After managing my adhd I felt on top of the world...for a little bit. Then everything spiraled. For everything that Adderall gave me (rewired my brains ability to think happy and positive thoughts/ grew my reading comprehension again) it also took away things from me. I’m sharing a teeny little bit of details of my story of spiritual awakening and transforming my life through meditation, mindfulness and our beautiful connection with God. I went from medicated and caffeinated all day long and unhappy to feeling fulfilled and spiritually connected every day. **im not pro-meds or anti-meds- I have learned several ways to manage my adhd and depression with diet, exercise and supplements but I truly believe meditation has slowly healed my brain. Don’t believe me? Just google “meditation and adhd/depression”.

Hey! I’m Annie and I used to be depressed and angry all the time. I started experiencing depression in college and post partum depression after a few of my children. Through the help of psychiatrist and therapist and Wellbutrin I managed my depression well.

How is God’s love connected to our body love and body image? It’s one in the same. Your relationship with God and understanding who you are is reflected in your relationship with yourself and your body. It’s time to stop the negative body talk by watching how we talk and treat our bodies...without judgement.

Today we talk with Candi Kidd (@twofoldhome) and her journey back to a healthy connected self. Candi shares how emotional binge eating kept her separated from her true self and the steps she’s taking to reconnect. Candi works with www.natalieshay.com for her eating therapy.

Wait...what?! Yeah, let’s just say once you commit to changing and living a fulfilled life, stuff is gonna hit the fan. Obstacles are going to pop up like daisies. You will confront emotional pain like you’ve never seen before, BUT! It’s all good! Realize that the obstacles and trials are beautiful steps to show you more love and growth and just keep hiking on! It’s worth it!!

What we resist, persists, so what in your life are you resisting that are things you’d actually want gone?! This goes so against how our brain and ego work, to allow and surrender to what is actually going on. Our ego thinks there is strength in resisting because it is afraid. Living in an unconscious ego driven life is because we are trying to cover up our 1. Fear 2. Inaction and 3. Indecision. But once you realize you are NOT your ego and have so much more power than that, you can allow. Allow every obstacle to show you the way to what needs looking at, what needs healing and maybe even what you need to have less of in your life. What are you fighting in your life? It’s time to allow it with love.

Service- when is it helpful and when is it harmful? Learning how to feel our feelings and honor them around service is the greatest work you can do. Service is beautiful and needed and helps us grow closer to God. But if we have unhealthy beliefs and habits around service it is actually hurting all of us. We are all divine beings and powerful enough to change our lives through God.

Summertime with school aged kids at home can be a battle. It’s time to own up to what works for your family, what DOESN’T work for your family. What you want your summer to be like or not be like. Remember that structure and routines are still important to a degree, chaos can cause its only set of problems.

Eliminate Mommy Martyrdome- some of us know of women or ourselves! that suffer from Mommy Martyr Syndrome. How can we stop this and raise a generation of happy and peaceful parents? Learn why we complain and why we see suffering as valiant. Again, it’s all about limiting self beliefs! “Sink Reflections” is fly lady’s book about a home cleaning routine. *because I couldn’t remember!

Let’s stop judging ourselves mmkay? But how? AWARENESS, is the beginning. Our ego believes, and we were taught through culture that judging and criticizing works to change behavior. But it doesn’t! And if it does that behavior changed out of fear, manipulation and shame. It’s time to use LOVE as our guiding light and reason to change. So try and just watch yourself judge and criticize yourself, look at the thoughts and then put them under a microscope. Are they true? For more help see www.thework.com