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Wednesday Wellness: Create the Silence

By Tammy Parkinson | March 10th, 2010 0 Comments

Have you ever heard the expression “to create something new, you have to get rid of something which no longer serves you?”

I am uh, “known” to multitask with the best of them.  In fact, if it were a sport, I’m sure I’d be a professional, maybe a world record holder!  The complication with this, however is sometimes we (I) get so busy piling on more things to do, more tasks to accomplish, more appointments to cram in to one day, when I want something “more” in my life (not a bad thing…just “more”) I simply don’t have space!

Do you ever feel you have been needing/wanting/searching to make some changes within your personal and maybe your business lifestyles?  You practice positive thinking, maybe prayer or meditation, along with the law of attraction; you even make lists and share them with trusted friends and coworkers!  But, it’s just not happening?  (I am relating if you’ve felt this!!)

Recently, I picked up a card which read “we are desperately seeking the silence to create the space to root and grow”.  WOW.  This hit me like a Mac truck.   This was my problem, I was so busy making my lists and wanting “more,” I didn’t take the time to sit in the silence.  The silence, then, created (or is creating) the space so that I can “see” the chaos which is cluttering the newness I need to bring in to my world!

I started to realize that there are rituals and habits in my day, not necessarily “wrong”, but no longer needed, that I have been hanging on to.  I see that there are systems which I take time and energy towards following which are time wasters now and I see that, yes, there is even exercise habits and eating habits which at one time I thought were great for me, however now that I’m in a different place in my life, I need to adjust to I can make room for new ways to workout, new times to train and new foods to add into my shopping cart to support my new interests and caloric needs.

Realizing this hasn’t given me the answers to all my questions, but it has answered one: and that is I now have the epiphany to create space; so I can see my answers!

Can you create the silence, to find the space in order to grow in your own way?

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Wednesday Wellness: This January Try Something New

By Tammy Parkinson | January 13th, 2010 0 Comments

January, the first month of a NEW Year!

You see many ads about NEW goals, NEW you, NEW business strategies, NEW relationship promises, etc.

I love this!  Looking at your day with a “newness” towards everyday practices can and will revitalize your lives!

My message this week is short and sweet…simply…try something…anything…NEW every day!

If you frequent the same running trail, try a new one…just once!

If you always have oatmeal in the morning, try a protein shake instead

If you go to sleep at 11:30  and wake up at 7 everyday (uh, this would be me)  try to go to sleep at 10 and wake up at 6…just once!

Getting out of our ruts and daily habits will help us explore NEW areas of our lives which we have looked away from and possibly even closed!

Today, I stopped by a coffee shop I have never been in before.  The layout was cute and open and gave me an idea of something I can do to our screen room!  Who knew a coffee shop would give me an idea for a remodel!

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Wednesday Wellness: Longer Days

By Tammy Parkinson | January 6th, 2010 0 Comments

December 21 was the official Winter Solstice.  What this means is that during a calendar year, the 21st was the “shortest day” in terms of daylight hours of any other day during that year.

June 21 is the day known as the Summer Solstice.  Exactly 6 months later and this day determines the “longest” day of the year (or the day with the most hours of sunlight).

On or around the 27th of December this past month, I made the comment to someone that we are on the upswing to longer days.  He laughed and said that was so far away, how could I call longer days as getting closer when we are only gaining a minute or two each day, if that!

The reality is although you barely notice longer days on a day to day basis, in 5-6 months from now, we will wake up to sunlight and some of us will even go to sleep when the sun is barely setting (in Alaska, this is true for sure). This analogy is similar to our goals!

If we look at the steps we take, day to day, sometimes it seems we are only “inching” forward; gaining only a minute or two each day towards our aspirations and we can get easily frustrated.

However, if we fast forward to 6 months from now and are diligent in the goals we desire, the difference is phenomenal!

Let’s say you want to reduce your waistline; instead of going on a cleanse, detoxing and not eating for 5 days, consider replacing one of your “usual” meals each day with a colorful healthy salad, or replace the 3 pm candy with an apple.

Or, instead of running to the gym after being sedentary for the last 10 months and working out for 90 min 7 days a week until you are so sore and exhausted you wait another 10 months to go back, try adding in a routine of an extra 15 minutes every day…creating more dynamic workouts as the months go by!

As you are creating your goals for 2010, each day might seem like a baby step…but take them because by summer you won’t recognize yourself and you’ll be climbing stairs…literally!

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