Posts tagged life therapy

This incredible story about Marlie, the girl with a new face really puts our lives into perspective… Images of this little girl will stay with me forever… How often we get stuck in the details of our own lives and forget what other people are going through in the rest of the world. Feeling so much compassion and gratitude right now… Remembering what it was like to experience my own version of this situation… http://jasminbalance.com/a-life-changing-experience/

How can I be of service to others?

I don’t have to distract myself from my sadness.

What does my heart need right now?

I don’t have to hide it, there is nothing wrong with feeling sad. 

20-month-old black-capped Capuchin monkey nicknamed I.J. (short for Indiana Jones), with trainer Ben Britton. | Pic: Gregg Porteous | Source: The Daily Telegraph

A 28-day-old golden tiger cub fed bottled milk by a chimpanzee at Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo, in Samut Prakan Province near Bangkok. | Source: LENS The New York Times

Chipmunks in Love…

Male giraffe named Gerald amusing visitors and staff at Noahs Ark Zoo Farm in Bristol by making close friends with the Chapmans zebra family. | Source: The Telegraph

A man from a rescue organization feeding a baby dolphin on a beach near Montevideo city, Uruguay. | Pic: Reuters | Source: BuzzFeed

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Be thorough and diligent, do it right the first time.

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Make a list or describe all of the feelings, tendencies, and/or way of being that you want to experience in your ideal relationship (ie. open, direct, comfortable, free, etc.)

Look at your list of who you want to be in your ideal relationship. How many of these characteristics do you currently exude and how many do you need to work on?

If you met your ideal match what would be the qualities that he or she would want in their ultimate partner? Do you have those qualities? If not, how can you go about working towards them?

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Contrary to what I think, multitasking never gets things done faster.

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Something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is that life builds on itself… what I mean is, that if we don’t have healthy habits in place to “deal with life”, then as time goes on things pile up… and often get overwhelming and even too hard to handle… Whether it is our weight, debt, relationship issues, or simply mail in our inbox (or on the counter)… if we don’t create healthy habits for how to REGULARLY take care of the little life scenarios, then our issues don’t simply disappear they get worse…

GET ORGANIZED.

Here are 2 simple habit changes I recommend for the new year that could change your life…

• Organize and Clean out your Inbox
  • Archive or delete all messages you no longer need
  • Only keep messages in your inbox that you need to respond to
  • Once you respond, archive the mail
  • There should be no more than 20 messages in your inbox at once
  • After your big clean, organize and archive daily
• Put YOU TIME in your schedule and plan around it
  • Most people prioritize things like work in their schedule and try to “fit in” the other stuff around it (exercise, meditation, social time etc.) around it
  • Decide what feeds your mind, body and soul, then put in your calendar and plan the rest of your life around it.
  • There will always be more work. If you don’t make a habit to prioritize your well being, your being won’t be so well!

On a personal note, I’ve realized that with time, dedication, personal reflection and growth, I have conquered a few key issues in my own life over the years, and now I’m ready for the next one. I have recently noticed that I have approached my own life challenges pretty systematically….Through college and early twenties I worked through my body image and food issues, and started figuring out who I was and how to attract my forever life partner. Once I nabbed my man in my mid twenties, I started working on creating and maintaining a healthy relationship, while learning how to build a fulfilling career. Now that I am in my 30′s I am taking on my next challenge: How to Be Spiritually Aligned and RICH. This is my next conquest. Simply thinking about the idea of wanting to be “rich” makes my skin crawl, so my next personal challenge is my relationship with money.

My plan is to learn to make more money than I ever thought possible, feel completely comfortable doing it, and stay in alignment with my ultimate truth along the way, and be more generous and giving to the world than I ever imagined I could be.

I am starting to read a book called “The Energy of Money,” by Maria Nemeth and planning to take on this challenge full force in the new year. If you have interest in hearing about my process and progress on this new journey, hit like, and I’ll blog more about it…

What are you going to take on in the new year??

Lots of Love,
Jasmin

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