Well, unfortunately at this point in my life I would not rate any of my well-beings very high. I'm going through a very seemly large shift in my life (hence the name of my blog). I am working two part-time jobs, plus going to school and plenty of family distractions. So I know I don't eat right and I need to exercise more. I have not found a belief system that I feel connected to recently, and all of this has led me to frequently feel depressed and overwhelmed.
Physically, I absolutely know I feel emotionally better when I can get out and go for a walk or bike ride, it just doesn't seem to happen often enough. I logically know its all a matter of priorities. So these are the goals I would like to set for myself: 1. At minimum take a walk every day. 2. At minimum meditate before I go to bed. 3. Make a conscious decision to start my day off happy! These days I frequently find myself waking up angry, and I know that is no way to start a day.
I really enjoyed this relaxation soundtrack. I am very intriqued with chakras, so this was engaging to me from the get-go. The affirmations after each visualization was very nice. And I like how at the end he pulled it all together with an all emcompassing white light. I will be doing this one again!
Have a great week everyone!
~Helen
Hi Helen,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear how things are right now in your life, but glad to see that you are trying to change and make yourslef feel better. One suggst,maybe mediate in he morning to start your day off which might help with making you feel happy and better about your day. Just a suggestion that might help you start off and I so agree about walking every day. Its some sort of physical acitivity that we all must fit into our day no matter how busy our life is. Once we do it, we feel lik we have accomplished something. Take care and sending big hugs to you for a better day:)
:-) Thanks!!
DeleteHelen,
ReplyDeleteI can relate to your ratings mine are also on the low side because, I need to exercise more, eat better and give myself more me time. I really enjoyed this week's relaxation session as well, it really helped me relax and shake the anger I had at the beginning of the session.
I think most of use can relate, and the one's that say they can't are probably lying. I go up and down physically throughout the year. It's a bad habit that I seem to keep repeating. I will work out and eat well for 4-6 months, and then just sort of lose interest and slow down or even stop all together. The biggest problem with that sort of cycle is that the healthy periods are getting shorter and the bored and unhealthy times are getting longer. I guess that's where the spiritual and physocological parts help...
ReplyDeleteHi Helen, first of all let me say that you are definitely a creative person coming with the cute name transformation land and making the connection to changes in your life. I think it's a great choice to start the day on a happy note, something that I as a not so morning person have also tried to work on lately. Someone once said that the first seven seconds when you enter a room tend to set the tone for the rest of the day or evening, ever notice when you walk into a room and grumble at someone how the rest of time is tense and off color? I actually tried this experiment with my fiance, and when I walk in and am happy to see him or say something pleasant to him instead of grumbling, everything goes completely different, I have learned I can set the tone for how others treat me! Let's keep working hard on ourselves, we are important! Best Wishes! Deborah!
ReplyDeleteHelen,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you have not been up and at em' in a very good mood. It is hard somedays to turn off what we have going on but it is a great habit to get into.
I also enjoyed the description in the meditation and will be doing it again. I made the mistake of doing it right before bed and now instead of homework my bed sounds much more inviting!
Good luck in your goals!
Tonia P
Helen,
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean when you say that you awaken angry at yourself for not taking time for yourself. Try this; Monday and Friday, take 5 minutes for yourself and walk to the end of your block, driveway or other local goal. We need to give back to ourselves what the world takes and this is a goal of only 10 minutes a week, and don’t beat yourself up that is counterproductive to wellness. On your second week; meditate and stretch 5 minutes on Tuesday and Thursday while still walking Monday and Friday for 5 minutes. Guess what? You have made time for yourself 4 days a week, it may not be a good idea to increase your days but duration of the four days you can when time allots.
Taking time for you is a real challenge for sure and with two jobs, family and college fulltime, places an inordinate amount of stress on you and stress is bad for our immune system, don’t feel guilty about taking 20 minutes a week for yourself. We are not an endless store of give give give without replenishment.
I speak from experience; I had a job that consumed me completely, I had an intellectually challenged woman living with us. I actually let stress almost ruin my marriage, relationships with my six children and I had gained 100 lbs, I was headed down the path to metabolic syndrome at the age of 46, alone and miserable. I began walking 5 minutes a week for one month and lost 10 lbs, from that I began a series of goals that helped change my life style and changed jobs. I have lost 85 lbs and am happily back with my husband and reconciled with my children, I have rated my fitness/physiology at a level 7. Now I really need to work on my spiritual wellness because I have self esteem issues, I constantly am in a self doubt cycle that was started at work with my new boss, I am a Culinarian and he is an executive chef and seems to think that I am not skilled as a cook enough to be left to my own to my own cuisine creations as I know best, thus I am constantly screwing up!!!
I really hope that you can begin on a self gratifying cycle so you can feel all of your being is working together in your family, two jobs and school work because it will make a difference in how affective you are with all of it.
Helen
ReplyDeleteI am sorry that life is so dragging and I hope you are able to fix it. I know how it feels to be over whelmed at one point I was a single mom working 2 part time jobs, one full time job, going to school full time and working on geting my personal training certification. Waking up angry is no way to wake up. Try and go to be less anxious and angry and maybe you can wake up happier. You may also need to re-evaluate your life and the people in it. I had to do this once. It was very hard for me but I am a much happier person now that I have and I only surround myself with those that make me happy. If you make me mad on a frequent bases (other than my child) you have to get out of my life. That is not something I need or want in my life. Also a HUGE thing that will help with your mood and your happiness is exercise. I can't tell you how much exercise improves your mood. Just being in a gym setting makes me much happier. I call the gym my happy place. Have you ever tried zumba? If not find a zumba class near you and take it. It's great fun and the energy is amazing. It is almost impossible to be in a bad angry mood when you are done with zumba. Even if your not a great dancer and you have no rhythm still go take it, it will make you feel 10x better. Surround yourself with happy people. I really hope you find a way to figure it all out soon. If not your body will start to shut it's self down and you will become very sick. :-( If your sick you can't work, or do well in school. I wish you the best of luck