What's New on WHR (Jan 2012)

New WHEE-kly articles:

Adding a Name to WHEE: Transformative Wholistic Reintegration (TWR)

Daniel J. Benor, MD, ABIHM

 Over the years, numbers of people have suggested that the name WHEE is not conducive to its acceptance in conventional medical and business settings, even though it has major potential contributions to make in these areas.
 
The majority of people who are seeking relief for pain, stress and distress are comfortable with WHEE, and in fact come into feelings of release and elation through using WHEE. They are also comfortable with the full names that form the 'WHEE' acronym: Whole Health – Easily and Effectively; as well as with Wholistic Hybrid derived from EMDR and EFT.
 
Conventional practitioners and people in management have responded that WHEE sounds frivolous to them, and not a modality that they would be drawn to explore for their patients or employees. They also note that WHEE also reminds them of the computer game called 'wii,' which does not promote a serious resonation when they hear 'WHEE.'
 
We've had several months of deliberation and consultations with whoever responded – from our list of WHEE workshop participants and WHEE book and digital products purchases – to inquiries about suggested alternative names. We've settled on Transformative Wholistic Reintegration (TWR) as most closely describing what WHEE is and does – in more neutral terms and in an acronym that does not have negative associations to it.
 
So it is with the anticipation of expanding acceptance of TWR that we go forward in the new year.

Absence of Negatives Does Not Predict Presence of Positives in Our Lives
Daniel J. Benor, MD, ABIHM

I was startled to read that "…positive and negative emotions need to be measured separately in research on well-being. It cannot be assumed that the presence of one indicates the absence of the other." (Emmons, 2003, p. 44)

I find that people are able to rapidly release negative, bothersome thoughts, memories and emotions with WHEE (Whole Health – Easily and Effectively). I find that most people will spontaneously come into more positive thoughts and feelings when they have released their negative issues down to the level of zero (on a scale of 10) or close to zero.

I had assumed therefore that through the reduction and then absence of negativity, people are freed up to shift into positivity. Conversely, I expected that people who have positive worldviews would be generally more free of negativity.

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