Wellness Wisdom

I feel the need to apologize AND I realize that I DON’T need to apologize!

I have been consistently progressing very well since I began this conscious journey of personal growth decades ago. In the past I’d have said that progress was a steady, consistent journey toward perfection. But as life continually demonstrates, there’s BOTH forward AND Backward momentum.

If you are somebody who’s been living with the frustration, anxiety and torment of trying to be normal...whatever normal is...Please Stop! Stop for the sake of your health! Normalcy might just be an illusion, a perception, or even a big lie!

Create a Magical Day of Self-Healing

I woke up this morning with an intense need for stillness. Therefore, I laid in bed until 10:30. For a half an hour or so I was scrolling through emails and social media. Then putting my phone down, I closed my eyes and recalled the dream I was having right before I woke up. I was alongside a gentle flowing stream with lush surroundings and giant boulders to rest upon. It was peaceful. There was water cascading down, which created waterfalls and swimming holes. It’s actually similar to a place I go to called paradise pools, but in my dream, it was bigger and better AND it was on the land where I live. I owned it but I was completely unaware, until I saw other people there. People who I didn’t even know, but everyone was chill. Although it was actually on my land, I hadn’t discovered it until others showed up to swim there and hang out. I saw a mama and baby panda bear swimming there. I saw some type of large iguana reptile creature that creeped me out a little. There was a giant snake and I couldn't tell if it was poisonous or not. It was both magical and a little scary at the same time. After I reopened my eyes I had a very strong sense that today I needed stillness.

Stay Mentally Healthy and Psychologically Sound.

Follow these 9 tips to keep optimistic during times of great stress, anxiety, sadness and fear.

Routinely Non-Routine Routines

Some of us may have found ourselves, lately, in a new routine. Having different daily routines or Non-routine-New-routines … which aren’t really routines at all, but you’re doing them kind of routinely these days. It’s like that other thing was my normal routine, and now I’m in a non-routine that’s probably just a temporary routine, but it could possibly become a lasting routine … I routinely ponder things like this!

I know that lots of people need, want, prefer routines. Schedules are important and when we get off our schedules, it can be very disconcerting, if not downright anxiety producing!

How are your new ‘out-of-routine’ routines working out? How are they affecting you? Are you noticing how they are making things better, worse, or maybe no difference at all? Maybe you’re someone who doesn't need a schedule or who doesn’t even like routines at all. But either way, it’s probable that you are doing things differently these days. It’s likely your life changed recently, either a little or drastically.

It’s a Brain Changer

What does it mean to have optimism? No need to look it up, I already did. The adjective “optimistic” describes a mental attitude with a tendency to have a favorable view on situations in life. An optimistic person is more likely to expect a positive outcome.

What is a pessimistic person? I looked that up too! Pessimism means thinking the worst. Pessimism is a mental attitude having a tendency to expect the worst in everything.

Both of these definitions have something in common. Optimism and pessimism are opposites, and yet, thay have a very interesting commonality. Both are defined using these same words: Mental Attitude, Thoughts & Expectations. It does NOT say that to be optimistic requires the world or your life to be perfect. It does NOT say that pessimism requires the world or your life to be disastrous. Each of these definitions states that BOTH stem from how we think, our attitudes and our expectations!

The Art and Practice

In the previous episode, Part 1 - “How to Cultivate Balance & Harmony”, I explained the why & how for cultivating happiness in all areas of your life. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, go back and do that, before this one. It will make this one more meaningful because then you’ll get the context.

In this episode - Part 2 - you’re going to experience a check-in and self-nurturing meditation. It’s the first two practical steps for decreasing stress, improving your health on every level, having balance and ultimately, learning to be happy. Step one is about connecting with and assessing each of the four dimensions. Then we’ll go into creating the vision and making it your goal. It’s powerful!

Cultivate it in Your Life

I conceptualize all humans as Multi dimensional beings. I’ve been in the physical fitness industry since the early 90’s. That’s when I realized how important it is to have a healthy and physically fit body. But that wasn’t enough for me. Even though I owned a gym … two gyms in fact, I still felt devoid of something.

I worked on my inner-self, reading all the self-help books I could read at that time. It helped me a lot, to heal my past and forgive people in my life … to learn how to forgive myself, as well. But STILL it wasn’t enough; something else was STILL missing. SO THEN I began exploring my faith and learning about the deeper meaning of spirituality.