SAVE THE DATES - JUNE 10TH & JULY 22ND TO 24TH!

I have two exciting events coming up I'd like to invite you to. Come to my weekend workshop, "Surrender to the Power of Your Intuition" at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA July 22-24. This is a true retreat and get-away from the mundane world. Experience the magic of Esalen with its amazing natural healing hot springs, luscious massages, organic gardens, and hiking trails through the Mother Redwoods! The workshop is for everyone who wants to develop intuition, including empaths and highly sensitive people. Meet kindred spirits and have fun! 

Continuing education units available for psychologists, Nurses, MSWs, massage therapists, and marriage and family therapists.

TO REGISTER AND FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE  OR CALL 888-837-2536 - INTERNATIONAL CALLS 1-703-342-0500

I also want to invite my friends in the San Francisco area to join me for an evening talk at the Academy of Intuition Medicine in Sausalito, CA on Friday, June 10th.  We'll discuss "The Power of Intuition and Empathy to Heal." Discover how to awaken your intuition, read body language and emotions, determine if you are an "empath" and how to avoid absorbing other people's stress.

CLICK HERE OR EMAIL INFO@INTUITIONMEDICINE.ORG TO REGISTER AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

We've received many requests to set up a private telephone, Skype or in-person session with Judith. If you'd like to do this please contact rhonda@judithorloff.com

This newsletter focuses on taming your inner slave driver, the part of you that pushes and pushes until you drop.  Are you a workaholic or perfectionist? Read this article on "Taming Your Inner Slave Driver" from my New York Times bestseller, Emotional Freedom. In it I discuss how you can learn self compassion instead of pushing yourself until you are exhausted. The lesson is always to listen to your body, listen to your intuition, and slow down to enjoy life. Life goes by too fast to do anything but love and treasure yourself!

With love,
Judith

PS: For resources to nurture your sensitivities, please VISIT MY NEW EMPATH SUPPORT WEBSITE PAGE + MY FACEBOOK EMPATH GROUP 

Taming Your Inner Slave Driver

Your inner slave driver must be tamed if you want to have a happy, balanced life.

Your inner slave driver is the part of you that's addicted to workaholism, rushing, and going nonstop until you drop. If you don't put in a ten-hour day, you get anxious. Also, you feel guilty relaxing or taking time off from work or solving emotional problems. In your mind, to feel calm is to feel guilt, a linkage you must first notice and then reprogram. The inner slave driver shows no mercy. Unchecked, it'll whip you into an anxious state of physical and emotional collapse. To transform anxiety, rein in your slave driver by treating yourself with more compassion, turning down the tension, and regularly planning stress-free interludes.

Once, during an anxious period when my inner slave driver took over, I dreamed that a ceramic mug I loved with "Dance-Sing-Play" on it, cracked. This upset me because I couldn't drink tea from it anymore. Upon awakening I got the message: to have more fun and put less pressure on myself so that I didn't crack. Similarly, oversee your inner slave driver. Staying mindful of this voice and saying an emphatic "no" to it preserves calm.

Perfectionists are run by their inner slave drivers. They hold themselves to impossible standards, beat themselves up over mistakes, and are unforgiving when others make them. Perfectionism can motivate you towards accomplishments, but these are often hard to enjoy because, in your own eyes, they never seem good enough. You aggravate your anxiety with all-or-none thinking, a list of "shoulds" about how life must be led, and fear of not measuring up. See if you find something of yourself in any of these traits.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN THE 5 TRAITS OF A PERFECTIONIST AND HOW TO FIND INNER CALM. 
  

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