I recently discovered a great technique from Mo Gawdat on how to get into a state of happiness within 7 seconds. I’ve been using it with clients with great results in my Distance Healing Sessions.
Before I tell you the technique, I will define happiness and unhappiness.
Happiness occurs when life meets or beats your expectations of an experience or event.
For example, is you go out for dinner and the meal you have is as good as you expected it to be or better.
Whereas Unhappiness occurs when an experience or event doesn’t meet your expectations.
An example of unhappiness: you go out for dinner and the meal is worse that you expected.
The common denominator with happiness and unhappiness are thoughts.
80% of unhappiness is due to negative thoughts.
Consider when you feel unhappy as a survival mechanism and a signal to take specific actions if you want to return to happiness.
The first thing to do is acknowledge you feel unhappy.
The second thing is: What is the trigger?
If it’s a situation in the world like a flood or war on the other side of the world. Has your life changed at all from it?
If not, can you accept it? And can you do anything about it?
Ask yourself the questions: “What can I do about it, how can I make the world a better place from this situation that triggered my unhappiness or how can I become stronger from the situation?”
These questions take you out the of emotional and stressful thoughts (feeling helpless/hopeless) into acceptance and or action thoughts.
When you discover the trigger of your unhappiness, ask yourself whether the thought is true or false?
I work with many people that suffer from depression and anxiety. Many of their feelings are the result of believing a lie that was either told to them when they were young, or they told themselves from a negative experience they had.
Have you ever been bullied by someone that resulted in you not feeling good about yourself and unloved.
If you continued to tell yourself the lie that you are not good enough and unloved it results in feeling more stressed and symptoms of chronic stress.
Chronic Stress Symptoms
Easily triggered
Emotional withdrawal
Suppressing yourself
Fearful of expressing yourself
Shame
Guilt
Decreased immunity
Chest tightness
Trouble letting go
Low energy
Sleeping problems and insomnia
Unfocused and cloudy thinking
Changes in appetite
Aches and pains
Increase in alcohol and drug use
Diseases associated with chronic stress are linked to other conditions, both psychological and physical. These include:
Hypertension, heart disease, obesity and metabolic syndrome, Type II diabetes, and arthritis
Addiction to alcohol, nicotine and/or prescription drugs, and behavioral-related such as addiction to the internet, food, or gambling
Mood disorders and anxiety disorders, which are common secondary diagnoses for people with chronic stress.
Hypertension, depression, addiction, and anxiety disorders are the conditions most related to chronic stress.
If you can relate to living in chronic stress, take the following steps to overcome it.
Acknowledge your unhappy (negative feelings).
Write out the thoughts you have that trigger your stress.
Ask yourself are the thoughts true or false? (FYI: all thoughts of not being good enough and unlovable are a lie.) If they are false let them go by taking 10 deep breaths. Close your eyes, focus on the center of your chest, and say to yourself, “I release any lies that I tell myself that are not serving me in my highest and greatest good.” Notice how you feel when you say this.
By saying this prayer, you are giving your soul and God permission to cleanse the lies from you.
If it is True. Ask yourself, “What can I do to fix it?”
This moves you into the problem-solving part of your brain and helps make you and the world a better place.
If you can’t do anything about it and things can’t change. Like someone dying in a car accident or stuck in traffic. Ask yourself, “Can I accept the situation or experience and make my life better despite the problem."
Make sure that you go to happy and useful thoughts.
If your thoughts aren’t useful, tell your brain not to give you thoughts that aren’t helpful.
On average it takes 21 days to remove negativity and change the brain. So be patient and persistent.
By investing 5-10mins into improving your mindset every day and how you interpret stress you will spend much more time feeling happy than you ever had before.
If you find that you need additional help overcoming chronic stress, I will gladly help you via Distance Healing Sessions.
What would your life look like if you had more energy each day?
Here's a list of things that more energy does:
You feel better
You can adapt to stress easier
It's easier to problem solve
You're a better communicator
You have a stronger memory
Improved balance and coordination
You heal faster
What is something you notice when you have more energy? Comment below.
4 Things that Help Increase Energy
Get natural light exposure into your eyes 30-60mins after waking to increase morning cortisol.
Do light exercise like go for a walk, stretching, and or Qi Gong to warm up your core temperature.
Delay caffeine intake 90-120mins after waking to avoid an afternoon crash.
Do a morning meditation where you connect with God, Jesus and or the Holy Spirit and focus on at least 3 things you are grateful for to summon with a positive mindset.
What is something you do to increase your energy? Comment below.
Do you suffer from sleeping problems like insomnia? You definitely want to hear this.
The number one cause of insomnia is stress. However, it’s not always clear as to what is causing the stress.
I’m going to help you figure that out. Along with what you can do to overcome the stress so you can sleep better at night and have more energy during the day.
The top things you need to do to sleep better are:
Remove electronic devices, such as TVs, computers, and smart phones, from your bedroom.
Avoiding large meals, caffeine, and alcohol before bedtime. No food 3hrs before bed and no caffeine 8hrs before bed because it can take up to 8hr to clear out of your body. If you rely on caffeine for energy and can’t function without it comment before.
Get some exercise. Being physically active during the day can help you fall asleep more easily at night.
Using room-darkening shades, earplugs, a fan, or other devices to create an environment that suits your needs.
Do calming activities before bedtime, such as taking a bath or using relaxation techniques can promote better sleep.
Spend time outside in natural sunlight during the day has been shown to improve sleep.
All the info you just read is all available through a quick Google search, however I find many people don’t want to make the changes necessary to improve their sleep.
Here’s why…..
Food, caffeine, alcohol, and entertainment are providing the person with a feeling of pleasure.
Are you someone that struggles with changing your lifestyle habits, even though you know they aren’t good for you and have a negative impact on your sleep?
#1 reason that stops a person that knows better is negative feelings about oneself.
Pray every day – Connect with Jesus Christ/God and ask for the strength and power to overcome your negative feelings.
Example of a prayer is:“Thank you Jesus for providing me the strength and energy to overcome the negative feelings I have about myself.”
Pray first thing in the morning and before bed for strongest impact.
Next, connect with those negative feelings. Ask yourself, why do I have these feelings?
It’s important to be aware of why they are there, so you can deal with them accordingly.
For example, if you have negative feelings about yourself due to feelings of guilt. It’s important to forgive yourself for your past mistakes or failures. If you need help forgiving yourself, ask Jesus for support.
Prayer:Thank you Jesus for giving me the strength to forgive myself for my past mistakes and failures.
These types of prayer help you to surrender, so you can let go of the emotional pain limiting your life, stressing you out affecting yourself.
If negative feelings are not responsible for your struggles with stopping habits that keep you await at night.
Ask yourself, “What feeling do I want more of.” Often it is something very simple like comfort, joy, love or calmness.
Use similar prayers as above to fill your soul with what you need to feel full.
Example of prayer:Thank you Jesus/God for giving me to strength to experience more calmness in my life.
Find the prayers that work well for you and spend a few minutes doing them every day. Overtime you will feel more enriched.
If you would like more help getting over your sleeping troubles I can help you through my Distance Healing Sessions.
Discover how spending 20mins every morning can improve your frontal lobe brain function.
Optimizing Frontal Lobe function has shown to improve people's decision making, learning, adaptability, creativity, reasoning and ability to accomplish goals.
In this blog I’m going to tell you how to overcome the Obstacle of Time when it's interfering with your health.
Not having enough time is one of the most common excuses people use as their reason for not being healthy.
I get it. I've used the excuse of time many times. But I realized that it wasn't helping me. It was only holding me back.
Have you ever said:
I don’t have enough time to exercise.
I don’t have enough time to meditate.
I don’t have enough time to prepare healthy meals.
I don’t have enough time to go see a practitioner that will help me.
The real reason behind it if you use time as an excuse is you are not making the time. And it likely you just haven’t developed the skillof how to best utilize your time.
What if you had massive success doing what you need to do to achieve your health goals. Would you make the time then?
If you feel short on time for health or want to make more time to create better health for yourself start with looking at where you could be wasting your time.
How much time do you spend watching TV per day, scrolling social media, or some other form of entertainment that only gives you short term happiness. But doesn’t move you any closer to your health goals?
The US average daily stats for watching TV, social media, gaming and browsing websites are:
TV – 3hr 16min
Social Media – 1hr 27mins
Gaming – 1hr 46mins
Browsing Websites – 51mins
That’s over 7hrs per day if someone is doing all these things. Over 49hrs per week, over 196hrs per month and over 2352hrs per year.
But say you are only consuming 1hr per day. That’s 7hrs per week, 28hrs per month and 336hr per year.
How different would your health be if you invested that time into your health (or another important goal)?
Your time is more valuable than money.
If you were offered $100million dollars, but you would have to die tomorrow would you take the money or would you want to live longer?
Leave a comment below with your answer. But I’m guessing you would choose to live longer.
To value time, you must change your mindset of it.
It can be difficult at first if this is a new perspective for you.
To help, wake up each day and remind yourself, “I’m going to make the most of this day and my time.”
To help with that write out WHY TIME is so valuable to you.
Write out at the beginning of each week what are 1-2 most important things you want to do each day for your health and make sure you do those things within the first 2hrs upon waking.
Once you develop the habit of this you will see how beneficial this is for you and the changes that come along with it.
Comment below if you know what 1-2 of the most important things are for your health goals.
If you would like to learn more about how to better use your time to achieve your goals I recommend reading or listening to the audio book The 4-Hour Workweekby Tim Ferris. It will help you develop the skills you need to better utilize your time and more.
5 Obstacles That You May Face When Pursuing Health Goals
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Do you have a big health goal you want to achieve?
But feel there is something getting in your way of achieving it?
You are not alone.
As a teenager I wanted to learn how to heal myself because I had several symptoms that made me feel awful.
Little did I know that this goal started shifting my life in a direction that I could have never imagined.
Something you are likely aware of though, when you set goals, obstacles begin showing up because you start moving out of your comfort zone into the unknown.
I’ve learned that there are 5 Big Obstacles you want to be aware of, so you can deal with them if they arise.
Knowing what the obstacles are and how to deal with them makes it much easier to overcome them. Then you don’t get stuck or lose faith in yourself and give up on your health goals.
Look at obstacles as an opportunity for growth. On the other side of them is the thing you really want.
5 Big Obstacles that show up when pursuing your goals:
Time – “Believing you don’t have enough time to do the thing you want.”
Money – “Believing you don’t have enough money to purchase what you need.”
Spouse – “My spouse won’t allow me or doesn’t support me going after goal.”
Fear – shows up when you view your life from a place of lack, victimhood, doubt and or failure.
Shame and Self-Doubt – this is signaling that past failures are controlling your reality.
When I first wanted to go to Chinese Medicine College to become a TCM doctor my girlfriend at the time told me if you do that, I will break-up with you.
She thought it was weird and gross and I allowed her opinion to influence me out of going at the time. So, instead I signed up at the local community college to pursue a degree in Environmental Technologies.
However, 1 month later we broke up. I was already signed up for the Environmental program, but something felt off the whole time.
When I began the program, I started getting a strong voice in my head saying, “YOU NEED TO GO TO CHINESE MEDICINE SCHOOL.”
I tried to ignore the voice, but it kept getting louder and louder, until finally, after being in the program for just 4 days I told myself, “Enough, I will go to Chinese Medicine School!”
That day, I called the Chinese Medicine College and asked them if they had space for me.
I was put through to the dean and he said “Yes, we have room for you. Come in on Monday to start."
In that moment a huge weight lifted off me.
The first day I started everything felt right. I knew I was in the right place, and it was one of the best choices I made for myself.
From making that one choice it opened so many more doorways for me to improving my health, overcoming many symptoms, along with helping people all over the world.
None of this would have happened if I didn’t take the first step. Plus, I met Keri at Chinese Medicine College.
Next week I’m going to release the info on how to work through the 5 Big Obstacles, so you can achieve your health goals easier. Stay tuned…
“I believe the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.”
~ Joyce Meyer
2024 is here and it's perfect time of year to connect with your health goals and get really clear on what you need to do to achieve them.
It’s important to have goals because then you know where you are aiming towards. Don’t hold back or lower your goals to suit others.
Scientifically, its been proven that people with big goals and that go after them achieve more in life.
The method for effective goal setting:
Identify realistic and specific goals.
Brainstorm actionable objectives. What actions do you need to take to achieve your goals?
Break down your goals into smaller steps. What do you need to do on a daily basis?
Identify possible obstacles. What has stopped you in the past? 5 biggest excuses people use for not achieving their goals are “I don’t have enough Time”, “I don’t have enough Money”, Spouse, Fear, Self-doubt (low confidence) & Shame.
Schedule a timeframe.
Post your goals in areas of your home, car and on your phone screen to remind yourself of them.
Questions For Goal Setting:
1. What are your health goals?
2. What do you need in your life to achieve your goal? What actions do you need to be doing to achieve your goal? A big part of achieving goals is your daily habits. Healthy daily habits include exercise, eating well, listening to healthy people, meditation, and practicing gratitude.
3.What do you believe has stopped you from having your goal already? List any Obstacles you face.
4. What do you need to let go of?
5. What would your life look like if you didn’t have any health issues?
6. How would you feel if you were healthy?
7.What have you done to be healthy like this?
8.If you could have the life you want, what does it look like? Be detailed.
9.Describe your future self. How does your future life look, feel, think? How do you invoke this life?
Review your goals often. Revaluate them, redefine them, and Re-engage them.
Have you ever worried about getting together with family over the holidays because one or more members has a tendency to make you feel uncomfortable? And do you wish these people could just be nicer and more compassionate?
Me too. I used to struggle with judging people before getting together due to some stressful interactions in the past. As a result, this made me even more stressed and worried something bad might happen again.
That all changed years ago when I discovered a simple Energy Healing Technique that helped me let go of old pain and heal those relationships.
Watch Video to discover how to Heal your Relationships
Becoming clear on the things in your lives that are driving your body towards negative stress and less joy is huge for healing.
You may know right away what your top stressors are. However, if you don't, you may have gotten used to living on auto-pilot and may not even recognize that you have any stress at all.
Getting in touch with what is creating negative stress and less joy is crucial for your healing so that you can consciously choose to change it.
Below is a guided intuitive meditation. I suggest getting quiet with yourself to ask your body what your biggest stressors are and what you can do to bring more ease, peace and joy into these areas of your life. Or, if you need to let these stressors go, what is blocking you from doing so?
Questions to Ask Yourself
What areas of my life are holding stress for me?
What can I do to bring more peace and ease to these stressful areas of my life?
Do I need to let them go?
Do I need to do something different?
What is my body asking for in these situations or stressful areas?
What area of my body am I holding this stress?
How do I release these stressors from the tissues, organs of my body?
Join me in this Guided Healing Meditation to Connect with your Heart.
In this guided meditation I take in on an intuitive journey to see what lies within your heart.
I use this meditation when I need answers about making important decisions and to bring in new information into my consciousness to support positive change.
So, if there are questions you need answers to, relationships you need healing with, set aside 24mins to connect with your heart.
Happiness occurs when life meets or beats your expectations of an experience or event. 
An example of unhappiness: you go out for dinner and the meal is worse that you expected.
Emotional withdrawal
On average it takes 21 days to remove negativity and change the brain. So be patient and persistent.
You feel better
Get natural light exposure into your eyes 30-60mins after waking to increase morning cortisol. 
The number one cause of insomnia is stress. However, it’s not always clear as to what is causing the stress.
Pray every day – Connect with Jesus Christ/God and ask for the strength and power to overcome your negative feelings.
Have you ever said:
Write out at the beginning of each week what are 1-2 most important things you want to do each day for your health and make sure you do those things within the first 2hrs upon waking. 
I’ve learned that there are 5 Big Obstacles you want to be aware of, so you can deal with them if they arise. 
When I first wanted to go to Chinese Medicine College to become a TCM doctor my girlfriend at the time told me if you do that, I will break-up with you. 
“I believe the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.”
Scientifically, its been proven that people with big goals and that go after them achieve more in life.
Questions For Goal Setting:
