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What Everyone Ought To Know About Celery Juice? How To

Why is Celery Juice, a herbal extract, on another level with unique healing properties? Keep reading to find out! Drinking 16 ounces of fresh celery juice daily on an empty stomach? Epic benefits my friend!

No not eating celery sticks, celery leaf, celery seeds or celery powder. None of this comes close to the benefits of drinking 16 ounces of fresh celery juice daily on an empty stomach.

I’ve been drinking celery juice now since 2021. I was introduced to the work and teaching of Anthony William, the originator of the global celery movement and New York Times Bestselling Author of several books including ‘Celery Juice: The Most Powerful Medicine Our Time Healing Millions Worldwide’. I was blown away by how this humble celery, when juiced, had transformed the health of so many people.

Having been born with and living with a hidden disability, and having a keen interest in specific areas of health, I did my due diligence and decided that I had to start getting celery juice into my body. I have had amazing results and continue to drink celery juice daily on an empty stomach, though I’ve increased from 500mls (16 oz) to approx 800mls or so, give or take the size of the bunches of organic celery I buy.

This post is about highlighting some of the main benefits from drinking celery juice, as prescribed in the Medical Medium protocol, from the great book mentioned above ‘Celery Juice’. I have selected 10 of my favourite benefits:

1. Neutralise Toxins e.g Heavy Metal Toxins

So important. And specifically, heavy metal toxins like copper, mercury, aluminium. Celery Juice goes into the bloodstream, and neutralises toxins. Excellent!

2. Fights Off Unwanted Bacterial, Fungal, Viral

Those Sodium Cluster Salts (this undiscovered powerhouse ingredient according to MM which does so much – and its not like salt that you cook with) in Celery Juice are so powerful. One of the many things it does is enable Celery Juice to actually kill off bacteria fungus and viruses.

3. Supports The Liver In Producing Bile

Celery Juice supports your liver in producing bile. Hard-working livers that deserve awards!

4. Ultimate Electrolyte Source – Complete & Active

Yes, our bodies run on electricity. We need electrolytes to communicate between the cells. This is the ultimate complete and active source of electrolytes.

5. Unique Digestive Enzymes

Now these aren’t your standard enzymes that digest food in the digestive tract. They these enzymes revitalise other existing enzymes in the body. I think of them as next-level enzymes!

6. Antioxidants

Specific antioxidant function in tackling the fatty deposits around heavy metal toxins. It’s very important work.

7. Vitamin C Superb – No Methylation Process Needed

This has a more remarkable source of Vitamin C, than your broccoli, your tomatoes and even than your orange! The source of Vitamin C we’re talking about here, is already ready for the body to absorb. It doesn’t need to go through the process of methylation in the liver, that usually changes it into the type of Vitamin C that your body can readily absorb- it’s already in that desired absorbable format. Very exciting.

8. Significant Anti-Inflammatory Properties

Let me say that again. Celery Juice has significant anti-inflammatory properties.

9. Strongly Alkaline

Alkalinity is great. You want to have more of an alkaline internal environment.

10. Helps Clear Up Skin Problems

Boom! This is huge! This alone is a reason to start drinking Celery Juice.

Well, I’ll stop there.

If you want to dig deeper, check out the Celery Juice book by MM and also the website.

I will always be drinking Celery Juice. It has helped my health so much.

Can you imagine what it could do for you?

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How To Authentically Run Your Own Race? Eyes Straight

I’ve often heard it said at my yoga classes that it’s all about you on your mat. It’s not about anyone else, or looking to see what others are doing, you just focus on being on your mat and you do what your body is able to do, on that particular occasion.

I’ve always liked that. And I think there are parallels for how we live our lives.

We do sometimes, don’t we, focus a little too much on what other people are doing. We see them achieving their successes. We look at them, then we look at ourselves. We look at them again, then we look at ourselves. And then what happens? We start to compare. And then certain thoughts start to emerge, along the lines of, ‘She’s doing this now but what am I doing?’, or , ‘He’s moving on to that while I’m still here!’.

Ooooh this is a slippery slope my friend and not at all what I want for you. It’s easy to fall into that trap. It can be part of the human condition and it can happen to us all. But please please please, it is so destructive and it’s kinda toxic. I would much rather you put your energies into feeling grateful for where you are, feeling excited for where you are headed, and the person that you are becoming and just keep moving forward.

So let’s look at five stepping stones to help you authentically run your own race.

Keep Connecting With Your True Self

By strengthening that connection with yourself – who you are, what you’re about, what your goals are and why you are doing what you’re doing – it becomes easier to be stronger and more courageous. When that connection gets broken or weakened, by challenges or distractions or temporarily forgetting that you too can be excited for and about your life, we become more vulnerable to those thoughts of comparison. Those negative thoughts or internal voices telling us, essentially, that we’re good enough, but by comparison, others are.

I really believe that you need to keep on falling back in love with yourself, and what you’re about, and what you have to offer. We can’t just say one day, ‘wow, I’m all connected with myself. Now I’m all set.’ It’s not once and you’re done. No. This is a continuous process. Getting to know your true, authentic self, and then loving what you find. Liking yourself. Sure that process may involve finding parts of you that you’d like to improve or make better. That’s fine. That’s all part of it. You can still love the progress you are making, no matter how small. You can still love the efforts you are making and liking what is in your heart.

When you feel that you’re becoming more distant from your true self, then its time to reconnect and recalibrate.

Measure Your Progress. Measure Your Efforts.

It is easy to focus only on the big wins and the big successes. But that is only a small part of the story. The fuller story is in the journey it takes to get to the bigger milestones. The small daily steps. The falling down. The getting up again. The dragging yourself, finally, into the quiet time ring-fenced for you to get some passion work done. The persistence in your heart and mind and spirit to keep going. The stuff that you do when no one is looking. The tears and self-doubt and the overcoming.

Yes, most of these moments are not very flashy or necessarily interesting, but they are important. Important for you. One of my life teachers, Tony Robbins, often says, ‘Progress equals Happiness’. My goodness, how true that is, right? When I get to a yoga class and I settle down onto my mat, I’m already so happy, even before I’ve done any of the postures. Because I got myself there. I made the decision. I carved out the time. I committed to moving forward with my body’s health and fitness. I made PROGRESS.

The path to the big milestones is paved by the little pebbles of progress.

Take Regular & Honest Reviews of Where You Are Against Where You Want To Be

Now it is important to note that if you don’t honestly review where you’re at, it’s unlikely that you will make the kind of progress that you deserve. Be prepared to make regular recommitments to yourself of where it is you want to be and how you’re going to get there. Get it all out of your head and write it down on paper. It is quite powerful to see it all out there in black and white. Reconnect with why you want this goal or new practice or habit, and what it means for you. Refresh yourself in the meaning behind what it is you want to do. Then compare that to where you are now. Take another honest look with fresh eyes at what you need to do to close that gap. What are the steps you need to take to get there?

Now go do them.

Link to YouTube video – https://youtu.be/RRB9SJlAio0?si=42WsvDy0_AiWNkxL

Celebrate Others. There is more than enough for everybody!

When you do happen to see what someone else is doing, and you’re so impressed with how well they’ve conducted themselves or with what they have achieved, then celebrate them! It is lovely and healthy to celebrate another’s success. It doesn’t have to end in the direction of comparison. You can choose NOT to go down that path. There is more than enough success and celebration and abundance in this world for EVERYBODY! Why shouldn’t you be happy for them? It’s okay to let their success inspire you in a positive way to keep moving forward on YOUR path, with YOUR goals and what’s important to YOU. This is YOUR journey, and no one else’s.

But it feels good to celebrate and encourage others on THEIR journey.

Give thanks for where you are and how far you’ve come

BE GRATEFUL! GRATITUDE! Well done! Look at how far you’ve come compared to where you were before? Where you were 1 year ago? 5 years ago? 10 years ago? Even just 3 months ago? You are focussed on your race, right? This is about you. Celebrate that you’re even on this journey! That you’re here today, breathing in air, and are privileged to even be making decisions like these about what to do with your life and who you want to become, and how you want to add value in the world.

So my friend, it doesn’t matter how completely absorbing or inspiring that drama you loved on Netflix was, its not the real story. The real story is about you and what you’re about and how you want to be in this world.

I’m excited to hear how you get on.

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What Everybody Ought To Know About Drinking Lemon Water

What’s one small but mighty change you can make to your daily nutrition? It’s Lemon Water. Or more precisely, one lemon squeezed into 1 litre of your best quality purified water.

The humble lemon that is so often overlooked or misunderstood.

I was taught this several years ago and once I did my due diligence and started this practice for myself, I started to understand just how effective and impactful this can be for your health and daily nutritional habits.

I enjoy the teachings of Anthony William, the ‘Medical Medium’, the multiple New York Times Best Selling Author, and resonate with his mission to help millions of people heal themselves through food and protocols. The Lemon Water protocol is simple and oh so effective and this is what you ought to know about making this one of your daily habits.

Rather than me ramble on in my excitement, I’ve revisited one of my favourite Medical Medium videos and articles, and taken my favourite highlights and included them below for you.

Lemon water hydrates, purifies and revitalises your body

Did you know that water coming straight from the tap or a bottle has lost its vitality and innate living structure? So by adding freshly squeezed lemon juice to your water, it brings it back to life. Then it can do its job more effectively, getting into your tissues and cells and carrying essential nutrients around the body.

Lemon water is a good source of vitamins C and B and minerals such as calcium and magnesium

Such a small fruit packs a punch and this reason alone is enough to have one or more a day.

Lemon water is excellent for weight loss, the immune system, alkalising the body, controlling high blood pressure, anti-aging, detoxification, purifying the blood and regulating body temperature

Now I don’t know which of these might resonate with you, or maybe they all do. I have an interest in strengthening and boosting my immune system because of my hidden disability, but I also recognise the specific importance for me of making my internal body more alkaline, regularly removing toxins and purifying the blood. Everything else is just pure bonus!

Lemon water is beneficial for the digestive tract

It can help to relieve constipation, nausea and parasites.

Lemon water is good for the cardiovascular and muscular system

It’s a great drink for before and after exercise.

Lemon water helps break up sediment and stones in the gallbladder

This in turn encourages bile production in the liver to increase, hydrochloric acid levels in the gut to rise, and the reductions of bad acids that cause acid reflux.

Okay, so now you’ve heard the highlights of Medical Medium teaching on some benefits of lemon water, is it time you make some for yourself?

How do you make lemon water?

As I said at the start, its basically one lemon (or you can start with a half) freshly squeezed into 1 litre (or you can start with 500ml) of your best quality purified water. No additions. No mixing with other fruits. Nothing. Simple. It is great if you have it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Leave it 20 – 30 mins before having anything afterwards, including your Celery Juice, if you drink it like me.

For my inquisitive friends who (like me) prefer a visual to be absolutely sure, here is a video I made earlier!

So my friend, I invite you to take up this lemon water practice. This has done wonders for me, for years! Wouldn’t it be great if it helps you too?

I look forward to hearing how you get on.

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Thank You Old Year. Hello New Year. Be Intentional.

The start of a new year. I can’t remember a new year where I didn’t feel excited. Like there was some freshness in the air. A chance to hit the reset button of my life, or at least the reset button of my feelings and emotions. A childlike feeling of excitement that momentarily forgets about the challenges or difficulties of the outgoing season. Something curious about the fact that everyone in this massive world community is pondering over this transition into a new year, all at around the same time, and being a part of that. A part of something so much bigger than ourselves. All of this creates a build up and so many different emotions.

Well, how do you approach this special transition? Do you talk about resolutions or goals? Do you use the language of becoming new or renewed? Do you dread this time of the year and simply ‘opt-out’? Perhaps you make promises to yourself about changes you would like to make in your life? Perhaps your excitement transitions into guilt 8 weeks later when you realise your life hasn’t really begun to change in the way you intended?

Hmmmmm……….

I’ll share what I tend to do. Feel free to try it out if you like the sound of it.

Look over your shoulder and smile

Well, I like to start with looking back. Looking back at the old outgoing year. I like to see on paper what my highlights were and what I enjoyed about the year. I also like to see what big events or challenges or hurdles I had to overcome. Successfully or not so successfully, and just acknowledge them, good or bad. An exciting trip, an admission to hospital, a friendship that withered away. A delicious meal, designing my book cover, the feelings of bodily peace. The times you caught a glimpse of your true authentic character unfiltered, and the laughter you had from a nourishing friendship.

I jot these down with pencil on paper, preferably in little circles or squiggly shapes like clouds, and just get it all down, out of my head. This is fun, and the larger the piece of paper the better. I do like using my journal, but I run out of space so I prefer to use a larger sketch type pad that I keep tucked away for big creative moments like this.

Or if you’re not much of a writer, you could try going for a walk while recording yourself on your phone, saying all your highlights out loud. I did both this year and it was really fun, especially as my thoughts were rolling out faster than I could write! So later on when writing, I could use the audio to check I hadn’t forgotten anything.

Give space for acknowledgement

Then when you’re quite done giving acknowledgement to the outgoing year, start the process again for what you would like to see happen in your life for the new year.

Hello new year! What’s occurring?

This should be fun! Remember, if there are things you are afraid to say because you think there’s no point in wishing for it, then write it down! Don’t hold back. Sometimes it takes writing something down to bring it to life, and really admit it to yourself. Because I’ve done this a few times, I now know that you want to be as specific as you can. Also give things a deadline, like a date for when you want something to happen or to start taking shape.

This starts to take you into the territory of writing goals, which isn’t really what this post is about, so more on that another time. But this process is all about bringing clarity and focus and deliberate intention to what is important for your life. It’s about taking the time to give breathing space to your thoughts and to what’s in your heart. To really bring it to life and help you make real authentic decisions about what direction to take next, to get to where you would really like to be.

I’d love to hear how you get on.

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How To Thrive With Your Hidden Disability

Well it has been a while my friend………… Je suis tres desolee!!! Can you forgive me? In my defence, I have been completely absorbed in the deep cave of writing my book…… and though I wanted to do everything…. I soon realised that I couldn’t, and something had to give.

I’m delighted to be back here on the blog, and oh how I’ve missed writing this blog! You really do appreciate something more when you’ve not had it for a while. I hope that I meet you well, and hope that you may forgive me and decide to share some of your precious time with me by reading my renewed blog.

And good news by the way…….my book manuscript is FINISHED! Hooray! Well, AS finished as it gets! For all the creatives out there……………… it can be hard to say that you’re DONE! There’s always one more point to make, or one more name to acknowledge, or one more story to share, or one more read through of the edits…..aaaaargh! I am so happy and grateful for arriving at this point of the process, and now its time to start working through the checklist of important tasks to complete in the countdown to publication, which I hope will be by November 2025!!! Nearly there now!

What is it all about I hear you say? Well, I won’t say too much now, but this short introductory video will probably give you the gist of it all.

So yes my friend, I am following my heart, the prompting on my heart, and a real sense of purpose and mission as I step forward in this direction.

My mission is to Help You Thrive With Your Hidden Disability Without the Pain of Settling For Less Than You Deserve.

As someone born with a Hidden Disability, that has been really debilitating over the years, and has often left me feeling like my body has been in a war zone…….or has in fact been the war zone….. I am at the point of my journey of life where I feel the healthiest I have ever been, and incredibly happy and grateful and I have spent the last 10 years or more cultivating tools and strategies to get me to this point. I now want to help others to thrive with their hidden disabilities, just as I am gratefully thriving in life with mine.

So……..

I am excited to journey with you, and for us to develop together, and also help others to do the same.

Stay tuned……. and I’ll see you in the next blog post. I look forward to hearing how this may resonate with you.

Sending you my light and my love, Tessa x

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3 Ideas To Start Simplifying Your Photos

Are you like me, at that point where you’re starting to think about how you can tackle your collection of photographs? You want to simplify all of these photos that you have collected for years and years and years and years? Well my friend, this video is for you! You are in good company.

I think it is important for us to clarify whether we are in the same boat.

What Is Your Objective

Well, maybe you’re reading this and thinking about preserving your entire collection of maybe 20, 30, 40 or 50 years plus of photographs! That is not what I am going to talk about today because my objective is completely different. If you are trying to simplify your photos by getting rid of some of the paper, the physical photos and streamlining your collection, then you and I are aligned my friend!

If you want to keep all of your photos then you’ll want to be thinking more about storage options and how to store them. If you want to save just those that are perhaps the highlight reel of that year or that decade of your life, then you’re going to want to look at ways that you can have limited storage but easy access.

You want to dig through all the unnecessaries and just have your focus. So think about what your objective is here. I can share that I have allocated just one basket. The photographs basket! That’s it. I really want to cut down on all the paper stuff. So clarify your objective.

Pick Your Method

You’re going to need a game plan in how you start to attack the photo collection. Are you going to look at photos based on your age, say from age 0yrs to 10 yrs in one pile? 11 – 20? 21-30? Is it going to be by theme? Maybe before something happened in your life, and then after that thing happened? Could it be that you’ve lived in a few different countries and you want to categorise your photos by country? I don’t know. So have a think about your method. That’s going to really help you start to get to a place where you think, okay, I know what I’m doing. I have picked by decades, but also by age, as my method.

How Are You Going To Start

So maybe you’ve selected all your photos by decade. Sure, that’s all good, but it doesn’t mean that you’re going to keep them ALL. So I like Marie Kondo and her methods for organising your life, and she often says that you want to hold an item and see whether it sparks joy for you. How do you feel when you’re looking at this particular photo?

I found a photo the other day, I must have been maybe 3 or 4 yrs old, and it was me sitting with my Dad, on a Sunday afternoon, and I was mimicking what he was doing and actually, he was reading the Sunday papers. So I must have grabbed part of his paper, and I was holding it up in front of me, copying my Dad.

I don’t know what I was doing, but I looked at the camera and I was laughing. That’s when the picture was taken. So I had forgotten about this photo, and I picked it up and OMGoodness! I couldn’t stop laughing, and even now that I speak about it, I’m laughing. So you know, that totally sparked joy for me. Definitely a keeper!

But there was another photo that I saw which was like, photo 5 of 10, of this same one tree, back in my university days, and I don’t even remember the story behind the tree! It must have been very significant then, but why do I have 10 different photos of this one tree??!! So you know, no joy there, just frustration. What is going on Tessa??

So I would encourage you to maybe think of that method for you, in terms of how you are dividing up the photos that you have, what to keep, what sparks joy for you, and what you’re going to say thank you to, and let go.

Are you with me?

Emotional Disposal

If you are a minimalist at heart like me, then you might want to (now please don’t hate me) get over this emotional block of the sacrilege of ripping up a photograph!!! Don’t get overly emotional about disposing. Unfortunately, it appears that because of the chemicals used in printed photographs, you can’t recycle them like you would paper (apparently). I looked into this because I was thinking surely there has to be a way I can recycle these prints. But alas no. So you’re going to have to make your peace with tearing them up and getting rid of them (or another way you choose). However, all is not lost………

Aspire Towards Digitising Those Photos That You Are Keeping

So there are some great scanners available, that just have the one purpose of scanning photos really quickly and easily, so you can feed them through quickly and get through lots of photos at a time. That is something really great to aspire to because then you can digitise your photos if you choose.

You then have the option of having no paper at all, if that’s your heart’s desire or maybe it gets you excited just thinking about it though you’re not quite there yet! And obviously that is much better for the environment. So, something to think about my friend!

So there you are. Some ideas planted to get your mind buzzing and the juices flowing. This is something that you CAN do. You CAN do it!

I look forward to hearing how you get on.

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7 Ways To Reduce Scars Naturally

Have you ever thought, well you’ve had surgery and you’ve got these scars and in your eyes they’re pretty ugly, and you’d like to reduce the size of them, or at least minimise them. And you’re not too keen on having additional treatment or special professional procedures to get rid of it. Well on this video, I’m going to look at 7 natural ways to help you reduce your scars.

I also, perhaps like you, have surgical scars, and so I was interested and did some research on what was out there. My scars are pretty old and also hidden from the parts of your body normally on show, and because of what I’ve used, are starting to fade and not be so fiery and sort of blend in with the surrounding skin. But I often wondered, if I had got in there early and made a better effort earlier, would I have had a better result? Anyway……

So I was reading up on this and I found this amazing article that looked at many many natural ways to help you minimise the look of your scars. So I extracted 7 which I thought were fantastic, and one of them is actually the one I’ve been using, which is great!

So let’s dive straight in!

Frankincense Essential Oil

Now the smell of Frankincense is pretty amazing, but I didn’t know you could use this to help you get rid of your scars! So a couple of headline points are that it has natural anti-inflammatory properties, it is really great for dry skin, and it is known to help reduce the signs of ageing and very good with stretch marks, including scars.

Rosehip Seed Oil

This sort of buddies up with Frankincense Essential Oil. This also is very high in anti-oxidants and essential fatty acids which are going to soothe, nourish and rehydrate the skin. This is great. Now combined with Frankincense Essential Oil, it becomes really good for anti-aging! An extra tip there.

Aloe Vera Gel or Gelly

Full disclosure, this is what I have been using over the years to really just soothe, dampen and blend the scars that I have, so this is a top one from me. Now what you want to get at is the lovely oozing gelly that you get in the inner leaf. Now even though I’ve been using this consistently for years, I didn’t know that it is the hyperpigmentation in the scar that the aloe consistently fades.

I knew that it gave a rejuvenating appearance to your skin. I know from my own use that aloe very gel is anti-aging which is fantastic. I also know that it is a natural anti-inflammatory. Now you want to make sure that you are very careful about the quality of what you’re using.

So even though I have been using Aloe Vera Gel for many many years now almost 10 years, I do not extract it from a pot plant on my kitchen window sill, because the quality is not the same. You may choose to do that, but you may not get the same effects that I have been getting. So where you source it from is very important, so more about that at the end.

Lemon Juice

I found this quite interesting. I do drink lemon juice in water everyday, but I didn’t know it would be a really useful natural way to help with your scars. And apparently it is the sort of bleaching effect of it that lightens the discolouration you can get with scars. And it fades it over time with consistent use, which was very interesting.

Watch the Video Here

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Gosh, this is good for so many things isn’t it? So it has this ability to heal up wounds really nicely. It loosens the dead skin cells and it kind of softens the scar.

Cocoa Butter

This is so fantastic and it has been around forever! Preferably organic or raw. It is very highly concentrated. But did you know that it is a fat? It’s a highly concentrated fat! I know that sounds a bit yucky, but cocoa butter is amazing. It penetrates very deeply into the skin. It’s a bit like the Aloe Vera you know, which penetrates 7 layers deep into your skin which is partly why it is so effective.

But cocoa butter penetrates very deeply into your skin, and it also has anti-oxidants which helps you to heal and specifically it helps to prevent the ageing effects of the UV rays from the sun. So I thought that’s really interesting. And of course it has that lovely smell which you just want to eat 🙂 Well there you go, cocoa butter.

Lavender Essential Oil

Now this is probably one of two favourite essential oils for me and I use all the time. I did not know that it was really good for scars. It improves the way that your collagen is made, and we know don’t we, that collagen is one of the important building blocks of the skin. It’s got healing properties, soothing properties, that help to diminish scar tissue. And we know don’t we that when you’re using Lavender oil on your body or as a fragrance in the room where you are, it just soothes you and it helps you to reduce any anxiety, stress or tension, so it is a powerful potent oil.

So those are my 7 natural ways to help you reduce your scars.

And the thing about natural ways is that it is going to take a while, so consistent regular dedicated use, and thinking about how you are applying this daily, maybe twice a day. And especially with the oils, you’ll need to do a patch test first as you may have an allergy or your skin may not be loving that particular oil, so make sure you always do that. If you have any other medical concerns, be sure to check with your medical practitioner or your healthcare adviser.

I think it is wonderful that there are so many options out there to help you deal with surgical scars, which can often really bring you down, especially if you don’t like how they look. There are so many different types of scarring, so if this is a big area for you, I would encourage you to get out there and do your own in depth research. For natural ways, this may not be good for everyone, maybe you’ll need a specific procedure or some other type of surgical remedy, to get rid of the scars, if that is for you.

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I’d love to hear how you get on.

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How To Deal With Disappointment – 5 Ways

Can you recall a time where you have just been so so disappointed, and you’re trying to find a way to move forward?

Well on this video, I look at 5 ways to help you take those steps and to do just that. I was inspired by an interesting article by a psychologist looking at how we can learn to manage periods of disappointment, so I thought I’d share my top takeaways. Let’s dive straight in.

1.Take Care of You – Mind and Body

Often when you’re feeling disappointed, all the basics go out the window, so you want to think about asking yourself questions like ‘are you eating well?’, ‘are you sleeping well?’, ‘are you (if physically able) exercising well and getting some movement into your body?’. All really important foundations that you should make sure you are deliberately doing for yourself, to get you through this period of disappointment. If you are the type of person who likes to talk then maybe there is someone you trust who you could speak to and talk through how you are feeling, if the situation suits and if this will benefit you. But we’re not all like that heehee!

2.Carefully Selecting the Good People Around You

When you’re going through a period of disappointment, you want to be around people who are positive, who are going to support you and affirm your efforts, who have a positive mindset and recognise all the hard work that you’re doing and who can cheer you on. That way you can focus on building yourself up again. Equally, you might want to spend less time with those people who get under your skin, just because you’re feeling a bit vulnerable and may be less tolerant than usual.

3.Deliberate Activities to Raise Your Vibrations To Feel Good

Now this is your job, to generate energy within yourself, preferably through movement……. so you might want to whack on your favourite upbeat song (one of my tried and tested tools in the Fyffe household) at a high volume and just MOVE your body, in whatever way you are able. Or you just want to select those activities that generally make you feel GOOD, that can generate that ‘feelgoodness’ within you. This will help to release those happy endorphins, like dopamine, and you get this big shot into your brain to make you feel happier and better about yourself.

So what are those things, this is over to you now……what are those things that are going to make you feel better? Is it putting on your favourite music and having a dance around? Is it watching your favourite funny movie or boxset or something that is just going to make your heart blossom and open up? Is it doing an activity that’s fun?

4.You Are Learning!

This is a life-long learning experience…..your life! The psychologist in the article talked about how babies learn to walk. They get up and waddle a little bit, they fall down and fail, and maybe have a bit of a cry, and they get back up again, and start walking again. So this disappointment that you’re going through or that you’ve just gone through……..try to see this as a learning opportunity…..so you can review, reflect on what’s happened, what you can change, how you can improve…….especially if it’s a disappointment in relation to your physical ability, perhaps something you thought you could do but you weren’t able to. It may not mean that you can never do that, it might just mean that you have to tweak it and get a bit more savvy about what you can do next time to smooth things over…..are you with me?

5.You Gotta Get Back Up Baby!

This isn’t over. Life isn’t over. You have to get back up. Sure, it might feel like life as you know it is over, but your life is a marathon…..and your job now is to get back up. Ask yourself ‘what’s next?’ ‘what am I going to do next?’, ‘what is my next step?’, ‘how do I start the next step?’…….’how am I going to intentionally feel now that I am moving through it?’

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Seven Types of Goals In Life

Seven Types of Goals In Life

Sometimes the exercise of choosing which types of goals to set can be a bit mechanical and not aligned with who you are and what you’re about. Isn’t it better to have goals that are in tune with your meaning and essence and more aligned with your overall vision for your life?

Well in this video, you’ll learn the different types of goals in life that you could bring into your life. Let’s look at the categories of goals in life list according to your meaning and your relationships and your motivation. Let’s dive straight in.

I was inspired by a great article by a financial expert and blogger Anthony O’Neal. I loved his approach and how he shared it, and so I was inspired to share my takeaways and highlights with you.

What I like about this approach, before you even get to the seven categories, is that you start with an overall vision for yourself and your life, as the journey to fulfilling your purpose as a divine being, a child of God. Having a desire to be the person that God created you to be, for me, is a great position to take as your foundation, before you even start to choose and set the goals in your life.

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So when you’ve got your vision in place, everything else flows from that.

You start off with your vision for who you want to be. Link this with your purpose as a divine being in the world. The person who you think God wants you to be. Having that vision for yourself. What sort of person do you want to be. That is your starting point for your goals. Because everything then flows from that amazing vision of you.

Spiritual Goals

So he starts with Spiritual Goals. This resonates with me as the most important for me. Everything I do revolves around how I can develop relationship with God and being that best version of myself. So if your spiritual goal is to go deeper into your identity as a spiritual person, then an example of a goal may be how you carve out that time for yourself everyday for prayer and meditation, or reading the bible, or prayerful writing. Strengthening your connection to your Source. Have a think about what this might be for you.

Financial

Financial goals – really important as it is part of you being a responsible person and living your life fully, which choice and without burden. It could be about getting to grips with your debts and getting a plan in place. Maybe you don’t have any debts anymore and its about saving for a special event, your next lovely holiday or building up your investments.

Career

Career goals – if you’re an employed person you may be working towards a promotion, or making yourself more valuable, or trying a secondment to feed your need to try something different. Or maybe its about creating something for yourself like a business or a side hustle or a creative outlet for yourself. What could this mean for you? Remember, all the while you are relating this back to your overall vision for yourself.

Educational

Educational goals – becoming a life-long learner. Learning doesn’t stop when you leave school, college or uni. Brendon Burchard coaches on creating your own personal curriculum, what skillsets do you need to get to that next stepping stone or achievement for you? It could be about feeding your creativity with a new language or learning how to express yourself in a certain way. What could this be for you?

Fitness

Fitness goals – if you are physically able to exercise, what are you able to do that will energise you, help you to keep your heart healthy, and keep your systems, your joints and muscles in good working order. It doesn’t have to be about going to the gym. It could be about getting better organised about your fitness, like when you do it, as opposed to what you do. I learned to link my daily pilates rebounding machine exercises to a different existing part of my day that is non-negotiable and already a habit. That way, when I do the thing that’s already ingrained within me, I remember to add on my 10 minutes of rebounding.

Family

Family goals -where does family fit in to your life? Perhaps you’d like to have more family time but there always seems to be other stuff getting in the way? It may help to create a goal around this so that it becomes a priority. Keeping up to date with adult siblings with a weekly phone call, or a monthly catch up? Scheduling some activities together, or planning when you’re taking those journeys to visit family who live far away? What might this mean for you?

Social

Social goals – this one is quite interesting. It is not necessarily about ‘doing’ more or going out more. Think about those relationships in your life that nourish you. That serve you in your life. Are they priorities for you? Could you do with reducing the impact of those relationships that do not enrich your life or bring you value or enjoyment in any way whatsoever? Could you learn to say ‘no’ a bit more to bring balance into your overly busy life? What could this mean for you?

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How To Heal Mother Daughter Relationships – 4 Tips For Daughters

How To Heal Mother Daughter Relationships – 4 Tips For Daughters

Some say that this is one of the more complex of family relationships, often plagued with layers of challenge, hurt, misunderstanding and conflict. We hear a lot about mothers and daughters being best friends, and sharing all aspects of each others lives in harmony, which is beautiful. How much do we hear about the flip-side to this dynamic, the not-so-pretty-to-look-at side of this important relationship?

Like many other women, this is a topic that resonates deeply with me and so I enjoy reading material on this. I came across an article recently that I find really helpful, and after digesting, I thought I’d share 3 highlights from it in this video. The fourth healing tip is my own, shared from my personal experience.

In this video you’ll learn about 4 healing tips on how to heal mother daughter relationships, as adult daughters. We talk a bit about the often painful road to healing yourself. A few ideas about how to perhaps put into motion a little bit of healing as an adult daughter with your mother.

The first tip is knowing that actually you are good enough. Really believing that you are good enough. Maybe you are full of admiration for your mother, maybe she has a strong personality, strong character or skills in a certain area, and you feel that you may not measure up to that. Creating a balance in this area which is often a source of conflict; accepting that you don’t have to validate yourself based upon the traits of your mother. This all leads to feelings of not being enough – which is a horrible weight to carry around. Please know that you are good enough!

Next, trying to understand and empathise with, your mother’s needs. Try to think about giving her grace to be where she is, in terms of her experiences in life.

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Next, avoiding blame! Ooh, don’t we all love to get into this one! It is so toxic. Where can we perhaps let go of that blame? Sometimes we blame ourselves for not doing enough, not being there, not earning enough, not having the ‘right’ husband, not having any husband, not being submissive enough, not having the ideal life that our mothers wanted for us…….the list goes on and on, and it’s so consuming and really unhealthy.

Lastly, looking at ways to redirect and retrain your subconscious mind. This is something I have worked through, listening to a whole series of neurological-blueprints, and it’s basically getting rid of that inner voice that has been established over time, that is in fact actually false and has created this untrue narrative in your life which does not serve you. You re-set your mind with good understandings and good internal beliefs that are serving you, and edifying you and the wonderful gifts and the wonderful person that you are.

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