18. Name-Calling Does/Doesn’t* Hurt
* Cross out the one that doesn’t apply to you.
It still surprises me how little people realize what they are saying. It is as though words don’t have any energy. As if they just roll off of you. We now know that words do have an impact on us. When people talk a lot about bad weather or about dramatic current events, we can become glum or down. And it happens much more often than we realize.
I’d like to ask you to remember the names you were called, name-calling. Mine were: breadstick, and lamppost, because I am a reaaaaally long woman! Within the family were many more affectionate names such as: “strange one”, “bad girl”, “Daddy long legs”, “insufferable child”, “ghastly girl”, “spoiled brat”, “lazy pig”, “bad girl”, “ungrateful child”, and I could continue on in this vein. I will admit that I was a fiery teenager.
Name-calling and Red Flag
Name-calling has an influence on you. Children can deal with a lot. If they hear a bit of verbal abuse, it won’t affect them much, but if they hear this time and time again, day in and day out, year after year, these words gain substance. They become a physical part of you, as a sort of “red flag”. You create opinions about yourself from them, to understand why these names apply to you: “I’m lazy”, or “I can’t be trusted” or “I’m a bad person”. I used to have a red flag for “I can’t be trusted”. When my director joked to a colleague: “You have to check if what she says is correct”, I went crazy. For me that joke was like waving a red flag at a bull. I spoke to my director about it and only understand much later that it really was a joke. Interesting type of humor, by the way.
The beautiful thing is that when people make this type of comment it doesn’t hurt me anymore because I know that it is not true. I was able to heal this by using the MIR-Method. It is incorporated in the 9 steps. This time, you can figure out for yourself in which of the 9 steps healing can found for these “red flags”. There’s something else I want to teach you.
The Red Flag Assignment
See this as a fun game. You remember the names you were called back then and “give” them all “peace”. This means that you say one of these words aloud while stroking your hand. You repeat the insults as often as you can, very calmly, very friendly, while you continue to stroke your hand. At some point, after maybe 20 times, the insults lose their power because you have confronted them with so much tenderness. You give so much love and peace to the insults that they become empty words that can’t hurt you anymore. It can be an emotional process for a while, but that will lessen.
Just keep stroking! When you are finished, go through all 9 steps of the MIR-Method.
Check Whether Your Red Flag is Still Raised
If you would like, you can test afterwards to see if your red flag is still being raised. I did this with a colleague and it was hilarious. She kept insulting and name-calling me, calmly and with everything that upset me. “You’re a liar.” “You’re not a decent person.” “You’re a loser.” And while she said these things, I kept stroking my hand and feeling like it still upset me. It was rather painful at first, but I gradually noticed that I started to realize that it wasn’t true and therefore the words didn’t hurt me anymore.
I hope that it also works for you. Remember that you can always heal yourself from what someone else has said to you. Wipe it all out!
Question for you: What insult and name-calling do you remember? And do you find them affecting you less by stroking peace into them? Share your experience below! Thank you!
Wishing you much happiness and freedom!
Mireille Mettes
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Dear Mireille, I a newbie, and I see that my body noticeably physically reacts to the MIR, and even my eyes are tearing, while I’m not emotional at all! Definitely, something is happening! I have a couple of questions:
1) Can I do MiR while lying down (waking up after sleep)?
2) Can I hold my hands on the chest/heart area, while stroking?
3) If another person is stroking my hand, would MiR have a stronger effect?
See you on Friday on worldwide MiR! Thank you!!!
P.S. I’m already on your mailing list
Dear Zoya,
Yes, you can do it lying down. And yes, you can lay your hands wherever you feel like. And no, the MIR-Method will not be stronger if somebody else strokes you, unless that person has healing hands or is a healer. But it will give you a feeling of closeness and connection which is a nice extra effect!
Hope you could join the worldwide MIR.
Greetings! Mireille
Dear Mireille … I just read your article about hurtful words, and your suggestion for removing the sting from those words sounds very good, and I will try it. However, there are two components to dealing with hurtful words, and maybe there are other readers who will have the same components.
Yes, I know that the names I was called are not true and that I am not that person at all. Your technique will help with that part. Here’s the other part — how does one deal with the fact that the loved one who called me those awful names really believes those untrue and terrible things about me and always will?
Dear Patti,
Wonderful question! What you mention is absolutely painful. The lucky part is that the MIR-Method slowly deals with this pain in step 3 when it helps you to detach father and detach mother. You then also detach any other man or woman that is sending you such a strong negative message up to the point that their words can not come inside you any more. This is when you start to feel totally free!
Good luck and thanks for asking!
Mireille Mettes
Thanks so much for your reply, Mireille. Is there a way to make myself stop caring what this loved family member thinks of me? Is that Step 3? I really care what this beloved person thinks, and I can do nothing about it because it will never change. So, is Step 3 the key to not only taking the sting out of the words, but also the pain of knowing that this person will ALWAYS see me in the light of her ugly words. How do I not care about that?
Dear Patti,
Your subconscious will find a way. It can be through detoxing the toxic words of this person (step 2). It can be through step 3. It can be through the chakras and aura, because when they get stronger the words don’t hit you as strong anymore. It can also be, step 9, that your mission regarding this person changes, which means you won’t be so often in contact with her, so you spare yourself the hurtful words. All you need to do is trust that your subconscious will heal this part and that you will be less fragile when it comes to her beliefs about you.
Wishing you good luck and good strength!
Mireille Mettes
Thanks so much, Mireille … I appreciate your help … Patti
Bonjour,
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Cordialement
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Greetings,
Mireille Mettes
just between us, you are the most desireable looking “lamppost”
I’ve ever seen.
Dear A del,
Thaaaaank you! You made me laugh out loud! I am a very tall woman and was in that time quite skinny. But yeah, even lamppost can look good. Ha ha haaaa!
Greetings!
Mireille Mettes