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What you think is what you get

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

Belief is a powerful thing.  If you believe something is true then it is.

Stressed out?

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

Get a big hug.  Hugs release oxytocin which reduces cortisol and thus stress levels.  Better yet have 8 hugs a day and be really mellow!

I can't seem to find myself...

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

Usually a consequence of looking on the outside instead of the inside.

Analysis Paralysis

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

When we fear that we are bound to fail and so render ourselves immobile in search of pitfalls.

To see or not to see??

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

Symptoms:  The phenomenon of trying to hide the self from the self for fear of what we'll see

Happy New Year!

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

Resolution:  A measure of clarity of an image..
New Year's Resolution:    A measure of distortion of self image??

The pendulum swings...

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

Judgementalism: A two sided sword that brings satisfaction when it swings away but pain when it  swings back

I like your attitude!

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

Thanksgiving isn't an annual holiday-It's a way to live!

Don'tcha just hate it!

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

It has been said that love is the absence of fear.  It would seem to follow then that hate is an over-abundance of fear.  So-if there is someone you hate, or even dislike-what makes them so scary??

The hurrier I go the behinder I get

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

I was chatting with a client, who works 60 hours a week, and he was explaining to me how he would be a better person if only he could figure out a way to do more and have more acheivements in his life.  The thing about being a "human doing" rather than a "human being" is you can never do enough to get good enough!

You complete me....

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

Looking to something or someone else to make you whole has the same net effect as multiplying fractions. The numbers get smaller: e.g. 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4

Projection...

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

"Love thy neighbor as thyself" .  Perhaps many of the world's ills stem from the fact that  many people do?

Omnipotent reigneth...

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

Depression:  The feeling you feel when you think life stinks and are certain that it is all your fault.

Just give me the facts

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

The fact is you think it is so, not that it is so and a fact.

In sickness and in health

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

People, it seems to me, will do almost anything and be willing to spend almost any amount of time and money in order to stop being ill.  They are not so willing, it seems, to do those same things to stay healthy!

Can some of you tell me what that's about???

The staff of life??

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

I was coaching one of my  nutrition and weight management clients the other day and he asked why I encourage people to avoid grains-especially refined grains.  Given all the conflicting information available I thought I would share my answer with you.

Wheat, refined grains, and gluten create a reaction in the intestines that sets off all kinds of problems and symptoms..  The ultimate effect of this  is  slow destruction of the lining of the small intestine that ends up causing things like leaky gut syndrome, nutritional deficiencies, and autoimmune reactions.  Grains that are processed and refined have no nutritional value, they mess with insulin levels and can lead to many negative health conditions.  So- my recommendation is to avoid them!

I'm so mad!

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

ANGER: The feeling we feel when someone or something demonstrates just how insignificant we are-or at least think we are,

Just had a feeling...

Life In a Nutshell: Simple wisdoms for connecting to self and spirit

You don't believe it because it "feels right" .  It  "feels right"  because you believe it.