According to dear old Wikipedia, “A comfort zone is a psychological state in which things feel familiar to a person and they are at ease and in control of their environment, experiencing low levels of anxiety and stress.”

You see, what dictates the size of a goldfish, is its environment, the size of his bowl and what is in the space. And while the goldfish lives in his very safe environment, it’s also very limiting in almost every way. When placed in a more robust environment, say a small pond there is potential for growth. Perhaps potentially a little unsafe and this is when we must start to trust out instinctual messages from the amygdala, the fight or flight message, but only to be trusted when both emotional and logical aspects of our mind are balanced.

Many times, clients will come to me with disillusionment, low energy, mind fog, poor sleep and nutrition and quite often, dreadful levels of anxiety and/or depression. Once we are able to access the solutions by being in communication with the unconscious mind, healing the past traumas and emotional blockages, they then are able to aspire to living the most fulfilling life.