What do fear, anxiety, and chronic pain have in common? We're going to be talking about what's behind them and what they have in common.

The common factor for all of them is emotions and how finding the emotions that are causing our issues can hold us back from doing the things that we want in our life. So you might be sitting there and thinking - what the heck is the Emotion Code? I've never heard of this thing before. So let's dive into that a little bit.

The Emotion Code is a process for releasing negative trapped emotions. It was developed by Dr. Bradley Nelson, who is a retired chiropractor. He wrote a book about it and created a chart with 60 negative emotions on it. So we can figure out which emotions are causing our issues and release them.

Using the Emotion Code we release those emotions following the seven key steps. Dr. Brad figures, the average person has about 200 to 300 trapped emotions. As we go through our life, and we go through events and things that happen to us - if we don't process the emotions, they get trapped in our bodies, like little balls of energy. I find when I'm going through this work that a lot of this stuff happens in our youth when we're young kids, or possibly even in the womb, or inherited from our moms or dads or even further back.

The good news is that we can release these emotions. For a lot of us, they're not going to get in our way, and that's okay. But if you're trying to do anything that gets out of your comfort zone, your subconscious says - hey, wait a second, what's going on here - and it's trying to protect you. It's hanging on to all this stuff to keep you safe but can make it hard to let you move forward. I know for myself, becoming an entrepreneur and doing all those kinds of things I'm always having to get out of my comfort zone, like starting a podcast or speaking at events, those are all kinds of things that are just not natural for me to do.

How does this whole process work? It starts with the Emotion Code chart (you can go to Google to see a copy of the chart), and you'll see the emotions that are on it. There are 60 emotions listed.

The first thing I do is I connect to your subconscious using muscle testing. That might sound a little bit woo-woo for some of you, but it's really quite interesting. It's all about energy because we are all energy and if you're not familiar with muscle testing, you can Google some videos about it. There's all kinds of different methods you can use. There’s a really common method you might have seen where someone will ask a person a question, they have their arm sticking out to the side and when to the questions is a no, that arm just flops down. If it's a yes, you can't push that arm down - it is so strrong. I use a method called the ring method.

Each person does something a little bit different. They all work. It's a way to communicate with your subconscious and ask yes and no answer questions. You can't use muscle testing for predicting things but you can use it for a lot of other things. I know some people use it to help decide what to wear or if certain foods are good for your body to consume.

One thing I love about this method is that you don't have to be in person to use it - you can do it from a distance. I do a lot of video calls, phone calls or via email. It's quite amazing! At one time I worked with the lady who had emailed me. She was having some issues with needing to get validation all the time and we released some emotions. She couldn't believe how much better she felt after the session.

Most people notice a lightness right away. It's a relief to have that emotional baggage that we're carrying lightened up. So what do fear, anxiety, and pain have in common, they all have emotions attached to them. To relieve all of them we need to identify the emotions involved and release them.

First, I need to get your permission. We can't just go willy nilly, and release emotions for people, although it would be kind of fun! I know a lot of people can use this help, however I do have to get permission first. If you're an adult I need the permission from you, if it's for your kids, I would need the permission from a parent. I wish I had known this process when my kids were young and in school, there were so many times this would have been so helpful for them to get through some of the stuff they had to go through. If your kids have to deal with bullying or, self esteem issues, this would be a fantastic tool! It also can be used for animals as well.

Once I have your permission that means I will be working as your proxy. I will be doing the process on myself as if I’m you. One of the nice things is that I don't need to know your backstory and you don't have to tell me anything other than what you want to focus on in order to do this work. This is where this type of process is different from counselling or therapy.

One of the things we can test for is we can find out how old you were when the events took place and that might bring up some memories for you so that you'll know exactly what was going on at that time. However, if you don't remember, that's okay, too. It's not a requirement in order to release the emotion because for each event that you've had over the years you can have multiple emotions that get trapped. Each event has its own emotions so you can't just go through the chart and release the 60 emotions and be done. You need to find the specific event and release it from there. I use the ring method - where I have my ring fingers and my thumb together interlock together. When I'm asking a question, if it's a yes answer , the “ring” stays really tight and if it's no answer my fingers just slip apart. I can then go through the chart, and ask if the emotion is in Column A or Column B, and then which row it is in.

Once I pinpoint the emotions I can release them using a magnet. I can use any kind of magnet. It can be a fridge magnet or any other type of magnet. I will then swipe the magnet three times over my head along the governing meridian from the bridge of my nose and over my head which dissipates the energy similar to releasing the magnetic strip from the back of a credit card.

At the beginning I will also check the severity of the issue and then again after releasing to see where you are on a scale of 1-10. Some issues will be released in one session and others may take multiple sessions.

Fear, anxiety and chronic pain are a few of the things that can have emotions attached to them. Sometimes those unexplained pains may have more emotion attached to them than actual physical pain - or a combination of both. Often once you release the emotional part the body is better able to heal the physical.

My first experience with the Emotion Code was to release some fear. Years ago I was in a bad car accident and got rear ended twice (in the same accident)! For a long time I would panic when I saw another car coming up behind me in my rearview mirror. The Emotion Code Practitioner released that fear for me and since then I’ve been much better.

One of the other things she released for me was a heart wall. I'll go into heart walls in another blog. Heart walls form when you have relationships that don’t work out and the emotions build up and create a wall around your heart. This can block you off from feeling good and have the relationships that you want. You can have a heart wall with the world in general, with yourself, with specific people, with money and your body. Releasing your heart wall can make a world of difference in so many ways. When mine was released I really noticed a difference in how I felt about myself and how others interacted with me.

The last thing we need to know about this whole process is to make sure you're hydrated when you're doing a session. That just helps the energy flow and is so important for so many other health issues as well.

If you want to learn more about the Emotion Code you can grab the book “The Emotion Code” by Dr Bradley Nelson. You can learn to do the process yourself or you can work with a practitioner like myself. There is also more information on my website www.coranaylor.com