Be Here Now - 5 Steps to Stay With Yourself Through Thick and Thin

I just got back from a beautiful week at the Omega Institute, assisting Dawson Church with the EFT Practitioner Training program. Throughout the week, we helped participants transform limiting feelings and beliefs with both EFT Tapping and meditation. It was a transformative, and in many ways miraculous, week for us all.

What became so clear to me (once again), is the importance of accepting all feelings, no matter how uncomfortable. It's in the acceptance of these feelings, that we are able to transform our experience.

In this world of ours, so often it's the striving that takes front seat. How, for example, will we succeed if we don't strive for more? And more? And more? And so often, once we get 'more', we don't feel the success we imagined.

The problem with striving is that we're frequently propelled by a feeling that we're not enough, or complete, without whatever it is we're striving for. You know the refrain: I'll be happy when___________.

The underlying feeling of inadequacy will follow us, until we find a way to stay with it long enough to transform it.

To stay with yourself, to be here now, means to be present with whatever is going on. Not off in the future, hoping for something better. Not back in the past, wishing things were different. Here now, whether it's comfortable, or not.

It's when we avoid the now-moment that we lose power. That we abandon ourselves. Unfortunately, by avoiding our feelings with substances and experiences, we will never feel better about ourselves.

True transformation happens when we accept ourselves exactly as we are, exactly where we are, right now.

Easy to say, and usually, not so easy to do. Yet, it gets easier once you begin to realize how truly powerful you are.

Next time you find yourself avoiding, whether it's with food, internet, tv, shopping, alcohol, or any other type of escape, ask yourself what you're avoiding. Be gentle with yourself. Pause and notice what you're feeling. If you can, stay with yourself.

Stay with yourself, through thick and thin. Stay at the time when you need yourself the most. Stay to reveal the truth of who you are.

Ideas to help you stay:

Sit, close your eyes, and notice what you feel. Don't push anything away. Just sit. Don't worry if you don't feel peaceful or enlightened. Just sit and notice. Stay with any discomfort.

Breathe deeply, from your belly, and notice the flow of your breath. Notice the beat of your heart. Notice this power within you. Know that this power is always with you.

Send love and compassion to any discomfort you feel. Any and all discomfort is worthy of your love and compassion. If you can't summon feelings of love and compassion, that's okay too. Stay with what you are feeling. Notice any insights that arise.

Use EFT Tapping to tap on your feelings. Accept them, and if they're ready, allow them to release.

Connect with your higher consciousness. Use meditation to tune into your higher consciousness. Ask it to help you during challenging times. This added assistance will help you tune into solutions, and relief, you didn't see before.

For most of us, it's not possible to stay present at all times. Escapes can be pleasurable and sometimes necessary. And, we can choose to stay present with any escape. However, when escapes turn into chronic avoidance, we will always experience more pain. We can't maintain the bliss of the escape, so we fall into a funk, or look for new ways to escape.

The key to all of this is to stay. Stay with the discomfort, with love and acceptance, so that it can begin to transform. By being here now, we find the true bliss of a clear mind and soul, as we open to the gifts of the universe.

Peace,

Marian

Thank you for reading this article! I'm a certified EFT Tapping and Matrix Reimprinting Practitioner. I specialize in helping sensitive, empathic people boost courage, confidence and success. If you'd like to learn more about EFT Tapping, or the services I offer, visit my website at https://marianbuckmurray.com/.

Being Safe and Responsible On The Road

Fasten your seatbelt! The passengers inside a moving vehicle are traveling the same speed as the speedometer indicates. When a vehicle hits a solid object the people inside keep moving until something stops them. If you are not wearing your seatbelt, you will be either thrown out of the vehicle, or the steering wheel, windshield, dashboard, other objects or another person might be what stops you. This "human collision" often causes serious injury.

Everyone is responsible for avoiding collisions. Even if someone else does something wrong, you may be found responsible for a collision if you could have done something to avoid it.

Be courteous while driving. It means giving other drivers space to change lanes, not cutting them off and signaling your turns lane changes properly.

Drive defensively. It means being able to see dangerous situations before they happen and to respond quickly and effectively to prevent them.

Turn on headlights one-half hour before sunset and keep them on until one-half hour after sunrise. Don't drive with only one headlight or with lights that not aimed properly.

Use signals to tell other drivers what you want to do. Give the correct signal well before the action and make sure other drivers can see it.

Keep to the right of the road unless you want to turn left or pass another vehicle. Get into the habit of driving in the right lane, leaving the other lanes clear for passing. Left lane is the passing lane in all multilane roads.

Obey speed limits. Where there are no posted speed limits, the maximum speed in 50 km/h in cities, towns, villages and built-up areas.

Yield. At an intersection without stop signs or lights, you must yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the right. At an intersection with stop signs at all corners, if two vehicles stop at the same time, the vehicle on the left must yield to the vehicle on the right.

Stop for school buses. No matter what direction you are traveling in, you must stop whenever you approach a stopped school bus with its upper alternating red lights flashing, unless you are on a road with a median. (A median is a raised, lowered or earth strip dividing a road where vehicles travel in both directions.) You must obey the school bus law on any road, no matter how many lanes or what the speed limit. Be prepared to stop for a school bus at any time, not just within school hours. If you don't stop for a school bus, you can be fined $200 to $1,000 and get six demerit points for a first offence.

Shoulder check while parking. If you are reversing straight back or to any direction, turn you body and head to the direction and look back over your shoulder. If you need to remove your seat belt to turn your body to see properly when reversing, do so. But don't forget to buckle up again before moving forward.

Upon entering a freeway, always use the acceleration lane to raise the speed to the common speed of traffic on the freeway before merging with traffic. Be careful not to cut off any vehicle when joining the flow of traffic. It is dangerous and illegal for a slower moving vehicle to cut in front of a faster moving vehicle.

If you must use a cellular phone when driving, use a hands-free microphone. Make it a habit to use your cellular phone only when you are parked, or have a passenger use the phone.

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Getting and Maintaining a Healthy Brain

We all know that it is important to take good care of our body and our brain. In fact, taking care of one just about automatically ensures good care of the other. Eat well, the body is in shape and so the brain can operate at high speed; exercise for fitness and to get good blood flow and the brain absorbs a wealth of oxygenation and revitalization. Some ideas to help you:

Mental flex - keep your hands busy as well as your mind - knit, crochet, paint, color...

Call a friend or family member today and share a happy story with him or her. Invite this person to share with you - happiness is contagious!

Tell the world why brain health is important to you and to all of the people you love.

Encourage friends to become involved with bebrainpowerful.org

Enjoy a home-cooked meal where you have control of the ingredients, the cooking methods, and the portions.

Get your body in the game. Do not be sedentary but rather be up and moving. It's good for the body and good for the brain.

Complete 3 yoga poses morning and evening and add 3 focused breathing sessions, too - in through the nose and out through the mouth for 1 minute.

If we're being honest, going to the doctor can be more than a little intimidating, especially when we're asked about our family medical history. But just because it's scary doesn't mean we should run from it and hide. Fully knowing and understanding your family medical history - to the best of your abilities - will impact not only your health, but the health of most of your family members. You might know your family tree, but now it's time to learn your family medical history. Schedule time to sit down with your relatives to learn more about the health risks you might face. Write down what you learn and keep a file for your records.

Let other family members know what you find out -do you need more active minutes in each day? Do you need to cut down on certain food ingredients such as fat and sugar? Do you need to spend more time out-of-doors enjoying fresh air and sunshine? Is it time for you to add some hobbies to your life such as learning to paint, beginning to speak another language, teaching a class focused on a special talent (or two) that you possess? Taking a class on relaxation and rejuvenation? Spending more time that is devoted just to you and your well being?

A multitude of possibilities exist - seize them and have fun.

Restore Lost Volume To Ageing Lips Using Dermal Fillers

There are some people who think that facial fine lines and wrinkles are a sign of character, but others just want to reverse time and regain the fresh, youthful looks of their younger days. The face is most susceptible to the unwanted effects of ageing, with wrinkles, fine lines and lost volume taking its toll. Dermal fillers are an amazing weapon to fight the ageing process, with fillers adding volume to the skin, smoothing away unwanted facial lines, creases and wrinkles and helping the skin to regain its youthful look.

Dermal fillers can do much more than smooth out wrinkles, they can also help to:

Reduce the smile and laugh lines around the mouth

Restore and enhance volume to sunken cheeks or the temples

Reduce vertical lip lines

Minimise dark circles under the eye

Smooth out a chin crease

Plump up and add a natural fullness to the lips

Improve facial symmetry

Restore lost volume in the hands, making them look younger

Nasolabial folds are the creases running down from the side of the nose to the corners of the mouth. Dermal fillers are an ideal treatment to reduce these lines and grooves on the face, they're a versatile product, and they are safe, effective and long-lasting. Smile lines usually begin as faint lines that can eventually turn into deeper creases over time. Dermal fillers fill in the lines and creases, plumping up the skin to give you a more youthful appearance. They add volume, rehydrate and fill in folds and wrinkles by replacing hyaluronic acid and stimulating collagen production.

Smile lines are a particular problem for some people, and unfortunately they are sometimes genetic and run in the family. Creases that stay on the face even after we've stopped smiling are more likely to become prominent, especially in slender and older people. The severe nose to mouth lines create deep creases or folds which are very noticeable, but softening or reducing them with dermal fillers can smooth the face, making it look rejuvenated while still keeping it looking natural, allowing the facial features to shine through.

Dermal filler treatment for correcting smile lines normally takes around twenty to thirty minutes and a local anaesthetic injection will minimise any discomfort during the treatment. There's no downtime and you can immediately go back to work or resume your normal activities. The results are visible straight away, with further improvements becoming noticeable in the following week. Dermal filler injections last for around nine to twelve months, and over time the filler is naturally absorbed back into the body.

If you need help choosing a cosmetic procedure, we provide an extensive range of cosmetic procedures for the face and body: Botox, Vaser Lipo, Lip Augmentation, Dermal Fillers and many more treatments, to help create a younger, slimmer, more youthful looking you!

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What Should You Look For In Your First Dental Visit?

When you take your time to visit a dentist for the first time, you should look for a comfortable environment and a welcoming office where your personal dental needs are met with professionalism, friendliness and care in every aspect of your visit - from requesting appointments to dental cleanings to treatment. Usually, a dental practice will give treatment to people of all ages from a 2-year-old to adult.

A dentist will take the necessary time to diagnose your dental problems, review your past health and dental histories, and provide a comprehensive treatment plan to achieve your optimal dental health. With your full consent and cooperation, the dentist will thoroughly evaluate your dental health. This will help the dental practice build a strong foundation for a long-term patient relationship and trust at your first visit.

Your first dentist appointment usually will consist of an oral examination, x-rays, if required, and treatment options. Often, consultation and treatment can be completed on the same day. However, the dentist and the team need to evaluate your complete medical record or treatment plan to understand your health needs and book an appointment the next time.

If you have a history of common health disorders that may be present prior to treatment such as hypertension, diabetes, blood cholesterol, rheumatic fever, prosthetic heart valves, etc. or if you are currently taking any heart medications, aspirin, anticoagulant therapy, etc., you have to report the dental office.

Patients need to provide the following information during the consultation with the dentist:

Any X-rays from your previous dentist, if applicable. If your dentist or physician holds the records of patient's x-rays, you may request that they forward them to the dental office.

List all the names of the medications you are currently taking

If you've got dental insurance, carry the necessary filled-in forms. This will help the dental office prepare the insurance claims, if any, on time.

It is important that during the dental visits all patients under the age of 18 must accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Call the dental clinic and discuss scheduling your first appointment, financial policy and insurance eligibility, to make that part of the process simple and straightforward. Some dentists are open on weekends also.

During your first visit, you can also check the website of the dental clinic and take care to use the mapping service to locate the dental office. You will also get driving directions that include a map, the travel time, and distance to reach the destination.