Subconscious Mind Power – EFT Tapping & Transformation Coach Singapore & Online https://www.evelynlim.com Tap into Transformation & Life Coaching Singapore Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:47:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.evelynlim.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-EvelynLim-Website-Logo-1-32x32.png Subconscious Mind Power – EFT Tapping & Transformation Coach Singapore & Online https://www.evelynlim.com 32 32 What is Wounded Child Healing https://www.evelynlim.com/the-story-of-the-wounded-child/ https://www.evelynlim.com/the-story-of-the-wounded-child/#comments Tue, 25 Feb 2025 04:07:26 +0000 http://www.attractionmindmap.com/?p=1686 Have you come across the term “wounded child healing” and wonder if it is something that you may need?

Well, I’d like to offer a brief description of what I understand “wounded child healing” to be.

[Note: I’m re-publishing this article as it is still relevant till today;-)]

What is Wounded Child Healing

The “wounded child” is an archetype which contains damaged or negative emotional patterns of our youth. It may help to improve your understanding if we can draw reference from the lyrics to the song “Childhood” by Michael Jackson…

Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my Childhood?
People say I’m strange that way
‘Cause I love such elementary things,
It’s been my fate to compensate,
For the Childhood I’ve never known…

Loving The Wounded Child

Loving the wounded child is about healing ourselves through acknowledging the trauma and hurt that we suffered when we were young and then freeing ourselves from them. As adults, we unconsciously allowed these memories to dictate how we run our lives. Our coping mechanisms were meant to protect us at one stage but they may no longer serve us.

Here is something for you to think about…

The outer story of your adult life, thus far, reflects the inside story of your wounded child.

We hold dysfunctional self images through the stories of our childhood. How we perceive ourselves is pretty much driven by the childhood programming that we have had. Our childhood programming is largely influenced by our caregivers, who represented the world to us while we were young. We form relationships based on what we learn from our parents. Our parents in turn learn about theirs from their parents. So it is in us that we have layers and layers of beliefs, patterns and behavior passed down from generation to generation.

Yet, as much as not wishing to be like any of our parents, we may find ourselves having adopted the same patterns, behavior and attitudes. It often comes as no surprise to some of us on how we end up in similar patterns. We may not recognize it at first but the patterns are the same recurring themes.

Negative patterns essentially bear the same emotional pain energy even though they may take on different forms. Anorexia, obesity or alcoholism may be traced to negative self images perpetuated by our parents during our younger days. It is possible that our current feelings of rejection originate from childhood.

While there are the rare courageous few who rise above their traumas, the vast majority of us carry the wounds of our childhood around. The same patterns manifest in every aspect of our lives; at home, in the office; in the relationships we have with our spouses, kids, parents or friends; or even physically.

Wounded Child Healing: Releasing the Trauma

Indeed, the wounds of your inner child can create much havoc in the relationships you have with yourself and others. Through healing, you confront the archetypal force within your psyche. With confronting rather than stifling the voice, you release the emotional charge that your wounded child holds on to. You recognize that you have been compelled to grow up too fast.

Carrying the baggage of an openly wounded child keeps you living in the past. You keep alive the story of your past of abandonment, abuse, betrayal, rejection, guilt and shame. Your energy resonates the same vibrational pattern. If you have ever wondered why you attract the same type of experiences, herein lies the reason why.

Your wounded child has no awareness of spiritual lessons. He or she may want to stay hurt, angry and vindictive even. You will need to release the energetic story of your wounded child. As long as you allow your wounded child to be in the driver’s seat, you operate from the same helpless space.

Wounded child healing means caring for yourself so that the things of the past no longer hurt you. You realize your need for healing because you are only hurting yourself most of all, when you carry the baggage around. You do this by acknowledging the wounded child within. You call up the little kid for the unfinished business of loving, nurturing and embracing him or her.

You may initially feel resistant to releasing yourself from the pain of your childhood story. You have identified with it for so long that you suspect you will feel lost without one. After all, you need someone or something to take the blame for your current dysfunctional self or life. You are filled with a sense of righteous anger towards your parents, family or friends for the person you have now become.

Giving up the story is going to put you in great discomfort. Your childhood story is essentially a collection of thoughts of the past. You have to realize that you cannot hope to create an empowering life if you do not first release your attachment to an old script.

Freeing Your Wounded Child

For wounded child healing, you may be invited to explore forgiveness. You work on forgiving yourself by letting your inner child that it is not her fault. Also, you may consider if you are willing to forgive those who could have contributed to the situation that you are now in.

Taking one or two steps back potentially gives you a clearer picture. For instance, it allows you to see whether your parents have also been emotionally hurt as a result of their own childhood experiences. They have unconsciously inflicted on you what they have suffered as children.

It also boils down to choice. Think about it this way. Decide which you would rather have: continued pain or ultimate freedom?

Your Thoughts Please

I wrote this article in a series of thoughts on self discovery. My thoughts were sparked due to my own personal healing experiences. [Update] I now offer private sessions where we work on healing and reparenting the wounded child. To find out more about working together, apply for a discovery call here.

Over to you. Do you carry around with you a wounded child? What does your inner child say? If you have dealt with wounded or inner child issues, do share what has worked for you.

In Loving Kindness,
Evelyn Lim

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How to Solve the Root Cause of Your Money Story https://www.evelynlim.com/how-to-solve-the-root-cause-of-your-money-story/ https://www.evelynlim.com/how-to-solve-the-root-cause-of-your-money-story/#comments Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:58:28 +0000 https://www.evelynlim.com/?p=8786 Would you be interested in solving the root cause of your money story, so that you can start to manifest the life of abundance that you are dreaming of?

Your money story is the one you often tell to others. It is made up of the issues going on in your current financial situation, the persistent worry that you are experiencing or/and the complaints you have about the economy, property prices, cost of living and so on. It is a story that occupies your mind throughout the day.

As I have found, money stories often act as a smoke screen to deeper underlying issues. At first, it is easy to be mistaken into believing that your financial challenges are caused by a string of bad luck, the fault of the tax authorities, the constant unfair treatment by your employers, the failure of receiving payment on time, or the banks who are out to get you. This being the case, you try to remedy your challenges with band-aide or by rearranging certain aspects of your life.

iceberg theory

However, should you step aside for a bit, you may be able to observe money patterns that keep repeating. What you observe are likely to be debilitating cycles of frustration, worry, panic, resentment and anger over finances. Over and over again, you have not been able to truly break free.

Where there is a repeating pattern in your external issues, a root cause could exist internally. 

Feeling intrigued? Read on……

It is what lies below the surface of the iceberg (see above picture illustration) that influences your external actions, behaviour and attitude towards money. This is where the root cause of your money story can be found.

[Tweet theme=”basic-white”]”What’s going on in the inside shows on the outside.” Earl Nightingale[/Tweet]

Here are some of the money stories that various clients reported to having:

– Not able to thrive or make enough in new vocation;
– Inability to have money breakthroughs;
– Stuck at a certain level of income;
– Not able to attract paying clients;
– No pay raise for the last 3 years;
– Not able to revise prices up;
– Deals keep falling through;
– Inability to pay bills;
– Over-extended on credit card;
– Kicked out of dwelling due to inability to pay rent;
– Cannot seem find a job that pays well;
– Living from month to month, and so on.

The problem is that the more you tell a story of lack, the more contractive you feel. What’s important to realise is that if you are hoping to change your situation (things on the outside), you need to start by first changing the energy you have on the inside. Your outer story reflects the inner beliefs that you have about money. In order to dissipate the contractive energy that you feel and believe about money, you will need to uncover the root cause of your troubles.

[Tweet theme=”basic-white”]”The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.” Bryant H. McGill[/Tweet]

How to Unravel the Mystery in the Root Cause 

The following are three steps:

(1) The first step involves awakening into awareness.

Many people do not realise that they have been directly a lot of negative emotional energy with their debilitating stories. Fear keeps them trapped. They are too preoccupied with worry to get clear in their thinking.

In order to break free, you will have shine light into the shadows.

From a non-attached conscious state, ask yourself: What is your true (inner) money story? What are the beliefs you have? Are these beliefs expansive or contractive?

In all likelihood, if you have made yourself out to be a victim and given the lack of money power over your happiness, your beliefs are limiting ones.

(2) The second step involves recalling your childhood stories, so that you can uncover the beliefs that you have formed.

What kind of role models did you grow up with?

Did your parents teach you how to master financial education?

What were some of the beliefs they brought you up with? How did your parents reward you for good behaviour or exam grades in school?

(3) The third step involves uncovering your birth story.

How was your birth like? Did your mother experience a “difficult labor” from giving birth to you? Is that why you view life as a struggle and being difficult?

Did you suffer any trauma when you were born?

Did your parents welcome you with open arms or did they withhold love from you because you are considered a burden?

Solve the Root Cause to Your Money Story

Could it be that behind your money story lies core unresolved issues?

Hidden in the labyrinth are your shadows: birth trauma, childhood memories and collective unconscious patterns.

Within the folds could lie your deepest fear, shame, anger, resentment and grief.

But yes, as I have discovered and many others too, it is possible to dive through the layers and to unravel some of the mystery.

During the internal process, you will realize that your relationship with money is a reflection of the relationship you have with yourself and with all others.

{If you have a poor relationship with the self, you are likely to have a poor relationship with money. Likewise, if you have low self-love issues, you are likely to have a poor relationship with money.}

You clear the mystery through deep root healing of your wounded inner child and the energetic release of trauma from past events that have been keeping you stuck.

What is wonderful is that the more you align with the truth of your being, the greater your ability to attract the financial wealth that you deserve. Through financial alchemy, you transmute into the gold of your true being. Ultimately, you radiate in brilliance from the core of your soul.

Love and abundance always,

Evelyn Lim

Transformation Life Coach

P.S. Need personalised coaching on getting to the root cause of your emotional issues? Apply for a 30-min discovery session here. 

P.S.S. This post has been updated in 2024 to correct the links. 

Share Your Thoughts

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How to Cultivate a Healthy Mindset for Mental Health https://www.evelynlim.com/cultivate-healthy-mindset-for-mental-health/ https://www.evelynlim.com/cultivate-healthy-mindset-for-mental-health/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:46:15 +0000 https://www.evelynlim.com/?p=22279

The mindset that you hold affects your mental health.

Your mindset is a collection of thoughts that shape your view of the world. It comprises of the stories you tell yourself and about life. The more you believe in the stories you tell yourself, the more they affect you in how you react and act. They determine the quality of your life and the level of happiness.

If you are overly anxious or you often feel down such that you feel depressed, your mental health is not at its best. It can point to having a mindset that is not strong or healthy. Your thoughts determine how you feel and they affect your actions and the reality you are in. Rather than hold on to an unhealthy mindset, think about how would life change for you if you can make a shift. 

6 Question Checklist About the Health of Your Mindset

  1. Do you tend to dwell in negative thinking or positive thinking

  2. Does your mindset support you in creating success, joy and love; or does it disempower you?

  3. Does it create anxiety, or calm and confidence?

  4. Do you often tell yourself that you are “not good enough” or do you believe in yourself wholeheartedly?

  5. Are you often happy or unhappy?

  6. Do you tend to give up, feel like a victim or get discouraged? Or do you tend to take charge, persevere and believe in yourself?

Mindset Quiz for Mental Health

Answer the above questions to determine if you are having a healthy or unhealthy mindset.

An unhealthy mindset causes you to be closed and limits your options. It is where you regard yourself as a victim and you view challenges as insurmountable. You are more likely to give up easily or be harsh inwards. A weak and unhealthy mindset can cause you to feel sick, unmotivated or even to isolate yourself.

On the other hand, if you have a healthy mindset, you are able to be flexible, open and growth-oriented. You are likely to be a lot more at ease with yourself, and you tend to encourage yourself with positive self-talk. These attributes make it easier for you to build confidence and succeed.

In her work, Carol Dweck – an American psychologist – makes the distinction between a growth and fixed mindset. It is akin to the differences between what is a healthy and unhealthy mindset. Fortunately, as I’ve discovered, it is possible to make a positive mindset shift.

5 Tips on How You Can Build a Healthy Mindset for Mental Health

  1. Practice Self-Compassion: Be kind to yourself, especially during difficult times. Acknowledge your struggles without judgment and treat yourself with the same kindness you would offer to a friend in need.

  2. Embrace Positivity: While it’s natural to experience negative thoughts, make a conscious effort to bring more attention to a positive perspective. Learn to reframe your thoughts and train your mind to see the silver linings in every situation. Use the Mindset Journal for Women as a tool to help you.

  3. Set Realistic Goals: Break down your goals into manageable tasks and celebrate each small victory along the way. This not only boosts your confidence but also fosters a sense of accomplishment and motivation.

  4. Prioritise Self-Care: Make time for activities that nourish your mind, body, and soul. Whether it’s exercise, meditation, or simply journaling, prioritise self-care to recharge and rejuvenate.

  5. Seek Support: Reach out for help when needed. Whether it’s talking to a trusted friend, seeking coaching or joining a support group, connecting with others can provide valuable perspective and encouragement.

Remember, cultivating a healthy mindset is an ongoing journey, not a destination.

By working on your mindset, you can empower yourself to navigate life’s challenges with resilience and grace. Your mental well-being matters—nurture it with care and compassion.

Get the Mindset Journal for Women to Improve Mental Health

Mindset Journal for Women | Improve Mental Health

Mindset Journal for Women: How to Practice Positive Thinking, Mindfulness and to Improve Mental Health (available on Amazon) uses the metaphor of planting seeds of positivity. You are invited to reframe your thoughts, engage in positive affirmations, practice mindfulness and apply gratitude. With the Mindset Journal for Women, commit to a 90-day plan using guided prompts, habit trackers and a workbook planner for setting goals and intentions.

Make your mental health a priority!

Much love and abundance always,
Evelyn Lim

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Mindset Journal for Women: How to Practice Positive Thinking https://www.evelynlim.com/mindset-journal-for-women/ https://www.evelynlim.com/mindset-journal-for-women/#respond Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:11:43 +0000 https://www.evelynlim.com/?p=22251

My new book, Mindset Journal for Women, is finally out on Amazon…yay!! It is a journal workbook with prompts to practice positive thinking, mindfulness and to improve mental health. You can find the listing on Amazon here.

For the vast majority of people, nearly 90% of our self-talk is negative. It is reflective of having a negative or limiting mindset. In order to overcome the habitual pattern of negative thinking, we need to consistently work on building a positive mindset. Also, studies show that more women than men go into depression. It is where the Mindset Journal for Women comes in.

What’s the Juice with Mindset Journal for Women

The journal book uses the metaphor of your mind being a garden and you as the gardener.

The floral theme in the interior pages acts as a nice reminder and inspiration. Imagine each page as a fertile patch of soil, ready for your seeds of inspiration to take root. With its floral theme, every turn invites you to immerse yourself in planting seeds of positivity. 

It’s not just daily pages that I have included. I have also incorporated a mini workbook planner in Section A so that you can be introduced to concepts that would be helpful for building foundation. There are guided prompts designed to spark growth, foster gratitude, and to practice mindfulness. Section B features daily, weekly and monthly journal pages that are helpful for habit tracking, reflection and for reviews.

Inside Mindset Journal for Women

How my Mindset Journal for Women came about

As someone who has experienced self-doubt, imposter syndrome, deep-rooted beliefs of “not good enough” and depression, I know what it feels like to have a negative mindset. During my early adult years, I would suffer from bad episodes of panic from insomnia and an inability to fall asleep. Later, when I started my business and became a mother, these new stages brought its own set of challenges.

My experiences reinforced the knowing about how important it is to have a strong mindset to weather any feelings of overwhelm and stress. I realised that it would be impossible to be successful without a positive frame of mind. As a result, I sought to actively invest and to work on my mindset from 10 years ago. It’s something that I continue to do so till today.

One day, my love for flowers and plants got me thinking about using the metaphor of gardening for growing a healthier mindset. There’s no better way than to encourage others to do it through journaling. My ideas sparked the design for my Mindset Journal for Women. It took me 6 weeks to go from conceptualision and to submitting it for approval by Amazon. 

While I run a small coaching business, I hold the big dream of changing 1-million lives through my low-cost self-published books. My desire is to channel part of the proceeds for supporting women causes. If you believe that the book will be helpful for women who needs to work on themselves, do support my endeavour with a purchase.

Mindset Journal for Women with Prompts

Get the Mindset Journal for Women

May I suggest The Mindset Journal for Women as a trusted companion for your personal growth path.

Have it by your side as you cultivate confidence, reach for your goals and bloom into the radiant woman you were always meant to be.

Tend to the Garden of Your Mind and Transform Your Life! 

It’s available on paperback. Get your pens out and start journaling! Make a purchase of the Mindset Journal for Women on Amazon here! 

Thank you for your support, Evelyn LimTransformation Life Coach

 

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How does EFT tapping help to increase vibration https://www.evelynlim.com/how-does-eft-tapping-help-to-increase-vibration/ https://www.evelynlim.com/how-does-eft-tapping-help-to-increase-vibration/#respond Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:20:21 +0000 https://www.evelynlim.com/?p=22217 “How does EFT tapping help to increase vibration?” 

This was the exact question posed to me by a participant when I gave an introduction class on EFT to a group recently. 

Great question!

Well, I’d like to share my answers with you here, in case you are wondering the same too. 

EFT Tapping for Raising Vibrations

In case this is the first time you are hearing about EFT tapping, it is a therapeutic method where we use the fingertips to tap on specific meridian endpoints on the face and body. EFT tapping is a great tool for releasing emotional disruptions and restoring the body’s energy system. You can find out more about EFT tapping points here or simply subscribe to my newsletter to get a downloadable book on EFT tapping

Emotions, just like anything else in the Universe, are energy.

If you have negative emotions, they cause a disruption in your body and create blocks in the energy flow. By tapping on specific meridian points while focusing on the negative emotion, you can effectively release the blockages, allowing energy to flow freely again.

The idea of “raising vibration” happens when you shift your emotional state from a lower vibrational frequency (associated with positive emotions such as fear, anger, or doubt) to a higher vibrational frequency (associated with negative emotions such as joy, love, or gratitude).

After releasing the emotional disruptions, you are likely to find it easier to experience a shift in perspective to a more empowering and supportive one. What’s more, the EFT tapping process often incorporates positive affirmations or statements to counteract negative beliefs or emotions. While tapping, you get to reinforce positive thinking patterns; which contributes to raising your vibrations. Both your thoughts and feelings influence your energy state, after all. 

How EFT raises vibrational state

Raise Your Vibration to Attract What You Want 

Raising your vibration helps to raise your ability to attract an outcome that matches the same frequency.

“Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.” ~ quote often attributed to Albert Einstein

It’s also what the Law of Attraction is about – like attracts like. 

Chances are, the outcomes that you want are situations that energetically have higher vibrations – results or things that are about love, joy and blessings.

If what you want is more money, income or riches, it boils down to how having this is going to enrich your life. This ONE secret is how my clients have been able to make money or sales breakthroughs. 

In short, raise your vibrations to attract what you want in life and one great way to raise your frequency is via using EFT tapping.

If you have more questions, do ask. Get on a call with me here. I’d love to be able to help you with your questions. 

Love and abundance always, 
Evelyn Lim
Transformation Life Coach

 






 




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How Your Nervous System Impacts Goal Setting and The Ability to Hit Higher Targets https://www.evelynlim.com/how-your-nervous-system-impacts-goal-setting/ https://www.evelynlim.com/how-your-nervous-system-impacts-goal-setting/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:12:17 +0000 https://www.evelynlim.com/?p=22165

You are all ready to start the new year with a new set of goals. 

Perhaps you are thinking that this year is going to be different. 

It will be the year where you manage to break new ground, step up or scale your business. 

You are more determined than ever to meet your goals. 

Well, to increase your chances of success, an understanding about your nervous system is going to help.

In fact, if you have not made much headway in previous years, this could be the ONE thing that you are missing in that explains your lack of success. 

It’s not just about your mindset. 

Or about changing your beliefs. 

Rather, it’s about how your nervous system works. 

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How to Harness the Power of the Mind for Manifesting Success https://www.evelynlim.com/how-to-harness-mind-power-for-manifesting-success/ https://www.evelynlim.com/how-to-harness-mind-power-for-manifesting-success/#respond Sun, 05 Nov 2023 07:55:50 +0000 https://www.evelynlim.com/?p=22053 We may have come across the idea about harnessing the power of the mind. Yet, not many of us utilise it fully for manifesting what we want. More often than not, we use the mind for cognitive tasks like problem-solving and decision-making, relegating its extraordinary potential to the background.

It’s important to recognise that we are constantly in the process of manifesting. Our thoughts play a significant role in shaping the world we live in. If we focus our mind on negative thoughts, it is more likely that we bring about a negative outcome. On the contrary, if we think more positively about ourselves, our life and about the world, we are more likely to manifest a positive set of results. 

Here’s an example about how our thoughts shape the reality we are in. Let’s say if you are constantly predicting that you are going to fail. This being the case, it is not likely that you will do your very best to find a solution or to make things work. On the other hand, if you believe that you have the potential to succeed, you are less likely to give up so easily. In fact, you will do your best to stay in the game and to figure a way out.

Indeed, it would be helpful to understand more about our mind, so that we can tap into its inherent power in order to actively manifest our ideal outcomes. It’s what I set out to do more than 10 years ago. To put things simply, I’ve come to understand that it boils down to two essential elements when using our minds for manifestation: intention and attention

By applying both of these, we are better able to unlock the full potential of our minds for manifesting.

Harness Mind Power: Intention

It begins by setting clear, specific and strong intentions. The clearer you are in what you are wanting with no buts or self-sabotaging thoughts, the more successful you are going to be. Your intention is like a navigating force, providing the direction of your desired outcome. State your intention using clear and simple words.

Harness Mind Power: Attention

What you focus on expands. Thus, practice placing attention on your intention. Obey this 68-second rule for manifestation. Visualise your intention as if it is already true. Feel the emotions, see the details, and experience the journey towards your goals in your mind.

Harnessing the Mind for Manifestation

Over the last decade, I’ve taught others on how they can use the mind to manifest improved outcomes. I’ve observed that when one key element is missing or not in place, manifesting success gets impeded. However, once we were able to identify where the gap is, success rates became higher.

By combining both intention and attention, you are better able to harness the power of the mind for manifesting what you want. Try this spoon bending exercise, so that you can apply your mind power with intention and attention. Stay true to what you are intending to manifest with attention, in order to amplify your manifesting power. The power does not lies outside of you but very much within your mind!

Love and Abundance Always,
Evelyn Lim

Transformation Life Coach

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How to Practice Loving Self-Acceptance https://www.evelynlim.com/how-to-practice-loving-self-acceptance/ https://www.evelynlim.com/how-to-practice-loving-self-acceptance/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2023 09:53:00 +0000 https://www.evelynlim.com/?p=8402 Practising loving self-acceptance is not something that may come naturally. In fact, it could be a key life lesson that some of us. You may find yourself attracting various experiences that involve this important aspect of what it means to embrace yourself totally.

Many of us long to be accepted for who we are. And so, we go about seeking validation and approval from others. However, the crux is that if we cannot accept ourselves, we cannot expect others to accept us too. Without any self-acceptance, we live in constant fear of being rejected.

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” – Mark Twain

I find it great to learn from movies too.  One of the movies that I watched with my children was Wreck-it Ralph show. Initially, I had found the plot rather slow moving. And so I was not paying full attention to it. But as the movie wore on, I discovered that there were valuable lessons on self-acceptance.

In the movie, Ralph had massive issues accepting that he needs to play the role of a villain in an arcade game. He wants to be the hero or the Good Guy, instead. His adventure eventually leads him to learn the important lesson that he is actually good enough.

Well, my children enjoyed the movie tremendously. They kept reciting the most quotable quote from the movie….

Wreck-It Ralph: I’m Bad, and that’s Good. I will never be Good and that’s not Bad. There’s no one I’d rather be, than me.

Reasons for Self-Rejection

The opposite of acceptance is rejection. If you do not accept yourself fully, you are implicitly rejecting some part about yourself. Any slight criticism from someone else can send your world crashing. You become very sensitive to what others say or think about you. With low self-acceptance, you are likely to experience massive insecurity, uncertainty and doubt.

Here are some common reasons for self-rejection:

– I am unable to accept my huge nose.
– I hate myself.
– I cannot accept that I have made a mistake.
– I cannot accept who I am.
– I am such a failure.
– I reject my looks.

Excessive self-rejection can contribute to outcomes such as self-mutilation, going for multiple plastic surgeries, bulimia, harboring suicidal thoughts and so on. It is only when you stop rejecting yourself that your ability to accept yourself increases.

From Rejection to Self-Acceptance

Self-acceptance can be a horribly uphill battle when we are bombarded by messages promoting standards that are not easily attainable from where we are. Over time, it is possible to become less sure about ourselves when we repeatedly hear that we need an expensive sports car or that we need a bigger bust line, in order to feel complete. Hence, we cannot discount societal or environmental influences.

Where we do not have enough self-acceptance or self-love, we can possibly believe in these messages. We become more susceptible to the subliminal messages contained in some of the advertisements. Notwithstanding, rather than blame external factors, it is our responsibility not to allow our environment affect us nonetheless.

An innate self-rejection results in the fear of rejection by others. We become inclined to create a self-image that we perceive as agreeable with others. Consequently, we try to do all we can to please others. However, our actions are largely driven by fear. We may appear to be confident on the outside but on the inside, we are really feeling unlovable.

On the contrary, with enough self-acceptance, we are not fretting over something fundamental about ourselves that we would like to change. We already feel complete even though we perceive that we are not perfect. We are willing to embrace ourselves – warts, faults and all. Embracing ourselves and accepting ourselves unconditionally paves the way for greater self-love.

Self-acceptance paves the way for greater self-love

With self-acceptance, we are at peace on the inside.

Learn To Accept Yourself Fully

“The greatest success, is successful self acceptance.”- Ben Sweet

Self-acceptance centers you. It grounds you in the essence of who you really are. With self-acceptance, you build an unshakeable foundation from within.

It is not just through watching a movie. I would like my children to learn about self-acceptance. My wish is for them to know how accepted they are, even though they may not always succeed in their school tests.

In the same manner, we should do the same for ourselves. When we meet with failure or are not as perfect as we would like to be, we start by being willing to accept ourselves. The willingness for self-acceptance opens the door to receiving love from the space of our spiritual heart. Through embracing ourselves lovingly on the inside, we become our own best friend.

Encountering difficulties with accepting yourself wholeheartedly? Work with me towards greater self-acceptance and love. Click over here for more information! 

Love and abundance always,

Evelyn Lim
Life Coach for Women Wellness and Abundance

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Reparenting Yourself: What Does It Mean and How to Get Started https://www.evelynlim.com/reparenting-yourself/ https://www.evelynlim.com/reparenting-yourself/#respond Sun, 19 Feb 2023 05:33:00 +0000 https://www.evelynlim.com/?p=20422 What does reparenting yourself mean?

Reparenting yourself simply means healing your inner child and giving your inner child the love and the guidance and support that you didn’t receive when you were young, in the present. 

[Update] Check out my new online course on How to Reparent Yourself

How Our Childhood Experiences Affect Us 

Children don’t just need food, cloth and shelter. As children, we look to our parents for love and support. Also, we need them for guidance on important life skills.  For example, we learn from our parents on how to manage emotions, how to treat ourselves, make decisions or to set limits. Our parents are models for unconditional love and what healthy relationships look like.   

In reality, many people do not have the perfect childhood. Our parents might have emotionally neglected us, for instance. They were far too busy trying to make a living. Or they were not expressive themselves and failed to acknowledge our feelings. However, as we know now, any absence of emotional connection can impair the healthy growth and development of a child. 

When we were young, we might have been disciplined in harsh ways that led us to believe that they did not love us. One client I know was whipped by her dad with a cane whenever she was deemed to be a naughty child. Another client was often told that she would amount to nothing if she failed her exams. A third client would end up with bruises from being punished for her disobedience. These are devastating real-life stories from clients who sought help for healing their past trauma. 

It is also possible that we were not guided or taught essential life skills. After all, our parents weren’t taught themselves either. They could have come from broken homes, suffered from abuse or had addiction problems. With no guidance or role models, they weren’t fully equipped nor have the resources to become better parents. 

So it is that we weren’t given adequate support, safety and assurance that any child would have wanted. Since they were hardly around for us, we could not develop trust. The result is that we grew up feeling insecure and unhappy. 

Where we believe that we are unlovable, we can feel the lack. Many clients reported to feeling numbed but as soon as they were willing to uncover their deeper fears about not feeling loved, they described sensing a gaping hole in the heart.  Not surprisingly, experiencing a lack on the inside can drive anyone to look for ways to fill the gap; such as entering into relationships with partners and hoping that they would complete us. We develop insecure attachment styles, thus creating problems in our relationships. 

Reparenting Yourself with Love

If we are to grow to be healthy adults, we need to learn important social and emotional skills and have the opportunities to  practice them. At the core, what we need is love and we will need to find ways to address the lack. Fortunately, the answer lies in reparenting. In fact, as I call it….

Reparenting is an essential component of a healthy self-love practice. 

When we no longer look to others for love and approval, we are likely to be less emotionally triggered and reactive today. Our decisions are driven less by the fear of rejection or abandonment and feeling the lack. Thus, we are  more empowered to make wiser choices.

In the past, I had not realised how childhood emotional neglect and not having my feelings acknowledged can create challenges like having low confidence. Fortunately, I found out how it is possible to reparent myself. 

It is with reparenting that I grew in acceptance, confidence and compassion. The result is an increased ability to take charge and inspiring others to do the same 🙂  

Since we can’t change the past of how we were parented, the best that we can do now is to reparent our inner child. When we choose to do so, we are taking responsibility. We release any blame targeted at our parents and instead, direct our attention to healing ourselves. With reparenting, we are connecting with our inner child with assurance, care, and guidance. We give our inner child advice that is much needed.  

Reparenting Yourself Benefits

Check out my latest course on How to Reparent Yourself and Heal Your Inner Child. 

How to Reparent Yourself and Heal Your Inner Child
To your well-being, 
Evelyn Lim 
Reparenting Coach
Self-Love Healing Specialist

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How to Heal Your Invisible Childhood Wounds https://www.evelynlim.com/how-to-heal-childhood-wounds-2/ https://www.evelynlim.com/how-to-heal-childhood-wounds-2/#respond Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:46:19 +0000 https://www.evelynlim.com/?p=21274 We may not realise at first that we have been carrying childhood wounds, so any talk about healing will be considered moot.

Childhood wounds are, after all, invisible to us.

And if we can’t see them through our naked eye, why does it matter whether we are carrying them or not?

Well, it may well explain contributing reasons behind our current day issues like

  •  anxiety
  • depression
  • constant insecurity
  • low self-esteem
  • inability to find loving relationships
  • inability to have better success,
  • etc

In other words, just because we can’t visually see our wounds does not mean that they don’t exist.

As I understand, according to Sigmund Freud, they are hidden in the deep recesses of our psyche, buried deep in the unconscious. We repress our pain, hurt and anger in these wounds. Because they are yet to be resolved, they can blindside us. It is why we are often in self-sabotage.

Thus, if we don’t heal our past wounds, they can bleed into everything that we do or encounter today.

“We have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle its cries, but we cannot silence its voice.The child we once were is still there.” Paul Coelho

Neglecting Our Childhood Wounds

The wounds that we carry are often related to our childhood.

Anxiety originating from traumatic experiences in our past is hidden from consciousness, and can cause problems during adulthood (in the form of neuroses). Hence, if we are interested to work on addressing anxiety, depression or our problems today at root cause, it is vital that we dig deeper into our unconscious so that we can find our inner child and to resolve her needs.

Most of us would dismiss our negative childhood experiences as anything major since it wasn’t as if we went through anything life-threatening.

Even if there was a traumatic episode, we have been taught not to make things a big deal.

Nor do we want to be accused of dwelling in the past or blame our parents for the lack of a happy childhood.

We have been taught to be strong, positive and optimistic with messages like “don’t cry”, “suck it up” or “don’t be a weakling”.

What we may not realise is that positive psychology can work against us if we keep bypassing our emotions!

Just because we have applied a band-aid so that we appear well on the outside, does not mean that there is no injury on the inside.

It would serve anyone to know that emotional neglect, where no physical abuse is made, can also inflict invisible wounds.

Wounds form because there are unresolved issues that our inner child is holding on to. Hence, if we find ourselves in repeated patterns of self-sabotage or a constant feeling of anxiety, depression or emptiness, we need to dig deeper. We will need to bring the unconscious to the conscious.

3 Steps in Healing Our Invisible Childhood Wounds

Since our inner child lies in the unconscious, we will need to meet her there.

We will need to trace back to the root event or cause to find out where she is hurting or having unresolved needs. 

As I call it, we work on Self-Love Healing in an energetic, integrative and wholistic way.

I’d like to propose that we work on healing in 3 ways…
(1) Emotional. We reconnect with our inner child at the subconscious, apply healing salve to the wounds with Love and help her to release repressed emotions with EFT tapping. 
(2) Mental. We reparent our inner child with positive beliefs, support and guidance. 
(3) Spiritual. We complete the integration by rewriting the entire vibrational story from the inside-out with quantum work in the matrix energy field. 

EFT tapping to heal inner child wounds

When we include all 3 steps, we are able to send a positive effect that ripples across all aspects and areas of our life today. By releasing ourselves from the past, we have the freedom to make a different choice in the way forward. Our health, relationships and well-bing improves, consequently. 

“The inner child lives within all of us, it’s the part of us that feels emotions and is playful, intuitive, and creative. Usually hidden under our grown-up persons, the Inner Child holds the key to intimacy in relationships, physical and emotional we-being, recovery from addictions, and the creativity and wisdom of our inner selves.” Lucia Capacchione 

Need more help? Interested to work on Self-Love Inner Child healing? Learn how to reparent yourself in my starter course. Or,
apply for a discovery call to find out more about working together in 1:1 personal sessions. 

Love and abundance always, 
Evelyn Lim
Self-Love Healing Therapist 
Accredited EFT & Matrix Reimprinting Practitioner

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