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Forgiveness: Your Health Depends on It!

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I have shared many times that for years, I suffered through a period of anxiety and depression. In desperation I found myself hunting for ways to claim my wellness. Having tried almost everything that came my way, I am happy to report that my search ultimately resulted in an anxiety and panic attack free existence. I wanted to share a little on forgiveness because it is something that I think not only had the biggest impact on my life but also something that I am discovering continues to add to the quality of my everyday life. [Read more…]

Got Forgiveness?

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In the last couple of weeks, forgiveness has been a reoccurring theme in my life. I hear it in messages at church, I see it posted in quotes online, I talk about it with friends… I  wanted to share a letter of forgiveness I received one day…

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Marketing, Mindset, Mi Vida Loca: Full Episode 1

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This week I cover some pretty awesome things so you want to watch the video for sure! My marketing tip is intended for my small business owner who wants to up their graphics game. The mindset hack is about my cholita take on FORGIVENESS. And in Mi Vida Loca News, I cover the music that is going to be jumping off at the PopUp!
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Is the someone or something you have to forgive to keep moving adelante? Is that someone you?
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Do YOU.

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There’s a whole lot of posting online about “doing you.” What EXACTLY does it mean to do you? Essentially, “doing you” means being authentic. It means being willing to risk not being accepted by some but choosing to pursue your own happiness. It means learning and growing from the choices we make, not blaming or making excuses for others or ourselves. 
I wanted to share about what I have realized about life, love and the art of “Doing YOU.” I am the product of conditioning. I was trained to not be selfish and to put others first. Doing me has come at a price (mostly in the form of internal battles). At 46, I am just realizing that doing me… CAN be selfish… It CAN have a direct connection to someone else’s sadness or disappointment and that CAN be ok. Doing me has meant to do what makes me happy, peaceful, secure, successful (based on my own goals). It has NOT meant me mercilessly trampling on others. The art of doing me has allowed me to make choices and TRUST the consequences. 
Doing you requires confidence. In order to DO YOU, you have to love, like and trust yourself. Here are some practical tips on learning to DO YOU. 

  • When it comes to speaking… here is some simple advice from Disney.  Especially when it comes to self-talk, recognize that it is not ok to put yourself down. Also, keep in mind that DOING YOU means learning to accept that others are going to DO THEM. If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all. Avoid lies,  avoid arguing to prove a point… sometimes silence is truly golden.
  • Since you’ve conditioned yourself to stop negative language, train yourself to say nice things. “I am worthy. I am beautiful. I am created in God’s image. I deserve good. I accept love and joy. I am love. I am a joy!”
  • Try new things. Even if it means you are alone, in thought or action, go try something new. Read a new type of book, try on a completely new style of clothing, listen to a different kind of music. We are so conditioned that we sometimes become out of touch with what we like, have grown out of, or would like to explore.
  • Meditate. This doesn’t have to be a big deal. Just get quiet enough to recognize your own thought patterns and if and how you want to change them. You can learn to take your meditation practice to achieve some fascinating results, but the most important thing is just to start somewhere.
  • Forgive, yourself for past choices. Forgive others for your sanity and your ability to focus on achieving your own goals. More on this thought can be found HERE.
When I do me, I want to do it in the spirit of ONE LOVE. As I bless my own path, I consecutively am blessing all around me. So today, I hope you DO YOU and that you do it beautifully!
Here is another article I found helpful:

Mirror Mirror on The Wall

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In a previous post, I discussed the scientific process of sight having very little to do with what we “see.” A couple of things came to mind this week, that inspired me to reflect a bit more on the subject.

#1. Driving around LA, I noticed banners promoting an installation at the Annenberg. BEAUTY CULTURE provides a seminal examination of photography’s role in capturing and defining notions of modern female beauty and how these images profoundly influence our lives in both celebratory and disturbing ways.

#2. A friend on Facebook shared the Huffpost article on Kjerstin Gruys, a former fashion merchandiser turned sociologist, who has committed  To A Year Without Mirrors. Of course she’s blogging and her objective for the blog? To get women to rethink body images and what they’re told about beauty. To help her stick to this goal, she volunteers at the nonprofit About Face, which aims to equip women and girls with the tools to understand and resist media messages that negatively affect their self-esteem and body image.

#3. My own post “Dear Gravity, You are NOT the boss of me so I’m hitting the Santa Monica stairs today. 40 may not look like 20 but in love, everything is beautiful. Cheers to us ALL for loving & caring for ourselves daily” received a ton of responses!
I’ve been through a major transformation over the last couple of years and I know that what I SEE is not the same as what I used to. What changed?

Stimulus is always present, but sometimes ignored by the brain as “uninteresting” or “unimportant.” Such ignored stimuli may have effects on the brain but will not reach consciousness. In addition, trying to concentrate on finding a particular object may lead one to ignore other features in the surrounding environment. This is known as Inattentional or Perceptual Blindness.

“Perceptual blindness” is a term used by cognitive psychologists, essentially identifying the principle that people have a much easier time seeing things when they know what they are looking for, and will not notice things that they are not familiar with.

The best-known study demonstrating perceptual blindness is the “Invisible gorilla test,” which was conducted by Daniel Simons of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Christopher Chabris of Harvard University. The basic Simons study was re-used on British tele.vision as a PSA (above video) designed to point out the potential dangers to cyclists caused by inattentional blindness in motorists. In the advertizement the gorilla is replaced by a moonwalking bear.

Only a small percentage of the population is likely to have seen that bear! Are you one of them? I wasn’t.  I actively train my brain to look for certain things. Daily I run through a list of things I want to spot in myself and the world around me. Then I have an experience with BEing. I choose gratitude, thrill, forgiveness, laughter, joy. When I compliment her, my teenaged daughter will often say “Ugh mom, you only think that cause you love me.” And I say “YES! If you don’t see it for yourself, surround yourself with people like me!”

I DO take care of myself but not for vanity or insecurity but because I am grateful and worth it. Inside/out, I am changing daily. I love myself and looking in the mirror is more beautiful than it’s ever been.

So, What do you see?

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Peace and Blessings.

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Do You Dream?

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Lucid Dream Sequence - #7
Last night, I had the most amazing dream.In the dream, I was in a courthouse with someone, I hadn’t spoken to in months. I completely forgave this person for something that at the time, I perceived to be devastating. I was elated to inform her that she had done exactly what I needed her to do. I absolved her of any guilt she might be holding on to. In that forgiveness, I found freedom. I was high. So high, I found myself floating above the desks. I started to panic…

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The Power of Words

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I love words.

I think you can tell from this blog that I have a lot to say! Yes, I really love words and I believe they are tools of power. Over the course of my lifetime, I’ve heard words that have hurt more than childbirth as well as words that felt better than a massage.

I’ve read that words are manifesting commands to the subconscious mind. So, when we speak words out loud, we are actually telling our mind to make it happen. How EXACTLY this occurs is probably a course of study in brain science as well as philosophy and may never fully be understood. Humankind has always been fascinated by this form of communication. Here are some provocative thoughts and quotes to consider:

Life and death are in the power of the tongue…
~ Proverbs 18:21
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
~ Buddha
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
~ Arabian Proverb

Did you knowEvery letter in the Hebrew alphabet has a design, a number and a meaning. The sum of the letters have special significance.
It’s believed that in Sanskrit, the significance and the vibrations of each syllable have an effect both inside and outside the body.

In Hawaiian Shamanism there is a source of power behind the words of the language. The ancient Hawaiians acknowledged the spiritual, divine meaning behind the sounds and tones that make up the words.

Regardless of belief system, most will agree that words are powerful. I composed a short list of my favorite words. Whether the positive feeling I get from hearing these words comes from the word itself or from the meaning I’ve assigned, is not important to me. What matters is that I use these words in affirmations about myself and others.

* Love * Joy * Peace * Creativity * Humility * Passion* Family* Life*

How awesome it is that I can write and share the words on my mind freely! There are people all over the world that can’t. Words can motivate, inspire and change. I try to speak my favorite words, or variations of them in some form, EVERY DAY. Good words feel good.

Do you speak words of power over yourself and your loved ones? What words make the top of your list?

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