Many of us have grown up learning that after a traumatic event we should offer our deepest sympathies, but is your sympathy causing more harm than good? 

Here's a truth bomb for you, 

Sympathy actually comes from a place of judgment.

It says, “I’m judging that their situation is bad or wrong”...

Here is a simple trick to get you "unstuck" when you draw a blank in the middle of a coaching session.

If the first thing that comes up when you get stuck is “Oh crap, I’m stuck.”, analyze the feeling that comes with that thought. The feeling is usually shame. More often than not, there is ...

Contrary to popular belief, Natural health and allopathic health are more alike than most would think. Whether through pharmaceutical pills or herbs or body work, both means of healthcare are known to treat or correct the symptom presenting itself rather than heal the underlying feelings that are ca...

We've all heard the phrase "change your mindset" when it comes to self development, but is it possible that simply changing your mindset isn't actually what you need? 

Learn a more effective way to quickly and easily change your inner and outer world through self mastery. 

But firs...

What if your condition was happening for you instead of to you?

Avoid naming and giving energy to your, or a loved one's, diagnosis. 

Examples of giving energy to it are saying things like: “oh, you got this”, “I’m so sorry about that”, “I didn’t know you had this condition, that’s so tough”. The...

Your breakthrough could impact the lives of many.

Open up the possibility that this life is one big, amazing, journey. 

Give yourself the feel of that empowerment to look at your current or past life situations. As big as they may be, as painful as they are, as debilitating as they may have been,...

An estimated 10.7% of the world population lives with a mental health disorder. Here, we’ll take a look at  how to reverse anxiety disorders with a quick change in language choice. 

If a person has a high level of anxiety, they’re speaking a lot of not’s in their life. Such as, “I don’t lik...

Do you find yourself getting sick all of the time? Maybe you have a season every year that your allergies act up, or that you have a bad cough? These symptoms are speaking to you, and when we listen, our symptoms say a lot. If you are getting sick often, here is a way to look at that a bit more deep...

How do we recover from PTSD and other trauma patterns? It is possible to heal from PTSD without medications or counseling.

Trauma is life changing, and it comes with a wide variety of symptoms such as flashbacks, anxiety, and depression. However, the first thing to know is, you don’t have to change a...

There are many different ways to approach health and healing, but what if you've really tried them all? Here’s how your subconscious beliefs could be holding you back from healing your illnesses.

Most people are just looking at the moment that they’re in, not their whole life. 

This very moment y...

Why you won't be able to move through not knowing what to do in the middle of a session until you shift your feelings towards the situation when that happens..

A good way to think of it is that everything is going to fall into the category of hate or love. If I don’t love something then I have less t...

Learn the simple way that you can use markers in the eye to hone in on your clients deep rooted beliefs.

At EncompassLIFE, prior to an eye talk session we take pictures of our clients eyes as a before and after for their transformational experience. In an eye talk session, we do a video screen share ...

Helping someone with a recurring injury or chronic condition can be hard, but it doesn't have to be. 

When you're healing the “unhealable”, what you're really doing is forgiving the unforgivable.  That's because all our physical trauma and physical pain comes down to our emotions - that’s w...

A clip from our Facebook Group "Legendary Coaching Tools & Techniques" where we discuss the Sympathy Trap and a key to getting clients over the hump.

Many people speak from the mindset that a lot of things are happening to them in their lives and they haven’t figured out why. One person is acting disrespectfully, another person is failing to support, one takes advantage of your kindness, and another ignores your requests. Whatever oddity is happe...

You know we are all about energy here at Encompass Life! We’re also way into big fun and play. The Urban Dictionary defines "big dad energy" as: 

1. the energy given off by men when they do typical dad things

2. the sexy energy given off by dads when they go above and beyond the normal ...

Often when we ask people what is standing between them and their desires, they offer many excuses that often pertain to their age, the economy, the government, their neighborhood, their family, their boss, their partner or the lack thereof. Their standards then lower over time to conform to this rea...

One of the greatest zones of consciousness practice can be the roads we drive. There are so many factors around us: texting drivers, road ragers, construction in progress, and more. Plus, there’s sometimes the pressure of getting somewhere on time or having your hair look right even though you just ...

Have you ever read the Foxfire books or remember the Foxfire project in the 1970’s? In the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, high school students interviewed folks living in small mountain cabins, free from plumbing and electricity, about their life experiences. Some of the residents were bor...