"Sickness and health are not simply physical states that the methods of science will eventually analyse completely and make understandable. They are rooted in the deepest and most mysterious strata of Being." Andrew Weil
It's really quite amusing that in our society we are so interested, and identified with illness. We have millions of names for all kinds of symptoms and conditions, organisations spanning the globe set up to study, support and report on disease, and we're quick to compare wounds and draw comparisons on our experiences. (swine flue)
However imagine for just a minute, the impact of a global society entirely focused on well-being. WOW! Can you imagine such a world? What would happen if we shifted all the energy, attention and focus that is currently trained to the study of disease...to the study of well-being...how different would our societies be?
1. Empowered?
2. Healthy?
3. Wealthy?
4. Unified?
"Taoists do not study disease; they study life and health and how to maintain them." Stephen J Chang
Ancient cultures have always practiced in the holistic well-being model - treating the person, not the illness, considering emotional and mental factors as well as the physical.
Having recovered from cancer six years ago, (and many other 'ailments' since), using this model - without pharmaceauticals and other mainstream medical technologies - I totally 'get' this approach, as I have discovered in life that whatever you focus on you get more of. (that's everything!) Look around, those who focus most on illness - have illness, those who focus on loving life and all the good stuff - have that. When the later do get ill, they seem to bounce back in record time, whilst others encounter multiple factors and long recovery periods.
Well-being comes from a sense of internal peace. You cannot have well-being and be identified with illness. The two are at opposite ends. Well-being exists when we rise to life's challenges and surrender the stress - finding ways to surrender to 'what is', losing resistance. Illness exists where there is resistance and 'fear', for whatever reason - to what is - reality.
Four years ago I decided, when a friend introduced me as a 'breast cancer survivor', to let go of that identity, and become wholly 'me' again; resplendant in vibrantly good health. Illness is a tough one to keep up with ;-) As I made that commitment I felt instantly as though a physical burden had been removed from my shoulders, a sense of relief. After a while, my persistent ailments vanished, without effort, simply by shifting focus to what 'is' rather than what 'should' be.
Whenever I observe illness in my body now, I know that I need to surrender the belief - the 'story' and find a way to feel better, to be 'at ease', and let life flow. I LOVE Abraham's analagy for disease; 'dis-ease; 'dis' (upstream) 'ease' (downstream). SIMPLE!
Well-being is downstream. Feel the difference? The way forward?
1. Stop thinking about poor health
2. Stop talking about poor health
3. Stop expecting poor health
4. Stop accepting poor health as your natural state
A B C...IT'S EASY AS... (forgive my cheesy-ness, ehehehe)
ACCEPT well-being as your natural state
BEGIN to live FULLY today - do not delay!
COMMIT to finding thoughts that feel better
DWELL in the possibilities of OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD HEALTH!
If you're having trouble accepting how psychology effects physiology, and visa-versa, explore 'placebo'. It is proven time and again with drug trials, so why not consider the possibility that you have a choice in positively effecting your well-being - from the inside out, next time you're ill? BE the change...
We know that certain mental/emotional factors effect our bodies via the deliciousness of such sensations as 'goosebumps/gooseflesh' and butterflies - oh and that certain male response (ahem), so quit pretending that we have no control over our bodies. ;-)
Joseph Campbell said "You've got to find the force inside you."
That force is THE 'FEEL-GOOD FACTOR'! It's yours now and forever, FREE, 100% accessible 24/7, limitless, symptom-free, available anywhere/anytime, for everyone who chooses. It's also extremely contagious and can be FUN! The only health proponent on the market that is all this and more.
Try it! Channel your emotions, use you intellect and will-power to guide your thoughts to better places. Think thoughts that FEEL better. Choose well-being by making it your prime focus - expect it! It's only natural :-)
Here's a bit of fun for the old ravers out there - turn it up LOUD!!! (stripping down to your bra, is optional)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn__E-I62VY&NR=1
BONUS LINK :-) L O V E what these guys are doing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw
Thanks again for reading my rant :-)
Enjoy the weeeeek!
Jodie xx
MWAH, SHARE THE LOVE :-) Please share this message if you feel that anyone else will enjoy it. Also available on Facebook groups “WOW factor” - twitter @_jodie_barrett – and www.day-one.com.au http://secretsnippet.blogspot.com/ Contact me if this style of coaching appeals. Thanks for your support! xxx
Monday, 19 October 2009
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime?
"Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage."
Anais Nin
What skill, talent, or great secret are you keeping from the world, that if you had no fear...you would share and become the person you came here to be?
What have you long aspired to be, do or have, and how much longer are you prepared to wait for it? Your whole life? Is the fear really that powerful or indeed worth it? Or could you simply recognise it for what it truly is 'FEAR; Fake Expectation Appearing Real'.
"Do the thing you are afraid to do and the death of fear is certain."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you really think about it, it's obvious, you have two choices:
Option 1.) Feel the fear and let it perpetuate further inaction.
Option 2.) Feel the fear and do it anyway.
To put it more simply you might ask yourself this question:
Do I want to feel better, or do I want to feel worse?
Better would be loosing the white knuckles and getting on with the ride. Worse would be resisting growth or denying your needs. As Abraham (Hicks) so aptly puts it, ask yourself,
"Is that an upstream thought or a downstream thought?"
TIP #1: Upstream; problem-focused :-( Paddling hard against the current, getting wet, getting nowhere fast, lots of dangerous rocks with lots of bruises and bumps along the way. Could be fun, but...
TIP #2: Downstream; solution-focused :-) With the current...ahhh...feel the difference? Pop the cork, pass the canapes...mmm, lovely tune you're playing on that guitar...wow...is that a flock of Flamingo's over there? ehehehe...got it?
No prizes for guessing which one I'm choosing! (that's not to say that I haven't already earned my stripes as a heavy-weight professional upstream-as-fast-as-I-can-go kinda gal...ohhhh noooo...scars as well. I've been sooooo bloody good at this stuff!).
Now for those of you who love to go into battle with bulging muscles and scintillating intellect - it needs to be said that downstream is not necessarily a 'cop-out'. When something is easier it is no less 'right'. Struggle and strive are soooo last year darling! Come on! Get with the prograam dude.
More hurdles and scars at the end of the ride, doesn't make the ride any better. The path of least resistance bears dividends that you can't even begin to comprehend right now. More energy for one, less pain another, plus you get to wear that smug look on your face for at least a day! :-P
Seriously, there are really only two choices in life; one that feels better, and one that feels worse - and only you will know the answer. Does it really feel better to resist your magnificence?
So why not harness the fear in preparation for the ride of your life! A ride that sustains and supports you, now there's a novel concept! What can you jettison to lighten the load first? Any limiting beliefs per chance?
Oooookaaay, ARE YOU READY? GREAT! Now, let go of the reins and hold on to your hat...it starts when you say so, and goes wherever you want it to go...just let go and enjoy the ride...who knows where it may take you...woo-hooooooo!!!!
Here's a wee taste of what's to come...metaphorically for some of you ;-) quite literally for at least a few of you!! :-S ehehehe...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2D6MJzva7E
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Have a GREAT week everyone! Thanks again for taking to time to humour me and my musings :-
Jodie xx
PS - DOH! APOLOGIES for all the typo's in my last posting! Can you tell that I was rushing my creative process... (sigh), so disappointing to learn that one is not perfect yet ;-)
MWAH, SHARE THE LOVE :-) Please share this message if you feel that anyone else will enjoy it. Also available on Facebook groups “WOW factor” - twitter @_jodie_barrett – and www.day-one.com.au http://secretsnippet.blogspot.com/ Thanks for your support! xxx
Anais Nin
What skill, talent, or great secret are you keeping from the world, that if you had no fear...you would share and become the person you came here to be?
What have you long aspired to be, do or have, and how much longer are you prepared to wait for it? Your whole life? Is the fear really that powerful or indeed worth it? Or could you simply recognise it for what it truly is 'FEAR; Fake Expectation Appearing Real'.
"Do the thing you are afraid to do and the death of fear is certain."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you really think about it, it's obvious, you have two choices:
Option 1.) Feel the fear and let it perpetuate further inaction.
Option 2.) Feel the fear and do it anyway.
To put it more simply you might ask yourself this question:
Do I want to feel better, or do I want to feel worse?
Better would be loosing the white knuckles and getting on with the ride. Worse would be resisting growth or denying your needs. As Abraham (Hicks) so aptly puts it, ask yourself,
"Is that an upstream thought or a downstream thought?"
TIP #1: Upstream; problem-focused :-( Paddling hard against the current, getting wet, getting nowhere fast, lots of dangerous rocks with lots of bruises and bumps along the way. Could be fun, but...
TIP #2: Downstream; solution-focused :-) With the current...ahhh...feel the difference? Pop the cork, pass the canapes...mmm, lovely tune you're playing on that guitar...wow...is that a flock of Flamingo's over there? ehehehe...got it?
No prizes for guessing which one I'm choosing! (that's not to say that I haven't already earned my stripes as a heavy-weight professional upstream-as-fast-as-I-can-go kinda gal...ohhhh noooo...scars as well. I've been sooooo bloody good at this stuff!).
Now for those of you who love to go into battle with bulging muscles and scintillating intellect - it needs to be said that downstream is not necessarily a 'cop-out'. When something is easier it is no less 'right'. Struggle and strive are soooo last year darling! Come on! Get with the prograam dude.
More hurdles and scars at the end of the ride, doesn't make the ride any better. The path of least resistance bears dividends that you can't even begin to comprehend right now. More energy for one, less pain another, plus you get to wear that smug look on your face for at least a day! :-P
Seriously, there are really only two choices in life; one that feels better, and one that feels worse - and only you will know the answer. Does it really feel better to resist your magnificence?
So why not harness the fear in preparation for the ride of your life! A ride that sustains and supports you, now there's a novel concept! What can you jettison to lighten the load first? Any limiting beliefs per chance?
Oooookaaay, ARE YOU READY? GREAT! Now, let go of the reins and hold on to your hat...it starts when you say so, and goes wherever you want it to go...just let go and enjoy the ride...who knows where it may take you...woo-hooooooo!!!!
Here's a wee taste of what's to come...metaphorically for some of you ;-) quite literally for at least a few of you!! :-S ehehehe...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2D6MJzva7E
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Have a GREAT week everyone! Thanks again for taking to time to humour me and my musings :-
Jodie xx
PS - DOH! APOLOGIES for all the typo's in my last posting! Can you tell that I was rushing my creative process... (sigh), so disappointing to learn that one is not perfect yet ;-)
MWAH, SHARE THE LOVE :-) Please share this message if you feel that anyone else will enjoy it. Also available on Facebook groups “WOW factor” - twitter @_jodie_barrett – and www.day-one.com.au http://secretsnippet.blogspot.com/ Thanks for your support! xxx
Monday, 5 October 2009
You gotta go there, to come back
Vacations are not about 'getting away' - but about getting in 'touch'. Chinese Proverb
Holidays are a great opportunity to regain focus, balance and get back to basics about what life is really about. Having had the very great gift bestowed upon me last week by a client of a week in italy (!!), I feel very grateful to be able to share with you, what I consider to be the greatest treasures of Italian culture.
1.) Food - obviously!!
2.) Family
3.) Beauty
FOOD; Apart from the fact that Italians take coffee very seriously (ahhh...), the next most obvious thing is that you never - EVER - see an Italian eating on the run. This, is akin to sacreligious behaviour. You must eat, enjoy and allow time for the body to digest, and the energies to restore before undertaking other activities. Each component of the meal is complementary and significant in the order of proceedings; Antipasti, pasta, meats, vegatables, dolci/sweets, digestiv liquor. Elegantly presented and incredibly simplistic, our cilinary experiences brought to mind Leonardo Da Vinci's words, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
FAMILY; Italian families commune together regulary, both at home or in the public domain, in leisure or activity. They openly show their love and appreciation of each other, and share quality time. We saw whole families out on bikes together (as Lucca is well known for its cycling poulation), all ages cycling along; sometimes three generations - and all incredibly fit! On Sunday, the smartly dressed townsfolk flock to the churches for worship, then populate the towns many restaurants with their vibrant, melodic chatter to share the blessing of food together.
BEAUTY; The Italian love of beauty is evident in mounmental proportions - everywhere you look; Fashion - most Italians are effortlessly stylish at any age, and the men are noticable bold in their use of colour and pattern (metro-mania...LOVE it!). Food is always beautifully presented and artistically displayed so as to draw the eye and send you salivating through the doors.
The architecture is sublime! (obvs) Richly detailed, beautifully crafted, thoughtfully presented, balanced magnificently between form and function - ultimately triumphant!
Extreme physical beauty alert! Why are Italians so INSANELY gorgeous?! Walking past living statues of great beauty, it is a constant assault on the senses as you pass through the packed piazza's of perfection. It takes a while to get used to the open and often ardent attention of the male poulation (ohhh...well at least a day!), and quite frankly - one could grow to really LOVE that part of Italian culture :-) It's not only the men either - the women also stare openly and seem to assess you from top to toe as you pass. We took this as admiration ;-)
They are passionate people, it is in everything they do, evidence of love and lust and romance and also of duty and ceremony and ritual. They do not drink or eat too much like too many of us in the western world; Everything in moderation - even moderation (except for love!)
Italy is intensely romantic, it is the fabric of society, they love to love and aren't afraid to show it. How could one not fall in love, in Italy, whilst one still has a pulse?
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. Denis Diderot
For me, this holiday was like stepping into a beautiful painted canvas, and becomming part of the scene. Incredible colours, rich reds, golds, greens against a perfect backdrop of ancient stone, clear, blue skies and sublime light. Perfectly temperate at between 26 -28 degrees, we enjoyed the 'siesta' opportunities and late night happenings.
Getting 'back to normality' after a holiday is a habit I have chosen to drop. In its place are integrated aspects of my Italian connection, to balance and continue the celebration of life, love and all the richness there.
Enjoy some amore on me this week! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6-b7CONDI
Thanks for tuning in...
Ciao ciao!
Jodia xxx
Gratzia grande to Becca, for this wonderful gift. Keep on shining.
Please share this message, if you enjoyed reading. Also available on blogger.com/secretsnippet - Facebook groups “WOW factor” - twitter @_jodie_barrett – and www.day-one.com.au Thanks for your support! xxx
Holidays are a great opportunity to regain focus, balance and get back to basics about what life is really about. Having had the very great gift bestowed upon me last week by a client of a week in italy (!!), I feel very grateful to be able to share with you, what I consider to be the greatest treasures of Italian culture.
1.) Food - obviously!!
2.) Family
3.) Beauty
FOOD; Apart from the fact that Italians take coffee very seriously (ahhh...), the next most obvious thing is that you never - EVER - see an Italian eating on the run. This, is akin to sacreligious behaviour. You must eat, enjoy and allow time for the body to digest, and the energies to restore before undertaking other activities. Each component of the meal is complementary and significant in the order of proceedings; Antipasti, pasta, meats, vegatables, dolci/sweets, digestiv liquor. Elegantly presented and incredibly simplistic, our cilinary experiences brought to mind Leonardo Da Vinci's words, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
FAMILY; Italian families commune together regulary, both at home or in the public domain, in leisure or activity. They openly show their love and appreciation of each other, and share quality time. We saw whole families out on bikes together (as Lucca is well known for its cycling poulation), all ages cycling along; sometimes three generations - and all incredibly fit! On Sunday, the smartly dressed townsfolk flock to the churches for worship, then populate the towns many restaurants with their vibrant, melodic chatter to share the blessing of food together.
BEAUTY; The Italian love of beauty is evident in mounmental proportions - everywhere you look; Fashion - most Italians are effortlessly stylish at any age, and the men are noticable bold in their use of colour and pattern (metro-mania...LOVE it!). Food is always beautifully presented and artistically displayed so as to draw the eye and send you salivating through the doors.
The architecture is sublime! (obvs) Richly detailed, beautifully crafted, thoughtfully presented, balanced magnificently between form and function - ultimately triumphant!
Extreme physical beauty alert! Why are Italians so INSANELY gorgeous?! Walking past living statues of great beauty, it is a constant assault on the senses as you pass through the packed piazza's of perfection. It takes a while to get used to the open and often ardent attention of the male poulation (ohhh...well at least a day!), and quite frankly - one could grow to really LOVE that part of Italian culture :-) It's not only the men either - the women also stare openly and seem to assess you from top to toe as you pass. We took this as admiration ;-)
They are passionate people, it is in everything they do, evidence of love and lust and romance and also of duty and ceremony and ritual. They do not drink or eat too much like too many of us in the western world; Everything in moderation - even moderation (except for love!)
Italy is intensely romantic, it is the fabric of society, they love to love and aren't afraid to show it. How could one not fall in love, in Italy, whilst one still has a pulse?
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. Denis Diderot
For me, this holiday was like stepping into a beautiful painted canvas, and becomming part of the scene. Incredible colours, rich reds, golds, greens against a perfect backdrop of ancient stone, clear, blue skies and sublime light. Perfectly temperate at between 26 -28 degrees, we enjoyed the 'siesta' opportunities and late night happenings.
Getting 'back to normality' after a holiday is a habit I have chosen to drop. In its place are integrated aspects of my Italian connection, to balance and continue the celebration of life, love and all the richness there.
Enjoy some amore on me this week! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6-b7CONDI
Thanks for tuning in...
Ciao ciao!
Jodia xxx
Gratzia grande to Becca, for this wonderful gift. Keep on shining.
Please share this message, if you enjoyed reading. Also available on blogger.com/secretsnippet - Facebook groups “WOW factor” - twitter @_jodie_barrett – and www.day-one.com.au Thanks for your support! xxx
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