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Stress factor and the balancing act

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Goal setting by understanding who you are

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I just finished watching Stress: Portrait of a Killer.

The gist is long terms and ill management of stress causes serious problems.  Of course, we all know about stress.  However vague our understanding, stress is a major problem in our so-called modern day society, yet we happily go on our merry way to lack of health due to abusive stress.  What I walk away from this documentary was how stress is induced in the wild as a way for survival.  Animals go through intense 3 minute stress and then shut off the flow of stress hormones and continue their way, if still alive.  In this case, stress serves a purpose.  What is does, at a pure biological base is to shut down the bodies superfluous functions, reproduction, repairing, growth in order to survive.

Modern Day Stress.  We humans encounter stress in a much more pernicious and destructive ways.  We endure stress from mostly psychological factors and unlike our hairy naked friends in the Savanna, we do not turned it off after a stressful situation has been encountered.  What this means is the high levels of stress hormones still continue to damage our body that has shut down non-essential functions.  The problem is that part of those non-essential functions are growth, particularly brain growth.  Continuous stress has shown that neuron synapses are not created and worse yet, disintegrate.  This explains why after an entire night of cramming for a test under stress, we blank out the following day.

I noticed this not too long ago when my coaching performance was being watched in a class.  The high level of stress I was feeling, although I could rational it, debilitated me to the point I lost scope.  I wasn’t coaching anymore, I was scared and being scared I didn’t have my full capacity.

Most of my clients are women and no other segment of the population feels stress like they do.  Women have to juggle many roles and have undertaken the arduous path to prove men they are as worthy, if not more at the work place.  The only problem with that is we are seeing more and more women with heart attacks, poor health and of course, a quick browse around you will show how many suffer from over weight.

Tomorrow, we’ll look at the rest.

HLifeMedia Rocks!

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We went to Worldfest in Los Angeles where we were surrounded with veggans, meatless food and great talks.  Not only was the weather great but the people we met were simply fantastic.

Our thumbs up goes to HLifeMedia.com where sisters Silvie and Maryl write about health but also talk about the other crucial aspect, spirituality and mind.  And the best part is that they have read the Kybalion!

Check them out, great article, a great look and just wonderful people.  Kudos.

The Importance Of Tapping The Source

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The more I looked around, the more I was convinced that we need to tap the source of anything we do in order to make the best informed decision and not get caught up in the irrelevant. 

Why?  Without getting political or worldly cause, one perfect example is the futile debate on climate change.  Whether the climate change is man-made or an act of nature, one thing has been demonstrated, the climate is… changing.  The latest research have shown this beyond doubt, regardless of its cause.  Yet, it seems many debates disregard the obvious and get bogged down in sterile political rhetoric. 

When something is not right, regardless of its cause, we act on it.  In other words, when we tap to the source of the climate change ordeal, it makes little sense whether it is a holy act or a man-made one, we make sure we do not make the situation worse and start curbing down our footprint, lower our pollution emissions, as well as doing the little things we can do now.

The more I have thought about it, the more I am still convinced that tapping the source, or getting to the gist is still the best way to see the relevant picture and making the best overall decision.

There Is A Shift Coming

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There is a shift coming. For those of us who have felt it since birth, there is something coming.

I’ve always felt something coming for a long time. Though at times it feels like a tease, and at other times it feels right there, the signs are clear. This might sound a little out there but to me, and I know others, it’s a recurrent feeling.

And so pops yet another empowering movie, The Shift. I like this phase of movies we have had since What The Bleep Do We Know, then The Secret, etc. The Shift seems like a gathering of like minded people getting together to move awareness in a future based direction. I’m only hoping the brash, over the board marketing doesn’t kick in and the true message actually gets through: “Who are you and what do you want to do?”

It feels good being asked those questions. They are the fundamentals of coaching.

An invasion of armies can be resisted but not an idea whose time has come (Victor Hugo)

What Makes Me Tick

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A few people ask me when inquiring about my coaching practice. So here it is.

Tell me a little bit about yourself…interests, etc.
I am pretty much an outgoing person and pick up conversation with anyone. As far as I am concerned, strangers are friends I haven’t met yet. My number one interest is making sense of life, or getting to the source of life. That’s a little esoteric and probably would be too long to talk about in a few lines. My life is a work in progress. I love ancient philosophies, mainly Hermeticism, ancient Egyptology, Summerian, and anything that goes way, way back so as to give a hint as to what we are experiencing now. I feel history and philosophy is not an end in itself, but a mirror to draw hypothesis on the present. I also love old sports and race cars, mostly Italian ranging from the late 20′s to mid-70′s.

What do you think about health, in the general sense of the word?
Health is a state of mind first accompanied with a healthy body. I think too many people focus on the getting in shape but do little about getting their mind in shape. I think meditation is the best way to get your mind in shape. At the very least it helps you calm down enough and be more present to make better decision. At best, it gives you more control over your mind. The more control you have your mind, the more in control you are of your life. Health is a whole.

How and when did you first start getting interested in coaching?
After spending a few years in real estate and finding the market slowing down to a crawl, I became frustrated. Sellers were asking exorbitant prices and buyers were laughing. Sometimes both parties would get mad at us when we tried to reason with them. I originally went into real estate because I love meeting people. I love getting the sense of what they want and looking for the right fit.

My wonderful wife sensing my frustration turned me on to a local coach here in Long Beach, Donna Schilder. Donna was there giving me time and permission to be my true self. I had one of those famous coaching “Ah ha!” moments. That was it, without a doubt. I felt this was the job I had always wanted. People always come to me to talk and confide. This was what I had been looking for for so long. I have never loved my jobs. Enjoyed them yes but not loved. For the first time in my life, I can actually say I love what I do, coaching.

And metaphysics?
As far as I can remember, I was inquisitive. I even asked my dad if rocks lived knowing full well at the tender age of 6 they did. I have always felt things, sensed all around me. I was lucky enough to have an Eastern Philosophy class in my wonderful High School, Mamaroneck High School, which turned me on to Taoism. The rest was a progression as I learned more and more from different philosophies and religions. I now am very interested with hermetic philosophy and ancient Egypt. I eventually made up my own path taking what was relevant for me in different branches.

What inspires you?
Breakthroughs. I have such a rush of happiness when my clients or me have breakthroughs. It’s as if after putting out such an overwhelming amount of effort something clicks and things flow effortlessly. You have to love it!

I also random acts of niceness. You know how people will just do a nice thing for no reason, say sometimes when you’re driving, or just smile at you. In California where we live close to one another, this is a luxury I love to experience.

How do you deal with hard situations that are discouraging?
I deal with them in different ways. If it’s the news, I don’t watch it intensely. I acknowledge there are a few loose cannons out there and make things relative. Remember an overwhelming proportion of people are good people despite the negative news we are bombarded with. If it’s a relationship problem, I talk it over quickly. Communication is the single most important tool you have in your life. Use it well. Mostly I meditate. I go into myself as deep as I can. I get to this place where nothing disturbs me. There I can see things in a different perspective. Once you dedramatize a situation, it becomes easy to act on it. Everyone can do this.

What are your goals in life?
Make sense of it all. Get to the source of the All. Have a better flowing life. Understand myself well and others. Leave a smooth wake behind me.

What is something that you absolutely cannot live without?
My Mac ;) In a certain way, for business it would be my Apple laptop. For fun it would have to be my Alfa Romeo cars. For life, it would absolutely have to be the amazing relationship I have with my wife who has been an incredible source of support for me. Mentally and spiritually, it would have to be my inquisitive mind. If I lost my mind, I don’t know what I would do. Maybe hope…

What advice do you give to anyone to people who feel they can only give up?
First of all, look for that place to dedramatize the situation. Come on, seriously, we are only human. Second, we all have to speak out a little without making waves. I think the present state of our societies is due to the fact that people take less and less time to voice their concerns. Don’t give up too quickly even if it seems unsurmountable. Better a voice that expresses itself than a population that clams up. And if everyone clams up, well, look at the mess we are in now.

Lastly, get a coach. It’s still the best way to get a neutral third party help that will provide a safe sandbox for you to talk things over and look for strategies on achieving what you would like.

Thank you

Alternative Healings, The Laws Trying To Prevent Them, Long Beach

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One thing we have seen these last few years is to make it increasingly harder and harder to find and use natural and alternative healing methods. It started a few years ago with talks when Congress was considering slipping in a few bills that would eventually outlaw Homeopathy. Now it seems it’s other healers’ turn.

Modern medicine has done tremendous good work by eradicating some sickness. However these last few decades have seen rapid growths in the pharmaceutical industry, leading to companies getting richer and of course, lobbying. Lobbying for good causes is understandable, but lobbying on behave of companies that reap huge profits is questionable, especially when it involves doing it covertly and deliberately deforming the facts.

The following was taken from Gnostic News, a yahoo.com group. Just one word of clarification, I don’t follow any systems, I don’t advocate one system or another but I don’t advocate awareness as to what is going on in our society.

“Ministers enjoy certain rights in order to better serve the people who place their trust in them. These rights include administering the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, confession, communion, marriage, unction and supreme unction. Some governments require baptisms to be registered. Most jurisdictions require a marriage
license and most bar same sex marriages.

Unction is healing through prayer, meditation, contemplation, laying on of hands or anointing the afflicted. Recently some licensing boards in the USA and Canada have sanctioned ministers for doing things other than these five healing modalities. For example, some massage therapy licensing boards define moving the hands as massage therapy rather than anointing or laying on of hands. Some also claim that laying on of hands done anyplace other than on the head is also massage therapy. Others claim that reflexology is massage by law.

Some medical licensing boards now consider energy medicine such as Reiki to be illegal for anybody who is not a licenced doctor unless it is done under the supervision of a medical doctor. Recently, a few aromatherapists have been cited for practicing medicine without a license because they “prescribed” or “recommended” essential oils be used to help some medical condition.

In many parts of the USA and the rest of the world, astrologers, psychics and tarot readers are coming under attack… The process is to: 1)promote a “Fortune Telling” Law citing the “well-known fact” that fortune telling is a scam, 2)these laws pass easily where brought to a vote, 3)classify astrology, psychics and tarot readers as fortune tellers, and 4)file charges against these professionals for practicing fortune telling.

The problem with all of these claims is that the person charged is guilty until proven innocent by the preponderance of evidence. This is very difficult — almost impossible — to prove. Thankfully,
there are ways to avoid this difficulty:

1. All of the above can become licensed as a spiritual healer or spiritual health coach. See http://HealerCoach.com or http://SpiritualHealthCoach.com or http://ACHLB.com for details.

2. Aromatherapsists and reflexologists can become certified as an Aromatherapy Coach or Reflexology Coach by the Natural Therapies Certification Board. (http://NTCB.org )

3. Level 2 Reiki Healers and Reiki Masters can become licensed as a Reiki practitioner by the International Board of Reiki Licensing. (http://ReikiLicense.com)

Separation of Church and State in America and Canada give spiritual people the opportunity to become licensed as spiritual healers and legally practice aromatherapy, astrology, divination, energy healing, psychic readings, reflexology, Reiki, tarot reading and similar techniques as part of their spiritual healing practice.
While ministers may not be able to legally practice these things under their ministerial license, they can do so by becoming licensed as a spiritual healer. “

Ultimately, the thing we will be left with is choosing quality food over mass produced. I still believe that, plus awareness of one’s life are the best tools to prevent sickness.