t been able to help him.

Valerie ’s partner, Nancy , is 200 pounds overweight, suffers from ADD and severe anxiety, and hates her job. Nancy had been on medication for the ADD and anxiety, but when her psychiatrist retired, never attempted to find another provider and let her medication lapse. When Valerie suggested that Nancy find new doctors and get back on medication to help her mental function and treatment for overweight, Nancy refused to make any follow-up phone calls or emails. Although they had gotten engaged in the Spring, by Fall, Valerie had asked for the ring back. Valerie said, “I don’t think I can live with her if she refuses to take care of herself and won’t let me help her.”

What do James, Monica, and Valerie all have in common? They feel deep sorrow, guilt, and frustration that they can’t help someone they care about deeply. But the people who are suffering are also trapped in a pattern that continues to cause them suffering. Both the impotent helpers and the perpetual sufferers are trapped in a seducer strategy called, “I’m impossible.”

What is a Seduction Pattern?

Seduction patterns are some of the most energy draining, perverse, and frustrating patterns a person can experience. People with seduction patterns get tricked into doing things they don’t want to do. They are unable to leave bad relationships, jobs, family, or other upsetting situations.

Seduction patterns arise from a trauma that causes people to feel dead or empty inside. The dead part in a person does not want to be dead or empty, but it does not know how to bring itself back to life (it doesn’t know meridian tapping techniques.) It believes that the only way it can come back to life is if somebody outside of itself gives it what it needs to come back to life. We call these life and death requirements critical elements and they come in the form of gifts or benefits.

In a seducee pattern, the person being seduced (seducee) attempts to get what he/she needs by accepting gifts/benefits or the promise of gifts/benefits from the seducer. The seducee pays for what he/she gets by allowing the seducer to drain him/her of positive qualities like energy, joy, and compassion. In a seducer strategy, the person doing the seducing (seducer) tries to get what he/she needs by offering to provide the gifts/benefits (i.e. bribing) or by threatening or doing other manipulative behaviors. In effect, the promise from both seducer and seducee is, "I'll bring you to life with what I’m offering."

Sadly, it is not really possible for someone outside of you to completely bring you to life. The most that anyone gets in a seduction pattern is a small amount of what the dead part needs, and it is insufficient, perverted, and unsatisfying. Both parties are hooked on the crumb of what they have gotten and the hope of more to come. Neither side can let go because the dead part is afraid that if it gives up what little it is getting it will go back to being completely dead which is unacceptable. You can usually tell if you’re seducing or someone is seducing you if you feel frustrated and drained after interacting with that person!

How Do You Free Yourself of a Seduction Pattern?

The only way to free yourself of a seduction pattern is to give back and refuse to take (now or in the future) the gifts that you are tempted by, but the dead part can’t let go for fear that if it gives up what little it is getting it will go back to being completely dead. To clear seduction patterns, we use a prayer intervention in which you:

Renounce the gifts you’re trying to get (while feeling desperate not to),
Ask God/Divine Source (a source that can actually deliver) to free you from the seduction pattern, heal the dead part, and provide what you need.

The intervention works instantly regardless of attitudes toward or belief in God.

Results

After clearing this pattern, James, Monica, and Valerie felt freed of feelings of deep sorrow, worry, frustration, and guilt. With a feeling of deep patience they accepted that the other people were on their own journey, and turned their attention to taking better care of themselves.

Two days after James freed himself of his brother Samuel ’s being impossible pattern, Samual actually called my office and booked two appointments. I successfully treated him for physical injury trauma to the brain. Six months later he had minor surgery to repair the residue from the injury. The surgery was successful and he felt well taken care of by the doctor and his staff.

The week after Monica freed herself of her son Ed ’s being impossible pattern, Ed did his own laundry (which he hadn’t done himself in 5 years), fed the dog and took him for a walk. He still hasn’t agreed to try any alternative treatments, but he stopped complaining about the pain in his gut.

In the month after Valerie freed herself of her partner Nancy’s being impossible pattern, Nancy found a new psychiatrist and started back on medication. She got laid off from the job she hated and happily decided to devote her time to losing weight, repairing her health, and starting her own business.

Freeing yourself from someone who is being impossible:

Write out the seducer strategy.

“________ (name of the person who is being impossible) is being impossible in order to get… (list what he/she is trying to get by doing that) examples: attention, care, revenge, love, power, fame, freedom from responsibility
And if I could just _________ (fix them, heal them, give them what they need, take care of her properly, etc.) I would get … (list what you are trying to get by doing that): examples: redemption, freedom from guilt, love, admiration, peace of mind, worship, happiness

Locate in your body where you feel desperate for these benefits.
Say the prayer:

" I renounce this strategy (read what you wrote in step 1)

and I pray God to free me from _________ (the person who is being impossible) and everyone I do this with, and I pray God to heal all parts of myself, associated parts, dissociated parts, disowned, disowning, and autonomous parts. I pray God to free me from this seduction pattern, because that’s all it is, and I pray God to free me from this whole pattern and everything that made me susceptible to it. I pray God to heal us of all the damage I’ve ever done and all the stress I’ve ever caused myself and others while under the influence of this pattern and erase it so completely it’s as if it never happened. I pray God to provide us with whatever else we need in the benefits areas.”

Now that you’ve said the prayer, notice that the feelings of deep sorrow and guilt are gone. Since you are no longer desperate for the promised benefits, know that you’ll be able to figure out how to get what you need in a straightforward way.
Use this prayer on any other seducer strategy that you may be running.

For help clearing this and other dysfunctional family system patterns, call 781-444-6940 or email info@hblu.org to book an appointment. To treat another common seducer strategy, purchase h ttps://www.hblu.org/product/Exchange-Your-Inner-Critic-for-Compassion .

November's Miracle

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:28:19 GMT

It’s that time again, where I get to shout out another amazing woman. Dr. Judith Swack has changed my life! In fact she has changed our family’s life.

I found her in summer of 2023 . There was so much unhealed shit and my body was paying for it. I am 46 years old, and I have been in therapy on and off since I was 13. I’ve had some lovely therapists. I’m also a therapist myself. And I can honestly, wholeheartedly say, NOTHING has ever helped with lasting changes as much as Judith.

She’s one of the smartest women I’ve ever met - she’s a neuroscientist + an energy healer. And the work she does - what we do in session - cannot even really explain it. It’s weird as f*ck. And it works!! In the past little over a year, I have managed to change a couple of behaviors I have not been able to change in 20 years. no exaggeration, and not for lack of trying.

One of my 11 year old sons was paralyzed by fear of spiders - had a phobia, happened to be with me one day when I had an appointment and was going to wait in the waiting room, she said he could come in even though she doesn’t work with kids. I kid you not, she fixed that sh*t. In one session. He still doesn’t like spiders, but he isn’t frozen in fear anymore - he can get a tissue and pick it up and move on. This is unbelievable.

And remember last week when I Saturday spotlighted my financial coach and how my husband’s feeling lonely in that part of our marriage is now getting resolved? Well, before I reached out to my financial coach to begin with, my husband and I had a joint session with Dr. Swack, where she helped heal a piece of our relationship which we’ve been stuck, going in circles for years! That clearing gave me the energy and thought to reach out for financial coaching to begin with…

And if you need any convincing that this is the person for healing from trauma, I invite you to reach out and speak with my husband himself…. I % believe in all this energy healing etc, but he is a very logical, rational, no bullshit guy. He doesn’t do therapy. Talk therapy never worked for him, and he thinks it’s a complete waste. And I couldn’t explain this to him - how this is different or what it is. Nor did I try. I didn’t even ever suggest he should go… But when he saw our son get cured of the arachnophobia, and our son is very similar to him, no bullshit, rational, logical, and he said it worked, and we saw it worked he decided to try it…

He decided to give it sessions… I think to prove to both of us it was all bullshit. He came home from the first session livid. But decided he would go back. He also came back from the second session angry, and told me all about how he yelled at Dr. Swack and told her it was bullshit… AND how she didn’t give a f*ck what he thought …”it doesn’t matter if you believe it or think it’s bullshit, I’m not talking to your rational mind, I’m talking to your subconscious” she’s told him numerous times…

And suffice to say, he’s been about 9x now, and he too, is operating fundamentally differently. Our marriage is operating fundamentally differently. Traumas and patterns we have both carried and acted upon for years seem to be being dissolved. It’s really wild.

If you are seeking a trauma healer or healing for anything, I can’t recommend Dr. Swack higher. I once asked Dr. Swack how to explain what she does to people, and she said “tell them I work with your subconscious”. I don’t think that really explains it fully… or maybe it does… either way it’s amazing.

S.C. LICSW

The Relationship Readiness Stages

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 14:06:42 GMT

One of my favorite projects is getting people happily married. To do that I did quite a bit of original research and discovered that just as there are psychological child development stages, there are 3 psychological relationship readiness stages.

The Relationship Readiness Stages

Adventuring

This stage usually runs from the teen years to the early 20’s. In this stage the developmental task is to date many different types of people, have a lot of fun, and learn how to communicate with another human being. In this stage people learn what they like and dislike and what works and doesn’t work for them in a relationship. People select people to date based on “are they sexy, fun, and interesting”.

Fine for Now

This stage usually runs from college through the mid-twenties. In this stage the developmental task is to finish school or job training, and start a job or career where you can make enough money to support yourself, hopefully doing something fulfilling. At this stage, people are looking for one person who can be their regular girlfriend or boyfriend, who they talk to and date on a regular basis as they support each other to find themselves and grow into adulthood. People may even move in and live together. This stage typically lasts 1-7 years. People select people for this relationship based on “do we enjoy each other’s company and feel supported and understood by them”.

Ready for Marriage

People usually transition into this stage when they are over 25 years old and have gotten their second job. The second job gives them the confidence that they are full-fledged adults who can financially support themselves and take care of their own bodies, i.e., provide food, shelter, transportation and maintain their health. At this stage, most people have established themselves in their career and have some idea what their soul mission is. Then they ask themselves, “what’s next?”

What’s next is to start a family and become a contributing member of society. In this stage they look for a partner who would make a good parent, who is also a self-sufficient adult, and who works well collaboratively as a team. They look for someone to support them to navigate the vicissitudes of life, dependably be there, have fun together, enjoy each other’s company, and grow old with. People at this stage think in terms of “we” and make decisions together in terms of what’s best for the couple or the family as opposed to just thinking of what’s best for me.

How do you know your Relationship Readiness Stage?

I recommend that you muscle test and ask your deepest wisdom what your relationship readiness stage is. Many people are surprised to find out it’s not what they thought.

How do you know someone else’s Relationship Readiness Stage?

I recommend you ask them verbally on the fourth date, “What are you looking for in a relationship?”

If they say, “I’m just looking to have some fun,” they are in the Adventuring stage. If they say, “I’m looking for a steady girlfriend/boyfriend, but I’m not interested in getting married,” they are in the Fine for Now stage. If they say, “I’m looking for a serious committed long-term relationship” or “I’d like to find someone to marry/settle down with and have a family,” they are in the Ready for Marriage stage.

Many women in the Ready for Marriage stage have remarked that they are afraid to list on a dating app or tell their date that they want to get married for fear of scaring them off. Know that if that happens it means the other person is not in the ready for marriage stage. Move on to find someone else who is. Typically, when one person says they are looking to get married and the other person is in the ready for marriage stage, he/she says, “Me, too.”

What if I’m way over 25 years old, haven’t transitioned into the ready for marriage stage, but would like to get married?

As so often happens in life, you are running unconscious self-sabotage patterns that are interfering with your success in this area of your life. Trauma, dysfunctional family system patterns, and cultural brainwashing are the usual culprits. Fortunately, these can be cleared in just a few sessions and you will naturally transition into the ready for marriage stage. Then it will be easy for you to find a like-minded partner.

In Summary:

Know your relationship readiness stage so you can create a relationship with someone at the same stage. That way you will both understand what to expect and create a relationship that you both enjoy.

If you or anyone you know would like to get happily married or improve your relationships, HBLU methodology can help you. If you would like to learn more or schedule an appointment, please call 781-444-6940 , email info@hblu.org , or go to www.hblu.org .

Blessings, Judith

Simple Secrets for Making Your Partner Feel Loved

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:40:45 GMT

Sally and Frank came to me with the complaint, “He/she doesn’t love me.” When I asked Sally what Frank could do to make her feel loved, she said, “He needs to tell me I’m beautiful.” Further exploration revealed that she needed to hear this once a day. Although we tested other adjectives like gorgeous, fantastic, pretty, cute, adorable, fabulous, wonderful, terrific…no other adjective gave her the feeling of being loved. Frank agreed to do this one simple thing. In contrast, Frank needed someone to pet his head (anywhere on his head) about once a week to feel loved. Sally agreed to do this.

In Frank and Sally’s case, differences in their internal definitions of the word “love” resulted not only in feelings of neglect but also caused several arguments. Sally and Frank were late for a party. Feeling stressed, Frank drove recklessly making Sally nervous. In order to calm him down, Sally said, “Don’t worry about the party; you look really handsome tonight.” This, of course, did nothing for Frank, who much would have preferred to have a little head scratching for reassurance as he drove. Frank, however, recognizing that Sally was upset, reached over and stroked her head…messing up Sally’s hair and leading to an argument.

Each of us assumes that everyone else’s reality is the same as our own, so we interact with others from our own personal frame of reference. In reality, we each have a preferred way of functioning and interpreting the world. When we learn to understand our partner’s unique perspective of the world, we can significantly improve our relationships through more meaningful communication.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) studies the structure of how humans think and experience the world. It is a powerful system for representing and influencing human behavior. NLP combines aspects of psychology (including Freudian, Jungian, and Gestalt), hypnosis, linguistics, and computer science. Developed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in the 1970’s, popularized by Tony Robbins in the 1980’s, and added to by many brilliant practitioners, its techniques have been successfully applied to therapy, health, communication, education, business, sales, peak performance, and other fields.

NLP begins by teaching important communication skills, and describes how our beliefs, emotions, values, and sense of identity affect our behavior, either helping or interfering with success. We all experience the world through the five senses, and store that information in different parts of our brain. When we communicate our experience, we use visual (images), auditory (sounds), kinesthetic (touch and internal feelings), gustatory (tastes) and olfactory (smells) words. We typically assume that our internal representation and sense of reality is objectively real, and everyone else understands the world the way we do. Through developing NLP skills, we understand that everyone experiences reality differently, which gives us the tools to understand someone else’s world, communicate our world to others and add resources, skills, and strategies for achieving excellence in all areas of our lives.

Back to relationships…Janet came complaining about Paul, “He doesn’t love me, he just keeps giving me all this jewelry.” Janet displayed three nested rings of alternating diamond/ruby, diamond/emerald, and diamond/sapphire. When asked what Paul could do to make her feel loved, she replied, “He could tell me he loves me.” Further exploration revealed that she needed to hear this once a day. Paul agreed to do this. Not surprisingly, Janet was a therapist who made a living listening to other people. She preferred to process information auditorily. Paul was a chiropractor who made a living looking closely at people’s bodies. He preferred to process information visually, so gifting Janet with stunningly beautiful jewelry was a natural way for him to express his love.

In NLP, a person’s internal definition of a noun (concept) is called a complex equivalent and is unique to each individual. The best way to elicit someone’s complex equivalent is to ask, “Exactly what do you mean by _____?” Take the word “love” for example. What feels, looks, smells, sounds, and tastes like love is represented differently for everybody. Red roses and chocolate may not be it. In order to really understand and connect with your partner, you need to ask for his/her definition of love and other important concepts and values such as security, success, happiness, family, home, etc. It may surprise you how easily you can accommodate someone and make him/her happy once you know exactly what is meaningful to that person.

Joe and Cecilia have been married for 25 years and have a lovely, close, intimate relationship. Joe is British and Cecilia is American, so they had to translate cultural as well as individual differences. When Cecilia got excited about something, she gestured with her arms and spoke in a louder, higher pitched, more animated voice. Joe never seemed to get excited about anything. When Cecilia finally asked Joe to demonstrate excitement, he raised his eyebrows once. For their 4-month pregnancy checkup, Joe was invited to hear the baby’s first heartbeat. At the first pulsing sound, Cecilia burst into tears. Joe raised his eyebrows twice. Cecilia remarked to him afterwards that she recognized how extremely excited he was.

Lydia had been married for only a month when she realized she felt lonely even when her husband, Sam, was in the house. She finally figured out that she couldn’t reconnect with him (after being away at work all day) unless he physically touched her. Sam, on the other hand, only needed to see her to reconnect. A brief discussion resulted in a new ritual. As soon as they both came home, Sam and Lydia kissed, Sam patted Lydia’s behind, and both said, “How was your day?”

Marjorie reported that learning about NLP and communication “had made her a nicer person.” She explained that she used to be selfish and only thought about what others could do for her. Not surprisingly, she and her husband did not have a good relationship. When she realized that it could be easy to make someone happy, she asked her husband what would make him feel loved. He replied that he would appreciate it if she made him tea while he watched TV. Her teenage son complained that there was no food in the house. Her initial response was, “You obviously haven’t looked in the refrigerator, and you’re never around to have dinner with us, and I’m too busy to cook.” Then she realized that what he meant by food was home-cooked meals. On weekends, she began cooking enough to stock two shelves of the refrigerator. He started coming home for meals and tells her constantly how much he loves and appreciates her.

For satisfying and lasting relationships, ask your loved ones what you need to do, say, or show them to make them feel loved and happy. You might be surprised at the answer and at how easy it is to accommodate them. You’ll definitely find it rewarding.

Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Immunology, is a master NLP practitioner and mind/body healer who has developed Healing from the Body Level UP ^TM (HBLU ^TM ), a rapid and revolutionary healing methodology that integrates biomedical science, psychology, applied kinesiology, hypnosis, NLP, spirituality and energy psychology techniques. Dr. Swack and her associates work with individual clients in person or by phone. For more information, call her Needham office at 781-444-6940 .

RESOURCES:
Bandler, Richard. The Structure of Magic: A Book About Language and Therapy (Book 1). Science and Behavior Books, 1975.
Andreas, Steve and Connirae. Change Your Mind. Real People Press, 1987.
Dilts, Robert. Changing Belief Systems with NLP. Meta Publications, 1990.
O’Connor, Joseph and Seymour, John. Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Psychological Skills for Understanding and Influencing People. Thorsons Publishers; 2nd revised edition, 1993.
Charvet, Shelle Rose. Words That Change Minds: Mastering the Language of Influence. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company; 2nd edition, 1997.

Staying Strong in a Traumatized Economy

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:58:46 GMT

Staying Strong in a Traumatized Economy Part I.

Scott lost his job as an engineer with Digital Equipment Corporation in one of the many rounds of layoffs leading to Digital’s demise. The recruiter he went to said he wasn’t placing former digital employees because they were so traumatized they acted like losers at job interviews. Even worse, Digital laid him off 3 weeks before Christmas, a time when companies weren’t focused on hiring.

Scott came for treatment just one week after he was laid off. We performed the HBLU™ Success Protocol by clearing his job loss trauma and phobias of failure and then creating a positive vision of the job he wanted next. Lastly, we showed Scott a technique for being fully “on” during job interviews, a technique he found amazingly helpful. It took just two sessions, and Scott had a new job by February!

To perform your best, just before the job interview:
A. Use the Cook’s Balance to release nervous energy and ground and center yourself. (This process can be done sitting or standing.) 1. Cross one leg over the other. 2. With palms facing outward cross hands at the wrists and interlock fingers. Pull your clasped hands upward and rotate outward so that your pinkie’s are towards the chest, the thumbs face outward. Hold this position until you feel your energy settle down into your body and you feel grounded. 3. Unfold yourself. 4. Stand with feet about 2 feet apart. Touch fingertips together with relaxed and rounded fingers (making a little tent shape) and hold your joined hands level with your heart until you feel centered.

B. Do the Meridian Flush to energize yourself and be more focused. Cup one hand over the over at the bottom of your torso. Make a scooping motion up the center of your body to your lower lip (as if you’re splashing yourself with refreshing water). Repeat 2-4 times.

When you’re looking for a job, it’s important to manage your emotional state, particularly your fears. That way you can keep a positive attitude, stay motivated, and access your ability to be creative and resourceful, a necessity for surviving in hard times. Add the HBLU™ Success Protocol to the standard procedures for getting a job, i.e. writing a good resume, networking, and searching the job ads, and you’ll find a job more quickly and with less anxiety.

For personalized help with the entire HBLU™ Success protocol, call us at 781-444-6940 to book an appointment.

Janice and Frank (This scene really happened.)

Janice (to husband Frank, the person in charge of carpooling): “Does Cathy (their daughter) have a debate tournament scheduled for this weekend?”
Frank: “no.”
Janice: “Is Cathy scheduled for any activities this weekend?”
Frank: “yes.”
Janice (puzzled because swim season was over, and the only other activity that Cathy was involved in was debate): “So what is Cathy doing this weekend?”
Frank: “Debate.”
Janice (surprised): “You just said she wasn’t doing debate”
Frank: “Well, I thought you were talking about whether she had a home meet or an away meet.”
Janice (certain that there is something wrong with Frank): “You’re being argumentative.”
Frank: “No, I’m not.”

Normally, Frank is laid back and easy-to get along with. Thinking back, Janice realized, he’d been argumentative, edgy, irritable, at times almost hostile, for the last three months. The timing of this behavior coincided with the start of layoffs at his company. Naturally Frank’s manager assured everyone that there would be no layoffs in their department. Naturally, the company laid off people in Frank’s department in the first round of layoffs, including the only person in the company who knew how to perform a vital product test. Each month thereafter, the company continued to lay off more people.

Exploring the reasons for Frank’s uncharacteristic behavior, they realized (obvious in retrospect) that everybody in the company was anxious about losing their job and afraid that the company was falling apart. Even if Frank himself wasn’t laid off, it’s still traumatic to lose friends and coworkers during layoffs, and Frank was feeling his own and everybody else’s anxiety. Both Janice and Frank knew the Natural Bio-Destressing (NBD) technique for clearing traumatic shock, but they hadn’t thought to use it because the shock he experienced was too subtle to recognize consciously! Now that they realized what was happening, Janice suggested that Frank do the NBD technique every time he heard the word layoff. Frank agreed, and has returned to being his good-natured self.

Simone and Roberta
During an HBLU™ session, Simone complained of feeling shaky and tearful. The previous day, her boss, Roberta had snapped at her. “But didn’t your laboratory just lose its research grant funding for next year in the Bernie Madoff scandal, and aren’t you now applying for Federal grant funding to replace it?” I asked. “And do you think you both might be feeling a lot of pressure and experiencing anxiety and stress?” Simone agreed that I had a good point there. We did one round of Natural Bio-Destressing on the shock of being snapped at. Simone realized that both she and Roberta knew how to do Natural Bio-Destressing, but neither of them had thought to use it because they hadn’t recognized the subtle symptoms of trauma. Later that day, Roberta came to apologize for snapping at Simone. Simone suggested that they use a code word as a special signal to remind each other to do Natural Bio-Destressing when they noticed signs of stress in each other. In her next coaching session, Roberta reported to me that the plan was working well and she and Simone were both feeling and working together much better.

So, if shock can be so subtle, how do you know when to use Natural Bio-Destressing? I recommend that during stressful times you do it in the morning when you wake up as you think about what you dread might happen that day (i.e. more bad news at your company), and at night before bedtime looking back over anything upsetting that happened that day. Use NBD when you feel irritable, short-tempered, or impatient. Use NBD just in case! During stressful economic times, it’s important to manage your emotional state, particularly your fears. That way you can keep a positive attitude, stay motivated, access your ability to be creative and resourceful, and preserve your relationships, all necessities for surviving in hard times.

Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up™, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order audio and videotapes. Visit our website and register for our exciting new Teleseminar offerings!

Janine, a hardworking software engineer in her fifties, had avoided looking at her retirement and investment account statements because she knew the numbers would be down and she didn’t want to upset herself. She figured she still had her job, she wasn’t planning to retire anytime soon, she couldn’t figure out any place else to put her money, and if she did transfer her money now, she wouldn’t recoup her losses when the market bounced back. (Surely the market would recover in about 20 years when she would need the money.) Tax time rolled around, and Janine had to look at her financial statements. Inexplicably, she woke up at 3 AM and couldn’t get back to sleep. Janine called me. We discovered that Janine had expected the value of her accounts to be down by half, but was shocked to discover they were down by two-thirds. In that instant, her unconscious mind imagined her getting old with no income and living in misery at a dingy welfare retirement home. One round of the Natural Bio-Destressing technique cleared her phobic reaction and corrected her sleeplessness.

Larry, CEO of a multi-million dollar business training and executive coaching company, had to lay 20% of his employees off due to the drop in revenues this year. He tried not to think about the effect this would have on those employees who had, in fact, done their jobs well. He tried not to think about the negative effect this would have on the remaining staff’s morale. He tried not to think about how he was going to have to take a cut in pay because his salary was tied to the company’s income. He tried not to admit he felt like he’d failed everyone who depended on him for not bringing in the business. He refused to believe that he couldn’t single-handedly shield his company from the effects of the country’s massive economic downturn. But, the day of the layoffs, Larry stopped sleeping. At Larry’s next HBLU™ business coaching session, we treated him for all the traumatic loss he was experiencing, and that night he returned to sleeping comfortably. And as is usual when we heal patterns in the unconscious mind and body, Larry came up with some innovative ideas for moving the company forward and returned to work excited and motivated.

Ronald, a retired businessman living off of investments and a little bit of social security income, stopped sleeping. He had to cut way back on his and his wife’s spending because their income had dropped so substantially. But that wasn’t all that bothered him. He had invested in his son’s now failing business. Moreover, his son had just bought a home last year and was financially over-extended. His daughter had just been laid off from her job. Ronald, accustomed to being the successful businessman-father was now unable to help his children. He woke up in the night worrying about them. During Ronald’s HBLU™ session, we carefully listed and treated everything he was worried about. Ronald felt like he’d be able to sleep well after this and promised to use the Natural Bio-Destressing technique if he woke up again in the middle of the night.

Janine, Larry, and Ronald already knew how to do the Natural Bio-Destressing (NBD) technique for clearing traumatic shock, before they came to these specific HBLU™ sessions, but they hadn’t thought to use it because the shock they experienced was too subtle to recognize consciously! So, if shock can be so subtle, how do you know when to use Natural Bio-Destressing? I recommend that during stressful times you do it in the morning when you wake up as you think about what you dread might happen that day (i.e. more bad news at your company), and at night before bedtime looking back over anything upsetting that happened that day. Use NBD when you have trouble sleeping. Use NBD just in case! During stressful economic times, it’s important to manage your emotional state, particularly your fears. That way you can keep a positive attitude, stay motivated, access your ability to be creative and resourceful, and preserve your relationships, all necessities for surviving in hard times.

Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order audio and videotapes.

Linda, a therapist specializing in marriage and family counseling, saw a drop in her client load for the first time in years. Normally when she got calls from people looking for addiction counseling she referred them to a colleague who specialized in that area. Now, she found herself considering widening her practice to treat patients who weren’t her specialty. Somehow, that didn’t feel right, and she continued to refer clients to those practitioners she felt would best serve them. During her HBLU™ session we found that the sight of empty calendar spaces triggered the fear that she would lose her practice and be worthless. One round of the Natural Bio-Destressing technique (NBD) cleared her phobic reaction and eliminated her ethical dilemma. She realized that even though she was afraid, the best way to maintain her sense of self-worth and integrity was to continue to rely on her best professional judgement.

Cheryl, a school psychologist at a school for severely emotionally disturbed and violent children, reported feeling unusually exhausted. Although Cheryl normally tries to please everybody, she’s accustomed to handling the predictable conflicts between parents, teachers, and children in the design of an individualized behavior management and teaching plan. This time, though, the negative effects of the national and state economic downturn on school funding, and the drop in value of her retirement and other investments made her more stressed and vulnerable to other’s opinions of her. She was disturbed by disagreement from some of the staff and parents about her behavioral management plans for a couple of the students, and felt unsupported by the administration. At her HBLU™ session we discovered that the fatigue was caused by the fear that she would get fired for doing what she was supposed to After clearing this phobia with one round of NBD, she realized, “If I do what I know is right, the results of that action are only going to lead to more rightness. If I did get fired because the system is flawed, then I shouldn’t be there. I won’t give my energy away to fear. I can’t control the future. I can only continue to do what’s right. Doing what is right professionally is more likely to protect my job than trying not to get people angry.”

Samuel, an engineer at a high tech software company, reported feeling anxious about attending his next staff meeting. His company had laid off several people in his department, but they still needed to deliver the latest version of the software on time. The manager of his department asked the remaining staff to volunteer to do the extra work. Samuel agreed to add an extra part of the project to his schedule, worked through several weekends, putting a strain on his body and his marriage. In the end, Samuel was late in delivering his own part of the project. Samuel was afraid that by overextending himself, the quality of his own work would suffer and harm his reputation. At his HBLU™ business coaching session, we prepared Samuel for his department meeting by treating his fear (with 1 round of NBD) that if he said no to his manager he’d get fired and be worthless. He realized that it was better to stop volunteering and focus on the quality of his work than it was to people please.

Linda, Cheryl, and Samuel already knew how to do the Natural Bio-Destressing (NBD) technique for clearing traumatic shock before they came to these specific HBLU™ sessions, but they hadn’t thought to use it because the shock they experienced was too subtle to recognize consciously! So, if shock can be so subtle, how do you know when to use NBD? I recommend that during stressful times you do it in the morning when you wake up as you think about what you dread might happen that day (i.e. more bad news at your company), and at night before bedtime looking back over anything upsetting that happened that day. Use NBD when you feel anxious, exhausted, or stressed. Use NBD just in case! During stressful economic times, it’s important to manage your emotional state, particularly your fears. That way you can keep a positive attitude, stay motivated, access your ability to be creative and resourceful, and preserve your relationships, all necessities for surviving in hard times.

Do Natural Bio-Destressing. For written instructions, see self-help-bio-destressing order the DVD at video-audio-books .

Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone . Healing from the Body Level Up™, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order audio and videotapes.

Disappointment, the Springboard to Success

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:54:07 GMT

Many people have difficulty dealing with disappointment. When something they really want or worked hard for doesn’t come through, they get overwhelmed by disappointment, give up hope and stop dead in their tracks. Interestingly, when used well, disappointment can become a powerful motivating energy, and here’s a Neuro-Linguistic Programming technique for doing just that!

Step 1: Recognize that you feel disappointed. Is it a sinking feeling in your heart, a nauseous or empty feeling in your stomach? Recognize how disappointment registers in your body.

Step 2: With respect and appreciation, recognize that your feeling of disappointment is a signal that you need to reevaluate your results.

Step 3: With a feeling of curiosity, evaluate whether what you wanted and did not get is worth continuing to want. If you decide it’s still worth pursuing, remember times where you got creative, persevered, and eventually found ways to get what you wanted. Know that you can always do that again, so feel reassured about your ability to do that.

Step 4: If what you wanted and did not get is no longer worth wanting, consider what would be more worthwhile to want under the circumstances. If it is time to find other things to pursue, recall times when you changed goals and eventually succeeded at getting what you wanted, and feel reassured about your ability to do that.

Step 5: Imagine doing what you need to do to eventually get what you want, adding detail and vividness until you feel confident about that future.

Isn’t this a brilliant strategy? With Healing from the Body Level Up methodology, you can install this strategy directly into your unconscious mind so it automatically becomes a habit! Just place one hand gently across your forehead and the other hand gently across the back of your head and let your head move however it wants to while listening to me read the strategy to you again. Are you ready? Here we go.

Recognize that you feel disappointed.

With respect and appreciation, recognize that your feeling of disappointment is a signal that you need to reevaluate your results.

With a feeling of curiosity, evaluate whether what you wanted and did not get is worth continuing to want. If you decide it’s still worth pursuing, remember times where you got creative, persevered, and eventually found ways to get what you wanted, and feel reassured about your ability to do that.

If what you wanted and did not get is no longer worth wanting, consider what would be more worthwhile to want under the circumstances. If it is time to find other things to pursue, recall times when you changed goals and eventually succeeded at getting what you wanted, and feel reassured about your ability to do that.

Imagine doing what you need to do to eventually get what you want, adding detail and vividness until you feel confident about that future.

Repeat this exercise two more times to make sure it’s now a habit. And good luck with creating a more satisfying future.

I would like to acknowledge Leslie Cameron Bandler and Michael LeBeau for describing the elegant strategies for processing disappointment as well as other emotions in their book “The Emotional Hostage”, San Rafael, CA: Future Pace, Inc. 1986.

HBLU™ is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Ph.D. Biochemist/ Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, and Mind/ Body Healer. HBLU™ integrates biomedical science, psychology, applied kinesiology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLU is so effective because:

1. The client’s deepest wisdom dictates all the healing work and is thus specific for that individual,
2. It has a menu of well characterized damage patterns and easy protocols for clearing them,
3. It has a comprehensive menu of quick and effective techniques, and
4. It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels simultaneously.

Making Decisions with All of You

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:52:14 GMT

Life is complex and we often need to make decisions that where we need to consider many factors. It’s easy to feel confused when making business, relationship, health, and career plans.

Here’s a simple decision-making exercise that allows you to access your soul’s deepest wisdom and simultaneously process and include information from your conscious mind, unconscious mind, body, and soul in the decision. This process will give you in mental clarity, a sense of direction, and confidence about decisions.

1. Write down the question you would like to ask and add a time frame by when you need to act on the decision. Muscle test for accuracy.

2. Muscle test and ask your deepest wisdom if it already knows the answer. If yes, write down what comes to you.

3. If not, do Frontal Occipital Holding by placing one hand across your forehead and one hand across the back of your head. Let your head move however it wants to, and it will stop when you are done. Write down the answer. Muscle test for accuracy.

Sometimes the answer is a definite action, and sometimes the answer is that you need more information about the subject after which you should ask again. Follow the deepest wisdom’s decisions and you’ll be happier with your decisions.

Note: When muscle testing questions about life decisions ask you deepest wisdom. When muscle testing questions about nutritional supplements and food ask your body.

Sample Questions for the deepest wisdom:

1. What college would I like to attend next year?

2. Do I want to break up with my boyfriend in the next month?

3. Should I expand my business over the next five years?

Sample Questions for the body:

1. Should I take this antioxidant for the rest of my life?

2. What should I eat for dinner tonight.

Don’t Let Anyone Else Tell You What God Is

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:50:49 GMT

Many people carry negative or aberrant definitions of God. They believe that God is cruel, punishing, uncaring, critical, weak, a monster, an idiot, nonexistent, etc. Some people believe that God has gender (ie.God/Goddess) or age (old man with a beard). These definitions are caused by damage patterns such as traumas, layers of the Enneagram wound, or family or religious teaching. In every case that I have tested, the client’s deepest wisdom tells us that these negative or absent definitions of God do not serve them. Many people are unaware, ashamed or afraid to admit that they have these negative beliefs because they were taught to think of God as loving, forgiving, kind, generous, all-powerful, etc. Individuals may not relate personally to the positive representations of God that are present in the culture and feel guilty, pressured, or isolated when they don’t agree. Thus, it is important for people to find an internal representation and personal way of experiencing God that serves their highest good and to notice when a representation comes from a damage pattern.

I, myself, think of God as a giant semitransparent amoeba of energy in space. This amoeba contains the totality of life force energy in the universe spanning the matter/energy continuum. I think of all of us embodied folks as pseudopods, i.e. living extensions of God that act like fingers that receive and transmit sensory information to the whole organism through a nervous system of spiritual energy. I wonder whether this amoeba would be sentient without some part of it being embodied in physical form. I feel that the information we share about life while we are in the material world either contributes to or collectively comprises the sentience and ethical system of the Divine. I experience the presence of God when I feel excited about being alive, when I feel love and energetic connection with others, when my angel and guide talk to me, and when my clients heal before my eyes. On the other hand, some people simply experience God as the feeling they get when they are out in nature.

In her research of near-death experiences, P.M.H. Atwater describes several cases in which people met angels, Jesus, and other friends and relatives after passing through a tunnel (1). These beings dissolved into pure light when the people no longer needed these shapes or forms to put them at ease. As the people were absorbed into the light they experienced the ecstasy of unconditional love. I interpret this to mean that God is the universal energy of joy and love and that God is flexible in the forms It takes to establish rapport with individuals. So, don’t let anyone else tell you what God is. Find your own comfortable way of representing and noticing/feeling connection with the Divine.

Atwater, P.M.H., Beyond the Light, Avon Books, NY, 1994.

September 2000 Judith A. Swack and Associates, Inc. Newsletter

Beware The Lightworker Overtangle

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:49:46 GMT

An overtangle is a supernatural entity from the dark. It forms a network of negative energy so large that it contaminates large organizations and segments of society. I encountered my first overtangle while working on the goal of getting the HBLU™ methodology out into the world. When I found that I did not have permission to balance for the goal, our colleague Helen Tuggy figured out that the priority interference was an overtangle contaminating the entire western scientific/medical establishment. This made sense to me when I remembered that one of the diagnostic characteristics of a tangle in a system is that people get very angry and fight about absolutely nothing. Notice how the western scientific/medical establishment has always been actively hostile towards any new findings even from within its own ranks let alone from outside (alternative) sources.

Recently I discovered an overtangle whose job it is to distract all Lightworker/Holy Ones and many other people from doing their soul missions. Its message is, “being holy and doing my soul mission requires sacrifice.” This overtangle wraps around damage patterns that make people feel that they are not holy. These include severe traumas and layers of the enneagram wound that create feelings that I am bad/evil, unworthy, and disconnected from God. The overtangle tells the person it is a message from God about how to be holy (and if you’re disconnected from God, you don’t know the difference between a message from God and a message from an overtangle). Notice that the overtangle uses the word “requires sacrifice ” as opposed to “may involve sacrifice”. There are usually additional requirements such as suffering, misery, poverty, celibacy, asceticism, martydom, persecution, death, loneliness, isolation, lovelessness, depression, frustration, failure, exhaustion, illness, and pain.

This overtangle diverts people from a focus on doing their soul mission to a focus on proving that they are holy when they feel that they are not. The logic is as follows: In order to do your soul mission you have to be holy. Since you are not holy you must meet these requirements before you can do your soul mission. Notice that if the person meets the requirements, he/she has little or nothing left with which to do his/her soul mission. How can you do your soul mission if you are poor, sick, exhausted, or dead? Alternatively, the person may look at the unpleasant list of requirements and decide that he/she doesn’t want to pursue his/her soul mission. In either case, the overtangle does it’s job well.

How can this overtangle fool people into thinking its absurd and perverse message is from God? It relies strongly on hiding strategies to avoid detection because it can be easily cleared once it is found. Some people have rid themselves of part or all of the overtangle just by rational thinking and rejection of its message. The overtangle escapes detection by:

imprinting a phobia of accessing psychic ability so that the person won’t sense its presence
disconnecting the rational mind from the emotional self so that the person won’t feel its presence
blocking access to rational thinking by creating some kind of blankness, confusion, or veil around the conscious mind
using the person’s individual hiding strategies.
I have treated many people for overtangle contamination, and have found that the best and most thorough protocol to clear it from my clients and as much of society as we can reach is to do a system tangle intervention. I have found that after clearing the overtangle, people start moving ahead with life and career plans and that success comes more easily to them.

On this website, Dr. Swack shares her practical wisdom and the result of her work in many articles and papers. Make as many copies as you want, share them with everyone you know, and use the information and techniques to improve your life. Bookmark this website and come back often. There is a lot of FREE information for you!

March 2001 Judith A. Swack and Associates, Inc. Newsletter

The Natural Biodestressing Technique: An Antidote for the Psychological Effects of Terrorism

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:47:54 GMT

Since the intention of terrorists is to terrorize us, I think the best way to individually counteract the effects of terrorism is to treat ourselves for trauma and clear it from the mind and body in minutes. To that end, I am sharing a 15 minute natural bio-destressing technique modified from the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) (1) that removes traumatic reactions from the mind and body and allows us to regain our sense of optimism, strength and enthusiasm for life.

Since September 11, 2001, have you noticed any of the following symptoms:

When you think of the terrorist attacks you can’t believe it; it seems like a bad movie
You can’t bear to think about it or you can’t stop watching the news on TV
You can’t believe that anybody could do such evil (particularly in the name of God) and you’ve lost your faith in mankind
You feel betrayed by God, the President, or the US government for not protecting us
You feel guilty that we were attacked for something we did or did not do
The world seems dark and sinister even on sunny days
You feel that life will never be the same again; the world as we know it has come to an end
You are scared about anthrax or what might come next
You have trouble sleeping or you have nightmares
You feel numb
You cry more easily or frequently
You feel like crying when you hear the national anthem or other patriotic songs
You feel crabbier than usual or you feel extraordinarily angry
You are afraid to fly
You are frightened by airplanes flying overhead
You don’t want to leave home or go anywhere on vacation
You don’t want your relatives and friends to go out of town
You don’t want to go out to restaurants or other entertainment
You are afraid to spend money
You feel lethargic. Your life feels meaningless, put on hold, or derailed
You find it more difficult to deal with your already stressful life
You feel isolated
Previous loss or violence traumas now feel worse or reactivated
You find yourself worrying about a disaster plan for your family

If you have any of these symptoms then you have been traumatized to some degree by the terrorist attack on our country. In addition to the direct attack on our country, many people have been traumatized by additional shocks caused by the ripple effect on our economy such as the loss of jobs and investment money or continued terrorist activity such as the anthrax scare. In one way or another this attack has affected most of us personally.

Natural bio-destressing.
Have you noticed that when people are stressed they often:

Rub the bridge of their nose by the eye socket
Rub the temples by side of their eyes
Hold their whole hand on their cheek
Put their hand over their mouth, or hold their index finger under the nose, the middle finger under the mouth, and their chin with the rest of their hand
Pound or grab their chest under the collarbone
Hug themselves
Stand with their arms folded, palm of left hand over right ribcage
Chew on the edge of their fingers
Drum their fingertips on a desk or table
Wring their hands
Hold their hands with fingers folded together
Hold the outside edge of one hand within the palm of the other hand?
Why do people do that?
Everyone I’ve asked said it was calming, soothing, comforting, grounding.

Why is that?

It is because stimulating these areas of the body activates the calming reflex . The calming reflex directly inhibits the fight/flight/freeze reflex that is active when we are stressed (2-4).

What happens during a traumatic shock?
A traumatic shock triggers the fight/flight/freeze reflex, and anything that was in the environment at the time (sights, sounds, sensations) becomes associated with the traumatic reaction. Later exposure to the environmental stimuli present during the original reaction can retrigger phobic/traumatic reactions.

How do we clear traumatic reactions from the mind and body in minutes?
People automatically and unconsciously stimulate their calming reflex by touching the areas of the body that I described above. In the EFT technique, a person focuses consciously on the traumatic reaction and systematically stimulates all of these natural bio-destressing points thus inducing the calming reflex and neutralizing the traumatic reaction. From that time forward, the memory of that event is associated with the relaxed state, and the person no longer reacts phobicly. It is my feeling that the genius of this technique is not so much the technique itself which we do naturally and unconsciously all the time. I feel that the genius of this technique is that we can consciously focus on a traumatic memory and clear the upset intentionally. Hence, we have choice about how we feel and react. This probably accounts for the naming of these sorts of techniques such as Emotional Freedom Technique (1) or Thought Field Therapy (5,6).

Here is the Natural Bio-destressing technique that we developed from EFT. Try it. Share it with everyone you know.

(see enclosed instruction sheet)

Start by concentrating on the shock and fear that you felt the moment you first knew something was wrong (the initial shock). Sometimes, anger, shame, or grief feels stronger. If so start with that. Step into the memory as if it were happening now and notice where the negative emotion is located in your body. Note that your head is part of your body, and numb counts as a feeling that indicates shock. Do a round of Natural Bio-destressing, Then check for other symptoms of trauma (7) including the ones at the beginning of this article and treat them. It may take several rounds with a different emotional or belief focus to clear all the symptoms stored in a trauma. At the very least, clear the initial shock and fear.

REFERENCES

1. Craig, Gary at www .emofree.com offers the complete EFT manual as a free download from his website.

2. Guyton, A.C. and Hall, J.E. Textbook of Medical Physiology, 10 edition, W.B. Saunders Co. NY, 2000

3. Ulett, G.A., Beyond Yin and Yang; How Acupuncture Really Works, Warren S. Green and Co., Inc. St. Louis, 1992

4. Stefano, G.B., Fricchione, G.L., Slingsby, B.T., and Benson, H. “The placebo effect and relaxation response: neural processes and their coupling to constitutive nitric oxide” in Brain Research Reviews 35:1-19, 2001

5. Callahan, Roger Ph.D . Stop the Nightmares of Trauma . North Carolina: Professional Press, 2000.

6. Callahan, Roger Ph.D. Tapping the Healer Within . Illinois: Contemporary Books, 2001.

7. Swack, Judith A., Ph.D. “The Basic Structure of Loss and Violence Trauma Imprints.” Anchor Point Magazine March 1994: 3:3-23

November 2001 Judith A. Swack and Associates, Inc. Newsletter

Judith Cures Volunteer of Phobia and Trauma on TV!

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:44:55 GMT

As some of you already know, I went to Los Angeles the weekend of November 24, 2002 to film an episode of Worst Case Scenario, a syndicated TV show produced by Sony Pictures which airs on TBS Superstation. The premise of the show is that you can overcome your worst fears if you have the right skills and knowledge. In each episode a volunteer subject is taught how to overcome a specific phobia by teaching him/her the facts and skills to handle the fearful situation. I was asked to cure a woman of her phobia of the dark using Healing from the Body Level Up methodology (HBLU™) because there were no specific reality skills they could teach her to overcome that fear.

Naturally, I was inspired by the premise of the show, and I was very excited to have the opportunity to publicly demonstrate the effectiveness of HBLU™, and energy psychology techniques in general. Fortunately, I was working with Lars Ullman, a very respectful, thoughtful, and deep producer who had trained in psychology! He always takes a very careful history of each volunteer subject. We prepared my client, Allison, by having her complete the standard HBLU™ homework assignment, i.e. write a two page biography, a list of goals, a list of ways in which you sabotage yourself, a list of 10 experiences that really made you live, and identify your Enneagram personality type. She also read an explanation of HBLU and my paper, "The Basic Structure of Loss and Violence Trauma". Although she did not really understand the methodology before experiencing it, she did realize that HBLU™ was different from talk or desensitization therapy.

Then I watched an episode of Worst Case Scenario where they taught a woman how to overcome her fear (actually disgust) of rats by having her walk down a 600 foot sewer pipe with 500 rats in it.

The point they were proving was that rats won’t really jump on or bite you. If you give them enough warning and shoo them away, they will get out of your way because they don’t want to be stepped on. Her second challenge was to go into a small room full of 500 rats, pick up two of them (properly by the base of the tail so they won’t bite you) and put them in a cage. The woman almost fainted, threatened repeatedly to throw up, and was hysterical during both challenges. After the final challenge where she declared that she was very glad she had done this, someone asked her if she would now like a pet rat… and she flinched. Clearly, reality did not cure her phobia/compulsion structure of rats. However, the emotional reactions did make for suspenseful and riveting TV. I was on the edge of my chair the whole time wondering is she going to throw up yet (live on TV!)? Is she really going to faint?

Knowing that HBLU™ would really cure our phobia client, I told the producer that she would go through her challenge as easily and calmly as anyone without a phobia. There would be no fainting, vomiting, screaming, crying, or hysteria. I was afraid this calm would be boring, and thus not good TV. To his credit, the producer believed me and agreed that this would not be good TV. We decided to play up the before treatment reaction so that the drama would be in the contrast between before and after. That worked out beautifully.

We tested the volunteer before treatment. In fact, she was so severely phobic that she froze up completely in the dark. The director, unfamiliar with the effectiveness of HBLU™ or energy psychology techniques, was actually afraid the volunteer would be unable to do her challenge, and we would not have a show. Then we turned on the lights and treated Allison. I first described the fight/flight/ freeze reflex and how to neutralize that reaction by consciously activating her calming reflex with Natural Bio-destressing (a modification of EFT). (See my papers, The Biochemistry of Energy Psychology and Antidote for the Psychological Effects of Terrorism: A Rapid, Biological Technique for Clearing Trauma from Mind and Body available at www.HBLU.org ) I then treated her for trauma with HBLU Level I protocols and techniques and for a grudge with an HBLU™ Level II protocol. As (I) expected, she cleared completely and after calmly accomplishing her challenge remarked that now she was ready for the "real" challenge. The next day, one of the production assistants called to tell us that our work had inspired and amazed the entire crew.

The show will be broadcast on the East Coast at Midnight, February 5 (and again at 2:00 A.M.) and Saturday February 8 at 10:00 A.M. 2003.

January 2015 Judith A. Swack and Associates, Inc. Newsletter

Dr. Judith Swack Discovered The Secret To Easily Achieving And Maintaining Your Ideal Weight!

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:43:33 GMT

June 2003 Judith A. Swack and Associates, Inc. Newsletter

Have you struggled with weight all of your life or even just recently? Do you find dieting and exercising physically, emotionally, and mentally stressful? Have you had your thyroid tested and there is nothing wrong with it? Do you know what works for you and yet … you don’t do it? If you are like me and many of my clients who found self care to be a burdensome project, you are probably unconsciously (or consciously) caught in a belief system that says, “Neglect Is a Way of Life and It’s All About Neediness.”

What is the “Neglect Is a Way of Life” belief system?

A belief system is a large pattern that runs through a family system for generations and also runs through many societies and cultures. The common cultural attitude that “children are to be seen and not heard” is characteristic of families and societies that neglect children’s feelings and needs because they do not consider children to be people. These children conclude that what they want and need does not exist in the universe and fear that "I cannot get what I need to survive." It doesn’t take long for these children to decide that neglect is just a way of life, and they feel chronically and secretly needy.

What do children do in a situation like that? They internalize the family pattern of neglect by neglecting themselves and later their children. They also come to believe that they should not have needs and feel that they are bad for having needs. To deal with the overwhelming feelings of grief, hopelessness, despair, rage, fear, and powerlessness children develop coping strategies such as:

Burying the grief and heartache under anger and burying the anger under indifference
Making up stories that assume that what you want and need does exist in your family but there is some reason why you are not getting it. Typical stories include,

A. I don’t deserve to get my needs met because I’m bad or unworthy
B. I don’t know the rules on how to get my needs met.
C. Making excuses for the parents. My parents really could give me what I need if only they weren’t sick, alcoholic, depressed, overwhelmed, abused in childhood, too busy, etc.

Becoming compulsively independent and self-sufficient.
Settling for what you can get, doing without, or not even bothering to ask for what you need.
Becoming a control freak
Suffering in silence
Taking care of everyone else’s needs before your own and feeling guilty about allowing anyone to care for you.

Sadly, during childhood and later on in life, this pattern prevents people from being able to receive love, nurturing, help, and support that is available elsewhere.

Fortunately, I developed a two-three session intervention to heal this entire pattern from the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels of a person’s being. When we cleared this pattern using Healing from the Body Level Up SM (HBLU™) methodology, I and several of my other clients easily changed eating and exercising habits to successfully lose weight and maintain that weight loss without stress. We also started taking care of ourselves in other areas of our lives that we had previously neglected and got amazing results! In other words, we all felt that it was easy and natural to take care of and nurture ourselves in all areas of our lives.

January 2015 Judith A. Swack and Associates, Inc. Newsletter

Money, Personality and Relationship

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:39:20 GMT

My favorite subject is getting and keeping people happily married. I have found that Enneagram personality type is an important determinant of people’s approach to money. Personality differences about money can cause chronic anxiety and frustration and even lead to dissolution of the marriage.

Example 1 . Enneagram 5’s are programmed to believe that there is not enough energy, money, resources, etc. They tend to collect things and hoard their money. 5’s long for someone to take care of them and provide security by making money.

Enneagram 8’s love to work and believe that you make money by working hard. They long for the day they wouldn’t have to work so hard.

Fred is an Enneagram 5 financial success. Sally is an Enneagram 8 with a viable but stressful business. When they first started dating, Fred generously suggested that Sally rid herself of problematic customers and he would support her financially. Ironically, Sally thought she had just met her hero. She gave up most of her business and became a part-time housewife (while doing her business part time since she could not bring herself to completely stop working). Within a few months, Fred was raging at Sally calling her lazy and childish. He did not need to be taken care of by a housewife. He wanted her to take care of him by making money. Fred claimed he would never marry her till she did! With the help of HBLU SM, Sally learned she could simultaneously have a successful business and a successful relationship. Fred acknowledged his personality structure. Sally rebuilt her business. Fred stopped raging. They got married.

Example 2 . Enneagram 7’s believe that they can make money by making their big dreams and visions come true. They prefer to occupy their minds with ideas about how to make lots of money without being slaves to the 9-5 establishment. They imagine they can have freedom to stop working whenever they want and play through life. I’ve seen several Enneagram 7’s turn to financial gambling either as stock market investors or venture capitalists resulting in financial ruin and death of relationships.

George, an Enneagram 7, married Sue, an Enneagram 5. George and Sue agreed that they would like to share their life together traveling and having adventures. George decided to make money as a day trader on the stock market so that he could work only when and as many hours as he desired. Sue agreed not to work. George found himself working in front of the computer every day…all day… and doing research in the evenings. Sue accused him of “gambling away her money” and became hostile and anxious. George was successful at day trading and refused to give it up. He tried to assuage her anxiety by inviting her to participate in the research and investment decision – making process. HBLU SM helped them realize they could not reconcile their value systems. Sue gave up trying to change George’s dream and they parted ways.

Example 3 . Enneagram 9’s are very generous because they want everyone to love and accept them. When they have money, they feel compelled to give it away.

Sam, an Enneagram 9 married Andrea, an Enneagram 8. They were both hard workers and made equal amounts of money. Andrea was hoping that she could make enough money so that she wouldn’t have to work so hard and could afford to take more vacations (meaning travel to exotic locations around the globe where she could have adventures.) Sam gave money and gifts to charities and people without consulting Andrea. Andrea got furious when she discovered that Sam had “given away her hard-earned money.” Sam, of course, felt that spending money on vacations was a waste. After exploring their Enneagram types with HBLU SM , they agreed not to make donations or gifts over $25 without consulting each other, and to limit themselves to one adventure vacation/year.

Our Enneagram type accounts for much of how we perceive, understand, and value money. To build a healthy relationship, I recommend that everyone discover their and their partner’s Enneatype (there are many books on the topic). Understanding each other’s approach to money will enable you to make healthy financial agreements through all the years of your partnership.

October 2005 Judith A. Swack and Associates, Inc. Newsletter

The Secret to Successful Selling

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:37:29 GMT

Many salespeople are less successful than they’d like to be because they don’t have a clear understanding of what the job is really about.

Many salespeople believe that it’s a salesperson’s job to:

make money for their company
make money for themselves
sell themselves
convince people to buy things.

But, the most successful salespeople think of themselves as educators and service providers whose job it is to help people get what they need and want . The focus is on the customer. When a good salesperson helps people get what they need and want, their customers feel happy, the salesperson feels happy for having helped others, the salesperson gets paid, the company makes money, and everybody wins!

In order to do this, the salesperson must:

believe in the product ,
know who needs it and how it will help people,
understand why it’s the best solution for that customer’s particular need,
and be willing to acknowledge if it’s not the right solution for that customer’s needs (and perhaps refer the customer elsewhere.)

So I invite you to do this exercise we use in Healing from the Body Level Up for erasing negative attitudes and then installing positive attitudes directly into your unconscious mind.

Start by thinking about the non-useful definitions of a salesperson. Place the palm of one hand on your forehead and the palm of the other hand on the back of your head where it bulges out. Your head will move however it wants to and stop automatically when the negative imprint is erased.

Now, think about being the kind of salesperson who helps others get their needs met. Make a beautiful positive picture of easy sales, happy grateful customers, happy managers and supervisors, and happy successful you. Intensify the scenario to make it even more attractive. Again, place your palms on your forehead and the back of your head. Your head will move however it wants to and stop automatically when the positive scene is installed.

Now how do you feel? Optimistic? Confident?

Good. Go out there and help a lot of people.

A Gratitude Lesson

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:35:31 GMT

Preventing the “My Vacation Is Over” Blues:

The day before I was to fly home from vacation, I went to see a very funny comedy show. While waiting for the show to start I found my thoughts drifting to tomorrow and having to fly home, and the next day when I’d have to start work again. “This is the last day of my vacation,” I thought. Suddenly I felt anxious and depressed. In reality, there was nothing I needed to do today to prepare for tomorrow or the next day. So, in order to be present and enjoy this day I did the boundary tap* to prevent tomorrow from leaking into today.

As I did that, I realized I always have a tendency to be thinking ahead to the future and then feeling like I missed today. The novel though occurred to me to look back over my vacation and remember with pleasure the highlights of each day. I soon felt happy and cheerful and was able to enjoy the play. On the flight back to Boston I repeated the review of each day of my vacation, feeling more and more refreshed and satisfied. When the captain announced the approach to landing, I actually felt happy and ready to be home and go back to work! In fact, our colleague and spiritual director, Rabbi Terry Greenstein, called this a gratitude exercise, and recommends that we do this at the end of every day focusing on the positives of the day! I’ve been using the Rabbi’s daily gratitude exercise before bedtime and to my surprise, I have been having more pleasant dreams.

So use this gratitude exercise to hold on to the joy of your summer (feel free to review the highlights as many times as you want) and have just as enjoyable a fall.

Gratitude Exercise

Optional: Do a boundary tap to prevent worry about tomorrow from leaking into today.

At the end of each day (and/or week, etc.) look back and review the positive experiences. See what you were seeing, hear what you were hearing, smell what you were smelling, and especially feel the pleasure you were feeling.

* The boundary tap is performed by tapping on the sternum with the fingertips of one hand alternating with a feathering motion from the sternum up the base of the throat, up the neck, out the chin. The tapping seals the boundary, and the feathering motion ejects any negative energy that the client does not want to keep. Boundaries are typically sealed in 2-3 minutes.

College Bound

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:34:22 GMT

I wake up too early feeling sad. My only child is going to college next week. As I process the loss I realize that I’m losing the center of my life.

Knowing that she’s leaving, I’ve been trying to prepare by thinking about all the things I’ve been wanting to do but didn’t because I had to be home for her. I could go back to evening yoga and aerobics classes. I could finish writing my books. My husband and I could get theater subscriptions. We could have friends again! While getting excited about getting my own life back, I realized I was carefully avoiding picturing her empty room. I pictured coping by leaving her door closed the entire time she’s away.

But, I have no other choice. I have to launch her properly. So I treated myself with the HBLU protocol for clearing trauma. In addition, whenever I felt triggered by environmental cues, i.e. the road to the high school we’d never be driving to again, or the store in the mall where we used to shop, but she’s now outgrown, I did the Natural Bio-Destressing (meridian tapping) technique to clear the traumatic reaction.

Meanwhile, my husband talks about how happy and relieved he is that she’s leaving soon, that the labor intensive process of getting her into and out to college will soon be over, and of how I can have my car back. My daughter talks about how excited she is to go to college, and how she can’t wait to get away from us. “Am I the only one who feels sad?” I wondered. I realized I was carrying their sadness for them. Isn’t that just typical that the wife/mother carries all the emotion for the whole family! Three minutes of boundary tapping took care of that. “Process your own damn sadness,” I thought.

I’m grateful that I have HBLU tools to help me through the process. Reaching out to other parents who are going through or have gone through the same thing also gives me some comfort.

So, I still can’t quite believe she’s going to be gone, and I feel sad and lonely when I think about it. But now I’m sleeping through the night.

College Bound Part II

My husband and I took my daughter to college and made sure her room felt like home. We discussed the fact that as an adult, we expect her to remain connected with us by sharing regularly what is going on in her life. We reminded her that, “we are connected forever as a family no matter where we live. And furthermore, our home is still your permanent address, and your bedroom is your bedroom until you get a job and rent your own apartment.” She nodded at that, and stopped asking us if we were happy to be getting rid of her.

The next day, my husband and I went to all the orientation seminars. I cried a lot, but felt reassured that the school would take good care of my daughter. My daughter wouldn’t sit anywhere near us and wouldn’t go with us to any of the other activities. She couldn’t wait for us to leave. So later that day, we exchanged brief hugs, and left.

On the drive home, we decided to visit Howe’s Cave, an underground cavern with stalactites and stalagmites. There were many families with young children on the tour, and I started to feel sad. I realized I was feeling old because we didn’t have any children living at home with us anymore. One round of tapping cleared that feeling with the learning that you are never old as long as you are still active. I also had to treat environmental triggers such as buying much less food at the grocery store (because now there was only the two of us) and what to do with ourselves on the weekend, since our lives no longer revolved around her activities.

I’ve treated several other mothers for College Transition Trauma, and they all had the same reactions. A couple of mothers raised in abusive and alcoholic dysfunctional families also feared that their daughters would cut them off completely in the same way they cut off their own mothers as soon as they could get away from them. One round of tapping took care of this phobia. These mothers happily realized that they had been very different and much better mothers to their children than their own mothers had been and took pride in having broken the pattern of family dysfunction.

I’m slowly getting used to spending time with my husband in the evenings, and talking, skyping, and texting my daughter. People who’ve gone through it tell me I’ll soon be enjoying the freedom.

College Bound Part III

We’re adjusting. Not surprisingly, my daughter is self- sufficient and happy with her college and getting good grades.

My husband was another matter. Accustomed to planning and making things happen for her, he had bought tickets for her and 6 of her friends to attend a hockey game here in Boston. He was grappling with the difficult problem of transporting all these people from a college town with no direct bus, train, or airplane transportation when my daughter delightedly informed him that she and her friends had gotten season tickets to all the home games. He angrily exclaimed, “so that means you won’t be coming to Boston.” My daughter quickly hung up.

I asked him, “What is this? All the energy just drained out of the room. Is this how you cope with feeling disappointed or unappreciated?” “Let me work on it,” he said.

The next day he reported that he realized that he was no longer in the role of High School daddy, responsible for making her life happen according to her wishes. She was in college now, and he could no longer make any plans for her. He said he had treated himself with HBLU to adjust to his new role of college Daddy who just pays the tuition bills.

But, the next day he woke up so dizzy he couldn’t go to work. “Do you think this is a trauma from having lost your role as do-everything-for-her Daddy?” I asked. “No, I think it’s a virus,” he said. But as it turned out, it was a disorientation trauma, in which the loss of his role and his sense of purpose (i.e. the center of his life) was so disorienting, it made him dizzy. To get back his sense of balance, we had to clear not only the emotional disorientation reaction, but all the physical disorientation traumas he’d ever experienced including the childhood ear infections and accompanying motion sickness, roller coaster rides, falling while skiing, and being hit in the chest with a soccer ball and falling over backwards.

The following week, a client who is a single mother, came in complaining of dizziness. Her son, the last child at home, had just gone to college and was doing well. “I’ll bet I know what this is,” I said. Her son had gotten into trouble with drugs and alcohol and barely graduated high school. At an unconscious level, a part of her expected him to fail. So at the conscious level, she was relieved that he was doing well at college. But when he told her that he was probably getting all A’s in his classes, she unconsciously realized that he wouldn’t be coming home, and that he didn’t need a mother to take care of him in that way anymore. She was so disoriented she immediately became dizzy. HBLU treatment for the disorientation trauma cleared up her symptoms.

As for me, after treating myself with the Natural Bio-Destressing Technique for the feeling that I’m missing her, I was finally able to watch another episode of last summer’s TV series “So You Think You Can Dance.” And miraculously, the weather was going to be 80 degrees this weekend! So we bought an automated cat feeder and went to Cape Cod.

Don’t Be So Nice

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:14:41 GMT

In the 6 ½ years that Sally had a boyfriend, he never did a single thing she asked him to do to make the relationship better for her. When they watched TV, it was only sports. They ate only at restaurants he liked and got together when he felt like it. In HBLU sessions she would complain to me about how unhappy and unimportant she felt in the relationship. When I asked her why she allowed him to treat her like this, she said, “I think of myself as a nice person.” We discovered that she was running a seducer strategy called, “I try to be nice and caring to others by trying to fulfill any and all of their requests to the nth degree in order to get him to love me.” Sadly, what she was really doing was enabling him to continue his bad behavior while eroding her own sense of value and self-esteem. After we cleared her of this pattern, she broke up with him. A week later, he asked her what he could do to preserve the relationship. She repeated to him everything she had asked him to do for the last 6 ½ years. He has actually started to accommodate her requests, and she is starting to actually enjoy herself in his company.

What is a Seducer Strategy?

Seduction patterns arise from a trauma that causes a person to feel dead or empty inside. The dead part does not want to be dead or empty, but it does not know how to bring itself back to life. It believes that the only way it can come back to life is if somebody outside of itself gives it what it needs to come back to life. We call these life and death requirements critical elements and they come in the form of gifts or benefits.

The only way to free yourself of a seducer strategy is to write out your version of the seducer strategy, list what you are (desperately) trying to get by doing that and say a prayer asking God to free you. The intervention works instantly regardless of attitudes toward or belief in God.

Clear yourself of being too nice:

Write out the seducer strategy and list what you are trying to get by doing that.”
Locate in your body where you feel desperate for these benefits.
Say the prayer:

“I renounce this strategy, I try to be nice and caring to others by trying to fulfill any and all of their requests to the nth degree order to get ___ (examples: love, appreciation, acceptance, attention, respect, success, friendship, happiness, partner/soulmate, adoration, power, control, ownership of another person, manifest all possibilities in order to be God, to create a masterpiece of beauty, achieve my full potential, reach enlightenment, universal love, connection with the divine, the clarity of a diamond to see the truth, etc.”)

and I pray God to free me from everyone I do this with and I pray God to heal all parts of myself. I pray God to free me from this seducer strategy, and I pray God to free me from this whole pattern and everything that made me susceptible to it. I pray God to heal me of all the damage I’ve ever done and all the stress I’ve ever caused myself and others while under the influence of this pattern and erase it so completely it’s as if it never happened. I pray God to provide me with whatever else I need in the benefits areas.”

Now, you will be able to keep a balance between self-care and other care, have more satisfying relationships and a more balanced life!!

For help clearing another popular seducer strategy, order our CD “Exchange Your Inner Critic for Compassion book , or call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment.

Have Christmas Your Way

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:11:57 GMT

Mary-Jane remarked that she was feeling very stressed about Christmas this year. She had just started a new job, and wouldn’t get her first paycheck till a week before Christmas. She wanted to buy her children wonderful gifts and put on a perfect Christmas, but as a single mother, she couldn’t really afford what she had in mind. She remarked, “Whatever I do, it won’t be good enough, and they’ll be disappointed anyway.” I thought, how common is this hysteria about creating a perfect Christmas, sending cards, buying everyone you know a meaningful gift that they have to like, creating the perfect celebration, etc, etc, etc. It feels to me like a seduction by an ideal. Sure enough, muscle testing revealed that Mary-Jane was being seduced by an Ideal of Christmas. In the following weeks, I found it in many of my other clients, some of whom felt like running away so they didn’t have to deal with it. In the spirit of having a truly wonderful holiday, I’m giving you the protocol for easily clearing yourselves of this pattern.

What is a Seduction Pattern?

Seduction by Ideals Everything in life is a process. In a seduction by an ideal, the person believes (consciously or unconsciously) that they will only get rewarded after they have attained the particular ideal they seek. Since an ideal is a glorified representation of something you aspire to that by definition is unattainable, nothing you accomplish is ever good enough. Soon you get discouraged and give up. Sadly, you can be seduced by ideals that aren’t even your own. My clients have been seduced by their mother’s, their family’s, and society’s ideal of Christmas, as well as their own.

The only way to free yourself of a seduction by an ideal is to write out what you are desperately hoping to get by achieving that ideal and say a prayer asking God to free you. The intervention works instantly regardless of attitudes toward or belief in God.

Free Yourself of the Ideal of Christmas

Write out whose ideal you are being seduced by, and list what you are trying to get by achieving that ideal.”

Locate in your body where you feel desperate for these benefits.

Say the prayer:

“I reject this message, that first I have to achieve this ideal of __________ before I can get any of the benefits of: _____ (read the list of critical elements) and I renounce these gifts, and I pray God to free me from you ideal of ______ seducing entity, and I pray God to heal all parts of myself, associated parts and disassociated parts, disowned and disowning parts, and etc. And I pray God to free me from this seduction pattern, because that’s all it is, and I pray God to free me from this whole pattern and everything that made me vulnerable to it (feel free to embellish here), and I pray God to provide me with anything else I need in the benefits areas.”

Now, you will be able to create a Christmas celebration that is personal and meaningful to you! Have a joyful holiday.

Part 2: Results

It was one of the nicest Christmases I’ve had. I had fun. Who knew Christmas could be fun? I was conscious of people hugging and laughing. I was more present and there than I’d ever been. In the past I would have been thinking ahead of myself worrying about what I should have done or still had to do or what I could have done better, or were the food, presents, etc. good enough.

This year I didn’t make any Christmas cookies. Nobody noticed, and I didn’t even think about this until Judith brought it up during our session. For years and years I had made a different type of cookies for each of 12 days, not ordinary cookies but specialty Christmas cookies.

My boyfriend and children made Christmas dinner while I sat on the couch, watched TV and drank tea, and it was their idea. My boyfriend makes better stuffing than I do, and my kids felt good about doing it as a present for me. In the past, I made the entire Christmas dinner myself. I would search through magazines for the perfect Christmas green bean recipe, and used an excel spreadsheet to map out the preparation timing. After a whole day cooking, I’d sit down to the meal feeling drained and spent. The meal was over in twenty minutes.

I was more focused on functional presents that people needed as opposed to “how can I wow them”. There was more worth in the gifts and I didn’t have that feeling of overwhelm afterward about “how can I pay for this.” I was freed from the concern “is this gift enough or are they going to be disappointed.” The next day, my son wore his new sweater and my daughter wore he new jeans. They really did need them, and they really did like them.

Thank you Judith for clearing me of the Seduction by the Ideal of Christmas. I now look forward to Christmas next year.

J.S. Businesswoman and Mother

Focus on the Positive

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:10:09 GMT

Janet and I were walking back from lunch during an HBLU training this spring, and the weather was unseasonably warm and sunny. I happily remarked that my tulips were coming up already and I was looking forward to seeing them bloom. Janet said, “Well, I’m worried that since we are having such unusual weather, it will snow next week and kill your tulips.” “Wow, do you always ruin happy thoughts like that?” I remarked. “It must be hard to live like that.” Janet thought for a minute, and realized that she tended to focus on the negative.

George was working on weight loss. At the beginning of each of 6 sessions he would report yet another milestone in his progress and then comment that “I don’t really know if it’s HBLU that’s helping, and I hope the results last.” I finally asked him why he would tell me something positive and then try to discount it. He told me that he was afraid to acknowledge the positive for fear it would be taken away from him. Janet later told me that she had the same fear.

Fortunately for Janet and George, this habit was a simple seducer strategy that they had picked up from superstitious family members. It is worded as follows:

I focus on the negative in order to get:

What is a Seducer Strategy?

Focus on the Positive:

Write out the seducer strategy and list what you are trying to get by doing that.”

Locate in your body where you feel desperate for these benefits.

Say the prayer:

“I renounce this strategy, I focus on the negative in order to get ___ (examples:)

and I pray God to free me from everyone I do this with and I pray God to heal all parts of myself. I pray God to free me from this seducer strategy, and I pray God to free me from this whole pattern and everything that made me susceptible to it. I pray God to heal me of all the damage I’ve ever done to myself and others while under the influence of this pattern and erase it so completely it’s as if it never happened. Poof! I pray God to provide me with whatever else I need in the benefits areas.”

Now, you will be able to enjoy a more internally happy experience of life and get satisfaction from the positive results and achievements in your life!!

Healing Traumas, Phobias & Stress

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:07:32 GMT

Whether it’s caused by loss, violence, physical injury, or illness, trauma is the most common difficulty people encounter in their lives. Traumatic shock occurs when something frightening happens that triggers the body’s fight or flight reflex. The memory of this reaction remains frozen in the body as unprocessed physical or emotional pain.

Anything that was in the environment at that time can later trigger the original memory resulting in:

Whether it’s caused by loss, violence, physical injury, or illness, trauma is the most common difficulty people encounter in their lives.

Traumatic shock occurs when something frightening happens that triggers the body’s fight or flight reflex. The memory of this reaction remains frozen in the body as unprocessed physical or emotional pain.

Anything that was in the environment at that time can later trigger the original memory resulting in :

physical symptoms such as pain, headaches, digestive problems, weakened immune system and other health disorders or
emotional symptoms such as phobias or other irrational, exaggerated reactions that affect career success, relationships, and other goals.

Continued stress from trauma can lead to burnout!

Because phobic reactions are stored in the body, they cannot be healed using conscious or unconscious mind techniques. They must be released directly from the body (which is why talking or hypnotherapy alone is often ineffective or incomplete). This is also why physical treatment for injuries may be only partially successful in alleviating symptoms and regaining full function. Unless the shock imprint is cleared from the body, the problem may last for years.

Fortunately, the HBLU™ protocol for clearing trauma typically results in immediate and lasting elimination of both emotional and physical symptoms.

Trauma-Related Conditions healed by HBLU™

A. Phobias

Fear of flying, driving, heights, public speaking, animals, dental and medical treatment, the dark, success, failure, etc.
Claustrophobia in elevators, tunnels, subways, small spaces
Education related fears including test anxiety
Social phobias/Shyness
Performance anxiety
Agoraphobia

B. Trauma

Loss and Transitions
Physical Injury
Medical Diagnosis Shock
Physical and Emotional Violence including Blocked Memories, Incest, and Sexual Violence
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Panic Attacks
Anxiety disorder
Neglect, Deprivation
Attempted Murder
Ancestral and Past Life Trauma and Soul Retrieval
Burnout
Restraint
Birth

C. Depression

D. Addictions: substance, and behavior, and emotional

E. Compulsions: , including mild cases of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

If you are suffering from trauma-related conditions maybe HBLU™ can help you, too.

You Can Have A Healthy Relationship Whether You Are Married Or Single.

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:03:07 GMT

“Healthy relationships are happy relationships.” Judith A. Swack, Ph.D.

What is marriage? At its best it is a lifetime together, a partnership with someone you like, respect, and love. You share resources and use your differences to complement each other by sharing your strengths. This creates a synergy that stimulates continuous growth, and evolution. In a healthy marriage you:

Take care of each other, and do what you can to make each other happy. In other words it makes you feel happy when the other person is happy
Are nice to each other. Knowing your partner’s sore spots, you are gentle with them in those areas and you encourage them to get help if they need it
Have regular sex, and are willing to do whatever you can to preserve that form of closeness. This includes dealing with the natural physical problems of aging and age-related health problems
Are each better together than you are apart

Whether you’re single or in a long-term, committed relationship or marriage HBLU ™ can help you create the healthy, happy partnership you want by:

Discovering what type of relationship you are ready for.
Helping you release yourself from unhealthy relationships or relationships that aren’t going anywhere.
Clearing dysfunctional family patterns so that you don’t unconsciously reproduce them in your current relationship.
Healing trauma from divorce, death, betrayal, abandonment, etc. so that you can start fresh. Clearing distorted ideas, assumptions, limiting beliefs, and negative feelings about men, women, gender roles, relationships, marriage, etc.
Helping you understand and appreciate each other’s Enneagram personality type so that you can complement each other.
Teaching you state of the art communication skills.
Helping you discover the surprisingly simple ways to make each other feel loved.

With HBLU ™ you work together to create a unique partnership that is ideal for both of you. We’ve helped people in their twenties, we’ve helped people in their seventies. Whether it’s your first or your fifth, HBLU ™ helps people get and stay happily married.

“Healthy relationships are happy relationships.” Judith A. Swack, Ph.D.

Career & Financial Success Can Be Yours.

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:56:48 GMT

We believe that everybody has something unique and important to contribute to the world and should be paid (or otherwise valued) for doing what they do best and doing what they love to do.

Make more money?
Easily manage and enjoy your money?
Find the ideal job for you?
Make yours a thriving business?
Get along well with people at work?
Feel satisfied and fulfilled in your work or career?

Negative beliefs about money
Anxiety about success or failure
Negative beliefs about your capabilities, talent, or worth
Fears about having no purpose
Fears of doing your soul mission
Dysfunctional family patterns that you could be (unfortunately) reproducing at work.

With HBLU™ audio books we have helped people make more money, spend it more wisely, and enjoy it more . We help people express themselves more fully and achieve their full potential by finding better jobs, growing in their careers and businesses, and finding and developing their talents. With HBLU™ people achieve more financial security and experience more happiness, satisfaction, and fulfillment in their lives on a daily basis. Maybe HBLU™ can help you, too.

Click on the self help articles , view various video, audio, books products, and the client testimonials to learn more about HBLU ™ can help you with career and financial success.

Click on self help articles , and testimonials to learn more about how HBLU™ can help you with career and financial success.

Heal medical conditions including Chronic Pain, Headaches, Back Pain, Digestion Problems, Crohn’s Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome & more

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:50:36 GMT

We are all high maintenance.” Judith A. Swack, Ph.D.

Many people are astonished to find out that physical symptoms of illness may have purely emotional causes. For example, one of my clients who suffered for years from uncontrollable tremors stopped having tremors during his first HBLU session. A month later he shared that he had assumed “the shakes” were caused by destruction of brain tissue during his fourth brain surgery. “Well, based on results, I guess not” I observed.

Even people who believe that emotional issues can cause physical symptoms often mistakenly believe that the conscious mind should be able to control these symptoms. “It’s mind over matter,” they say, “and the key is positive thinking.” But that attitude only sets up a war between mind and body. And if and when the symptoms don’t abate, they either feel guilty that they aren’t properly controlling their thoughts, or they get angry with their body for not cooperating.

The key to optimum health is to align mind with matter. With HBLU methodology, people are able to set up direct communication between the conscious mind, unconscious mind, body, and soul to heal what needs healing, get cooperation at all levels, and provide the body what it needs to function optimally. With HBLU we can find out how much of a problem is caused by emotional patterns, and how much is caused by physical problems. And even if the cause is purely physical, such as a broken bone, or a need for organ or joint replacement, HBLU treatment results in significant reduction in pain and healing time.

Over the years, HBLU has successfully helped to:

Heal medical conditions including Chronic Pain, Headaches, Back Pain, Digestion Problems, Crohn’s Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Allergies & Asthma, ADD and Learning Disabilities, Interstitial Cystitis, Physical Injuries
Ameliorate symptoms and extend life span in Cancer Heart Disease & High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Autoimmune Disease
Speed healing from broken bones and surgery.

Maybe HBLU can help you, too. Book your free 15 minute consultation now. Call Dr. Judith Swack or email us at info@hblu.org

Read these testimonials of amazing health results from real clients:

Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) Overview

There are 3 components to Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) that are distinct yet intertwined. They are: pain, depression and sleep disorder. The etiology is well described by Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D., David Nye, MD, and others. I have described it below from my own personal experience.

Pain: On any ordinary day, the pain was like body pain that Fibromyalgia Syndromehat accompanies the flu. I woke up with it daily. At peak (called a “flare up”) the pain limited my ability to get out of bed, i.e.: I couldn’t move my muscles or joints. The trigger points were exceedingly painful on touch.

Sleep disorder: “No full night of sleep, drowsy at AM, and over-tired all day long” was normal for me.

Depression: A mild to debilitating sense of unhappiness and angst was always present. There were suicidal moments and weeks of severe depression. My energy was so lacking that life held no real sense of joy, fun or accomplishment. It seemed that if I just tried harder I could overcome this. Additionally, a “Mental Fog”: Always, I seemed to reach through a veil to grasp or connect to what was going on. I had to concentrate very hard to know what I was thinking or what others were asking of me. I felt stupid and inadequate for my work or day-to-day tasks. (Finally, I read that Mental Clarity is an issue for FMS sufferers and that it’s considered a result of the chronic pain, depression and sleep disorder.)

Triggers: The list of common triggers of FMS includes stress, trauma (physical or emotional) and endocrine problems and there seems to be a genetic predisposition. All of these factors were present in my life and my sister was diagnosed with it is as well as my mother’s cousin, Don. (Interestingly, he is a cousin through her father’s side, so that rather discounts the “maternal line” story in the genetic predisposition for our family! And, given that he’s male, it counters the “female, aged 20-50” story, too!)

Treatment: I used many forms of body work (including: chiropractic, massage, cranial sacral, reflexology, etc.), nutritional supplements, herbal remedies, homeopathy, diet, exercise, hypnotherapy, counseling, traditional psychotherapy and journalling as well as prescription medication (Elavil and Zoloft.) Everything helped a little and enabled me to stay alive, work and get from today to tomorrow. Yet, nothing worked on all the issues. This went on for years!

What worked?
Over the course of 1 year, HBLU™ has helped me to peel back the layers of stress and trauma that kept me ill and I have healed the FMS.

The trauma protocols helped to release the cellular memories of accidents and injuries. The “deathwish protocol” helped me release a long-standing emotional issue. Through these sets of releases, I found the pain diminish and even when I broke my ankle (yes, these things happen when we’re healing!) the resulting “flare up” was only a 24-hour period and the low-level body pain only lasted a few days. Over the past months, I have experienced diminishing pain, overall, and no longer feel like I have the flu every day upon awakening!

Another protocol (called “holy one gone bad”) works with the spiritual dimension and reconnected me with my soul mission. And gave me a new sense of mental clarity. As I shared with Judith, “I’ve come out of the fog!”

Lastly, during a Rolfing session I discovered that I was holding strong emotions in my myofascial tissue. (Interesting location, given that FMS is considered a myofascial pain syndrome!) Using the tangle protocol I released a “vat” of anger and fear. The result was a relaxing and energizing effect that I felt all over my body.

(A Footnote: My Rolfer was impressed that someone with FMS was able to complete the full 10 sessions! I found it easier when I incorporated tools I had learned through the Swack Methodologysm with the process of Rolfing.)

What’s Happening Now?
I am aware that I am healed from FMS. I no longer take a daily handful of supplements and herbs. I see the chiropractor only twice a month and get regular exercise. I have also learned that some pain, sadness and sleeplessness is part of life and not a sign that a “flare up ” is around the corner. Most importantly, I have the tools needed to clear trauma as it occurs – so nothing has to build up inside and make me sick!
– L.T., Performance Consultant

A Child with Tactile Defense Symptoms

While working on career issues with Judith, I discovered that she also works with children. For many years, my 6-year old daughter refused to wear socks and underwear, could not tolerate sitting in a car seat, and was prone to headaches. At the age of 4, she was diagnosed as tactile defensive, meaning that she couldn’t tolerate being touched. After 2 years of sensory integration therapy, a form of occupational therapy, she had not improved and we were resigned to living with these symptoms.

After just one session with Judith, in which we treated my daughter for birth trauma, she now wears her socks and underwear and puts her seatbelt on in the car. She hasn’t complained of any headaches in the two months since we treated her! I’m still amazed at how ‘no big deal’ this is now. I also brought my 8 -year old daughter to Judith just prior to having two baby-teeth pulled, and she breezed through her dental appointment with no anxiety. Anytime my children have a problem, I’m bringing them to Judith. From one mother to another, thank you.

– K.D. Career Woman and Mother

Brain Injury

It is a pleasure to report the results of the healing intervention on my brain over the period of one year. Since we last met, I have successfully completed a quantitative dissertation where I performed the statistical analysis. Prior to your work on healing my brain injury I barely had the capacity for simple mathematical equations. I was sure that I would be unable to perform the statistical computations without assistance.

I find that I feel neurologically balanced and am better at discerning patterns, including, but not limited, to numbers and sequencing. This is the greatest gift, for it opens channels in my life that were previously unavailable. Your skill is amazing and I cannot thank you enough for this exquisite healing.

– Ruth R. Molin, Ph.D. LMFT, LMHC February 29, 2004

High Blood Pressure

I first came to Judith Swack and HBLU several years ago after developing a fear of flying. I had tried many other “cures” but to no avail. I was telling someone about the frustration I was feeling and she recommended I contact Judith Swack. It worked.

About five years later I was diagnosed with hypertension. I was surprised at this because I had a good diet and exercised regularly. But it was a condition that ran in my family. My doctor tried different medications. I was often on two at a time, but I was still not able to control my blood pressure. I was told I had labile hypertension. Controlling my blood pressure continued to be a problem and in December 2002 I had an episode that scared me and I ended up in the emergency room. The doctors put me on a third medication, which made me feel very tired. Even with this my blood pressure would go up too high at times.

In January 2003, I again sought the help of Judith Swack. We began working on a biweekly basis and by April my blood pressure had stabilized. I am back to two medications. My internist was thrilled. This was the first time since the diagnosis that my blood pressure had been normal. She attributed the change to the mind/body work I had been doing.

I continued to work with Judith until November of last year. We concentrated on redesigning my work process so I could concentrate on future endeavors. Since then my blood pressure has been stable even through some stressful times. I know now that I can concentrate on the important issues in my life. Thank you, Judith!

– Joan Shafran Business Executive March 1, 2004

Difficulty Breathing

This beloved client has been treated for years for a chronic illness. She suddenly developed an inability to breathe. Fearful that her illness had suddenly worsened, she consulted the doctor who had been treating her. He found nothing particularly wrong and suggested she increase her medication. When she tried that, it had no effect on the breathing difficulty. She then called for an emergency HBLU appointment. This letter to her doctor tells of how HBLU helped her with breathing difficulty:

Dear Doctor,

Yesterday I was treated by Judith Swack who developed HBLU Healing From the Body Level up. I had emailed her my symptoms. She said that when a person can’t breath that usually indicates a loss trauma.

The weekend before the breathlessness started, I visited my 18 year old daughter, Erin, who is working as a camp counselor in the San Juan Islands. She will be going away to college in the Fall. When I left her this time I knew that when I saw her in a few weeks she would no longer be a child but pretty much an adult. I would be losing my baby forever. We cleared this with TAT, a holding method that releases emotions from your body, but it would not completely clear. This is because I had an earlier loss trauma.

This occurred when Erin was 6 years old. One day when I looked at my 6 year old I realized that my baby was gone. That little person that I was so in love with had disappeared. The method of choice to clear this loss trauma was psychic observation. This is where Judith just looks at you and sees what she sees. What she saw was a valentine type heart cracked in half and hanging on by a thread. She told me to pick it up and mold it back together which I did, figuratively of course. The she watched as it turned from a dark color to a bright red. She said it carried the love of God which was mine to hold but not to keep.

This type of loss trauma is very common in women with only one child. Occasionaly it happens when there are 2 or more children. The learning I took away from this is to love the whole person, not just the 3 year old or the 16 year old. Although this may sound very strange, my breathing is completely back to normal. The amount of medication, or lack of medication I have taken has no effect on my breathing. This is a BIG relief. The jury is still out on my new medication. I will let you know.
Thanks
– L.C. Scientist and Mother

Allergies – mold

I had been suffering with allergies for four moths prior to meeting Judith and the number of things I was allergic to and the severity of my symptoms kept growing. The core of my allergies seemed to revolve around mold (growing in my basement, in food, associated with rainy weather, and proliferating in my body.) Before working with Judith I had not only been taking lots of medication to treat the symptoms and decrease sensitivity to the substances, I had also been taking many different vitamins to improve my immune reactions. The hardest aspect of my allergies was the need to maintain an extremely strict diet (prohibited cheeses, vinegar, yeast, sugar.) I felt like all I could eat was cardboard.

We concentrated on clearing up the allergies and dramatic results were achieved. The very next morning I tested the success of the treatment by eating a donut. Not only did it taste like manna from heaven, but I had none of the sneezing and runny nose symptoms that were usually and immediately associated with forbidden substances. Of course, I was extremely excited and ate everything else that day that I wasn’t supposed to , all with the same wonderful results. Since then, I have not had any symptoms associated with food sensitivity and continue to eat whatever I want. I also discontinued my medication to reduce sensitivity at the same time.

I still occasionally have some symptoms associated with environmental allergies but this too is a dramatic improvement. I am really happy to feel so healthy and am grateful to Judith who helped me to clear the underlying cause of the problem.

– Joan Kaminski, Computer Industry Marketing

After working with Dr. Swack for 2 years on personal growth issues with great success, I finally challenged her with my greatest on-going health problem — severe allergies. After one session I was able to stop taking a variety of prescribed medications. As Dr. Swack explained, allergies result when the body overreacts to stimuli. Her techniques convinced my body that these overreactions were unnecessary. Since that session, I have had just a few minor episodes and have been completely medication-free.

– David Wilcox, Marketing & Sales Executive

Crohn’s Disease

My sister-in-law “Mary” was in the hospital with Crohn’s Disease and about to have colostomy surgery the following Monday. On the Friday before, Judith worked with her over the phone and by Saturday morning, “Mary” had stopped bleeding, baffling the nurses and doctors. By Tuesday, she was released from the hospital with her colon intact and on the road to regaining her strength and health.

– Maggie M. Connor

Headaches – Sinusitis

I suffered an average of 3 headaches per week. Each headache may have lasted two days. I felt as if I lived most every day with a severe, pounding headache. These headaches often accompanied a sinus infection, which ultimately lead to an antibiotic for two weeks at a time. Because of the frequency, my allergist ordered a cat scan. The results suggested an extreme blockage of the sinus membranes. The headaches were a natural result of the sinusitis. He felt that it might be necessary to do surgery to alleviate the blockage. Fortunately, someone referred me to JAS. After 3 session, my headaches seemed to decrease significantly. We worked on issues that contributed to the headaches and sinusitis. To this day, I do not suffer from headaches. The sinus infections and pain associated with them have also diminished remarkably. Thank you Judith!

– A.L., Entrepreneur

Urinary Problems

After reading your last newsletter I had to let you know about a success story. I went through a year of urinary frequency and unnecessary treatment of medications because the physicians did not know what to do with me. I had to have medical procedures that indicated no major problem just something causing irritation. I was also unable to drink wine as that was a major irritant. After taking your advanced healing working out the tangles I have been symptom free. I no longer wake up at night with frequency of urination, I also have been able to drink wine without any irritation. This is amazing to me because I have one kidney and was so concerned. Of all the treatments I have used none has cleared the problem like your techniques. Thank you for all your hard work.
– Diane Piper, LPN

Interstitial Cystitis

Dear Judith, I thought I should write an update to our last few contacts. If you remember, we did a process with HBLU on my interstitial cystitis back in July, 1999 and a follow up in August 1999 when we discovered the role of antibiotics in my condition. I was diagnosed with Interstitial in April of 1999, after having suffered mysterious symptoms with my bladder over the previous three years. Previous to my diagnosis, I had been prescribed several rounds of antibiotics which did not touch the symptoms and left me rather irritated over how to get rid of what was becoming more and more of a nuisance. As you know I also have severe allergies to wheat and milk which I discovered after 30 years of discomfort so the diagnoses of interstitial cystitis with its concomitant diet restrictions were, indeed, not a welcome addition to my already limited diet.

I would never be a candidate for “anhedonism” and thoroughly enjoy cooking and eating and drinking (and a big advocate of table fellowship); it is to this end that I write to you with the good news that my interstitial cystitis is much improved since your interventions. I am able to drink red wine (last night while the blizzard raged outside), I drank one third of a bottle of Mouton Cadet and suffered no ill effects. I can drink coffee in moderation and limited amounts of citrus fruits. I have NO PAIN and while I do rarely experience a tiny bit of leaking (either from too much coffee or citrus), I eat normally and have no chronic symptoms. I have switched to Ester C for my vitamin C regime.

I have been experiencing continued improvement over the past four months. Interstitial cystitis is no longer a dominant force in my life. I would love to hear about others who have suffered interstitial cystitis and have done some HBLU.

– Jan Greenough, Therapist

I have suffered with chronic interstitial Cystitis (inflammation of bladder) for ten years. The pain, frequency, burning, and sleep disturbances became so unbearable that I seriously considered having my bladder removed. Daily activities and caring for my three-year-old daughter were becoming increasingly more difficult and almost impossible. As a last resort my physician referred me to Judith.

After just a few sessions of HBLU work, my pain had dropped in half and I slept in stretches of four to six hours. Something I had not experienced in over ten years. My energy improved and I no longer needed a babysitter to help care for my daughter. I am completely confident that with nutritional supplementation combined with additional HBLU work, my bladder will heal completely. Judith, thank you for giving me my life back.

– Susan Carr, Wife, Mother Optimist

Physical Injury Trauma

On May 26th I hobbled into Judith Swack’s office at the suggestion of my chiropractor who I had been seeing almost three times a week and we were both frustrated with how my ankle was responding to his adjustments.

In July of 2004, as I was stepping off a curb, I mis-stepped , breaking my left ankle and severely spraining my right. My left ankle required surgery to place 13 pins and a 7 inch plate into it. Recovery was painful, long and tediously slow. In fact, 9 months later, I was still not able to walk on it without a great deal of pain, swelling and a limp which was making the rest of my body off balance. Frankly, it was exhausting!

The doctors decided that I had to get the hardware removed, which we scheduled for mid June. I met with Judith 4 times prior to surgery, and when I walked into her office 2 weeks after getting out of the cast, it was truly a miracle, I was walking without any limp at all. And there was no swelling, usually orthopedic surgery takes 3 months to recover from.

Judith and I had worked on clearing the physical injury trauma which set me up for a quick and successful recovery from the surgery that I had to have. It allowed my ankle to clear from the restraint of the pins and plates and it also cleared my ankle from being broken in the first place and the need that it had to hang onto the injury. Judith didn’t stop there though. We attended to all the other parts that had been affected by my injury; my right ankle, my knees, hips, toes and back, even my gut!

Working with Judith was a must for me, and I’ve continued to work with her. (In fact, she now works with the majority of my family.) I can honestly say after all the doctors I had been to, Judith was the only one who got me the results I was looking for; to put this injury behind me!

If you have surgery scheduled, you must see Judith prior, your recovery will be half what the doctor’s tell you and if you don’t believe me, just watch me walk.
Thanks Judith.

B.G., Dedham, MA

Allergic and Cancer Treatment

While undergoing chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer I had an allergic reaction to one of the drugs, taxol. The nursing staff told me that taxol has a high risk of causing allergic reactions during treatment. Symptoms include difficulty breathing and redness in the face and throat. They wheeled an oxygen tank right up next to me, and a placed a shot of benadryl on the table in front of me… just in case. I took the infusion without incident, but a week later I developed a rash – hundreds of little red dots all over my body. I saw my oncologist who said it was probably an allergic reaction to the taxol and advised me to take benadryl, go home, and take it easy.

The next day I had an appointment with Lisa and mentioned the rash to her and Judith. (It would have been difficult to miss.) Judith said “Your body is pissed off!” and recommended tapping (Natural Bio-Destressing) before treatment to deal with my body’s shock at being invaded. Lisa treated me for other issues involved with having cancer, like giving myself permission to take care of myself, and not needing illness to get attention from others.

The next morning the rash was 80% gone! The next day it was completely gone. Later that week, at my next chemotherapy appointment, I told my wonderful nurse practitioner about my HBLU SM session and the rapidly disappearing rash. I asked her if that was unusual. She said that typically a rash would take a couple days to get as bad as it was going to get and then would take about a week to go away slowly, a little bit each day. She confirmed that “something” had definitely happened during the appointment to heal the rash. Thanks Lisa and Judith.

– A.H., Admin. Assistant

For help in solving your problem(s) please contact Dr. Judith Swack.

Healing From The Body Level Up™, Inc.
56 Pickering St.
Needham, Ma 02492
Telephone (800) 310-6549 / (781) 444-6940
Fax (781) 449-4854
Email: Info@hblu.org

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Lasting Weight Loss – How Healing From The Body Level Up™ Can Help You Maintain Your Weight.

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:41:52 GMT

“When you know what to do but don’t do it, you’re running unconscious self-sabotage.” Judith A. Swack, Ph.D.

The secret to effortless weight loss and maintenance is to care for your body with love, respect, and appreciation instead of hatred, loathing, and neglect. Easier said than done? Perhaps, but not as hard as you think if you have the right knowledge and techniques.

Read Judith’s story on how she lost weight and maintained her weight .

Willpower and conscious intention actually have very little to do with weight loss or maintenance. Whenever you ‘know better’ than to do that (negative behavior) or wish you weren’t doing that while actually doing that, you are at the mercy of unconscious self-sabotage patterns. These patterns supersede the authority and intentions of your conscious, rational mind and take over your behavior. When your conscious mind and unconscious patterns disagree, the result is struggle and conflict inside and negative behavior outside.

Examples of behavior caused by unconscious self-sabotage patterns include:

Losing weight over and over but gaining all (or more) of it back
Feeling resistant or hopeless about having to pay attention to what you eat
Difficulty beginning or maintaining a weight loss and exercise program
Eating for emotional reasons
Thinking about food all the time and worrying about your weight daily
Eating, spending, drinking, or doing something else too much
Feeling afraid to eat certain foods because once you start, you can’t stop
Addictions to chocolate, sweets, food in general

Judith, herself, steadily lost 35 pounds over the course of a year and has had no trouble maintaining her normal weight. When she began her weight loss program she hypothesized that:

There is no such thing as a ‘plateau’. If I stop losing weight it’s a sign of unconscious self-sabotage.
If I eliminate all my unconscious self-sabotage patterns as I lose weight, it will be easy to maintain my optimum weight because there won’t be anything left to sabotage me.

During the course of her own diet and work with others she indeed found these ideas to be true! She discovered specific patterns that people need to clear:

before starting a diet,
while losing weight, and
at the beginning of maintenance
to make weight loss and maintenance easy and lasting!

After treatment with HBLU™, you will effortlessly eat like “normal” eaters by:

Not eating when you’re not hungry
Trusting your body to tell you what to eat and when
Stopping when you’ve had enough
Automatically eating like this even on weekends, holidays, and vacations

If you are having problems with your weight maybe HBLU™ can help you, too.

Read client testimonials and view our products slider to learn more about HBLU™ treatment for weight issues.

Judith's secret to Weight Loss and Maintenance

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:40:56 GMT

Judith is her own client! Here she is before (in 2001) and after ( in 2004) she figured out the secret to weight loss and maintenance.

You can Achieve and Maintain Your Ideal Weight!

Have you struggled with weight all of your life? Do you find dieting and exercising physically, emotionally, and mentally stressful? Have you had your thyroid tested and there is nothing wrong with it? Do you know what works for you and yet … you don’t do it? If you are like me and many of my clients who found self-care to be a burdensome project, you are probably unconsciously (or consciously) caught in a belief system that says, "Neglect Is a Way of Life and It’s All About Neediness."

What is the "Neglect Is a Way of Life" belief system?

A belief system is a large pattern that runs through a family system for generations and also runs through many societies and cultures. The common cultural attitude that "children are to be seen and not heard" is characteristic of families and societies that neglect children’s feelings and needs because they do not consider children to be people. These children conclude that what they want and need does not exist in the universe and fear that "I cannot get what I need to survive." It doesn’t take long for these children to decide that neglect is just a way of life, and they feel chronically and secretly needy.

Burying the grief and heartache under anger and burying the anger under indifference
Making up stories that assume that what you want and need does exist in your family but there is some reason why you are not getting it. Typical stories include,
I don’t deserve to get my needs met because I bad or unworthy
I don’t know the rules on how to get my needs met.
Making excuses for the parents. My parents really could give me what I need if only they weren’t sick, alcoholic, depressed, overwhelmed, abused in childhood, too busy, etc.
Becoming compulsively independent and self-sufficient.
Settling for what you can get, doing without, or not even bothering to ask for what you need
Becoming a control freak
Suffering in silence
Taking care of everyone else’s needs before your own and feeling guilty about allowing anyone to care for you.

Sadly, during childhood and later on in life, this pattern prevents people from being able to receive love, nurturing, help, and support that is available elsewhere.

Fortunately, I developed a two-three session intervention to heal this entire pattern from the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels of a person’s being. Once this pattern was cleared by the Healing from the Body Level Up™ (HBLU™) methodology, I and several of my other clients easily changed eating and exercising habits to successfully lose weight and maintain that weight loss without stress. We also started taking care of ourselves in other areas of our lives that we had previously neglected and got amazing results! In other words, we all felt that it was easy and natural to take care of and nurture ourselves in all areas of our lives. Here are just a few examples.

My Story
Overweight runs in my father’s side of the family, and I have always had to watch my weight. Somehow as I got older the weight slowly crept up on me even though I thought I was watching what I ate and faithfully doing my aerobic exercise. And somehow, I was afraid to weigh myself. When I did weigh myself, I would get depressed and frustrated and react defiantly by eating even more (although who I was defying and how eating more was going to solve my frustration about overweight I don’t really know.) At age 42 I had a baby. During the next year, I lost 20 of the 40 lbs I gained during pregnancy. At age 43 I had a miscarriage and went into early menopause. My doctor put me on the standard hormone replacement therapy, and slowly but surely I gained back the 20 lbs and added another 10 lbs on top of that! I asked my doctor if the hormone replacement therapy was causing me to gain or hold on to weight. My doctor did not think that hormones were the problem and recommended Weight Watchers. Strangely, I felt ravenously hungry all the time. In fact, I would awaken from hunger in the middle of the night and need to drink a glass of skim milk to get back to sleep. After I discovered the "Neglect Is a Way of Life" belief system, I developed a procedure to clear it, and of course I was my first subject. As soon as I was free of this pattern, I decided to see an endocrinologist to check me for hypoglycemia. He confirmed that I was insulin resistant and could develop Type II diabetes like my mother and grandmother before me. I knew I absolutely could not afford to keep the weight on. Three days after the visit to the endocrinologist I refilled my hormone prescription. For the first time ever, I read the pharmacist’s information about this drug. The description warned that people with diabetes must consult their doctors and adjust their insulin levels carefully because this hormone preparation affected insulin release. I always took my hormones at bedtime! That day I switched to taking my hormones in the morning and immediately started sleeping through the night. I switched gynecologists, started natural human hormone therapy, stopped feeling hungry, lost 15 lbs in 4 months and I’m still going strong.

Lori’s Story
Lori always had to watch her weight, but she lost complete control and gained 40 pounds during a nasty dragged-out divorce. She came to me feeling completely burned out and angry about the divorce, and very frustrated about her weight gain. It usually takes two sessions to clear the "Neglect Is a Way of Life" belief system. Two weeks after the first session she reported that she had more energy and hope about the divorce situation and she had also lost two pounds. When I asked her what she had done to lose the weight, she told me that she went to the grocery store, stocked up on fruits and vegetables, and ate those whenever she wanted a snack. After the second session she stopped even wanting to snack, lost interest in chocolate, and four months later she had lost 15 lbs without any seeming effort.

Sally’s Story
Sally was overweight all her life. She had a hundred excuses for why she did not exercise and claimed that she was too busy to pay attention to eating right and dieting according to her nutritionist’s recommendation. After we cleared the "Neglect Is a Way of Life" belief system, Sally started following the diet and found a delightful exercise class that she now attends regularly. Interestingly, she also decided to finish her Master’s degree thesis that she had put on hold for 5 years. She finished the thesis in three months and passed her exam one month before the deadline!

What is Healing from the Body Level Up (HBLU™)?
Healing from the Body Level Up™ or HBLU™ for short is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology that I originated and developed, with the help of many of my teachers, colleagues, and clients. It is a holistic psychotherapy system that heals a person at the conscious level, the unconscious level, the body level and the soul level simultaneously. HBLU&trade puts people in touch with their soul’s deepest wisdom and allows them to work congruently with that wisdom to achieve the results they want in their lives so they can live full, happy and satisfying lives. I am a Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist and a Neuro-linguistic programmer who believes in getting consistent and reproducible results. I developed this healing system by integrating biomedical science, Neuro-linguistic Programming, psychology, applied kinesiology, energy psychology techniques, and spiritual practices with my original research on the structure of complex damage patterns and years of follow-up testing to confirm those results.

Why is HBLU™ so effective?
I believe that the effectiveness of HBLU is due to four factors. The process of asking the client’s deepest wisdom to identify the priority goal and the priority interference pattern, then having the client explain the pattern consciously, and finally locating the negative energy/feelings in the body allows all four levels to focus on and clear the problem simultaneously. I call this aligning the levels. The second factor is a comprehensive menu of damage patterns and knowledge of their structures. The third factor is a comprehensive menu of techniques. My criteria for including therapeutic techniques in my menu is that they be effective, work in minutes, be as painless as possible, and permanently clear the damage at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels. The fourth factor is specificity. By choosing the priority interference pattern from menu A and matching the appropriate intervention from menu B, each session is tailor made for that individual. This is how, using HBLU™, we are able to clear very complex and long-standing issues in a very short time to my own and my clients’ relief.

If you recognize any of these issues and would like to clear them rapidly and thoroughly, please call our office @ 781-444-6940 to schedule a private session. For more information about what other problems HBLU™ is successful at treating call for information.

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Unconditional Self-Acceptance as the Path to Happiness and Success

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:24:39 GMT

Teresa started a business when she was 40 years old. She developed a new product that sold well over time and she and her customers were happy with it.

But when Teresa turned 50, she became unaccountably anxious and started having trouble sleeping. She came to me for HBLU therapy, and we discovered that the shock of turning 60 resulted in an inner dialog that said, “You are so old that you are running out of time to get your product out into the world as much as you had hoped. At this rate, you will die and all your hard work will be lost. What a shame that your contribution will not last after you are gone. You are a stupid, incompetent failure.”

I pointed out to Teresa that she was overly identified with her business and had lost perspective about her life as a whole. She had good health, a loving marriage, healthy successful children, and a successful business. Nobody looking at her from the outside would consider her a failure in any way, and she was putting unnecessary pressure on herself by making up an artificial standard of success. I suggested that Teresa float her soul out of her body, high above her life (somewhere between the stratosphere and the orbit of the moon) and look down upon her entire life span to realize that she was more than her work.

I explained to Teresa that in the three-dimensional embodied form, we are complex beings composed of a conscious mind, an unconscious mind, a body, an ego structure, and a soul. We all create an internal map of the world that is unique to each individual which we confuse with reality. Furthermore, we believe what we feel, even if we know it’s not true, and feelings run behavior.

At the highest spiritual level, and in the grand scheme of things, our souls are made of God-Source-creation energy, and we are capable of creating the reality and life we desire, In the embodied state we are consciously unaware that we are living in a map of illusions and misidentify our true selves with our feelings, behaviors, and experiences. In order to create the lives we want, we need to achieve a level of awareness of ourselves outside of the map.

It is in this state of higher consciousness and grace where we experience unconditional self-acceptance. There is no judgement or self-criticism because there are no ‘have-to’s.”

As Teresa floated above her life, she felt a sense of inner peace and was able to see that in the past when she set her mind to a long-term goal, she was eventually able to accomplish it even if events didn’t necessarily follow a linear path. She noticed that despite the zigs and zags she used her creativity and ability to learn from her experiences to eventually figure out a solution, and it was this path of growth and evolution that kept her engaged in life. Looking to the future, she realized that by continuing to use that strategy she would eventually succeed in bringing her business to the next level, and whatever happened it would be an interesting ride.

If you or anyone you know would like to expand your ability to accept yourself and others, HBLU methodology can help you. If you would like to silence that inner critic, we recommend you start by listening to our presentation, “Exchange Your Inner Critic for Compassion"

To learn more or schedule an appointment, please call 781-444-6940 , or email info@hblu.org

Blessings, Judith

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Unconscious Self-Sabotage Realigning the Mind to Change Behavior

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Breaking the Habit and Reversing the Effects of Pretending to Be Alright

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Understand the neurobiology of trauma to help clients heal permanently.

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Published in The Advocate Magazine, Volume 40, Number4, November 2017, page 8. This is the professional magazine for the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), www.amhca.org .

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The Biochemistry of Energy Psychology

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An Immunologist’s Perspective on Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Energy Psychology Treatments

Judith Swack: I just wanted to tell you that for my Ph.D. I had to major in three areas. Since I was already an expert in enzymology, I majored instead for my Ph.D. in molecular biology, immunology, and neurochemistry. So, today, folks, we’re going to get into heavy chemistry. But let me start by saying that because I applied for many NIH grants to fund my research, I understand that procedures are absolutely critical if you want anything from an agency. So we will start by doing the official CEU paperwork.

Slide 1 Objectives for CE credits

On completion of this program, the participant will be able to:

1. Name at least two well-researched physiological mechanisms most likely involved in Energy Psychology treatments
2. Cite at least two research studies from the fields of physiology and immunology that indirectly support the notion that Energy Psychology could be effective
3. Describe at least one theory from the field of immunology that provides indirect theoretical support for the potential usefulness of energy interventions as appropriate psychotherapeutic adjuncts.

Name three objectives. At the end of this seminar, you will all be able to name at least two well-researched physiological mechanisms most likely involved in energy psychology treatments. You will all be able to cite at least two research studies from the fields of physiology and immunology that indirectly– well, I think directly support the notion that energy psychology is effective. You will be able to describe at least one theory from the field of immunology that provides direct theoretical support for the usefulness of energy interventions as appropriate psychotherapeutic adjuncts.
[applause, cries of “you go girl” ]

JS: There will be a quiz at the end of this talk. All right, next slide please.

Slide 2 References

Guyton, A.C. and Hall, J.E. Textbook of Medical Physiology, 10 edition, W.B. Saunders Co. NY, 2000

Ulett, G.A., Beyond Yin and Yang; How Acupuncture Really Works Warren S. Green and Co., Inc. St. Louis, , 1992

Stefano, G.B., Fricchione, G.L., Slingsby, B.T., and Benson, H. “The placebo effect and relaxation response: neural processes and their coupling to constitutive nitric oxide” in Brain Research Reviews 35:1-19, 2001

Swack, J.A. (1992) “A study of initial response and reversion rates of subjects treated with the allergy technique.” Anchor Point 6, 3:1-10

These are the references I used for the scientific part of my seminar. I took the body of my seminar today from the classic medical physiology textbook by Guyton and Hall. This book is fascinating and beautifully written. This is a must read; I couldn’t put it down.
[laughter]

JS: I’m serious. George Ulett, what a great man. A neurochemist, psychiatrist trained at Harvard Medical School, actually did the physiological research on how acupuncture really works. And that is a 1992 reference. I think it’s a fabulous book. I read it cover to cover on an airplane, couldn’t put it down, must read.

Stephano, coming out of Herbert Benson’s lab (Herbert Benson who is well known for his research on the relaxation response) wrote a fabulous review that just came out in Brain Research Reviews. His paper on the placebo effect and the relaxation response, neural processes and their couplings to constitutive nitrous oxide is a genius piece of work. They describe in detail the stress relaxation response, which is of course the feedback regulatory mechanism for the sympathetic alarm response. So there is the stress response and then there’s the feedback response called the relaxation response.

Today I’m going to be talking to you about the chemistry that regulates the sympathetic alarm response, and the opposing stress relaxation response, which is the feedback mechanism leading to what we call in science, homeostasis. In the energy psychology field we call it balance; in medicine they call it homeostasis.

And then of course, the last reference that I draw from is my study of allergy subjects that I treated with a Neuro-Linguistic Programming allergy technique. I followed the subjects for several years to see if the results held. In my discussion in that paper, I basically describe the biochemical mechanisms of why you can cure an allergy in seconds. It’s a direct neurological mechanism. That paper is available on my website, www.jaswack.com.

Just a very teensy brief review of HBLU: the premise in HBLU is that we all have a soul, that’s it’s currently embodied in human form, and that there are two reasons for this. One is that we’re supposed to live our life fully and experience life through our senses. That was a beautiful meditation we did in class with Nahoma Clinton yesterday, “Experience Life Through All Your Senses”. The second reason we’re embodied is to manifest our soul’s mission. That means make your personal contribution to the planet, so that when you die you know that you lived a full life and that somehow you made a difference in the world that had meaning for you.

Now, if this isn’t happening, then I believe by definition there’s interference, and the interference I see comes in three categories. Firstly, there’s the life experience damage that you pick up that imprints in the conscious mind, unconscious mind, and body. That includes traumas, grudges, limiting beliefs, reversals, whatever. Secondly, you can have bugs in your operating system, your ego personality structure, which is a whole different area of work. Thirdly, I believe that there’s external interference that doesn’t come from within you but comes from outside of you. In that area we have, basically, natural disasters, nasty people with free will–
(laughter)

JS: — and supernatural. When you work with the unconscious mind, you have to go wherever it goes, and we live in the land of mythology and religion, so we have supernatural.

Basically the format of HBLU is a very simple “Pick from Column A, match it from Column B” kind of exercise. What we do is we establish communication with the unconscious mind, body, and soul by muscle testing and also having the person go inside and talk to parts of them, using NLP i.e. hypnotic sort of techniques.

Then we establish a priority goal, get permission to balance for the goal, and determine the percent negative emotional charge, like you do with energy psychology techniques, the SUDs. Then we find the priority interference pattern. So, basically, we have lists of damage patterns in all three major categories. We go down the list: is it a trauma, is it a layer of your Enneagram wound, is it a curse, whatever.

We list out what the interference patterns are on the goal. Then we find the priority interference pattern, what’s the highest priority one to clear. We explain and understand the patterns so that they align all the levels; I understand consciously what this is now, I’ve talked to my unconscious mind, I know where I feel this pattern in my body, I see where it shows up in my life. Okay, I understand this pattern. Now you pick a technique, and the techniques are from Menu B.

So Menu B, on my Menu I have energy psychology techniques, I have hypnosis, I have NLP techniques, I have Reiki healing and channeling of chi, I have prayer, meditation, qigong, etc. One of my colleagues started out as a talk therapist. On his menu he has talk as one of his techniques and hugging as another technique. I even have stuff I don’t do on my menu, like chiropractic, acupuncture, homeopathy, because you know what? HBLU may not be the method of choice. In other words, you need to meet a problem where it lies. I had a client who was exhausted and tired; she was anemic because she’d become a vegetarian twenty years ago, and it didn’t suit her body. No amount of HBLU is going to take care of that. She finally went to a Doctor who said, “Oh my God, you’re anemic.” She went to a blood-type diet nutritionist who said, “Oh my God, you’re the blood type that has to eat meat.” So then she had to eat meat three meals a day for the next year and a half.” Well, if that’s the intervention of choice, then that’s the intervention of choice. So basically that’s the HBLU concept.

Assuming that the client has a pattern that needs to be cleared with HBLU, we find the priority interference pattern, do the chosen technique for clearing it, and test that we cleared the pattern. We always finish by writing learnings, because it brings the healing full cycle– what did you learn, what’s different for you now, did you get any insights, is there anything left to do?

After testing the intervention and writing the learnings we go back to the goal and ask, “Have you cleared all the charge on the goal?” If there is no longer interference on the goal we ask, “Do you need any additional skills, tools, strategies, additional interventions to facilitate your ability to achieve the goal? Okay, fine, you don’t have negative charge on it, but are you really equipped to achieve it? And so on the back side, if they say they need an additional something, they may have to go to school. (laughter) They may have to learn a strategy of how to process a negative emotion properly, because they actually didn’t learn that in their family. They may need additional motivation. Basically HBLU provides a soup-to-nuts structure, a framework within which you do the healing work. You list all the damage patterns that you know and every technique you’ve ever learned. You add your own intuition and experience. And the client’s deepest wisdom leads the healing. So that’s HBLU in a nutshell.

Today I’m really going to home in on trauma which is in the life experience damage category. Trauma imprints, as you know, at the body level, the unconscious level, and distorts conscious, rational thinking ability. So let’s look into how that happens.

First of all, I’d like to talk about what a scientist really is.

Slide 3. A scientist……

1. Makes an observation about a reproducible phenomenon
2. Formulates a hypothesis or model to explain the reproducible phenomenon
3. Develops and executes a series of experiments to test the hypothesis
4. Adjusts the model to conform to experimental results

A scientist makes an observation about a reproducible phenomenon. Then a scientist formulates a hypothesis or model to explain the reproducible phenomenon. Then the scientist develops and executes a series of experiments to test the hypothesis about the reproducible phenomenon, and then the scientist adjusts the model to conform to the experimental results .
[laughter, applause]

JS: Next slide, please. Okay, that’s a scientist. Those of you who took fourth grade science learned this.

Slide 4 A scientist is NOT someone who says,

“I don’t believe in the reproducible phenomenon unless you first explain to me how it works.”
Or
“I’m unwilling to test the observation unless you first show me scientific proof that it works.”

A scientist is not someone who says, “I don’t believe in the reproducible phenomenon unless you first explain to me how it works.” That’s not a scientist. And a scientist is not someone who says, “I’m unwilling to test the observation unless you first show me scientific proof that it works.”
[laughter, applause]

Slide 5 The point is

a reproducible phenomenon is a reproducible phenomenon
developing or changing the explanatory model does not affect or change the existence of the phenomenon

JS: That’s not a scientist. Alright, the point is a reproducible phenomenon is a reproducible phenomenon, and that developing or changing the explanatory model does not affect or change the existence of the phenomenon.
[laughter, applause]

Slide 6 Reproducible Phenomemon I

Sun rises in the east; sets in the west w/ 24 h. periodicity

Explanation 1:
The God Apollo drives the sun across the sky in a chariot.

Explanation 2:
Earth orbits around the sun. The earth rotates on its own axis every 24 h. The side facing the sun is in daylight and the side facing away is in night.

JS: Example one: the sun rises in the east and sets in the west with a twenty-four hour periodicity. That’s a reproducible phenomenon. Is that correct? You all have observed this? Explanation number one: The God Apollo drives the Sun across the sky in a chariot. Explanation number two: The Earth orbits around the sun, the Earth rotates on it’s own axis every twenty-four hours, the side facing the sun is in daylight, and the side facing away is in night. These are two explanations that were totally believed in during the time and place that they were developed. The beliefs didn’t change the phenomenon, but they did change the model used to explain the phenomenon.

Slide 7 Reproducible Phenomemon II

People can eliminate phobic reactions by intentionally manipulating certain areas on the surface of their bodies.

Explanation 1:
Rebalancing or discharging of chi energy (negative) through the acupuncture meridians

Explanation 2:
Deconditioning the sympathetic alarm response by intentionally activating the feedback regulatory mechanisms

Next example, reproducible phenomenon number two: people can eliminate phobic reactions by intentionally manipulating certain areas on the surface of their bodies. Am I right? Is that a reproducible phenomenon?
AUDIENCE: Yes.

JS: Explanation number one: rebalancing or discharging of chi energy-negative emotions– through the acupuncture meridians. Okay, that’s one model. Now we have explanation number two, deconditioning the sympathetic alarm response by intentionally activating the feedback regulatory mechanisms. Now, I’m going to spend time later on describing explanation number two, but the problem with models is rapport. When people get away from the phenomenon and get stuck over here in the model, they miss the point. So, most people are not scientists, would you agree?

AUDIENCE: Yes.

JS: The problem with explaining energy psychology techniques using a hypothetical model is that most 20th century Westerners do not have rapport with a three thousand year old Chinese medical system with metaphysical explanations. Is that clear?
[laughter, applause]

JS: The problem with the 20th century explanation is that most Westerners glaze over and go to sleep when given in-depth neurochemical explanations, and I can tell you that many people have fallen asleep in my seminars. I don’t understand it, but it’s a reproducible phenomenon.
[laughter]

Slide 8 I explain energy psychology techniques by:

describing the reproducible phenomenon in human terms
describing the neurochemical model

JS: Alright, so what I do is I explain energy psychology techniques by describing the reproducible phenomenon in human terms, and afterwards, if they care, I describe the neurochemical model, since that’s my background, and I of course believe it’s true. On the other hand, three thousand years from now, I have no idea how they’re going to be describing human physiology
[laughter]

JS: I teach energy psychology techniques, how to clear phobias and traumas at Newton Community Ed, the local adult community education program. Nobody has a problem with energy psychology, because this is how I explain it. I ask my students, what’s a phobia? They say, “it’s an exaggerated, irrational reaction that you can’t control mentally.” And I say, “yep, that’s it.” So they all know what a phobic reaction is.

Then I say, “That’s a conditioned response.” And they ask, “What’s a conditioned response?” I explain, “have you ever heard of Pavlov?” They nod. The man was a genius. Why? Because did you ever hear of the flight or fight reflex? What is a reflex? A reflex is something that you just do automatically, like when the doctor hits your knee with the hammer and your knee jerks. How many of you ever tried to prevent your knee from jerking when the doctor hammered your knee? A few people admit to it. Did it ever work? No. Why not? Because it’s a reflex.

Pavlov wondered if you could train a reflex. What a concept: training a reflex. Kind of sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it. But he did it. He trained the salivation reflex in a bunch of dogs. He gave the dogs food; they salivated and ate. Then he rang a bell, gave the dogs food; they salivated and ate. Then with no food around, he rang the bell and the dogs salivated. Dogs cannot eat bells, but Pavlov trained their reflex so that they associated bells with food. What a genius. Sort of the history of science, right?

So I explain to my class that the fight or flight reflex is a reflex, and it can be trained. What happens is when you experience a severe traumatic shock that triggers your flight or fight reflex, anything that was in the environment at the time can act like the bell. And they all go, “Whoa.” And I explain, “that’s why you have the phobic reaction, even when nothing else is going on.” And they all go, “Whoa.”

Then I explain, “for every on system in the body there’s an off system, right?” They all had fourth grade science; they all nod their heads yes. On, off, yes, absolutely. I said, “So guess what? We have natural stress-relieving mechanisms and natural stress release techniques in our bodies to neutralize the fight or flight reflex, and they look like this:

[Judith acts out the following with appropriate exclamations Oy, oh no!, etc:Rubs the bridge of nose by the eye socket
Rubs the temples by side of the eyes
Holds her whole hand on her cheek
Puts her hand over her mouth, holds her index finger under the nose, the middle finger under the mouth, and her chin with the rest of her hand
Pounds and grabs her chest under the collarbone
Hugs herself
Stands with her arms folded, palm of left hand over right ribcage
Chews on the edges of her fingers
Drums her fingertips on the desk
Wrings her hands
Holds her hands with fingers folded together
Holds the outside edge of one hand within the palm of the other hand ] [laughter]

JS: Don’t look at my cuticles.

When I demonstrate this, everybody admits to doing this. I then ask, “and what happens when you do that?” People respond “I feel more relaxed, I feel more comfortable?” I explain, “Yeah, so guess what? There’s this technique whereby you can pull up what’s frightening you, and then you can go through all of your natural stress turn-off mechanisms and neutralize the reaction.” And my students go, “Whoa.” I explain that the technique is a no-brainer because you do that all the time every day automatically and unconsciously. The genius here is that you can do it with intention. You can pull up what’s bothering you, you can focus on it consciously and you can neutralize the reaction at will.” My students go “Wow, great, let’s do it.”

Next, I explain the fight or flight reflex a little bit more. “You know that fight or flight reflex? I mean, really, honest to God, something shocks you, you get triggered, and after that you keep flashing back and having these reactions, and my goodness, what a nuisance. Why do we even have such a reaction? I mean, for goodness sake. I think there was a problem in the design of this reflex, and I think this reflex and knees need to be reexamined. Trust me on this.” My students agree.

I’ve given this reflex a lot of thought and here’s the deal. Probably every animal on the planet has this reflex. Certainly the vertebrates do, and now in my readings I find out that the invertebrates do. We’re talking eight hundred million years of evolution on this reflex. It must be good for something. But I couldn’t really figure out what it was good for because it was so problematic until I had a colleague get drunk at a Christmas party, and this is what he said.

I told him I was going to buy a new car, and he told me how much he loved his motorcycle. He then launched into a very vivid description, so you know he was flashing back, of a motorcycle accident he’d had. This is how it went: he was on his motorcycle. A woman ran into him with her car. He went down and ended up on the ground. She jumps out of the car and says, “Are you okay, are you okay?” He stands up, being the macho kind of handsome guy that he is, and he says, “I’m perfectly fine.”

She says, “What happened to your arm?” He says, “What do you mean?” She’s looking at the ground, so he looks at the ground. He notices that there happens to be a pool of blood there. He follows the trail of droplets from the ground back up into the sleeve of his black leather jacket — thank God he had a black leather jacket on. He pulls up the sleeve and finds that he’s scraped his arm very severely. He says, “Wow, look at that.” Then he says to the woman politely, “Listen, my father lives about four blocks from here, so if you could do me a favor and give me a lift, he’ll take me to the hospital, and I’ll get this taken care of.” She’s exclaims, “No problem, no problem.” So he got to the hospital where he got it taken care of. Now, what’s missing from this story?

AUDIENCE: (murmuring) Pain.

JS: Pain! There’s no pain here. He had to figure out he’d scraped his arm up by looking. And then I got it. This is what this reflex is for. It numbs people to pain so they can function long enough to save their life. Isn’t that incredible! So I thought about this and I thought about cavemen since this reflex has been in evolution for a long time and we all have cavemen bodies. Some of us are starting to lose the wisdom teeth, but we still basically have caveman bodies. Let’s think about this. You’re a caveman, you have a little clan and you and the guys have to go out hunting for meat. You’re going to go up against a sabertooth tiger or a woolly mammoth or something, you and five other guys, maybe, with, I don’t know, a spear. Okay. So what’s the likelihood that you are going to get gored? Pretty high. So, Nu, you just weren’t nimble enough, you got caught by a tusk, you got gored, and boom, your fight or flight reflex fires off like crazy.

First of all, you go numb so that you don’t get overwhelmed by pain, and you can think. Second of all, you go white. All the blood drains out of your skin– you know that reflex, right? It goes to the interior of your body so you don’t bleed to death through your wounds. Thirdly, your heart rate pumps up like crazy and your muscles get really strong because you’ve got to crawl back to the cave before you bleed to death or are overwhelmed. There the medicine woman can stuff your wound with moss and fungus.
[laughter]

Right? So really, this reflex is about save your skin. It also shuts down your immune system and turns off your digestive system. You know what? You don’t need an immune system if you bleed to death. You can go for a few days without food if you don’t die first. So, basically, all the nonessential systems get shut down and everything gets shunted to “Save my skin.”

Strangely enough, that exact same reflex fires off when, say, a colleague of mine had a romantic dinner with her husband at which he told her that he was leaving her tomorrow for the woman he carpools with. You know, no woolly mammoth here, but same reaction. So what can I say? It’s still a little puzzling to me that there’s not a great distinction between physical life and death and metaphorical life and death, but it’s the same reflex.

Slide 9

JS: So basically I show this picture to my class, as a diagram of the stress response, the shock reflex. I tell my students that when they’re shocked the first time, or triggered later, the pituitary gland releases ACTH, which is adrenocorticotropic hormone. It comes down to the adrenal glands, which are on top of your kidneys, and causes them to release adrenaline and cortisone, or cortisol. The cortisone goes over to the liver. You know it’s a liver because it has three lobes on it and it’s kind of in that area of your body. Cortisol causes your liver to release glucose, so you have blood glucose to run on or fight with. This is why diabetics have difficulty controlling their blood sugar levels when they are under stress.

Cortisol also circulates up to the thymus and shuts down your immune system response, which is why people often get viral infections within a day or two after a serious shock. This probably also accounts for my finding that people with cancer, have a triple loss pattern, and the third shock occurs one to three years prior to the diagnosis. We could get into more detail about the effects of stress on the immune system, but I’m going to stay focused on the neuroendocrine reflex today. Basically, teaching this energy psychology technique to my clients, my colleagues, my students, is really not difficult. I just tell them that they can intentionally use their own neurological feedback mechanisms to turn off their phobic reactions. They’re happy with that.

(For a good summary of the effects of stress hormones see http://www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com/articles/behavior/stress_3/)

Slide 10 Fight/ Flight/ Freeze Reflex

Sympathetic stress response = a mass discharge of the sympathetic nervous system.

Fight or flight reaction = an especially strong activation of the sympathetic nervous system also called the sympathetic alarm reaction

Let’s look more in depth at the neurochemistry of the fight/flight/freeze reflex. This is where you all have to really be awake, because this is the heavy neurochemistry part, which I know you’re all excited about, yes?

AUDIENCE: Yes.

JS: Okay, in physiological terms a mass discharge– and we all know what mass discharge means– a mass discharge of the sympathetic nervous system is called the sympathetic stress response. Now, the fight or flight reaction is an especially strong activation of the sympathetic nervous system, and it’s called the sympathetic alarm reaction. You think my colleague was alarmed when her husband told her he was leaving for the carpool lady? You bet she was alarmed.

The sympathetic alarm reaction is the scientific term for it the fight, flight, or freeze reflex in lay terms. You can understand that if the scientific term for stress is the sympathetic stress response, then the scientific term for the opposite reaction is called the relaxation response which I call the calming reflex in lay terms.

Slide 11 What triggers activation of the fight/flight/freeze reflex?

Physical stress or tissue damage that causes pain
Strong emotional reactions

Now we get into the alarm reaction. What triggers activation of the fight, flight, or freeze reflex? Physical stress or tissue damage that causes pain– we already heard about that– and strong emotional reactions.

Slide 12 How do these triggers activate the fight/flight/freeze reflex?

Pain stimuli transmitted up through the spinal cord & brainstem to hypothalamus.
Strong emotional reactions from external sensory information or recall of stored memories cause increased activity of the limbic system, particularly the amygdala and hippocampus which trigger the hypothalamus.
Strong emotional reactions can trigger the hypothalamus as strongly as physical pain stimuli!

So how do these triggers activate the fight, flight, or freeze reflex? Well, pain stimuli transmit up through the spinal cord and brainstem to the hypothalamus. Strong emotional reactions either come from external sensory information or recall of stored memories.

They cause increased activity of the limbic system, particularly the amygdala and the hippocampus, which trigger the hypothalamus. So again, we’re all going to see the hypothalamus– it all comes down to the hypothalamus. And strong emotional reactions can trigger the hypothalamus as strongly as physical pain stimuli. Isn’t that just a stunner? Isn’t this stuff great?

Slide 13 Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc. from Campbell, Neil A., Reece, Jane B., Mitchell, Lawrence, G. Biology, Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 5th edition, 1999 p. 909.

Alright, here it is, the official diagram not drawn by me. Here we have the hypothalamus. Now, the stimuli can come from a direct sensory experience, either physical pain stimuli or perception, you know, visual perception of the environment. You perceive that there’s danger. The amygdala basically takes its information from your context, your reality. What’s happening right now in the moment comes right in through the amygdala, as well as the information that you’ve stored in memory through the limbic system– this is probably where the conditioning occurs.

It turns out that the amygdala has direct innervation to the thalamus, and that the speed at which the nerve transmission is generated down this way is faster than the speed that it is translated up to the cortical system. So you can actually have a reaction before you know you’re having a reaction. Do you understand that? That’s hardwiring, folks. That’s hardware.

So the danger signal comes through the system, triggers the thalamus, which triggers the hypothalamus, which releases corticotropic releasing factor, which releases ACTH from the pituitary, which, as you know, comes down to the adrenal cortex and causes the release of cortisol. Now, I didn’t want to get too technical for my lay people, but I want you to know that epinephrine and norepinephrine are not released through ACTH stimulation of the adrenal glands. Epinephrine and norepinephrine are released from the adrenal glands through stimulation by the sympathetic nervous system using norepinephrine neurons. The sympathetic stimulation of the adrenal glands is regulated through the hypothalamus and is simultaneous with ACTH release. Now, let’s think about this for a minute: you all know that epinephrine makes your heart beat faster and pumps you up so you can do extraordinary things with your muscle strength.

Slide 14 (http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/auto.html)

This is the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system are parts of the autonomic nervous system, which means really means automatic so I don’t know why they call it autonomic. Anyway, these systems unconsciously perform the housekeeping functions of the body. You can see that the sympathetic nervous system comes right down the spine. It innervates the adrenal glands. It affects the digestion. We’ve talked about the intestines, the bladder of course; when you really get frightened, you know what happens there– never mind. And of course the bronchi, right, the breathing goes right up in the chest, the heart and the eye– the pupil dilates.

Slide 15 (This figure is from website http://members.aol.com/Bio50/ LecNotes/lecnot26.html).

This is the cross-section of your spine showing nerve transmission in the sympathetic nervous system. All of the transmission in the sympathetic nervous system is done through a two-nerve system. In other words, the pre-ganglionic nuclei– wake up everybody– the pre-ganglionic nuclei are acetylcholine-mediated neurons, and when they trigger the post-ganglionic sympathetic nerve, that nerve releases norepinephrine.

The exception is the sympathetic nerves that go to the adrenal glands. They go directly from the spine, without passing Go, without collecting $200, they go directly from the brain to the adrenal glands without an intermediate step. They are the only fibers in the sympathetic nervous system that go direct. What does that tell you? Transmission speed is critical. Save your skin. Now, the pre-ganglionic sympathetic nerves pass without synapsing to end directly in the adrenal medulla. There epinephrine and norepinephrine are released and are active in the circulation from one to several minutes. This release of epinephrine and norepinephrine can double your entire body metabolic rate; double, one hundred percent increase in your basal metabolism.

Now, you know that a nerve signal lasts for only a few seconds. So, what happens in the stress alarm reaction is that you have a norepinephrine release from the sympathetic nervous system that lasts for only seconds. It’s targeted to a particular tissue, so the effect is very localized. But when the adrenals release a massive dose of epinephrine and norepinephrine into the circulation, the effects go to every cell in your body and last for one to several minutes, not seconds, but minutes. So this is a serious reflex here.

Slide 16 Mass discharge of the sympathetic nervous system increases the ability of the body to perform vigorous muscle activity:

Increased arterial pressure
Increased blood flow to active muscles & decreased blood flow to organs such as the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys that are not needed for rapid motor activity
Increased rates of cellular metabolism
Increased blood glucose
Increased muscle strength
Increased mental activity
Increased rate of blood coagulation

Mass discharge of the sympathetic nervous system increases the ability of the body to perform vigorous muscle activity– we’ve been over that several times. It increases the arterial pressure so you don’t bleed to death, you don’t go into cardiac shock. It increases blood flow to active muscles and decreases blood flow to organs such as the gastrointestinal tract and the kidneys that are not needed for rapid motor activity. It increases the rates of cellular metabolism, increased blood glucose, increased muscle strength, increased mental activity for emergencies: “What do we do now?” An increased rate of blood coagulation needs no explanation.

Slide 17 Functions of glucocorticoids

raise blood glucose level by affecting cell metabolism
raise blood fatty acid level
block inflammation
suppress the immune system, particularly T cells
lower fever
increase production of red blood cells

When the glucocorticoids get released– that’s cortisol and cortisone, they raise the blood glucose level by affecting cell metabolism. They raise blood fatty acid level because the muscles can use fatty acids as fuel, not just glucose. They block inflammation. Let’s say you’re gored by a woolly mammoth. Maybe you don’t want inflammation there. They suppress the immune system, particularly T-cells. Glucocorticoids lower fever and increase production of red blood cells. Well, that’s a good idea. If you don’t want to bleed to death, you may as well increase your production of red blood cells

Slide 18 How does the body downregulate the stress response?

Cortisol feeds back to the hypothalamus and pituitary to shut down ACTH release and activation of the sympathetic stress response
Endorphins inhibit the pain triggers and directly down regulate the cardiac reaction

Let’s look at how the body down-regulates the stress response by using the relaxation response to achieve homeostasis. Cortisol feeds back to the hypothalamus and pituitary to inhibit the ACTH release and down-regulate the sympathetic nervous system. Hey, cool. Opioid peptides, you’ve probably heard of them, also known as natural morphine, induce analgesia. They inhibit pain. Because pain is a trigger for the stress response, inhibiting pain turns off the trigger. Opioid peptides also induce a sense of well-being and enhance immune function counteracting the suppression of the immune system caused by the stress response. Opioid peptides mediate a decrease in heart rate, which is a good thing, because there are several examples of how people had heart attacks and died from emotional stress. It’s not just a folk tale, it actually is documented. So you want to be careful if you have a heart condition not to overstress yourself. (For an excellent description and review of how beta-endorphin inhibits ACTH release in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis, see Jessop, D.S., Journal of Endocrinology (1999) 160, 169-180 online version available at http://journals.endocrinology.org/joe/160/0169/1600169.pdf.. Also see Slide 19 below from (http://www.med.monash.edu.au /biomed/courses/ BMS2031/Revision/HypothalamPituitary.pdf.)

Slide 19 “Summary of some of the major reposes to stress” reproduced with written permission from the author, Dr Alan J. TIlbrook of the Department of Physiology, Monash University (alan.tilbrook@med.monash.edu.au). Diagram published in revision notes for students studying Biomedical Science 2031, Nutrition and Dietetics 2011, Physiology 2032 and Physiology 3051. (C) Monash University (2001).

Slide 20 How does manipulation of certain areas on the surface of the body eliminate phobic reactions?

Neurochemical studies of activation of acupuncture meridian points demonstrate the release of cortisol and opioid peptides.

How does manipulation of certain areas on the surface of the body eliminate phobic reaction? Now we’re down to this, right? Neurochemical studies of activation of acupuncture meridian points demonstrate the release of cortisol and opiod peptides. There it is in a nutshell.

[Audience: ” Ooh”, Applause]

Slide 21 OPIOID PEPTIDES

JS: Enkephalins mediate acupuncture analgesia, meaning pain relief, in the brain and spinal cord, and now you know what the pain triggers do. Dynorphins and endorphins mediate acupuncture analgesia in the brain. So it seems reasonable to conclude that stimulation of certain acupuncture meridian points on the surface of the body activates the relaxation response, which I am calling the calming reflex, through release of cortisol and opioid peptides. This inhibits the sympathetic alarm response which is also know as the fight/flight/freeze reflex.

How does manipulation of certain areas on the surface of the body eliminate allergic reactions? Well, it turns out that mast cells, which are the white cells that mediate the allergic response line the surface of your body. The reason that they line every surface of your body is because mast cells are made to protect you against parasites, and parasites enter through the skin, through the gut, through the linings of your lungs, through the linings of your body.

Mast cells really are there to organize a massive immune effort to chew up a parasite. Normally white blood cells can engulf a bacteria because it’s a little teeny thing. A white blood cell is big enough to engulf it and digest it. But a parasite is a big giant animal with lots of cells and you can’t engulf it with one little white cell, so you have to have a whole bunch of white cells coming into chew up this thing.

So you have be able to signal a whole bunch of cells to come in and jump on this parasite. The way that you do that is you have a mast cell that’s waiting to detect a parasite. When it does, it has granules inside of it that get released– that’s called mast cell degranulation– that are the signaling molecules to bring in all the cells to attack the parasite. And you thought you were having an allergic reaction; oh no, this is for parasites. The allergic reaction is a mistake, because tree pollen is just trees having sex. This is not a parasite. And trees having sex is a good thing. We want trees, yeah?

Well, it turns out that mast cell degranulation is stimulated directly by ACTH. Remember ACTH? And it’s inhibited by some of the opioid peptides, directly. Doesn’t that just give you goosebumps? My god.
(laughter)

JS: And look at this: the nervous system regulation supercedes immune regulation. Pretreatment of experimental animals with opioid peptides followed by allergen challenge prevented anaphylactic shock.
Audience: Ooh. Wow.

Slide 22 Nervous system regulation of mast cell degranulation.

JS: Okay, picture. Here’s the picture of it. This is a neuron. This is a mast cell. Now, normally in an allergic reaction the allergen, the antigenic component, is bound to the antibodies that recognize it. That’s what they test you for when they do the skin test. They test to see if you have IgE antibodies against that allergen. And if you do, if you’ve made antibodies against this allergen, the tail of them will sit down on the surface of a mast cell on an Fc receptor. And if you have an allergen sit down on a couple of Fc receptors that are close enough together, it will cause cross-linking.

See how far apart these are? If you get them close enough together and it brings them together it causes cross-linking. And when the receptors come together in cross-linkage, they cause degranulation of the mast cell, which of course has histamine in it and inflammatory cytokines, prostaglandins, chemotactic factors, and so on and so forth. So, basically, these soluble factors are released through this mechanism.

However, because mast cells are the only white cells in your body that don’t circulate– they actually sit down and localize someplace– they are directly innervated. And it turns out that these neurons contain ACTH as their neurotransmitters, and they also contain opioid peptides, although I don’t know if it’s the exact same neuron that has them. So you can see right here we have receptors for the neurotransmitters on the mast cell. If you challenge a mast cell here with allergen but you transmit an opioid peptide signal here, it will prevent degranulation.

AUDIENCE: Ooh.

JS: And that explains to me why you can turn off an allergic response like that: [snaps fingers] because there’s direct innervation. What do you think, folks?
[whoops and applause]

JS: So listen, there’s a story I want to tell you. I’ve had several people develop spontaneous bleeding around me. My daughter fell head into the edge of a bench. Somebody tripped her, it wasn’t her fault–
[laughter].

She cut her head so badly she needed seven stitches to the muscle inside and five to the skin outside. We are talking a serious cut, and she gushed blood. I applied pressure to her head immediately– I grabbed a napkin– this is a restaurant, no less– screamed for the manager to bring ice which we applied. Then I tapped her. I had somebody else hold the pressure while I tapped her, all fourteen meridians, and she stopped bleeding like that. [snaps fingers] And then I tapped myself.
[laughter]

JS: And then we calmly got in the car and drove to the emergency room, whereupon the triage nurse looked at her; she had an open gash with no blood coming out. So the nurse just put a piece of gauze over it, put a piece of tape on, and said, “It’s going to be three hours until we can see her, and I don’t know how soon we can stitch her after that because we have a lot of people here. You’ll jut have to wait. In other words, no hurry, at which point I said, “We’re going someplace else because I don’t like the service here.” We called up another hospital just ten minutes away, asked them if they were busy in their emergency room. They weren’t. We went; she was stitched in half an hour.

Same thing happened when our nanny’s friend brought her two year old over, she was sitting in her little chair, she rocked backwards, knocked her head into the back of a shelf, and cut the back of her head open. And I have to tell you, these head wounds, they gush. So of course we did the applied pressure, ice, and tap her like crazy, all fourteen meridians treatment, at which point she stopped bleeding like that [snaps fingers]. So we were able to call up the emergency room at the local hospital, tell them we were coming, get in the car, and drive over there. She needed two stitches back of her head, done. And my hairdresser cut her finger with the scissors while she was cutting my hair.
[laughter]

JS: Now, you have to know that that’s got to be something that in a twenty year career of hairdressing you figure they do occasionally, so I didn’t really think anything of it. She said, “Excuse me, I have to go get a Band-Aid.” I mean, she’s a grownup woman with two kids who are teenagers, my God, she knows how to use a Band-Aid. So I’m sitting there just getting my hair done. I’m off duty, She puts a Band-Aid on, she comes back, she says, “It’s still bleeding,” and then she says, “and it’s pulsing.”

Then I knew that she had traumatized to this cut. What can you say? You never know. Little things can cause trauma. I said, “Oh, come here.” [laughter]

JS: And I put my hand on it. I just took a quick read on which meridian was out, I had her tap on the armpit point. In ten seconds it had stopped bleeding. I said, “Now, if you could finish cutting my hair please. Thank you.”
[laughter]

JS: But I didn’t understand why the bleeding would stop so fast. Why was it just like that? I mean, serious gashes, no blood. Figure that out. The famous Norma Feldman figured it out. She told me, “Well, Judith, it’s because their heart stops pumping so hard,” and I’m like, “Oh, right.” Well, guess what, now I know why. Its because the opioid receptors feed back directly to the heart to neutralize the pumping. So basically we’ve got a whole bunch of reproducible phenomena with what I think is a good explanation. Did you all stay away during my explanation?

AUDIENCE: Yes.

JS: And I don’t see anything mysterious about this at all, frankly. I think this is just biology. The original title of my seminar was “Energy Psychology Isn’t Weird, It’s Biology.” Now you know exactly what I mean, right? So when you teach this to your colleagues and your friends and whatever, don’t get weird, get biology.
[laughter]

JS: Okay, that’s the end of the seminar to this point. [applause, whooping] JS: And now we have to do the quiz, the post-test evaluation.

The Biochemistry of Energy
Psychology:

An Immunologist’s Perspective on Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Energy Psychology Treatments Presenter:

Judith A. Swack, Ph.D.

Post-Test Evaluation:

The name of one physiological mechanism likely to help make plausible the idea that Energy Psychology interventions may produce reliable treatment effects is: ______________
The study by Judith Swack, Ph.D. appears to demonstrate that ________________
One implication that can be responsibly derived about energy psychology treatment efficacy from the field of biochemistry is:

energy psychology interventions can’t possibly work
energy psychology interventions indisputably work
there is some research and theoretical support from the field of physiology that energy psychology interventions may be capable of producing reliable psychotherapeutic treatment effects;
None of the above

Answer Key:

Sympathetic alarm response or fight or flight reflex
Allergic responses are mediated neurologically
(3)

Presenter: Judith Swack, Ph.D.

Plenary Speech Presented at the 2001 Energy
Psychology Conference

(Original Title: Energy Psychology Isn’t Weird; It’s Biology)

Mind-Body Psychotherapy that Mingles Science and Spirituality

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:37:13 GMT

Counseling Today Article, July 2012.

SPIRITUAL LIFE

Soul of human machine finds counsel

By Rich Barlow, 1/3/2012

Many patients in counseling would be surprised to hear their therapist urge them to communicate with their ”soul.” But Needham therapist Judith Swack believes such talk should be the lingua franca among her clients

Swack developed Healing from the Body Level Up™ (HBLU™), a mind-body psychotherapy that mingles science and spirituality. She acknowledged that this is not for everyone, but said those who accept her spiritual premises can find help, not just for phobias and emotional problems, but some physical ailments as well.

Question: What’s the spiritual aspect of Healing from the Body Level Up™?

Answer: Most therapy isn’t set up as a spiritual framework. They hesitate to ask people about their soul, and they don’t ask about God. I believe we all have a soul that’s radiant and beautiful. I’ve only had two people tell me they didn’t have a soul. One was a mathematics professor. The other, I’m sorry to say, is somebody who’d been sexually abused as a child. The first person, I told him I couldn’t help him, because our belief systems were so mismatched. I told [the abuse victim] I was sorry she couldn’t feel her own wisdom and soul, and we explored why she couldn’t.

Our souls are embodied in human form. Why? I believe we are embodied to manifest our soul mission, meaning [to] make our personal contribution to the world. The second reason we are embodied is to experience the fullness of life – eat, drink, learn, love, travel, experience emotional ups and downs, have a life.

Question: You believe we have a soul. How can a scientist believe something that is not provable by the scientific method?

Answer: I just code it as an assumption. I had somebody come in and tell me he didn’t think he had a soul, and I said it’s an assumption of HBLU™. I’m not going to argue about it; get over it.

Question: How does a person communicate with their soul?

Answer: Have you ever heard of your ”heart of hearts?” You know that there’s a place inside of you that you feel is your deepest wisdom, the place where you can’t lie to yourself. We access that core, which I call your soul.

Question: Although they might use different words, there are other therapies that try to do that, right?

Answer: Absolutely. I’m going to show my clients how to access their heart of hearts straight up. The soul is your connection to God or your divine energy source, which I picture as a gigantic energy amoeba. We’re part of the nervous system of God.

Question: What spiritual traditions inform Healing from the Body Level Up™?

Answer: My background is Jewish, and the Jewish perspective is that we have a pure soul and that it’s physically embodied. The Christian tradition says we are children of God. We [also] have the Taoist tradition, which is that we’re part of all life, and that we flow in cycle with the seasons. That brings me back to the scientific part. When you think about how some plant makes medication that will heal the human body, you know we belong on this planet. Our life is integrated into the planetary life.

Question: What led you to develop Healing from the Body Level Up™ and incorporate spiritual techniques into the scientific treatment of illness?

Answer: I dated several men, and it would never work out. I’m an intelligent woman. How could I make the same mistakes over and over again, one disastrous relationship after another? Finally, one of my boyfriends recommended that I go to a self-help workshop. I [learned] the reason I’m having a problem with my relationships is that I have damage in my unconscious mind.

Question: Did you ever find Mr. Right?

Answer: I did. I’ve been married for 14 years, and I have a 10-year-old daughter.

Question: Your website says that Healing from the Body Level Up™ can ”heal” things, from asthma to physical disability.

Answer: They don’t have symptoms anymore. I’m talking three-, four-, five-year follow-up data. The reason I added spirituality [to HBLU™] is because I was getting a certain degree of success [with physical ailments], but it wasn’t 100 percent. A colleague who was very spiritual told me that you have to work with people’s souls. I had [a client] with high blood pressure. Six months later, she was down to a lower dose [of medication], and her pressure had been stable for months. Her doctor attributed the stability to the work we had done together.

Rich Barlow can be reached at rbarlow.81@alum.dartmouth.org.

This story ran on page B2 of the Boston Globe on 1/3/2004.

The Basic Structure of Loss and Violence Traumas

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 16:47:05 GMT

As an NLP practitioner specializing in Mind/body healing, Dr. Judith A. Swack has worked with many clients who presented with a diverse set of physical or emotional problems.

Paper: “The Basic Structure of Loss and Violence Trauma Imprints”
Author: Dr Judith A. Swack

Professional Training Series: Overview

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 16:07:14 GMT

Rapidly Transform And Heal Your Clients – and Yourself – By Becoming a Healing from the Body Level Up™ (HBLU™) Trained Therapist.

Are you a life-long learner?
Are you an innovator?
Are you always looking for more effective way to help your clients?
Are you frustrated by the limitations of talk therapy?

Then, HBLU™ methodology is for you.
About Us: HBLU™ is a holistic psychotherapy system that addresses somatic, psychological and spiritual aspects of an issue simultaneously. Developed by biomedical research scientist, visionary, teacher, and healer Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., HBLU™ integrates the best of biomedical science, psychology, spirituality, applied kinesiology, Neuro Linguistic Programming, and Energy Psychology with her original research on the structure of complex damage patterns.

“I’ve been using Judith’s techniques in the emergency department and in war zones around the world for over 15 years and find them invaluable for the treatment of the physically and emotionally traumatized patient. Judith is a true pioneer in the field of holistic psychotherapy, integrating science and spirituality in the comprehensive and seamless system of HBLU™. I highly recommend it.” David Irvine, M.D.

HBLU™ Changes Lives
HBLU™ is a holistic psychotherapy system that addresses somatic, psychological and spiritual aspects of an issue simultaneously. Developed by biomedical research scientist, visionary, teacher, and healer Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., HBLU™ integrates the best of biomedical science, psychology, spirituality, applied kinesiology, Neuro Linguistic Programming, and Energy Psychology with her original research on the structure of complex damage patterns.

HBLU™ begins with the philosophy that a person’s soul is embodied for two reasons: to manifest their soul mission and to enjoy life. If a person is not on track with their soul mission, or if they feel uncomfortable/not getting the desired results in some area of their life, then there must be some type of interference pattern that is causing a misalignment at some level of their being.

The purpose of HBLU™ is to provide healing practitioners with a way to:

identify the source of these interference patterns by easily accessing information from the client’s deepest wisdom/soul, unconscious mind and body and
choose and apply an effective technique or protocol to heal that pattern thus aligning the conscious mind, unconscious mind, body and soul.

This combination of mind/body healing protocols consistently produces powerful, lasting results. And most critical, our methods are:

Fast (often 1-8 sessions) with lasting results
Easily performed on yourself and others.
Specific and reproducible

The ease, enjoyment, speed and efficacy of HBLU™ will help you:

Better enjoy your patients and your work
Take the guess work out of therapy
Reduce burnout and compassion fatigue
Rediscover the joy of healing.

HBLU™ is a unique mind body spirit methodology designed to identify your hidden self-sabotage patterns by tapping into the soul’s deepest wisdom through the mind body connection using muscle testing. With a question-and-answer format of yes/no answers, the body’s wisdom tells the story of the unconscious mind. Learn the method behind the magic.

The 3 Foundation Level Courses for HBLU™ are open to everyone (18 years and older) including mental healthcare therapists, healers, and lay people and consist of:

HBLU™ Module 1: Clearing Trauma and Healing PTSD. Click here for full description.
HBLU™ Module 2: Limiting Identities, the Ennneagram, and the Essence Process . Click here for full description.
HBLU™ Module 3: Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner Training for HBLU™. Click here for full description.

CE credits for some of these courses are available for Social Workers, LMHCs, and Nurses.

The Professional Level Course Sequence is open to healing professionals including social workers, counselors, psychologists, doctors, nurses, educators, naturopaths, etc. who have completed the three foundation level courses. Completion of these courses leads to certification in HBLU™:

HBLU™ Module 4: Healing Blocked Memories, Past Life and Ancestral Trauma Click here for full description.
HBLU™ Module 5: Healing Seduction Patterns and Dysfunctional Relationship Patterns Click here for full description.
HBLU™ Module 6: Healing Family System, Cultural, and Religious Brainwashing Patterns- Click here for full description.

Here’s What Some Leading Experts Have to Say About HBLU™…
Renowned author and clinical psychologist, Dr. Nathaniel Brandon, author of Six Pillars of Self Esteem, says, “Of the many workshops I have attended, none has compared with Judith Swack’s for sheer intellectual excitement, psychotherapeutic innovativeness, and practical effectiveness.”

Noted author and clinical psychologist, Dr. George Pratt, author of Instant Emotional Healing says, “I enthusiastically recommend HBLU™ training to all therapists who wish to be at the leading edge in helping their clients heal rapidly and lastingly.”

Continuing Education Credits Available for Mental Health and Other Healing Professionals Dr. Swack conducts CE training in HBLU™ methodology for mental healthcare professionals. Her techniques are reproducible and many social workers, mental health therapists and nurses have found their practices greatly enhanced by the inclusion.

These Training Seminars for Mental Health Care Professionals contain the protocols and techniques for clearing the most common and basic underlying patterns from life experience damage and the wounds of personality. All the higher level patterns are built on these components. The foundation level trainings are open to everyone (18 years and older) including mental healthcare therapists, healers, and lay people.

We look forward to welcoming you into the HBLU™ family! Feel free to contact us at info@hblu.org for the names of other therapists in your field and your area who have trained with us.

Energy Psychology Café

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 16:04:02 GMT

Dr. Swack describes how a bio-medical scientist became a mind/body healer and developed Healing from the Body Level Up (HBLU™) methodology.

Dr. Swack summarizes the basic philosophy of HBLU™ and summarizes the types of patterns HBLU™ can treat. Dr. Swack also shares some of her favorite cases of treating supposedly “incurable” problems and diseases (including PTSD) and getting people happily married.

Get unstuck and Face your Fears, Phobias and Anxiety

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:56:05 GMT

WCVB ABC

You Can Achieve and Maintain Your Ideal Weight!

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 14:05:22 GMT

Have you struggled with weight all of your life? Do you find dieting and exercising physically, emotionally, and mentally stressful?

Paper: You Can Achieve and Maintain Your Ideal Weight

The Biochemistry of Energy Psychology: An Immunologist’s Perspective on Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Energy Psychology Treatments

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:09:56 GMT

The Neurophysiology of how meridian tapping techniques actually work to reprocess and release trauma from the body.

(Original Title: Energy Psychology Isn’t Weird; It’s Biology)Presenter: Judith Swack, Ph.D. Plenary Speech Presented at the 2001 Energy Psychology Conference of Subjects Treated with the Allergy Technique.

Lane, J. R. (2009). The neurochemistry of counterconditioning: Acupressure desensitization in psychotherapy. Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 1(1), 31–44.

Paper: The Biochemistry of Energy Psychology

Study of Initial Response and Reversion Rates of Subjects Treated with the Allergy Technique

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:08:15 GMT

This study highlights the results of a two year study of allergy subjects and their treatments.

First published March 1992, Anchor Point Magazine

Paper: Allergy Paper

Paper: Allergy Technique

Healing the Collective Consciousness with Healing from the Body Level Up™ (HBLU™)

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 21:10:08 GMT

International Journal of Healing and Caring Online. Volume 8:3, September 2008. ( www.ijhc.org )

Paper: Healing the Collective Consciousness with Healing from the Body Level Up™(HBLU™)

Elimination of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Other Psychiatric Symptoms

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 21:02:12 GMT

Elimination of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Other Psychiatric Symptoms in a Disabled Vietnam Veteran with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) in Just Six Sessions Using Healing from the Body Level Up™ Methodology, an Energy Psychology Approach.

First published in the peer reviewed medical journal, International Journal of Healing and Caring Online, September 2009, Vol. 9, No. 3

Paper: "Elimination of PTSD"

Dr. Judith Swack receives ACEP award for major contributions to the field of Energy Psychology

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:38:16 GMT

At the May 2015 17th Annual International Energy Psychology Conference the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP) honored Judith A. Swack, Ph.D. by awarding her the “Contribution to the Field Award” for her major contribution to the field of Energy Psychology.

Dr. Swack was nominated for this award by other notable leaders in the field including, Barbara Stone, Ph.D., author, teacher and developer of the Soul Detective work, Gloria Arenson, past President and member of the Board of ACEP, and Sharon Cass-Toole, PhD, CCA, RP, DCEP, President and Executive Director of the Canadian Association for Integrative and Energy Therapies (CAIET).

Judith Receiving Award Cropped 1In introducing the award, Dr. Phil Mollon, head of the ACEP Ethics committee said, “The recipient of this award represents a very important frequency within the ACEP spectrum. She is a real scientist – she has a PhD in biochemistry – and numerous publications in peer reviewed scientific journals. Her work addresses the embodied soul – working with the body, mind, spirit, and relationships, to facilitate the soul’s mission – and to identify and remove the interferences with this.

Naturally psychic, she displays courage in being willing to explore realms that might frighten others – engaging her enquiries always with the attitude of a true scientist. Over many years she has developed one of the major and most original approaches with the Energy Psychology family – sometimes copied (not always giving her credit). Refreshingly forthright, she can at times be gloriously honest. Her work is called Healing from the Body Level Up – and she is, of course, my good friend Judith Swack!”

In accepting the award, Judith said, “I have spent many years in my office/lab with my clients and colleagues developing HBLU. It is now a robust and extensive body of work, and I’m focused on making it readily available to all mental health and healing professionals. I have realized that it takes an organization to get that kind of reach. ACEP is my organization and I’m happy and honored to be a part of it.”

Elimination of PTSD and Psychiatric Symptoms in One to Six Sessions

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:07:30 GMT

Elimination of PTSD and Psychiatric Symptoms in One to Six Sessions in Two Civilian Women and One Female Iraq War Veteran Using Healing from the Body Level Up™ (HBLU™) Methodology, an Energy Psychology Approach.

First published in the peer reviewed medical journal, International Journal of Healing and Caring Online, Volume 12:3, September 2012

Paper: "PTSD In Women"

Diagnosis Shock: The Unrecognized Burden of Illness

Sun, 31 Dec 2023 14:16:51 GMT

Please give copies of this paper to all your friends and healthcare providers ! ! !

First published in the peer reviewed medical journal, International Journal of Healing and Caring Online, January 2008, Vol. 8, No. 1

Paper: Diagnosis Shock

Antidote for the Psychological Effects of Terrorism: A Rapid, Biological Technique for Clearing Trauma from Mind and Body

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:03:58 GMT

This paper was written in response to the 911 bombing and describes using the Natural Bio-Destressing Technique for clearing the violence and loss trauma that many Americans experienced

Excerpt first published in AHP Perspective, Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002

Paper: Antidote for the Psychological Effects of Terrorism

Addressing Difficulties with Change, Transition and Progression In Life: HBLU™ As An Effective Treatment for Phobias

Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:59:22 GMT

By MARЀ SCHURIAN – Dissertation

Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in the subject of Psychology at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Supervisor: Dr Beate von Krosigk

November 2013

Paper: Addressing Difficulties with Change Dissertation Schurian M

Soul Orientation Process

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:47:17 GMT

A long time ago, before we had an individual consciousness we were flowing protoplasm in the body of God which I think of as a giant energy amoeba. There we were, flowing joy and bliss.

Then, for some reason, God decided to bud off individual consciousnesses and our souls were formed with a cell wall around us to maintain distinctness. (Think of us as yeast cells budding off the main yeast cell.) As the cell wall formed, God gave each of our souls a contract detailing our soul mission; the reason that we were formed. This is an individual contract between you and God that says that it is your job to spread light into the darkness (what’s darkness, you wondered?) The contract also stipulates that you collaborate with God and with other souls to create a web of light that permeates and illuminates the material universe (what’s the material universe, you wondered?) Furthermore you have the right to supercede God’s authority when it comes to making decisions about your own life (what’s a decision, you wondered?) because you now have free will. The contract often stipulates a personal assignment such as spreading love or knowledge, etc.

You were then sent out into the material world, the dualistic universe. (Think of us as pseudpod extensions of the energy amoeba with information flowing continuously between the extensions and the central consciousness. Or, think of us as astronauts on a spacewalk, tethered to and in constant radio contact with the spaceship of God.)

Where once we were in the body of God where there was only light, bliss, and flowing energy protoplasm, now, suddenly, we are in the dualistic universe where there is Light and Dark, Good and Evil, Life and Death, God and Satan, Matter and Energy, and linear time. This was very disorienting, an experience analogous to birth trauma. Our souls didn’t know what to make of this strange situation.

So, in order to clarify the purpose of embodiment and prepare you for the dualistic universe, we're going to do a guided meditation that takes you back in time to the formation of your soul. There you’ll get an orientation seminar where we'll go over your soul contract and give you some idea of what to expect, what to avoid, what God is, and how God works in the material world.

Know that at the time you first formed, you could have said "no" to God and declined to go into the material universe. When I asked people why they chose to accept the mission, they said that they could never say no to one they loved that much, i.e. God. Furthermore if they had said "no" their soul would have been reabsorbed into the protoplasm of God and they would have lost their individual consciousness. Apparently, once the soul is formed it doesn't want to be lost. (The desire to exit the paths of life and “go home” thus reuniting with God and ending suffering is a story in people’s Enneagram wound/ego structure, and not a true desire of the soul which knows it is an extension of God.)

PROTOCOL
Float back in time to when you were flowing protoplasm in the body of God. There you are, flowing joy and bliss. Notice that you are starting to bud off as a distinct soul with a cell wall around you. At this time you receive a soul contract. It’s time for you to come to an orientation seminar to explain what’s happening to you.
Look around you. There are other souls emerging with you. Invite them to the orientation seminar.
Welcome everybody. This is your orientation seminar. Everybody come in, sit down, and take out your soul contracts. Everybody read your contract carefully. Now, let’s examine your contract.
Does your contract say that your mission is to spread light into the darkness? (yes)
Does your contract tell you to collaborate with God and with other souls in the service of this mission? (yes) Does your contract say that you have the right to supercede God’s authority when it comes to making decisions about your own life? (Yes, that’s the free will clause.)
Does the contract say that you have the right to supercede God's authority to make decisions about everybody else's life? (no)
Is there anything else that the contract says about your individual mission?
Take a moment to look carefully at that section of your contract.
Now that you are clear about your contract, let me tell you about the material plane and the dualistic universe where you are going. Go look out the porthole. See, there is darkness, the path of linear time and material lives. Over there behind the bushes is the energy of evil. Avoid that energy. It causes nothing but pain and misery. Avoid the cobwebs hanging over the timeline. They are toxic belief systems that cloud and poison the mass mind. Don't touch them no matter how pretty they look. Duck under them or go around. All right everyone, come on back and sit down.
Let's talk about making decisions. Since you have free will and can choose to do whatever you want, how will you know that you are making the right choices? How will you know that you are following God's will?
Sometimes you'll know and sometimes you won't.
Angels and guides may make suggestions.
You may have a feeling about what is right and what is wrong.
It may be logically obvious what to do.
Many times, God doesn't have an opinion and you make decisions the best you can based on what you know at the time.
If, after a while, what you chose isn't working, do something else. If you made a mistake, understand that in the universe of linear time you can't go back and change things in reality. You can:
learn from it,
recover from it,
make amends in the present and future to balance out your karma by continuing to make positive contributions to and take positive actions in the world.
Remember, suffering doesn't benefit anyone.
How does God work in the dualistic universe? God does not control everything that happens in this universe because every embodied soul has free will. You are an extension of God in material form because you carry the God energy within you. You will be the agent of transmitting God's influence in the world through your choices and actions. Remember, wherever you are there is God. You are always connected energetically to the whole of the energy that is God. What happens in each lifetime is created in large measure from the choices you make of your own free will. You will make choices about what you do, how you live your life, and what you want. Ask for God's support, and God will help you manifest what you desire.
How do you feel about going out there? Curious, excited, hesitant. You can choose not to go because you have free will. You're going? Congratulations, you have made your first choice. Now that you’ve decided to go, know that in embodied form you will have one angel and one guide, minimum, to accompany you and help you.
Say goodbye to the other souls emerging at this time. Each person will travel his own path but you will meet each other again and again and have many opportunities to work together.
Ready…? Now come into the airlock and face forward at all levels, body, unconscious, conscious, and soul. Make sure your spacesuit, tether, radio are working and adjusted properly. Now, we’ll close the inner door, and open the outer door. Step carefully out of the space ship. Go around the energy of evil, avoid the cobwebs, and safely enter the path of life. Now, come forward to the present only as quickly as you experience all of your lifetimes with clarity about your soul contract and the awareness of yourself as an extension of God, returning to the present as your true radiant natural self.

The Great Trauma Rip-Off

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:45:32 GMT

Janet’s husband committed suicide while at a business conference. Janet’s pain was so intolerable she started drinking every day, and could not sleep without medication. Had he been drinking? Was the company covering something up? Had he said anything to her in their phone calls that should have alerted her to his state of mind? After a few months, her well meaning friends and family members encouraged her to “let go and move on.” After all, she was still young and had her whole life ahead of her. They were certain she would marry again.

A year later, Janet came to me for treatment of her loss, but was afraid to let go of the trauma for fear of losing her husband forever.

This is what I call the great trauma rip-off. When people are traumatized, they can only remember the traumatic circumstances around the tragic event, not the positive experiences that they had with that person before his/her death. How does this happen? Phobias and traumas are irrational and exaggerated reactions caused by shocking experiences that trigger the fight/flight/ freeze reflex. Anything that was in the environment at the time becomes associated with the traumatic memory. Later, encountering anything that reminds you (even unconsciously) of the original event triggers a “body flashback” to the original memory causing a phobic reaction.

Sadly, Janet felt traumatized every time she remembered her husband. She kept imagining him dead in that hotel room and could only feel grief and pain. In essence her husband had become a trauma, and although she was in pain she was afraid that letting go of the trauma meant losing her husband. I told Janet that only when she cleared the trauma would she be able to hold on to and keep the positive memories and feelings associated with her husband and to experience gratitude for the wonderful contributions he had made to her life. Only after she cleared the trauma would she be able to finish grieving and feel his loving presence. Janet agreed to do the HBLU process for clearing trauma.

Since a phobic reaction is a body reflex and can’t be controlled consciously we principally used the Natural Bio-Destressing technique to activate the body’s own calming reflex. This reflex is used by the nervous system to turn off the fight/ flight/freeze reflex, thus neutralizing the phobic reaction. Natural Bio-Destressing requires no prior experience to learn or use successfully. People focus consciously on the emotional reaction they would like to clear and then intentionally activate the calming reflex by stimulating specific nerve endings (using tapping with fingertips) on the face, torso, and hands combined with left brain/right brain integration techniques.

After the first session, Janet was able to sleep without drugs or alcohol. After the third session she was able to spontaneously remember a happy experience with her husband. After the fifth session Janet knew at the deepest level that she would carry with her and cherish her husband always, that he would never want her to be unhappy, and that she could go on with her life. She moved to a new city, found a new job, dated several wonderful men, and 5 years later remarried.

Whether loss trauma occurred less than a year ago or more than 60 years ago, my clients and I have found that the memory of their loved ones is tainted by trauma unless we use the right techniques to clear it completely at the body, unconscious, conscious, and soul levels. Healing trauma at all levels allows people to easily recall special memories of loving connection and appreciate the ways in which their lives were enriched by having known that person.

The client’s deepest wisdom dictates all the healing work and is thus specific for that individual,
TIt has a menu of well characterized damage patterns and easy protocols for clearing them,
TIt has a comprehensive menu of quick and effective techniques, and
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels simultaneously.

HBLU™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too.Dr. Swack and her associates work with individual clients in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up™, Inc. is located at 56 Pickering St. Needham, MA 02492. Call our office at 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, to order a free information package, and to order audio and videotapes.

Boston Women’s Journal December/January 2006

Take Loving Charge of Your Life

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:43:42 GMT

Danielle worked as a scientist at the NIH. Her boss agreed to be her PhD. faculty advisor at a local university. To satisfy him and the requirements for a student loan she took 4 courses per semester, worked 6 days a week in the lab, and spent every evening and Sundays doing homework. Three months later Danielle experienced continuous sharp stabbing pains in her stomach. The doctors could find nothing wrong and suggested antacids. When interviewed, the part of Danielle that was generating the stabbing pains said it wanted her to quit graduate school because she was only eating one meal a day and not getting enough sleep. The stabbing pain stopped instantly when Danielle promised to eat 3 meals a day and get 8 hours of sleep every night regardless of unfinished homework.

In our busy world of ambitious people and out of balance lives, we often forget to take care of our bodies, our creative or artistic or musical or adventurous sides, our inner child selves, etc. People raised in dysfunctional families find it even harder to function in life because they often do not form strong healthy internal adults. They experience life as children in adult bodies, faking it. Sometimes the inner children run the show even though they are not equipped to do this. In addition, the inner child parts don’t trust the inner adult and are constantly looking for someone else to be their parent, take care of them and tell them what to do.

Over time I realized that beyond needing to develop into a mature healthy (internal) adult, you need to actually be the boss, i.e. the CEO of your life. You need to take charge of all aspects of your life in a loving, nurturing, attentive way. Coordinating your conscious mind, unconscious mind, and body with your soul, you need to plot the course of your life, hold the vision, and acquire resources to enable all parts of yourself to do their jobs, etc. A good CEO creates a company culture in which every person is a valued member. The CEO is the one responsible for making things happen and for the quality of your life. When there is no responsible CEO it creates internal feelings of anxiety, betrayal, and abandonment.

In reaction, the parts of you that feel uncared for can generate a variety of seemingly inexplicable emotional, physical, behavioral, mental, and spiritual symptoms including body pain, headaches, acid reflux, depression, anxiety, and isolation. When we interview these parts to find out what they need from the person, the requests are surprisingly simple and easy to accommodate. Such requests include stop insulting yourself, take care of basic body needs, listen to music, have more fun, take time to create, etc. Once the person hears these parts out and agrees to do what they ask, the symptoms spontaneously disappear!

TAKE CHARGE EXERCISE
Go inside and ask yourself: (If you know how, also muscle test the answers to all the questions.)

“Are there any parts of you that feel that you don’t love or care about them?” If yes: * “Are any of these inner child parts?” If yes, “Do they want somebody else to be their parent besides you?” * “Are any of these other kinds of parts besides inner child parts?” If yes, how many and what parts are they?
Where in your body are these parts located?
Interview each part (the inner child parts may be interviewed as a group) and ask, * “Why do you (parts) feel that he/she (client) doesn’t love or care about you? What is it he/she does or doesn’t do that makes you feel that way.” List the reasons.
“What are the reactions and symptoms – emotional, physical, behavioral, mental, spiritual, or other that these parts are causing because of this problem?” List them.
“What would he/she (client) have to do or not do to convince you (parts) that he/she really does love and care about you?” List them.
Ask yourself, “Will you now commit to doing what these parts ask of you?”
“Do you have all the skills, resources, and capabilities that you need to do what these parts of you need in order to convince them that you do love and care about them?” The answer is usually yes.
Go do it.

What is HBLUTM ?
HBLUTM is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLUTM integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLUTM is so effective because:

The client’s deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLUTM helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too.

Boston Women’s Journal October/November 2006

Don't Say Yes When You Mean No; You'll Only Hurt Yourself and Others

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:38:24 GMT

Part I: Seduction, Part II: Phobias

Part I Seduction
After missing another morning staff meeting, Rebecca’s boss questioned her commitment to her job. Rebecca explained that she had to take her girls to school while her husband was out of town. In reality, Rebecca was ‘hysterically overbusy’, juggling a family, a job, and Girl Scout leadership.

Overcommitted, her life out of balance, Rebecca came to me sick and on the verge of burn out because she said ‘yes’ to everyone who asked for help. In fact, she drove 1 ½ hours out of her way every week to pick up and drop off her daughter’s former best friend from preschool who wanted to be in her troop.

We’ve all said ‘yes’ when we meant ‘no’ out of politeness or to reciprocate a kindness. That’s being nice and it’s harmless. Over the years I have discovered two main unconscious reasons why people say ‘yes’ when they really mean ‘no’: 1) They are desperate for something or 2) They are afraid or ashamed to say ‘no’. In this section, I address more serious situations where people override their desire to say no out of unconscious desperation. This caused them to put other people’s needs before their own and prevented them from setting limits.

Desperation Can Lead to Seduction

Sometime in childhood, you experienced a traumatic event that caused a part of you to feel dead or empty. The dead part is desperate to come back to life and believes the only way to do this is to get the critical elements (also called gifts or promised benefits) it needs from somebody outside of you.

In a seduction pattern, the dead part either:

allows itself to be seduced by accepting gifts or the promise of gifts from others and pays for it by allowing the other person to drain you of positive qualities like energy, joy, and compassion (seducee pattern), or
seduces others into giving it the critical elements by bribing, threatening, or doing other manipulative behaviors (seducer strategy).

In effect, the promise from each side is, "I’ll bring you to life."

Seduction patterns are energy draining, perverse, and frustrating. People get tricked into doing things they don’t want to do. They are unable to leave bad relationships, jobs, family, or other upsetting situations. Seduction always backfires because no one outside of you can bring you to life. The most that anyone gets is a small amount of what the dead part needs, and it is insufficient, perverted and unsatisfying.

The most common seducer strategy that prevents people from saying ‘no’ (and the one that caused Rebecca’s problem) is, “I sacrifice myself to please others in order to get love, appreciation, acceptance, etc.

The only way to get free of a seduction is to give back or refuse to take the gifts that you are tempted by, but the dead part can’t let go for fear that if it gives up what little it is getting it will go back to being completely dead. To clear seduction, we use a prayer intervention in which you:

Renounce the gifts you’re being promised (while feeling desperate not to),
Ask God (a source that can actually deliver) to free you from the seduction, heal the dead part, and provide what you need.

The intervention works instantly regardless of attitudes toward or belief in God.

A Simple Intervention to Clear Seducer Strategies.

Determine how and what you are trying to get by seducing. While feeling desperate, say:

"I renounce this strategy of _____ (ex. sacrificing myself to please others) in order to get _____ (ex. love, appreciation, acceptance) and I pray God to free me from everyone I do this with and all parts of myself. And I pray God to free me from this seduction pattern. And I pray God to free me from this whole pattern and everything that made me susceptible to it. And I pray God to provide me with whatever else I need in these areas.”

Notice how you feel now that you are no longer desperate. Know that you can get what you need in a straightforward way.

Rebecca now shows up for staff meetings, her husband watches the kids more when he’s home, and her daughter’s preschool friend is in a Girl Scout troop close to home. Now that you’re clear of this pattern notice what happens the next time you need to say ‘no’?.

Part 2: Phobias
Shirley got a puppy. Shirley didn’t want a puppy. Shirley’s friend Jean convinced her that as a single woman, Shirley needed companionship. Jean’s dog just had a litter of puppies and she knew that Shirley would give one a good home. Shirley resisted the idea until Jean promised to take the puppy back if things didn’t work out. Shirley agreed to try it.

Shirley didn’t want the puppy. It required too much attention and care to fit into her busy life. After a month Shirley asked Jean to take back the puppy. Unfortunately, Shirley couldn’t shake the feeling of guilt. The puppy was very sweet and had bonded with her. Shirley felt bad about abandoning the puppy and traumatizing it. She felt worried about disappointing and inconveniencing Jean. She regretted that she hadn’t insisted on ‘no’ in the first place.

We’ve all said ‘yes’ when we meant ‘no’ out of politeness or to reciprocate a kindness. That’s being nice and it’s harmless. In this section, I address more serious situations where people were afraid or ashamed to say no, so they overrode their desire to say ‘no’ and it led to problems later. Examples include buying something you didn’t want, taking the wrong job, going too far on the first date, and even agreeing to marry the wrong person.

Fear and Shame Can Come from Phobic Reactions.

A phobia is an exaggerated, irrational emotional (and physical) reaction that is out of proportion with what is happening in reality. Phobias occur when a person experiences a traumatic shock that triggers the fight or flight reflex. Anything that was in the environment at that time can later trigger the original memory resulting in a phobic reaction, even when there is no danger in the present.

Phobias come in two flavors, fear and shame. In a fear phobia, the unconscious mind goes instantly to the worst case scenario of death, eternal torment, or rejection.In a shame phobia the unconscious mind concludes that there is something horribly and fundamentally wrong with her that she is ashamed to admit. The natural reaction to a phobia is to try to avoid what triggers you.

People who have phobias of saying ‘no’ try to avoid saying ‘no’ by saying ‘yes’.

Examples of phobias of saying ‘no’ include:

I’m afraid to say ‘no’ because someone will get angry and punish, kill, or reject me.
I’m ashamed to say ‘no’ because I’ll hurt someone proving that I’m selfish, cruel, bad, cold-hearted, etc.

A Simple Technique for Clearing Phobias

In Healing from the Body Level UpTM™ (HBLU™) we often use the Unwinding Frontal/ Occipital Holding technique to clear phobias and other negative emotional reactions. This technique, from the field of Applied Kinesiology, connects your rational mind with your emotional self to release the phobia from mind and body.

Unwinding Frontal/Occipital Holding: While thinking about and feeling the phobic reaction, place one hand lightly on your forehead (the ‘Oy Vey’ gesture) and the other hand lightly on the back of your head. Allow your head to move however it wants to and it will stop automatically. In about 3 minutes the phobia is gone. Another technique we commonly use is the Natural Bio-Destressing technique from the field of Energy Psychology. This technique works by stimulating the calming reflex to neutralize the fight or flight reactions.

After we cleared Shirley’s phobias of saying no, she remarked that she wouldn’t have stayed with her last three boyfriends as long as she did had she been able to say ‘no’ sooner. Use these techniques and notice for yourself what happens the next time you need to say ‘no’.

What is HBLU™ ?
HBLU™is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLU™ integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLU™ is so effective because:

The client’s deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLU ™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too. Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up™, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order audio and videotapes.

Boston Women’s Journal February/March and April/May 2007

Everyone's Incompetent at Something

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:34:09 GMT

That’s obvious you say. So what’s the big deal? Who even wants to be competent at everything? The logical answer is to decide what areas of competence are important to you, and if you’re not good in those areas, take a class, learn a skill, read a book, have somebody teach you how to do it, hire or marry someone with that skill. And where you are incompetent but don’t want to or can’t do anything about it, accept it gracefully.

The problems come when:
people who are competent believe they are incompetent and hold back on fully contributing what they have to offer to the world, or people who are incompetent are too ashamed and afraid to admit it and avoid learning the skills they need, thus stagnating in their lives, or overcompensate (the superwoman complex) by trying to do it all (sometimes to the point of burnout), and not very well at that. When people come for HBLU™ therapy the goal is to clear the negative programming around competence in order to bring out their best gifts so they can fully contribute what they have to offer and feel fulfilled in their lives.

Success Stories
Jeanette was a very competent computer hardware engineer. She always wanted to be a software guru, but felt incompetent in that area. Although she had a lot of experience programming in one kind of computer language, she felt incompetent about transferring that knowledge to other computer languages. So she held herself back, and stayed in a job where she was bored. After clearing her blocks about competence in our HBLU ™ sessions, she realized that her strong suit was that she is a quick learner and thus very versatile. Since all computer languages have certain similarities, she could learn and use new languages quickly. At her next job interview, she emphasized these points, and they hired her. She’s been doing software design engineering ever since. In the last 10 years, she has worked for three companies, programmed in several computer languages, and finally achieved her goal of being a software guru.

I met Sandy at a party. She confided that she was dating a wonderful man who asked her to marry and have a family with him. She told me that although she loved him, and he would make a wonderful husband and father, she had decided to break up with him immediately because she could not read or spell well. She was afraid that he would discover this after they had children and divorce her when he found that she couldn’t read bedtime stories. I urged her not to do anything rash, and to see me immediately. In our HBLU session I taught her the NLP strategy for spelling using the visual part of her brain. She was able to spell immediately. I then recommended she get a reading tutor to help her learn and add more words to her memory. She did, and learned to read very well. She married her wonderful man and over the years had three children to whom she read bedtime stories.

Connie is a busy dentist. While working for several months on the goal of building her business and running it in a more organized way, she came in for one of our sessions complaining of muscle soreness throughout her whole body. She explained that she had just run a marathon. “I didn’t know you were a runner,” I remarked. “Well, actually, I’m not,” she replied. “You have to really train to run a marathon. Did you train for this?” I asked. “Not enough,” she replied. “Why did you do it,” I asked. “My friends were all running this marathon and asked me to join them, so I did,” she said. During the HBLU ™ healing session, we found that she was afraid to admit that she was incompetent at anything and felt that she had to be all things to all people. Not only did this pattern result in her physical overexertion, it also prevented her from being organized and using her staff more efficiently at work. After we cleared this pattern, I asked what she would have said to her friends, now. She replied, “I would have felt perfectly comfortable laughing off their invitation and thanking them for thinking of me.” After our session, she returned to her practice with a better understanding of real world limitations, and began to make the necessary changes in staff utilization.

What is HBLU ™ ?
HBLU ™ is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLUTM integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLU ™ is so effective because:

The client’s deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLU ™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too.

Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up ™, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order audio and videotapes.

Boston Women’s Journal August/September 2007

The Reluctant Millionaires

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:29:17 GMT

A keynote speaker describing the Make Mine a $Million Busines program, at the March 2007 Women’s Congress in Boston, mentioned that women are afraid to make a million dollars. To get around that objection, they tell women that it would be their business that would make a million dollars, not them personally.

Indeed, I discovered that many women, but no men, had unconscious self-sabotage on the subject of making a million dollar salary. As one woman put it, “I can make money for other people’s businesses, but I can’t make money for myself.” So began the campaign to clear all my clients of interference to making a million dollar salary.

Of the many patterns that cause unconscious self sabotage on this issue, the most dangerous pattern we found is a toxic belief system (TBS) called the Betrayal TBS. A TBS is a brainwashing pattern that runs through families, whole societies and cultures. The Betrayal TBS prevents people from making a good living doing their soul work.

The main characters are the rich provider, dependant spouse, spoiled brat, and helpless child. Although I’ve seen both men and women play all the roles, and everyone in this story feels betrayed. In the Betrayal TBS, most world cultures expect the man be the rich provider and the woman the dependant spouse. A woman marries a man expecting him to support her and the family.

Sometimes she had a profession that she gave up when she got married, or continues to work in a job or professional career, but makes less money than the man. She may be raising children and feel entitled to be supported financially, but in this story her husband doesn’t consider what she does work because it doesn’t bring in any money.

In some cases, the Betrayal pattern only shows itself when the woman quits her job (often at the suggestion of her husband.) After just a few months he starts having an affair or becomes abusive and calls her a parasite.

In the Betrayal TBS husband and wife do not have a happy, healthy relationship of equals. The typical unconscious message to the dependants (wife and children) is to:

Ignore betrayal, ignore intuition, ignore reality, etc., and give up your soul, life, self, self-respect, health, future, etc., and stay with an abusive, narcissistic, selfish, alcoholic, gambling, cheating tyrant/asshole/jerk, and serve him by making him God, supporting/stroking his ego, etc., because that’s what my ancestors/parents/mother did, and because I’m weak and can’t take care of myself, etc., and if I disobey the consequences are that I’ll be thrown out on the street and die of starvation, be rejected, unloved, and alone forever, get sick and die, etc., and the system will punish me by condemning me to a life of self-hate, grief, remorse and regret, guilt, loneliness, etc., condemning me to a life of poverty by never allowing me to enjoy the abundance I do have or by never allowing me to make good money in my career, etc., turning my children against me, killing me, my children, or loved ones, etc., but if I obey, I will get a life of luxury, ease, security, stability, happiness, fulfillment, love, status, power, perfect health, etc. and a rich provider.

Fortunately, with HBLU ™ it is easy to clear this pattern from the consciousmind, unconscious mind, body, and soul in just a few sessions. When we cleared this pattern, my clients (both men and women) got better jobs, made more money, and where necessary, left abusive relationships!

Success Stories
After her divorce, Carol struggled for many years to make an adequate income and get grant funding for her medical research lab. Well respected in her field, she had always been able to get small grants, but now, she had the opportunity to apply for a really large grant. Suddenly she developed writer’s block. After clearing the Betrayal TBS, she wrote the grant, sent it in ahead of the deadline, and got funded! I know the whole world will be better for her contribution.

In her 20’s Elaine made a $250,000 salary as a financial analyst. When she got married, she quit her job and had 3 children. She came for HBLU treatment for extreme fatigue and repeated respiratory infections. Shortly after she started treatment she discovered her husband’s affair. After clearing the Betrayal TBS, she decided to divorce her husband, at which point he promptly lost his job. Instead of waiting for him to get a new job so they could finalize the divorce arrangements, she got a new job with a financial institution whose mission matched hers. She feels energetic and happy. She says, “I remember who I am.” My guess is she’ll be running the company in the next 5 years.

What is HBLU ™ ?
HBLU ™is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLUTM integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLUTM is so effective because:

The client’s deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLU ™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too.

Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up ™, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order audio and videotapes.

Boston Women’s Journal February/March 2008

Hold On to Joy For Dear Life

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:27:13 GMT

Kathleen finished her Ph.D. in 3 ½ years instead of 5 by taking a heavier course load than required, spending 7 days a week doing research, and writing her dissertation. One month before her dissertation defense, she discovered that her post-graduation job had fallen through. Expecting to start the new job immediately, she had used up the last of her funds. Already exhausted, the prospect of having to find a new job was overwhelming. The next morning she woke up with the peculiar and insistent sensation of wanting to die.

Hoping the sensation would just dissipate, she ignored it, and continued studying for her defense. The feeling persisted. On the advice of a girlfriend who convinced her that this feeling was not normal, Kathleen saw a psychiatrist. He informed her that she was depressed and prescribed an antidepressant. He also cited a study in which rats continually run through mazes with no rest and no reward all became depressed. (You can tell a rat is depressed when you put it in a new cage and it does not explore.) Until that moment, she had never realized the importance of joy.

Over the years, my clients and I have explored the importance, cultivation and preservation of joy. Joy rejuvenates and refreshes us. It makes us glad to be alive. But joy is fragile. Joy can be poisoned or destroyed in many ways.

We discovered that at the body level, Kathleen was blocked from feeling joy because of phobias from early childhood experiences with her family. She was afraid that if she felt joy she would be:

disloyal to her family and rejected
criticized for being lazy
let her guard down and be attacked.

At the unconscious level, Kathleen poisoned her joy by having internalized her mother’s bitter habit of having to find something wrong with everything. Whenever there was an occasion for joy, Kathleen found herself compulsively focusing on and magnifying anything that could possibly be wrong.

It required 1 ½ years for Kathleen’s depression to lift completely. She cleared her dysfunctional family patterns and internalized bad habits with HBLU methodology. She also made significant lifestyle changes (nutrition, rest, exercise), and participated in weekly fun activities with friends. She found a new job, continued to advance her career, and met and married a wonderful husband.

Joyce had different strategies for destroying her joy. She believed her elementary school nuns who taught that everything in life had to be hard to be worthwhile. So, she discounted the gifts and accomplishments that came naturally to her and chose as her career the field she found to be most difficult (rather than most enjoyable). She also believed the teaching that we’re all sinners and suffering is the way to get to heaven, so you’re not allowed to feel too much joy. After clearing the religious brainwashing with HBLU, Joyce changed careers.

How do we protect and preserve our joy?
It is important to not only clear patterns to experiencing joy but to actively cultivate joy. Joy can come from exceptional experiences such as falling in love, getting married, having a baby, or traveling. Joy can also come from everyday experiences such as hearing beautiful music, wearing clothes or colors that you like, seeing something beautiful in nature, feeling your body’s joy that you are exercising, etc.

My clients and I have devised the following Joy Strategy:
Notice when you are feeling joy.
Pause what you’re doing in that moment, tune inwards, and take a deep breath.
Savor the feeling of joy. Drink it in. Feel it filling and nourishing your body.
Acknowledge with gratitude the things in the world that bring us joy.
Do something everyday that brings you joy. On days when you’re feeling lousy and life feels hopeless or difficult, find at least two things to remind you that joy exists all around you and let that experience be your oasis.

What is HBLU ™ ?
HBLU ™is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLUTM integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLUTM is so effective because:

The client’s deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLU ™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too.

Boston Women’s Journal April/May 2008

Diagnosis Shock

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:24:11 GMT

Diagnosis shock is the traumatic reaction people experience the moment they first suspect or are told that they have a serious physical or emotional illness. Sadly, health care providers are not trained to recognize or treat psychological trauma. Left untreated, diagnosis shock can cause a host of emotional and physical problems substantially eroding a person’s health and quality of life. In fact, researchers in the field of health psychology have found that in some people the trauma can be so severe it can lead to mental illness such as depression and anxiety.

For many years I have been treating people with health concerns using an innovative mind/body/spirit healing methodology called Healing from the Body Level Up ™ (HBLU ™). We found that people (and their relatives and friends) experienced diagnosis shock every time they were informed of a serious physical or psychological illness, no matter how well or compassionately the information was presented. We even found diagnosis shock occurring from suggestions for diagnostic tests or from self-diagnosis upon finding suspicious symptoms even if tests later proved there was no illness!

What happens in the moment of initial shock?
In the moment of initial shock, people asked themselves consciously or unconsciously, “What could this ___ (news or symptom) possibly mean?” The unconscious mind instantly generated a worst case scenario of loss of function or death so vivid, extreme, and frightening that it triggered a fight-or-flight reaction resulting in a loss trauma. People described this reaction as an intense adrenaline rush of fear, a feeling of frozenness or numbness, and/or a sharp indrawn breath followed by an inability to breathe normally, think clearly, or hear anything that’s said. Exclamations like "I don’t believe it" or "It can’t be true" were common. People instantly developed negative reactions to the setting and the people associated with that memory. These exaggerated, irrational, emotional and physical, i.e. phobic, responses occurred so rapidly that some people were not even consciously aware that they were shocked. In addition to shock and fear, people felt a whole range of emotions including anger, sadness, hurt, pain, shame, guilt, emptiness, and powerlessness. As in all traumas, people experienced anticipatory phobias, a pervasive underlying feeling of dread that the traumatic event will happen again. People reported anxiety about going to the doctor for fear of bad news. Even little symptoms or seemingly abnormal reactions triggered the fear that the illness had recurred. One person with a prior heart attack panicked whenever he experienced shortness of breath. After repeated testing showed his heart to be normal, his cardiologist prescribed a tranquilizer that not only calmed him but also cleared his shortness of breath. Some people avoided attending cancer support groups for fear that others in the group would die and depress or frighten them out of their optimistic healing attitude. To cope with the traumatic reactions, people commonly used avoidance, distraction, repression, denial, and magical thinking. These strategies did not eliminate the fear from the unconscious mind or body and in fact caused added stress. In some cases these coping behaviors caused health complications when people avoided, put off, or failed to comply with treatment recommendations. Furthermore, studies from the field of psychoneuroimmunology have shown that traumatic stress itself has negative health effects because it suppresses the immune system.

Diagnosis shock makes it hard to choose treatment options and can interfere with doctor/patient collaboration.

Many people work well and respectfully with their doctors and health care providers. In cases where people do have a serious illness, patients are often given many treatment options and opinions and asked to choose their own treatment (while traumatized). For certain illnesses, recommended treatment options can be extreme, shocking, and offer no guarantees. Even the doctors may be uncertain of the treatment plan or inform patients that there is nothing they can do. Patients may experience such intense feelings of doubt, confusion, and overwhelm that they develop phobias about having these feelings fearing that if they make the wrong decision it could kill them. This phobic reaction can cause people to balk at any treatment whatsoever for fear of making a mistake. They may second-guess/obsess or overtreat themselves in an attempt to cover all the bases. If the treatment is unsuccessful, the person may blame himself. Overwhelmed patients may even blame their doctors for upsetting them and stop trusting them.

What do I recommend to my clients for the prevention and clearing of diagnosis shock?
After diagnosis shock has imprinted, no amount of facts or real information to the contrary can erase it. Diagnosis shock must be cleared directly from the unconscious mind and body. Until recently, there was no easy way to do this. Fortunately there is a new technique from the field of Energy Psychology called Natural Bio-Destressing (NBD). NBD works in minutes by activating the calming reflex used by the nervous system to neutralize the fight-or-flight reflex, thus eliminating the phobic reactions from the conscious mind, unconscious mind and body. This easy to use technique involves tapping with the fingertips on selected areas of the face, torso, and hands and using eye movements and left brain/right brain integration techniques to resolve traumatic reactions. I teach my clients (and their families) to eliminate fear and stress by treating themselves with NBD every morning for what they dread will happen that day and every evening for anything that might have upset them during the day. I recommend using NBD before doctor’s appointments on the anticipatory fear of bad news, while talking with the doctor, and after each doctor visit to clear anything upsetting from the appointment.

I also recommend that clients use NBD before any kind of treatment to clear the body’s fear of invasion and harm. While performing the technique, the client reminds their body that this treatment is a healing intervention meant to make them well and to ask the body to fully receive the benefits of the treatment. This includes asking the body to send the treatment to where it is needed and to protect other parts of the body where the treatment is not needed.

Finally, I recommend that clients use NBD to clear feelings of doubt, uncertainty, and overwhelm.

Success Story
Sam was diagnosed with leukemia. He did not feel at all sick. He got several opinions about different types of chemotherapy, but declined any form of treatment for fear that the doctors were “being too aggressive” and trying to make him sick. A year later, his blood count had risen substantially, and the leukemia invaded his bone marrow. One week after clearing diagnosis shock with HBLU ™ treatment, he started chemotherapy, a regimen requiring six rounds of chemotherapy at one month intervals. After the first treatment his blood count went to normal, and he considered discontinuing treatment. We treated diagnosis shock related to the treatment protocol, and he finished the series. One year later he is free of cancer.

Results
The end result of teaching people to manage their emotional and physical reactions with the Natural Bio-Destressing technique and HBLU ™ therapy is:

Reduced fear
Feelings of empowerment
Smoother doctor/patient relationships
Fewer side effects
Quicker recovery times
More peace of mind
Better quality of life

What is HBLU ™ ?
HBLU ™is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLUTM integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLUTM is so effective because:

The client’s deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLU ™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too. Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up ™, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order audio and videotapes. Visit our website at www.HBLU.org .

Boston Women’s Journal June/July 2008

Rising Through the Levels Of Consciousness

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:20:54 GMT

As my clients and I have healed and grown over the years, we’ve evolved through the levels of consciousness. I thought I’d share this with you, so you’d know what you have to look forward to. I can tell you from personal experience that life keeps getting better both internally and externally.

HOSTILITY
The lowest level of consciousness is that of HOSTILITY. People at this level have been raised in a family or environment where they were subjected to physical (and sometimes sexual) and emotional violence. Sometimes they experienced abuse at the hands of healing professionals. In this state, people perceive the world as populated with perpetrators. In order to protect themselves, they approach others with open hostility. They live in a state of hyper vigilance, a very uncomfortable way to live. Fortunately, we can heal the trauma with HBLU™ and people move to the next level of consciousness, that of GUARDED.

GUARDED
At the level of GUARDED, people perceive the world as potentially but not necessarily dangerous and they protect themselves from people and circumstances by not letting anyone in. By that I mean, they don’t share their inner thoughts, opinions, and most of all their feelings. At this level, people are a lot more comfortable than at the previous level and function well professionally and socially. The problem is it is difficult to really connect with others and have close personal and intimate relationships. People at this stage often do not feel supported by others, the world, or God. Fortunately, we can heal the family system patterns, personality structures, and other life experiences that keep people stuck at this stage, so they can move to the next level of consciousness, that of PRESENT.

PRESENCE
The next level of consciousness is the level of PRESENCE. At this level, people are comfortable with themselves and others. They feel really alive in the moment, experiencing life while they’re living it. This is in contrast to dwelling on the past or obsessing about what the need to do next in the future. When I finally arrived at this level, I felt that I had missed large chunks of my life. I was grateful that I could now have my life while I was living it. I developed the following procedure for being present:

THE HBLU™ PRESENCE PROCESS

Notice when your mind is someplace else
Take a deep breath all the way to your bottom to feel present in your body
Look around you to connect with your present surroundings
Tell yourself “here I am now, in this situation, doing X”
Enjoy the experience

EXAMPLES

Here I am now, in Florida, swimming in the ocean, feeling myself jump up and down in the warm waves, looking at the blue sky with a few white clouds and at the minnows when I put my face in the water with my goggles.
Here I am now, in my office, sitting in my swivel chair, looking at my client, listening to his/her story, while feeling my reactions and making associations with the patterns that might be causing the problem.
Here I am now, sitting in the choir loft, between the tenor and another soprano, during the High Holiday services, looking at my music and watching the choir director, so I can make my entrance on time.
Here I am now, in traffic, with my hands on the wheel, my foot on the pedal, my back in the seat, my eyes on the road. (this one is particularly helpful for those tough commutes)

RECEPTIVE
When I reached the level of PRESENCE, I thought I had it made. I was really enjoying the experience of being alive so much that I no longer felt like escaping by reading science fiction. Then a funny thing happened on the way to enlightenment. A client (who is truly a friend) introduced me to the level of RECEPTIVE.

I had just given a healing seminar at her home with spectacular results. As I was leaving she expressed her gratitude and love for me. I replied, “You’re welcome” while internally waving away the sentiment. Her voice got louder as she said, “No, you’re not getting it. I love you.” Suddenly I realized she was right. I wasn’t getting it. I wasn’t letting it in. I was used to expressing my love for people by healing them and caring about them, but was uncomfortable letting in people’s love and caring for me. (I’m sure you are all familiar with this.)

Using HBLU™, I cleared the interference to letting love in fully. Suddenly I was surrounded in a golden bubble of light and felt a remarkable sensation of calm and well being. The next time we met, we joined energetically with a feeling of mutual love, appreciation, and respect, and truly experienced the sensation that “we are love.” Since that time, I can feel it in my heart when someone says “I love you.” It’s a warm nurturing vibration that I like very much. I’m now recommending it to everyone.

BLESSED
One sunny Monday in June, 4 clients in a row blessed me. It wasn’t that they were just expressing their appreciation; they actually said, “I bless you Judith.” As if 3 blessings weren’t enough for me to get the point, the fourth woman actually turned to me, put her hands on my shoulders, looked me in the eyes and gave me the blessings of the grandmothers www.grandmothersspeak.com !

Already familiar with the uncomfortable feeling of receiving, I treated myself with HBLU™ to “receive all blessings fully.” After clearing myself, I realized that when someone blesses me it is God blessing me through that person. I felt an even deeper sense of inner peace, stability, and groundedness than I had been enjoying at the level of RECEPTIVE.

Two weeks later I hugged the groom at my cousin’s wedding. Instead of congratulating him, I spontaneously blessed him. It wasn’t just words. An energy emanated from me that flowed through him and (I felt) purified him of all his past relationship trauma while wishing him well for the future. July 24th on a News for the Soul live radio broadcast http://www.newsforthesoul.com/hblu.htm I blessed a woman with cancer (after treating her for a blocked energy field caused by diagnosis shock https://www.hblu.org/DiagnosisShock.php). Along with the sincere desire for her well-being through all time, levels, and dimensions I sent a purifying energy through her body to cleanse her of all cancer and reconstitute the perfection of her body according to the cosmic blueprint of her DNA. Perhaps it’s this energy that generates the healing power of prayer. I’ll update you as I get more experience at this level.

HAPPINESS FROM THE INSIDE
Is there a level of consciousness beyond BLESSED? I think so, and I’ve named it “HAPPINESS FROM THE INSIDE.” As usual, it was one of my insightful clients who led me to this. ‘Jane’ developed a chronic skin rash shortly after her best friend ‘Samantha’ died of cancer 11 years ago. ‘Jane’ wept every time she thought about her. In order to clear the rash, we treated Jane for the loss trauma, and we balanced Jane to move into the future (instead of remaining stuck in the past). Still, Jane wept every time she thought about Samantha.

Muscle testing revealed that weeping was Jane’s way of honoring the memory of her friend. Jane’s deepest wisdom didn’t think that weeping was how her friend would like to honored, but “I was in such denial when she was dying that I never asked how she would like to be remembered.” So we summoned Samantha ‘in spirit’ into our session. Samantha, beaming light and smiling, told us that what she had learned from spending 11 years in the beyond was the importance of being a happy person from the inside. Samantha wished that Jane would learn how to be a happy person from the inside before she died. Gratefully, we thanked Samantha and promised to pursue that goal to the best of our abilities.

Since that time, I have been having ongoing discussions with people about what is happiness? Is it a state of calm or contentment, a feeling of satisfaction? Is it a euphoric state? How do you achieve it as a constant internal state rather than seeking momentary happiness from external events?

Fortunately, others have been asking the same question. The theme of The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler is that “the purpose of our existence is to seek happiness… But isn’t a life based on seeking personal happiness self-centered, even self-indulgent?” The authors cite studies that show that unhappy people are the most self- focused, and happy people are more sociable, flexible, creative, loving and forgiving. This book gives suggestions about how to achieve internal happiness.

Some of my clients have put up the goal to “Be a happy person from the inside”, and we’re seeing what we can do with HBLU. This fascinating study is in progress, and Rising Through the Levels of Consciousness is a process to be continued…

What is HBLU ™ ?
HBLU ™is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLUTM integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLUTM is so effective because:

The client’s deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLU ™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too. Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up ™, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order audio and videotapes. Visit our website at www.HBLU.org .

Forgive Yourself; Heal the Inner Critic

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 19:16:27 GMT

Nobody likes to make mistakes, but many people have difficulty forgiving themselves when they do. They are hypercritical of themselves, and (although they try hard not to be) with others. They compulsively magnify and criticize real and imagined flaws. Although several patterns cause compulsive self-criticism, the most common one people suffer from is a seducer strategy, “I am critical and I withhold my voice until I can’t stand it anymore and then I tell people what they are doing wrong. People with this pattern (I estimate about 60% of the population) use it on everyone they meet and on themselves inside. They swear at and say hurtful things to themselves for any minor provocation, and alienate others with their self-righteous attitude.

Ultimately, life is about learning and growing. Making mistakes is just one way to do that. Being hypercritical is counterproductive, and makes any upsetting situation just that much more painful. For people with a hypercritical voice, self acceptance is a real challenge. As a mission of mercy, I have provided the intervention for clearing this problem below.

What is a Seducer Strategy?
Seduction patterns are some of the most energy draining, perverse, and frustrating patterns a person can experience. People with seduction patterns get tricked into doing things they don’t want to do. They are unable to leave bad relationships, jobs, family, or other upsetting situations.

Seduction patterns arise from a trauma that causes them to feel dead or empty inside. The dead part does not want to be dead or empty, but it does not know how to bring itself back to life (it doesn’t know meridian tapping techniques.) It believes that the only way it can come back to life is if somebody outside of itself gives it what it needs to come back to life. We call these life and death requirements critical elements and they come in the form of gifts or benefits.

How Do You Free Yourself of a Seduction Pattern?
The only way to free yourself of a seduction pattern is to give back and refuse to take (now or in the future) the gifts that you are tempted by, but the dead part can’t let go for fear that if it gives up what little it is getting it will go back to being completely dead. To clear seduction patterns, we use a prayer intervention in which you:

Renounce the gifts you’re trying to get (while feeling desperate not to), Ask God/Divine Source (a source that can actually deliver) to free you from the seduction pattern, heal the dead part, and provide what you need.

The intervention works instantly regardless of attitudes toward or belief in God.

Silencing the Inner Critic

Write out the seducer strategy “I am critical and I withhold my voice until I can’t stand it anymore and then I tell people what they are doing wrong” and list what you are trying to get by doing that (the critical elements), i.e. be right, and get love, appreciation, acceptance, etc.”

Locate in your body where you feel desperate for these benefits.

Say the prayer, "I renounce this strategy______: “I am critical and I withhold my voice until I can’t stand it anymore and then I tell people what they are doing wrong in order to be right, and get love, appreciation, acceptance, etc.” and I pray God to free me from everyone I do this with and I pray God to heal all parts of myself. I pray God to free me from this seduction pattern, and I pray God to free me from this whole pattern and everything that made me susceptible to it. I pray God to heal me of all the damage I’ve ever done and all the stress I’ve ever caused myself and others while under the influence of this pattern and erase it so completely it’s as if it never happened. I pray God to provide me with whatever else I need in the benefits areas.”

Now that you’ve said the prayer, try criticizing yourself. Notice that this amazingly simple forgiveness exercise instantly quiets the inner critic, a major step toward self-acceptance, compassion, and inner peace. Since you are no longer desperate for the promised benefits, know that you’ll be able to figure out how to get what you need in a straightforward way. Use this prayer on any other seducer strategy that you may be running. For help clearing this and other seducer strategies, order our CD “Exchange Your Inner Critic for Compassion, take a community education course, or call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment.

What is HBLU ™ ?
HBLU ™is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLUTM integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLUTM is so effective because:

The client’s deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLU ™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too.Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up ™, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order audio and videotapes. Visit our website at www.HBLU.org.

Seminar presented at the ACEP conference, 2007

A Wall is not a Boundary

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:15:22 GMT

Have you ever had an unpleasant interaction with someone and walked away feeling upset even though you know it’s not personal? What happened is that they overstepped your boundaries. Conscious awareness that it’s their problem and not yours is not enough to protect you emotionally. To really be effective, boundaries need to be 100% intact at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels of your being. When boundaries are 100% intact at all levels, it strengthens a person’s sense of identity, i.e. I am me, and you are you. This is where I begin and end; this is where you begin and end. You don’t pick up their negativity, and you don’t project your negativity inappropriately. Intact boundaries create the capacity for respect and teamwork, i.e. the ability to invite people onto a neutral dance floor to dance with you.

To take an analogy from cell biology, think of yourself as a cell floating in a nutritious medium. Cells have a membrane composed of a lipid bilayer. Since lipids are fats, and oil and water don’t mix, liquid can’t just pass through the membrane. Cells get what they need from the environment by pumping in nutrients and pumping out waste products through specific receptors and channels, proteins that completely span the membrane.

Transport is thus selective and requires energy to pump things in and out. If there is a hole in the membrane the insides pour out, the outside pours in; the cell dies.

Cells communicate with each other through message molecules on their surface or by releasing soluble factors (like hormones) that fit into receptor molecules on the surface of the other cells like a lock and key. When the key opens the lock, it triggers an internal cascade of messages that go to the nucleus. If the cell is ruptured, the signaling molecules get scrambled and no longer work in the right sequence. Thus all successful interactions with the environment and each other are done at the surface of the (100% intact) cell membrane.

How does this apply to boundary issues in human beings? If people have less than 100% intact boundaries at all levels, they are very exposed. As the environment diffuses in, they are at the mercy of what’s going on around them. They are not at choice about what they take in and can take in negative energy from the environment that they can’t process. People who really have very little boundary capabilities can have trouble making decisions for themselves and may depend too much on other people’s opinions. They have trouble living their own lives, asking for what they want, and acting in their own best interest. When people are too easily influenced, they lose their sense of their own identity. In reaction, they may wall off and isolate themselves, emotionally or even physically. Unfortunately, a wall is not a boundary because it does not permit a flow of information. A wall indicates a traumatic wound, and like a scab on the skin, does not breathe or sweat the way healthy skin does.

The energy flow through a boundary breach can also move outward as people diffuse out into their environment. People who think that merging with someone is a form of love, or control freaks who believe that theirs’ is the only reality or the only right way to do things are leaking out past their own boundaries. Energy leakage in any direction can lead to burnout.

What can you do to maintain energetic boundaries at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels in a given context? I recommend the Boundary Tap (developed by Marie Louise Muller, a craniosacral therapist from California.) In this technique tap ~2-3 minutes with your fingertips on the sternum (the bone in the middle of your chest). Alternate the tapping with a feathering motion from the sternum up the base of the throat, up the neck, out the chin (like the Italian “back at you” gesture.) The tapping seals the energetic boundary, and the feathering motion ejects any unwanted negative energy. Use it to hold your center when you’re with your family, in your relationships, and at work. Use it to set boundaries with authorities, specific individuals, and people who particularly annoy you. Use it to keep you from getting sucked up into the news, a sad or scary movie, or friend’s problems. Use it when people do obnoxious behaviors that you particularly hate. Use it in every situation you can think of that is not personal but feels personal, and to quote Shakespeare, “To thine own self be true”.

What is HBLU ™ ?

HBLU ™is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology. HBLUTM integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, and other energy psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. HBLUTM is so effective because:

The client’s deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLU ™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too.Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up ™, Inc. is located in Needham, MA. Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order audio and videotapes. Visit our website at www.HBLU.org.

Boston Women’s Journal , August/September 2008

Every Therapist Needs a Therapist Sometimes

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:44:29 GMT

Paula is a social worker in the social work department of a downtown Boston hospital.

She had been working with me on the goal of getting happily married, and we were making good progress clearing dysfunctional family system patterns so she wouldn’t reproduce them in her relationships. One day she came in complaining that she had been feeling lethargic and depressed for the last month and she had no idea why. Further inquiry revealed that six weeks prior, she had helped a woman who came to the Emergency room after being beaten by her husband. Paula arranged for safe housing and a restraining order against the husband. Although Paula had done everything she could to keep the woman safe, the woman returned to her husband, and he killed her. The woman arrived at the Emergency room dead. Paula had to do the paperwork and hadn’t felt right since.

I was surprised that Paula didn’t recognize that she had been traumatized. I said, “ Do you think you are not human? You put on your professional social worker uniform when you go into work and that makes you impervious to tragedy, frustration and disappointment? Professional social workers don’t have feelings? Inside the costume you are human, and someone you tried to help got herself killed despite your best efforts. Of course you are traumatized. ”

So, we treated Paula for the trauma, and she felt immediately better.

Frank is a very experienced Licensed Psychologist and practitioner of Energy Psychology.

Although he had done a lot of work on himself, he was still experiencing mysterious physical and emotional symptoms of burnout. He came to me to help him find the missing piece. Sure enough, he had a series of traumas that were blocked to conscious access, which is why he hadn’t been able to find them.

I showed him the structure, we followed the HBLU™ protocol to clear it, and his symptoms went away.

Claira is an emergency room nurse who showed up valiantly every day during Covid.

After a year, she started drinking too much, became depressed and prone to outbursts of anger, and could no longer tolerate social interactions. Her partner threatened to leave her. Claira, who had never had any kind of therapy and thought that as a nurse, she could just tough it out, realized she had a serious problem that wasn’t going away by itself. Claira found me through a wholistic nurse who had seen me present at a conference. I explained to Claira how the unconscious mind and body held emotional patterns that influenced behavior and reactions and even caused physical symptoms.

Although skeptical at first, Claira eventually came to understand that there was more going on inside than she was consciously aware of and stepped up to do the work.

In the last year, Clara has recovered from burnout and repaired her relationship with her partner.

We all need a little help sometimes.

At the most fundamental level, we are all multi-level beings with a conscious mind, an unconscious mind, a body and a soul. Despite the roles we play in everyday life, and the skills and abilities we have accumulated as mental and physical health-care providers we all have blind spots about what is running our reactions, behaviors, and maps of reality. Nobody knows everything. We all need help sometimes.

Healing from the Body Level Up™ methodology (HBLU™) is designed to find hidden patterns of suffering, patterns that no one else can find or even knows where to look. Even for experienced mental health professionals or people who have been in therapy for years, HBLU is designed to help clear what you haven’t yet been able to find. My mission is to support helping professionals be fully in service so that together we make the world a better place.

If you or anyone you know has problems you haven’t yet been able to heal, HBLU™ methodology can help you. Especially for healing professionals, if you would like to protect yourself from absorbing negativity from your clients, we recommend you start by watching HBLU™: Heal The Top Five Patterns That Cause You To Absorb Other People’s Problems, Illnesses, And Symptoms .

To learn more or schedule an appointment, please call 781-444-6940, email info@hblu.org, or go here .

Blessings, Judith  

Healing from the Body Level Up (HBLU™) is an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit healing methodology developed by Judith A. Swack, Ph.D., a Biochemist/Immunologist, Master NLP Practitioner, Mind/Body Healer, and leader in the field of Energy Psychology.  HBLU integrates biomedical science, psychology, hypnosis, Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied kinesiology, spirituality and Energy Psychology techniques with original research on the structure of complex damage patterns. 

HBLU™ is so effective because:

The client's deepest wisdom guides the healing,
It has menus of well characterized patterns and effective healing techniques,
It clears blocks to success at the conscious, unconscious, body, and soul levels.

HBLU™ helps people rapidly achieve the results they want to live full, happy, healthy, and satisfying lives. Maybe it can help you, too. Dr. Swack and her associates work with people in person or by phone. Healing from the Body Level Up, Inc. is located in Needham, MA.  Call 781-444-6940 to book an appointment, order a free information package, and order CDs and DVDs. Visit our website . 

Natural Bio-Destressing Handout

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:09:57 GMT

Procedure for natural bio-destressing.

Paper: Bio-destressing procedure outlines of loss and violence trauma imprints.
Author: Dr. Judith A. Swack

Everybody Needs an HBLU Tune Up from Time to Time

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:55:10 GMT

Twenty years ago, Gina came to see me to clear claustrophobia in elevators, phobias of driving on the highway, and phobias of public speaking. After she confirmed that the treatment was successful I didn’t hear from her for 15 years.

When she called me this time, she told me that she had developed high blood pressure. Although it was genetic and ran in the family, she was surprised that hers was uncontrollably high and labile. Several trips to the emergency room and 4 medications (taken together) later, Gina contacted me to see if HBLU worked for normalizing blood pressure. Indeed, 6 sessions later her blood pressure was completely normal and maintained with just one pill containing ½ dose of 2 medications. Her thrilled cardiologist told her that she was certain that the work we had done caused the improvement. After another 6 sessions, Gina had straightened out her dysfunctional family, switched to a part time job, and spent the rest of her time pursuing her true soul mission.

Frank, an executive in high tech, came to me for help finding love. After clearing all the dysfunctional family patterns we could find, Frank found his true love, John, an ICU nurse. They moved in together, and I expected them to live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Covid struck, and John burned out. John became depressed, withdrew socially, and could be easily triggered into verbal bouts of rage. But John had never done any kind of therapy, and as an ICU nurse, felt he could just tough it out.

Frank called me in a panic and asked if there was anything we could do to save the relationship. After clearing yet another dysfunctional family system pattern that we hadn’t found till now, Frank convinced John to work with me. We treated John for PTSD, and taught him how to recognize, process, and express feelings. Frank and John are still together, and their relationship continues to grow in closeness and intimacy.

Lyla, an IT consultant, came to me for help finding work. She hadn’t been able to get another contract for a year and her savings were running out. It didn’t help that her husband had lost his job, gotten depressed, and given up on ever working again. He refused any kind of counseling or medical care for his condition. After a few sessions, Lyla divorced her husband and got a lucrative contract.

Three years later, Lyla got a really bad case of long Covid and was barely able to work. Even worse, she couldn’t focus her attention and had difficulty getting her body to stand up and walk. I treated her to clear the remaining virus from her cerebellum (the part of the brain that regulates motor function), and physical injury to the lungs. By the end of the session she was able to get up easily and walk and breath fully.

Life happens. Even if things are going well in general and for long periods of time, issues may come up. That’s when you need a tune up. Like a car, life needs regular maintenance. Every so often, I treat myself for something, whether it be setting yet another boundary, treating myself for the stress of having to learn up-to-date computer technology for my business, and the upset I experience when I or the people I care about show signs of aging.

So review your life. Now is the perfect time for an HBLU tune up! If you or anyone you know has something you would like to work on, even if you are a new client, HBLU methodology can help you.

To learn more or schedule an appointment, please call 781-444-6940 , email info@hblu.org , or go to https://hblu.org/ .

Blessings, Judith