So, I thought I would share with you all a thought I had today that was totally directed to myself but might be beneficial for you, my readers, as well.
I talk A LOT! (My mother and other family/friends who read this are laughing and nodding in agreement right now because this is sooo true). My AP English teacher in high school taught me the word Loquacious early on as one of my terms to know for SAT, ACT, and other testing. She said I shouldn't have a problem learning and using this word since it pertains to me.
Loquacious: chatty, full of trivial conversation, talking A LOT
What does this have to do with happiness?
Well, I wanted to tell everyone, from the bottom of my heart and with all kinds of love, to SHUT UP!
Quit talking constantly and feeling like you have to fill up quiet time with friends, family, spouses, partners, so on with meaningless conversation.
I realize that my fiance and I tend to not talk hardly at all in the car or when I'm writing and he's playing around with his guitar or whatever. At first, I wondered, is this a bad thing? Shouldn't we have more to talk about? What does it say that we've been together for almost 3 years and have already grown quiet around each other?
Then I realized, this is a good thing! We don't need meaningless, trivial conversation to enjoy each other's presence. We can merely sit together with the comfort that this other person who loves me so much is just a foot or less away and if I did have something important to say, he'd listen!
A meditation I've heard about often is called eye-gazing and this can be practiced with your partner where you just sit together in quiet and gaze into each others eyes until everything else falls away and you become completely relaxed and calm. How cool is that?
This also relates to sitting alone. You don't have to be texting every 3 seconds or on the phone or on the computer chatting it up all the time. Sit and be still. Don't even let your inner voice jabber on about things or your thoughts run wild.
Be quiet, shut up, be still...with love and happiness of course!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
10 Tips to Choosing a Drama-Free Life!
I found this article wile looking into Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes-Monarch and their raw businesses/media/etc. I thougth I would share the 10 Tips because, I don't know about you, but I work and live among people that love love love drama, whether its their own or others or they create it.
Angela is a very mellow person, at least on camera, and she has used her passions to create nto only a business and her books but to express her lifestyle to others in hopes that they too will become healthier.
http://www.rawreform.com/content/view/469/2/
Enjoy!
Angela is a very mellow person, at least on camera, and she has used her passions to create nto only a business and her books but to express her lifestyle to others in hopes that they too will become healthier.
http://www.rawreform.com/content/view/469/2/
Enjoy!
Indulge: Raw Ice Cream!!!
So I've been reading a lot about Raw Food lately, mostly through watching The Renegade Health Show and other shows like it on YouTube. I am not a raw foodist myself, nor to I necessarily advocate raw food, but I do want to encourage healthier living.
In I Chose Health, I asked one day (and the question has not been answered) is Milk bad for you/me?
Recently, I started drinking Almond Milk (which is delicious, I must say) and was reading about how it has as much Calcium as regular milk with a lot less fat, cholestoral, etc. So this must be healthier, or so I think ^_^
Now, that having been said I will acknowledge one of my vices: Ice Cream.
I am an Ice Cream Feind! I love it and I think I always have (according to my mother, this is, in fact, the case). Now ice cream has milk in it as well as tons ofsugar and fat and corn syrup and other yecky things that I am learning are really bad for me...but I still love ice cream. So what do I do?
I was watching The Raw Food World on YouTube and saw that they were eating raw ice cream at a vegan restaurant called Mary's Secret Garden in California. I thought, "mmm ice cream." Then I thought, "raw ice cream?"
So I did some research and found some recipes!
Here's a video from The Raw Food World! It looks yummy but I wanted to add that if you aren't a hardcore raw foodist and don't feel like dishing out the money for special Agave or Cacao powders then you can use cacao, cocoa, chocolate, carob, etc. and HONEY (my personal fav, which I can get fresh and local right now).
Also consider adding:
Bananas
Spices like cinnamon
Nut butters
Whatever you like ^_^
In I Chose Health, I asked one day (and the question has not been answered) is Milk bad for you/me?
Recently, I started drinking Almond Milk (which is delicious, I must say) and was reading about how it has as much Calcium as regular milk with a lot less fat, cholestoral, etc. So this must be healthier, or so I think ^_^
Now, that having been said I will acknowledge one of my vices: Ice Cream.
I am an Ice Cream Feind! I love it and I think I always have (according to my mother, this is, in fact, the case). Now ice cream has milk in it as well as tons ofsugar and fat and corn syrup and other yecky things that I am learning are really bad for me...but I still love ice cream. So what do I do?
I was watching The Raw Food World on YouTube and saw that they were eating raw ice cream at a vegan restaurant called Mary's Secret Garden in California. I thought, "mmm ice cream." Then I thought, "raw ice cream?"
So I did some research and found some recipes!
Here's a video from The Raw Food World! It looks yummy but I wanted to add that if you aren't a hardcore raw foodist and don't feel like dishing out the money for special Agave or Cacao powders then you can use cacao, cocoa, chocolate, carob, etc. and HONEY (my personal fav, which I can get fresh and local right now).
Also consider adding:
Bananas
Spices like cinnamon
Nut butters
Whatever you like ^_^
Happy Living Exercises
First off, sorry for the gap in posting. I've been busy with work and my studies and my writing, which I am sure you have seen on my I Chose Health blog and my Suite 101 account.
Recently I have been reading Kevin Gianni's book, High Raw, which is such an amazing read even if you don't plan to go on a raw food diet (which I'm not on so I can't really recommend it).
In High Raw, Gianni not only gives so much information on how to know if the health news on t.v. and in the newspaper is reliable (always find who funded the research) and about how to get and stay healthy, but also tips on how ot live and healthier, HAPPIER life!
He gives 4 exercises that, as I was reading, I felt they could be applied not only to getting healtheir but getting happier, which is what this blog is all about.
High Raw Exercises 1-4
These exercises do not have titles or deadlines.
Gianni also adds "You don't need answers to make changes in your life, just questions."
Exercise 1
Ask yourself:
What can I do tomorrow that will healp me reach my goals?
How can I improve my health?
What can I do to get healthier right now?
Who can help me improve my health?
What can I do to get the best water possible?
How can I help more people today?
What's the best way to get the best results?
What's the fastest way to feel better?
Exercise 2
What are you Passionate about?
What am I doing right now? Do I like it?
How do I want it to be?
How do I want to feel?
Once I achieve these goals, how will I feel?
What makes me truly excited?
What do I really like to do?
What makes this fun for me?
What are my dreams?
What motivates me?
What's important to me?
What am I doing to feel my best?
Exercise 3: The Perfect Day Exercise
Think about your perfect day and answer these questions, be detailed.
How would you wake up?
When would you wake up?
Who would you wake up with?
What would you see or do when you wake up?
What would you eat?
How would you spend your day?
Who would you spend your time with?
What would you have for lunch?
Who would you eat lunch with?
How would you feel through the day?
This exercise is your catalyst:
After answering these questions, make a list of 15 actions to take to move closer to your vision.
Exercise 4
How do I feel?
Am I feeling my best emotionally and physically?
What would it be like to feel my best?
How important is it to feel my best?
What are my priorities right now?
If I want to feel my best, am I willing to make it my top priority?
If it was, what would I be doing differently?
Recently I have been reading Kevin Gianni's book, High Raw, which is such an amazing read even if you don't plan to go on a raw food diet (which I'm not on so I can't really recommend it).
In High Raw, Gianni not only gives so much information on how to know if the health news on t.v. and in the newspaper is reliable (always find who funded the research) and about how to get and stay healthy, but also tips on how ot live and healthier, HAPPIER life!
He gives 4 exercises that, as I was reading, I felt they could be applied not only to getting healtheir but getting happier, which is what this blog is all about.
High Raw Exercises 1-4
These exercises do not have titles or deadlines.
Gianni also adds "You don't need answers to make changes in your life, just questions."
Exercise 1
Ask yourself:
What can I do tomorrow that will healp me reach my goals?
How can I improve my health?
What can I do to get healthier right now?
Who can help me improve my health?
What can I do to get the best water possible?
How can I help more people today?
What's the best way to get the best results?
What's the fastest way to feel better?
Exercise 2
What are you Passionate about?
What am I doing right now? Do I like it?
How do I want it to be?
How do I want to feel?
Once I achieve these goals, how will I feel?
What makes me truly excited?
What do I really like to do?
What makes this fun for me?
What are my dreams?
What motivates me?
What's important to me?
What am I doing to feel my best?
Exercise 3: The Perfect Day Exercise
Think about your perfect day and answer these questions, be detailed.
How would you wake up?
When would you wake up?
Who would you wake up with?
What would you see or do when you wake up?
What would you eat?
How would you spend your day?
Who would you spend your time with?
What would you have for lunch?
Who would you eat lunch with?
How would you feel through the day?
This exercise is your catalyst:
After answering these questions, make a list of 15 actions to take to move closer to your vision.
Exercise 4
How do I feel?
Am I feeling my best emotionally and physically?
What would it be like to feel my best?
How important is it to feel my best?
What are my priorities right now?
If I want to feel my best, am I willing to make it my top priority?
If it was, what would I be doing differently?
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