Happy Monday

Big Things Are Happening!

One of my favorite things to do is teach. I have been lucky enough to be able to combine my passion for wellness and helping people into one career. As anyone who is a teacher will agree, teaching becomes so much more then just teaching the subjects you are knowledgeable in. In my career I have become a teacher of spirituality, finding ones self, and manifesting ones true potential, in addition to massage therapy and holistic health. One of my favorite things about teaching is being able to watch people transform into who they are meant to be as people. I get to impart my little bit of knowledge and help people take that knowledge and create careers and improve their lives.

When I was teaching in the post secondary world, one of my favorite classes to teach was business class. This was a class most of the teachers hated to teach, but I loved it because it was an opportunity to teach people how to change their way of thinking. As any great business person will tell you, being good in business has a lot to do with how you think. If you think you are going to fail, you are going to fail. I love being able to help people change their way of thinking and helping them to unleash their true potential. Each and everyone one of us has the potential to be and do great things. We just have to get out of our own way in order for this to happen.

I have decided to take my teaching experience a step further and ,I am excited to announce that this Spring I will be offering a 2 day camping retreat in Point Reyes California. This retreat will be a 2 day intense workshop teaching people how to manifest the life they have always wanted to lead. Everyone has the ability to have life they have always dreamed of, they just need to have the proper skills and tools to do it. Stay tuned for the exact dates and more information!

Here is a little sneak peak at the beautiful beach at Point Reyes.

Choose to Be Happy!

Choose to Be Happy
Happiness is something that we all say we want but it is something that many people are unwilling to work for. As I get older and older happiness becomes more important than anything else in life. To many people this is a selfish notion. We have been trained to think that putting our own happiness above others is wrong and selfish. This way of thinking results in people staying in jobs, relationships, and other situations that are making them unhappy and mentally unhealthy. While I know from personal experience that it is much easier said than done to just make yourself happy, I do believe it is possible and in fact vital.
It’s OK to be Selfish When it Comes to Your Happiness
First let me premise that I am not advocating unhealthy behavior but I am saying that if you are in a situation that is making you unhappy, get out of it. Let’s take for example a relationship, people stay in relationships all the time when they are not happy because they don’t want to hurt their significant other or maybe they have kids and are afraid it will hurt the kids if the relationship ends. While this may seem very noble all you are doing is modeling that it’s ok to be unhappy. Life is so short, why live your life that way. Do what you need to do to make yourself happy, get counseling, seek support or leave if you need to but don’t stay unhappy. It is a waste of your life. We came into this world as an individual person and we will leave the same way. Being unhappy because of other people is only going to hurt you in the end. Do you want to look back on your life and realize you have been unhappy the whole time? If you stay in an unhappy situation or are living an unhappy life you are not doing anyone around you any good. Ultimately you have to make yourself happy so you can contribute to other people’s happiness. No one else can do it for you. This is one of the few areas that I advocate being selfish. By being selfish with your happiness will help make you a better person.
Hard Choices
Sometimes choosing your own happiness means making hard choices and decisions. I have had to make lots of really hard choices that most people wouldn’t agree with, in order to make myself happy. Have some of my choices been selfish, definitely? Have they been hard to swallow for other people, most definitely? One of the most selfish decisions I have ever made was getting a divorce from my first husband. It hurt him and a lot of other people in the process but it was the right decision for me and ultimately what I needed to do to be happy. It would have been easy to stay in the relationship and be unhappy. But I knew that I wanted to live a happy and full life and that meant making some really hard choices. We often get scared to make hard decisions that have to do with our own happiness because we are taught that we should put other people’s happiness above our own. I don’t think we should be malicious in our actions but I call bull shit on that notion. Make yourself happy. I am gonna go with Drake on this one YOLO, you only get one shot at this life and you should be living it to the fullest. If you are unhappy with your job, find a new one, if you are in a bad relationship, leave, if you wanna go to Italy, make it happen. Don’t live your life waiting for happiness to come. Work hard for it, make hard decisions, live your life to the fullest. Are their going to be people that are gonna hate on you, yep? You know what, people are gonna hate on you no matter what you do? So stop worrying about other people! Once you make yourself happy the right people will come into your life and will celebrate your happiness with you. Go be HAPPY!

Visual Reminders-Inspiration Board

I have found that I am a little out of sorts the last few months. I am normally a self motivator and I go a million miles an hour. For some reason this year I have had a really hard time keeping my goals set and having motivation. This week, I finally decided enough was enough, and took matters into my own hands. Since I am a very visual person, I thought that creating an inspiration board might help keep me on track. I am a very visual person and sometimes I just need to have things hit me in the face so I’ll pay attention. I decided to put up my inspiration board in my bedroom next to my bed, so I will see it everyday.

Hopefully this will help keep me on track as I start a new chapter in my life.