1. Do a life review – the first step is to review your life and look at the path you have taken. Did messages of what you should do or should not do influence your path? Look for anything that was significant about your life; key decisions you made, health setbacks, traumas. What were you interested in when you were young?
2. Spend time in contemplation and get connected. Whatever makes you feel connected, seek that out daily. For some people this might be daily meditation, daily exercise, walks in nature, listening to music, etc. Whatever makes you feel at peace and more connected, do that. In this quiet contemplative space will many insights lie; create time in your day for this spirit centered time.
3. Get clear on your own present picture of who you are. If this is tough for you to do, write a list of you who you are not first. Start with things that you can say are definitely true for you. For example: My favorite color is blue. What do you like to do with your time? If you had a day all to yourself, how would you choose to spend it? What are things that are unique or quirky about you? Do you consider yourself a morning person or night person or both? What kind of music do you like? What kind of diet suits you best- raw foods, cooked foods, small frequent meals? These answers must come from you only and not outside influences or what you think you should like.
4. What factors support your growth and allow you to thrive? Developing your personal awareness is key. How can you best stay in balance with yourself?
5. What do you fear is inside of you? Face this and you will be set free. Generally this is a major obstacle to loving and accepting yourself. You may not even know what this is right now.
6. Rid yourself of old outdated belief systems that restrict your personal freedom. Look at core beliefs that you carry. Ie. The universe is not a safe place. Try to let go of black and white thinking constructs.
7. What are new belief systems that support who you truly are?
8. Say yes to everything – self exploration requires that you participate in your life. Don’t limit your experience. Where do you limit the amount of well being that can flow to you in your life? Where do you cut off nourishment (love) from flowing to you? How can you open up to receiving more nourishment (love) in your life?
9. Take the time to connect with your intuition when you make decisions. Check in with yourself and learn to trust your inner voice. Take action steps directed by your inner voice.
10. Be empowered in your life. You are capable of healing anything in your life. Healing does not always mean curing but often your health improves just by agreeing to take this journey and your happiness quotient expands exponentially.

 

 

 

 

I think it is important to look at intention setting with regards to thoughts, words and what naturally follows>>>actions that influence and support your health in a positive direction. We have had a plethora of research in the field of consciousness as well as mind body medicine and we (as individuals) are starting to realize that there is a lot we can do to influence our health in a positive way.

Mindfulness plays a great supporting role in the spectrum of health because when we bring our attention to our thoughts and words we can, in fact, see if we are thinking health promoting thoughts or health negating thoughts. How often do you think thoughts that ‘something is getting worse’ – like eyesight or for that matter anything with regards to your health? Thoughts are incredibly creative and words even more so bring some mindfulness to this process. It is easy to focus on what is not right with our health; when you ask someone how they are how often do you hear ‘I’m getting better every day.’ I would guess that you might here what is currently wrong or another stream of dialogue about something else that is equally bothersome. There is nothing wrong with this- we are all human. It is in our humanity that we actually connect with each other.

Mindfulness brings you more awareness about what thoughts and words you’re holding in your current reality so you can interrupt the stream if it not leading you down the path of health and well being. How does your internal dialogue feel to your mind, body, spirit? Intuitively, you know whether something feels better to your health or not. Thinking good thoughts about your mind, body and spirit are key. I know how incredibly important this process is to the health of your mind, body, spirit because I have seen my own stability grow in leaps and bounds by following this internal process.

Speak to your mind with loving kindness. If you are in a reactive mode, where you are having a human moment (perhaps angry thoughts or thoughts of self-judgement), forgive yourself and start sending love and compassion to yourself. Try to find a thought that feels better to feel (this too will pass is a favorite of mine). Bring your attention to the present moment. Most thoughts that feel stressful are either about the future or the past. Bringing your consciousness into the present moment will help you stay in current time.

If you are struggling to speak kind words to your body, remember that your cells hear everything you say to them. Try to find one thing that you can like about your body. If you are speaking, please refrain from sending any messages to your body that are not laced with love and acceptance. How do you want your body to be? Focus on that picture above anything else. Focus on all the great things that your body can do. Have gratitude for the path your body has traveled with you. Be conscious of the words that come out of your mouth about your health or your mind or your body and be sure you are holding yourself in the highest light that you can. Be sure to speak out loud what you are wanting to occur; focus on what you want; your highest potential-your most positive outcome- then leave the rest up to faith! That is all you can do.

As I sit here with the sun streaming through the window on this first day of the new year, I am truly amazed at what we are all going through as our consciousness continues to awaken and our emotions, past experiences, and old stories wash through us. This is a challenging yet auspicious time to be on our planet. I see it every day in my work with patients and I am certainly experiencing it in my own life on many different levels.

It is important to not get too attached to your emotional body at this time. If you are experiencing intense emotions whether it be sadness, anger, grief, or anything else, it is important to just embrace the feelings with the goal to allow them to wash through you, not attaching too much to the experience of them and most importantly, love and accept yourself in the process of your own awakening. Know that there is divine light that surrounds you and exists in you.

Try to connect with that light by thinking of someone you love, a pet, a memory of love experienced,  or anything else that helps you connect to that love current. Try to connect with others that can hold and radiate that light and love back to you. Why is this happening and what is it all for? It is really for you to connect with your authentic divinity, this wild ride is helping you connect with who you really are and embrace your core essence.

This seems like a formidable task because most of your life experiences have taken you away from your core essence. The human condition which exists with loss, limitation, fear, constraints and challenges can lead you in two different directions, one of which creates more loss and limitation, another which creates opportunity and growth. The path that leads to more loss and limitation is largely a result of feeling that you are incapable of challenging your fear, a result of feeling that you can’t trust the ideas that are inside yourself. Feeling that you have no choice or are backed into a corner with regards to the challenges you are currently facing in your life creates so much fear and disconnects you from who you really are, so much so, that you may feel all alone in the universe.

This is not reality, rather it is an error; a misperception. This happens when you disconnect from who you really are. We create separation with every thought that we are different, don’t fit in, don’t have anything to offer, aren’t enough or any other old story we tell ourselves that is simply not true anymore. This is an old story so be mindful of your thoughts that are causing separation within your deepest being and challenge them; replace them with thoughts that feel better. Tell yourself a new story about yourself>>>this new story is one in which you are accepted and embraced for who you really are. You don’t need fixing. All you need to do is embrace yourself with love in this moment.

Conditioning and limiting belief systems, both of which are learned and acquired through your various childhood experiences, may have prevented you from truly knowing yourself. If you become quiet, the awareness that is true for you, you beautiful authentic being, will start to bubble up inside of you. If you take your mind out of the process. That is, if you don’t judge it, define it, or analyze it, it can start to gain strength and become a steady stream. If allowed to flow, this awareness will become stronger and will become a force that directs your life into the right stream for you. This stream will feel “right” to you, it will feel like you are connecting in to your deeper knowing of the path for you. You may not see the path clearly or know where it is leading and for the rational mind, this may seem incredibly challenging to let go and trust the intuitive mind. But trust what you feel deep inside of yourself.  

If only you can relax into this process, relax into this challenge, let yourself shatter, and start to reassemble yourself in the way that fits you in this moment. This is the process of getting to know who you really are, getting in touch with your core authentic being. It is time to shine the radiant light of your true authentic being right now whereever you are…