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Energy-Saving Techniques: EPR Training
By Sue Frederick

You’re asking your manager for a raise, and the conversation is not going well. Or you’re interviewing for a job you’d love to have, and the tough questions are making you nervous. Or your boss is angry because you forgot to do something important. How can you quickly improve the situation and get the results you want?

One of the fastest, most effective techniques: EPR, or Energetic Personal Resuscitation ™. This unique “energy-saving” technique uses three high-end emotions to quickly improve the energy of any situation. These emotions--humor, gratitude and sweetness--are guaranteed to shift your energy to the high-end of your continuum, in spite of external circumstances, and begin attracting better outcomes into your life. By switching to any one of these feelings in the midst of a crisis, you’ll rise higher on your energy continuum and be better able to respond to the crisis.

How does this work? We each have an energy continuum that ranges from positive to negative emotions. Only from the high-end of our energy continuum (where we feel love, optimism and inspiration) can we attract wonderful opportunities, people and situations. Why? It’s a law of physics that like attracts like. We are made of pure energy and as we vibrate, we attract. It serves us to shift to a higher vibration even when facing a challenge, as that’s the only way to attract better possibilities. EPR is the fastest way to shift to the high-end of the continuum, especially in the middle of a seemingly hopeless situation.

Laughing at life: humor

Humor is a quick and easy way to tap into source energy. When we laugh with big, open-hearted unrestrained laughter, we are recognizing the absurdity of life. We start to see the big picture. We diffuse tension and anger. And we start connecting.

For example, in a job interview suppose you’re asked, “What would a past manager say was your greatest flaw?” The standard answer is, “All my managers say I work too hard.” To make a bigger impression--and ease the tension inherent in an interview--say something silly, like “What flaw would you like me to have?” or “Where do I start? I have too many to mention…” Suddenly, the two of you are laughing--and connecting. Now your energy is higher on the continuum where new possibilities reveal themselves.

Recently, I was waiting in a long line at the post office. Everyone waiting in the line was angry and getting angrier as the minutes ticked by. Only two clerks were working, and eight windows were closed for business. One of the clerks looked at the other and said, “Sorry. It’s time for my break.” He shut his window and walked away.

People who were waiting in the line moaned as he left. Everyone was complaining. The one remaining clerk looked up at this long line, which meandered out into the lobby, took a deep breath and announced, “Sorry everyone. It’s time for my break too.” As the crowd gasped in disbelief, she smiled at the line of angry people and said, “Gotcha!”

Everyone in the line laughed with her; the energy in the room was instantly and visibly transformed by her humor. People began joking and talking to one other. Each customer who walked up to her window laughed and joked with her. With that one humorous moment, she transformed a room full of angry customers into her allies--in spite of a hopeless situation. It was brilliant to watch, and it improved her day (and everyone else’s) immensely.

Humor works wonderfully with angry people. There’s a deep connection between humor and anger. The best comedians tap into their anger--think of Tim Allen, or Whoopi Goldberg. When my 11-year-old daughter is angry at me, sometimes the best way to save the situation from spiraling downward is to make her laugh. The laughter shifts our energy higher on the continuum; then we can solve the problem that caused her anger in the first place.

Finding gratitude

Of all the feelings we can tap into, gratitude has the highest vibration. When you get gratitude pulsing through you, you’ll feel opened up and receptive to source energy. By sending this high-level emotion to someone you have conflict with, the conflict will begin to soften. You will no longer be a victim to this relationship.

For example, suppose your co-worker or manager is driving you nuts. Focus on one thing about that person you’re grateful for; maybe it’s her humor, warmth or sense of determination. Find one quality you like, and hold it in your attention. Or, in the midst of any conflict, focus on one thing in your life that you’re grateful for, whether it’s your cat, a loved one, your family or that you still have a healthy body and can take one more breath.

If you’re in the middle of a tough job interview, or being dressed down by your manager, feel gratitude that you’re being interviewed, gratitude that you have a job, gratitude for the good work this company is doing--whatever you can find. You don’t have to say anything, just feel grateful. This inner shift to gratitude will cause the energy in the room to shift without speaking a word. Just try it and see.

The magic of sweetness

When we show our true, sweet selves to others, they open up and show us their sweetness. It’s like holding a baby. We see the sweetness and go there to join it. If we switch to sweetness (genuine, open innocent sweetness, not a cultivated attitude) in the midst of conflict, we’ll see instant positive results and a better resolution.

Remember, sweetness is our divine right. It may be the greatest gift we have. We are born innocent, sweet, purely connected to source energy. While growing up, we start hiding our sweetness because we think protection will stop our pain. This defensive behavior, which manifests as anger, depression, fear and meanness, keeps us from showing our true selves.

Yet when we tap into sweetness, it’s like finding a pool of healing water. It can heal any relationship in our lives--at work or at home. When you’ve screwed something up at work, don’t defend yourself. Find your sweetness and apologize. This will shift the energy to a higher frequency where you’ll be able to see solutions.

In a job interview or a tense situation at work, don’t act tough and defensive. Instead, show your true sweet nature. Remember, we hire and keep who we want to spend time with in the office. Getting and keeping a job is an energy contest, first and foremost. The person with the best energy gets the job.

Accessing our innate sweetness allows us to ask for help. When we show anyone our sweetness, we receive assistance immediately. You are not on this journey alone. In your darkest moments, find your sweetness and ask for guidance.

These three high-end feelings of humor, gratitude and sweetness help us connect with source energy. When you’re connected with source, you’re in the flow and living life to its fullest potential. We go through life thinking we need to be smart, competent, fit and beautiful to thrive in the world. But life isn’t a smart contest, a beauty or fitness contest, or a competency contest. It’s an energy contest. The person with the best energy always wins, and gets the life he or she really wants. EPR will quickly help you find your best energy and improve any situation.

Reprinted from Nexus: Colorado’s Holistic Journal – March /April 2005

 

Sue Frederick is a career counselor, energy coach, author and lecturer. She teaches workshops and classes at Naropa University and University of Colorado, and is the author of Dancing at Your Desk; A Metaphysical Guide to Job Happiness and BrilliantDay: 7 Solutions to Turn Your Day Around. For more information, or to sign up for Sue’s classes and workshops, visit www.BrilliantWork.com, email Sue@BrilliantWork.com or call 303-939-8574.

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