“Mom, one of the greatest gifts is to not have everything you want, but to want everything you have.” This was the comment that came out of my 10 year olds mouth the other day! Wow. Our Granny B use to always say she really believed our little ones are born smarter. I definitely have to agree.

My reply to him was, “That is really wise honey. And yes, that is true.”

I wanted to understand more about what he was thinking here, so we had a little talk about it.

I shared with him that to want things is a good thing. It is a beautiful gift. We have those desires, interests & dreams to help us fulfill our purposes here. (He nodding his head in agreement while I am talking.)

“But”, he jumps in, “we can be happy right now with what we already have before us.” Again, I agreed with him.

He was referring to his experience with not getting to be able to play the computer for longer than the time he was allowed to play that day. He spent a good portion of the day upset about this & letting me know by his attitude. (Yes, he is a typical human being!) But, while I was preparing dinner that night, he decided to come sit at the counter & we started talking & laughing & just having a good time being together. This is when he made this wise comment to me.

In talking with him, it was important to me that he understood it is so important to keep reaching for his dreams & wants. This reaching & going after our dreams helps us to grow, change when need be & brings a natural gift of fulfillment as we follow our hearts & bring into fruition that which only we can as the unique beings we each are.

But, he affirmed to me that he understood, by this experience, that we can be happy by beholding, by engaging in, the gifts already before us.

The opportunities for our own joy, & blessing the life of others to have joy, are before us now. Are we taking them?

As we do so, we receive three gifts…..

1) We do not have to put off our happiness for some future day, but feel joy, peace & fulfillment right now.

2)We come to realize, in a very real sense that all that we have ever really wanted is already before us.

3)That which we do rightly seek, can then come to us in more ease & grace because the “neediness” or “don’t have it” around this desire is now gone. We already feel, in the present, that happiness, fulfillment, security, etc. that we believed that desire would bring us. In this state, we naturally attract more like unto it.

And, when that which we desire does come to us, as is naturally does, although we no longer need it, it is simply icing on the very yummy & fulfilling cake that already is the gift of life we are living.

What a beautiful way to live. We are given each day, each moment & every interaction with our loved ones to choose this. I made the choice to to live the gift of my life, beholding & engaging in the blessings already before me, some time ago. With the way life works though, I get to choose this again & again throughout my day. We all do. We can start right this very moment. Will you? It is clearly true there is no better time than the present!

This gal has a legitimate cause to be stressed, considering the current circumstances in her life. As we all do. And yes, optimism is so helpful. But, what if it is really hard, or even impossible to be & think positive? When we are undergoing these moments of stress, it can be very hard to be positive & see clearly like we know we need to, to help the situation & to help ourselves feel better. This is one reason why I love the further understanding about our energetic natures so much!

As we learn more about how we work, we can learn to move in harmony with this to get the results we want….peace, comfort, joy, etc. These tools simply support you in being in a place to be able to more clearly know for yourself what direction you need to go, more freely make the choices you do want to make & have the naturally occurring fruits you seek.

Watch this short video I shared with this gal about holding your own Neuro Vascular points to help calm that fight/flight response, to then be able to see & think more clearly, move forward & take the action you need to take:

Donna Eden is the gal in this video. She is a pioneer in helping us learn about & work in harmony with the energy systems of the physical body. She calls this “Energy Medicine”.  And, she is such a doll! It has been a joy to study with her.

***P.S. The hold she talks about toward the end – holding the front & back of the head – is GREAT to help soothe a little one after a bad dream. My children will come to me in the middle of the night & ask, “Mom, will you hold my head?”. Works beautifully.

This gift of life, which truly is so short, whether we live to only be 16 weeks gestation or 99 years, is something that holds a special place in my heart. Life is just that – a precious gift. And yet, so many either do not see this, cycling through draining drama, unnecessary suffering & struggle as a way of life, stuck & simply unconscious, even oblivious of the incredible beauty & joy that is available to them.

When loved ones move on ahead of us, the beautiful part is we will see them again. This personally brings me such peace & joy. The loss of life that is most heart wrenching, are those of us that still have time here, but are walking around on this earth merely surviving & wasting the gift of life we have been given unknowingly. We won’t get this day, this year or this life on earth to live again. We are given today, the gift of our lives & our precious relationships to live NOW.

If you or someone you know is stuck struggling & suffering, please know that there are resources available to you. You, your life, & the eternally significant roles & relationships you have been give are far to precious, & the potential of joy & love held therein, is too incredibly beautiful for any, ANY of us to waste anymore time stuck & struggling with low self-esteem, false beliefs, limiting patterns & past trauma. The time we have been given to live is now. The reason, the purpose, you are alive is to live…..to truly live.

The Energy Healing resources & education I have such a love for sharing with others, are simply tools & further understanding given at this day & age, because it is time! We have been given the further understanding of who we are, how we work & what have been given to bless our own life & lives of others, because it time to move from merely surviving our lives, to thriving as we live the life & purposes we were created for.

Let us not waste the precious gift of life we have been given. Let us be willing to take care of what is clearly presenting in lives to be taken care of, make that simple shift from what is “wrong with us” to what “right with us” & get on with living the gifts already before us. Let us leave behind a legacy of living & love to be celebrated.

As for these little angels that come into our lives for such a very short time, they truly do leave a legacy of love & teach us beautiful lessons about living. They do so by their very presence in our lives. Something we all have the gift of doing so with the precious gift of life we have been given.

This experience reminded me of an experience years ago with my own daughter. One day my daughter ran into my room in tears. After holding her for a minute, she was able to tell me that one of of her brothers had made a reactionary comment, “You are a bad girl”. Even her telling me this made her tear up all over again. (And me to!)

I held her sweet little face in my hands & first I affirmed that she was absolutely a good girl. I told her in terms a young child would understand, that sometimes people say things they don’t mean. Sometimes they don’t even realize how they made us feel as they are reacting to things in their own experience. There are lots of reasons someone may say something hurtful. I told her that I did not know why her brothers had said that & it was not okay. I then told her there was one thing that I wanted her to understand here. If it were true, you would feel good right now. I asked her, how she felt (although it was very clear). She teared up again & told me she felt bad. I looked her in her eyes & simply said…..”Then what he said is not true.”

She looked at me for a moment. Then her whole countenance changed. She wiped her tears & simply said “Okay”, giving me one of those make-your-heart-smile grins. I gave her one more hug & she was skipping off to play with her brothers again.

She had clearly not had this understanding of her emotions. How many of us do? But even at her very young age, something clicked within her little being. As she gained a level of understanding about this aspect of her energetic nature, her emotions, she was able to see the reality of a truth & of a lie, & in that, act accordingly. She just innately knew she did not have to hold onto a lie. If it wasn’t true, it held no presidence for her.

What about those that have more of a connection to these non-truths that bring so much suffering & struggle to their lives; such as the near & dear I spoke about earlier, clearly connected to the belief “I am not good enough”? How do we become free of this? In exactly the same way.

This is why Energy Therapy, as I practice it, is so beautifully blessing lives. By simply having an accurate understanding of our energetic nature, (this includes the energetic nature of our beliefs & their emotional results) we see our experience for what it is. In doing so, we learn to work or move in harmony with this dynamic aspect of who we are & what we have been given. Resulting in freedom from false beliefs, clearing of limiting patterns & even past trauma. But more, we also learn to how to create more connected & fulfilling relationships, how to have more peace & clarity in our lives & how to live the lives of joy we are so perfectly created to.

So what can we learn here to help us in our current life experiences? This brings to light a very simple, very pure & very innate process we are given to live the gift of our own life, whatever our specific circumstances maybe……

#1- Your emotions & feelings are telling you something. Listen.
#2- These are innate gifts give to know truth for yourself. Acknowledge it.
& #3 – You now have a choice. Choose it.

Your emotions are gifts. As you come to understand this truly beautiful aspect of your energetic nature more fully, you will learn to move in much more harmony with this “music” & have more peace & joy in your life. Its amazing what unfolds as we simply acknowledge the truth of the gifts before us.

The other day I had my own experience with this & I was very aware it had been a recurring pattern for me. I had previously taken care of some energetic childhood residue around it & as a natural process of progression, the other night I became consciously aware of something that I needed to acknowledge within myself.

(Just an added note here, having first taken care of the “gunk” that makes it difficult sometimes for us to acknowledge & feel truth about ourselves, makes this much easier by the way! It lays the ground work, so when presented with truth, we can see, feel & embrace it more freely & fully.)

It just so happened, a friend was talking to me about this same thing in regards to a training call with a member of management & how she was so worried about how she sounded & how she behaved. I was able to share my experience with her.

A little background – this gal clearly gives a 110% in all that she does at work! And I have seen first hand that the employer knows & immensely value’s this. Here is some of what I shared with her. (I go into a little more added detail here, just to illustrate the actual process I experienced.)

“Just remember that your worth & value as a part of this company is not in question. I think that is SO clear! You do such a beautiful job & work so hard. I know that everyone sees that.

I have realized that for me, when I have worried like this, it comes down to my having an issue presenting about wanting approval. Basically because I don’t think I have it, or because I believe it is in question, or needs to be affirmed at some level. (I realize that it does, but not from others!) Then, its like we unconsciously do “over’s“.

That’s why looking back, we go, “What?! Why was I like that!”

We unconsciously over compensate for our own perceived lack or belief in our “disapproval” & actually make it more prominent! (Though most of time it is realistically only ourselves judging our behavior.)

I went on to share with her….

So, the other night when I was having issues with this coming up for me, I did some Energy Work to take care of what I needed to, clearing up some false beliefs presenting – for just that purpose of course.

I was feeling better, but I knew there was something more I was needing to acknowledge here. After taking care of what I was given to take care of, I was very prayerful about being able to see truth here. I knew that Heavenly Father could see much more clearly than I could – especially in my over tired state! Then, I went to bed.

I woke up in the middle of the night with the thought ….”Your worth lies not in what you do or have. Your worth lies in who & what you are.”

Absolutely beautiful. And it is true. Cognitively we know that right? But, we also need to feel it.

I realize that we have these experiences so that we can re-affirm these truths within ourselves, & on a “feeling” level. (Acknowledging for yourself, the truth that your are valued, even by this company, because 1st, who you are & 2nd for the work that you do that expresses who you are, brings so much peace….even an inner joy. Even if all we can do is be willing to believe this is true, we will feel the first fruits of a growing inner peace & edification, telling us it is true.)

It’s really beautiful how simply being a place of truth within ourselves, also helps things in our “outer” lives to work out really beautiful to.”

She wrote me later & shared how this was exactly what she needed to hear. (I always feel so honored to realize that my experiences of growth & progression can benefit another!)

Just remember that who you are is enough. In fact, it is immensely beautiful! And when you acknowledge & feel this within your own being, others around you do as well. The things you do will then even express this beautiful “music”…. & do so effortlessly!

A very fulfilling & rewarding way to live your life! Something so many look for & try to make happen. If only they knew it was as natural & innate within them as their own heart beat….
Great news is, they can!

Carolyn Cooper, the CEO & founder of Calyco Healing Inc., is truly a girlfriend after my own heart! She has a passion for helping individuals step into their true, authentic rhythm
because she knows that when you change one individuals life, you change generations.

These ladies at the WIN share some basic info about Calyco Healing…

With intuition, skill, and amazing simplicity…. aligns all of the energy systems to restore balance and harmony to a body…. locate and repair flaws in the DNA, some of which have been in the lineage for many generations. This powerful way of healing changes energy patterns as well as subconscious beliefs and clients report profound and life-changing results, usually in only one session. (The Calyco Healing)…method is streamlined and efficient, yet very thorough.

Carolyn host’s a radio show on the Women’s Information Network (http://thewinonline.com).
In these radio shows Carolyn offers, you can:

• Discover how to deal with the energy of finances, relationships, health & many other issues that affect you on a daily basis.
• Acquire the tips & insight that will help change your energy patterns & subconscious beliefs.
• Learn how to clear your mind, calm your body & claim your spirit.

The most current show is “Laughter Therapy”. Check it out! http://thewinonline.com/shows/living-flow-show

It is all about creating a season of wellness, rather than the alternative!

Watch this short video from Carol Tuttle & learn how to create a Season of Wellness that can last all year long.

While you are there, read her other posts on health & wellness. Profoundly beneficial & powerfully supportive resources!

“20 Ways to Find, Sustain & Share Happiness

Happiness is a choice. The more happiness you choose, the more life presents you with experiences to feel happy about. If you are feeling blue or even downright depressed, you must make the decision to “get happy.”

The following tips can help you; however, if you are seriously depressed, get some professional help. There are many new cutting-edge energy therapies that clear away negative emotions and negative thinking.

Find a professional who is more interested in giving you tools and guidance in generating more happiness than in trying to figure out why you feel the way you do. It is not necessary to find out why we feel sad or depressed to clear these feelings.

The bottom line is, if we give a lot of attention to what we don‘t want, we create more of it……..

1. Choose to be happy rather than right.

2. Repeat aloud: “It doesn‘t matter.”

3. Pay it forward. For every kind deed offered to you, do a kind deed for someone else.

4. Write thank-you notes frequently. The energy of gratitude feeds happiness.

5. Smile—even if you don‘t feel like it. You eventually will!

6. “Tap-out” your sad feelings. Using your fingertips, tap all over the top of your head while repeating: “I am free of this sadness. I am now feeling happy.” Tapping on the nerve endings on the top of your head will start to lift this heavy, sad energy.

7. When you think a complimentary thought about someone—tell them.

8. Refrain from making judgments—think something positive instead.

9. Whistle.

10. Skip around your house.

11. Turn on your favorite upbeat song and sing along.

12. Ask your angels to flow to you the energy of happiness.

13. Patch your right eye if you are thinking negative thoughts. When you put an eye patch on your right eye, you quiet the left brain and its negative chatter.

14. Hug someone—tightly.

15. Ask your children to tuck you in bed and read you a story for a change.

16. Stay in the present. Let the future be just that: the future.

17. Hold a newborn baby and welcome them into the world.

18. Give some service to someone who is more needy than you.

19. Exercise regularly.

20. Pray and meditate.

And, just because I like to give a little extra, because it makes me happy,

21. Love yourself and make the choice to “BE HAPPY.”

You are a powerful magnet either attracting to you what you don‘t want or what you do want!….”

Thank you Carol for getting right to the point as you do so beautifully!

The reasons that one may not only feel depressed, but quite literal BE depressed, are as varied as are the individuals that experience depression. But, regardless, depression is far more than just feeling down. Study after to study has been conducted to help us understand & treat depression. We know that for each person, it is a literal physiological experience, effecting our body chemistry, just as much as it effects us psychologically.

So, what do we do? What do we have available to us?

All the years of research have revealed studies that there is much that we can do. Research & hands on experience has show how changing diet, social ties & interaction, possibly medication & other more holistic or natural resources can profoundly benefit lives.

As I am not a physician nor a licensed psychologist, I always recommend that you consult with a competent care provider if you are experiencing depression. As I am an individual who has struggled with depression, I know from my own personal experience that there is far more resources available to you than you may realize! Just one that has blessed my life & countless others, is Energy Healing or Energy Work.

Issue that we sometimes struggle with have roots that are becoming increasing more accessible. Issue that you may have no idea are alive & resonating within your body.

Isn’t that great news though, that we can get to the core of things & take care of them once & for all & not have to keep trying to medicating them away. Now, I am not saying that medication does not have it’s place. I know very well it does. My personal experience has shown however, that the more you can take care of what is really going on, the more the “symptoms” or “stuff” we struggle or suffer with quite literally take care of itself.

With the reach & application of Energy Work, Energy Work Practitioners are able to recognize & clear up even generational issues that one may be carrying around contributing, sometimes quite heavily, to their depression or other struggles. Generation issues can also be understood by describing them as cellular memories. It is programing in your DNA that gets passed on to you just as your eye color, hair texture & other attributes do.

What this means in Energy Work terms, is that you literally carry around with you the vibrations in your body that your ancestor did that they suffered with. Whatever the emotion, the trauma or other energetic residue that is affecting you, resulting in suffering & struggle, & in this case, depression, was the same stuff your ancestor did ump-teen years ago!

Again, the great thing is, whether it is generational residue hanging out, false beliefs being carried around or some other energetic vibration bogging you down, IT CAN BE CLEARED UP.
Working with clients in a one on one consultation, an experienced Energy Work practitioner can quickly & effectively get to the heart of an issue & assist you in doing so.

Now, I feel very strongly that every individual has the ability to receive direct inspiration for their own situation, meaning that every person has the ability to know what is right for them. If you are being led & guided to Energy Work, there is a reason for it. Please follow that inner guidance you are given.

Very often with depression, one may not even want to seek help. But, at one point, they know they need it. They begin to open to & acknowledge that something needs to be done. They get “sick & tired” of being “sick & tired”. Something within them knows there is better. Someone or something comes across their path that shed just enough light that they can see, if only in blurred vision, that there is better way to live. There is hope.

I encourage you, or if someone you know is struggling with depression, to look into this information or share this information. It just may be exactly what you or they are meant to hear.

What I am talking about here is the choice to choose joy.

It is obvious that we have plenty of opportunities in this life to choose fear, to choose despair, to choose etc. etc. etc. But the funny thing is, most of the time we don’t realize we are choosing it! It just seems to be what is “happening” to us, right?

Well, although there is much that seems to “happen” in life & many have very legitimate reasons to fear, or feel despair or worry, consider that in the moment of these experience, you have the opportunity to choose hope, to be willing to experience the joy available to you, even though whatever is going in your life.

The thing I have experienced so vividly that last several months of my life, is that even in the midst of everything seeming so dark or confusing, there is ALWAYS the same abundant source of light available!!! Maybe even more so! And when I acknowledge this, bit by bit, it begins to grow within my life & I experience it more & more! Funny how it all works huh!

Whatever your current challenges may be, there is also, in this very moment, the opportunity & the “seeds” available to experience joy, to experience peace. Regardless of “what is”, be open to remembering, to feeling, to seeing the gifts of joy. The more you do, the more you’ll experience & the more you are giving life to it.

Just remember this one thing….keep moving forward. And more, please remember that not a single being is meant to live this life alone. Reach out to those around you. Talk with someone. Give a hug. You just may be answering another’s prayer to!!!