Keys2Eating

Weight Loss and Health

You are here: Home / Archives for Reflection

Reflection

Why New Year’s Resolutions & Good Intentions Aren’t Enough

by

Our Brain Health VIP Summit and platform is designed to act as a guided journey walking you via your brain, down a specific intended path crafted by specialists in the field of brain health, general health and psychological health for you to be able to find peace, serenity, ease anxiety, stress and overcome internal challenges like depression, anger management, insomnia, PTSD and even to aid in the recovery of brain injury, Concussions, post-concussion syndrome, and neurological challenges like Autism, ADHD, ADD and more.

It is necessary for you to understand how your brain works, in order for you to work your brain and tap into the most powerful computing device in the world in efforts for you to connect with yourself , craft your own personalized plan and course for implementation with real time techniques to help you live in the present, fulfilled, at peace and connected to those you love.

You can rewire your brain and live the life you desire to live!

I want to commend you if you even take the time to write down your New Year’s resolutions and plan to put the right foot forward in this New Year.

I also want to help provide you with the tools to identify your vision of the “healthiest you”, brain, body and soul and help you get back in touch with yourself, discovery your desires aspirations and dreams and design your plan and road map to follow while on your personal journey toward the life you are floored to live.

The body is a magnanimous operating system.

The brain is the most powerful computing device in the world, yet primal in nature and it is important to understand its wiring and firing to have it work for you. The gut-brain axis directly impacts your brain, thoughts, feelings, hormones, and messaging signals throughout your body. Everything you eat is either initiating your body’s natural healing mechanisms or making you sick.

It is made of a multitude of cells constantly circulating life force energy throughout itself and connected to its surroundings via sensory input inward and projections outward.

The Brain Health VIP Summit is designed to aid you with information and transformational tools and techniques for optimal brain health, habits, emotional intelligence and support towards healing so you can obtain your optimal life, avoiding reliving that Groundhog Day effect each year.

We offer real-life implementations and easy steps to improve your life by tapping into the most powerful computing device in the world, your brain. How to reduce stress and even eliminate its’ effects completely so triggers are a thing of the past and you are in the drivers seat once again connected to your desires and passions living a life connected to yourself every day of your life not just reflecting during new years.

Let’s rock 2022 together!

Presence vs Presents

by

Two of the Most Valuable yet Underrated Gifts you can Give This Christmas

Time & Presence

This time of year people are always looking for the perfect gifts while marketers are promoting their hottest toys and stores are offering their biggest discounts; yet, the holiday season passes by so fast and these two most valuable gifts go undelivered each and every year. These two gifts are time and presence. Time is fleeting and there just doesn’t seem to be enough of it, especially with parties, shopping and holiday planning. As we run around trying to put together the perfect season we often miss out on offering those around us our mere presence. How is it that we miss the two most valuable and easiest gifts to obtain each and every year?

If you have ever had the opportunity to deliver toys in the hospital to children during Christmas, you would see that there is nothing more valuable to them or their parents at that moment as health and time with each other. Especially to those terminal, health and time far out weigh their worth in gold or the hottest toys this year.

If you choose to sit and engage in conversation the older generation at this years family gatherings and listen to the stories within the years of their life, time and presence, would change your life and the gift of the journey becomes apparent.

The gifts of time and presence will bring more gratitude and richness to life than any material possession.

The gift of your health and time on this earth should be cherished and nurtured, for without it we simply don’t have life.

We want to gift you presence and peace of mind with a Free ticket to our Brain Health Summit. Peace of mind, clarity and connectivity begins with stillness and presence with oneself.

From our family to yours, we wish you a blessed holiday filled with time, health, happiness, and presence with those you love.

We look forward to serving you further in the new year and helping to guide you on your journey discovering the healthiest you.

 

How to Create an Exercise Routine that you are Excited About and Guarantee its’ Follow Through

by

Have you ever pushed yourself in an extra intense workout or 10X your efforts with that never-ending “Kick @ss” internal training voice just not as pretty as a Jillian Michaels?

Possibly, with so much internal agitation that it made it seem like a punishment for that extra greasy, big bunned burger with loaded fries you previously ate.

How about we not do that anymore! Are you willing to try a different approach than near-death experiences, unless you like torture? 😉

Exercise is intended to be a gifted space offering both the soul and body a space to rejuvenate and thrive, not a torture routine.

Sure, there are moments of deliberate training, and you can talk to any high-performing athlete or sculpting coach and they will confirm that.

However, at this moment, I am referring to more of a daily routine towards increasing the quality of health and vitality.

Just think about this for a moment… would you rather go get your teeth cleaned or have sex?

See?!!!

The brain and body love to run towards pleasure naturally, so if you want to get excited about fitness, exercise, and feeling good, then perhaps create a routine that offers you that space of rejuvenation and pleasure.

If kicking your own @ss works for you, then keep doing it. I have those days where some extra sprints and few more intense rounds of running stairs is what I needed for decompressing, and afterward, it simply “hurts so good”!

If you are finding it hard to implement or follow through with an exercise routine and you want to, try this and see if it resonates and works for you.

Before your planned workout regimen, simply take a moment to ask yourself what modality you need at that time, kind of like a body/mind/ soul check-in.

Allowing for fluidity in your exercise routine can be such a gift and in the long run… if you enjoy it and have pleasure in that space, you will keep coming back for more!

Plus, the body can also plateau and you can even increase results by mixing things up a bit. Remember, back in the day, our ancestors didn’t go to the gym.

Setting specific intentions for muscle groups and training can still be done, just choose the avenue that fits you best at that time. i.e., yogi, Pilates, hot yoga, cycling, running, or machines.

Technology and applications provide so many options in the gym or out, or even old school without equipment, just you and mother nature. Run up some hills and breathe air, (hopefully fresh high quality, when possible).

All resulting, in a somewhat “effortless” regularly scheduled exercise routine. Follow-through is stated as one of the top challenges for humans that want to exercise regularly.

Don’t forget, you have the most powerful computing system in your head, the human brain. By running the best applications, thoughts, beliefs, approaches, and methods, you can achieve anything you set your mind to… only, if and when, it is set on the right frequency and channel!

 

Your Reality; The World as Spinning Tops

by

Serving the world one person at a time.

We are energy beings, each along our independent journey while part of a collective.

Take a moment with me and picture individuals as spinning tops all independently spinning apart from each other.

Each top is a whirlwind of an individual’s thoughts, emotions, feelings, filters, triggers, responses, beliefs, goals, fears, trials and so on.

Throughout time the tops bump into each other sparking some type of interaction either positive or negative maybe even indifferent at times.

Each of these tops are spinning independently on their own journey, while being and existing as part of a collective.

Our primal computing system the brain incorporates filters, blueprints, and beliefs, projecting our perceived reality on the canvas around us.

You see, every spinning top or person is wired a certain way and their response is going to be one that is consistent with their computing projections based on their personal blueprint, filters, meaning, story and belief system among others.

Why is it then that we are so surprised offended or even caught off guard when some people respond or treat us in a certain way?

Does this resonate with you? Someone in the office or your social circle doesn’t like you, but you cannot figure out why. In your mind, you have not done anything to this person. Possibly, the two of you barely even talk. What could they possibly have against you?

You see, before the verbal dialogue even takes place, each individual’s computing system, their primal brain is processing billions of bits of information in a Mila second to deduce a response with one intention in mind, SURVIVAL.

Now back to the colleague, possibly, the individual could have had somebody else in their life with similar hair or that dressed like you and this individual left information in their brain… Now comes the projected translation and processing of you across their blueprint, through a filter of memories and an action protentional in the neurons produces triggers inside of them. All of this is happening at magnanimous processing speeds. Before you even speak a word, your mere presence can set them off or vice versa. Has anyone ever rubbed you the wrong way and you’re not quite sure why, you just would rather not be around them.

Maybe, you think you know why, but if the finger is pointing outwards, I would suggest you reflect and see what lies beneath the shadows and past the projections of perceived reality.

If you are feeling courageous, consider this possibility, you are just recording a meaning and creating a story regarding how they feel about you based on your own belief systems, projections and triggers.

What if they actually secretly like you? One option could be there is a wonderful characteristic about you that this person wishes they had in themselves and being around you only illuminates their feeling of vulnerability, the shadows, triggering inside of them one of the two basic human fears, that they are not enough. [we all have them!]

Possibly, their response towards you, once processed in your computing system evokes an emotion and triggers within you the other basic human fear that you will not be loved.

The two foundational human fears at the bottom of it all are:

1. We are not enough

2. We will not be loved

Primal collective fears exists and one in specific is that something is out to eat us!

Now in reflection; if you consider this massive computing device the brain, with primal instincts of survival, influenced by the basic human fears, projecting reality around us and charged by emotions [ions in motion].

Should we really be that shocked… Why can’t we all just get along?

Carl Jung, a psycho-analyst and the father of “Shadow Work”; teaches in detail how humans can illuminate the shadows or hidden areas for growth in each other. For example, when we are expanding into our full potential or fullness of light we can bring out “the haters” and vice versa.

We have all hated on someone at some point in time at no fault to them.

Regardless of what the reason might be, the point is, that their behavior has nothing to do with you. Yet how often do we make other people’s issues about us.

Let’s look at another scenario. Maybe you have a boss, somebody in authority or in charge of a committee that rules by being condescending, belittling or with angry fits. An individual that uses those forms of communication or tactics to govern will do so regardless of who interacts with them. Therefore, it has nothing to do with you and is not all about you.

We are individuals and at the same time part of a collective. Discoveries are showing that not only do we have our own personal shadows, but we have shadows as a collective, and generational trauma can be passed down.

Behavior therapists are learning that the grandchildren of holocaust survivors also can exhibit ptsd like traumatic emotional stressors even though they themselves were not there personally experiencing the horrific events of their grandparents.

Furthermore, remembering that as a collective, we hold within us, on a cellular level, the fear of “being eaten”, as humans were hunted for food in primitive societies.

When we understand this concept of projections and the shadow, we can let go of offense and be free of outside added drama, emotional stresses and added triggers.

Try keeping this information in consideration, the next time you come across these scenarios before you default to your primal human nature and say something that you might later regret or react to a trigger.

As humans, we are only reacting to the stimuli that has traveled through one of our filters, past our blueprint, processed in this primal computing system designed to keep us alive and running from danger “fight or flight response”, stimulating emotion, setting off the trigger and generating a response. Introspection and Reflection The next time you see someone having an emotional response, before you counter that response with an emotional trigger of your own, picture them as a top spinning on their own journey of life, as are you, both part of the collective. One option could be to give them space and let them work it out within themselves. See it for what it is with this new perspective of awareness. Take responsibility and accountability for your personal actions, connect with your breath, balance yourself, find your inner peace and spin along. Follow this link for our Brain Health VIP body scan guided meditation to assist you in maintaining a balanced, calm state.

 

Tips for Eating Healthy on a Dime

by

One very popular reason people give for not eating healthy is that eating healthy is simply too expensive.

I am going to show you how with a little planning and by implementing new system of healthier eating, you can actually save money.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014, the average American household spent $2,787 on restaurant meals and takeout, compared to $3,971 on groceries. In 2015, the average amount spent on restaurants and takeout jumped $221 to $3,008. Grocery spending, by contrast, increased just $44 per household to $4,015. What this tells us is that dining at restaurants and ordering takeout aren’t just luxuries anymore. Rather, they’re becoming the norm.

From 2015 to 2016, for the first time in history, Americans spent more money at bars and restaurants ($54.857 billion) than they did on groceries ($52.503 billion).

Here, I will show you how you can eat green without spending extra green. In fact, I believe that you will be able to not only afford to eat healthier, but also be able to squeeze in your monthly supplements without going over budget.

With a little planning and discipline, you will feel great without breaking the bank.

Food markets are set up to make you spend more by toying with your 5 senses and initiating those impulse buys. Items are strategically place to lure you into their grips through appealing marketing.

The only way to insure that you will not fall victim to their schemes, is by having a well thought out plan as to what you are there for and by sticking to it.

Your meal plan for the week should include, quick breakfast items for in the morning, and sensible lunches, snacks, and dinners. This will save time, money, and extra inches on your waist line.

Remember that you and/or your family’s schedule is unique, and you will want to consider, prep time, possible food allergies, convenience, and personal favorites.

For instance, if there isn’t any time in the morning to cook breakfast, a quick protein shake in a to go cup, pre made hard-boiled egg, or a quality protein bar trumps a pop tart, donuts, or drive thru breakfast sandwich any day of the week. Also, as convenient as they might be, school cafeterias unfortunately are not the place to find health. With budget cuts, government regulation, and simply the lack of quality ingredients, our school lunches are failing our children. In the higher grades, cafeterias are full of fast food restaurant options that are not only costly, but very unhealthy.

By using reusable containers and water bottles, you CAN afford to keep the whole family full, happy, and healthy.

  • Make healthy snacks and food options available, in sight, and easy to grab and go. Purchase smaller boxes when you are finding favorites so nothing goes to waste. Try to keep a variety and mix things up so no one gets bored.
  • Keep a decorative bowl or container filled with options of quality protein bars on the kitchen counter.
  • Pre wash, separate and cut fruit and vegies to encourage them to be eaten as snacks. Have small containers for dressings or vegies dips.
  • Buy containers of mixed greens to use for to go salads. Add a piece of protein (possibly from leftovers) or a can of tuna for a healthy lunch. Toss in a bag of mixed nuts and a fruit or vegie option for snacks throughout the day.
  • Keep a few protein bars with you and in bags if you get stuck in traffic or in route to eliminate the need for drive through stops.
  • ALWAYS pack water. The body’s need for water is often disguised and mistaken as hunger. Stay hydrated and never be caught without food.
  • Store items and options for packed lunches together to minimize hassle and confusion. Place bars and snacks intended for lunches in a separate bag or container for the upcoming week to insure you don’t run out.

This will save both time and money eliminating extra runs to the store during the week.

  • Purchase items from online and in retail discount stores or buy in bulk:
  • Amazon
  • Thrive Market
  • Vitacost
  • Walmart
  • Costco / Other Member Store

Stay on budget: shop with a meal plan and grocery list

  • Follow this link for a Grocery Budget List. Omit or add items / edit purchase price from receipts / Items total amount will appear in total column when a unit number is present in quantity.

This is a great way to stay on budget and keep track of the best places and prices for foods. Especially those higher priced quality food items. There are so many options to purchase online with free shipping. For items that you frequently use, you can even save more by setting up auto shipments, and have them delivered right to your door without even thinking about them.

Systems and planning work! They add value to life, free up finances and time. Eating healthy doesn’t have to be expensive.

Bon Appetit!

%d bloggers like this: