Helena Verro
Freedom from anxiety and burnout
My story
Do you far too often feel as if you were on hot coals and under stress, and are you still looking for the key to breaking free from it all happening again and again? Do you want to live without fearing burnout and its consequences, while enjoying both the realization of your dreams and good health?
Throughout her education and her first 10 years of work, Helena felt a need to achieve. This included a whole range of pressuring emotions – the need to prove herself both to herself and to others, the desire to do things right and to please, a tendency toward perfectionism, overworking, dissatisfaction with herself… The bar was set high. She was guided by the view that nothing is impossible, yet at the same time all that excitement and easily kindled interest was also quite exhausting. And when routine took over or everything didn’t turn out perfectly right away, the urge to give up and keep postponing came to the surface.
Since society considers emotional tension and stress an inseparable part of life, she could not even imagine the possibility of truly becoming free of it. As is well known, a high rate of burnout among doctors is taken as inevitable, and it is also a doorway to both anxiety and depression. At the same time, ever since her teenage years Helena had been accompanied by questions about the meaning of life and what it is to be human – is a person really helpless in the face of their previously learned reactions? Is it really natural that a reaction is triggered even when I don’t actually want it? If only there were a way to wisely sort through this learned baggage and free oneself from these reactions?
How to become free of the involuntary recurrence of emotions?
Helena was interested in what goes on in the human soul, how to achieve peace of mind, and what meditation and the witness-Self mean. Through Practical Consciousness she came into contact with Ingvar Villido, who taught how to apply consciousness practically in the midst of everyday life, including how to get rid of emotions being triggered on their own.
Professionally (a medical degree specializing in psychiatry), the observations and practices done during the course were a pleasant surprise – instead of constantly holding an emotion back, living it through or analyzing it at length, every person has the capacity to release it in an instant. As a personal practice, Helena saw here an opportunity to free herself from emotions that had bad consequences.
Becoming aware and releasing emotions became a daily activity. The number of automatic reactions decreased month by month, and where a reaction was no longer triggered, there was no longer any need to suppress anything or go somewhere to calm down. The unpleasant consequences no longer came, energy was preserved, and in place of reacting, the natural ability to become aware, go deeper and grasp new things increased.
Having released both overly activating and inhibiting emotions, both those causing attachment and those causing anguish, Helena, based on her personal practice, was given the opportunity to teach the Practical Consciousness techniques to others as well. She knows how to guide people in freeing themselves from the risk of burnout and leaving behind the emotions that surface year after year as periods of depression and anxiety.
What does life become when you start releasing these emotions?
- you discover that once you truly become free, the result lasts – it doesn’t recur
- you don’t have to give up your dreams or exciting challenges for the sake of your health
- you can be active while feeling inwardly light as a breeze, free of stress and tension
- you know how much adrenaline is optimal for your body and are able to regulate it
- you don’t have to fear getting carried away again and overworking
- you know how to rest and be by yourself or with your loved ones without impatience or guilt
- you don’t overreact and you sleep well – constant exhaustion becomes a thing of the past
- you experience peace because anxiety is no longer triggered – a problem that has recurred year after year is resolved
- you discover what life is like without negative, depressing feelings
What do you learn in Practical Consciousness Class I & II?
In Class I: CLARITY you learn about your inner structure, the five-body system, as a map and compass for navigating both your inner and outer world. You gain clarity and achieve balance and focus in every area of life. This is the foundation on which you can begin working in more detail with the area that troubles you.
In Class II: EMOTIONS you learn to release the emotions that diminish your quality of life – in addition to the emotions that lead to burnout, also anxiety, depression, anger, the need to achieve, and so on. You are able to release a disturbing emotion instantly and easily. Even more importantly, this process frees you from the grip of ingrained patterns.
In Practical Consciousness Class I & II you also learn to live in the present moment. You find out how to use consciousness in a practical way, to be focused and creative in any situation, and you gain an experience of your true self, which is one of the most important cornerstones for your whole life.
A fast and lasting change that allows you to live in natural inner clarity and peace
At work you increasingly find yourself in a good flow – everything is much more enjoyable to do when your activity is accompanied not by emotions that create tension but by inner lightness and calm attentiveness. What happens at work no longer causes you personal distress. Whether it is a new computer program, a difficult colleague or a misunderstanding with a client – you are able to notice tension arising within you and release it immediately. You no longer need to draw an artificial line between work and private life when what happened at work does not carry over into home as emotional distress, and vice versa. The burning cycle of achievement-failure-depression comes to an end (out of a hundred burned-out people, 86 develop symptoms of serious depression). Life is no longer narrowed down to work alone.
When it comes to mental health, it is possible to release all the emotions that play a central role in depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, panic attacks, adjustment disorder, prolonged grief, traumatic flashbacks, compulsive behaviour, as well as the impulsivity associated with ADHD. Emotions that are inhibiting by nature (e.g. meaninglessness, hopelessness, boredom, indifference, apathy, etc.) disguise themselves as a lack of energy – energy and willpower return when these emotions no longer arise. As for sleep, an emotionally wound-up state together with the thoughts that accompany it is the main factor disturbing falling asleep and the depth of sleep. When these emotions are no longer there, a person experiences natural well-being and balance, which also allows the body to relax and recover.
NB! Neither dark, anxious nor worrying thoughts cause distress. Feeling bad is caused by emotions.
In Practical Consciousness Class I & II you gain the knowledge and techniques to start discovering and releasing emotions.
What happens after the course?
You don’t need any special strength or willpower to start releasing negative emotions. You don’t have to release according to any program.
You release only the emotions that bother You the most. Of course, the more intensively you release, the faster the changes happen.
After the Practical Consciousness course you can join the continuation studies, so that You are not left alone with your practice – and stay firmly on your new path of development!
How is this different from everything I have tried so far?
Practical Consciousness does not dictate to You what is right to feel or how to behave. It does not teach you to dispute, avoid or acquire anything: positive experiences, temporarily soothing substitute activities, self-suggestions, better thoughts or emotions. No medication or talking through your worries releases the emotions that keep getting triggered every so often and reminding you of themselves. Emotions are released through the deliberate application of the properties of consciousness.
In the course you learn techniques for a lifetime. Once you integrate them into your everyday life and, as a result of this practice, free yourself from the emotions that harm your mental health, you will never again need to attend yet another stress or burnout training. Once you have freed yourself from the emotions that cause anxiety and depression, they no longer disturb Your life, and in line with the principle of neuroplasticity, the negative effect of these states on Your body and brain chemistry also ceases.
This course teaches you to release the emotions that sustain the state of stress leading to burnout, anxiety and a negative mood. You get to experience freedom from involuntarily triggered reactions that limit your life and cause anguish. You rediscover that there is lightness, goodness and beauty in life. You learn how to reduce everything that keeps You treading water and makes you repeat what you have been through in the past, mistakenly taking learned reaction patterns for your identity.
Watch Helena talk about depression through conscious change
Helena shares her experience in the media, in podcasts and on her website. Read more of her stories here:
- Dr Helena Verro’s website
- Podcast on depressiveness, emotions, changing other people and the principles of conscious change
- “Ausad mehed” podcast on triggers
- Opinion piece in Äripäev: “How is your mental fitness?”
- Helena’s leadership advice in Director magazine: what to do when you are on the verge of burnout?
Helena in the media
Helena's students share their experience
An absolutely wonderful teacher – she was the one and only reason I wanted to attend the training. So sincere, genuine and warm-hearted! Helena has an excellent ability to make people listen and explains everything so that it is as easy as possible to understand.
Kairit Jaanson
I didn’t really expect much from this training. I came, so to speak, without expectations. I was afraid that the help might turn out to be very small, but in fact it was the opposite. I received a great deal of new information and knowledge that I apply every day. I really feel much better and can manage my emotions far better than ever before. I also liked that these techniques are simple, nothing overly complicated, and they are good and easy to use. Thank you for the teachings.
Marika ,
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