Akēru is a Japanese word that means “to pierce, to end, to begin.”
Akeru is the name I’ve given to the five hands-on exercises of the Abandonment Recovery Program.
Akeru works with the natural flow of life process, enabling the individual to restore a sense of self, increase life, and find new love. You recognize abandonment as rebirth.
The akeru exercises act like physical therapy for the brain, working incrementally to turn the pain of an ending into the beginning of positive change.
There is an akēru exercise for each stage of the abandonment process called S.W.I.R.L.— Shattering, Withdrawal, Internaluzing, Rage, and Lifting. Download all five Akeru exercises or access the program through my books and workshops.
For the SHATTERING stage, there is an akeru exercise for staying in the moment that helps you manage the grief, panic, and anxiety of abandonment and enhance the quality of your life.
For WITHDRAWAL, there is a visualization exercise that re-directs your psychic energy and helps you focus on your deepest dreams and needs, build toward real achievements, and change life direction.
For INTERNALIZING, there is a written dialogue that taps into your oldest and truest feelings – feelings that have been interfering from deep within your personality all along, and allows you to turn them around. If you make this exercise a part of your daily life, positive change is inevitable.
For RAGE, you learn to use the power tool called “Outer Child” to overcome self-sabotage. Outer Child is the part of the personality that breaks your diet and gets attracted to all the wrong people.
For LIFTING, the task is to increase your capacity for love and make a new connection, which includes Future Self and Five Point Action Plan.
Get to know the other healing tools of The Program
In-depth explanation of each item at Q & A
Download The Program Videos provide step-by-step guidance through the 5 Akēru exercises and other concepts and tools of the program
Outer Child – a revolutionary self-empowerment tool for overcoming self-sabotage
SWIRL - acronym for the 5 stages of the grief specific to abandonment
Abandoholics Anonymous – attracted to the unavailable; addicted to the biochemistry of insecurity
Profile of an Abandoner It can be difficult to tell who might be safe to attach to and who might be a potential abandoner
Black Swan You heal abandonment by enjoying a brief story and along the way encounter the 12 Lessons of spiritual and emotional healing
Personal Stories Opportunity to submit your story to me, confidentially.
Akeru 5 Hands-on exercises promoting growth and healing at each stage of abandonment’s grief process called S.W.I.R.L.
Workbook Books and Audiobooks The four Abandonment Recovery books guide you through the concepts, tools and exercises of The Program and promote growth and healing.
Abandonment Groups and Workshops My Abandonment Recovery Workshops present The Program through sharing, exercises, discussion – a meaningful personal experience, spawning ongoing support groups.