- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I always wish you peace. Inner Peace no matter where you are or where you’re not. Be at Peace right now this moment.

Glad to hear your birthday was so happy Leah.

And CONGRATULATIONS on your weight release.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

In keeping with your healthy eating….

Here are some tips I have learned along the path on eating well….seems appropriate to share around Thanksgiving.

The Principle of Balance

The Principle of Balance is based on the concept of yin and yang, the opposing energy forces from ancient Chinese and Japanese traditions. Everything in the world has some properties of yin and yang, but in varying proportions.

Yin energy is light, expansive, wet, soft, cold and more vegetal. Yang energy is heavy, contracting, dry, hard, hot and more animal. The terms expansion and contraction to explain the yin and yang energy of the food you eat.

Some foods, like sugar and alcohol, are examples of food that is way too expansive for your body. Your blood stream quickly absorbs sugar and produces energy, making you feel temporarily open and relaxed yet these foods are damaging because they are not balanced.

Other foods, like excessive and poor-quality salt and animal products, are more contracting and cause your cells to contract and lose fluids, making you feel —–tight and constricted.

Your body is always seeking balance. If you eat too much salt, your body becomes too contractive and you will quickly find yourself craving something sweet. Notice this the next time you go to see a movie. While they may not fully understand this concept, the movie theaters are well aware that both soda pop (sweet and expansive) and popcorn (salty and contracting) are ever-popular combinations for concession sales.

Without understanding this principle, you may unknowingly create imbalance in a vicious cycle of cravings.

The Principle of Acid and Alkaline

To maintain health, your blood must be slightly alkaline. The foods we eat and the lifestyle choices we make impact our body’s ability to maintain that alkaline state.

Foods can be alkaline, acidic or neutral in your body. Your goal would be to have a balance of alkaline and acidic foods so that you can maintain the alkaline state of your blood. If you get out of balance and your blood becomes too acidic, you become more susceptible to illness and disease.

At the same time, lifestyle choices like stress, taking prescription drugs and not getting enough sleep can create acidic blood. Paying attention to a balanced lifestyle is also key to your health and longevity.

The Principle of Uniqueness

As humans, we share so many similarities with one another, but your body is unique. Each of us is an experiment of one and for that reason, you may need to modify certain elements of any diet or lifestyle to suit your own individuality.

Any time you try a new way of eating, it’s vital to observe your body’s reactions and assess whether this new path is bringing you back toward balance.

Happy Healthy Holiday All.

Much Love and Warmth, XO

Laura

You are so much more than you think you are…”

-Laura

For today, get quiet and play with me here….for the sake of self love and inner peace…

Please get quiet and reflect upon this idea even if for a minute or two.  Imagine this light of love and inclusion going before you preparing the way.  Imagine the activities of the day ahead and imagine yourself as this light of Oneness and say YES to being it. Even if your mind travels or wanders to “where you need to be” or your mind says, “how silly this is”…be with all the thoughts, welcome them all and go back to the light and breathe into it, imagining that we are all ONE and you are a huge part of this universal oneness.

You really are so much more than you believe yourself to be.  You are perfect, beautiful, the best idea of God … exactly as you are!

I invite you to prove it by practicing this quiet time as often as you can remember.

Blessings to you and Love, XO

Laura

I can never speak too often or to frequently of the importance of Gratitude. Welcome the time this moment, this minute, this hour, this day,  this week, this month, this year to practice Gratitude….never put off Gratitude until tomorrow. What you are Grateful for in this moment will come back to you three-fold in the next.

A line from a Course In Miracles, reads,

“Would you rather be right or happy?”

It’s a great question.

Lets take a closer look at examine those words and thier meaning.

Right is defined as, correct: free from error

Happy is defined as, enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

Would I rather have the last word or be at peace?

What matters more to me?

I always know which preference works best universally and yet there are days and moments I would much rather be right than happy.

Think of something that is bothering you, in that situation which would you rather be?

We cannot force either state, we can just work towards being in a state of more self-love and more inner peace by practicing, slowly and surely.

I encourage you to play with this idea and in this moment, just be at peace with where you are right now.

Peace and Love, XO

Laura

Great call tonight!

How do you know you have forgiven someone?

Great question and I want to reiterate what I shared about on the great call tonight.

I define forgiveness as freedom.

Forgiving my past, saved my life. That I know for sure.

Forgiveness is often collapsed with forgetting and one thing has nothing to do with the other.

Forgive does not mean forget, it means FORGIVE…

People ask me this all the time…how do I know if you have really  forgiven yourself or another person, place or thing?

A simple answer is  when you think about them or the incident, or yourself,  revenge,  shame, pain, blame and guilt do not show up.  Neutrality, balance and inner peace equals freedom and that is forgiveness.

Ask yourself, how has forgiveness served you and how is holding pain or resentment towards another holding you back in your life?

And I invite you to ask that question to yourself about your self forgiveness…

Why can you do it for others and not for yourself?

Good place of inquiry.

Ask the universe for support, ask your pinky power partner for support and know you are being held and loved.

Good work, learning, loving and letting go!

XO, Laura

I am expecting a miracle this month, a shift, a really fantastic surprise like (and not limited to)

Oprah calling

Glamour calling

ABC, NBC or CBS calling

The View calling

The literary agent calling

New Web Designer calling

Project Manager calling

My being Healthier and lighter than ever

And the best miracle would be a full house at my workshop on November 14th and some Pinky’s having some major breakthroughs. SWEET.

It is all possible…no limits, the world is my (our) oyster and I want you to all feast on this prayer which makes my heart sing everytime I read it or write it.

I am a radiating center of peace

Heat eminates from the core of the sun, where particles bump and collide, radiating energy and warmth. When I turn my face to the sun, I feel the power that is released from deep within it, benefitting me and all of planet Earth.

Deep within me,  divine light radiates love and energy througout my mind, body and spirit. Loving expressions emanate from the core of me where my true nature resides. I have within me all I need to radiate love and peace into the world.

Outward expressions of peace begin with inner peace. I focus and center myself on the Christ Light within, and every thought I hold and every word I speak are bathed in peace.

Drink in and be nourished by these gorgeous words.

And if your ego/gremlin shows up to judge any of the vision and hopes and dreams  and wants for November, I suggest you ask why?

What about any of what I wrote makes you feel uncomfortable or unsupportive and how can you use that information to go deeper within yourself?

And thank you to you who choose to bless my wants this month and for casting your spell of luck out into the universe for me.

I receive it with love and appreciation.

Blessings and Love and Peace to you all.

XO, Laura

P.S. Leah! You have such a generous, kind heart to share the words below about your progress with others and to show them what is possible. You are one powerful leader my dear and I adore you.

Progress – today I realised that I have became clear about how unselfish it is to care for myself and put myself first out of care and love.  When something does not serve my greater good, I have released any guilt surrounding this and taking care of me.

Growth – Over the past couple of weeks I have felt powerless to things that are happening around me, now I have a fire in my belly and I will change all that I am not completely happy with in my life.  I’ve grown past powerlessness and I am now powerful as the designer of my own life.

Realisation – after writing yesterday’s blog, I realised that I don’t allow myself to have fun, I am on the sidelines of others having a great time, I love seeing others enjoy themselves and now I am choosing to give myself permission to have fun, to live and have a great time…now.