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Creating A Healthy Life With IBS

Laura — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:58:08 +0000

How much time every day do you focus on your IBS?

Are you thinking about it all the time?

I know it’s hard not to, with your stomach acting all kinds of crazy and worrying if you’ll make it through the next meeting for class.

But what we focus on expands.

I know I’m not saying this is all in your mind and your creating yourself.

But I am saying placing your focus somewhere else can help you get through that next hour.

When you begin to worry about your symptoms move your thoughts to another place your body feels good: your pinky or even [...]

What’s Buzzing Around Your Head?

Laura — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:03:53 +0000

I was tempted to name this “attack of the killer bees”. Then I thought that might be too dramatic. As a child when there were bees buzzing around it did feel like attack of the killer bees. Feeling threatened I would always swat or do some other kind of frantic movement that just left me with not one, but usually many bee stings.

I felt threatened so I went into self-protection mode. The problem was my reaction intensified their reaction and still do at times) get caught up in a mind mess so heavy it does feel like bees buzzing [...]

Living in Fast Motion

Laura — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:15:56 +0000

I’ve been in fast motion my entire life. I wanted everything to happen now and not a second later. If it happened fast, it was certain. Then I could relax and feel good. (Or so I thought). I avoided the present moment of uncertainty because it seemed scary. The not knowing created lots of anxiety. So if I could just make it happen I could be in the future where I deemed everything to be okay. Sounds stressful? Well it was. Pushing forward in fast motion is never comfortable. And it doesn’t get you the change you really want. The real kind of soul [...]

Finding Your Something Else

Laura — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:59:52 +0000

Next month marks two years since I left my safe, secure, and motivated, which made it all the more difficult because I had nowhere to place the motivation. Leaving me feeling stuck externally, but with the internal adrenaline to push forward like a horse out of the gate. I think that internal drive is what separated me from my co-workers. I always remained highly professional and put me on the path to my next step. I realize now the problem I was experiencing in the first several years of my career was my focus was seriously misplaced. I spent a lot [...]

Want to Be More Productive? Look at Your Focus

Laura — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:35:38 +0000

What are you paying attention to? So many of us spend our days checking our blackberries and tv shows. We are constantly paying attention to so many different things that it can be overwhelming. Have you ever checked in with yourself during the course of the day?

It sounds like a strange question, but where and physically starts to dissapate. We actually become more productive as a result of reduced stress levels.

When I checked in to what I was paying attention to I noticed how narrowly focused my thoughts were. I tended to worry about every detail and all of the [...]

Focused Practice: A Success Tool

Laura — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:31:50 +0000

I attended an amazing workshop that focused on using right brain tools to succeed in the current economic situation. A part of me expected a huge revelation, some new scientific data analyzed to prove success without any measure of failure. I guess that part of me was looking for the miracle pill that creates the perfect outcome in the smallest amount of time. I was reminded again that it doesn’t exist. Success really comes from practice and lots of it.

What does this have to do with right brain tools? When I think of practice, I think about some [...]