There was a time when I sat at my desk and looked at the flower giving to me by my partner, (now husband), wondering when I would be able to put a picture of him on the desk, along with the flower. Thirty Eight Years ago, the LGBTQ community still had some hard battles to be fought before we could completely Open the closet Door and express our love and commitment to our partners.  

I am seeing more and more clients who are stressed out and anxious about the new law(s) of the land as more and more rights are being taking from, or being threatened to be taking from,  people who do not fit the white, straight, male model in this culture. What is causing this? Is it the outside events or is it our / your reaction to the outside events.

As I teach all of my clients, we are not our thoughts, we are not our emotions, we are the masters of our thoughts, the masters of our emotions. . Our thoughts and emotions are created by our brains, and the main reason is to make sure that we are safe and secure. When we feel threatened or we feel the need to protect ourselves, we respond with the Fight, Flight, or Freeze, response. This type of response has saved us from dangers such as wild animals, hunger, and natural disasters, and these days these responses cause us to get stuck in issues of stress and anxiety.

When we become stressed or anxious about the events and people around us, we allow ourselves to be controlled by those events and people around us. How can we stopped being controlled by outside forces?

The first step is to sit back, take a deep breath, and focus on letting go of built up tension and stress that lie in the cells and muscles of our bodies.

Many people who come seeking help through Foundations Medical Hypnosis have been trying to build their own meditation mindfulness practices and these practices are acting as their own Foundation, their own first steps into the world of self control and self power.

Think about how you were raised, think about the images and messages that were programmed into your brain / ego in regards to your sexuality and what is acceptable or appropriate for you to move freely and happily through this culture.  Often times we take those images and messages and bury them deeply into the subconscious portions of your brains, we bury them so deep that often times we don’t consciously remember those images and messages, but despite our lack of conscious memories, we are still effected and guided by the images and messages.

Suicide in the LGBTQ community is on the rise, as we all face more hate crimes, and watch the news with stories about our community being put back in its place with the loss of the right to marry, and the right for gay couples to adopt.

Are you trying to deal with your own version of internalized homophobia? Are you still living behind the closet door and desperately seeking a way out? Call Foundations Medical Hypnosis and Life Coaching, and gain the skills and techniques that you can use to escape from this self imposed prison. with the addition of a technique called Emotional Release Therapy, ERT for short, you can reclaim your responses and thus your life.

Don’t delay, call (206) 417-4900 or e-mail Foundations at dlscott2@comcast.net, YOU WILL BE SO GLAD YOU DID!!!!!

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How many of you can claim that you grew up knowing, being accepted and having acceptance regarding the idea that you are attracted to your same sex? Many clients come to me and tell me that they have spent their youth being bullied, beaten up, and terrorized by both the adults and people of their same age, because they identify as Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, or Bi-sexual.

One client who cam in too see me, told me how they recall that during the 70(s) and 80(s) they still had to hide their true feelings re: their life, and their sexual leanings. At work they were unable to put up a picture of themselves and partner together for fear of being fired from their jobs.

In today’s world the scene is changing, but making things legal does not always quell the trauma and stress that are created by old memories and experiences that are burned into our brains, causing us to always be on the look out to protect ourselves and thus living in an eternal moment of the sympathetic nervous system that helps ready us for the fight, flight, or freeze response.

AS I ask my clients, what kind of self talk do you subject yourself to? Do you practice mindfulness and awareness, where you can disconnect from the feelings that have become internalized.  (t has been reported that many people in the LGBTQ community turn to substances such as Methamphetamines’, due to issues of internalized homophobia). For many years I worked on a project with Public Health that addressed this issue, and I discovered the power of Mindfulness, and Awareness to help alleviate this sometimes unconscious feelings.

This upcoming month is June, an entire month associated with LGBTQ pride. Would you like to take charge of your feelings and start connecting with yourself, and those around you? Would you like to take control of old images and messages that create issues of low self worth, and internalized feelings of depression, and anger?

Foundations Medical Hypnosis and  Life Coaching uses a special technique called Emotional Release Therapy, ERT, that allows you to regain control, allows you to move from the sympathetic nervous system which controls your fight, flight, or freeze response, and move to the calmer, more mindful, and aware Para – sympathetic nervous system, which control the up beat and more positive responses in our lives.

Call now and lets talk, give yourself the awareness and mindfulness re: your own internalized thoughts and feelings. Make this Pride month the one in which you are finally able to come out and embrace your own sexuality and humanness.  Foundations Medical Hypnosis and Life Coaching, (206) 417-4900.

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From the moment that we are first born, we are taught how to behave, how to act, to fit in with society. We are taught through television, movies, the adults in our lives, the churches, teachers, and friends, how we must behave and how we must act, to be a good girl / boy, or what behaviors consitute being a bsd boy / girl.

In our society there are many lessons and messages about how sinful and perverted it is, to be anything besides the gender conforming male, or female roles. In the native american tribes, there are at least five recognized gender roles. Each one is believed to be the correct one according to what the creator intended each person to be. In our white male dominant culture, you have two roles to choose from, and if you don’t fit in with these roles, then you are told that there is something wrong with you, You are told that you are either female or male, nothing else.

What if you could look deep inside of yourself and discovery who you truely are, without any feelings of guilt or shame? What if you simply live your life the way you feel.  It is possible, and it is being done more and more.

The first thing to recognize is that you are not your thoughts, you are not your emotions. You are the master of your thoughts, you are the master of your emotions. With Hypnosis, Life coaching, and Mindfulness your will be taught how to take control of your thoughts, and emotions. You will be shown how to eliminate stress and tension, that keep you stuck and feeling anxious, depressed, and afraid.

With Hypnosis, and Life Coaching, you can move ahead in life, you can live a happy, and joy filled life. Hyopnosis is the powerful and effective tools to help you move ahead in life. Make this year the start of a new life, one filled with freedom and peace. Don.t delay call (206) 417-4900 today and schedule your first appointment.

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From the moment that we are first born, we are taught how to behave, how to act, to fit in with society. We are taught through television, movies, the adults in our lives, the churches, teachers, and friends, how we must behave and how we must act, to be a good girl / boy, or what behaviors consitute being a bsd boy / girl.

In our society there are many lessons and messages about how sinful and perverted it is, to be anything besides the gender conforming male, or female roles. In the native american tribes, there are at least five recognized gender roles. Each one is believed to be the correct one according to what the creator intended each person to be. In our white male dominant culture, you have two roles to choose from, and if you don’t fit in with these roles, then you are told that there is something wrong with you, You are told that you are either female or male, nothing else.

What if you could look deep inside of yourself and discovery who you truely are, without any feelings of guilt or shame? What if you simply live your life the way you feel.  It is possible, and it is being done more and more.

The first thing to recognize is that you are not your thoughts, you are not your emotions. You are the master of your thoughts, you are the master of your emotions. With Hypnosis, Life coaching, and Mindfulness your will be taught how to take control of your thoughts, and emotions. You will be shown how to eliminate stress and tension, that keep you stuck and feeling anxious, depressed, and afraid.

With Hypnosis, and Life Coaching, you can move ahead in life, you can live a happy, and joy filled life. Hyopnosis is the powerful and effective tools to help you move ahead in life. Make this year the start of a new life, one filled with freedom and peace. Don.t delay call (206) 417-4900 today and schedule your first appointment.

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A lot has changed in the last several months. We, as member of the LGBTQ community, have fought long and hard to gain simple rights such as the right to marry whom we choose, or the right to be open in our careers, (including professional and military). Now on a daily basis we are reading about and hearing about how certain members of the government want to strip those rights away from us, we are constantly reading about not being accepted by others, and thus lessening our own Self Acceptance.

As stated in an earlier blog, do you ever wonder why the gay community has a higher incidence rate of suicide, alcoholism, drug addiction, sex addiction, and a higher rate of HIV / AIDS. While at the same time you read about how the members of the gay community have a higher expendable income than most. Perhaps it is time to turn our attention to what is inside of ourselves, instead of constantly focusing on what is going on in the outside world.

Utilizing the tools of Hypnosis and Life Coaching, you can start turnning inwards and develop, self awareness and self acceptance.

From the moment we are first born, we are taught how to exist in the culture that we were born into. Our conscious minds, our EGO is fillied with images, messages, and agreements that we carry through out our lives, that tell what it takes to be a good boy, or a bad boy, or a good girl, or a bad girl. Unfortunately, most of us in the community, are taught that it is not natural to be attracted to someone of our own gender. If someone is attracted to someone of their own gender, they are taught that they are not as good as, and they do not deserve the same abundance and prosperity that their straight counter parts deserve. Our Self Acceptance is very low, sometimes almost non existant. Many of in the community still feel as though they have to hide themselves from certain segments of the population, they constantly feel attacked and belittled by the majority of the population. After years of fighting for basic rights, and struggling to come out, there still seems to be a tough road that lies ahead.

Our unconscious minds, our EGOS, contain three main archetypes that pretty well run our lives. The Inner Judge, The Inner Victim, and the Inner Punisher. Without any conscious thought, we judge everyone and everything we are exposed to, based on the information that we were given by the adults in our lives,  Parents, School, Friends, Churches, Movies, Books, etc. These judgements include our selves.How many times have you been focused on “I am not good enough, I am going to loss my job, I am going to loss my relationship, or in some cases I am going to have my rights taking away”.

In the case of many in the LGBTQ community, our Inner Judge is constantly creating self talk that is very negative and self defeating, from old messages and incidences. Many people find Self Acceptance hard to achieve when they live with the scars of “bullying” about our same sex desires and feeling”. As the Inner Judge deems us as unworthy, not good enough, our Inner Victim accepts this judgement withour much question. Then the Inner Punisher takes over, and merits out whatever punishment is felt necessary to take care of the Judgement, such feelings of low self worth, low Self Acceptence, constant stress, anxiety, or serious and long bouts of depression.

What can you do?

The first thing to do is learn how to shift your attention. Learn how to meditate using self hypnosis. With Foundations Hypnosis you will learn how to let go of emotions with a technique called Emotional Release Therpy, (ERT).

By learning to meditate, by learning how to use Hypnosis, and ERT,by developing Self Acceptance,  you can begin to take charge of your emotions and your thoughts and start attracting the kind of life that you want instead of the kind of life that you don’t want.

I have been a hypnotist and chemical dependency counselor for a little over twenty five years. I have been exposed to numerous therapy techniques and ideas over the years, but the ones that work are based on the idea that we are not our thoughts, and we are not our feelings. We are actually the consciousness behind those things. We are master of our thoughts, we are the master of our feelings, and until we learn some simple and basic techniques to actually start taking control of what is on the inside, until we start actually learning how to switch our focus from negative old belifs and ideas, and start focusing on posirive and powerful images and messages, we are going to continue to get stuck in a life of addictions, phobias, low self worth, fears, and anxieties.

Foundations Hypnosis, Life Coaching Seattle and Everett, has a program that is guaranteed to get you moving in the direction that you want and desire.  Just listen to these two satisfied customers:

“I strongly recommend D.L. to anyone looking to seriously face their challenges/fears. He has an amazing ability to zero in on an issue and not waste time talking about all the trivial stuff. During the toughest period of my life, D.L. was one person who I knew believed in my ability to overcome the greatest challenges. Rather than allow me to focus on the problem, he helped me see things in a new light and discover a completely new way of living. Today, I enjoy my life and have a hopefulness and confidence I could never have imagined. I believe that D.L. was the spark that helped fuel my new life.”  S.S.

Over the years I’d managed to define my existence with a whole lot of, I can’t. I can’t find love, I can’t get a job, I can’t go to school, and so on. With DL’s patient wisdom and experience my eyes began to open and realize there was an entire lifestyle out there for me that I’d yet to tap into. The only thing holding me back was my own belief system. And now the only thing “I can’t” do is be restricted by self imposed limitations. I now enjoy healthier relationships with my partner, friends, and family and am very excited about my progress as a student working towards the career of my dreams. Thanks DL.

So whether you are a member of the LGBTQ community dealing with comming out issues, or simply dealing with your own issues of self worth, and esteem, or stress related issues that include obsessive compulsive behaviors and you are seeking help in dealing with those issues, Call NOW!!!! Ccall for your first session now, and start living the life you have always dreamed of. Foundations Hypnosis, and Life Coaching Seattle ~ Lynnwood ~ Everett, (206) 417-4900. https://www.dlscottpersonalenergymastery.com

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