The Positive Thinking Trap

January 17, 2012
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Positive affirmations are like building a new road map in your brain. Think about an open meadow. When you drive through it the first time, the grass lays down from your tires and then springs back up. If you continue to drive over the same thing, three times a day, then sooner or later you have made a path or ruts to drive on. That is what positive affirmations do. They pave a new road or new way of thinking of yourself. This is the story I use to tell when I taught my positive affirmation class.  This came about when I first started writing journals and started my journey to heal myself well over 20 years ago.  Way before "The Secret" movie came out.  Way before my vision … [Read more...]

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Rock & Stroll Update

July 31, 2011
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  Time for a Rock & Stroll update! If you are new here or perhaps missed this, the Rock & Stroll is a 6K family fun stroll along our local river with music spattered throughout.  It is a community fundraiser for the prevention of child abuse and neglect with the intention and programs that promote healthy families. This year is the first year that a virtual team has been added.  My team the Let's Rock it Bloggers.  My original intention, besides the priority of fundraising, was to run this 6K.  That has changed.  It's not due to an injury, or lack of resolve.  It is a matter of the priority being different. The priority is me and that means slowing way down, changing … [Read more...]

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Motivation Mary & her lamb

July 12, 2011
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Motivation? Do you have it?  Are you looking for it? Where do you look? Does it play hide and seek with you? Recently, Little Princess started piano lessons. Something she has wanted for quite awhile. She "won" two free lessons from the local music school back  in June. The excitement of winning was only overshadowed by the joy of her first lesson. We could "see" a difference in her confidence and her motivation right away. But it wasn't until just last Saturday that the FULL impact of how much I learned came to light. You see, this post idea of piano lessons has been percolating since that first lesson, some days loudly playing over in my mind. The black … [Read more...]

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obstacles…

June 6, 2011
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I hear the open road calling my name lately. Taking a few days, to jump in my car, put the top down, feel the wind in my hair, blare the music, sing at the top of my lungs, chair dance in the driver's seat flirt with the truck drivers and cruise off into the sunset. If only it were that easy. I LOVE spontaneity in my life, yet the day-to-day grind of priorities, more than not, take over. Whether it is a road trip, a job change, a new hobby, writing, eating healthy, exercising or even cooking there seems to be that one thing... OBSTACLES that get in the way.   While reading Rocco's book last night he listed some common obstacles to cooking.  As I read it, I saw … [Read more...]

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Tribal Spiral of Intuitive Living

June 5, 2011
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Often, I mention life being a  spiral, not linear.  No straight lines, no point A to point B. It is the twists, turns, and eloquence of intertwining intersections that make up our lives. Each and everyone of us are on this journey to live our lives to the fullest - whatever that may be.   Within my journey, there been few victories with the scale but an over abundant cup full of non scale victories. Not just in my blogger life, but in my off-line life, one mantra I live by:  I am no expert.  I am just a jackie-of-all trades, who dabbles in many things to fulfill my curiosity.  An expert is one who knows a lot about a particular subject.  Me, I know a little about a lot of … [Read more...]

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Run, thru the Forest, Run..

May 29, 2011
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Last week, I stepped back and went "fishin".  That is my habit, my escape, my survival technique.  I check out.  It takes ALL my energy just to deal with the little things, the day to day must do's, when life gets so overwhelming with time constraints, work, appointments and the commitment to ME! That every so hard - time and energy commitment to me. That also seems to be the time that the fears grow!  It is like they get fed Miracle Gro or something. in my book, I talk about this place, as the dark forest (as in the Wizard of Oz).  The place where Lions, Tigers, and Bears OH MY! come from. Honestly, this is more of what my journey is about.  Not the weight loss, not the body … [Read more...]

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Bombshell Bootcamp

March 19, 2011
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In just a few, short weeks, Bombshell Bootcamp will be starting and I am looking for recruits. Are you ready to change your life?  Change your attitude? Is the scale one of your biggest enemies?Or perhaps YOU are your worst enemy? Boot camps seem to be the rage lately.  The core of any bootcamp is to change your attitude...to go through the process of mentally and emotionally "re-training" yourself to operate in an environment you are unaccustomed to. It is about making changes so you can operate as a Bombshell RIGHT NOW.... If you are even a tad bit interested in joining Bombshell Bootcamp or just finding out a little bit more of what it is all about... leave me a comment … [Read more...]

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OM…..Yoga from the Inside Out

March 4, 2011
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Whosoever knows this syllable obtains all that he desires. This is the best support; this is the highest support. This is the symbol of the "OM" Yoga..  That is my newest fear busting tool!  It is providing answers that I least expected! Over 20 years ago, I was fascinated by the OM symbol.  I kept it handy as a reminder to get in touch with me. It ALMOST became my first tattoo.  But I was NOT ready.... Today, I am also reminded that life is a spiral....NOT the linear point A to B, the  start here - end there. That black and white thinking...the rules...the laws...we follow or we break them....that has not worked for me so well.  It fed my perfection. My I can or … [Read more...]

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