Two themes have been showing up again and again recently.
Guilt and shame. And all they do is push people deeper into the sense that there is something wrong with them. That there is no point. That they may as well give up.

Often these emotions are layered. A guilt or shame about feeling a certain way in the first place. Maybe you find yourself lashing out at your partner, friend or your child, knowing they are not really the cause of your pain, only the outlet.

That's the important thing to remember about our triggers. It's never really the person or thing we think we're angry at. It's almost always an unprocessed experience or an unmet need.

The people I work with are the ones willing to turn toward it rather than away. Beneath the guilt and shame there is usually anger, pain, grief. Guilt and shame are byproducts of feeling like something is inherently wrong with you. They're not the root. They're the signal.

That's where breathwork comes in. Deep introspection without the noise of the analytical, judgemental mind. Once that pain is released, the guilt and shame begin to dissipate. As does the frustration and anger at the outside world.

Dr David Hawkins' Map of Consciousness, as shown above, maps out where guilt and shame sit on the scale of human frequency. At the bottom. As we begin to process these emotions, we access higher levels of consciousness. The world becomes brighter and more expansive. Less tension in the body. Opportunities flowing more freely. Looking at the world from a place of potential, not just through the lens of everything that has already happened to you.

Clients who have moved through this have gone on to live lives that once felt completely out of reach. New countries. New relationships. New versions of themselves they had stopped believing were possible.

It's all beyond guilt and shame