Archive for February, 2012

• Go Where You Need to Be

  Date: 2012.02.25 | Category: Taking care of self | Response: 0

  Where is it you need to be?

  Do you need Faith?  This week go to your worship service.

  Do you need a good sweat?  Go to your gym or join one.

  Is it solace you need?  Go for a hike in the woods minus the IPOD and cell phone.  Just you and your thoughts.

  Go where you need to be. 

  Not where people tell you to go.  Not a place that is negative.  Nor a place you leave frustrated and unhappy.

  Go to that place of excitement, joy and happiness.

  Don’t go by intimidation or guilt.

  Go where your heart is telling you to go.  For each one of us needing comfort and love, it is a different place.

  Walk in the woods.  Laughter with friends.  Passion with your soul mate.  Joy with your children.  Deep conversation with God.

  Go where your soul aches to go.  Only you know that place.  Give yourself permission to go there.  Wherever it is.  Just go.

• Sweat it Out

  Date: 2012.02.03 | Category: Stress | Response: 0

  Are you stressed?  Do you carry with you tension and negative feelings?  Here’s a tip….Exercise.  All the reading I have been doing lately points to the same conclusion: exercise needs to be a part of your lifestyle.  Not convinced?  Keep reading…

  • Exercise reduces feelings of anxiety and stress
  • New research shows exercise can reduce future stress

  “The data suggest that people who exercise in the morning, for example, will have less of an increase in blood pressure and less of a feeling of stress if they are in a traffic jam on their way to work.” (Taken from USA weekend paper, 2012, quotes by John Bartholomew, Professor of Kinesiology and health Ed at U of Texas-Austin). Exercise also… 

  • Releases endorphins in your bloodstream creating a sense of well-being
  • Decreases muscle tension
  • Rids your body of toxins
  • Increases alpha wave activity in the brain, allowing you to clear your mind
  • Strengthens heart and lungs
  • Exercise is a building block to overall hardiness
  • “Not only does physical fitness produce stress resilience, but fit individuals are better able to preserve their cognitive functions.”(Lilly Mujica-Parodi, Stony Brook U)

  Join a gym.  Buy a treadmill.  Join a Boot Camp class.  Try a Zumba class.  Go for a walk in the woods.  Learn how to ski.  Go for a swim at the YMCA.  Snowshoe.  Jump rope.  Ride your bike.  Do some type of physical activity and make it a part of your everyday life.

  The benefits?  A stronger, healthier, less stressed you.

  Ladies, rooms are filling up for my March Retreat of Rest and Renewal, sign up today!  If you register in January you will enter to win a spa treatment for further relaxation!  For details check out http://thejoysource.com/retreat/.   Hope to see you there!