Stretch out of your Comfort Zone

It’s that time again!  Monday Morning Stretch.  What thing can you do this week to push yourself outside your comfort zone?  As many of you have read this past week, I have been pushing myself outside my comfort zone with sharing parts of myself that I keep hidden.

My stretch this week is to continue to take care of myself.  To look and discover things that truly promote my self-care in all areas of my life.   To be the student in learning about my body and how to take care of it. I am discovering the stillness is helping me to discover things about myself and yes, it pushes me out of a comfort zone. Also, sharing little bits of me.

I had my post all written and I broke one of my own rules.  I read other blogs this morning before posting my own.  That usually distracts me. But the path I am on currently, I am learning to pay attention to the unplanned messages that I receive.  If I quiet myself, the answers can come quicker than if I plan and distract and go full speed ahead.

OH, this being the student, is going to be interesting!

I believe in those “coincidences” fully.  Nothing is a coincidence.  There is always some message, good or bad.  Last week, I had a conversation with someone about my food intake and my food addiction.  How this journey started because of my garden last year.  I brought up a book I heard about years ago.  Fit for Life.  Later that day, I went to my Mom’s.  She happened to ask me about a shirt she thought I had borrowed.  I told her it was in her “other” closet.  On the shelf, above where the shirt was hanging, was the book, Fit for Life.  Can you say, dear in headlight look?  What is funnier is when I started glancing through the book I realized I have never read that book and the one I was really thinking about was the Zone Diet. Go Figure.

So being mindful eating isn’t just about paying attention to our food, it is being mindful of what we feed our mind. The coincidences and “listening”, truly listening to ourselves and our thoughts.

That is what reading blogs are.  It is actually an adult learning experience.  (But that is a post for another day)

So what were my Monday Morning Messages:

Two Fit Chicks and a Microphone – Their guest answered my questions on Vitamin D.  It was proof to trust what I “know” and to focus on my health more.  Not to get caught up in the “flavor” of the month, but if that flavor gives you some answers, it may be your solution. Plus the fact that my question was at the end, I listened to the whole thing and learned a lot of other things, not just what I thought I needed.

Run, Fatass, Run – being part of the “cool” crowd.  I am like many of you where I want to be part of the cool crowd.  Finding a group of people that encourage, inspire, and make me WANT to be a better person. THAT is one reason I am a blogger.

Addictions – Good and Bad – This just reminds me of me.  One thing about me is one of my “side” jobs is being a group facilitator for many years helping others with their addictions.  I have facilitated groups for adults with addictions in self-esteem building, anger management, domestic violence, alcohol and drug addictions, co-dependency, and I have taught at risk kids who grew up in these households.

Burnout – Well that relates to my offline job and the stress it can cause when it doesn’t fulfill an inner value.

115 – A visit to the doctor that went sour and against the grain.  With all the time I have spent at the doctor’s over the last few weeks, I am grateful for the doctor I have.  He listens to me.  His advise when I left, was to take it easy, keep doing what I am doing, AND to keep blogging.

Finding your Second Wind = Sometimes the second wind comes in the form of a blog post.  Plain and Simple!

The Care and Feeding of your Inner Crab – Just another form of self-care by a blogger who will be GREATLY missed.

My stretch this week is to pay FULL attention and listen not only with my ears but with my heart.

Lastly, I want to hear from you.  I want to build a team of Beautiful Bombshells, inside and out!

What would you like to see more of?  What do you want to know about me or my blogging?  What would you like to learn?  Let’s make this a team effort.  Look forward to hearing from you!  Everyone is a Bombshell in their own right!