My Journey to a Healthy New Beginning

…Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. (Harriet Tubman)

There was someone that I met today that out of nowhere started speaking to me about dreams. He also mentioned that it’s hardest to admit them to other. I have to admit that my inner dreams I do hold closest and sometime for fear that other’s will tease or poke fun of them.  In changing my point of view for so many things I know that’s it’s the dreamer that needs to be heard of more often.

Writing this blog allows me to put out into the world some of the things that I fear on the inside and I’ve learnt that it’s the things that scare me most, mean that I am taking action and moving towards change and the very things that I want.

Well, there was my babbling for today! I’ll get closer to rambling about some other dreams of mine soon enough.

The kids returned to school today and I am soooo very proud of both of them for differnt reasons. It’s today that makes me even prouder to be a Mom.. I really am so blessed to be a Mom of two amazing children. Nicholas who is 14 started grade 9 today and is going to kick butt this year- I just know it! My baby Hannah entered into SK and just loves her new teacher.. she had a great day at school and I was soooo excited to get home to hear all of their stories from the first day of school! Love you guys!

My car broke down (AGAIN!) yesterday and my Mom was sweet enough to allow me to borrow her’s yesterday to get to my nieces birthday party (HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISABELLE!!!) and then to work today… kids have their physicals’ with their doctor tomorrow morning.

So tonight I went out looking for a new car and was so happy to have met a really sweet (and good looking) salesman. He was so nice and helpful and very understanding of my situation… so hopefully by the end of this week (fingers crossed) I’ll have a new vehicle- well, maybe by mid week of next week.. lol! Did I mention that the sales guy (Dave) was good looking? First time I’ve actually noticed a good looking guy in quite and wouldn’t luck have it that I have to meet him in a proffessional setting and of course I was looking so drained from my day! LMAO! Oh well… maybe the next good looking guy that I might have interest in will ask me out Mayeeee!

Alrighty… well, I am off to bed with sweet dreams hopefully in store. My insomnia is still at bay and I am working on new EFT affirmations to get some sleep but haven’t found the right one yet. I know that it’s not the sleep, I know that it’s my stressful worries… I just need this acceptance for 2nd career this Friday.. Just need everything to be settled. Not to mention that i am in extreme pain during the night. At least the EFT is helping with the pain!

OH! and I went to look at portfolios this Saturday with my friend Jason and my baby Hannah to start working on my tattoo that I was mentioning So I booked an initial consultation for this Thursday… meet with her and get her working on some designs and then go back and pick it out then book another appointment for the actual tattoo.. I am still hoping to get it completed before Christmas and hopefully sooner- no rush though.. I want it to be perfect! It holds so much meaning for me and I am so exited!

Have an amazing night! All my blessings!

Xoxo

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Nicholas got out of school yesterday and my daughter Hannah finishes today.. so as a fun thing to do we’ll be heading to the beach this afternoon to ward off of the heat, enjoy the sun and fun times always had when at the beach!

I received this quote today and it made me think so I wanted to share with you… it really made me think of not only living in a state of gratitude but that is we wait until the end the manifestation, the result has already happened… be thankful/grateful in the stages before it appears for that is when it is most needed!

“Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late. Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.”

Robert R. Updegraff
Author of “Be Thankful For Your Troubles”

I woke up last night worrying about money… at first I didn’t realize that I was tossing due to this reason but it was really bothering me. Then I sat up and decided to write the worry down allowing it to pass from my mind and replaced it with images of what I am waiting for; knowing it is coming my way… I was still having some trouble sleeping so I sat up and decided to go a quick session of EFT/tapping and sure enough it allowed me to drift off into a peaceful slumber.

Have an incredible blessed day and enjoy the sun for summer has arrived!

Xoxo

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Today I began my new exercise program…. fun! (seriously!) I woke up and really motivated myself. With the new SGR program my mind is in the most amazing place these days… a quick session of EFT to get over the excuises  along with my favourite (so far) story from Rev Michael Beckwith in the SGR program #4 and I knew my day was going to be a success! I could feel it.

I dropped Hannah off at school and took Rocky to the park (yup in the rain) for our 2 hour low impact cardio. Then it was off to the gym for 1 hour of my upper body workout (since it’s Wednesday)- I finished it off with a high impact run at level 3 incline running for 1 hour- man was I killing myself at this point. I pushed past the phsyical pain and listened again to session #5 on Living Life and it helped me soar through the 1 hour- it always gets easier after I hit the 30 minute mark.. it’s that first 30 minutes where I need to really motivate myself to keep going.

After coming home I tuned into SGR’s session #6 immediately (well, after my shower- lol) and learnt all above bringing in money from MSI (multiple streams of income) - AMAZING! and the best part is that I’ve inspired myself to tell my story in a book. I’ve put my original book on hold and want to start with a new story so I’ve decided to move full steam ahead. More to come on that as the days go by buy if you’ve ever wanted to write a book please do it! Think about it…. 1 page a day can result in a 365 page book in 1 year! Imagine that?!

I am just finishing up my day and still so pumped and motivated. I am going to pick up Hannah from school and take her to the park to get in some FUN exercise by playing at the park.

BTW, have you ordered your copy of SGR yet? They also have a great affiliate plan. And it’s so, so easy… I’ve signed up because I know it will be another success and I am loving the program so much that I NEED to share this with EVERYONE!!! (I mean, we ARE talking about Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield and Rev. Michael Beckwith) And I want to personally invite you to jump  on the bandwagon. http://partners.thesgrprogram.com/affiliates/signup.php?m=db2bafb3

Have an amazing afternoon and wish me luck on tomorrows workout which will consist of 2 hours combined low impact walking with the dog- 1 hour metabolic weight training (lower body) 1 hour high impact cardio (running/rowing, etc) - 1/2 hour low impact activity with the kids (park, bike riding, hide and seek, etc, etc

Mwahh

Xoxo

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We all know that I am biggest supporter of EFT!!! I love EFT- EFT works on EVERYTHING! Ihave to ask, “Have you ever suffered from insomnia?” I do… and there are those nights where I lay exhausted in bed tossing and turning, side to side you would naturally think I would turn to EFT? 5 nights in a row, I’ve ended up laying awake until 2, 3am.. etc etc sometimes I look over at 4:30AM and I am still awake! It sucks! I am soooooo tired and need to sleep and no matter what I try I just can’t do it…. the more I try to force it, the more I lay awake. It truly sucks! I laugh in the morning when I wonder why I wouldn’t have to turned to EFT sometime during the night? It must be in the exhausted state that I am in… I honestly don’t know! LOL!

So there I was last night thinking before I headed to bed how exhausted I was already, needing sleep… before getting into the rut of tossing and turning along with irrational thought patterns, before I put my head onto my pillow I turned to EFT- my miracle cure! In the past (before my trip) I’ve had a lot of success with this Setup Statement “Even though I have problems falling into a deep and peaceful sleep, I deeply and completely accept myself. Well, I didn’t have the best sleep of the night but I feel asleep quickly and actually slept so yes; EFT worked.

In those 5 nights I think of everything though— it’s so funny where my mind goes in those hours of tossing. Bad childhood memories, old boyfriends, sad memories… Why is that my mind draws to the negative? That can’t be good! When I work so hard at imagining and visualizing how I want my life to be my subconsious is working against me… So, I’ve decided to bring EFT in to help me with this… Use EFT to get rid of all those negative emotions that are attached to those negative feelings as they come up. I’ll be keeping my journal with me so that when these ideas come up I can write them down and either work through them with EFT in the morning/daytime or while I feel the pain at the moment. I guess it all depends but I am hoping that reaching for that better person will bring me closer to those amazing things I visualize and know await for me! Did any of that make sense? LOL!

On the postive side of things, there are those moments before you go to sleep or wake up in the middle of the night where you have those brillant ideas! They are sooo crystal clear in that moment that I want to take action- also thinking I’ll remember them in the morning- but then fall back into sleep back to la la land.

I used to journel in highschool as an assignment and was amazed at what I found in the morning… I am hoping it will be just as useful this time around to get rid of the bad and help remember the great! Well, there is my random thought before the night. Tonight, I’ll be using my setup statement again tonight to ward off any insomnia and make sure I have a pen and pad beside the bed.

Sleep tight!

Xoxo

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Well if today is an indication of how the next 4 days are going to be holy cow, did I set my goals high. I started off this morning with a 30 minute brisk walk with the dog, did my visualization videos and then just got back from the gym after doing a 2 hour trek on the treadmill. Today I completed 10KM in 1 hour 25 minutes! Then continued walked at a brisk pace for the remaining 25 minutes. Funny enough I pushed myself to get to the gym as I’ve picked up my son’s cold and having difficulty breathing but forced my butt into the gym.

Right before the workout I was in the change room and really pyching myself up and basically talking myself out of a 2 hour cardio workout… so I went into the girls bathroom, closed the door and did an EFT session right there. My set up statment was “Even though I don’t want to do this cardio workout, I deeply and completely accept myself” I ended up doing 4 rounds of tapping with the gamut in the middle and got through that 2 hour cardio workout. It wasn’t so bad and I got through it and streched got dressed and came home.

My sinuses are pretty blocked and I have a raging headache- just getting a bit of down time before I pick up my daughter from school and take the dog for another walk. Dinner tonight is going to be eggs and canadian bacon with salad and my homeade dressing.

EFT is still new to me that I forget to “try it on everything” LOL… well, I am going to run and try EFT to relieve some of my symptoms of this cold.

Until tomorrow….
XOXO

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The 2nd year anniversay of being cancer free has been on my mind lately. It’s shown me just how much a person can change from year to year. In January 2007 I was going through radiation.. In January 2008 I was working for a generic pharmaceutical company who was trying to make generic medications to help fight cancer… affordable alteratives which I could have used but so happy that i was part of the process to help bring these generics to the Canadian market.

Now for January 2009… here I am planning my trip (27 days to go!) to London, Scotland and Ireland from March 4-23…. I will be in London for my 2nd anniversary as a survivor.

Also I will be that much closer to overall health. I still fight some bad choices nutrition wise but I am 95% on track. I want to get my body down to 20% body fat and when I am there I will know that I have fought and won the battle… the battle was hard in the beginning but now know more about the LOA and EFT the battle is just an everyday step of getting closer to my goals without the battle mentality. EFT has healed me of so many emotional barriers that had held me back.

I wish everyone a truly magical day filled with joy… I hope that you really give EFT a try and embrace a new life with LOA within it. The magic will reveal itself almost immediately if you can try to leave some old ways of thinking behind and embrace a new way to a life of abundance! If you can imagine how you want your life to be (financial, health, relationship, spiritual, etc) and allow yourself to let it in then you can truly have it.

I really feel blessed and hope you join me on this journey to abundance as well!

Xoxo

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The answer seems so obvious but on a day like today it feels a bit tougher. One the very first things I learnt from LOA when I first met Michael Losier (author of www.lawofattractionbook.ca) in 2005 was that wherever I decide to put my attention it brings me more of the same. If I allows my thoughts, energy and focus to focus on all the bad things in my life today then it will bring more of it to me. Instead, I’d like to continue to bring all the great things into my life that I have asked for. So somehow, I need to re-focus my attention and energy into a great place… I use TheSecret website quite a bit for this as they have amazing visualization videos and tools. Last night when I was watching “The Secret to Riches” video on the website I decided to tap along with the video while saying outloud the reminder phrases that the video prompting. The results were minor but when I tapped along to “The Planet Earth” Video I felt a quiet calm and reassurance come over me at the end of the tapping session. So today I plan to use the same tools to refocus my energy to bring my vibrational meter back to a 10 again…. My problem is that I have yet to find a way to stay emotionally uninvolved when other people I care about are in pain. My daughter’s step mom is in extreme pain and I want to help but it’s outside of my control. All I can do is counsel her to stop focusing on the things so cannot control and take charge of the things she can control. Now that I have been using LOA it makes so much sense that I just can’t understand why people wouldn’t want to embrace it as well…

Well, I will leave you for now to complete a round of tapping and get back to a happy place to bring all the wonderful things into my life that I have asked for. In a way this was therapeutic as well in and has helped.

Before I go I was unable to get to the gym yesterday and had planned on going to the gym at 1PM. However I was asked last minute to babysit Kaylee (Hannah’s half-sister) so that Michele (Hannah’s step-mom) could attend an important doctor appointment. Although I am exhausted I am planning to hit the gym tonight and followup with my Day 3 workout on Saturday! Still on track my friends and feeling great about it! Yipppeee.

Talk soon
Xoxo

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My son came home from school Monday night and starting telling me what homework he had.. Science and Math he told me. I then proceeded to tell him that he had some more homework from me which was to watch a movie.. I made him watch the “Try it on Everything” video while I headed to the gym. I was so happy that when I got back he wanted to talk about what he had just learnt and had many questions. He had written down the tapping points and we talked about areas that he could use EFT on and how his young life could be shaped for the better.. learning so young to leave behind an negative emotion blockers. It was cute when he asked me if EFT could help with a fear of repelling a glass building… I know that he is always pushing the edge but was intrigued to see that this is what he wanted to try first.

It’s great to use with Kids… Take away anxiety, making new friends, bullied, self conscious, collapsing conflicts, homework and soooo much more!

Hugs
Xoxo

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There is and old saying which says that if you choose to resist, you are choosing for it to persist. Whatever energy or blocked emotion you put out into the Universe or through your body, will come back to you. This is true for EFT and Law of Attraction. Both work hand in hand.

I’ve come to understand my body as an engergy field and for me because I am spiritual I believe it to be a spiritual field as well. I have the power to take control of my own life through tools such as EFT and LOA along with my everlasting faith.

Today I asked myself, is there anything standing in my way from getting what I really want? The answer was YES… I had feelings of guilt, thoughts of not being good enough and the “why me?” question.. There is something so BIG that I want right now and this week is the week I will get it… I tapped away all remaining doubts and used the reminder sentence while tapping the various spots on my body. I watched the movie Try it on Everything (http://www.tryitoneverything.com/) today and was pleasantly surprized to see that many of the teachers that were introduced in The Secret were teaching EFT. The two tools walk hand in hand and can very much complement each other.

Today my feeling was scaled at a 7… it was intense enough that while I was doing the Opening Statement it brought tears to my eyes. As I tapped the emotions came the surface bad ones along with good ones! Best of all I can now rate my feelings at a 1 which is such a great improvement. I love having a tool to help heal my emotionally scars that have stopped me in the past sometimes without even knowing about it.

Happy New Year!
Xoxoxo

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Today I have some wrapping to do for Christmas and much shopping left to do.. this year will be very last minute but I am ok with that… I woke up this morning and my legs are burning and still so stiff from yesterday’s workout. Thank goodness I have today off as I need it to recoup! I heard from an old friend of mine last evening by email- a friend from Australia that I adore to pieces! We used to talk all the time on the phone and I miss those days but every time I hear from him I smile. We talked back and forth by email for a bit and he told me how much of an incredible woman I was. For the first time in a long time, I just thanked him and took a bit of time to reflect on what is going on with me these days. It’s hard to explain but since I have been using EFT in my daily life I have become very at peace with myself and with very little effort.

I’ve been in heavy therapy for the past 5 years on and off but steady through my cancer treatments. Somewhere in 2005 I decided that I wanted to feel “whole” I wasn’t sure if I had ever felt whole before- ever. With a lot of help from my counsellor Lana I was able to deal with a lot of emotional trauma, forgive and more forward with my life. I called it the “Bandaid effect” I ripped off everything and exposed myself raw in order to start the healing process… it came with a lot of crying, a lot of self doubt, anger and emotions I wasn’t used to exposing. At times it made me feel weak and pathetic but somewhere through the process I started to feel whole again- for the first time really. I didn’t hide from my feelings and I faced them head on.

Fast forward to the present and I felt confident in ways that I never knew, stronger and vibrant. I had made peace with my daughter’s father and had forgiven him. I learnt how to set personal boundaries which led to a healthy relationship with my Mom. It’s still not my ideal relationship that I would want between a mother and daughter but it’s healthy- I learnt that I can’t change her nor can I change anyone. The only person I can change is myself. Once I learnt this valuable lesson everything became so easy.

I stumbled onto EFT one day. I read the ebook and it made sense to me. I decided to give it a shot and voila….. the results are amazing! What I called the “Bandaid effect” took a lot of emotional turmoil to get to where I wanted to be… with EFT I literally tapped away in a matter of 2-3 minutes hurtful emotions and BAM!- they were gone! and never came back. When I began EFT I was using a tap along technique. Using EFT set up’s which other’s had used that made sense in my life. Recently I began tapping for my own emotion issues- very specific events that had a huge emotional charge when I thought back to them and again the results astounded me.

Last evening as I was falling asleep a very painful memory came back to me (they usually do at bedtime) which was related to how I never felt as if I belonged in school. It was around grade 4 when my parents had moved my schools AGAIN- it was my 2nd school for grade 4 and I wasn’t too happy about it. I was a shy girl back then and very much the tomboy- didn’t fit in with the girls and desperately wanted to. Anyhoo… these painful memories came back to me with such force last night that I felt very vulnerable and my stomach was in knots.

I sat up and decided to tap the emotion away. I rated the emotion at a 10 on the scale of 1-10 as concentrated on where i felt the emotion which was in the pit of my stomach and in the back of my throat as I felt like crying. My set up statement was “Even though I never felt as if I belonged, I deeply and completely accept myself” I started tapping and after my first round felt no relief- I contined with the gamut and then started my 2nd round of tapping…. as I tapped through the meridiens I could feel my negative feelings leaving. By the end of the tapping session I was able to rate my emotion at a ZERO!!! Took a deep breath and recalled the events that only 5 minutes ago had me on the verge of a panic attack.. Now 5 minutes later there was no negative emotion attached to the memory… I love how easy and effective EFT! It works for me

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