Cathy Caswell, Author at The Healthy Living Plan

10 Apr 2025

Beliefs block choice: Regain your power using Logosynthesis®

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Beliefs are powerful energy structures. You navigate this turbulent world using your belief system. Your life experiences, cultural heritage and societal norms shape your beliefs. This includes conclusions you reached and attitudes you adopted – beneficial or not. This is a powerful, energetic system, not a cognitive one. You can think of beliefs as mental imagery or memories. Beliefs allow for automatic responses driven by your values. Your belief system can comfortably navigate you in normal times and safe environments. … Read More

2 Apr 2025

Step into calm: Why resolving stress comes before taking action.

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In this turbulent world, the pressure to step into action can feel intense. Under stress, you default to automatic reactions—fight, flight, or freeze. While this is natural, it limits creativity and narrows your ability to see alternatives. When stress triggers fight, flight, or freeze responses, the ability to take meaningful action can be blocked. Instead of pushing through stress and stepping into your fears, what if the key is to step into calm first? The Urge to Act Under Stress … Read More

19 Mar 2025

Politics as War: How Political Stress Affects Work & Life.

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Political stress is engaging … but at a cost. In today’s environment of change and uncertainty, it’s normal to feel anxiety and tension. And often this tension becomes more about winning and losing than solving problems or creating solutions. It’s easy to get caught up in what “could” or “should” happen and the language of battle: “fighting,” “defeating,” and “taking down the opposition.” This framing of politics as war doesn’t just affect the political landscape. It can control your personal … Read More

11 Mar 2025

How to resolve conflict using Logosynthesis®

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Transforming Conflict into Creative Solutions with Logosynthesis Conflict is a natural part of life. Differences in perspectives, goals, and values can create tension — at work, at home, and in personal relationships. When handled well, conflict can lead to new insights and creative solutions. But when stress reactions take over, conflict can quickly spiral into defensiveness, misunderstanding, and poor results. Stress from conflict can disrupt sleep, increase anxiety and anger, block opportunities, and even lead to chronic health issues. Learning … Read More

4 Mar 2025

From “Elbows Up” to “Grounded Action” using Logosynthesis

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Humans React to Change We all know the feeling—when life throws challenges our way, our instinct is often to brace ourselves, dig in, and fight through it. It can be counterintuitive to take a deep breath, allowing for grounded action. In competitive work environments, high-pressure situations, or even personal struggles, it is instinctual to adopt an ‘elbows up’ approach. We push, defend, and resist, believing that if we just try harder, we will come out on top. But what if … Read More

23 Feb 2025

How to adapt to change.

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Change is inevitable, but some changes—like those brought on by injury, burnout, or aging—can feel particularly challenging. These changes can disrupt your sense of self, leaving you feeling stuck, stressed, or overwhelmed. Logosynthesis® offers a unique and compassionate way to adapt to these changes by addressing the deeper patterns and beliefs that may keep you struggling against them. Understanding the Impact of Change Injury, burnout, and aging each bring distinct challenges, but they share a common thread: they confront you … Read More

AI and Humans: Navigating Intelligence and Intuition by Cathy Caswell The Healthy Living Plan

16 Feb 2025

AI and Humans: Highlighting the need to resolve stress.

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AI and Humans are reshaping work and life. From decision-making to creative expression, AI-driven tools promise efficiency, speed, and access to vast amounts of data. But as we integrate these tools into our daily lives, an essential question arises: How do AI and humans work together effectively while maintaining the power of human insight? The answer lies in doing our personal, inner work to resolve stress and access our intuition. The ability to access our intuitive knowledge, draw from our … Read More

28 Jan 2025

Resolving Gastrointestinal Symptoms using Logosynthesis

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“The crash happened so suddenly. I had no idea what was happening and I had no control.” I knew the story of Laura’s car accident. She was driving a familiar road on a dark evening. Headlights from a parked car on the side of the road shone in her face. She was temporarily blinded and suddenly, out of nowhere, another car was stopped right in her lane on a small bridge. There was nowhere to go! The airbags exploded in … Read More

22 Jan 2025

Addressing medicine noncompliance using Logosynthesis.

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Medicine noncompliance is common. Medicine noncompliance can negatively impact your health and often stems from factors such as resistance, fear, or forgetfulness. While traditional approaches like reminders are helpful, they don’t always address the underlying causes. Logosynthesis® offers a powerful solution by helping you to clear memories and beliefs (mental imagery) that may be preventing you from taking your medication as prescribed. Logosynthesis® works by identifying and resolving memories, beliefs and fantasies that can freeze your energy in stressful, reactive … Read More

16 Nov 2024

How to be mentally strong using Logosynthesis®.

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When we hear about mental strength, we often picture grit, determination, and the ability to push through life’s challenges. Popular advice frequently centers on toughening up, staying positive, or building unshakable habits to withstand stress. But what if mental strength isn’t about being rigid in the face of adversity, but about being more in flow and adaptable, like water flowing around rocks? At The Healthy Living Plan, we view mental strength through a different lens. Using the principles of Logosynthesis®, … Read More

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