THIS FULL LIFE

In this episode I read a few pieces from my recent journal posts.  I've been writing a lot lately on a few issues that coincide.  And what better way to share them with you than to read them and discuss them.   I've really been feeling out of balance.  I feel out of balance in my work, in my family, in myself.  I've realized I'm back to a yucky habit of allowing what others think to influence my work habits. I don't feel the joy that I know how to feel.  Let's address this!  Let's address our own level of production.  Our own pace of how we get things done.   Let's attempt to find that place within that lets us be ok with who and how we are!  

Autumn is the time of year that resonates like metal in nature.  It is the time when the environment's energies begin to contract.  The trees let go of their leaves and the earth lets go of its bounty for the harvest.  As the days and nights become cooler our own body’s energy begins to turn within. A weakness in the lung energy is most likely to show up in the fall.   Today we'll chat with Josh Schneider Co-founder of Cloud Gate Acupuncture and Healing Arts.  Josh will be chatting with us about the season we're in now and how we can support ourselves through this transformation season.  And  about the upcoming Winter Season and how we can prepare. Josh is a Diplomate of Oriental Medicine (Dipl OM – NCCAOM) and is a licensed acupuncturist (LAc) in both California and Colorado. Josh is also a certified practitioner of the Jin Shou Tuina system by the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia (AOBTA) .  He is a current instructor in the North American Tang Shou Tao Association (NATSTA). His training includes Xingyiquan, Taijiquan, Baguazhang, Liu Hu Ba Fa, Qi gong, and Kajukenbo.   

Amber St. Peter is a wildy popular Plant Based Chef, Cookbook Author, and Blogger living in Fullerton, California with her husband and pitbull pup, Maddie. She recently completed her 200 hour Power Yoga Teacher Training and is now a Certified Yoga Teacher. When she’s not working on her blog, Good Saint, you can find her perusing local Farmer’s Markets, comic book shops, and rock climbing gyms. Her first cookbook, Homestyle Vegan, is available wherever books are sold.  In this revealing episode, we're going to talk with Amber about her struggles with Eating Disorders and she has learned to love her body in a more healthy and accepting way. She takes us through her several year journey with anorexia and bulemia and finding her way out.   We're also going to chat about CBT and THC and how these strains of Medical Marijuana have helped Amber's healing process.    Join us live.  Call in for questions and comments or just to chat with us.    

I just started reading Suzy Orman's book The Courage to Be Rich.  And I also just enrolled in Nick Ortner,s  7-week course in EFT for finances.  I've realized I have issues around money and I'm not willing to have them anymore.  Often money comes and goes for me.  Or I have plenty.  Then I have none. Or I can overspend.  I have fear around making a lot of money because I'm afraid of spending it all.  Does any of this resonate with you?  Does it sound silly to you?  I mean really, who states they're afraid to make too much money.  But really, it's a block to financial abundance.   In this episode about money I'm going to talk about the connection of money and the energy that surrounds it.  And how it either flows to us continuously or not. There's a spirituality around money.  We either love it or hate it and it's this same vibration we send out to money.   In doing some personal emotional digging this weekend I found an example leading back to grade school where I made fun of a fellow classmate just to deflect attention from me to her.  I was hoping others would see her finanical flaws and not mine. Join me as I talk through my own examples on this journey.  And we'll talk about Suzy Orman's book and the 3 emotions we can have around money.     

I recorded this episode months ago and today I'm revisiting.  It's ringing true for me on many levels; especially the shift of wanting to be out in the world doing my thing!   I still have my youngest child at home.  And although he's 17, he still requires and deserves my love and attention and interaction.     The part of me that is shifting and wanting to get my message out in the world wants to ignore his wants and needs and hole up in my office( bedroom!) and work, work, work! Maybe I should go back and listen to my own podcast on balance!  Seriously though, according to Dr. Northup this is a normal part of my life. It's normal for me to want to be more productive in the world rather than be family focused. Can you relate?   The Wisdom of Menopause, by Dr. Chrisitane Northrup is the book currently on my nightstand. I've diving into the wisdom and what menopause really tells us about our lives.  I've been an admirer of her's for years and now I'm learning more about what's going on with my conflicted mind.  The hormonal shifting going on isn't the only happening around here.   I have a few recent examples in my own life to share.   Let's chat about what's going on being the scenes of our shifts and changes and how we can navigate this incredible time in our lives. Menopause is really happening for us not too us.