In Chapter 3 of Becky’s memoir, Beyond the Great Abyss, Becky, now the Pied Piper of Men (as seen in a vision by her intuitive counselor), meets a new and exciting man… Ricky.  She also reads the book Awakening Intuition, by Mona Lisa Shultz, M.D., Ph. D., and realizes that her sometimes disturbing dreams are sending her an intuitive message about why she is compulsively overeating.

Intuition is the ability to receive information from the energy around you.  One of the easiest ways for most people to begin doing that is through their dreams, as this pathway bypasses the logical left brain, which often blocks this inherent ability in all human beings.  (See Workbook Introduction post for how to use this workbook).

Intuition Development Exercise: What have you been dreaming about?  Do you remember any powerful significant dreams?  Start a dream journal to record these often deep intuitive messages.  Write down every detail you can remember when you first awaken after a dream.  Sometimes you will understand the meaning instantly and sometimes it may take some time to understand the messages, as dreams (like most intuitive messages) are highly symbolic.

Now that you have some dreams to look at, what do they mean?  What is one dream, or all of them, saying to you?  Do you need to take some action?  Is there some emotion or problem you have been suppressing, or that is overwhelming you?  Can you see a symbolic meaning in the dream?  What do the subjects, objects, colors, sounds, atmosphere or sensations in the dream mean to you?  Are there echoes of your earlier life in the dream?  Write about your interpretations.

Homeopathic of the Week:  Calcarea Carbonica: (Becky did not use this remedy but it is a commonly used remedy for compulsive overeating)

The Mental State:  Over-worked, over-burdened, overwhelmed patients.  Strong sense of duty and responsibility.  Works to exhaustion.   Despairs of recovery.  Compulsions to eat.  A homebody who is “content to stay at home and watch television, preferably with someone to cuddle, and a good supply of high-calorie nibbles” (Homeopathic Psychology, Bailey, M.D., 1995, p. 46).

Common Physical Signs: Obesity, puts on weight easily and quickly.  General aggravation (feels worse) from cold wet weather and from exertion. Vertigo.  Perspiration on the head.  Craves eggs and sweets, especially pastries and ice cream.  Cold feet in bed.  Cold clammy extremities.  Constipation.

BioMeridian Stress Analysis, aka Electrodermal Testing: An instant and computer-linked testing system tapping into the body’s own wisdom about what it needs to heal itself.  Energy levels at acupuncture points on the hands and feet, (linked to energy meridians which in Chinese medicine are linked to different organs and systems in the body), are tested and the results displayed immediately on a computer screen.  Products and therapeutic approaches can be added into the testing system to get a preview of how one’s body would respond to an approach before it is even actually tried.  Sounds too good to be true, but all energy medicine sounds that way, and it is true.