The Welcoming Way

For many of us, after we partake in something we feel addicted to, we can experience some guilt, self-blame, and self-flagellation. We think if we’re hard on ourselves, we’re more likely to quit, but this doesn’t always seem to work, does it? This exploration explores those completely unhelpful tendencies and brings more love and understanding into the equation, which can lead to greater clarity a...

Do you sometimes struggle, and then struggle with the fact that you're struggling? What if struggle isn't really a problem? What if it's just what's happening sometimes?  In this exploration we'll release the struggle with struggle. This Explorations is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠⁠ at the ⁠⁠⁠Welcoming Way⁠⁠⁠.

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As stressful as medical procedures can be, the anticipation can be even worse. This exploration helps you slow down to welcome and release the fears and anxieties that may be surfacing in advance of an upcoming procedure.  This Exploration is brought to you by ⁠⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠⁠.

Hi! Welcome! So glad you're here. In 2015 a friend first facilitated me in the Welcoming Way. During that 13 minute phone call, I was shown a door out of suffering I had never known was there. I've since devoted my life to this practice and sharing it with people who are looking for that door. I hope the welcoming way changes your life in the way it has changed mine. Brought to you by ⁠Leah Pearlm...

This video explains how to use the explorations on this channel. After you've given them a try, please leave a comment if you have any questions. brought to you by ⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠.

As if physical or emotional pain isn't hard enough, many of us beat ourselves up for having it. This story shares an encounter with one of my own inner terrorists. This Exploration is brought to you by ⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠.

Most of us HATE feeling helpless. We avoid it at all costs. But sometimes, we simply do feel helpless whether we like it or not. This exploration helps turn toward the feeling of helpless to allow it, welcome it, and maybe even heal it. This Exploration is brought to you by ⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠.

Many of us have fears of "being too much" for other people. We're afraid we'll be judged or excluded in some way. This Welcoming Exploration investigates the apparent tension between being free to be our biggest self and our desire to belong. This Exploration is brought to you by ⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠. ⁠

Do you have a goal you're wanting to achieve? When you think of that goal, does it bring up any fear, doubt, or resistance? If so, this exploration helps welcome and dissolve the feelings that are often triggered by working toward goals we care about. This Exploration is brought to you by ⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠.

If you find yourself getting stressed or contracted while trying to "figure out" life, this exploration is for you. It looks at the tensions that come up when we believe we should be able to control life, or understand it, and we can't. Hope you enjoy! This Exploration is brought to you by ⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠.

It is so common to feel stuck in life or around a particular topic, and feel SUPER frustrated by that. If you are feeling stuck, then this exploration helps to discover the underlying thoughts, feelings, resistance, and contradictions that may be contributing to that experience. This exploration is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠WelcomingWay.com⁠⁠⁠.

What if you don't need to "face your fears" in order to feel more free? What if you don't need to feel controlled by your fears either? Sometimes "having a fear" feels like a problem. It can feel limiting, uncomfortable, embarrassing and infuriating. By simply noticing and welcoming different facets of this "problem", it can no longer feel as strong. Check and see for yourself in this course! This...

The Welcoming Way is a practice based on The Sedona Method. This video teaches some of the basics of Welcoming, including how it works and why. To get in touch with us or learn more, please visit us as ⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Feeling tired can be inconvenient and can come with a sense that we don’t have control. Resistance takes energy and it can make us feel more tired, or more attached to this feeling of being tired and it can be thoughts like “this is not allowed” or “I should be able to stay awake”. We will do a meditation to welcome the feeling of being tired, and the resistance too. It *may* be even more effectiv...

A short exploration since there is no time to waste! ;-) This Exploration is brought to you by⁠ ⁠Sharon Cavanaugh⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠.⁠

Many of us have felt resistance when we think we have to do something that feels vulnerable. This could be going for a job interview or selling our services as a coach or a freelancer, as examples. In this Sedona Method Release we use Triple Welcoming and the Free Way/No Way to dissolve what is seemingly keeping us stuck, and to experience more ease and clarity. This Exploration is brought to you...

We *all* feel hurt sometimes. But often we try to cover over that hurt for various reasons. Maybe we want to seem strong, or we don't think we deserve to feel hurt, or maybe we feel angry so quickly we didn't even notice the hurt. This recording helps you slow down and welcome the feeling of hurt so you can heal and release it. This Exploration is brought to you by ⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingw...

Is there anyone who comes to mind that you would like to feel better about? Maybe someone you have interacted with and you keep thinking about how it went. Or someone you plan to interact with and you are anticipating how it will go. It could be someone you are close to like a family member or friend, or it could be someone you've seen in passing or someone you haven't seen in a long time. It coul...

In this Release, based on the Sedona Method, we will explore the feelings and the forces that keep a craving cycle in place. As you open to the experience of allowing and/or letting go of these feelings, there is an unraveling of the pattern and the craving can drop away. This Exploration is brought to you by⁠ ⁠Sharon Cavanaugh⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠. ⁠

When we Welcome the trapped feeling that is already here, the sense that it is personal and any wanting to control it, there is a release or an opening that occurs. Try it and see for yourself! This Exploration is brought to you by ⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠. ⁠

When the body gets sick, we can often believe thoughts that are not helpful. So in addition to physically not feeling well, we make ourselves suffer emotionally and mentally too. Now this may sound like a radical idea to some of you, so let's explore it more together. This Exploration is brought to you by⁠⁠ ⁠Sharon Cavanaugh⁠⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠⁠WelcomingWay.com⁠⁠ ⁠ This practice is based on the Sedona Method...

Until seven years ago, I experienced regular bouts of depression and anxiety. The anxiety sometimes bordered on panic attacks. I had been on and off antidepressants, in and out of long-term therapy, and was a recent graduate of eating-disorder rehab. On the face of things, my life was totally fine, good even. I had a nice place to live, close friends, a family who loved me, and even financial free...

A welcoming meditation exploring the feelings that come up when we feel like we have aversion to someone. This Exploration is brought to you by ⁠⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠⁠.

Listen to this recording anytime you have trouble falling asleep. It will help unravel the tensions in the mental, emotional, and physical bodies. This Exploration is brought to you by ⁠Leah Pearlman⁠⁠ at ⁠⁠Welcomingway.com⁠⁠.