A few nights ago I was getting ready for bed when, literally out of the blue, I felt ill – sore throat, shivery and headache. Instead of doing my, what would be usual, personal rant, I lay down in bed and observed my body sensations with curiosity, tapping on my finger points every so often. I didn’t sleep much. The shivers came in waves. My throat felt raw and my head was throbbing.
In the morning I knew I had to cancel everything – clients and arrangements with my daughter – and lie still allowing this virus to flow through me. And as I lay there, I became aware of the amazing job my body was doing, raising its temperature in order to burn off the virus and experienced gratitude for the miracle of my healing body.
I also contacted my wonderful homeopath who rushed round some remedies to help me out. As the day went on I continued observing my body, taking the remedies and resting.
Towards the evening the intensity of my headache increased to unmanageable levels. Usually when I get a headache of this intensity (which isn’t very often any more) I reach for a paracetamol. Throughout my childhood and early adulthood I suffered from migraines which lasted for about 24 hours and often consisted of frequent vomiting making the pain worse. The whole experience was unbearable so whenever I get a headache that exceeds a certain point of tolerance I stuff the feelings down with paracetamol.
On this occasion, my husband asked me what would happen if I didn’t take the painkillers. I told him I feared the intensity of the pain, the continuous uncontrollable vomiting and ultimately death! By avoiding myself to move through this experience, to cross the threshold in a mindful way, I was preventing myself from healing this issue for once and for all. I felt as if I was on the precipice of a cliff about to step off into the dangerous unknown.
My husband told me in his reassuring way that I was safe, being taken care of and that all was well and tapped with me, supporting me through the fear, while identifying specific memories that I hadn’t worked on yet (yes, there is always more!!!) – migraine while camping in the desert and sun stroke and continuous vomiting leading to hospitalization. On this occasion I was able to use EFT to move over the edge beyond fear and come back safe and sound. Although my headache didn’t subside immediately, it was definitely the turning point to my recovery.
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