Let's Be Real - Mama Journeys - Episode 160 W/Gerard Wouters

Gerard Wouters, a therapist in Holland who specializes in all things therapy. 98% of his clients are women. He is a dad of a little girl and his therapy was covered by their insurance in Holland but as of 2010 it is not.  He developed a kind of therapy that is based on the Taoist religion.  This monk took one look at him and knew everything Gerard needed and invited him to stay for five weeks.  After about seven years of learning from the Taoist way, he created a treatment for outside the monastery. His experience with young moms and children starts with ancient manual therapy because when you are closed physically, you are closed mentally. He starts by opening up the body to get more into the whole mind of the client. He then goes into EMDR with the tone of his voice, not electronics like is done today. He works through making life simple again by helping people unlearn things. So many people believe they are "not good enough" which causes people to try to become "good enough."  But this causes burnout. He also believes that fear is always in our faces and when you fear, you give the control and power of your life to someone or something else. When you fear, you lose control. The thing that creates fear is overthinking. Fear is often projected onto us by others and that's what makes people believe they aren't enough. Every one of us has value. His clients come to him with  grief, wrong partners, children who don't listen, fear, addiction and he works through helping them unlearn fear, you see what is behind all of the noise out there. When you fear something, you will attract it to you. When you stop fearing, you will really see what is happening around you.  You can learn more from his book, "How to Make Life Simple, Happy and Successful the Taoist Way" on Amazon.