“Being a friend to your SELF is no mere metaphor or purely sentimental idea. It is the basis of all relationships, because it is a fundamental recognition of soul.”

Thomas Moore

1. Listen to how you speak to your self

Let go of self bashing, become aware of the voices in your head—the overt and the subtle ones. Commit to shifting to kinder gentler thoughts. Stop self abuse!

 2. Make time for real self care (VS self indulgence).

Begin by discerning what is self indulgent and what is truly caring for yourself. What do you need in terms of basic care? How can you begin to make time for these basic needs to build a strong foundation so you can expand in freedom and expression of your best self?

3. Listen more deeply to your true voice and your real needs

How can you give yourself time and space to listen deeply and acquaint yourself with the real you?

 4. Be compassionate with yourself, you are a work in progress

You are continually learning, growing and developing as a human being whether you are conscious of it or not. Become more conscious and aware can smooth your journey. You can only be where you are at any given moment in time—mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.  Start from where you are and be tolerant and patient with your learning curve. Actively work at embracing the feeling of ease with yourself rather than having  it remain  an “idle” thought.

5. Make time for enlivening your soul

What brings you alive? What nourishes you at a deep level? Can you commit to providing time and space to find out and then allowing that to come into your life?

Join us on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 @ 10 A.M. when we will begin a month focused on care givers and new skills for stress management and compassionate self care in the midst of a busy and demanding life.

Click on the link or join our show from the radio button on our homepage (http://www.livingenergyworks.com/) or listen to the download later at your convenience.

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=66142&cmd=tc

World of  Subtle Energy Provides New Tools for Self Care

We all sense subtle energy, although we may not always realize it. People called clairvoyants are especially gifted with the ability to see subtle energy. And while it appears to be innate in them, the truth is we all possess this ability. It can be developed by anyone who takes the time to learn the skills necessary and to practice them.

 Most of us may not see subtle energy, but we do sense its existence and respond to it on a daily basis. Much of our language even speaks to our unconscious experience of energetic states and events. Think about: “I feel blue,” “My heart is heavy,” “I feel so empty,” “It’s like I’ve been knifed in the back,” “I feel so full of joy,” “My heart is glad.” These are statements that are actually descriptive of your energy at that moment.

 Biofeedback instruments show that the person who reports feeling blue is, in fact, emitting the frequency of energy our eye sees as blue. The person who reports feeling heavy or sad in the heart is actually experiencing a lower frequency of energy – one which is slower than that of joy or happiness. That person may also be experiencing a constriction of the flow of energy through the heart chakra area.

 Feelings Inform About Energy States

Emptiness is depletion or lack of energy; joy is a fullness of lighter, faster moving energy, and the knife in the back can be an experience of negative thought or emotional energy directed toward that person by another. When you understand the dynamics of energy, you have a deeper perspective and more options available to work with your whole being – thoughts, feelings, sensations and beliefs – in order to shift out of negative states more quickly. In addition, being able to sense and manage your subtle energy allows you to maximize your efforts to create change and attract new possibilities into your life.

  Most people wait for time or external circumstances to change for relief or resolution of their issues. Unfortunately this leaves you in a disempowered position AND it does nothing to erase the effect the negative emotion has on your system. Although a person may feel that the problem or emotional state has disappeared, what more typically happens is that it has been driven deeper into the system so that it is out of awareness but not necessarily out of range of affecting your future experience. To work on an energetic level with the totality of you – your mind, body and spirit – is a major step on the road to empowerment and one that goes beyond learning new ways to simply THINK about things. It helps remove obstacles to true emotional freedom and affords greater access to higher level functions such as creativity, intuition and spirituality.

Excerpted from Chapter 3, 12 Keys for Life and Self Mastery

Do you wonder how you can to keep motivation fresh and alive on the path to your goals—especially when you meet challenges? Join us on on the radio show on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 @ 10 A.M. where we will be discussing methods to do just that!

Click on the link below or join our show from the radio button on our homepage (www.livingenergyworks.com) or listen to the download later at your convenience.

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=66142&cmd=tc

Our thanks to Maureen Campaiola for inviting us to join her on her radio show The Dare Hour on Monday night (1-18-10). Maureen is a Business Coach and so she was curious about how Living Energy could be helpful to her clients.

The topic areas we discussed were:

1. Harnessing the energy of the hidden desires behind your goals
2. Inner visioning target your goals and support your progress
3. Shifting your energy to increase cash flow
4. Energetic blocks to your success

Specifics aside, the main point to keep in mind whether looking at business or any other target area for your goals is that you are an energetic being and your personal energy is going to affect every aspect of your lifes.

That being the case, it serves us well to understand how energy operates, to know what’s up with our own energy field and to learn how to maximize its strength.  Through this process we become more successful in creating what we DO want in and for our lives, businesses and relationships instead of allowing this powerful resource (personal energy) to operate in a default pattern that does not support, enhance and nourish us and our dreams.   

 To listen to a recording of our conversation with Maureen or other great show that Maureen has done please go to:

http://www.divatoolbox.com/diva-toolbox-radio-/hosts/1905-maureen-campaiola-the-dare-hour.html

 Check out Maureen’s blog for lot’s of helpful information : http://daretobephenomenal.com

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. ~Carl Jung

Great video on interaction of mind, experience and brain and the benefits of developing  mindfulness. Cultivating this state helps to improve  health, relationships, and the ability to learn and enjoy life. This video is focused on children but it has great wisdom for all of us!

“Appreciating Beauty in the Bottom 80” is a study of teens who were not top achievers. One important finding of this study was that many of these students had gifts that conflict with their educational environment.  

 The author of this study, Christine Duvivier, will be our featured guest Monday, Jan. 11, 2009 at 10 A.M. Christine will be speaking about the how to understand and unleash the full potential in teens who are not “A” students and also how to improve lifetime happiness for all students.

 In her work Christine guides parents, teens, college students and business leaders through talks, workshops and coaching to develop the gifts and strengths in our future leaders—today’s students. Find out more about her and her work @ http://www.positiveleaders.com

 Christine has a master’s degree in Positive Psychology from University of Pennsylvania as well as an MBA from Cornell.  She has given keynote speeches and workshops in the U.S., the UK, Australia and Japan.  She’s spoken to audiences at Microsoft Corporation, Massachusetts Women in Technology, The Working Woman’s Conference, University of Tokyo, Toastmasters International, Wellesley High School, Wellesley Youth Commission and many other organizations.  

 Christine is doing some cutting edge work in applying the concepts from Positive Psychology to teens. It may be that these same conceptscan be applied to anyone seeking to create a more satisfying life! We hope you will join us for what will be a lively and informative hour!

 On Monday you can click this link http://www.divatoolbox.com/diva-toolbox-radio-/hosts/2007-peg-donahue-and-karen-kallie-living-energy.html  or join us from the button on our homepage.