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Aug 14

Call for Help Re: The Process of Regaining Life

by T. Bracy

At one point or another, I’m sure we’ve all heard someone say (or said it ourselves!) “Life Happens”….as I think about it, that quote may be so widely used it’s on tee-shirts and such. And then there’s this one (which I’ve used, but try to focus on things more positively though it still amuses me!): “Shit Happens”.

Well, as is so often pointed out, over the last several months, both “life” and “shit” have happened to me…..This post is to tell my story, but it’s also a call for action, for assistance to get us caught up, with extra medical expenses, and to replace the car I need to use for my work.

My son with me after I left the hospital

  After I got home from the hospital

I’ve helped families, foster parents, and children in several counties for several years now, but last fall, many of us started losing our jobs and I was included in that. I used the opportunity to make and share my crystal creations, delving more into gemstone healing properties, and looked for a job as well. Unemployment benefits last only so long, and in my case, that was until the end of January.

Fortunately, I found odd jobs to help me and my 6 year old son stay afloat, and in February interviewed for a job that was offered to me. But I didn’t get a chance to start that job, and then lost the offer, because of “Life”, or more accurately in my book, because “Shit” happened.

24 weeks ago, on my way to pick my son up from school before heading to a vendor event to showcase and sell my healing crystal jewelry creations, my car went off the road to crash into 2 trees and tip over onto the driver’s side, trapping me. The front airbags of my Honda Civic didn’t deploy on impact, and the side curtain airbags didn’t deploy when the car rolled either. I was unconscious and came to hearing metal, loud voices, glass, and being more than a little confused about what was going on, what had even happened, or where I was. I could feel my feet were trapped so I couldn’t move, the glass & gravel grinding my elbow, my seatbelt squeezing me – and I could feel the pain in my lower back, right above my hips, like nothing I’d ever felt before.

That pain screamed at me. That pain made me think-scream at every medical professional for the next 8 hours, made me realize that I may know more curse words than I should, and I think it caused me to invent some. If there was a Guinness Book record for pain endurance without screaming or cursing everyone out, I was sure I was winning it under the categories of pain level and length of time in pain (without medication and being moved countless times). And that pain, from the moment I was conscious again on, scared me. It was in my back, it was at my spine, I was still trapped in the car with rescue workers cutting my car apart, cutting my steering wheel in half, cutting my seatbelt off, and having to move me still. I’m not a neurosurgeon, which I ended up having, but I know enough to know there was something seriously wrong, and more could still go wrong for me.

Test after test later, moving me countless times to make it hurt a little more, a neurosurgeon came into the ER to tell me, “Well, you broke your back. It’s a very painful (no shit, Sherlock!) injury at first, but gets better with time. And you’re young and healthy enough that I don’t think you’ll need surgery, it’s a compression fracture of your L2 vertebrae.” He went on to say a little about needing a back brace, having PT, and being unable to bend, twist, or arch my back, lift more than 3-5lbs, or reach over my head. Well, I couldn’t lift one foot at first, let alone walk any, and worked slowly up to shuffling with a walker and so on.

We still had no answer about how I’d crashed a mile from home, a mile from my son’s school. I didn’t remember anything about it accident, but remembered the left-hand turn I’d made out of our complex and my thought at that time. Answering questions and hearing what rescuers saw happening, we realized a seizure caused the accident, and figuring that out with no history of them, brought us to a medication I’d started 2 weeks before. A medication induced seizure crashed my car and broke my back!

So, Life Happened. Shit Happened. And I’m lucky and grateful for so many things despite it all. That fractured vertebrae was just past the spinal cord, so I wouldn’t have been paralyzed, I can walk. No other cars were involved, no pedestrians walking on the sidewalk – no one else was hurt – so I don’t have that added guilt. I was on my way TO my son’s school – so he wasn’t in the car with me, he wasn’t hurt, and he wasn’t traumatized by being in the accident like I was, crying while trying to even say what happened! Tests have cleared me – it WAS a medication issue, not a seizure disorder, so my brain is okay, it’s normal. I’ve slowly recovered mobility, ability to pick more things up, and though I have pain daily, it’s decreased tremendously. And I had amazing friends and community supports helping me – as well as an awesome son who dealt with everything as he went from 6 to 7 and was as patient as he could be, as well as his happy, loving, silly, fun, snuggly self to help me avoid depression!

I’m better now, with a job to start working (visiting families with babies and young children, to give them what they need for the best start possible), and a life to restart. So, while I continue to get back to normal physically, a GoFundMe page was created to help financially, and I’ve started a personal FB campaign, to promote that page and contributions in general. I hope the event is shared and spreads widely, and the success of this week will determine additional FB Events periodically. These pools will help us, but are also a chance for someone participating to benefit as well.

I called this week’s Facebook Event “Broke-Back Catch-Up Campaign”, and encourage you all to participate, invite people to it, promote others to do the same. I also hope it draws attention and contributions to our GoFundMe page as well. So please check both of these out, take advantage of the FB Event opportunity this week as well, and share with everyone!

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/649795611851922/

GoFundMe Page: https://www.gofundme.com/yguq56ss

Thank you all!

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Feb 3

New!! Hand-Made Creations!

by T. Bracy

In addition to using EFT and other techniques to provide you with the most comprehensive approach possible to your success, we’ve added powerful Crystal Healing to our repertoire.

Instead of just learning about these amazing crystals and their properties, we considered the best ways to bring them right to you, by hand-crafting and designing beautiful jewelry, as well as branching out into other inspired creations such as gem trees, key chains, and more to come! Check out our Crystal Healing Pages for more than the sneak peek offered here – and don’t be afraid to get creative and request something designed just for you!

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Dec 15

“Let it Go, Let it Go…”

by T. Bracy

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While I (grudgingly) admit that I do like the song from Frozen, I also admit that inwardly I cringe when I hear someone say “Just let it go” or “You have to move past this (or on with your life)”. Well-intentioned, but it also sends messages like: “We’re tired of hearing about this”, “We don’t understand what you’re going through”, “You should be past this by now”. It can feel as though we think there must be something wrong with that person.
 
Saying these things invalidates what someone is going through and when we say them, what they’re hearing is that we don’t care, we don’t want to hear about it anymore, there must be something wrong with them, that they’re alone, and that no one understands them.
 
How do you feel when you get those messages from people? Anxious or Alone? Confused or Hopeless? Scared that there’s something wrong with you, or worse – that it can’t be fixed, you’ll never be happy again? Do you start doubting yourself, what you’ve done, the choices you’ve made, the people around you, and worry more about being able to handle whatever’s to come?
 
There’s a reason we sometimes need to let go of emotions, people, situations, ideas, things, etc., but it isn’t always easy and we can’t always do it ourselves. There are some amazing resources in this world that can help, but EFT is one of the fastest, most effective tools – and once you’ve learned the basic technique and been guided correctly, it’s with you always! You carry powerful tools with you everywhere you go, and use them every single day – you, and your own two hands (for tapping!). Remember we can help, but as the friend or family member, so can you! Not just having them book a session for themselves, but with Surrogate Tapping. Surrogate Tapping is just putting yourself “in their shoes” and using EFT on yourself for their sake!
 
So next time a family member or friend starts to frustrate or annoy you, talking about the same thing yet again – whether or not it’s something that can be changed – stop for a minute before you say anything. Think about what this relationship, this person, means to you, and decide whether you want to help them feel better, to help them “move on” like they may need to do, or whether you just want to keep the status quo. If you decide you want to help, try the following steps/ideas, and watch the difference it can make!
 
Pay attention to what has been said to you, listen for emotions that have been expressed and to what you’re hearing about feelings that may not have been verbalized. Watch for facial expressions, changes in body language, and for anything being held back. Consider how you would feel if you were in the same situation or something similar. Maybe you’ve been there exactly! 
 
Think about those things and consider them. What did you hear? What did you see? What did you feel from that person? And how would you feel if it were you? Then ask yourself if you think you understand how your loved one is feeling. Now, if you do understand, tell them! Tell that person what you’re hearing, that you understand! Learn to say, “I understand, I’d be feeling X too, if I were in that situation (insert appropriate emotion word – or words! – for X)” or “It sounds like you’re really X, and for good reason…it was (insert whatever works here: rude of them, disrespectful, inconsiderate, wrong, hurtful, insensitive, whatever it was in that situation!)”. 
 
See how different the conversation goes now! Be careful, as sometimes we commiserate by sharing experiences we think are the same or similar, and we’ve turned the focus back to ourselves when it should be on the other person. That can build rapport, because they know you “get it”, but it can seem like apples to oranges to them or like you only care about yourself.
 
Sometimes our own “baggage” and/or agenda can interfere with our relationships with other people, whether we realize it or not – or want it to! My mother, with the best of intentions, always advised me to “Consider the source” and “Think about what that person might be going through.” I understood what she meant, and it’s a good idea, but it hurt. It felt dismissive, like I was wrong to be upset to have been treated so rudely, so disrespectfully for no reason, and even sent me the message that it was selfish to feel that way when I didn’t understand what that person. It felt like a slap in the face really, and over time, it wore at our relationship.
Remember a time that something bothered you so much that it was all you could focus on or talk about? Maybe you could see it happening and felt helpless to stop focusing on it – even frustrated or angry about it. Maybe you could tell people around you didn’t want to hear about it anymore. Maybe you felt angry with yourself, to let something have so much control over you, that it took up so much of your time and energy. Maybe you even felt out of control, like your mind went there without your consent. It’s possible you’re there right now yourself! Ever wonder what helped you move on, to get past that, to feel better again? My guess is, you felt better because someone (or more than one someone), “got you” – they understood how you felt and validated that. They let you know it’s normal to feel however we feel, and that they were there with you, supporting you, giving you a safe place to let go.
 
Once we feel understood and validated, we feel less alone, less “crazy”, less anxious, hurt, confused, angry, etc., and it is truly cathartic. And once we let it go, we start to find ourselves on a truly different path – going anywhere we want to go!

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Dec 7

1″ Gemstone Chip Earrings

by T. Bracy

Check back often or Follow Us as we add more photos of current creations and new items!

First Photo, from left to right: Fire Agate, Unakite, Citrine, Black Jasper, Watermelon Tourmaline, Carnelian, Rose Quartz, and Quartz

Second Photo: Garnet, Malachite, Peridot, Lapis Lazuli (sometimes referred to as Blue Lapis), Amethyst, and Green Aventurine

Individual photos of each item are also available. Please contact me for more information or to order: Email me  or Call/Text 336-681-4864

I have taken the time to carefully select only Genuine Gemstones (Crystals) for everything I make, and their properties are detailed under our Crystal Healing Page. At times, other materials are used to enhance the aesthetics or for practical reasons, and that information is also included.

 

 

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Nov 2

EFT and Short Cuts

by T. Bracy

The info is out there…

I want to take a minute to address the short cuts and tapping scripts that are prevalent across the internet.  A large part of the appeal that exists in EFT is in its simplicity and ease of use, but we can’t let the fact that it is so easy lead us along a path that everyone is following – for several reasons. EFT is already a major short cut to healing and empowerment, so do it right!

I’ve included the EFT Basic recipe and sequence here for a reference, and the technique is all over in videos, books, blogs, and tutorials, but until you’re really familiar with the technique and how to use it most effectively, it isn’t just a matter of learning and doing. It’s not that tapping on issues or with certain scripts won’t get you any results, but the quality is in question. You’ll spend extra time working on things using a script or language that is too general. And chances are, you’ll leave aspects of the issue behind – and miss out on the true depth of healing offered to you.

The methods and delivery vary…

As EFT was developed, the tapping points and sequence were provided in tutorials that prompted improvements from others, which led to different variations of the technique, tapping sequences and wordings that weren’t endorsed by the founder. So now you can find books, DVD’s, audios, and practitioners that develop their own methods – and not necessarily as effective as official EFT.

Just as choosing a therapist can be a difficult task because one must have a rapport with that person and their theoretical backgrounds and expertise can vary widely, the same can be said of EFT practitioners – though that should not be the case. In its true form, done correctly, every practitioner uses the same technique and therefore only their rapport with the client and their delivery choices (ie use of humor, tell the story, the movie technique, etc) would vary amongst them.

There’s only one official EFT, straight from the founder himself…

Gary Craig took years perfecting his technique, changing things, tweaking the tapping points and shortcuts. But the core concepts of tapping on specific events hasn’t changed. That is the part that matters, the actual work horse of his powerful technique. And guess what? While we are all united in experiencing common issues as a result of our history, we do not have the same memories because we don’t have the same lives. So why should that all important set up phrase be filled with language someone else came up with?

EFT targets our own specific events, the memories we each have, that hold an energetic charge or disruption over us over time – in much the same way that a masseuse kneads out muscles tense with stresses built up over time. EFT has the additional benefits of lasting longer, often taking less time, being a self-help tool in between sessions, and the positive impact of tapping on specific events from one issue releasing negative effects from others as well.

It matters: What you say and how you say it…

Choosing your own EFT practitioner should be a matter of finding one you feel comfortable with, who understands the technique, and who uses it in its truest form. EFT can be done on your own as well, but often the specific events of an issue are difficult to ascertain on our own, we need someone to talk to, someone to help us develop our own set up statements. Your rapport with them will be important as you learn this and as you work on various goals you’ve set for yourself.

Consider how you might express your feelings of one upsetting situation to various people in your life. For example, you are called into your manager’s office to learn you are to be laid off and later hear another co-worker who does less for the company has not – simply because they’ve been there longer and HR made the decision. To your coworkers, you may maintain a professional façade, expressing that you’re okay, “I’m upset that I don’t have a job but I’ll find something, I’m fine.” To your best friend, to the person you can be most yourself, things might change. You may express that you’re “really pissed off”, “just want to punch a wall”, “it isn’t fair that that lazy cow kept her job and I lost mine!”, “it’s not fair”, “my stomach was in knots when they called me in, my palms were sweaty, and the room was spinning when I left”, or “I’m so scared right now I can’t even see straight”.  To yourself, you may be somewhere in the middle – but unless you’re willing to talk to yourself as though another is in the room, you’ll lose the impact, the stark honesty, the raw emotion, the actual expression of what happened, what you felt. And that, my friend, is where our energy system gets disrupted – and therefore it’s exactly what we want to use EFT to neutralize.

So do yourself a favor – ignore the scripts out there and get the real deal from an EFT practitioner!

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Nov 1

UnTapU

by T. Bracy

“I change myself, I change the world.” Gloria Anzaldua

For the past 5-6 years, since originally reading that quote, it has stayed with me. So many of us want to change the world and the number of ideas for how to accomplish that are just as plentiful. I happen to believe we should take care of our own proverbial skeletons before helping others, and that change can then be affected from there. It’s been a guiding thought on my own path to empowerment, and worth sharing with all of you.

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“Little drops of water wear down big stones. ” – Russian Proverb

Another sentiment befitting the ideas embodied at UnTapU. EFT is a small, simple, easy method to employ – but it creates a large, lasting, far-reaching effect. It does so with little or no pain (in the case of traumas, any remembering can be painful), and the ripple effect of working on one issue can be felt across all aspects of our lives. The gentle yet powerful image of a simple water drop reminds us all of the power of small changes, of each one of us to do great things – to be empowered.

That is why UnTapU was the name chosen for this EFT practice. “Tapping into” a resource is a common idea, one that means we can now gain from something that was previously unavailable for any number of reasons. I feel that we are each one of our own untapped resources, that we have all the tools we need to be everything we want, to have everything we want in life. We have those things but don’t always learn how to use them, how to be ourselves, or how to feel empowered.

Through the use of EFT, we can each become empowered – we come into our truest, best versions of ourselves. In sessions, you learn to “untap” YOU, just as you would in class but also as you would through traditional counseling or talk therapy, or through massage therapy. Through tapping, you tap into you, tap into empowerment, and not only become the person you know you truly are, but also begin to live the life you truly want.

I’m still learning and growing UnTapU, adding to my site here and new opportunities are constantly presenting themselves to me, just as new people are as well. So check things out, comment, make suggestions, let me know what you think!

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