AC Tools

Question 1

Clearing Exercise

Answer 1

1. Fears, Concerns, Complaints
2. I AM…(Nasty, judgmental, critical voice)
3. Interpretation or Fact?
4. My Stand for the Day

Question 2

Healthy Priorities

Answer 2

Looking from: What Sources You?

Self
Spouse
Work, including avocation
Family
Friends

Notes: Family and Friends may be reversed, depending on the individual’s relationships with family.

Spouse does not include boy/girlfriend, live-in, dating, or search for spouse.

Question 3

Context Exercise

Answer 3

Use “Green sunglasses” analogy as prologue to context exercise.

1. Write down all judgments, assessments, negative facts, interpretations, problems, truths about subject.
2. Ask them to list all the strategies they use to overcome or compensate for the items in No. 1.
3. List all the things that are impossible out of list No. 1 and No. 2 as a way of life. People sometimes object and say, “Nothing is impossible.” Today, based on their current context, there are some things that are impossible.
4. “Now comes the brain twister part of the process. We don’t see any of the preceding stuff as other than our reality. We don’t distinguish it as just a context. Just our context. So the first thing the brain does when asked to deal with a context is, it makes it more real by trying to fix what is wrong. Since context is based on interpretation, there is nothing wrong to be fixed. So, let’s let the brain do what it does and then shift the context.”
5. “Write down the phrase ‘I am the possibility of…’ Come up with three possibilities that would make the impossible possible.”
   See if you can create a possibility that doesn’t fix anything and makes the impossible possible.”
6. “Let’s see if your possibility works.” (Review list of impossibilities. Ask them, if they lived their possibility, would the impossible item become possible? If so, move on. If not, create a new possibility.)
7. “Let’s design some actions to go with your new possibility.” (Have the client create actions and any necessary support structures they need to take the action.)

Question 4

Declaration as a Tool

Answer 4

Declaration is where possibility starts. It causes the future and actions that will move us toward that future and to fulfilling on our possibility.

We are able to say just about anything, so why do we have to specifically declare something?

A declaration is a powerful statement of intention. “I will do X by Y date.” It is public and usually has a time commitment attached. An action plan is a necessary part of the act of declaration; otherwise, it disappears inside our heads. Remember to use a Visual Display and a schedule when making declarations.

Question 5

Project Design From The Future

Answer 5

1. Intended Results -
   - Objective
   - Measure -Create a WHAT BY WHEN. Make sure it is a SMART goal
2. Future Vision - Writing Exercise
3. Skills
4. Resources
5. Rewards: Small, Medium, Large
6. Reverse Results (aka Milestones) Plan
7. Action Plan—Only To The First Result/Milestone
8. Attach Rewards:

Question 6

BUFCA

From Breakdown to Action: A tool to return you to Being

Answer 6

B is for Breakdown.

Ask: “What shouldn’t be?”

U is for Upset.

Ask: “What are all the thoughts, feelings, and body sensations happening about this situation right now?”

F is for Facts.

Ask: “What are the main facts about what happened? What would an impartial third party (like a news reporter or police officer) say about what happened?”

C is for Commitment.

Ask: “Separate from the current breakdown (the circumstances, the thoughts and feelings, and even the facts,) what are you committed to in this area of life?”

A is for Action.

Ask: “Looking only at that overall commitment, and not at the current circumstances or the history, what is the next appropriate action or actions to take?”
Take action or make a promise by when you will do so.

Question 7

Completion Exercise

Answer 7

Completion is the opportunity to be present, to release burdensome energy, and to be acknowledged. Activities of completion include: saying what is there, being present to one’s accomplishments and stops, declaring things complete as they are – finished or unfinished. Ultimately, there is forgiveness in completion. It is an act of acceptance, of generosity. Therefore, the act of being complete is truly a declaration. At the close of a completion process, the event or endeavor shall have no more energy than last week’s lunch – something that, while useful at the time, carries with it nothing that lingers or disempowers the individual.

Question 8

THE THREE-LETTER SERIES

Answer 8

Letter Number 1: Emotions Letter

Letter Number 2: Responsibility

Letter Number 3: Acknowledgement