Juicing to Increase Your Energy
Consume Life To Have Life
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Ok, so I know that envy is a negative emotion, but I’m going to be honest with you. I used to really envy those people that just bubbled with life. They had so much energy and everything they spoke of came across with so much life and passion. It was infectious…except I didn’t have the energy to keep up. I got tired just listening to them!
I always wanted to go to bed. Even thinking was tiresome. I’d have some wonderful strike of brilliance, intuitive thought that could potentially change my life and I’d have to go sleep on it.
To have energy, you have to consume energy and then exude energy.
I had so many goals and dreams but all I could do was dream (as I slept) but nothing comes to a sleeper but dreams and even they’re gone when you wake up. I realized one very big block to my success was lack of energy. It takes energy to accomplish goals and those goals are fuelled by passion and excitement…which takes energy.
In terms of nutrition, it’s best to juice instead of eating fruits and vegetable whole. The reason for this is that our poor eating habits over the years have compromised out intestines and limits our body’s ability to absorb all nutrients form veggies. Juicing helps to facilitate this and allow our body to receive.
So first things first. You need a juicer! There are a variety of juicers on the market. Do your research and read the reviews for each. Remember no one item will please everyone but there are a few that the market seems to deem as superior. Namely, Vitamix and Healthmaster. Depending on your budget these may be well out of range. A low cost option is Sharper Image and Breville has quite a few in a range of prices.
Now that you have your lovely juicer, what do you juice? There are a wide variety of vegetables and fruits available from God’s garden to juice. Dark green veggies are best and offer the most nutritional benefits. Bright colored veggies as well. Herbs such as parsley and cilantro are great to add as well.
Here is a great starter recipe:
1- Apples
1/2 bag of Spinach
handful Kale
1 stalk Celery
2 Carrots
Pinch of Parsley
2 Beets
quarter size of Ginger
You can adjust the # of Apples or Beets for taste or add seedless grapes
There are also some essential oils you can add as supplements to your juice for a little extra something
- Fish Oil
- Flaxseed oil
- Cod Liver Oil
You also want to ensure you drink the juice right away. Once the juice is made and exposed to oxygen it begins to oxidize and lose its enzymes and therefore its nutritional value. There are some ways to freeze and store the juice but it requires a process that will take you as much time as to just make the juice fresh when you need it.
Just like with your hair or skin care products it is important to change around the veggies you use. For two reasons: first, you open up your body to eth benefits of many veggies and secondly, continuously juicing the same vegetables could actually make one allergic to them over a period of time. Change is good.
It is very important that you clean your juicer right away to avoid clogging the blade, bacteria and mold. Tip: place a bag, maybe one of the bags the veggies were in, in the pulp catcher so that’s one less item to clean. The best type of tool to clean the juicing screen with is a brush (some juicers come with a cleaning brush). Scrub the parts under running water as the brush bristles do a good job of getting into the fine holes.
Initially you may be put off by the taste and time involved but the benefit you will reap will FAR outweigh this and eventually you actually begin to crave the juice. The important this is to of course get the end prize in mind: Energy, vitality and passion for life.
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Faith + Action (power) – Worry = Change
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Faith is the Substance
So what’s the problem? Life’s not going the way you want? Seems like “stuff” keeps happening? Maybe you were going really well in life, things were going good but then you got bumped by life and somehow allowed circumstances and situations to beat up on you. Snap out of this! Don’t you know that you’re above this! You are above situations.
You are God’s great creation. God lives in you and moves through you and he has given you POWER over circumstances. Do you know what power means? The actual dictionary definition? There are three definitions, one of which is “The ability (able to do) to do or act.” Think about it when something has power it is able to do or act in its purpose. God has given you the ability to do or act over your circumstances. But you have to believe this and receive it. He can’t MAKE you believe because he has also given us the “power” of choice.
You know that God lives in you right? The bible tells us our body is the temple of God. His Spirit resides in us and prompts us and gives us power but we are the vessel and we need to use our vessel (feet, hands, eye, ears, mouth etc) to follow out the truth in flesh that is in the spirit. That’s ACTION.
So after you grasp and truly believe, you need to do/act. Faith requires ACTION to be complete. Do you notice Jesus was always moving? Have a look at the Gospels and read the beginning of each chapter, he was moving. It’s called “walking” in faith and walking is action. Read James, faith without works (actions) is dead. Your actions of course have to be in line with your faith. You can’t say I have faith and believe that I have the power to change my life and circumstances and then take counterproductive steps. It has to align.
So Again,” faith without works (actions in line with your faith) is dead” so you need to take ACTION on your faith and believe that you have power.
No faith also by its very definition means you do not worry. You did not create you and you have no idea of knowing what your tomorrow will be. Absolutely none! So stop trying because IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to know tomorrow. Trust God and just live. Stop letting life control you and beat you down and use your power to take faithful action in the form on one step forward and up out of it, without worry. The bible tells us God knew our end before we were even born. He knows! So let Him be the one to steer this ship!
We all get bumped sometimes and have down time but you have to come out of it and through it. Leave the ‘ish behind and take the lesson with you and go forward.
I remember my pastor saying something to the affect that when you feel like your life is under attack, situations seem to keep arising, it’s really a sign that there is something great that the devil is trying his hardest to prevent you from achieving. God has something great planned for your life on the other end of that situation. Are you really going to give in?
Faith + action (power) – worry = change
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How to Eliminate Fear
Forget Fear! Be Free
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Are you happy? No, I mean REALLY happy. You know that unstoppable joy that just permeates your entire soul. That whatever is happening, you may be shaken but never stirred? Many of us are just not happy. Simply put. We just float through life’s drudgery, from one mindless, soulless routine to the next. Alive but not living.
There are many aspects to happiness but I’d like to touch on one not often covered and rarely linked to happiness. Fear.
Fear is one of the fundamental emotions that creates a chasm between living your dreams (happiness) and stagnating (just existing). It’s been often said that we are born with only a couple of fears. Most our fears we acquire as we experience life and our minds links certain feelings (joy, sadness…fear) to these experiences. Fear however was designed to be a survival mechanism. Like when a car is careening down the road at you. Fear is what kicks you adrenaline into full gear and gets you out of the way. This fear I speak of is unhealthy fear, a survival mechanism gone wrong. Most of these fears are not even rational in the real world sense. What is the number one fear people have? Public speaking. Not dying, not drowning…public speaking. We have fear of losing it all; fear of what others might think; fear of being less than enough. Fear of heights; fears of spiders etc. Fears comes in many forms.
Here is an acronym for fear you should always remember. Fear is: FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL. It’s what your mind has associated with the thing and not necessarily the reality of the thing. Going on a cruise DOES NOT necessarily mean you’re going to drown.
Fears are the result of not having faith. Not having confidence in yourself or a thing. Sometimes it’s even a result of control issues. You fear a certain situation because you feel that while in that situation you have no control over the outcome and that scares you. But what fear really does is sabotage us and creates an alibi for not living. So, my fear of drowning means my whole family or all of my girlfriends are going on an amazing Caribbean cruise and I refuse to go because I may drown…on a cruise ship. Hmmm?
Don’t let your fears stand in the way of your dreams and living life because nothing is more PAINFUL than regret. Whatever it may be where ever the fear may be…look it in the eyes and take it on full force. You need to face fears as a step in unleashing happiness. When you face your fears, you access the power that is within you that has been shoved deep down inside over time by situations. Its liberating. When you conquer that thing that has had your stomach in knots for years you feel like a giant. Unstoppable. And now your spirit is open to take on anything.
So what are you afraid of? Look it in the eye and take it on. You’re bigger than it!
I dare you. I double dog dare you to live. I dare you to create a ritual for yourself and go out once a month, let’s say the first Friday of every month. We’ll call it “Fear Free Friday” and do something that scares you. Seriously. Maybe skydiving or caving?
Or maybe just go out and do something new every month to expose you to life. We can call it “First Free Fridays” the day you explore being free. Free from limitations. Free to live.
For my Friday ritual I go on Meet Market Adventures. It’s a travel and adventure group for singles. Truthfully you don’t reeeeally have to be single. He have various activities like indoor and outdoor climbing, skydiving, scuba lessons, fencing. They have simple things like Italian cooking lessons, this list goes on and on. For me I’ve incorporated the two. I try to do something new every month and when a something pops up on meet market that would scare my butt off, I choose that and battle the demon!
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Changing Your State of Being Can Change Your Life
Change Your State & You Change Your Life
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Do you ever find yourself just in a funk? Woke up on the wrong side of the bed or just having a bad day? You know you need to pull out of it because you still have a day to get through and a life to live but you just don’t know how. I’m sure you have, we all have, or I’d seriously have to question if you’re human. Anyhow, IF you want to get out of it (some people don’t. They just enjoy wallowing in it) I’ll share with you what has worked for me.
Essentially, you are in a paralysing STATE of sadness, despair, confusion, etc which all give off certain energy and you need to change your “state” to an enabling state of confidence, joy, power and ultimately change to a different energy level.
State change is usually a very scientific term. Essentially, when a substance changes from one state, or phase, of matter to another we say that it has undergone a change of state, or we say that it has undergone a change of phase. Each change of state is accompanied by a change in the energy of the system. These changes of phase always occur with a change of heat. Although the heat content of the material changes, the temperature does not.
So, in changing your state you are actually changing your heat (energy) even though externally the temperate (situation) is still the same. You’re changing your reaction to your environment.
There are a few ways to change your state. One of which is with your body. This is called Physiology – the way you breathe, hold your body, posture, your movements, and actions determine what state you are in. Seriously. Try this: take a minute and allow your body and mind to mimic a dressed person. How is your body?…Slumped? Where is your head?…Down? How is your breathing?..Shallow? So your physiology affects your mood/state.
Another is your mind. Changing your thoughts through affirmations, prayer, meditation, and faith application is a great way to change your state.
One thing I found that worked really well for me (because I’m a little too shy to just up and scream “yes” while walking down the street) and I find kind of incorporates the two is music. I love music and I find certain songs just have a way of getting me really excited, inspired, spiritual, powerful etc. As I listen to these songs, I see myself in my mind, dancing, laughing and acting the fool. I can actually feel my limbs wanting to actually take part, a smirk comes on my face and instantly, I’m in a different state! Its best to make actual physical movement but my visualization when these songs are on are so real that, like I said I can actually feel my body wanting to participate. I start standing tall, my head goes back. It’s crazy! Music, just music and I feel completely different.
We all have songs like this. Songs we’ve heard from our childhood up to today. These songs have a way of igniting something in us (joy, excitement, gratitude, inspiration, powerful, unstoppable, or just plain giddiness) no matter what’s going on.
Some songs that really move me to pure state ob bliss are:
Kirk Franklin – Still In Love
Troop – Spread My Wings
Stevie B – I Wanna Be The One (Don’t judge! You know you secretly LOOVE Stevie B! Tell the truth and shame the devil, lol!)
I have two state change CD’s. One is for spirituality. When I’m having a hard time connecting to God because my Spirit if distracted, I pop that in and the songs I’ve chosen really move me to praise and deep love and appreciation. When I need a pick up, some excitement, joy etc I pop in my other CD. I also have both as playlists on my MP3. Even when I don’t NEED a pick up I’ll listen to it anyhow because I love the way these songs make me feel and the state they move me to. Especially in the morning, it kind of sets my excitement and energy for the day.
The reason music works so well is that somewhere in your life, your song associated that song with a particular emotion. Maybe something great was happening in your life at the time and you felt powerful. Now your brain has linked that song with feeling powerful. Or that popular love song that was playing when you broke up with someone…your brain has linked pain with that song. Nothing wrong with the song. The song may be great and someone else may link that song with passionate love but your circumstances at the time has made an association.
If don’t already have the albums but you know what songs you want you can save money and time buying the mp3 versions on Amazon.
If you can change a state, you can change a behavior
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Failure is Impossible
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Never QuitHello Internet!
Let me share one of my epiphanies with you. In my journey through life I’ve come gratefully to learn that failure is actually NOT POSSIBLE. You either succeed or learn something to make your next step a better one.
In my former life I was a REALTOR….for a minute. I went through so much preparation, aced the exams and joined a amazing brokerage with a laid out plan for success. But, because of what I know realized was a lack of confidence (the key ingredient in any thing you do) I made NO money. As time went on, the savings dwindled and the debt mounted and I did what I thought was my only option, I quit. And that was my fatal error.
Mind you Real Estate wasn’t my passion but if making money was the goal, quitting was my “failure”. I took so many lessons from the experience and learnt so much about myself, who I was and what I wanted that in reality it only made me a better and more focused person.
When working through your plan, your business, your passion and something happens that has you felling like you’ve failed or just has you feeling down on yourself, remember that the train is still moving. Life is still moving and you have the choice to continue riding this train or jump off and end up stranded…nowhere. If you’re walking in your purpose, in your passion, I encourage you to stay on the train and remember this situation is actually just a setback and a setback is a setup for a comeback! Learn from the setback and go forward.
When you find you’ve hit a setback:
- Take time to think about your goal, the intended end result
- Consider the steps you’ve taken thus far
- Now reevaluate and create new plan based on the lessons you just learnt and PRESS TOWARD THE MARK
- Stay FOCUSED on the end result. The prize.
You have to stay focused on your goal. Focus means: Follow On Course Until Successful. The saying “keep your eye on the prize” has really been thrown around but that’s what you need to do, always keep a mental picture of that beautiful prize. You can’t stop. Your victory, your success is just on the other side of this. Keep going.
And don’t beat up on yourself. It’s easy to look at other people and think that everyone else has it together but you. We are our biggest critics but I’ve come to learn that you never really know what’s going on with people, you just see what they display. The reality is we all deal with setbacks and disappointments. The key is, as I’ve kept saying, is to keep going with forward positive movement.
The great thing about life is you create it and in the case of failure, you set the parameters on what failure is. For me, failure is giving up. I have set in my spirit that the only way I can fail is if I give up. As long as I don’t give up there is always a way and a chance for reaching my mark. The only way I won’t get there, is if I stop pressing. But I’ve also added the caveat that no matter what, if I quit or it quits me, if I learn valuable lessons to apply towards my next step, I’ve succeed as a person.
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