James Hands Awaken Therapy

In this video, I explore how healing isn’t a linear process. It doesn’t just move in a smooth upward line. Inner work tends to happen in cycles—what I call rinse cycles—where something difficult or unresolved comes up for healing. You might feel triggered, emotional, or completely in the muck of it. It’s messy, uncomfortable, and very real.

But if you stay with it—if you face it, feel it, and work through it—something powerful happ...

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In this week's video I’m talking about something that affects us all—our early dependency needs and how they shape us as adults. As babies, we’re completely dependent on others for survival, and if those needs weren’t consistently met—through touch, ...

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Let’s talk about anger—because anger often has a bad reputation. We’re taught it’s dangerous or destructive, but that’s only one side of the story.

When anger comes from fear, it can show up as aggression—lashing out, hurting others, or turning inwar...

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There’s a wise saying: Worrying is praying for something bad to happen. When we worry, we’re not just anxious—we’re actively focusing our energy on what we don’t want. This video explores how our thoughts and subconscious beliefs shape the outcomes w...

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In this video, I’m continuing our series on triggering—what to do when old emotional material comes up and overwhelms us.

We’ve already looked at tools like breathing, movement, singing, and Qigong. Today, I’m sharing two more really helpful ways to ...

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When we’re activated or triggered, old emotions and trauma surface—and if we don’t know how to manage them, they can lead to destructive behaviours or shutdown. In this video, I share a simple but powerful movement technique rooted in Qigong that hel...

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Today I wanted to speak a bit about triggering — those moments when old, stuck energy surfaces in the body. It’s never pleasant, but it’s not bad either. It’s our psyche trying to bring something up for healing. When we recognise that, we can work wi...

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How do we know what our purpose is? This is a deep question that everyone asks at some stage. It can drive us for years trying to find that sense of purpose, meaning, fulfilment, satisfaction. I approach it by exploring who we are internally. When we...

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You are not broken, my friend. You're simply midway through your healing journey—a soul warrior in human form, navigating the rubble and residue of life’s challenges.

Yes, it’s tough down here. But seeking therapy doesn’t mean you’re weak or lacking....

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What are the gifts of trauma?

When we start to look at traumatic stress from a broader, more spiritual perspective, we begin to ask:

What positives can come out of the negatives?

What growth or evolution can come from struggle and adversity?

Instead ...

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After a recent cyclone here, I found myself reflecting on how life’s challenges—whether it’s a weather event or deep personal trauma—push us to dig deep, respond, and grow. Over time, these experiences build resilience and confidence.

Many of us have...

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So, what’s triggering?

Triggering is a colloquial word for when a memory, an old emotion, or something stuck in our process—stuck in our experience—gets brought to the surface.

It can be triggered by an event, something we see on TV, or a song on the...

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I wanted to talk about a soul journey aspect today—the journey as a soul warrior out from oneness, from the merged unity at the top of the pyramid. At the top, there’s harmony, unity, and wholeness. That’s where we came from, and deep down, it’s what...

Stop Pushing Parts of Yourself Away – Here’s What to Do Instead

Healing is all about reintegrating the parts of ourselves that have been fragmented by trauma, fear, and pain. When we suppress or reject these parts, we stay stuck. But by embracing them with love and curiosity, we allow them to soften, transform, and reintegrate into our whole self. This process brings greater peace, spaciousness, and freedom in our lives. If you're ...

Just as Earth has its own gravitational pull, so does the divine.

I call it God Gravity—a force that calls us, pulls us, guides us, and leads us with absolute accuracy on our journey back to the ocean.

We might find ourselves in the mountains—a little pool, a small stream, a tiny rivulet. Lost, separated, and feeling far from our source. And yet, there is a purpose in that journey.

But God’s gravity is always pulling us back to the...

Loving your Inner Critic

A common problem for people, especially trauma survivors, is a loud and vicious inner critic. This part attacks self in harsh, angry judgments. It doesn’t stop attacking until we have collapsed in a powerless, guilty mess.

My personal and professional experience with inner critic is a repetitive message that cuts us down and keeps us in our place. It sabotages success and joy, undermining positive experienc...

Our human nature is to fear and reject anything unfamiliar, different or intense. We push away the strange and uncomfortable because that helped us survive in the past.

Doing our inner work however, we need to over-ride that tendency. So many parts of us - old emotions, negative beliefs, traumatic memories - show up in confronting ways. Avoiding or suppressing them will only prolong our symptoms and suffering.

Therapy is a messy, u...

Trauma survivor therapy and soul growth happen in parallel

For our healing tree to soar into the sky of our potentials, the roots need to be deep, strong and healthy. We can only grow into mature, soul power in parallel with robust shadow work.

To move from trauma survivor into soul warrior, we are not ignoring or rejecting our wounded human parts; we need to address them head on. By processing them with courageous love, our roots ...

A tree is a powerful metaphor for our healing journey. We begin in the root system, where we work through difficult emotions, past experiences, and trauma—processing them through the body and releasing their weight.

As we move upward into the trunk, we integrate psychology, understanding, and hypnotherapy, allowing us to reparent our inner child and build a stronger foundation for healing. Then, we reach the branches, connecting wi...