Fact: You already know what you have to do.
Question: Do you have the courage to trust your inner guidance? Here are a few exercises and questions to help you tap into your inner wisdom and develop your intuition!
Why being Yourself Matters
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Algoma Morning Scene
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Awesome post, Kristin…
Unconscious Fear in Relationship
Good stuff from Gemma Stone:
Most of us are governed by unconscious fears.
Two basic fears emerge from early life that can devastate our intimate relationships ::
Fear of overwhelm emerges from feeling small in a world that is big & powerful. From this we develop coping strategies like becoming over-accommodating to the needs, desires, and will of others. We avoid the messiness of life and we become passive.
Fear of abandonment emerges from feeling like we were not treated with tenderness & care. From this we develop coping strategies like trying to gain control of others, avoiding intimacy and vulnerable situations, desperately searching for reassurance, trying to create connection with force, and developing patterns of co-dependency.
Of all the difficulties we face as we adventure through life, the greatest obstacles to overcome will be ones we don’t know are there.
Jung said, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
Full story at: Unconscious Fear in Relationship | Gemma Stone.
Hmmm…
“The risk of hospitalization or death from heart disease is 32% lower in vegetarians than people who eat meat and fish, according to a new study from the University of Oxford.
Heart disease is the single largest cause of death in developed countries…The new findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggest that a vegetarian diet could significantly reduce people’s risk of heart disease…This is the largest study ever conducted in the UK comparing rates of heart disease between vegetarians and non-vegetarians. The analysis looked at almost 45,000 volunteers from England and Scotland…of whom 34% were vegetarian. Such a significant representation of vegetarians is rare in studies of this type, and allowed researchers to make more precise estimates of the relative risks between the two groups.”
Source: University of Oxford
Rejecting Shame
Melody Beattie writes:
Shame can be a powerful force in our life. It is the trademark of dysfunctional families.
Authentic, legitimate guilt is the feeling or thought that what we did is not okay. It indicates that our behavior needs to be corrected or altered, or an amend needs to be made.
Shame is an overwhelming negative sense that who we are isn’t okay. Shame is a no-win situation. We can change our behaviors, but we can’t change who we are. Shame can propel us deeper into self-defeating and sometimes self-destructive behaviors.
What are the things that can cause us to feel shame? We may feel ashamed when we have a problem or someone we love has a problem. We may feel ashamed for making mistakes or for succeeding. We may feel ashamed about certain feelings or thoughts. We may feel ashamed when we have fun, feel good, or are vulnerable enough to show ourselves to others. Some of us feel ashamed just for being.
Shame is a spell others put on us to control us, to keep us playing our part in dysfunctional systems. It is a spell many of us have learned to put on ourselves.
Learning to reject shame can change the quality of our life. It’s okay to be who we are. We are good enough. Our feelings are okay. Our past is okay. It’s okay to have problems, make mistakes, and struggle to find our path. It’s okay to be human and cherish our humanness.
Accepting ourselves is the first step toward recovery. Letting go of shame about who we are is the next important step.
Today, I will watch for signs that I have fallen into shame’s trap. If I get hooked into shame, I will get myself out by accepting myself and affirming that it’s okay to be who I am.
Go to the original source: Blog | Just For Today Meditations
If this resonates with you, I’d like to recommend a book I’m currently reading by shame ‘expert’ Brené Brown called ‘The Gifts of Imperfection’ – Brown picks up where Melody Beattie left off in this meditation and offers great insight into shame and how to overcome it. Just in case you haven’t seen it [and because it’s so easy to do] here is Brené Brown’s viral talk on vulnerability and shame…
Grasping at Straws
@popsdigital writes:
Nature offers plenty to keep keen observers occupied and avid photographers snap happy. While tromping though the Kewaunee Marshlands Walk yesterday I noticed this interesting display of nature.
This is some delicate vine that coiled itself around nearby grasses and, though dormant, is still maintaining its grip well into the middle of winter.
via Grasping at Straws – Vine Photo – Pops DigitalPops Digital.
I love Bill’s eye and shared the image because somewhere in here is a metaphor about holding on to things long after the life has gone out of them but I haven’t had enough coffee yet so YOU find your own deep meaning in the image…
:-D
Bright, shiny objects! 
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