Susan's Blog

Have you ever wondered why your best intentions end up fizzling out before you get enough momentum built to reach your desired goal?  One scenario might look like this.  You attend a weekend retreat and get inspired to go home and incorporate your newly acquired optimism and energy into your life.  The first morning you are right there.  " Wow ",  "this is easy" you say.  The second day, you get up and recognize that you don't feel quite the same.  You require a bit more energy to get out of bed.  You think,  "Well, maybe this isn't so easy".

Because we are burdened with a stone age mind in a digital world we find ourselves losing touch with what we are doing and who is doing the doing.  As a collective group, humans are stressed out.  There is no end to the work day anymore and no end to the work week.  Work comes home and to bed and escorts us to breakfast.  Our minds are not given the time to just be so that its brilliance and creativity can flow.  All of our many talents are hidden because there is too much static on the surface.  Everyone is too busy to just be.  Too busy to go beyond thin

Present Mindfulness   Arriving home after traveling for a few days, our Giant Schnauzer, Radha and Irish Wolfhound, Plato come to meet me as if they have not seen me in months. They proceed to follow me around and when I sit down, again I am greeted with delight and a level of exuberance that pays little regard to the fact that we had met just moments earlier. In a way, Radha and Plato have mastered being present with focused awareness. Their minds are devoted to my presence at that precise moment in time.

Many refer to the mind as the brain and the brain as the mind, when indeed they are both separate, but integrated. As we explore the field of Psychoneuroimmunology, the connection between the mind, endocrine system and how our immune system functions we can see how the brain interacts through the mind field. To ignite the fire of our mind, we need to learn how our thoughts affect our brain and in turn can keep us healthy or sick. So, we need to keep our brain healthy and happy from a functional wellness approach.

Where are you at this moment? Is your metabolism operating in full potential, or is a bit out of balance?  The upcoming seminar   Feed Your Fire ™:  Stoke the Fire of Your Body suggests that you assess your fire daily. In other words, check in with yourself to see if your metabolic functioning is balanced and operating to full potential?  Here are some practical suggestions.