Remove Creativity Blocks Fast!

Today, I was filming my first videos for my upcoming YouTube channel and for this web site.  And while I’m normally very informative and outgoing, as soon as the cameras started recording, it was like I was a first grader again…the color in my face drained and the words stopped.  Immediately.  At that point, all I could do was hear my critical parent voice resurface and give my inner child right brain a tongue lashing.  The little creative guy wanted to run into a corner and pout. With my creativity in hiding from my critical parent voice, I knew I had to intervene, and FAST!

I was making mistakes, drawing blanks, what was I feeling?  Anger.  Rage.  Critical at myself.  (It sounds a lot worse than it is, but I wasn’t happy.)

What is the message of anger? I think what is going on here is unfair!

There are two responses to anger, one is to find a way to make something fair, the second is to change your perspective and allow for the possibility that it really is fair.  The second option is usually the easiest way to dissipate anger. In response to this message, I came up with the following setup statement:

Even though I am really angry right now, that I feel it isn’t fair that I am doing such an awful job at speaking in front of a camera, that other people seem to do a better job than me, I choose to realize that maybe it is fair, I am after all a beginner at making a video, maybe this is normal and fair?

Tapping through the points, round one:

I am angry I doesn’t feel fair Why am I performing so badly?
Others don’t perform this badly
My mother would get angry at me a lot (uh oh, mother issues, I stumbled upon something here)
My mother would yell at me for no good reason
she would get angry at me very easily
I learned it was better to be quiet
I learned not to make waves
I learned not to be creative

Positive round two:

I choose to honor my anger I
allow myself to be angry
Anger is just sending me a message that this isn’t fair
But maybe it is, maybe other people have to work hard and practice to get good at making online videos
Maybe I’m not the only person who has ever struggled with this
Maybe I’m replaying my mothers critical voice in my head
Her treating my badly and stealing my power wasn’t fair
But maybe I’ve held on to this audio replay of her voice for way too long
I allow the creative side of me to come out
I allow my little Nathan to shine and be creative
I will protect you Nathan
No need to hide any longer, you are free to be creative
Make your videos, they will be perfect for what you’re trying to accomplish

There is no need to be scared of the mean voice, it is just a recording, you are safe with me (Anger was the original feeling on the left brain, but the right brain (inner child) was experiencing fear, and I addressed the fear by telling my right brain that I would protect him)

You are safe with me little Nathan, all is well

Filming the Video
After that round of tapping, the anger had dissipated and the fear had been honored because I promised to protect myself from the mean critical parent voice.  If this all sounds a little strange, that’s ok, it probably is a bit strange.  We’re complicated beings, and we struggle to find word pictures and analogies that fit to help us to comprehend ourselves.  This is just how I have managed to make sense of it all.

In conclusion, I used “The Secret Language of Feelings” to decipher the message of my feelings, I threw in some inner child work, and hammered it home with some good ‘ole EFT. Oh, and my videos will be available shortly; flaws, perfections, and all. 

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