Loving Myself and Gaining My Power

Loving Myself and Gaining My Power

by | May 10, 2020 | Self Care, Self Development

There are so many things and people that have distracted me from my Dreams, Goals and from what I REALLY wanted to contribute to others. I believe that we all have it within us to contribute, add value and Love into people’s lives. Giving and Loving adds an impressionable change or shift in the Lives of others. I have observed people who can choose a Career that they have wanted to do for the rest of their lives and some people who did not know at all or who have changed Career paths. I have been so EXTREMELY distracted since my early twenties. I really truly believed I needed someone alongside me, a companion, a forever friend. I believed I would meet people who would be aligned with the same dreams and goals that I wanted to accomplish in Life; a Supporting Cast so to speak, a team of people all working on the same thing. I have learned the hard way and over the Course of twenty-three years that that just was not going to happen for me. I am my Biggest cheerleader. My Only optimist. The only person who listens to me. The only one who truly knows what it is that I have to give. It’s a shame that no one else has really been able to see that about me. It’s a shame that I have not ever been truly heard or understood either. Oh no, we are not allowed to bring emotions and feelings into the mix, “to be understood”. Isn’t that what we all crave or want? To be heard and seen?! 

There is no greater truth than having a sense of Power and control over our lives. So much goes into having this Power. Words such as having confidence, assurance of ourselves, knowing what we bring to the table by learning and educating ourselves. We all have to gain Life experiences and make mistakes to strive for excellence; to become better versions of ourselves. No one should take your Power away and we should not allow them to either!!! Being resilient or to not allow our thoughts and emotions to get the best of us. Thoughts and emotions can definitely hold us back from using our Gifts and giving away what we have to offer; using our true Power to make and enrich our Lives and the lives of others. I have hoped and prayed for resiliency, to not allow my emotions and losses get the best of me. Sometimes I can push emotions so far down and not even realize I didn’t deal with them. I have had to Let Go, to TOTALLY release them! It is such a cleansing Process. To be able to Let Go of the people, thoughts, and things that no longer have served me. 

Please Meditate and Do Yoga!

Please Meditate and Do Yoga!

by | May 10, 2020 | Exercise, Self Care

If you feel depression and Anxiety and you want a Life change. Please find a therapist. Please get on medication if you can find one for you? Please get up and exercise and move your Body. Please Journal your thoughts and feelings. Please Journal just about anything to get it all out. To get out all ruminating thoughts. Journal about your future. Journal about what you want to become. Journal about your past. These are all healing tools. Self-care is so vital and important to feeling good, to feeling better about yourself and your Life and I promise when you do the work on yourself, you’re going to feel like a Million bucks. I have found that with Major Anxiety that Meditations to start to feel confident, motivated, get Clarity, staying in the present moment instead of worrying about the future and what it may look like, or getting too excited about it like I do, as well as developing Creative ideas will well-up inside you. You will discover things about yourself that you may not have ever thought were within you. Meditation definitely brings out the best in you. It brings out the Love in you. It brings out the passions in you. It will make you feel good. I promise! This is the same for Yoga! Don’t jump on me for suggesting Yoga, cause honestly, some people don’t want to Run. At least I don’t, I don’t want to break an ankle, a toe, or make my right knee any worse than it already is from any activity or Sport I did in my early Life. So please get to those funny, bendy positions that Yoga offers. You will laugh at yourself. I also believe stretching parts of our bodies that are so stressed and tense really helps loosen you up, especially if you can’t afford getting massages. 

In Yoga, you will learn that there is a way to Balance all aspects of your Life, emotionally, mindfully, Spiritually, and physically. You will learn about Chakra Balancing. That every part of our body has an energy Level that helps with these different areas of our lives. To help us to become centered and Balanced. To make us stronger, and able to make good decisions for the parts of our lives that were off kilter. On some days, parts of ourselves may be especially off Balance and we have to focus on these areas a little more to build strength and stability back up. When I do Yoga, I go in with the mindset of, “How do I want to feel?” and “What do I want to change?” I absolutely Love this Practice. It is Life changing and it has extra benefits of building your Immune system, building your abdominals, legs, arms, mind and helping you lose weight! 

Traveling is a Must!

Traveling is a Must!

by | May 10, 2020 | Life Experience, Self Care, Travel

I love the Ocean. I love water would be a better statement. I however do not like swimming in the Ocean, at least not deep. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined taking a Boat or Catamaran or any other floating vessel out into the Ocean, yet I have had plenty of experiences to be out in the middle of the Oceans and Rivers. I have been to Hawaii. I have been up and down the Coasts of the United States. I have even visited a Natural Spring that dumped millions of gallons of water out in the middle of nowhere state of Missouri. I would have not ever found or discovered this place on my own. In fact, someone else had to take me and I try to tell people to go visit this place if ever given the opportunity. Travelling is an addiction. It can be a passion. It is refreshing and Life changing. You will meet people that you did not ever think you would and learn things from the places you visit. Travelling should be mandatory well over ever going to College. Some of my best learning has been through travelling. 

I do have a couple of ‘different’ or favorite places to visit, including going to Day Spas. Yes, you heard me, Day Spas. What does a Day Spa have to do with travelling? I think that when people go on Vacations, that sometimes they frequent Day Spas and get massages, facials to help clear your skin and refresh and rejuvenate the wear and tear from working too much and too hard and the toxins that may get on your skin, to getting Body wraps, or having steam showers. Day Spas truly are a vacation. You do not even have to leave the City that you live in because most cities have Day Spas and I have been to some really good ones. 

I am extremely grateful for the opportunities I got to travel. Three other places I didn’t ever dream that I would ever get to go, where to Victoria, Canada, British Columbia and Whistler-Blackholm Canada, which was somewhat close to Victoria, Canada. There was nothing as majestic as seeing the Landscape and how well people in Canada really love and appreciate their homeland and how well maintained it was. The scenery was better than anything you could ever see in a picture. You have to see it with your own eyes, and to me it was indescribable. I was able to ski the mountains in Whistler and was also able to tour the majestic Butchart Gardens near Victoria. My second favorite place I had the honor and pleasure of visiting was Maui, Hawaii. Oh my goodness, BREATHTAKING and most of the island to me smelled of tropical plants and fruit. Well, at least most of Maui did. The Natives were warm and welcoming and they seemed to really love where they were from, being an Islander. I would not want to live there for the long-term however because well, I’m going to be honest, I would totally get “Island fever”. People who have moved there describe it as ‘missing the mainland’ and I suppose after you explore the entire Island, one may become bored or miss exploring other places. This is just a matter of opinion though. There are still PLENTY of people on the Islands that LOVE it, cherish it and wind up staying for a while. My third and final place that I visited that I will not ever forget was Southern Italy. Wow! I felt like I was transported back in time like a couple hundred years back. It was amazing to see old structures still standing and some not standing. Italy had a richness about it. It also had a distinct smell to it as well, no matter where I travelled to while I was there. It made me appreciate what I had in America much more. I believe all my travels have made me appreciate something that I may have had, whether we lose something or are able to gain or add to our experiences. To me travelling just adds more Joy, experience and richness to our Lives. One can not trade these memories ever!!! <3