Finding My Spiritual Self

I am currently looking to enhance my self spiritually. I feel that I am lacking the compassion and humanity I once had. I think that this is due to many things that result to my own self-hatred and becoming reclusive. But now I am in a state of mind that I want to embrace my life and get in touch my my humanity by strengthening my faith and helping people in need, extending myself, and finding a way to love myself. I have begun listening to meditation and nature sounds podcasts on itunes to try to learn how to clear my mind and find clarity so that I can study increase my biblical knowledge and research ways to help people in my community. I know this journey will be hard but I want to make a conscious decision to change, be happy, be healthy, be compassionate, be loving, and to be open and receptive of people that need me. I look to my church to learn more and do better.

North Atlanta Church of Christ
http://www.nacofc.org/#/video-audio

10 Ways to Encourage your Partner to Attend Couples Counseling

I have learned over the years that a relationship is about compromise and learning about the person I am with. Through counseling I learned that men and women really do have a different way of communicating needs, wants, and love. I learned that my husband showed his way of thinking of me or that he loved me by keeping up the mechanics on the vehicle or doing things I asked him, especially if he knows I don't like doing them myself. We decided to go to counseling before we got married and that short amount of time in therapy still helps us today. I encourage others to seek counseling to enhance or mend a broken relationship if it's not too far gone. I know how hard it is to get your significant other to participate in something like counseling because they don't believe in it or don't feel it will help. I came across this article, 10 Ways to Encourage your Partner to Attend Couples Counseling, that gives tips on how to get your spouse or significant other to at least try therapy.

Home | GreenYour.com

I am hoping to find ways to use natural or organic things in my everyday life. I want to change my foods, cleaning products, even my makeup to a healthier version. I found this website that has allowed me to learn more about going green and all the products that I can use for myself and my family to be healthier and help the environment at the same time. The website, Home | GreenYour.com, also gives many different links to the products that you may want to check out.

Finding your way to Serenity within Chaos

I have been trying to figure out ways to calm down or release tension when I am stressed or just need a moment of peace. I was watching Oprah and they were talking about ways to be happy. The two that stuck out to me were 1. find time in your day to sit in silence and  to just be or try to get centered and 2. get involved in a group that requires you to attend. The second one I am working on. Although it is hard to find a quiet place with a three year old, I have found that meditative music/sounds help me to center myself or puts me in a calmer state of mind when I have been pushed to the maxed. I cam across Jim Butler on itunes when trying to find soothing music. This music not only helps me during the day but it also helps me at night. I can say that I have slept deeper (the ones I listen to is called "Deep Energy" ;) when I play this music throughout the night. I think it would be a good idea for people that are having a hard time finding time to just think or be to find their moment of silence or if silence doesn't appeal to you maybe adding these soothing tones to your "me" time will.

Counseling Practice

I am currently in school completing my master's degree in professional counseling and I am constantly coming across information that will help me in the future when I open a practice. This article, The Online Therapy Myth: What Online Counseling Wont do for your Private Practice | Start a Counseling Practice, helps you truly understand what does behind expanding your practice by making online therapy available to your clients. It gives you the myths and truth behind the work that this aspect of your business will entail.

I hope that I will one day have a successful business were I am truly making a difference in someone's life.

~Enhancing

Be Inspired.: Quote of the Day

I believe that these following statement are ones that we should strive to live by.

Be Inspired.: Quote of the Day: "'People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of alterior motives. Be ..."

Being an active participant in life

I realized that I am so sick of my being an active participant in my own life. I moved to Atlanta in 2009 and I have yet to visit any historic sites or taking the opportunity to just get out and "smell the roses." I really hate that I am stuck in this rut. The main reason that I don't get out the house is because of my significant weight gain within the last 5 years. I am making strides to lose the weight and find my confidence again. This has been the number one reason why I have secluded myself from experiencing from the world around me and lost touch with who I am...the real me. I hope to work on the inner me as well as the outer me. I don't want to miss out on my life, journeys that I am supposed to take, or meeting new people.

~Enhancing...