Making The Transformation To Happiness Possible © 2012 Guiding Connection  647.928.7177 Guiding Connection About Us Gifted in inspiring people, Aliza Terris is passionate about guiding people to uncover and develop their best self.  She aspires to help both individuals and couples recognize their inner blocks and to triumph over them with their highest self in order to reach their fullest potential for loving, living and being part of effective relationships.   She is an enthusiastic counselor and therapist, using a combination of research and therapeutic modalities to orient people to their own innate wisdom.    Aliza is a talented facilitator of communication between people which lends itself to her expertise in relationship development.  She is both student and teacher in the areas of personal development and self-actualization.  Aliza earned her honors BA in psychology, BSW (Bachelors of social work) and MSW (Masters in Social Work) from York University in Toronto. She is also certified as a Meyers Briggs Personality Type Qualified administrator, and is trained in Imago Relationship Therapy.   Aliza has written a relationship advice column for an international dating site and has been invited as a keynote speaker on the topics of dating and relationship building and Personal Development locally and internationally.  She has also appeared as a Relationship expert on "The Agenda", a national television program.    Aliza lives and has a private psychotherapy practice in Toronto, Canada.  She practices everything she teaches in her daily life outside her office with her husband and seven children Aliza’s Philosophy Life is a series of ups and downs.  It is through the experiences that we each have from the very beginning of our life and onwards that we begin to develop our sense of self.  Being a human being involves struggle, conflict, ambivalence and confusion by definition.  How so?  Each one of us is struggling to manage the duality that naturally exists within us.  We hear it in our minds, sense it in our body, and feel it in our heart.  It is the struggle between good and evil, right and wrong, higher consciousness and lower consciousness, body and soul.  There is no escaping it as every Human Being is a combination of body and spirit, and each sings to a different tune.  The inner conflict created is the war of illusion vs. truth, and it is occurring innocently and often unconsciously within each and every one of us.  To the extent that Truth wins over illusion, we will have the experience of calm, harmony, balance, integration and therefore health and well-being.  When illusion wins over truth in our lives, we experience feelings such as anxiety, sadness, worry, anger, jealousy, insecurity, lack of self-worth, etc.  The most powerful weapon that each of us has is the ability to use our mind to be curious about the war being waged within it.  To understand our own unique inner battle is to be empowered to fight it.  Looking into our mind illuminates the enemy within.   It is only when the enemy is unknown, unrecognized and not understood that he has the ammunition to win the war.  Conversely, our ability to find him, learn more about him and how he grew into the enemy within us, unleashes our innate ability to recognize him, consciously fight him and courageously win.  We are hardwired for innate health and well-being.  All we have to do is learn how to recognize the enemy in our midst and use our natural resources found within our consciousness to win the war.  Happiness, balance, integration and well-being are always just beneath the surface.  Personal Development Services