I realize this may sound totally crazy, but I have absolutely despised eggs since I was little. (Do you have a food that you feel this way about?) I mean I couldn’t even be around someone who was eating eggs without feeling repulsed and sick to my stomach. Since I have been purposefully broadening my horizons, I got to thinking about this “egg repulsion”. What I found actually surprised me…
It actually has NOTHING to do with eggs! I thought back to my memories eating eggs as a child. Funny enough, I had a very traumatic experience that involved an egg. My step-grandmother once forced me to eat an egg. I mean, forced me to do it, even though I was crying and screaming. I immediately threw it back up. That was the last time I ate an egg until just the other day. Immediately after eating the egg, I felt nauseous and sick to my stomach. I dug deeper to get to the bottom of this crazy egg phobia!
Upon reflection, eating the egg was forced and I felt my power of choice was taken away. So I then associated eggs with being forced to do something I didn’t want to do. You see, our mind does some very powerful things – associating things based on our past experiences. I have now healed myself from my egg phobia and have a whole new mindset about eggs.
This may seem like a silly story, but it has a powerful message. Our subconscious is the most powerful part of our mind. It’s the part we are not consciously aware of. It makes up 90-95% of our mind. In my subconscious I was associating eating eggs to having my power taken away. I have released that pattern and I can now make a new choice!
Exercise
Think of an area of your life where you feel stuck. What things are you avoiding doing that you know would move you forward. Ask yourself why? Go deeper. Is there something from your past that still has power over the present?
Affirmation
I have the power to make my own choices.
It is safe to release what is holding me back.
Make it an OUTSTANDING week! It’s YOUR choice!
