Blog Post Title One
Dear Friends,
I write this because I care. I care about your time on the planet, your quality of energy, enthusiasm and joy. Because, “We do not get to where we want to be in isolation.” It takes a village. We need to be reminded and educated along the journey, to:
“Be Here Now”
Ram Dass said this best.
Coming back to the present moment helps when we are stuck, challenged, hurting and in need of care ~ from ourselves or others. Heart-focused breathing is the momentary stress counterbalance.
The effects of living our lives, effects us on a cellular level beyond effecting our mind, physiology and emotions. We are mammals and biological beings having an emotional and spiritual existence. What this means for us as aging individuals and as people trying to heal their injuries and disease processes is that nutrition, overcoming inflammatory processes and mindset tools are at the root of successful healing.
As far as our minds and emotions, well ‘never mind’ them. Joking, I’m joking, in part. Some of our mind can be ignored when it puts us into fight, flight or freeze mode. Then tended to with brain hacks that help us overcome our emergency brake pulling, habit de-railing and negative patterns that impact our state of mind, our joy levels.
Truly, nutrition for your brain, resiliency for your spirit and mindset to live by are the trio that I put into action for myself and my clients. I learned these three mental, emotional and spiritual lessons over the last 48 years - since I was 4, where my earliest memories take me.
I used to beat myself often. That I was a bad person, not worthy and that, ‘I was’ my emotions. I was confused about so many areas of life that I thought were the cause of my pain and suffering. Luckily, I am open to options, read and study often and want to get to the bottom line quickly. I have searched for experts and ask others who I think have a leg-up, about whatever is bothering me. Listening, I absorb their wisdom, trying on what is available right then. Often, I am trying their advice many times over when I did not get the lesson or success the first time. I give myself the permission to be the recovering perfectionist, make mistakes, stumble and fall. I know now that this gives me resiliency and confidence. The wisdom to chart the future.
Listen… hear this… YOU ARE NOT YOUR EMOTIONS. Your emotions are a by-product of your lifestyle, your circumstances, your conditioning, the company you keep, your habits and your belief systems. You decide the story that is going on in your head and you have the ability to change it.
Sometimes when I ask someone if they want help with the problem they are presenting, ~ Ask for consent first, no one wants cross talk or unsolicited advice. ~ I often hear: “She won’t be interested, she is very science oriented.” Or that, “This person is religious and probably won’t believe it.” “This person won’t believe it unless her doctor tells her to do it.” I hear you. That person is not open. They are not ready for healing or change. They are stuck in the muck of the past. We have all been there. We have all needed a rant or a vent to hear the pieces that were subconscious to us until then. The help of others to witness and name what we are going through.
I hope that you are safe, secure and loved. I hope that you are working down your joy list ~ as often as possible to remember who you divinely are. It is hard to remember that person sometimes as the years have gone and time is flying. They are out there. They are inside of you. You are them.
Your health is a star of possibility. What point are you working on right now? Where do you want to focus next: Relationships, movement, joy, nutrition, lifestyle, career, self-actualization, family life and children or your spiritual connection?
Thank you when I see you for the first time. Or again. For reminding me of who I am. For sure I will be passionate when we meet. Maybe it will be loudly that day, maybe internally. Passion is the charge that keeps me alive. I hope you too. What are you passionate about
