Sheila's Passion for Health
Dear Friends,
I write this because I care. I care about your time on the planet, your energy levels, your motivation, enthusiasm and joy. Because it takes a village and as my mentor Dr Claire Zammet says, “We do not get where we want to go by ourselves.” We also need to be reminded, re-ignited and sometimes educated along the journey.
“Be Here Now”
Spiritual teacher, Ram Dass said this best. It helps when we are stuck, challenged, hurting and in need of care ~ from ourselves or others. Be present in the moment, what do you need right now?
To introduce our physicality… What is happening on a cellular level for us, is effecting our mind, body and emotions. We are mammals and biological beings having an emotional and spiritual existence. What this means for us as aging individuals and as people trying to heal their injuries and disease processes is that nutrition, overcoming inflammatory processes and mindset tools are at the root of successful healing for our us.
As far as our minds and emotions, well ‘never mind’ them. I’m joking, in part. Because our “what if mind” can be ignored when it puts us into fight, flight or freeze mode. Sure we need to analyze and prepare, it is necessary for survival. When we spend too much time in perfectionism, in regret and the “what if’s”, we are not being present to what could be happening right now. This neurocircuit in our brain is a pattern that we can overcome in 6 weeks and is a form of safety, of emergency brake pulling and good habit de-railment that impact our state of mind, our joy levels.
When I a rut taking place these days, the trio that I put into action for myself and my clients is first, nutrition for our brains, resiliency for your spirit and mindset for motivation and self-compassion. I learned these three mental, emotional and spiritual lessons over the last 48 years - since I was 4, where my earliest memories of neighborhood friends and foes take me.
I used to beat myself often. That I was a bad person, not worthy and that, ‘I was’ my emotions. I was confused about so many areas of life that I thought were the cause of my pain and suffering. Luckily, I am open to options, read and study often and want to get to the bottom line quickly. I have searched for experts and ask others who I think have a leg-up, about whatever is bothering me. Listening, I absorb their wisdom, trying on what is available right then. Often, I am trying their advice many times over when I did not get the lesson or success the first time. I give myself the permission to be the recovering perfectionist, make mistakes, stumble and fall. I know now that this gives me resiliency and confidence, the wisdom to chart the future when I try again.
Listen cloesly…. YOU ARE NOT YOUR EMOTIONS. Your emotions are a by-product of your lifestyle, your circumstances, your conditioning, the company you keep, your habits and your belief systems. You decide the story that is going on in your head and you have the ability to change it.
Sometimes when I ask someone if they want help with the problem they are presenting, ~ Ask for consent first, no one wants cross talk or unsolicited advice. ~ I often hear: “She won’t be interested, she is very science oriented.” Or that, “This person is religious and probably won’t believe it.” “This person won’t believe it unless her doctor tells her to do it.” I hear you. That person is not open. They are not ready for healing or change. They are stuck in the muck of the past. We have all been there. We have all needed a rant or a vent to hear the pieces that were subconscious to us until then. The help of others to witness and name what we are going through.
I hope that you are safe, secure and loved. I hope that you are working down your joy list ~ as often as possible to remember who you divinely are. It is hard to remember that person sometimes as the years have gone and time is flying. They are out there. They are inside of you. You are them.
Your health is a star of possibility. What point are you working on right now? Where do you want to focus next: Relationships, movement, joy, nutrition, lifestyle, career, self-actualization, family life and children or your spiritual connection?
Thank you when I see you for the first time. Or again. For reminding me of who I am. For sure I will be passionate when we meet. Maybe it will be loudly that day, maybe internally. Passion is the charge that keeps me alive. I hope you too. What are you passionate about today?
