Everything is energy. When you look through the lens of a quantum microscope you see beyond the physical and into the world of the subatomic, the Zero Point Field. From molecules to atoms to subatomic particles, science demonstrates the causal field of life. What happens in here (Zero Point Field) leads to what happens out there. In the world of the subatomic everything is literally vibrating with life energy. From this viewpoint there really is no matter as we know it. There is only energy. In fact when broken down into finite components it is said that energy exceeds matter by a factor of 10 to the 40th degree. This is 1 followed by 40 zeros. This is an incredible amount of energy. What does this mean to you? Ultimately this is a massive amount of untapped potential that could be making a difference in your life.

Patterns of Thinking, Feeling & Imagining

How do you tap into this reservoir of authentic potential? Given your actions are the result of your decision making process, your mind is your real power center. Consequently, your largest energy generating opportunities exist at the level of thoughts and emotions. Your actions are far less powerful than the patterns of thinking, feeling and imagining that fuel them.

• Are your patterns of thinking, feeling and imagining helping you create purpose, passion and life satisfaction?

Power of the Mind

Dr. Masuro Emoto conducted breakthrough research demonstrating the power of the mind. His research centers around the ability of thought (intention) to effect water. Water is an ideal substance to test the power of positive and negative energy given it is highly sensitive to absorbing energy. In brief his research involves bottles of water labeled with words and phrases such as love, gratitude, illness and worry. After a designated time period, the water is then frozen and its molecular structure is observed under a microscope. The results are astonishing. The molecular structure of water labeled with positive thoughts looks significantly different than the water labeled with negative thoughts. The positive thoughts led to shapes that are light crystalline like perfect snowflakes while the negative thoughts led to unformed, dark shapes. One obvious conclusion of this research is that given that your body is primarily comprised of water, your mind has incredible power to influence your physical and emotional well-being.

Coaching and Counseling

Kim Ward Ph.D. and Hilary Stokes Ph.D., founders of Authenticity Associates Coaching and Counseling, have worked as a team for over 15 years. Their mission is to empower people to achieve their authentic potential. They specialize in bringing the synergistic power of mind, body and spirit to individuals and couples. They are passionate about combining the best of holistic and traditional approaches to realize whole body wellness. If you are looking for a holistic approach to improving your life please contact Hilary Stokes Ph.D. & Kimberly Ward Ph.D. at Authenticity Associates.

NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) is known as the study of human excellence. It asserts that we can’t know the world directly but rather we can only experience it through the representations we build from our sensory experience. This includes what we see, hear, feel/touch, taste and smell. Consequently, NLP strategies work directly with the way in which our sensory experiences produce the building blocks of our experiences. This results in our patterns of belief, emotion and action. In other words NLP explains why we do what we do and offers methods to change it.

Transform Your Sensory Experience for Healthy Lifestyle Habits

When you voluntarily rearrange the combination of your sensory experience regarding any issue or aspect of your life, you then change the way in which your brain stores and recalls that issue. As a result, you naturally change your future beliefs, emotions and actions. Consider the implications of this approach in helping you transform your relationship with food, exercise or past hurts. NLP is a powerful change agent for developing healthy lifestyle habits, decreasing stress and reaching your authentic potential. Let’s demonstrate this.

Visual Sensory Experience Exercise: Your Minds Eye

Think of a pleasant experience. In your minds eye bring the image closer, make it richer, make it more colorful, clarify the details and turn up the brightness. Notice how you feel?

Now take that same experience and send it get farther away in your minds eye. Make the image smaller, less clear, dim and black and white. Notice how you feel again?

Now put the experience back where it was originally.

You probably had stronger feelings when it was closer to you and weaker feelings when it was farther away.

Achieve Your Goals

If you want to increase your happiness and achieve your goals then move these experiences close to you in your minds eye with clarity and bright colors.

If you want to transform challenging experiences, move them farther away and visualize them in black and white.

Coaching and Counseling

Kim Ward Ph.D. and Hilary Stokes Ph.D., founders of Authenticity Associates Coaching and Counseling, have worked as a team for over 15 years. Their mission is to empower people to achieve their authentic potential. They specialize in bringing the synergistic power of mind, body and spirit to individuals and couples. They are passionate about combining the best of holistic and traditional approaches to realize whole body wellness. If you are looking for a holistic approach to improving your life please contact Hilary Stokes Ph.D. & Kimberly Ward Ph.D. at Authenticity Associates.

Ultimately, no one decides your authentic potential but you. There is no test to pass. It is not what you have experienced in life but rather who you are as a result of what you have experienced.

Only you can determine your potential in any given moment based on your beliefs, attitudes, emotional resilience and physical vitality.

You Must Determine Your Own Worth

In the end, your opinion of you is the one that matters most. Your self-esteem and self-worth are only determined by you. That is why they start with the words SELF vs. OTHERS esteem of me.

This is true even when you choose to let others opinions of you impact how you feel about you. We recognize this is challenging to swallow as it is contrary to much of what is taught in society, media, religion, school and family dynamics.

You are conditioned to compare, judge and evaluate yourself with others to help you determine your success. It can be intimidating to own your worth and your potential as solely your responsibility vs. finding it outside of you.

It also happens to be the only true path to your personal freedom, self-integration and ability to achieve your authentic potential.

What do We Mean by Authentic Potential?

Authenticity is defined as that which is genuine and true. Achieving your potential requires being aware of the authentic relationship between your mind, body, and spirit.

Self-awareness building, heart connecting and releasing practices such as meditation, emotional resourcing and visualization are key to cultivating your authentic potential.

Coaching and Counseling

Kim Ward Ph.D. and Hilary Stokes Ph.D., founders of Authenticity Associates Coaching and Counseling, have worked as a team for over 15 years. Their mission is to empower people to achieve their authentic potential. They specialize in bringing the synergistic power of mind, body and spirit to individuals and couples. They are passionate about combining the best of holistic and traditional approaches to realize whole body wellness. If you are looking for a holistic approach to improving your life please contact Hilary Stokes Ph.D. & Kimberly Ward Ph.D. at Authenticity Associates.

Written by Hilary Stokes Ph.D. & Kimberly Ward Ph.D.