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How Can A Limiting Belief Hold Us Back?

7/17/2020

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Have you ever gone to a circus and seen an elephant being held in place by a thin piece of rope around its ankle?  Think about this for a second. An elephant is one of the strongest animals in the world and can move entire trees. Why then does it not simply break this thin rope and run away?  

This answer lies within its limiting beliefs.  When circus trainers first get a baby elephant to train, they start by tying its leg up with a heavy chain.  The baby elephant will pull and pull to try to get away because that’s its natural instinct.  It will pull day after day until it exhausts itself, all the while, not being able to break free.  One day, it will give up hope and think it’s impossible to get away.  Eventually, trainers can tie a thin rope around its ankle and it will never try to escape, simply because it doesn’t think it can.
 
This very thing happens to us all the time!  When we were little kids, we thought we could be, do and have anything.  Somewhere along the way, we started to believe what other people told us.  We forgot about our dreams to become Prime Minister or an astronaut.  We soon settled for less.  
 
Now, we don’t believe we are good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, thin enough, etc.  
 
But, this does not have to be the way!
 
We can challenge our limiting beliefs!  Our first step is by being aware of them.
 
Look at the following areas in your life.  Write what you would like to achieve, no matter how crazy you think it is.  Next, write down why you can’t achieve your goals...these are some limiting beliefs.
 
Areas to examine:
  • Finances
  • Relationships
  • Health
  • Spirituality
  • Business/Career

What are some of your limiting beliefs?  Let me know!

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Your Anger Protects You

7/3/2020

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The emotion of anger often gets a bad rap.  When we are growing up, we are often told not to show your anger, or to control your anger or even to suck it up when we are angry.  This is most often by well meaning parents, teachers and people we look up to.
 
Instead of the negative side of anger or more so, the negative actions that stem from anger.  Let’s look at anger and how it protects you.
 
Anger is protective.  It makes others not want to associate with you when you are angry.  It keeps people away.  This can be a good thing if you are in danger.  You can shout and use your voice to save yourself.  
 
Anger gives you more energy.  Ever notice how difficult it is to fall asleep when you are angry?  The saying, don’t go to bed angry probably comes from the fact that you can’t actually get sleep when you are angry.  
 
Anger can give you power.  If there’s an injustice that you want to stand up for, getting angry for the oppressed can help fuel you to take action to help make a change in some way.  When you say "Enough of this!", your angry brings you power.  
 
When you use anger as a shield, it can ward people off.  This is most likely needed at the time that you put up your shield. 

The challenge is, most people never examine themselves to see if the anger shield is still needed.  Imagine having your anger shield up and keeping people away from you and at the same time, feeling alone and wanting to connect to others.

 
Something that serves you well on one level of consciousness will not on another.  
 
Anger gets a bad rap and it doesn’t have to.  At the same time, when you are done with your emotion of anger, make sure to examine if your shield is still needed.
 
Need help to take down your anger shield?  

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NET Time

6/26/2020

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What do you do when there’s not enough time in the day? You need to feed the kids, feed yourself, find time to exercise, work, do household chores, meditate, journal etc. etc. etc.
 
The answer is NET time.  NET is an acronym for no extra time. This is where you try to bundle some of the things that you are doing so that it doesn’t require extra time to do them.
 
Here are some suggestions of some of the things you can bundle together:
 
  • Stretching while you are doing work in front of your computer. I’ve been on a lot of zoom calls lately and during my zoom calls I do some stretches. That way I can keep my flexibility and I don’t have to stretch at another time.
  • I add extra exercise by doing lunges on the stairs.
  • I also do the stairs twice as many times as I normally would so for instance if I had to go up and down the steps stairs for something I would go up and down twice that adds extra calories to burn.
  • When I need to call a friend, I take my kids out in the stroller at the same time.  That way I’m pushing them around, I’m getting exercise and I’m catching up with my friends.
  • Sometimes, when my kids are asleep in the van, I park in our driveway so that I have access to wifi and can write a blog.
  • I also started blogging while I’m pushing the kids around in the stroller as I voice record my blogs and email them to myself.
  • To increase my exercise I have a jogging stroller so I jog and bring the children with me. That way I’m still spending time with them and we are all getting fresh air.
  • When I am cooking, I like to batch cook which means I cook for several meals. We also freeze lunches so that we can eat them during the week.
  • To avoid having to pick out clothes to wear to work every single day, I got a uniform so that I can wear the same thing each and every day I don’t spend extra time trying to figure out what to wear.
 
What are some of your ways that you save time?

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Summer Solstice Energy

6/21/2020

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Summer has officially started with the summer solstice!  Congrats! We made it to summer.  
 
The sun brings warmth, fire and growth energy to the earth.  Within this energy, there’s an opportunity to transform your life….do you know what you want to create?
 
Here are a few questions for you to ask yourself to take advantage of this sacred time.
 
  • What have you been able to create this past year?  Reflect not only on recent events but the entire year.  
    • Career/Business? 
    • Financially? 
    • Relationships? 
    • Family? 
    • Spiritually?
  • Are you happy with what you created? 
  • Are there any aspects that you are ready to let go of? 
  • What gifts are you aware of that you feel called to bring to the world?
  • Is there anything getting in the way of sharing your gifts?
  • Finally, what do you want to create for the future? 
    • 3 months from now?
    • 5 years from now?
    • 10 years from now?
  • Take 5 minutes to meditate and reflect on what you want to manifest
 
Happy summer solstice! May you be blessed with abundance throughout the year!  
 
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I Feel Great

6/11/2020

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Today I feel great but I didn’t yesterday. I wasn’t even aware that I didn’t feel great yesterday. It was only through contrast that I knew truly how lousy I had been feeling. 
 
It had been 2 months since I last saw my chiropractor.  It had been my longest stretch that I had gone without seeing them.  
 
It started when I noticed over and over again that I had stiff neck, some pain and some sore muscles. Because we were locked down, I couldn’t go to my chiropractor as were are only supposed to see emergencies at that time and I was not in an emergency situation.
 
I noticed that as soon as I got on the table, my body started to relax. When I finally received my first contact, I realize how truly unwell I had been feeling. I had stress from the lockdown, from being with my two young children all the time, from my practice having to stop, from my husband working at home, worrying about friends and family... everything that everyone else was dealing with but I didn’t know how much I had actually taken on.
 
As a treatment continued, I started to notice my nervous system come back online. My muscles started to relax in my jaw and I started to stretch my body and I could breathe again. I could fully breathe again. After I got off the table, I exclaimed that I felt like myself again. When I went home, I knew that I could be a better mother to my children, partner to my husband and a better person for humanity.
 
I am so grateful for the work that I’ve been entrusted to do. I am excited to see my patients again and for them to feel the same things that I felt. Sometimes breaks allow us to truly see how important some things are in our lives.

Excited to get some Neuro-Optimization Chiropractic done?  
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Emotional Infertility

6/6/2020

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Infertility is a difficult, multi-layered and multi-faceted subject. There’s so many emotions that go along with it. 
 
At first, people get excited at the prospect of being a parent. As the months turn into years, every time you get your period, you go down into a web of despair.  The challenge isn’t with 1 single month of not being pregnant, it is with the months and months of disappointments that are piled up over time.  
 
Recently, I’ve worked with several women about their emotions associated with infertility. Most commonly, people are angry because they feel that their body has failed them in some way. I often hear, "my body was designed to do this and now it’s not. I am so angry with my body.  Why doesn’t my body work properly?"  Then, somewhere along the way, not working properly is equated with not being of value.  Sometimes, I hear, "I'm not good enough because I am not a mother. "
 
Others, play the “if only” game. If only we had tried sooner, if only I were younger, if only I ate better…. then I could get pregnant.
 
Many feel the disappointment not just for themselves or their spouse but that of their parents and family as well.  This can be an extra burden for them to carry.  Not only do they feel they are letting themselves down, but others as well.  
 
When they hear that somebody is pregnant or see a pregnant person they wonder why can’t that be them. This can be really hard emotionally for somebody.  Most often, people will react negatively towards learning that others are pregnant, leading to further isolation.  It is not because they are not happy for the newly pregnant person but because they so badly want to be that person.
 
The above are only some of what a person is dealing with in regards to infertility.  If these emotions stay in the body and are not fully processed, it can lead to discomfort and dis-ease later on in life.  The emotions of what you are feeling need to be felt.  
 
This is why I’ve also heard from several of my patients that they got pregnant after we worked to release their emotions and get rid of neuro abnormalities in their spine and nervous system.  For those that did not get pregnant, they were able to let go of the emotional weight that they have been experiencing.   

Either way, patients learned to surrender to what is.  This is extremely hard.  When you have had a single focus for years, tried everything you can think of, surrender seems like giving up.

 
When your mind is occupied with tracking cycles, fertility treatments, timing intimacy, eating a specific diet, it can be too much stress.
 
Feel and experience your emotions, accept the present moment and surrender to what is. 
 
Need some help?  Give our office a call.  I am available for virtual consults and in-office consults.  613-446-6060.  For more information about virtual treatments, Click HERE.
 
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A Person Doing

5/29/2020

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Are you a person doing or a person being?
 
“We stay busy so that the truth about our lives doesn’t catch up to us.” - Brene Brown
 
When you have more time on your hands, you can observe more of who you are. With everyone being told to stay at home, you get a chance to see who you are without the distractions of the normal day to day life.
 
Personally, I’ve noticed that I am always trying to find something to do. Running my own business, I can always find more work to do or more things to learn.  
 
When I’m not working on my business,  I have the kids to distract me, along with household chores, etc. 
 
When I’m bored, I turn on the TV, listen to a podcast, or read.  I try to fill my day with things to do.  I have checklists for the day and I write so many things down that I can’t possibly do them all.  
 
Recently, I wondered why I do things all the time.  I came to understand that I VALUE doing.  Somewhere along the way in life,  I have equated doing things with being valuable.  I am of value to others if I do things and if I’m not doing something, I have lost “worth” in my eyes.  
 
Now that I know this belief  is FALSE. I can practice being more. The irony is that worth and value come from being.  Being a nice person, being grounded and connected, being with one’s self, being with spirit, being the person you were meant to be.
 
I don’t simply want to be a human doing…..  I want to be a human be-ing.  

Curious to see if Neuro-Optimization Chiropractic can help?  Give our office a call.  I am available for virtual consults and in-office consults.  613-446-6060.  For more information about virtual treatments, Click HERE.
 
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Saying Sorry

5/24/2020

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This morning my son accidentally hurt me.  He was walking backwards while I was lying on the floor playing with his sister.  He didn’t see me and ended up stepping on my head.  I exclaimed “Ouch!” and sat up to see if I was hurt.  I then turned to my son and asked for an apology.  Instead of hearing “Sorry Mama”, I heard ‘No!”.  I proceeded to tell him that I was not mad at him, that he was not in trouble and he did accidentally step on someone and when we do that, we say sorry.  He still refused.
 
To me, it was a simple “sorry” and that was all.  Instead, he cried and ran away and made things harder than they should’ve been. 
 
How many times have we made life more difficult than it should be? If a simple “I’m sorry” was all you had to say to make everything better, why do we choose instead to run away? Why is it so difficult for us to admit when we are wrong?
 
It was also interesting to watch my reaction. My first instinct was to punish him in some way (turn off Paw Patrol) for not wanting to apologize. I learned that my reaction when my feelings are hurt is to punish and withdraw love.  
 
I observed my first reaction to hold back on love and I chose to react differently. He still needs to apologize or acknowledge that it is not ok to step on people’s head but he will not be getting any less hugs or less love from me as punishment. 
 
The lesson is to teach that there are actions and consequences to certain actions. This does not have to be taking away love which is one of the hardest things for a child.  
 
Interestingly, when I told my husband about the situation, my husband said...he’s just like you!....urgh, it appears that I have more work to do.  
 
How do you react when you are hurt?  Where did this programming come from?
 
Need some awareness?  Give our office a call.  I am available for virtual consults and in-office consults.  613-446-6060.  For more information about virtual treatments, Click HERE.
 
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It’s OK to Feel What You Are Feeling

5/15/2020

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Times are tough right now.  We are experiencing something that we never have before and on a large scale.   Whatever you are feeling, it is OK to feel the way that you feel.
 
It is OK if you are having a tough day, week or month. 
 
Some people are at home trying to work, look after the children and homeschool them at the same time. You can’t expect to do all of these things. Even if you are able to (good for you), you are probably feeling pulled in many directions.  It is OK to feel burnt out, overworked, stressed out or sad.
 
Some people have lost their support network. Your family is not around to help.  You can’t see your friends in person and some people are missing social interaction. Acknowledge what you were feeling and what you are missing.
 
Others are missing freedom. Freedom to go outside without being scared. Freedom to see other people. Acknowledge how you are feeling.
 
This is a time of fear and worry for a lot of people. Acknowledge what you feel and really feel the emotions that are coming up in your body.
 
Know that this is all temporary and that the sun will come out again.
 
If you would like to talk or are you having any trouble please contact my office. I am available for virtual consults and in-office consults.  613-446-6060.  For more information about virtual treatments, Click HERE.
 
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The Stages of FEAR

5/8/2020

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I was on a virtual call with a patient and we were talking about the different acronyms for fear.  We then realized that as we dissected out the various meanings of fear, we could put them in different stages according to the actions, beliefs, emotions and states of consciousness.  

Where do you fit in?  

1. FEAR= Fear Everything And Run

In this state, you may worry about many things and you are scared.  You run away….from relationships, when things get uncomfortable, from finances, from your taxes, from your own power.  Your nervous system is in a high state of alert and is ready to leave anything that you deem to possibly be dangerous or cause you harm, even if it’s only in your mind.  

2. FEAR= False Evidence Appearing Real

In this state, you start to question if there really is something to fear.  Or perhaps you start to question your thinking to see if it was logical or if you were reacting with your emotions.  A great question to ask yourself here is, “what else can this mean”?  For example, a date cancels on you.  Your mind goes to “he doesn’t like me, or I’m not lovable”.  If you asked, what else could be going on here, you may find out that he’s not feeling well, his dog died, he got called into work, etc.  

3. FEAR= Face Everything and Remain


Here, you start to regain some more of your personal power.  You take what comes at you and stay...even though you want to run away.  You face the fear of public speaking.  Your voice quivers, you think you might throw up, you wished that no one had showed up but you dig your heels in and stay.  

4. FEAR= Face Everything and Rise

In this state, there is an inner knowing that you can handle whatever comes your way.  There is hardly any fear and what fear there is, you know the energy will be used to help you take the actions that you need to take.  On the other side of the fear, you know that you will develop skills that will make you stronger.  There is a purpose to what you are going through.  You know that on the other side of the fear, is a gift.  

Be aware of where you are, acknowledge it and accept it.

Interested in finding out more about FEAR?  Read this article on how FEAR cuts off connection. 


Need some help?  Give our office a call.  I am available for virtual consults and in-office consults.  613-446-6060.  For more information about virtual treatments, Click HERE.
 
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