I’m currently enrolled in a 12-month immersive training to become a certified practitioner in hypnotherapy, NLP, EFT, and cacao at The Black Lotus Academy in San Marcos la Laguna, Guatemala. The unofficial slogan of the academy where I’m living and studying is “shadow work for light workers”. This slogan really gets at the heart of what we’re doing here and is the inspiration for this blog post.
I grew up in a household that ran on productivity. My mom grew up on a dairy farm, so she was used to rising with the sun and making the most of every waking hour. As a teenager, I would try to sleep in, but at 7am sharp I’d be jolted out of bed by the Footloose soundtrack blasting through the house. Naps were unheard of in our family, with one exception. My dad would occasionally take a 10-20 minute power nap, but that was really all that was allowed. Whether a day was “good” or not was measured by how much you had accomplished.