Juicing

Lately I've had a lot of questions regarding the juices I make.

First off, they're technically smoothies since I make them in my fierce blender.  I should give her a name.  Maude comes to mind....

Today Maude created my smoothie from these ingredients:

Assorted greens: kale, dandelion, wild arugula, asian mix, cucumber, jalapeno
spirilina, chia seeds, sesame seeds, almond meal, flax seed meal, balsamic vinegar
coconut oil, hemp seed oil
banana
elixir of life:)*
usually juice, carrots, celery but I was out today....beet greens and carrot greens are good too

*Elixir of life:  I make a big pot of "tea"...... six green tea bags, turmeric, sea salt, cinnamon sticks, crushed cardamom, cloves, peppercorns

My 88 year old friend told me:
"If I would have taken care of myself, I'd be dead by now" :)

Don't take it all too seriously.

Hello, dear friends!

It's been over a year since I've written.....wow!

It's not procrastination.  It's incubation:)

So what's been going on in my hypno world?  So many great and inspirational clients.  I want to start writing their stories.  When I think about where to begin, I freeze and distract.  That whole feeling of voices and stories and how to protect privacy by changing small details but yet still personal enough to connect and inspire and am I going to lose readers if I write in one continuous run on sentence......whew.  Freeze and distract.  I ride my bike.  I read a book.  I dream up new careers that don't require writing.  I invent errands to run. 

Enough.  The first story that would like to be told is about a woman who came in to release fears surrounding learning.  Specifically, learning Spanish.  She had come to that afore mentioned freeze and distract stage layered with a huge dose of panic.  Her consequences would be having to take the test over.  Usually when people come to me for school related issues, their brains are telling them (as was hers) that the world will end if they don't pass this class.  I try not to laugh:) 

Let me cut to the part of this story that I love.  Much of her belief system came from both parents who would continually despair that they couldn't learn languages.  Hence to, therefore....nor could she.   In hypnosis, I guided her to see the thoughts that were blocking her ability to learn written on a blackboard then erase the blackboard.  When she came back to a normal brain wave state and we talked about her experience, she said that she saw the beliefs written there and instead of erasing she saw the blackboard folding over and over itself.  She said it was so insightful to see not only limiting beliefs related to language learning many others as well being released.

What I get excited about is when I say erase, instead her brain folds up an imaginary blackboard.  I think her brain is playfully showing her a metaphor that she won't forget.  Solid into flexible.  Serious to playful.  I love brains!

The past has accumulated

The past has accumulated

There's nothing to do but honor the creation

That is you right now

The you right now as you read this

The you without labels

What purpose in condemning?

You're in the starting gate

Use the power gained

Use the wisdom gained

Feel your readiness and push off

Do It Anyway

DO IT ANYWAY

Written By Mother Theresa

People are often unreasonable, illogical,
and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, People may accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some
false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If  you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone
could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,

it is between you and God;

It was never between you and them anyway



Out the door

For awhile my spirit has been suggesting "hiking at dawn".  It's possible because I'm close to beautiful hiking without getting into the car and because I'm usually awake at dawn.  Instead of condemning myself for not once yet doing this (my usual brain pattern that I am breaking today), I am relaxing into knowing that for right now, for reasons unknown....before the walk comes coffee and reading something inspirational (or writing or just enjoying my coffee and existence on this planet today.  Now I'm out the door and may your day be filled with amusement at the craziness swirl around you.