This may sound surprising—especially because gratitude is so often recommended for healing, happiness, and personal transformation. And to be clear, gratitude can be beautiful. But what happens if someone is carrying deeper feelings of guilt, feeling undeserving of life, love, health, or happiness—and at the same time they are repeatedly bringing in strong feelings of gratitude? That combination may not create the shift they think it is creating. In fact, in some cases, it can actually reinforce the deeper feelings underneath and keep a person stuck. That is exactly what came forward when Brandy recently worked with a beautiful volunteer who had been practicing gratitude and working on herself for years, while also carrying deep guilt from the past. She genuinely wanted to heal and transform. Yet underneath the gratitude was an emotional pattern she had not fully recognized. As Brandy began helping her address what was really happening beneath the surface, the volunteer reported that her neck pain shifted from approximately a level nine to a level two or three. In this episode, you will discover: Why gratitude itself is not the problem How deeper feelings of guilt or undeservingness can change the way a gratitude practice is experienced Why simply placing a positive emotion on top of an unresolved pattern may not create genuine transformation The important distinction Brandy discovered during her own healing journey Why being honest about what is really happening emotionally can be essential for creating real change A more connected emotional state that Brandy began helping her volunteer move toward Brandy also shares how this same realization became important during her own healing journey, when she began questioning many of the practices she had been told were supposed to help. The key is not to stop feeling gratitude. It is to understand what else may be happening underneath it. Because when deeper guilt, undeservingness, or other negative emotional patterns are present, genuine healing may require addressing those patterns rather than simply trying to cover them with something positive. As Brandy says in this episode, we have to be real with what is real to get real results. And sometimes, that means looking beneath even the practices we have always assumed were helping us. → Continue Your Self-Healing Journey Listen to the Full Volunteer Self-Healing Session Click here to access today's self-healing session as Brandy Gillmore works directly with Patricia Free Mind-Body Healing Training If you'd like a deeper understanding of mind-body healing and how self-healing works: Click here to join the FREE training. Brandy Gillmore's Mind-Body Healing: Scientific Research If you'd like scientific research on mind-body healing, you can view Brandy Gillmore's work published in a Medical Journal. Personal Empowerment and Self-Healing Courses If you're ready to heal yourself and change your life: Click here to explore our GIFT Mind-Body Healing™ and the GIFT Method™ Courses and GIFT Workshops. Connect With Brandy Follow Brandy on Facebook Follow Brandy on Instagram Questions? Discover more at https://brandygillmore.com or email support@BrandyGillmore.com Important Note: This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a replacement for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please continue to consult your doctor or qualified healthcare provider as recommended. Click here to view our full disclaimer- https://brandygillmore.com/terms/. © Brandy Gillmore / Human Potential Revolution, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This podcast and all related content are provided solely for personal, noncommercial use. No portion may be copied, recorded, transcribed, closely paraphrased, adapted, repackaged, distributed, taught, or used to create or support any course, coaching program, training, certification, product, service, or derivative content without prior written permission. This content may not be uploaded to, entered into, stored in, used by, or incorporated into any artificial-intelligence, machine-learning, voice-cloning, digital-replica, data-training, or related system. By accessing, listening to, viewing, downloading, or otherwise using this content, you agree to our Intellectual Property and Content Use Terms. If you do not agree, do not access or use the content. Full Terms: https://brandygillmore.com/content-terms Permissions: support@brandygillmore.com
