We have two exciting holistic, alternative therapies now being offered at TurningLeaf Wellness Center. Teri Iverson of Innergy Bliss is teaching Kundalini Yoga on Saturday mornings from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. I have done Hatha and Anasara yoga in the past, however, I had never tried Kundalini yoga; and I love it. Anyone is welcome to come and join us. It is just $10 a class. On Mondays, Susie Wilkinson of the J'Coby Foundation, is offering massage and other holistic treatments at TurningLeaf. As well as being certified in massage, she also certified in cranial sacral and other energy work. I have had treatments with Susie and the benefits were immediate and long term. Several of her techniques are different than others I have experienced with other massage therapists. I highly recommend you give her a try. It is $50 an hour and worth much more. I promise you if you come to yoga or come in for a massage, you will also be excited and be back for more.
Sue Judd, M.S.S., L.S.A.C.
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Fear is a Sticky Emotion
Have you ever noticed that fear is sticky? The harder you try to let it go the more it clings. It can start very subtle and then explode into an out of control fire in our mind and heart. I have found that fear is like a fire, it needs fuel, air and heat. The beliefs we cling to are the spark, what follows are thoughts that act as fuel, soon a breeze of emotion fans the flame that gives life to the undisciplined imagination, which provides the heat. The sticky fear comes from the beliefs we cling to, What are your beliefs?
Dean N. Nixon - Seminar Facilitator / Life Coach
Recovery is Learning How to be Proactive rather than Reactive.
A few months ago one of my clients gave me a bookmark with part of the 3rd Step prayer on one side and a short prayer on the other. I misplaced it and just found it again and I am so glad of its reminder. The 2nd and 3rd Steps are spiritual. Step 2 is: "We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity". Step 3 is: "We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him." The bookmark states: Give it to God and quotes: "God, I offer myself to Thee to build with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always." On the flip side: Lord, Help me to remember that nothing is going to happen to me today that you and I together can not handle and I am not alone. Good thoughts!
Part of recovery is learning how to be pro-active rather than reactive and defensive. If I am pro-active I pause and think how to act rather than reacting with no thought. Deepak Chopra has defined "responsibility" as the "ability to respond". Responding is a proactive rather than a reactive approach. Max Lucado in the day by day book, "Grace for the Moment suggests: Yesterday, you can't alter, but your reaction to yesterday you can. The past you cannot change, but your response to your past you can." It is empowering to shift my beliefs, perceptions and thoughts.
Sue Judd, M.S.S., L.S.A.C.
Part of recovery is learning how to be pro-active rather than reactive and defensive. If I am pro-active I pause and think how to act rather than reacting with no thought. Deepak Chopra has defined "responsibility" as the "ability to respond". Responding is a proactive rather than a reactive approach. Max Lucado in the day by day book, "Grace for the Moment suggests: Yesterday, you can't alter, but your reaction to yesterday you can. The past you cannot change, but your response to your past you can." It is empowering to shift my beliefs, perceptions and thoughts.
Sue Judd, M.S.S., L.S.A.C.
How to best deal with a child with ADD?
Recently I was asked about ADD in children and how to best deal with the issues associated with it. One of the most important things we can do is become aware of the energy we are carrying. Most children struggling with ADD are very sensitive to energy. To often we shift into a fear based energy worrying about the child and those dealing with them, this becomes a platform for other fears and soon we feel lost and frustrated. Skills can replace the fear and knowledge can calm the heart, when these two needs are met the answers will follow.
Dean N. Nixon - Seminar Facilitator / Life Coach
Change Ourselves First!
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
-Carl Jung
Shifting Our Core Beliefs - 6/16/10
The process of eliminating unwanted thoughts begins with the shifting of core beliefs. Core beliefs such as; I am not appreciated or I am not good at my job, etc. These core thoughts become attachment points that allow like thoughts to enter into our minds and unsettling peace.
Dean N. Nixon - Seminar Facilitator / Life Coach
How Living In The Moment Helps You with Your Sobriety
I recently read “Breakfast with Buddha” by Roland Merullo. It is a great read if you are looking for fiction and inspiration. It reminded again of the Buddhist concept of mindfulness and living in the present moment. Twelve Step programs talk of just staying sober/clean today. Often people new in recovery, talk about staying sober/clean one moment at a time. Mindfulness expands that concept to living my life and being aware of each moment in each day by living mindfully. For example, last week I talked about my gratitude to angels helping often as I drive. Too often, I am on auto-pilot with my driving and need to be present. I even have some beads hanging from the rear-view mirror in my car as a reminder to stay present and aware of my driving. Being mindful and aware, as well as my angels, helps me. This morning, driving mindfully, I had all green lights. Perhaps red lights are to bring me back to the present moment and as well as a lesson in patience. Perhaps mindfulness helps me to be more patient. We can be mindful in every area of our lives. In the book, Otto, the main character, is driving from New York state to North Dakota
I have started meditating again, another benefit from reading “Breakfast with Buddha.” Prior to this I was meditating now and then, however, meditation is a daily practice. I was a regular “meditator” for a long time and I let it slip. Meditation and yoga are both powerful tools to help in being more mindful. As I am getting older, yoga has become an important part of keeping my body moving, however, sitting in meditation got lost somewhere along the way. It feels so “right” and good to spend those few minutes meditating. Mindfulness, meditation, and yoga are also powerful stress reducers. If you are new to meditation, and these concepts and practices and you want to begin, it is important to realize that meditation is a “practice” and needs to be practiced regularly, as are all aspects of mindfulness. We will be supported in our practice, as Kahlil Gibran, author of “The Prophet, reminds us: “Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”
Sue Judd, M.S.S., L.S.A.C.
Screw it baby let the good times roll!
Screw it baby let the good times roll. How can that statement which is so simple and not even accepted in some social settings, be so liberating. Just think about all the crazy stuff you are worrying about right now and then say, “screw it baby, let the good times roll.” Can’t ya just feel the liberation. When my mind begins to over think it reminds me of a hamster on his wheel, running, and running as fast as he can, trying so hard to get some where yet accomplishing nothing. Running and running, and running until he can barely breathe, pushing with every last ounce of strength until “thump” he cant run any long and is tossed around the circular tread mill like a rag doll. Thump, thump his head hits each time he lands until the wheel slows down, eventually he’s just lying there on the bottom as it rocks up and down. He is so exhausted he just can’t move and then he thinks, oh “screw it baby let the good times roll.” And then some where out of nowhere someone gives the wheel a spin and whoo hoo, he is just along for the ride. Off the hinge the wheel spins, where exactly he’s going he is not entirely sure, but he is going somewhere. And he will enjoy the ride.
So often we let our minds take over our LIFE. We waste so many countless minutes in a day just worrying over things that just don’t even matter. We think it matters, and in that moment it seems like a HUGE deal. In that moment, forgetting your kid’s lunch seems like you are the worst mom. Taking the wrong kid up to soccer pictures seems like you are an airhead mom. But in the bigger picture of our life we would enjoy more of our life if we just said, “Who cares” and let it go. Cause all those worries lead back to worrying about what OTHER people think of you. So you ran over the diaper bag today, you are still a good mom. So you backed into your sister’s car for the 3rd time, it will still be ok. She may not be very happy with you, but trust me, I have experience with this personally, and your true friends love you no matter what. They are just happy to know someone just as human as they are. Let it go, stop over thinking. We can either ride this ride of life freely, taking in each moment, learning from the up hills and down hills, or we can over think and fight it. But in the end over thinking will make you feel like the hamster spinning his wheel. My Dad used to say to me, “Jamie, don’t sweat the small stuff.” And just before I could utter the words “um, this isn’t small stuff,” he would interrupt and say “and it is ALL small stuff!”
Jamie Lightner - Life Coach
So often we let our minds take over our LIFE. We waste so many countless minutes in a day just worrying over things that just don’t even matter. We think it matters, and in that moment it seems like a HUGE deal. In that moment, forgetting your kid’s lunch seems like you are the worst mom. Taking the wrong kid up to soccer pictures seems like you are an airhead mom. But in the bigger picture of our life we would enjoy more of our life if we just said, “Who cares” and let it go. Cause all those worries lead back to worrying about what OTHER people think of you. So you ran over the diaper bag today, you are still a good mom. So you backed into your sister’s car for the 3rd time, it will still be ok. She may not be very happy with you, but trust me, I have experience with this personally, and your true friends love you no matter what. They are just happy to know someone just as human as they are. Let it go, stop over thinking. We can either ride this ride of life freely, taking in each moment, learning from the up hills and down hills, or we can over think and fight it. But in the end over thinking will make you feel like the hamster spinning his wheel. My Dad used to say to me, “Jamie, don’t sweat the small stuff.” And just before I could utter the words “um, this isn’t small stuff,” he would interrupt and say “and it is ALL small stuff!”
Jamie Lightner - Life Coach
What our children can do for us?
Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world. They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind. -Queen Rania of Jordan, Hello Magazine
Is just doing enough to get by enough?
Louis L'Amour was a western writer who always talked about a part of the old West code of "Doing your part and a bit more". My dad also had a similar philosophy that whenever we would borrow a tool or a piece of equipment for the farm we were always required to send it back a little better than when we received it. This usually meant clean it up or tighten some bolts. I wonder if we today have this attitude or is it "do only enough to get by." Do we care if we give a full measure in what we do whether it is our job, our marriage or as a father or mother? To often just getting by is not enough. This attitude often leaves things or people ignored or unattended. When you "do your part and a bit more" it comes back in the form of increased love, better communication or just a better feeling overall.
Richard Moody, Ph.D.
Richard Moody, Ph.D.
How Angels work in my life...
06/10/10
One way I experience almost daily contact with angels working in my life is when I get behind the wheel of an automobile. In fact, I was on my way to work this morning and backing out of my garage, close to the driveway was a landscape truck and trailer right next to the passenger side of the driveway. I looked back and what a surprise. There is hardly a day that goes by that I don't look just in time to avoid hitting a car as I was backing out or looking and stopping just in time to avoid an accident. I say a silent, sometimes an out loud, thank you to that heavenly helper once again.
Sue Judd, M.S.S., L.S.A.C.
One way I experience almost daily contact with angels working in my life is when I get behind the wheel of an automobile. In fact, I was on my way to work this morning and backing out of my garage, close to the driveway was a landscape truck and trailer right next to the passenger side of the driveway. I looked back and what a surprise. There is hardly a day that goes by that I don't look just in time to avoid hitting a car as I was backing out or looking and stopping just in time to avoid an accident. I say a silent, sometimes an out loud, thank you to that heavenly helper once again.
Sue Judd, M.S.S., L.S.A.C.
How can daily inventory help you stay positive?
06/08/10
One technique used often in recovery work, is doing a daily inventory. Daily inventories are a way to acknowledge something positive I have done or said that day as well as to note something that did not work in my day and something I may like to do different or an amends I may want to make. One client, I was talking with recently could tell me all that he had done wrong, however, failed to be able to acknowledge positive efforts on his part. I asked him to begin with a daily inventory in which he could acknowledge something positive that he had accomplished that day and also something that did not work for him. One positive accomplishment for any recovering person to acknowledge at the end of each day is "another day sober." He seemed to experience that acknowledging positive events, thoughts or actions in his life, helped him to begin looking for more positives and acting more positive. The Law of Attraction, in action, as talked about in "The Secret" is a DVD that we watch in Substance Abuse Recovery group and we can change circumstances by our thoughts. Another quote from "100 Ways to Attract Angels" by Samara Anjelae: Start reading your Angel Horoscope (it never changes), You have the free will to make today and every day how you want it. The power to create lies within you. Your guardian angel and your league of special angels are waiting to assist."
Sue Judd, M.S.S., L.S.A.C.
One technique used often in recovery work, is doing a daily inventory. Daily inventories are a way to acknowledge something positive I have done or said that day as well as to note something that did not work in my day and something I may like to do different or an amends I may want to make. One client, I was talking with recently could tell me all that he had done wrong, however, failed to be able to acknowledge positive efforts on his part. I asked him to begin with a daily inventory in which he could acknowledge something positive that he had accomplished that day and also something that did not work for him. One positive accomplishment for any recovering person to acknowledge at the end of each day is "another day sober." He seemed to experience that acknowledging positive events, thoughts or actions in his life, helped him to begin looking for more positives and acting more positive. The Law of Attraction, in action, as talked about in "The Secret" is a DVD that we watch in Substance Abuse Recovery group and we can change circumstances by our thoughts. Another quote from "100 Ways to Attract Angels" by Samara Anjelae: Start reading your Angel Horoscope (it never changes), You have the free will to make today and every day how you want it. The power to create lies within you. Your guardian angel and your league of special angels are waiting to assist."
Sue Judd, M.S.S., L.S.A.C.
Who are your friends?
Are they the ones who always want something from you either directly or indirectly or are they the ones who always like being with you just because you are you. True friends are there when you have your face in the mud as well as when your life is really sweet. The true friend does not leave when the air is filled with allegations or lies, but they stay by your side and see the storm through. You, on the other hand also need to look at your actions toward your friends when they are faced with the storm. How true are you? How willing are you to stand behind them and be counted? This is not always an easy thing to do as Peter found out when confronted about his friend Christ. It is not what you say but what you do that counts.
Richard Moody, Ph.D.
Peace and Progress cannot end
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
-Dag Hammarskjold
Peace and Progress cannot end
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
-Dag Hammarskjold
Why do we need spirituality?
06/02/10
Spirituality is the centerpiece of humanity. As humans we have always had a relationship with spirituality, it is a stabilizing force. We have always had a desire to understand who we are, to find meaning in the ugliness, hope in the beauty, and fulfillment in our lives. Spirituality gives us the ability to transcend the mortal to a higher mortality, understanding that there can be more to this life than we are willing to see. From the cave drawings of ancient times to modern wikipedia references, google searches, the need is the same, a search for truth. All that can be provided by our spirituality.
Dean N. Nixon, Seminar Facilitator/Life Coach
TurningLeaf Inc.
Office: 435-652-1202
Website: http://www.DeanNixon.com
"It's not about change, it's about growth."
Who is the center of your universe?
Ancient philosophers used to believe the sun and the stars all revolved around the earth. The earth, to them, was the center of the universe. I wonder how many of us believe we are the center of our universe, where others, family, friends, colleagues and all others are there only for our use and manipulation. Even worse is if others believe this about us. Of course, we all like to believe we are giving and caring, but do our actions truly reflect who we think we are? What we do and how we treat others is the true test of who we are. A simple test will help determine where you stand. Answer this question honestly: When was the last time you helped someone without being asked? If your universe includes this unselfish act on a regular basis then you are on the right track.
Richard Moody, Ph.D.
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