The Forgiveness Connection, LLC

01/30/2026

In Eastern medicine, depression is linked to the liver, the organ associated with the flow of emotions and life energy. When emotions are held in or left unexpressed, that flow can become stagnant, showing up as heaviness in both the body and the mind.

Depression as a feeling is different than clinical depression.
An emotional depressive state is often situational and time-limited, arising from stress, grief, or prolonged overwhelm. Clinical depression involves persistent symptoms associated with changes in brain chemistry, nervous system regulation, and cognitive-emotional processing.

Research shows that gratitude practices can help reduce depressive symptoms, with some studies finding effects comparable to certain medications for mild to moderate depression. Gratitude gently supports emotional balance and nervous system regulation.

At The Forgiveness Connection Holistic Counseling Center, we honor healing as emotional, physical, and spiritual—because true restoration involves the whole person.

✨ You don’t have to walk this journey alone. Reach out when you’re ready.
(843)708-9764
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Tamela Reed

01/28/2026

Already given up on your resolutions?

By now, most people have already let go of their New Year’s resolutions — and it’s not because they’re lazy or lack willpower.

It’s actually how the brain is wired.

Resolutions often fail because they rely on motivation alone. Motivation lives in the emotional brain, which is designed for comfort and immediate relief. When change feels uncomfortable or stressful, the brain’s survival system pulls us back toward familiar patterns — even when we truly want something different.

That’s why willpower fades.
Why “starting fresh” doesn’t stick.
And why real change takes more than good intentions.

Lasting change happens when we work with the brain — creating safety, regulation, and new neural pathways instead of fighting ourselves.

At The Forgiveness Connection, we focus on healing the root patterns beneath behaviors, not just setting goals on top of them. When the nervous system feels supported, change becomes sustainable.

✨ If your resolution already feels heavy, it doesn’t mean you failed — it means your brain needs a different approach.

📞 Reach out today to learn how holistic therapy and EPT can help you create real, lasting change from the inside out.
Tammy

Tamela Reed

01/27/2026

🧠 Why Shared Experiences Create Strong Bonds

The brain bonds through shared experiences—even negative ones.

When people go through something intense together, the brain releases connection chemicals like oxytocin. The nervous system remembers who was there, which is why emotional attachment can form even in unhealthy or painful relationships.

This isn’t weakness. It’s neuroscience.

The good news? With holistic counseling and Emotional Polarity Technique (EPT), those old emotional bonds can be gently released, allowing the nervous system to reset and healthier connections to form.

✨ Awareness leads to healing.
✨ You don’t have to stay attached to what hurt you.

👉 Ready to break free from old emotional patterns?
The Forgiveness Connection Holistic Counseling Center can help you begin your healing journey. (843)708-9764
Tammy

Tamela Reed

01/26/2026

Comfort feels safe. Consistency creates change.

When you’re working toward a goal or trying to shift an old behavior, comfort often whispers, “Stay where you are.” It avoids discomfort, keeps routines familiar, and resists growth—even when those routines no longer serve you.

Consistency, on the other hand, is about showing up with intention. It’s the small, repeated choices that slowly rewire the brain, build emotional resilience, and create lasting change. Consistency isn’t always comfortable—but it’s where healing, growth, and transformation happen.

At The Forgiveness Connection Holistic Counseling Center, we honor the nervous system’s need for safety while gently supporting consistent, mindful steps forward. True change doesn’t come from pushing harder—it comes from practicing with compassion.

✨ Growth happens when consistency becomes your new comfort.

01/24/2026

🧠 Your Brain Learns What You Repeat

Complaining doesn’t just release frustration — it trains the brain. Through neuroplasticity, repeated negative thoughts strengthen neural pathways, making negativity more automatic over time.

Research highlighted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education explains the brain’s natural negativity bias — our tendency to focus on what’s wrong. While once protective, this bias can keep us stuck in stress unless we intentionally shift our patterns of thinking.

The good news? 🌱
Those same pathways can be rewired. Emotional Polarity Technique (EPT) therapy helps release old patterns of negativity stored in the mind and body, creating space for emotional balance, clarity, and resilience.

✨ If you’re ready to shift old mental patterns and create healthier ones, we invite you to reach out, schedule a session, or follow our page for more mind-body healing insights. Healing begins with awareness — and continues with intention.
(843)708-9764
Tammy

Tamela Reed

01/24/2026

Grief is a natural psychological and emotional response to loss, change, and prolonged stress. During difficult times, it may emerge as sadness, fatigue, irritability, or a sense of disconnection—often in ways we don’t immediately recognize as grief.

At The Forgiveness Connection Holistic Counseling Center, we view grief through a whole-person lens. It affects the mind, body, and spirit, and healing involves acknowledging each of these layers with intention and care. Allowing space for grief—rather than suppressing it—supports emotional regulation, nervous system balance, and long-term resilience.

Grief does not follow a timeline, and it does not indicate weakness. It is a meaningful part of the adaptive process during times of hardship and transition.

🌿 Support, awareness, and self-compassion are essential components of healing.
Awareness is the first step.
Tammy

Tamela Reed

01/21/2026

✨ Comfort Isn’t Always Easy ✨

When we think of comfort, we often imagine avoiding pain, staying in familiar places, and protecting ourselves from what hurts. But true comfort isn’t always found in what feels easy.

Sometimes, real comfort requires us to gently face the pain we’ve been carrying. The memories, wounds, and experiences from the past that we tucked away for survival still live in the body, the mind, and the spirit. Avoiding them may feel safer—but healing comes when we allow ourselves to acknowledge them.

At The Forgiveness Connection Holistic Counseling, we believe comfort is created through release. It’s found in giving yourself permission to feel, process, and let go of what no longer works. When we address past pain with compassion and support, we make space for freedom, clarity, and emotional rest.

Comfort doesn’t mean the absence of pain—it means no longer being controlled by it. 🌱
Tammy

Tamela Reed

01/19/2026

✨ Holistic & Spiritually Mindful Self-Care ✨

At The Forgiveness Connection, we believe true healing happens when you care for your whole self—mind, body, emotions, and spirit.

🌿 Honor your body
Listen to what your body needs. Rest when you’re tired, nourish yourself with intention, and move in ways that feel gentle and supportive.

🧠 Tend to your emotional and mental well-being
Give yourself permission to feel without judgment. Release what no longer serves you through forgiveness, reflection, and healthy boundaries.

🙏 Stay spiritually connected
Create quiet moments for prayer, meditation, or stillness. These moments help realign you with peace, purpose, and inner guidance.

💛 Practice self-compassion
Speak to yourself with kindness. Healing isn’t about perfection—it’s about progress and grace.

🌱 Choose balance over burnout
A holistic life honors balance, not constant doing. You are worthy of care, rest, and renewal.

✨ When you nurture yourself in a holistic and spiritually mindful way, you create space for deeper healing, clarity, and connection.

Call today to schedule your emotional self care. (843)708-9764
Tammy

Tamela Reed

01/17/2026

✨ You Are Enough — Right Now ✨

So many of us are walking around carrying the quiet belief that we need to do more, be more, or prove more in order to be worthy.
But your worth was never meant to be earned.

At The Forgiveness Connection, we believe self-worth begins with remembering who you already are — whole, valuable, and enough exactly as you are in this moment.

Healing isn’t about fixing yourself.
It’s about releasing the stories, wounds, and expectations that taught you to forget your worth.

When you begin to honor yourself with compassion, forgiveness, and grace, something powerful happens:
• You stop shrinking
• You stop over-explaining
• You stop seeking permission to take up space

You are not behind.
You are not broken.
You are not too much — or not enough.

You are enough.
And you always have been. 🌿

✨ If you’re ready to reconnect with your self-worth and release what no longer serves you, The Forgiveness Connection is here to walk with you. ✨
Tammy

Tamela Reed

01/15/2026

✨ Why We Use Muscle Testing in Emotional Polarity Technique (EPT) ✨

Have you ever thrown a tantrum like a five-year-old about something that really didn’t matter?

Moments like that can be a sign that something deeper is being triggered beneath the surface.

That’s where muscle testing comes in.

In Emotional Polarity Technique (EPT), muscle testing is used as a gentle, body-based feedback tool to help identify hidden emotional memories and patterns that may be contributing to emotional or physical discomfort.

🧠 Why muscle testing matters in EPT:

• It helps access subconscious emotional information that isn’t always available through talking alone
• It allows the body to “communicate” what it remembers
• It helps pinpoint the root emotional cause of an issue rather than guessing
• It guides the session so the work is personalized and specific to each individual

Instead of relying only on what the mind remembers, EPT listens to the body — because emotions can be stored long after an experience has passed.

Muscle testing helps us find what needs healing, so it can be released, forgiven, and resolved.

✨ When the root is addressed, lasting change becomes possible.
Want to learn more? (843)708-9764
Tammy

Tamela Reed

01/13/2026

What to Expect in an Emotional Polarity Technique (EPT) Session

Emotional Polarity Technique (EPT) is a gentle, holistic approach that supports emotional balance and stress relief. Sessions take place in a calm, private setting designed to help you feel safe and supported.

During a session, you sit comfortably in a chair while a light muscle test on one arm helps identify emotional stress patterns your body is ready to release. The process is gentle, guided by the body, and tailored to your individual needs.

Many of my clients describe EPT as relaxing and grounding, often leaving with a greater sense of clarity, calm, and emotional or physical relief.

If you’re feeling stuck, emotionally overwhelmed, or ready for deeper healing, EPT may be the support you’ve been looking for.

✨ Call me today to schedule your session or learn more (843)708-9764 ✨
Tammy

Tamela Reed

01/13/2026

Check out this video explaining the tools I use in the office and what to expect when you come In for a session.

I have over 80 Youtube videos on various topics that help walk you through forgiving yourself and others.

What are you struggling with currently? Is It a relationship? Grief? Physical pain? I would love to work with you. Give me a call today. (843)708-9764
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Tamela Reed

Introduction to the tools I use in the office from magnets to organ/emotion charts and breathing. (Originally recorded 2.21.24)