Thursday, November 22, 2018

This Thanksgiving a friend and colleague, Babette Lamarre is in need of support. She has  been told that she has an incurable cancer and is on her way to California to beat the odds given. I do believe in the power to heal from within and so does she. She's given so much to others, now it's time for her to receive. Please read her story and send her love, prayers and consider supporting her.

Click Here to See her Story & GoFundMe Page


If you want proof in the power to heal from within, then please purchase tickets now for a December 5th viewing for inspiration and education. The Food Cure is a documentary about 6 individuals using food for cancer treatment. 




Hope to see you at the movie theatre!
Wishing you and your families health and happiness this Thanksgiving. 
Carpe Diem. With Love & Gratitude,
Lisa

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Turning Fear into Curiosity and Empowerment

I've talked about turning fear into curiosity as one of my seven steps to optimal health and wellness. How do we do this when we are feeling stuck? When we feel like our world is tumbling and we are stuck in a rut?  The current human condition is to feel like a victim or we might be the rescuer or the prosecutor. We get stuck in this negative triangle. It is called the Drama Triangle.


When we are ask ourselves, "Why me? Why does this always happen to me?" we fall into the victim role. We may identify our being with our illness or diagnosis. Or we may move over to the rescuer role, "I'm going to swoop in and fix this." Some one else is hurting, I'm going to be the rescuer, which can make us feel good but ignore our own issues. Many healthcare providers identify with this role. Or we might take on the persecutor role, "What's wrong with me?" It's that internal negative voice full of automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) and self limiting beliefs that we bestow upon ourself.

How do we change this negative pattern? We can change this to a triangle that is full of personal development, growth and transformation.  Imagine what your life can become by changing these dynamics! We can change from being the victim to becoming the creator.  To be the creator of our destiny.


To turn that inner voice into the coach like the little train that said, "I think I can, I think I can"

Or turn the inner critic, the persecutor into the challenger. When you hear that voice saying, "Why am I always so dumb? Why am I always so sick?" (or whatever ANTs show up) ask a different question.
Like, "Am I always dumb, all the time? Is this really true?  What would my life be life if I were smart or not sick (or healthy or thin and beautiful or whatever the goal) How would I feel?"  Get into this future vision of yourself that you can keep in your mind, and be open to new possibilities. Then take small sustainable steps to get there. I'm taking on a challenger role by writing this blogpost.  What will you create as a result of it? 

This is the power of coaching. To have another person help you to co-create a new reality for yourself. Co-create a plan that serves you better. To look at the dis-ease you are feeling today as a lesson for where you don't want to be; and as motivation to help you create a roadmap to where you want to be.


Food for thought. Carpe Diem.

Lisa


About Lisa Jackson, RN, CHC, RYT-500, AFMC

Lisa is an author, functional nutrition, and functional medicine trained health coach, yoga teacher, and retired Registered Nurse with the mission to "Inspire, Educate and Empower" individuals and corporations to achieve optimal health.

Lisa's book, Savvy Secrets: Eat, Think & Thrive is a self-health book offering her Seven Steps to Optimal Health.

When she is not coaching, or speaking, you can find Lisa joyfully sharing Carpe Diem Dance or playing with her two grandchildren. She is the mother of four adult children and believes, "Optimal health should not be a secret."

Sunday, November 4, 2018

November 1st as the New Year

The nights are getting longer. This is good news. All seeds begin in darkness. Often our darkest moments create the seed of innovation. Everything in nature points to this. Through darkness comes miracles and transformation. The caterpillar becomes a cocoon and then the butterfly. Human beings take 9 months of incubation before birth. My husband and I were driving home last night and noticed all the deer.  I reminded him that this was mating season and that mammals mate and incubate and hibernate during the winter months.

Dr Eben Alexander, MD and Harvard Professor, discusses his coma and Near Death Experience as feeling like he was in a "murky muddy underground."  He then saw a bright light and a being that said, "You have eternal love and nothing to fear."  He goes further to say that the world is about to go through a global conscious awakening and will experience peace like we have never known. 


How beautiful is this? How different is this to the news we are receiving today? Dr Alexander survived a coma for 7 days which is unheard of in conventional medicine. He is an example of the power of the human being. 

Our modern culture does not honor this incubation period. We judge ourselves on how much we can accomplish each day. We can easily dismiss the importance of sleep, rest and just being. We forget that we are human beings, not human doings. 

The earth based traditions believed that November 1st was the New Year.  That now is the time to save and cultivate seeds. Now is the time to plant your seeds for what you want to begin to germinate in the Spring.

Will you take the extra hour and perhaps meditate on what it is you would like to sprout in the next 6 months? Will you prioritize sleep so you can align your body with natural rhythm for optimal health? 

Food for thought. Carpe Diem

Lisa