Episode 45: The 3 missing pieces of the puzzle that keep you in pain & limitation

When I was pregnant with my firstborn son, I had a really difficult birth.
Over 38 hours at home... and then, finally, the last 2 hours in the hospital - where I found myself stuck, with my son unable to come out.

I was almost rushed to the operating table for a cesarean. The pressure kept going up, till the doctor looked at me and said - You have two attempts to get him out naturally. If this doesn’t work, we have to operate.

So when he said, Push now. Hard.
I looked at my midwife and said - But... I can’t feel anything.

When I got to the hospital, they pressured me to take epidural - and I did.

But because of the epidural - I couldn’t feel my belly at all. So… How can you push and use a part of your body that you’re cut off from and simply can’t feel at all…?

And yet—this is the story of how I still managed to give birth to my son naturally and avoid a C-Section. 

And it happened through a tool that’s so overlooked and so simple that it’s almost painful… 

Through imagination (What?! That’s it…?!?)

I know it might not sound like the dramatic tool that will save you from the operation table… but here’s where we totally miss the stuff that are the most impactful when it comes to overcoming a limitation. 

Whenever we meet a limitation… Imagination - the ability to visualize the outcome we’re after - is paramount. It’s essential.

Think about it:

Every time we want change to happen in our lives, we often keep operating from the same patterns that got us into the problem or that debacle.

But if we are oriented toward a solution, we need to almost act from the future of that outcome.

And the ability to physically visualize what we want to accomplish - even if we can’t yet do it in reality - shows the body the way to move beyond that wall. 

If you wanna hear all about this epic story and how this all works - I just recorded a short podcast episode about this! It shares this entire story in its most dramatic vs. daily moments of motherhood, and how this all can apply to you - with whatever you might be facing right now physically. 

By: Meytal Blanaru | Fathom High
Music in intro: Oded Tzur
Intro editing: Noam Dorembus