“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” Steve Maraboli
Loving ourselves is by far one of the biggest challenges many have, including me. It is a daily decision, and a life long journey. One of my biggest challenges as I have written about many times is food. So I choose to surround myself with awesome humans who I can learn from, like Lisa Botts, who created this simple yet powerful post. Enjoy…
Guest Post by Lisa Botts, Vegan Chef, Founder of Good Fuel
Enough with the diets! I mean really, they only give temporary results at best and set you up for failure because they are unrealistic and unsustainable.
Let’s look at food differently. The new way of eating is about abundance. It’s about eating a broad spectrum of nutrient-rich foods.
Nutrients that the typical American diet lacks…BIG TIME! These are the vital micro-nutrients that give us natural boosts of energy, great looking skin, weight loss and, in some cases, reverse chronic and life-threatening disease.
There are only two steps you need to take to get MORE of these little guys in your body:
Eat whole, unprocessed foods.
Eat more plants.
That’s it! By eating whole, unprocessed foods the food retains the nutrients it was born with and not stripped out by machines and then put back in as “fortified”.
Micro-nutrients, like vitamin C (for energy) and Magnesium (keeps us chilled out) are abundant in fruits and vegetables. They’re your friends. The friends that want you around living your dreams and supporting you in becoming an even more awesome YOU!
Lisa Botts blogs at www.goodfuelgalore.comabout living a lifestyle of substance, cooks anytime she can and is certified in plant-based nutrition through e-Cornell University.
Want to learn more from Lisa and experience her delicious vegan fare? Join us for Whole Body Whole Business, March 1 in Los Angeles.
Here is the audio version of this post. Thank you so much for listening.
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” May Sarton
As a child we are immersed into a world of feelings both physically and emotionally. Two predominant feelings are love and pain. Like little sponges, we all absorb these into our body and mind.
Feelings of healthy love create security, safety and being centered. Repeated emotional or physical pain creates fear, sadness, and insecurity.
As children, it doesn’t feel safe enough to heal the pain, so it quietly gets buried in the body. Ultimately as an adult it shows up as:
Self- loathing
Deep anger
Depression
Self-sabotage
Self-abuse
Passivity
You can imagine how difficult it is to live with emotions like these on a daily basis, so over time a survival mask is created. This way, it appears to our co-workers, friends and family that we’re thriving on the outside, but on the inside we’re in pain which can also show up as physical ailments. This altered self-reality to mask the pain looks like:
Controlling and blaming others
Neediness
Busyness
Grandiosity
Manipulation
Emotional highs and lows
Addictions
Unhealthy boundaries
In business this mask ultimately creates lack of focus, blame, difficulty managing others, stagnant growth and self-sabotage. In personal life it creates unhappiness.
But the joy of living is choosing to free ourselves from our mask to then discover, be delighted by and then share our true self.
It’s a journey from darkness to light that most everyone is now experiencing. It involves challenges, real honesty, creative breakthroughs, setbacks, awareness, guidance, clarity and love.
It’s a beautiful journey we’re all on together as business owners and owners of our life.
Ultimately it’s about practicing being our true unmasked self.
To learn more from Nigel and to discover your path to healing and how it can enrich both your business and life, join us at Whole Body Whole Business, March 1 in Los Angeles. Click here to learn more and reserve your space.
(Any opinions expressed by the author are from personal discovery only are not meant to be construed as advice or scientific fact.)
