In This Episode

• Meet Dr. Jenna Foster, MAP Practitioner, and hear how MAP has transformed her life.
• How we use the MAP Method to address sleep issues.
• The questions to ask yourself if you're having sleep problems.

Show Notes

Join me for episode 58 where we talk with my fellow MAP Practitioner, Dr. Jenna Foster, about the MAP Method for sleep issues. Jenna has a PhD in Sociology and Social Psychology and she joins us from her office in Pahoa, on the Big Island of Hawaii. We discuss her background and how she became a MAP practitioner, how she works with clients and how we can use the MAP Method to resolve sleep issues including: trouble falling asleep, interrupted sleep patterns, nightmares and bad dreams, waking in fear or panic, and insomnia.

In this episode we discuss: 

• Her background and how she discovered the MAP Method.
• How she pursued coaching after 10 years as a scientist.
• How she heard about the MAP Method from reading Colette Streicher’s book, Abundance on Demand.
• Her training in various energy techniques, Soul-centered healing, and NLP.
• How 3 years of MAP have transformed her life.
• How she was able to stay calm through a separation and a very stressful construction project with MAP.
• How she works with clients who are mainly health professionals, coaches and healers.
• How she prepares for each MAP session, and what it’s like to be the practitioner.
• The importance of sleep and good sleep hygiene.
• The questions to consider if you are having sleep problems: what keeps you awake, when did it start, and what was happening in your life around that time that may have been stressful?
• The importance of creating a goal.
• Disrupted sleep or poor sleep patterns as self-sabotage behaviors.
• The approaches and procedures we can utilize in the MAP Method to address internal and external causes.
• The role of emotions like stress, overwhelm and anxiety on sleep patterns.
• The importance of focusing on the goal–what does life feel like when you’re well-rested?

To find out more about Dr. Jenna Foster and her practice, please visit: www.dr-jen-healing-work.com

If you enjoyed this episode, don’t miss episode 49, MAP for Thyroid Health, with my client Melissa, who discusses the benefits from MAP sessions for thyroid function, back pain, digestion, sleep and hair shedding. 

To learn more about the MAP Method and how it works, visit mapforhealth.us, to find our free courses and MAP Program offerings. To schedule an Introductory MAP session please book online at MindReMAPforHealth.com

Moments from our conversation

[12:00] “MAP is supporting you as you clear, step by step, anything that you created to limit you. We are the creators. We create anything in our life. When we stop and own whatever we created we can change it.”

[20:00] "Sleep is fundamentally important. While we sleep the body detoxifies, and heals. The brain detoxifies. Actually sleep between 10 and 12, it is important to have this early sleep… There are many things we can improve about sleep. We create fight and flight responses during the day and these affect our sleep."

[22:00] “I ask clients what changes they notice and I often hear that when they work with their issues and improve, sleep improves too. When sleep is an issue I find out what is keeping them awake. I ask: Have they had it for a long time, or is it recent? Do they know the event that caused it?"

[23:00] “The mind and the body respond to this work because as the systems get more into alignment, the entire personality gets calmer, more peaceful and more clear. With more peace and clarity, you can manage more work, or you are smarter in what you do.”

[26:00] "As MAP Practitioners it’s not just about the words that we say, it’s about who we are as a person and the intuitive and empathic connection that we make with the client."

[31:00] "All behaviors are based on memory, including sleep. This person is waking up in the night at the same time, one o’clock, and I say: What is the significance of one o’clock for you? They may not know and I have to help them [find the memory that underlies the behavior.]"

[43:00] “The brain is an energy monster. It takes about 25% of our oxygen and body energy being not even a half gallon in volume. The brain is always looking for savings. The brain develops a script for anything you do. When the trigger is cleared, the script is still there. If I don’t take care to create something new and pay attention, the old script will still run.”

[45:00] "Client and practitioner are a team and they have different jobs to do. For a good outcome, both parties have to do their part. The practitioner needs to be 100%, and the client needs to pay attention to themselves and continue to transfer their insights from the session into their lives. It’s not just automatic. MAP is fixing the memories, the charge so I am calmer, more focused, more clear, and I can make better decisions.” 

[1:02:00] “When there are significant sleep issues for a client with physical health conditions, sleep is something we need to work with sooner rather than later because it is essential to be well-rested if you want to be able to recover.”

Reflections

Sleep is an important topic and foundational for good health. For my clients with chronic health issues, it's an important consideration because restorative sleep is essential for recovering our health. Dr. Jenna shares a lot about her story and how she came to be a MAP Practitioner. I think it is notable that she's trained in Reiki (as am I), several years of NLP and other modalities, and yet MAP is her primary method. This is true of  many of my colleagues who have training in hypnosis, EMDR, EFT, or other energy methods--MAP is their method of choice. Why? I think it's because it is often faster and easier and you can also combine other skills into it.