Life at its Best

• Upper Limit Problem- Each of us has an inner thermostat setting that determines how much love, success, and creativity we allow ourselves to enjoy. When we exceed our inner thermostat setting, we will often do something to sabotage ourselves, causing us to drop back into the old, familiar zone where we feel secure. Unfortunately, our thermostat setting usually gets programmed in early childhood, before we can think for ourselves. 

• Often times when we feel "sick" our bodies are trying to tell us we are on the wrong path.  Listen to and acknowledge those feelings. If something doesn't feel right, it usually isn't.

• Quit thinking time is "out there." Take ownership of time--acknowledge that you are where it comes from and it will stop owning you. Claim time as yours, and it will release its claim on you. You always have enough time to do the things that are most important. When you stop complaining about time, you cease perpetuating the destructive myth that time is the persecutor and you are its victim. Some complaints about time most people use daily: 

• Four Barriers of Success:

1. The false belief we are fundamentally flawed in some way. If we carry this feeling within us, we sabotage our success because we think we are essentially bad. If something good happens, we must mess up to offset it, because good things cannot happen to bad people.
   
2. The false belief that by succeeding we are being disloyal to and leaving behind people in our past.  If we harbor this feeling within us, we sabotage our success because we think it's disloyal to our roots to soar too far into the stratosphere. 
   
3. The false belief we are a burden in the world. If we carry this feeling inside us, we sabotage our success so we will not be a bigger burden.  
   
4. The false belief we must dim the bright lights of our brilliance so we will not outshine someone in our past. If we hold this feeling inside us, we tend to hold ourselves back from expressing the full potential of our innate genius.

I believe that many people are unhappy because they aren't doing anything to develop their potential. If you want to see your potential developed to its fullest, don't wait until everything is perfect!! Do something now! Start laying your hand to whatever is in front of you. 

You must give your potential some form by doing something with it. You will never find what you are capable of doing if you never try anything. Challenge yourself! Try something new!! Don't get stuck in the same routine day in and day out! Spice it up!! LOL! 

Don't be so afraid of failing that you never take a chance. Don't stay in the safety zone. You may feel safe, but you will never succeed at developing your full potential or being fulfilled in what you are doing. Step out into what you feel God is leading you to do, and you will soon discover what you can and cannot do. 

You are full of God-given potential, and he wants to do more through your life than you could ever imagine, but it requires your cooperation. Stop and listen, he will lead you in the right direction!! Just a few thoughts for the day! 

Be Well! 

Jackie 

Copyright, 2013, Jackie Mart. For further information about this blog, or Optimum Wellness LLC, contact Jackie Mart at 712.790.5883 or Jackie@OptimumWellnessMN.com. As a holistic nutrition and lifestyle coach, I will support you in taking steps to a healthier and happier you. My goal is to help you create an art of balance in your life. You will also learn how important balance between primary foods (relationships, physical activity, sleep, career and spirituality) and secondary foods (organic food and whole food) is.


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