Geoff Laughton Presents Undoing Our Emotional Illiteracy – An Interview with Author Luis Diaz

Today, I have the great pleasure of being the host on Day 10 of the Virtual Blog Tour for Memory in the Cells by author Luis Angel Diaz.

Newly translated from the popular Spanish edition, author Luis Diaz describes his book Memory in the Cells as “where Eckhart Tolle meets What the Bleep Do We Know, but taking you on a much more practical journey.” He says Memory in the Cells teaches “emotional education” and shows the reader how to transform the “pain body” into the “joy body”, helping to heal all aspects of their lives.

Yesterday, Luis visited Rochele Hirsch at https://beforethebehavior.magellanshop.com/blog/?cat=1. For today’s stop on the tour, I decided to ask Luis some questions about how to become more emotionally literate in our lives.

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Geoff: You contend that self-betrayal is a cultural habit, and neuroscientists assert that our brains are hardwired to orient towards the negative. Say more about how it’s a cultural habit, and what can we do to circumvent it?

Luis: Based on my experience in the last two decades, I can’t find real evidence that our brains are hardwired towards the negative. On the contrary, I’ve seen that there is a genuine and natural tendency to live aligned with wellbeing and the so called human values. Among others, they represent our need for peace, love, freedom, trust, connection, mutuality and equality.

The patterns of negativity based upon fear are part of the software or the programming we receive from the cultural system in which we are raised. We are authentic and honest beings when we are born. We learn to lie and to compromise our truth either by imitation (“My mom says she is ok, when I know she is very sad”) or through our own experience when adults tell us not to be sad, afraid or angry when we really are.

As adults, we get used to lying and pretending we think or feel differently from how we really do, in order to be accepted or liked by others, believing if they like us, they will help us or we will benefit from them. We also compromise our truth in order to keep the harmony in our relationships, or not to suffer exclusion from groups or family.
Compromising our truth leads to self betrayal. And when we betray ourselves, we pay with all sorts of imbalances in us, from low self-esteem and self confidence, to physical or mental problems.

Geoff: What do you mean when you talk about being “addicted” to emotions?

Luis: The more we suppress an emotion, the more layers of it accumulate within our bodies. The more layers we accumulate, the more our body wants to get rid of them.
The way the body gets rid of emotions is through feeling them! But since we are trained to deny or avoid them, we keep suppressing them. After a while, we become engulfed in this vicious circle and that suppressed emotion becomes a central piece in our inner landscape. As a consequence, we feel it most of the time! That is like an addiction actually. The more we try to avoid it, the bigger it gets and the more space it takes up within us.

Geoff: Do you feel that the “best” life is one guided solely by intellect/ego?

Luis: In my experience, I can say that the ego is not a problem as long as we are conscious of it as strategy of the mind’s creation in order to be safe and protected.
The ego is a problem when we let it run the show!

Since ego is our mind’s creation, it is the result of our perception; and our perception is the result of the programming we have. As civilized human beings, this programming supports and generates inner fragmentation in us. We are not just rational beings as we’ve been told. We are multidimensional beings. That means we are and live in different dimensions at the same time. We are physical beings; we need and have physical bodies in order to have a human experience. We are also mental beings; our minds are continually creating thoughts and opinions. Therefore, we generate endless streams of beliefs about ourselves and others.

But we are also emotional beings, as we generate feelings and emotional reactions as a result of the thoughts and beliefs that we have.

We cannot say we are complete, nor can we feel balanced and experience wellbeing, as long as we are unable to live consciously from all three of these dimensions. And that means consciously integrating and including these dimensions within us.

Geoff: What are 3 ways we can begin to undo our emotional illiteracy?

Luis: Getting an emotional education is the main thing. In the same way I got education in marketing when I wanted to promote my book! Here are some steps:

1- Find someone you trust from whom you can receive emotional education. It is crucial this is someone who applies what they teach in their own life.
2- Learn how to listen to your body’s feelings and sensations. Ultimately, your body will be your main teacher.
3- Be honest with yourself. Treat yourself as your very best friend and be present to your breath that connects you with life moment by moment.
4- Have fun with it!

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I hope you enjoyed this interview with Luis Angel Diaz and that you’ll check out his new book Memory in the Cells, which is coming to Amazon on Tuesday October 5, 2010. You can receive a complete library of beautiful personal development gifts when you buy the book on the day of its launch, including one from me: my special report “3 Steps to Transcending the Grip of Survival Energy.”

In addition, Luis is hosting a very special FREE telesummit entitled “Healing at a Cellular Level” on September 27th, 28th and 29th with a distinguished panel of some of today’s most inspiring authors and speakers on the topic of emotional healing and holistic wellbeing. If you’d like to attend, all you have to do is request a “launch reminder” about the book, and you’ll receive all the information to attend. If you cannot make the live event, you can download the audio at your convenience.

To find out how to buy Luis’s book and receive these gifts, including the FREE pass to the 3-day online telesummit, go to

http://www.memoryinthecells.com

AND, you can read all about the telesummit and the guests at http://tinyurl.com/cmr-telesummit

Be sure to follow Luis tomorrow when the next stop on his Virtual Blog Tour is Glenn M Smith´s Blog http://sensitiveselfhelp.com .

As usual, please do feel free to share your comments and thoughts below. I love reading your feedback.

Geoff Laughton Presents Listening To Your Heart Without A Stethoscope With Dr. E Michael Weiss, MD Interviewer Misa Hopkins

Dr. E. Michael Weiss, MD, a Board-Certified Cardiovascular Surgeon based in New Jersey and author of the upcoming book, “Listening To Your Heart Without My Stethoscope,” will be sharing about the amazing experiences he’s had in his practice and Life which that led him to realize that medicine was (and remains) not just his profession, but his spiritual path. In this interview, Dr. Weiss will talk about how he is working towards bridging the gap between science and the Human Spirit in ways that you may not expect to encounter with your doctor.

Geoff Laughton Presents The Passions & Possibilities® With Sue Zeal Oliver

A career transition and success coach, Sue Zeal Oliver supports social and spiritual entrepreneurs (aka Passioneers®) in leaping vibrantly into their passions for making big contributions in the world.  She’s on a mission to prove that you can thrive at what you love, especially when you give back.  Chief Passioneer of the Passions & Possibilities® social media network and founder of two New Thought ministries, Sue holds an MBA in Finance and an MA in Consciousness Studies.  She’s passionate about dog rescue, fitness, and lifelong learning.  You can reach her at:

Geoff Laughton Presents Your Breakthrough Solution With Caitríona Reed

Caitríona Reed has more than twenty-five years experience as a facilitator of Personal and Organizational Change. She is a Clinical Hypnotherapist; a Master Trainer in Neurological Repatterning and NLP, as well as being a dynamic speaker and group facilitator. She received formal recognition as a Zen teacher from renowned Nobel nominee, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, and integrates perennial perspectives and values, derived from ancient Wisdom Traditions, with creative skills to help creative individuals, entrepreneurs and small business owners to thrive in a continually changing environment. She has facilitated workshops, retreats, and trainings internationally for more than two decades. She is cofounder and CEO of Manzanita Village, and the Five Changes Process, in Southern California where, with her partner Michele Benzamin-Miki, she has been a guiding teacher for seventeen years. She is author of The Thirty Pressing Questions, a year-long training curriculum integrating perspectives for personal change.

Geoff Laughton Presents An Interview with E.Dee Conrad On Her New Book: “A New Dawn Awaits”

Those readers who follow me, my website, and this blog with any regularity know that I am a pretty Spiritually oriented Coach. My personal spirituality plays a big part in my life, and I am always studying a variety of Spiritual/Transformational writings. When a good book comes along that offers great information, new understandings, and helpful steps for navigating this challenging Earthly existence, I like to let you know about them. One such book is about to come out, called A New Dawn Awaits, by E.Dee Conrad.

Today, I have the great pleasure of being the host of Day 8 of her Virtual Blog Tour to share about the book. She was on my Radio Show last Wednesday, where we had a great chat, and I’m thrilled to be able to ask her some pertinent questions, the answers to which I hope will be more than useful and illuminating for all of you.

A New Dawn Awaits is a compassionate and inspiring channelled collection of short inspirational reflections, bringing together wisdom of the ages, showing us how to access knowledge that has been part of our consciousness, but has been dormant, for eons. E.Dee’s intention in writing this book is to help readers reach inwards into their divine essence and outwards to the energy that connects us as one humanity.

Yesterday, E.Dee visited Kat Tansey’s blog http://www.kattansey.com/blog.

For today’s stop on E.Dee’s tour, I chose to ask her some questions on how we really do create our world and what we can do to make it a better place.

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Geoff:  E.Dee, what do you see that people most could use in these times…the ego’s support structures are being sorely challenged, and don’t usually go down easy. What are some ways that people could tame their thoughts?

E.Dee: In challenging times, the best thing a person can do is find a way to minimize stress. Achieving a more balanced perspective and approach to life is a great way to stay on an even keel in the most difficult of circumstances. One way is to go within and reconnect with your inner being through meditation. We are stressed when we feel fear on some level – that is the root of the stress. Reconnecting with your inner core offers an incredible source of strength.

Geoff: You say in your book, A New Dawn Awaits, that our thoughts create our souls, which I think is a very controversial assertion. Can you say more about what you mean and how that works?

E.Dee: Our thoughts create our reality. Our reality creates our universe. Our universe creates our soul. This is the essence of the universe and the world we live in – there is a constant give and take, or rather a constant give and receive. Just as every action against you mirrors some aspect of your thought, so does every thought of yours influence and create some aspect of every action against you.  There is a constant interaction between all thoughts and beings. The universe and everything in it operates as a gentle wave in a small pool – methodically moving back and forth, giving and receiving. Everything is a cycle, a circle without beginning and without end, the alpha and the omega all at once and continually.  When we understand how this flow works we will understand the universe and all her powers of creation, abundance and happiness.

Geoff: People in general seem to be feeling quite powerless over the circumstances and changes that are happening in our country/world right now. How can one person who doesn’t feel they could possibly make a difference actually contribute to the shifts that are coming in a positive way?

E.Dee: Each of us can help shape our collective destiny by becoming aware of our thoughts. Thoughts emit energy and it is this energy that manifests into the physical reality we see around us. If you have positive thoughts – ones of love, kindness, compassion and forgiveness – you will be helping to create a world where there is limited grief, hatred, violence, and anger, if any at all.

The truly beautiful part is that you don’t have to try to change your thoughts – just be aware of what is running through your mind. At first, you will be surprised at how many critical and judgmental thoughts you have every day. Awareness alone is enough to bring about a change in your thought patterns without additional effort on your part. Your negative thoughts will automatically decrease and your positive thoughts will increase, bringing about a better life for you and everyone else.
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I hope you have enjoyed this interview with E.Dee Conrad, and I encourage you to check out her book A New Dawn Awaits, which is coming to Amazon on Tuesday September 21, 2010. If you should choose to buy the book on the 21st on Amazon, you can receive a collection of over 30 beautiful personal development gifts.

In addition, if you resonate with E.Dee’s message, she is hosting a very special FREE telesummit entitled “The Shift. The Message. The Transformation” on September 14th, 15th and 16th with nine of today’s most vibrant authors and speakers on the topic of the consciousness, transformation, and the global “shift” occurring on our planet today. If you’d like to attend, all you have to do is request a “launch reminder” about the book, and you’ll receive all the information to attend. If you cannot make the live event, you can download the audio at your convenience.

To find out how to buy E.Dee’s book and receive these gifts, including the FREE pass to the 3-day online telesummit, go to http://spiritauthors.com/pages/edee/new-dawn-awaits-by-edee-conrad.html

AND, you can read all about the telesummit and the guests on the 3 days at

http://virtualspiritualevents.com

Be sure to follow E.Dee tomorrow when the next stop on her Virtual Blog Tour is Ruth McCurdy’s blog at http://hotflash10.wordpress.com/

As usual, please do feel free to share your comments and thoughts below. I love reading your feedback.

Geoff Laughton Presents “A New Dawn Awaits” New Book By E.Dee Conrad

Spiritual Author E.Dee Conrad shares about her upcoming book, "A New Dawn Awaits: The Times Ahead And How To Shift Your Consciousness," available on Amazon.com on September 21st. E.Dee talks about the changes that she sees are coming, why they're so important, and how we can best navigate these changes to step into what she calls a new "Age of Enlightenment."

Geoff Laughton Presents Faith No More? A Man’s Journey of Faith, With Bill Wilder

Do you ever wrestle with what to do when your experience of the Divine clashes with the views of your culture or family upbringing? Join your host Geoff Laughton as he talks with Bill Wilder, M.Div., M.A., LPC. Bill was on the path to becoming an Evangelical minister when his experience of God began to contradict with some of the fundamental assumptions of the evangelical tradition. In Bill’s quest for answers, he came across the Internal Family Systems model, which served as a bridge to learning to begin to trust his own intuition instead of looking exclusively to external sources for answers. Bill will be sharing about his journey from the evangelical ministry path to his current role as a therapist in Boulder, Colorado, working with Individuals, Couples, and Groups.