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7 Ways to Keep Your Energy Up
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7 Ways to Keep Your Energy Up All the Time
1. Smart Snacks.
2. Take a break every 90 min.
3. Take Stretch Breaks
4. Get enough Sleep
5. Avoid Sugar and White Flour
6. Decrease Caffeine
7. Smile and Laugh often
8. Notice the beauty that surrounds you
9. Look for the good in yourself and others
10. Breathe slowly and deeply
11. Stay Calm
12. Exercise regularly
Transform Your Life–Now 3 Simple Steps to Create the Life You Want
Do you get up every morning and think, “today’s going to be different”, and then go to sleep realizing that nothing has changed?
Do you keep repeating the same patterns—failed relationships, more debt, jobs that go nowhere, weight gain, failure to launch your dreams?
Do you look around and see other people who seem to effortlessly create happy, confident, and successful lives, and want to know their secret?
You may even know some of these happy, successful people.
And, my guess is, you’d like to be happy, confident and successful too!
I have good news for you. I have found that anyone can transform their life from a lackluster one to a dynamic, exciting life where all that you want and need comes to you, and everything in your life flows…almost effortlessly.
No matter what your current circumstances are, you can be one of those happy, confident, successful people you admire. You can realize your dreams—and have fun doing it! You don’t need to struggle.
I say this to you because I know that we were all created to be happy and successful and to live vibrant, creative, and purposeful lives. That is your true nature, and it is even your birthright. So, if this is not the case, you probably have one or more blocks to creating the life you want . .
Let me explain:
Sometimes, even when we try to think positively, or we dream big, we fail to realize our dreams.
Why does this happen?
Because most of us have a force inside of us that works AGAINST our true desires. Most people don’t understand or recognize this destructive force. If you want to learn how to beat this force and get control of your own destiny back, keep reading . . .
Meet Your Inner Gremlin
All of us have inner and outer saboteurs . If you have ever started an exercise program or a diet and fallen off the program within days or weeks of starting, you know what I’m talking about. If you have ever set goals and worked your behind off, only to fall short and end up back where you started, you know what I’m talking about. If you have ever met a new romantic interest and believed that, this time, it will be different, only to have it evaporate or blow up in your face–again, you know what I’m talking about.
You see, in spite of our best intentions and strongest desires, these failures are the result of your Inner Gremlin at work! Your Inner Gremlin’s real purpose is to maintain the status quo, because that is it’s comfort leve. Change is scary. Perhaps you’ve heard it called by other names—your inner critic, self-sabotage, negative thinking—it’s all the same. But, few people know how to overcome these saboteurs. If you want to understand how to conquer them, read on . . .
Your Inner Gremlin Buster Formula
This report gives you strategies to help you do 3 things. First, it’ll help you actually meet and understand your Inner Gremlin. Second, it will help you identify and recognize the messages and methods your Inner Gremlin uses to sideline you every time you start to make progress. Third, it’ll help you learn how to talk to your Inner Gremlin in order to manage it—instead of it managing you. These three strategies will help you move forward and upward in your life.
Imagine designing and manifesting your dream life –and having fun doing it! You don’t have to struggle. And, you don’t have to accept your current situation as your lot in life.
The strategies in this report make it possible to get past whatever is keeping you from being happy, confident and successful. These are steps you can take immediately to change the tone and direction of your life.
What Does It Look Like to Live Your Dream Life?
- You wake up excited to start your day every day
- You know who you are and what you want out of life
- You feel content
- You know you’re on the right track
- You feel good about yourself and your life
- You look healthy and radiant
- You have lots of energy and passion
- You are surrounded by love
- You attract what you need when you need it
- You have a rich, abundant life
- You work hard and have fun in balance
This is not an exhaustive list, but it is a good start…..add your own descriptions…
Believe in Yourself (and everything else will fall into place)
The “You” that you think is the “real you” may not be who you really are. Today, start to notice if your beliefs about yourself are based on reality, or if they are actually just old remnants of what other people, especially authority figures, told you about yourself since you were a small child? Don’t let three words you heard when you were 7- years-old hold you hostage for the rest of your life. Stop blindly believing what you’ve always told yourself about yourself (or actually, what your Inner Gremlin is always telling you about yourself).
Start, instead, to identify your talents and gifts, your strengths and positive attributes, your skills, your best qualities….you get the idea….start thinking about all the good things about yourself and talking to yourself as if you were your own biggest cheerleader. It will make a huge difference in the quality of your life.
Start saying, YES! I CAN design, create and live the life I want. This is what will happen naturally as you begin to take charge of your Inner Gremlin and start listening to your Inner Cheerleader. So, let’s get started . . .
Step #1: Get to know your Inner Gremlin
The biggest obstacle to start to take charge of your Gremlin is not being able to recognize it. Most people don’t even know what stops them from achieving their goals and dreams. They usually have no more than a vague idea that there is some type of self-sabotage that goes on, or they may simply continuously make excuses for their lack of success in an area/s of their life, or, worse yet, they may blame everyone and everything else for their inability to make things happen.
Whatever your modus operandi is when it comes to being controlled by your Gremlin, take heart….there is a way to beat it at its game. But, it starts with getting to recognize him/her and to know and understand his/her methods.
First, let’s look at some of the typical messages Inner Gremlins use to sabotage and sideline you:
- You can’t do it.
- You’re not good enough.
- You’re not smart enough
- You don’t have the education.
- You’re too old (or young)
- You don’t deserve it.
- You’re not worthy.
- You’ve never succeeded at this before.
- You’ve tried and it didn’t work.
- It’s too risky.
- You need to wait until…
- When you _________, then you can start __________. (Procrastination is your Gremlin’s best friend)
- What if? (I lose everything, fail, succeed? It’s too hard….list goes on…)
Do some of these sound familiar? I know they do to me . . .As I said before, everyone has inner gremlins. You’re not alone. But, you can be one of the few people that understands how to beat your Inner Gremlin and start being happy, confident and successful.
Here are some tips to get to know your Inner Gremlin:
- Close your eyes and get a picture of what it looks like. See it. What size is it? What color? What shape?
- Notice where it hangs out—does it sit on your shoulder and whisper in your ear all day long? Does it live in your brain? In your throat, heart, chest, stomach? Or maybe it moves around. Just notice what it looks like and where it hangs out.
- Give it a name. (ex: wimpy, grumpy, gizmo, etc.)
Step #2: Recognize your Inner Gremlin’s messages:
- What does YOUR IG say to you? What are its favorite messages to derail you and shoot down your hopes, dreams and self-confidence?
- Take a minute to write down some its messages.
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- Notice how you FEEL when you hear these messages. Write down your feelings.
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- These are usually messages you heard from authority figures, and peers while growing up. But, they can also come from negative experiences you’ve had in recent times.
- Take a moment to consider that these messages are NOT who you really are. They are simply projections, judgments, and/or criticisms from other people or society. Allow yourself to begin to understand that they ARE NOT THE TRUTH about you. They are NOT who you really are, or can be.
- Resolve to be more aware of when your Gremlin is actively trying to sabotage you and your dreams.
- You now have the biggest weapon to keep your Gremlin at bay…awareness.
STEP # 3: Deal with your Inner Gremlin on your terms—not his. Create Mastery.
Now that you know what your Inner Gremlin looks like, acts like, and talk like, and have the awareness to recognize him/her when they make their appearances, you can decide what you want to do to stop them from sabotaging you and your success. Here are a few ideas on how to create an action plan to take control back from your IG:
- Take a moment to tune in with your own inner wisdom, the part of you that always knows what to do, even when you don’t feel like you do.
- Ask your inner wise woman or wise man what would work to dis-able your IG. Then Listen carefully to the answer.
o Some of the ways others have disabled their IG are:
§ Tell it to go away.
§ See it as a silly cartoon character and laugh at it.
§ Tell it that you are sorry, but it no longer has sway over you and your life.
§ Tell it that you are in control now.
§ Say something like, “Nice try. No dice.”
- Use affirmations that increase and bolster your self-confidence. Some affirmations that people have used to do this are:
o “I now take control of my life.”
o “I am in charge of me.”
o “I am good enough.”
o “I am enough.”
o “I deserve happiness.” (or success, etc.)
o “I have everything I need to succeed.”
o “My future is bright.”
o “I’m ready for success.” (or love, etc.)
o “I can.”
o “I am successful.”
o “I am safe.”
- Use one of these affirmations or create your own. Say it daily as many times as you can. Write it out on sticky notes and put the notes around your home, car, or office.
You are Powerful
If you would have known me 22 years ago, you would have found a very unhealthy, insecure, and anxious person. Physically, I was plagued by palsy, double vision, and loss of coordination. Mentally, I was a reck– I had anxiety, insomnia and depression. Emotionally, I was riddled with guilt, had a lot of negative thinking and my self-confidence was low.
I ate sugar all day long, overindulged in caffeine, alcohol, junk foods and OMG, even smoked cigarettes! I ran myself ragged trying to be enough. These lifestyle habits ended up with me being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1984. It was a devastating experience. I felt like my life was over.
I was very fortunate to be able to turn my health and life around; and today I can truly say that I live the life of my dreams. I worked hard to change my self-defeating habits into productive, effective and life-affirming habits; and I continue to work at overcoming my shortcomings and being the best I can be. It has paid off. I am a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, a Health and Life Coach, and the owner and founder of the Miralinda Center for Well-Being. I take no medication, look younger than my years, am fit and healthy. I am very happily married, have successful, vibrant friends, and a wonderful family that I am close to. I live in a beautiful city that I love, Scottsdale, AZ that I always describe as Paradise on Earth.
This report lays out three steps I took to go from unhealthy and stressed out to living the life of my dreams. Now that you’re aware of these steps, I trust you’ll feel motivated and ready to: 1) Meet Your Inner Gremlin; 2) Understand its messages that sabotage you; and 3) Learn to deal with your IG to build more personal mastery and create the life you truly want to live.
Why Should You Listen to Linda?
After attending the University of Washington and the University of the Americas in Mexico City, Linda married in Mexico City, and lived an exciting and adventurous life there for ten years, then lived in Madrid, Spain for 5 years and New York City for 10 years. However, after returning to New York City from Madrid, Spain in the early 80’s, Linda began to experience severe anxiety and depression and developed a multitude of physical symptoms that later led to a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. She suffered from palsy, double and triple vision, loss of coordination, and chronic insomnia, until she was diagnosed and told there was nothing medicine could do for her.
A chance encounter led Linda to visit a Naturopathic physician, Dr. Larry Caprio, NMD, who put her on the road to recovery and wellness. Soon after, she began treatment with a Homeopathic Physician, Pam Vishvanath, MD. Dr. Vishvanath also gave weekly health seminars, and from this beginning, Linda continued her twenty-two year journey to health and wellness, eventually completely reversing her MS. Today, she is healthy, vibrant and hikes, golfs, plays tennis, and does yoga regularly. She is a licensed psychotherapist, a Health and Life Coach and the founder/owner of The Miralinda Center for Well-Being.
Linda has sponsored best-selling authors such as Larry Dossey, MD, Ken Pelletier, Phd., MD, Juidith Orloff, MD, and Shakti Gawan to speak at week-end seminars in Scottsdale, AZ. She has also organized and run Healthy Living seminars abroad, and was the Wellness Consultant at the Spa at The Camelback Inn in Scottsdale. She has led many seminars in universities, corporations and health clubs and has been featured in The Arizona Repulic, The Arizona Star, The Business Journal, Phoenix Magazine, Scottsdale Magazine, The Scottsdale Beauty Book, The L.A. Whole Times, and Networking News. She has also been featured on radio.
Linda believes that everyone deserves to be happy, healthy and successful; and that with a strong desire and a little work, anyone can create the life they truly want to live.
Let Go of Self-Defeating Behaviors
Recently, I saw the movie, The King’s Speech, about King George, the VI, who, with the help of an incredibly skilled speech therapist overcame a severe stuttering problem. I was struck by the speech therapist’s words during one of their early speech therapy sessions. The therapist asked the then Prince of Wales when he had started stuttering, and the Prince told him, “I’ve stuttered all my life.” The speech therapist then said, “That’s not true. I’ve never met a baby who was born stuttering. It doesn’t happen.”
Then, through very insightful and skillful analysis, the speech therapist proceeded to uncover when the Prince had started stuttering, and what exactly had caused it—all within a few minutes. It was a profound moment in the movie. I was reminded how easily we humans fall into the trap of believing that we have always acted a certain way, such as being shy, or a being a procrastinator, or sad, or anxious, or whatever else we believe we have always been. Even though I’ve worked as a psychotherapist for 17 years, I am always surprised how debilitating and destructive our early experiences can be for the rest of our lives.
On the other hand, we have the ability to CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK AND BELIEVE, to a more positive way of thinking, so that we improve our lives and the lives of others as well. In this case, the Prince was able to overcome his belief that he had always stuttered and realize that he could become a good speaker. He became a great King that was able to influence the lives of millions of people worldwide with his speeches heard round the globe over the radio.
If we simply accept our shortcomings as “just the way we are”, and let fear or denial keep us from doing a little introspection, to understand our own self-defeating behaviors, we fail to become our best selves or to bring out and share our greatest talents and gifts with the world.
I know I am always discovering new Gremlins that keep me stuck in old patterns that are not effective and don’t get me what I truly want. And, I know the fear and resistance these old negative beliefs bring up in me when I first attempt to identify their root or get to the bottom of them. But, I usually push through the fear and resistance because I don’t like the consequences when I don’t.
Today, try noticing if there are some negative behaviors or attitudes you have that you have always believed were “just the way you are”, and do a little digging to see if you can find out where and how you started to act or think in this way. (Hint: They usually come from things authority figures said or did to us as children.) Don’t accept your shortcomings as permanent and unchangeable. You can change your thinking and behaviors and thereby change your life.
Who knows, maybe you will become a great leader, like King George, and influence many lives.
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