Sweet, sweet, sweet!

My client "Sarah" is about as stressed out as anyone I have ever worked with. Her ex-husband is volatile and not complying with several key court-ordered actions. Of her three children, two have serious medically-diagnosed psychiatric conditions. Frequent court battles have left her frazzled and she has been hanging on by a thread. Her physician urged her to seek me out, issuing a formal prescription for my work.

The last time she came in, her youngest son was with her. He's ten and struggles with attention and anger management challenges. A beautiful boy, he sat in my waiting room very patiently for the first hour of her appointment. Sarah and I have just begun our journey together so we're still in the foundation-laying stage. Lots of EFT and relaxation, including the CDs I've been making for her in my office that she can listen to at home. The deeper work, the Essential Healing (tm) will come later.

When it came time for me to record a new relaxation CD for Sarah, I suggested her son join her.
I pulled the cushions off the waiting room couch to make a comfortable spot for him to lie down. By the time I came back into my inner office, he was tucked in at his mother's side on my famous "big blue chair." And there he stayed.

I don't have the words to describe the sweetness of that recording session for me. I chose one of my favorite scripted inductions, one I call "Core Empowerment," adapted from one of Del Morrill's scripts. I love it because it reinforces the fact that everything we need to live a happy, healthy life -- no matter what -- is within us: comfort, security, wisdom, wellness, confidence, success, peace, etc. It was as important a message for the son as for the mom.

After all these years of sharing it with clients, the script is familiar enough that I only needed to glance down every so often, giving me lots of opportunity to fill my eyes with the sweet scene before me: Mother and son, holding each other, completely relaxed and contented, enjoying a respite of peace in an otherwise extremely chaotic world.

No matter when Sarah listens to the CD, she'll have a sensory memory of her son at her side, both of them relaxed and peaceful. And the next time I record that particular script for someone, I'll have the heart-memory of these precious moments of sanctuary I was able to provide for one mother and son.