'fairy insights to excite'
I started this blog to share phrases and ideas which help me to feel good whilst living with a 'scleroderma and Raynaud's' diagnosis, to which there is no cure.
Attitude is everything - so pick a good one!
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The real secret to
being happy and rich - Tony Robbins
“When people dream of becoming rich, they're
really after what they associate with money: freedom, security, comfort--and
the joy that can come from sharing wealth.”
The Science of Achievement
The first is what I call the "science of
achievement."
In every field, there are rules of success that
you can either break (in which case, you'll be punished) or follow (in which
case, you'll be rewarded).
For example, there's a science to health and
fitness.
Biochemically, we're all different.
But there are fundamental rules you can follow
if you want to thrive and have high energy.
If you violate those rules, you'll pay the
consequences.'
'When it comes to the science of achievement,
there are three key steps that can enable you to achieve whatever it is you want.
Can you think of something fantastic that
you've achieved in your life that once seemed impossible?
Maybe it was a relationship, or maybe it was a
dream job or a successful business, or owning a sleek sports car.
Then think about how this dream went from being
impossible to actually being in your life.
What you'll find is that the path to
achievement is followed by a fundamental three-step process:
The First Step to
Achieving Anything You Want Is Focus.
The Second Step Is to
Go Beyond Hunger, Drive, and Desire, and to Consistently Take Massive Action.
The Third Step to
Achieving Whatever We Want Is Grace.
Further to my ‘juicing epiphany’ being printed
at the beginning of last year, here is an update as to my progress.
It is now 18 months since I started on my
juicing routine and changing my diet to raw fruits and vegetables, and I feel
sooooo much better.
I am not yet 100% diagnosis free but I am
certainly back on the path to well being!
Having lived with the diffuse systemic
sclerosis and Raynaud’s diagnosis since 1997, along with years of
immunosuppressants, steroids and antibiotics, my GI system had almost gone into
lock down, accompanied with the constant lethargy and tiredness, my body felt
so heavy and clothes had to be baggy and loose, prompting a juicer purchase as
a desperate last resort.
I noticed a difference within the first few
days of drinking the vitamin packed fresh juices, which I documented in my last
article.
I am now delighted to share the amazing results
over the last 18 months, which I have had by being mindful to my diet and the
extra nutrition requirements demanded by the disease.
I have reduced my acid attacks by avoiding
certain trigger foods as well as I have reduced my constant bloated feeling by
cutting out starch (bread / pasta / rice / potatoes), caffeine, milk, alcohol
and meat.
At first this was quite difficult – changing my
dietary habits, but the desire to feel better, kept me going.
I still indulge in a few ‘naughty’ treats, as I
can not imagine a life without cake, but all in all, I am more disciplined with
the food I am putting into my body, and can see and feel the results on a daily
basis.
I feel brighter as well as lighter, and the
little tasks are not as daunting as they used to be.
My constant desire to ‘feel good’ again, spurs
me on with my dedicated daily routine for well being.
A typical day for me is: juice of a squeezed
half lemon with warm boiled water to start.
I then go and indulge in my mermaid duties to
moisturise my skin, warm my joints and kick start my circulation.
I will then have a bowl of unsweetened muesli
with almond milk and half a banana.
At lunch time I will juice ¼ grapefruit, 1
orange, 1 inch thick slice of pineapple and strawberries or blueberries, and
then mix this juice with ½ banana and organic natural yoghurt to make a
smoothie.
I use the yoghurt to neutralise the acid from
the vitamin c packed juice as well as to control my internal candida – a result
of years of antibiotic consumption.
Mid afternoon I will juice pineapple, 2 golden
and delicious apples (they are the juiciest), cucumber, ½ lime, and then mix
this juice with 1tspoon of spirulina, 1tspoon of wheatgrass and a probiotic
capsule.
Then later on for my evening meal I will have
salmon or a vegetarian option with steamed vegetables, or a fresh salad,
including avocado a few times a week.
Not only have I noticed a welcome increase in
my energy, but an improvement in my skin elasticity and an improvement in my
pain management.
I was hoping to be at the world congress in
Rome, but unfortunately my Raynaud’s symptoms remain a challenge, and so I had
to stay at home in my eskimo outfit!
I hope my experience can help anyone else who
may be feeling as I did, before I turned my kitchen into a mini pharmacy.
I have written my personal experience survival
guide where I include in more detail as to my day to day routine.
This article was written for The Raynaud’s and
Scleroderma Association summer newsletter 2014.
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help fund desperately needed MEDICAL RESEARCH at the SCLERODERMA UNIT, THE
ROYAL FREE NHS HOSPITAL.
“Our Life's mission, or contract cannot be
defined or measured simply by our external life, however.
Your purpose is not only your career or hobby
or romantic relationship.
A Contract is your overall relationship with
your personal power and your spiritual power.
It is how you work with your energy and whom
you give it to. It is also how much you are willing to surrender to divine
guidance.
Although a Contract is not the physical details
of your life, you can use those details to figure out what your Contract is.
Your life is composed of many facets that
shimmer and reflect both your physical and your internal energy.
In attempting to grasp the whole of this
reflection, you can discern and define your mission.
Just as each fragment of a hologram contains
the entire image, your mission is reflected, although maybe from a slightly
different angle, within each of these many individual energy rays."
~ Caroline Myss
PLEASE DONATE to the ROYAL FREE CHARITY, to
help fund desperately needed MEDICAL RESEARCH at the SCLERODERMA UNIT, THE
ROYAL FREE NHS HOSPITAL.
