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Having a Dream

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Fotolia_49763353_Subscription_Monthly_MLet’s talk about creating health and wellness in your life. What do you think is the first step to take? How about signing up at a gym, or starting a better eating plan, maybe it’s making an appointment with your doctor to get his advise?

Well in fact the first step in creating health and wellness in your life is finding out what your dream is.

My dream? What do you mean my dream? What does living on a tropical island have to do with my health and wellness?

I would tell you it has everything to do with whether you succeed in accomplishing your health and wellness or failing.

What I am actually speaking of is finding that one absolutely tangible thought that will inspire you to take action everyday to create your health and wellness.

We are talking about motivation!

When we are motivated to do something it is easy and painless. We have focus and energy to go after our dream.

So your dream must be something that holds a great deal of power for you. It cannot be something small. When a goal is small there is very little motivation to go after it. It is only when a dream is really big, that we get excited.

Look at any personal development course out there from one of the several masters and having that dream is at the top of the list.

You have to know what you truly want before you can achieve it.

So to say my dream is to be healthy and fit isn’t strong enough. There’s no tangible aspect to that. However if you get really specific and say my dream is to transform my body into a vibrant, lean, strong, sexy, beautiful, body, then we have something to work with. Now we want you to get even more specific by cutting out photos and drawing pictures, and describing in detail what it will feel like and look like to be healthy and fit. Having a specific dream that really excites you when you think about it and can describe it in every detail will carry even more power for you.

You’ll know if your dream isn’t big enough if it doesn’t motivate you into action. If this is the case sit down give yourself time to really figure it out. Make lists of what you want and don’t want. Refine that list and get to the nitty-gritty until you discover what it is that really excites you.

Take sometime to get quiet with yourself away from everyone else and ask yourself

“What do I really want my health and wellness to be, what will it feel like to be really healthy and fit?” Then allow your higher self to begin to show you.

Write down those moments if inspired thoughts, cut out the photos in the magazines, make the calls, meet the people. As you take these actions that come to you it will become clear what you truly want to achieve. As this happens write down and refine your dream until it is as clear as a bell in your head.

With this dream in hand, heart and mind you will now be ready to begin the next steps needed to create your health and fitness because now you are absolutely sure of what it is that you are striving for.

Do you need more help in figuring out your dream? I am here to help give me a call or send an email. Let’s work together to awaken your dream and create the health and fitness you have always desired.

I wish for you vibrant Health.

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Springtime – Creating the New You!

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Dieting concept. Young Woman choosing between Fruits and SweetsJust as the earth moves through cycles of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, we too are meant to move through these same cycles.

We are a system within the earth’s systems. We are interdependent upon the cycles of the earth, and we ourselves are a system of interdependent systems.

It is fascinating to look upon life itself from the expansiveness of the universe all the way down to the cellular level, as one grand interdependent system of life.

These cycles of birth, growth, slowing down, and transcendence are found everywhere we look. You will find these cycles in bacteria, viruses, in the soil, in plants, reptiles, animals, and in us. It is the cycle of life, the cycle of energy, the cycle of consciousness.

In the earth’s cycle, Spring is a time of birth, or even rebirth. For there to be a birth there should have been a time of transition, death, or rest. This transition period is important to allow for healing. A time to go dormant. The cycle of life is not about a steady climb up, but instead about a gentle wave of growth and maturity.

During this season, our bodies are meant to rest more. Just think of the shorter days and less sunlight. We actually feel the need to rest more in our bodies.

Ah, but not long after our rest, we awake with a new sense of purpose. It is Spring, and we see all the possibilities of the time ahead. We feel inspired to do more. The days are getting longer, our energy seems to increase, and we are ready to take on more challenges.

So are you ready to take on those new challenges? Have you given any thought to what you desire your life to be? How about your health and wellness? You didn’t forget about getting healthier did you?

When it comes to health and fitness, just like any other aspect of your life, we need to clear out the old habits, mind-set, eating behaviors, and inactivity that have stopped us in the past from transforming our lives. Then we need to give ourselves the gift of a new lifestyle of health and wellness.

We must die to the old unhealthy lifestyle and transcend, or rise, into a new healthy, happy, lifestyle.

Believe it or not, that’s all it takes. It’s no different from a smoker who after twenty years decides, “I don’t smoke any more.” The smoker quits just like that. All the other smokers in the world say, “How the heck did that person just quit so effortlessly?”

Well, it is a matter of who the person now believes himself/herself to be. This person changed how they saw themselves. They no longer know themselves as a smoker, even though they smoked for twenty years.

They got rid of the old lifestyle, and replaced it with a new one. They transcended the old and rose to the new.

This is how all change in life happens. It can happen overnight or take a slower path. It is completely up to the individual to believe they are this new, transcended state of being.

It is springtime folks. It is nature’s time to begin to express its full potential once more after its rest. So, too, it is our time to express our full potential. It is a time for growth – spiritually, mentally and physically. It is time to transcend your old ways of lack, fear, unworthiness, doubt, and procrastination and rebirth yourself as a new person who lives a life of health, happiness, and wellness.

Just as the tiny seed already knows it is a giant Redwood, you already know, deep within, you are meant to be a healthy, happy, well person. Most importantly you will find within yourself the blueprint to be this amazing person.

Clear out all your old thoughts of unworthiness, fear, and doubt. Create a new way of thinking. Who do you want to be? Decide what that looks like, and begin to know yourself as that person and only that person. Do not look back on the old self. Only see yourself as the new life. Follow what your intuition tells you to do. At first, this can be challenging because you’re not used to doing this. However, the more you trust and believe your intuition, the more you will create the new you.

You must now begin to believe in yourself. Nurture your spirit, mind and body, and you will become that which you desire.

I wish for all of you Vibrant Health!

 

Living A Life Of Health & Wellness

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95096361-2What does it mean to live a life of health and wellness? To live each and everyday making the best choices you can?

Health and wellness is a lifestyle. It’s how you feel about yourself. It’s about who you know yourself to be. It is loving yourself enough to take care of yourself spiritually, mentally, and physically.

Most of the time we just move through our days without much intention of taking care of ourselves. It is as if we were taught there is no need to pay attention to our bodies, no need to concern ourselves with our thoughts, no need to develop a deep relationship with our higher self.

Yet this is exactly what we should be taught. We are born with an innate knowing of the grandeur of life. The possibilities before us are endless when we are young. We believe we can be, do, and have anything we desire in life. This is what many have let go of due to a lack of faith in themselves.

I want you to rekindle this faith in yourself. I want you to remember how amazing you are.

I want you to treat yourself as you would your own child. You would protect and watch out for your child. You would shield your child from negative situations and thoughts that would diminish their self-belief. You would feed your child nourishing food. You would encourage your child to be brave even in moments of fear and sadness. You would encourage your child to reach beyond what they feel is possible.

You would do this because you see in your child the potential that lies within, even though they do not. You see how amazing and special they are. You know that if they just apply themselves to creating what they desire the will succeed. You see this all laid out before them as if it were already complete.

Now I want you to see this in yourself, because it is true. You must look upon yourself as this amazing being who if only applies themself to creating what they desire with bravery even in the moments of fear, will manifest their desires. Your path of happiness, health and wellness is already laid out before you. All that is required is the bravery, and boldness to know you will create it.

You are meant to be full of life, full of happiness, full of health and full of wellness. It is our birthright.

So as we progress through this and every year ahead, let us remember this birthright, and begin to bring health and wellness back into our lives.

It is my pleasure to share with you all that is needed to create health, happiness and wellness on a day-to-day basis.

I will give you clear understandable and simple steps that you can apply in your life, and in doing so you will begin to change your life for the better.

I wish for all of you Vibrant Health!

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Starting Fresh

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First I would like to extend a warm and Happy New Year to everyone. I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season.

Some of us in the northern hemisphere are going to be donning coats and gloves for a few more months, while others get to bask in the warmth of the sun.

No matter where you are, it is a time for renewal. What a perfect time to look forward and create even more health and wellness for 2014.

Ask yourself, “How much more can I improve my health? How fit can I become? What would I really like to achieve this year?”

It is good to remind ourselves that no matter what we have or have not done in the past, it has no bearing on what we do from this moment forward.

Why not dream big? What is it you want to create?

If you are stuck for an answer, try this: Ask yourself “How would it feel to be really healthy? How would it feel to be really happy? How would it feel to have an overwhelming sense of wellbeing?”

Before you ask these questions, quiet yourself down and close your eyes. Then ask the question(s). Give yourself time to feel what it would be like to feel healthy, happy, well.

Most folks start the New Year with best intentions but no true connection to what they want to create.

We see it every January when the gyms are full of people who are dieting, working out, and putting all that effort into what? Getting healthy?

But you see, most, if not all, have no idea what that really means for them, or better said, they have no idea what that is supposed to feel like.

When you go within and begin to feel what it would be like to be healthy and happy, your subconscious will effortlessly respond. It already knows, even if you have never felt it yourself. This may seem ridiculous, but in fact you are tapping into your higher self which knows no limitation.

Let go of the resistance and fear of what is possible for you. You can be healthy and happy.

Our bodies are designed to heal themselves and be vibrant. They do the best they can, but you have to help by integrating just a few simple steps as part of your lifestyle.

It is so easy that most folks ignore them and think they have to beat themselves up on a treadmill or lift heavy weights.

I would suggest putting down all the fitness magazines with photos of fitness models doing exercises. Also stop trying the next-best diet. Stop listening to people at the gym, and for goodness sake, stop listening to infomercials.

Here are the six fundamental factors to health and wellness. They may seem familiar. Well, if they do that’s because I have given them to you in previous articles. The question is: Have you been listening and integrating them into your life?

Are you ready? Let’s start a new year.

  1. Happy thoughts! – You must focus on bringing joy into your life. Contemplate what makes you happy. Let go of thoughts that cause pain, fear, anxiety, and drag you down.
  2. Breathe – Proper breathing heals. You’re doing it anyway, so why not do it right? Look into diaphragmatic breathing.
  3. Hydration – Drink water! Half your body weight in ounces everyday is a start, more is better. Nothing else replaces water. Not coffee, not tea, not SODA, or fruit juices.
  4. Nutrition – Only whole foods. Please, if you are not sure of this, visit my blogs.
  5. Sleep – Do not skimp on sleep. That is when your body heals and recovers from all you put it through.
  6. Movement – Your bodies are meant to move. Go easy at first and pay attention to posture and form of the exercise. If you are a beginner, hire a qualified trainer.

 

So what is your new life for 2014 going to be? It is up to you to decide and then step forward into it.

 

Everything you’ve done in the past is in the past. No need to do them again.

 

How about a new you, a fresh you.

 

I am here to help.

 

I wish for all of you Vibrant Health!

 

 

 

 

 

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