The Fear and Anxiety Solution (39 page)

in CARE program,
206
,
208 – 210
,
226
,
228

amnesia,
44

amygdalae,
34
,
35 – 36
,
35

angry faces, fear of,
30

animals

shaking off anxiety/stress,
50

unconditional love from,
161

antianxiety medications,
11
,
36 – 38

side effects of,
36

antidepressants,
36 – 38

Antonovsky, Aaron,
203 – 204

anxiety,
9
,
11 – 12
.
See also
emotions; fear and anxiety; panic attacks

adaptive aspect of,
29 – 30
,
47 – 48

antianxiety medications,
11
,
36 – 38

as away-from motivation,
58
,
60 – 61

brain pathways and,
34 – 36
,
35

as catalyst/springboard for truth,
138 – 139

cellular addiction to,
159 – 160

confused with excitement,
93

conscious and subconscious,
133 – 134

costs of,
60 – 61

focus on/anticipation of,
63

free-floating,
92 – 93

imagination and,
33 – 34

intangible,
133 – 134

meditation to relieve,
162

overview,
9 – 15

percentage of Americans diagnosed with,
9

reality of,
33 – 34

root causes of,
12
,
48 – 54
,
124

source of,
29 – 30

specifying,
93

as vague sense,
9

vs. fear,
9

apoptosis,
3

appreciation,
118 – 120
,
226 – 227

approval-seeking behaviors,
98
,
213 – 215

assumptions,
210 – 211

counterbalancing,
212 – 213

atoms,
169

autoimmune disease,
31

automatic behaviors,
45

awareness,
18 – 20
,
23
.
See also
change facts and fictions about fear and anxiety,
29 – 38

away-from motivation,
57 – 59
,
60 – 61

Bateson, Gregory,
191

beliefs,
19
,
22
,
31

changing,
173 – 174
,
176 – 177
,
186 – 193

core,
51 – 53
.
See also
core beliefs

changing,
186 – 193

establishing new,
186 – 193

new, empowering,
184 – 186
,
206

strengthening,
206
,
208 – 210

unsupportive/limiting,
51 – 52
,
124
,
173 – 177

learned in childhood,
174 – 176
,
177

self-limiting,
51 – 52
,
144
,
173 – 177

difficulty of changing,
176 – 177

reinforcement of,
174 – 175
,
176

releasing,
53 – 54
,
177 – 183

subconscious mind and,
180 – 181

testing if you’ve found,
180

as subconscious filter,
46
,
47
,
173 – 174

benzodiazepines,
36

biochemicals,
36 – 38

Biology of Belief, The
(Lipton),
158 – 159

blame,
19 – 20

blood pressure, high,
11
,
31
,
162

boundaries, establishing,
87 – 88
,
215

brain function,
34 – 36
,
35

breathing,
164
,
207 – 208

deep breathing,
207
,
213

one-minute breathing,
207 – 208

cancer,
31

cardiovascular disease,
3

CARE (center, align, reinforce, enhance)

program,
205 – 228

calendar for,
228

common anxiety pitfalls,
210 – 212

daily practice,
205
,
228
,
228

daily reinforcement exercises,
212 – 225
,
228

steps of

aligning,
208 – 210

centering,
206 – 208

enhancing,
226 – 227

reinforcing,
210 – 226

summary,
228

career, problems with,
107 – 108

cells,
3 – 4

cellular identity,
158 – 161
,
206

cellular memory,
158 – 160
,
206

coordination by subconscious mind,
45
,
167

emotions and memories in,
44 – 45
,
147

“master cell”,
168

wisdom of,
3 – 4

centering,
206 – 208
,
228
,
232

change,
17 – 27

actualization and,
25 – 26

awareness and,
18 – 20

choice and,
23 – 25

establishing new core beliefs,
186 – 193

fear of,
25

flexibility and,
20 – 23

getting worse before it gets better,
25

integration and,
26 – 27

“just do it”,
25
,
26

maintaining, vs. making,
199 – 201

owning it,
173

reasons (motivation) for,
57 – 78

resistance to,
13 – 14
,
25
,
54
,
74

anticipating,
72

arguments to counter,
141

steps towards,
25
,
27

checklist for fear and anxiety,
231 – 232

childhood

abuse/trauma,
102 – 103
,
125
,
137

memory and,
44
,
125

rejection by mothers,
137 – 138

experiences and imprints of,
41 – 42
,
83 – 86
,
97 – 98

limiting beliefs learned in,
174 – 176
,
177

reviewing from place of learning,
138
,
139

young subconscious mind,
97 – 98

Chinese medicine,
158

choice,
23 – 25
,
55 – 78
.
See also
motivation

goal-defining questions,
58 – 78

inevitability of,
23 – 24

motivation and,
57 – 59

power of,
24 – 25

resolving inner conflicts,
95 – 122

chronic pain,
11

circumstances, becoming the master of,
215 – 217

clearing your energy,
222 – 224

coherence,
203 – 205

comfort zones,
13 – 14
,
75

commitment,
25
,
27
,
91 – 92
,
201 – 203
,
210

approaching from love,
203

confidence and self-love and,
201 – 203

forty-day commitment program,
199
,
205 – 228

compassion,
85
,
90
,
91 – 92
,
146
,
148

Dalai Lama on,
161

reintegration and,
118 – 120

comprehensibility,
204

concentration camps (Nazi Germany),
204

Concept of Anxiety, The
(Kierkegaard),
138

confidence,
201 – 203
,
205

conflict.
See
inner conflicts

conscious awareness,
205
242

conscious commitment,
25
,
27

conscious mind, relationship to

subconscious,
43 – 45

consciousness

in cells,
3 – 4

complexity of,
37

higher,
17

consistency,
199 – 201
,
202

Conversations with God
(Walsch),
183

convincers,
67
,
68 – 69
,
141

coping mechanisms,
42
,
140

core alignment,
157 – 172
,
208 – 210
.
See also
CARE program; essence; meditation in CARE program,
206
,
208 – 210
,
226
,
228

cellular identity,
158 – 161

essence (core energy) and,
161 – 172

example of,
171 – 172

meditation and,
162 – 170

core beliefs,
51 – 53

changing,
186 – 193

establishing new,
186 – 193

defining new belief,
186 – 189

seeing, feeling, and believing,
189 – 191

supportive evidence, collecting,
191 – 193

new, empowering,
184 – 186
,
206

establishing,
186 – 193

strengthening,
206
,
208 – 210

unsupportive/limiting,
51 – 52
,
124
,
173 – 177

core energy.
See
essence (core energy)

cortex,
35
,
35

cortisol,
159

counterbalancing

free-floating anxiety,
92 – 93

negative assumptions,
212 – 213

negative self-talk,
88 – 90
,
104

Courage to Create, The
(May),
138

Cousins, Norman,
136

creative expression,
222

critic/critical,
98
,
102 – 104
.
See also
judging/judgmental

daily practice,
205
,
212 – 225
,
228

calendar for,
228

Dalai Lama,
161

danger

fear and anxiety as signal of,
10
,
13
,
33

subconscious mind and,
97

decision making,
185 – 186

deep breathing,
207
,
213

denial,
58

depression,
162

detachment,
224

diabetes,
31

disease, stress-related,
31 – 32

DNA,
159
,
168 – 169

dreams,
167

drugs, self-medication with,
11

Egyptians,
206

Einstein, Albert,
37
,
134
,
173 – 174

Eker, T. Harv,
43

emotional baggage, releasing,
123 – 154
.

See also
pattern resolution process

emotional baggage,
50 – 51
,
124

leading, learning, letting go,
125 – 127

memories, subconscious storage of,
127 – 130
,
128

signals of attention needed for,
125 – 126

why do we hold onto?,
124 – 125

life line orientation,
128 – 131
,
128

pattern resolution process,
132 – 154

principles of,
132 – 139

seven steps of,
139 – 149

emotions,
12 – 13
,
230
.
See also
emotional

baggage, releasing

ability to express,
51

amygdalae and,
34
,
35

antianxiety medications and,
36 – 37

avoiding,
5 – 6
,
124

created by subconscious mind,
44

in healing,
5 – 6

identification with,
53 – 54

naming,
92 – 93

negative

addressing,
6

information from,
13

releasing,
177

positive, adding,
90 – 91

power/effects of,
5 – 6

purpose of,
12 – 13

shaking off,
50

stored,
44 – 45
,
50 – 51

stored, as root cause of fear and anxiety,
50 – 51
,
124

subconscious mind and,
5
,
44
,
46
,
47

suppression of,
50 – 51
,
124
,
127

unaddressed,
5 – 6
,
124

empowerment,
17
,
173 – 228
.
See also
core

beliefs; self-empowerment

blueprint for,
183 – 186
243

choice and,
24 – 25

envisioning,
64

maintaining,
199 – 228

commitment and,
201 – 203

consistency and,
199 – 201

daily practices,
205
,
212 – 225
,
228

forty-day commitment program,
199
,
205 – 228

sense of coherence,
203 – 205

new, empowering beliefs,
184 – 186
,
206

establishing,
186 – 193

strengthening,
206
,
208 – 210

self-empowerment,
173 – 197

transforming into empowered self,
193 – 196

energy

clearing,
222 – 224

core energy (essence),
161 – 172