Logic vs. Intuition

Do you make decisions based on Logic- what you think you should do vs. Intuition - what you know you should do?

I do it all the time and it really ticks me off!! I have this huge habit of not listening to my intuition if it's telling me to do something that's difficult, socially unacceptable or takes me out of my comfort zone! This typically occurs if I'm feeling afraid of failure, heartbreak or rejection. When I don't listen to my gut, I always pay the price in the way my body feels. I'm left carrying around unwanted emotions, which causes me a great deal of pain, sadness, frustration and discomfort!

So one of the best ways to tell if you're following your intuition is by paying attention to how you feel. There will be a surge of relief and adrenaline when you are listening to your gut. You'll see the light, the sky will open up and you'll even breathe easier. Trust me you'll just know when you are listening because you'll feel more alive, free in your spirit and stronger inside because you'll finally be taking your own advice. If you second guess yourself, and go back to what's comfortable, you'll feel confused, fearful and sad. But intuition is a funny thing, it's persistent and it won't stop tugging at you until you learn to pay attention.

Answers to Some Very Deep Questions

1. Why do some people have commitment issues? 2.What are you currently doing to feed your soul on a daily basis? 3. What makes a good marriage work? 4. Do you celebrate the small victories in life. Or do you put the focus on all your failures from the past? 5. Are you connected to your inner child? 6. Are you paralyzed by fear & indecision? Please make a video & answer these powerful questions.

The Livings Key Principles - BOOK II

LOVE YOUR BODY!

Who YOU Really ARE!

Making The Connection Between Sleep And Weight Loss

The connection between sleep and weight loss may seem far fetched until you realize that lack of sleep slows your metabolism and at the same time increases your appetite. Inadequate sleep lowers the levels of leptin, the hormone that tells you you're full, and increases the levels of ghrelin, the hormone that makes you feel hungry (Yes, you know what I mean - those late night refrigerator visits).

Lack of sleep also lowers the level of human growth hormone (HGH). Lack of HGH makes it harder to build and maintain muscle mass. And as we all know, muscle is one of the best ways to burn fat. So the lack of HGH means less muscle and more weight gain. So get your rest!

Tips for getting a good nights rest:

Avoid before bed snacks, especially sugar.

No TV right before bed.

Keep the temperature in your bedroom no higher than 70 degrees.

Eat a high protein snack two hours before bed.

Avoid caffeine and other stimulants within a few hours of bed.

Take a hot bath, shower or sauna before bed.

Keep a regular bed time.

Get daily exercise

Healthy Foods Feed a Healthy Sex Life

A healthy sex life requires a little help, which means a balanced and nutrient rich diet combined with moderate exercise, a positive attitude and plenty of rest.

Like many aspect of health, our sex drive is affected by what we put into our bodies.

For example, fried and overly processed food along with too much saturated fat decreases your zest and vitality, leaving you feeling sluggish and inert.

Eliminate foods that don't agree with you. It is common for those with adrenal fatigue to have food allergies or intolerances to "white" flour or any foods that are rated high on the glycemic index. Adrenal fatigue can definitely affect your sex life.

Fruits, vegetables, lean meats, whole grains and rich anti-oxidant foods all boost your sexual vitality "naturally." Vegetables especially have the antioxidants, minerals, and phytochemicals in the correct combination that help keep the blood sugar in balance, create better energy in the body and build up the immune system.

Go for a variety of kinds and colors of produce, to give your body the mix of nutrients it needs for sexual harmony, vitality and balance. Best picks are dark leafy greens, cooked tomatoes, and anything that's a rich yellow, orange or red color.

The presence of vitamins and other chemicals found in these vegetables supply the body with nutrients necessary to boost your energy production and sexual libido.

Compared with people who consume a diet with only small amounts of fruits and vegetables with those who eat more generous amounts as part of a healthful diet are likely to feel more confident in their body and thus feel sexier!

A lifestyle that supports healthy nutrition will also support a healthy love life.

Be Yourself

No one likes to hear the words, "I don't like you." Some people will do almost anything to be liked, even at the expense of their own happiness, values, beliefs and standards.

Some people's overwhelming need to be liked is the very thing that makes them hard to like. In fact, for many people, the need to be liked is actually a significant barrier to personal and professional growth.

Not everyone is going to like you, and that's OK. While it's normal to want to be needed, liked, loved and important to others, it's also crucial to GET CLEAR about WHO YOU ARE and what you stand for, and to live a life CONSISTENT with those VALUES.

When it comes to this issue, you might want to ask yourself these questions:

Do I speak the truth (while exercising care, wisdom and understanding even if it's not popular to do so?)

Do I live a life which is consistent with my core values?

Do I operate with integrity?

Do I believe that my motives are good?

Is it my goal to be a positive influence in the lives of others?

Am I happy to disagree with people I like?

Do I like me?

Food Triggers

Changing your eating habits requires you to be totally aware of possible food triggers. Begin by understanding the situations and emotional triggers that can potentially lead to overeating. It's a good idea to be aware of behaviors that may have led to your current weight and health situation, such as emotional triggers, guilt based eating, and stress snacking as shown below..

Every time you eat just pay attention if any of these triggers are activated in you.

Are you compelled to eat as an emotional response to your thoughts and feelings?

If you eat when you're upset, frustrated, angry, lonely, or tired, the answer most likely is Yes. Food feels like the perfect temporary solution - that is, until it is finished, and then guilt sets in because the food choice may not have been healthy. Try to choose other behaviors as an emotional response, such as taking a walk or calling a friend.

Do you eat when you are not hungry because you think you should?

Sometimes the time of day is enough encouragement to eat a meal or a quick snack, despite a lack of actual physical hunger. Instead, learn to listen to your body. If you are not hungry, you shouldn't eat.

Do you feel guilty leaving food on your plate?

Perhaps when you were a child, you were told to finish all of the food on your plate. This sense of guilt should no longer gauge how much food you should eat. It is acceptable to stop eating when you feel full.

Do you make food choices because of peer pressure?

It is far easier to go with the flow when those around you are eating unhealthy foods. It takes a lot of self-control and determination to follow your weight loss plan at social gatherings, especially with friends and family. Stay strong, stay with your plan!

Do you eat out of boredom?

Food can become a time-filler when you are bored. Don't fall into this trap! Try to motivate yourself and choose a fun and interesting activity as an alternative to snacking. If you are otherwise occupied with an activity where food is not involved, it will be easier to wait for our regularly scheduled meal.

LAUGHTER IS HEALING

Laughing is a good emotional and physical release from stress. A good laugh exercises the stomach muscles and diaphragm - It relaxes the shoulders and it's good for your heart too!

We probably all need to laugh at ourselves more often - many of us take ourselves far too seriously!

Laughter distracts us from any problems or worries we may have. Of course it won't make problems go away - but it can give us a healthier attitude towards them and can divert our focus from them.

When we laugh, we can transform our negative emotions - such as from anger, frustration or worry into a happier frame of mind. Laughter is a powerful antidote to stress, pain, and conflict.

Nothing works faster or more dependably to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh. Humor lightens your burdens, inspires hopes, connects you to others, and keeps you grounded, focused, and alert.

Laughter makes you feel good. And the good feeling that you get when you laugh remains with you even after the laughter subsides. Humor helps you keep a positive, optimistic outlook through difficult situations, disappointments, and loss.

More than just a respite from sadness and pain, laughter gives you the courage and strength to find new sources of meaning and hope. Even in the most difficult of times, a laugh-or even simply a smile-can go a long way toward making you feel better. And laughter really is contagious-just hearing laughter primes your brain and readies you to smile and join in on the fun.

Laughter is your birthright, a natural part of life that is innate and inborn. Infants begin smiling during the first weeks of life and laugh out loud within months of being born. Even if you did not grow up in a household where laughter was a common sound, you can learn to laugh at any stage of life.

Begin by setting aside special times to seek out humor and laughter, as you might with working out, and build from there. Eventually, you'll want to incorporate humor and laughter into the fabric of your life, finding it naturally in everything you do.

The ability to laugh, play, and have fun with others not only makes life more enjoyable-it also helps you solve problems, connect with others, and be more creative. People who incorporate humor and play into their daily lives find that it renews them and all of their relationships.

Putting The World Back Together

One night a father was relaxing with his newspaper after a long day at the office. His son, who wanted to play, kept on pestering him. Finally, fed up, the father ripped out a picture of the globe that was in the paper and tore it into a hundred tiny pieces. “Here son, go ahead and try to put this back together”, he said, hoping that this would keep the little boy busy long enough for him to finish reading his paper. To his amazement, his son returned after only one minute with the globe perfectly together. When the startled father asked how he achieved this feat, the son smiled gently and replied “Dad, on the other side of the globe there was a picture of a person, and once I got the person together, the world was okay.”

HAPPINESS

I once asked my Teacher, my father, why some people never seem to be happy, even though they appear to have all of life's advantages - their health, their looks, their job, their money, etc... His reply was simple but profound: "It is not possible for life to make a self-centered person happy, whatever temporary satisfactions may come along. But, he added, "life cannot but give you Joy if you live for the Joy of others."

The Livings Key Principles

Strengthen Your Relationships

When you enter into a relationship, the first relationship must be with your Self. You

must first learn to honor and cherish, strengthen and love your Self. You must first see

your Self as worthy before you can see your beloved as worthy. You must first see

your Self as blessed before you can see your beloved as blessed.

In truth, relationships are an OPPORTUNITY for growth, for full self expression,

for lifting your lives to their HIGHEST potential, for healing every false thought or

small idea you ever had about you, and for ultimate reunion with the DIVINE through

the communion of your two souls.

The purpose of your relationship is not to have another who might complete you;

but to have another with whom you might SHARE your completeness.

YOUR CHOICES DETERMINE YOUR REALITY

Until you are able to see that all of your experiences are a direct consequence of all your choices, you will continue to think that your experiences are just or unjust -- good or bad. You will feel that your life is spinning out of control and that you are the VICTIM of your circumstances. Once you begin to make the conscious connection between your CHOICES and your experiences, you will then begin to realize that you DON'T have to create the same painful experiences over and over again. When you choose DIFFERENTLY, you CREATE a different reality and this is what makes you a conscious creator over your life experience.

When you assume RESPONSIBILITY for your health and well-being, through your conscious choices, your life becomes MEANINGFUL. Responsible choice is the healing dynamic that removes your FEARS from having power over you. Responsibility is not a burden you must carry, but a doorway to your personal freedom and your BEST life.

An Exercise In Responsible Choice:

1. Before you act or speak, become aware of your intentions (motives).
2. Consider all the possible consequences of each of your intentions.
3. CHOOSE the intention that will create the consequences you desire.
4. Observe how your experiences CHANGE.

ACCEPTING YOUR BODY

 

Your body is the ground and metaphor of your life,

the expression of your existence. 

It is your Bible, your encyclopedia, your life story. 

Everything that happens to you 

is stored and reflected in your body. 

In the marriage of flesh and spirit 

divorce is impossible 

-Gabrielle Roth-

Many of us have a love hate relationship with our bodies. We indulge them, deprive them, stuff them or starve them, overwork and underwork them, spoil them, punish them, enjoy them, suffer them, and, at times, feel betrayed by them. Accepting your body begins by making peace with and coming to love and admire the body you've been given. The human journey begins and ends with the body and is the only thing you are guaranteed to keep for an entire lifetime. So as the saying goes; "If you don't take care of your body, where will you live?"

Happiness Exists In The Here And Now

"The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart."- Thich Nhat Hanh-

Happiness doesn't come about by having an accumulation of wealth, acceptance from others or the perfect body. It instead starts with having the internal strength and courage to confront your insecurities and grow from them as a source of personal empowerment. Happiness isn't something that exists in the past or future, it exists in the here and now, even as we face the inevitable struggles and challenges of everyday life. You will never find happiness unless you choose happiness as a way of being because if you are suffering in your heart, that pain will surely follow you wherever you go.

TRUST THAT ALL IS GOOD

No matter what is happening in your life right now, TRUST that all is GOOD and unfolding in your BEST interests.

As hard as it may seem, pain, suffering, stress, and other difficulties are the admission tickets to the game of LIFE. But, at times, we cannot help but think that life would be so much more pleasant without the hassles - Right? But isn't it also TRUE that in a world without hurdles, there are no champions? And without rain, no rainbows? Isn't heat necessary to produce gold, pressure and polishing necessary to produce diamonds, and adversity necessary to produce CHARACTER?

Here's how Henry Ford expressed the same sentiment: "Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward."

Misfortune is an OPPORTUNITY to LIFT yourself to a HIGHER level - When an eagle believes her eaglets are large enough to learn how to fly, she begins to take apart the nest and push the eaglets out. After this rude awakening, the eaglets discover they have WINGS! They can FLY! The universe is constantly nudging us, pushing us off one cliff after another, in the HOPE that one day we, too, will DISCOVER our wings and SOAR to new heights.

Even under the worst circumstances, we can CHOOSE to focus on the POSITIVE rather than the negative. We need winter to APPRECIATE spring, rain to appreciate the sunshine, and adversity to be THANKFUL for the calm after the storm.

Focus On Your Well-Being

Change your relationship with food.

 

Focusing on well-being starts with changing your relationship with food. Food is fuel for active living. Do not strive for a number on the scale but for a weight at which you feel strong and energetic. Ask yourself if your diet contributes - or takes away from - your health and ENERGY LEVELS.

 

When food becomes a tool for active living, and exercise becomes a tool for increased strength, your body becomes a tool for your mind. Suddenly, your body has the endurance and power to do what the mind wills.

 

Change your relationship with exercise.

Regular exercise creates power and endurance, which can help you enjoy more activities for a LIFETIME. Find an exercise you ENJOY. If you hate running, don't run. If you hate the gym, don't spend your time there. Instead, experiment with exercises you've never tried before. Is there an exercise or an exercise program that makes you feel physically empowered, grounded and centered? Then do THAT and be "CONSISTENT!" 

 

Befriend your body, and ask yourself how you want to spend your life energy. Imagine for a moment that you took all that time you spend thinking about "appearance" and focused on how much you love your ability to communicate well, or what a great mom you are, or ways to solve the issue of homelessness. If you took all that ENERGY and used it for GOOD, not only would your life improve, but the world around you as a whole would improve, as well.

Connecting With Nature

Today is the start of a new day to move your body, awaken your mind, and renew and revitalize your spirit!

 

Did you know that being out in nature is perhaps the most powerful source for personal empowerment? When you work out in the fresh air, you not only enhance your physical-mental-emotional condition, you also deepen the connection you have with the environment. Exercising in nature, is a holistic approach to fitness that honors the interconnection of body, mind, emotion, and the environment.

 

When you spend time outdoors, especially being active, you can lift your mood, think more positively, feel more internal calm, and experience greater harmony with the world around you. The natural world right outside your door is actually the most superior gym imaginable-for our bodies, our souls, and ultimately, our consciousness.

 

So get outside and move your body! Renew a powerful personal connection to the natural world, one that will feed not just your body but also your soul! 

Body Image Involves Our Perception

Body image involves our perception, imagination, emotions, and physical sensations of and about our bodies. It s not static-but ever changing; sensitive to changes in mood, environment, and physical experience. It is not based on fact. It is psychological in nature, and much more influenced by self-esteem than by actual physical attractiveness as judged by others. It is not inborn, but learned.

We all may have our days when we feel awkward or uncomfortable in our bodies, but the key to developing positive body image is to recognize and respect our natural shape and learn to overpower those negative thoughts and feelings with positive, affirming, and accepting ones.

1. Listen to your body. Eat when you are hungry.
2. Be realistic about the size you are likely to be based on your genetic and environmental history.
3. Exercise regularly in an enjoyable way, regardless of size.
4. Expect normal weekly and monthly fulgurations in weight and shape.
5. Work towards self-love and self-forgiveness by being gentle with yourself.
6. Ask for support and encouragement from friends and family when life is stressful.
7. Decide how you wish to spend your energy - pursuing the "perfect body image" or enjoying family, friends, and most importantly, life!

  

Don't Worry About Being Perfect

Adopting a Positive attitude, exercising and incorporating a healthy diet takes commitment, planning and dedication. Be patient with yourself and follow your plan through. Strive for a regular routine, one that is realistic and manageable.
 
Don't worry about being perfect, instead be kind and appreciate yourself for the person that you already ARE. But it's also very important to begin to make your new healthy lifestyle a "habit" of conscious decision and choice. Becoming a more healthy and happy person is the ultimate "goal" and the path towards your health and well-being.

  

Sleep Is Essential To Good Health And Well-Being

Sleep is a type of unconsciousness and is a state of being unaware of the world. Sleep is essential to good health and well-being as it refreshes the body and the mind. If you get enough sleep regularly every night you will feel and also be able to work better.  When we deprive ourselves of sleep, there is a delicate cycle that we disrupt. Sleep deprivation negatively affects the production of a hormone called Leptin. This hormone is responsible for telling the body when it is full. With decreased production of this hormone, your body will crave extra calories.  Lack of sleep also causes depletion of neurotransmitters in the brain that are in charge of regulating your mood. Because of this, people have a shorter fuse and tend to get depressed more easily.

Creating Safe And Healthy Relationships

To be in an INTIMATE and GENUINE relationship, people need to expose their AUTHENTIC Self. That entails being VULNERABLE and showing some emotional courage. People are often afraid of revealing who they really are for FEAR that they will not be accepted. A HEALTHY relationship occurs when two people FEEL SAFE revealing their TRUE selves to one another.  You know that you are in a healthy relationship with someone because you FEEL GOOD about yourself when you are around that person.  In healthy relationships, you learn to RESPECT and TRUST important people in your life. Disagreements may still happen, but you learn to stay CALM and TALK about how you feel. Talking calmly helps you to UNDERSTAND the real reason for not getting along, and it's much easier to figure out how to fix it.  In healthy relationships, working through disagreements often makes the relationship STRONGER.  In healthy relationships, people respect each other for who they are. This includes respecting and LISTENING to YOURSELF and your feelings so you can set BOUNDARIES and feel comfortable.

Remember that healthy relationships are about feeling good about who YOU are and feeling SAFE with another person. YOU have the POWER to create healthy relationships all around you just by PAYING ATTENTION to who you are INSIDE and what makes you HAPPY. By getting to know YOURSELF, it will get easier to RECOGNIZE the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships. Communication, trust and respect are the KEY ingredients for healthy relationships and internal well-being

What Is Self-Acceptance?

SELF-ACCEPTANCE is being loving and happy with who you are NOW. Some call it self-esteem, others self-love, but whatever you call it, you'll know when your accepting yourself cause it feels really good! It's an agreement with yourself to appreciate, validate, accept and support who you are at this very moment.

People Come Into Your Life For a Reason, A Season Or A Lifetime:

Today on Facebook I made a post stating that "Everyone who enters your life comes to you at precisely the time that you most need to learn the lesson they've come to teach."  I received some "great" feedback this morning from my Facebook friends which inspired me to include this passage today in my blog. I don't know who the author of this passage is but the message speaks the Truth.

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When  you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you  physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be.  Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.  Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent  up has been answered  and now it is time to move on. Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They  usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.  Believe it, it is real.  But only for a season. LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.  Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.  It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime. 

PASSION

Like the moon, passion waxes and wanes.  Sometimes you're highly motivated. Sometimes you aren't.  Passion has its peaks and valleys, so if you base your actions on your level of passion, your results will depend on your emotions.  One of the greatest gifts of our humanity is our capacity to experience and respond to our feelings. Whether it be tears of joy and sadness, anger, conviction, love or compassion - if it causes you to scrape your knees or fall into that raging river called life, passion is your birthright.  It is within you. It is yours to discover and master. Passion is a gift of the spirit combined with the totality of all the experiences we've lived through.  It endows each of us with the power to live and communicate with unbridled enthusiasm.  Passion is most evident when the mind, body and spirit work together to create, develop and make manifest our feelings, ideas and most sacred values.  Passion enables us to overcome obstacles (both real and imagined) and to see the world as a place of infinite potential.  The passionate spirit looks at every occurrence and discovers the possibilities of what can be, what should be and what will be.  Passion shapes our existence, fuels the fires of inspiration and makes the heart and mind open to changes all around us.  It is food for the soul, a spark that illuminates our purpose and mission for being here.


Passion is yours to experience and revel in and it starts from the inside out!

Stress

Stress is a major cause of not allowing yourself to FEEL your emotions and has become the most potent poison in the world. we are constantly occupied with worrying about the future or regretting the past. Stress takes up so much of our attention that we are losing all self-awareness and therefore the ability to heal ourselves.

When we take steps to eradicate stress and establish balance in our bodies we create natural beauty, health and radiance inside and out. When we removeToxins and stress from our lives, we free our energy to rid us of anything that does not serve us. We also create an internal awareness to stop, look, listen,

and feel.  In this process, we find that sacred place inside us where everything is still, questions are asked and answers are found – the place of self love. 

Don’t Conform To The Rigid Beauty Ideals – Be You!

Instead of trying to conform to the rigid beauty ideal promoted in the media, EXPERIMENT with finding a STYLE or look that EXPRESSES something UNIQUE about yourself and feels good to YOU. When you exercise, PAY ATTENTION to the RHYTHMS and SENSATIONS you experience in your body as you MOVE. While exercise is often promoted as a way to lose weight and achieve an idealized body shape, it also often helps us FEEL GOOD in our BODIES, which in turn can help us ACCEPT and even CELEBRATE how we LOOK.

Self Talk

Thoughts play a critical role in determining your emotional responses to events. Your thoughts about yourself have a direct impact on your feelings and behavior. Increasing the amount of positive self-talk can improve your exercise program-and your life in general. Whenever you think about something, you are, in essence, talking to yourself. Self-talk serves as the vehicle for making perceptions and beliefs conscious.

Negative self-talk increases stress. Positive self-talk helps you calm down and control stress: For example: 

         Negative                                 Positive

   "I can't do this."                     "I'll do the best I can."

   "I hate it when this happens."   "I know how to deal with this; I've done it before."

   "Everything is going wrong."     "I can handle things if I take one step at time."

To help you feel better, practice positive self-talk EVERY DAY - in the car, at your desk, before you go to bed or whenever you notice negative thoughts.  Remember: Positive self-talk helps you relieve stress and deal with the situations that cause you stress.

Have A Seat Upon My Cloud

Have a seat upon my cloud and make yourself at home

You are now inside my dreams, inside my book, inside my poem.

Where anything can happen if you only make it real

Plunge into my waters if you're not afraid to FEEL.

Take off your shoes and close your eyes, relax upon my sand

Join me in my land of dreams, reach out and take my hand.

Let me share my dreams with you, as you find your own

I'll take you there if you BELIEVE, take mine out on loan.

Where birds are words that gracefully glide across the sky

Leave behind your worries, here the rules do not apply.

Pick from my flowers if you like and plant a seed or two

Paint the sky in hot pink if you do not like blue.

Climb my trees, face your fears; erase them one by one

See the world from up above and don't stop at the sun.

When the world starts raining down and the sun is out of sight

Let your dreams guide you through the night.

There's a place inside my dreams for all that care to roam

So have a seat upon my cloud and make yourself at home.

Gena Livings

Awaken To Your Best Life!

Taking care of your body is a POWERFUL first step towards mental and emotional health. The mind and the body are linked. When you improve your physical health, you’ll automatically experience greater mental and emotional well-being.  By moving your body with moderate exercise and feeding your mind with positive self-talk, you will AWAKEN to your Best Life!   

The Hummingbird

Legends say that hummingbirds float free of time, carrying our hopes for love, joy and celebration. Like a hummingbird, we aspire to hover and savor each moment as it passes, embrace all that life has to offer and to celebrate the joy of everyday. The hummingbird's delicate grace reminds us that life is rich, beauty is everywhere, every personal connection has meaning and that laughter is life's sweetest creation.

The Feminine Self

Women are magical, mystical, passionate, emotional and spiritual creatures.  We are nurturing, giving and kind beings who have strength, grace, imaginations, and a spirituality that gives us the power to change our lives and the courage to believe in our own inner voice. The beauty of our feminine self is found in our eyes because that’s the doorway to our hearts, the place where love resides.

This Is Who YOU Are

You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a helper in time of need, a comforter in time of sorrow, a healer in time of injury, a teacher in times of confusion. You are the deepest wisdom and the highest truth; the greatest peace and the grandest Love. You are the ENERGY which expands, opens up, sends out, stays, reveals, shares and heals.


Hello YOU!

Week One - 10 Lessons For Well-Being

1. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
2. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
3. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
4. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
5. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
6. Be eccentric NOW. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
7. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
8. Forgive everyone Everything.
9. Always choose life.
10. Frame every so-called disaster with these words “In five years, will this matter?”.

Note: The author of these lessons is unknown but the lessons themselves reside deep in our hearts in a place called our "inner knowing". Each of us has the power within to create a beautiful life of well-being, we just have to open up and listen to our hearts a little more. Please share these lessons with your friends and family as a reminder that we all deserve to live a life of well-being - it's our birthright.