Emotions are more than a feeling

My EMOTIONS  

effect my DIGESTION  

which effects my MUSCLES

  (The goal)

That is what I learned from my doctor appointment on Monday. I haven't been feeling very good this last week. I went through something very hard, I had to let go of someone I was very close to a few months ago, and my guard was finally able to come down and I really felt the loss. This person was a big part of my life, so I'm feeling the hole that it left. I don't regret my decisions to let go of this person, partly because this person became someone else, and partly because I had prayed about the situation and knew the decision I made was right. It's awesome how when you know its right with God, nothing else matters. 

Anyways, my emotions can sometimes get stuck, like a CD with a scratch, and it was hard for me to move past it, and I was having problems again with anxiety and my digestion, and muscle tension. My doctor said that digestion can really be thrown off by emotions. So he and I talked through this experience I had with this friend. He helped me really really realize there was nothing I could have done to change things, she made her decision to act the way she did. And if you've ever been to therapy, you know it helps to talk it out. So now I'm feeling cleared up, and everything is slowly following. My digestion is getting slowly better, and hopefully my tense muscles will follow. 

I wanted to post this for a few reasons

One

   Our bodies and minds are so connected.

I don't know if I thought about how much

 I really feel my emotions. It effects everything. The happier

you can be the more at ease your body can be.

Two

Number one is a good reason not to keep toxic people in your life. 

I loved my good friend dearly, but the relationship turned toxic.

 I have no idea why she acted the way she did, and I did nothing 

I regret, so I'm at peace with letting her go. I pray for her. I 

think that's the best thing you can do in a situation like this so 

you don't turn bitter. Seriously, try it. Jesus was giving us good 

advice when He told us to pray for our "enemies" 

(I really don't think of her as my enemy).

 Three

 My doctor rocks! If you need someone, no matter where you live, my doctor can help. He's a healing doctor. Just let me know if you want Dr. Alex's info.

What is the answer to our health problems?

Today's post is inspired from a text from my mother

 in law. It said 'Papa got excited yesterday reading 

Alma 46:40. You and Paul should read it'. 

First let me explain a few things before I tell you what Alma 46:40 says. As part my blog title states, I am a mormon. Part of my beliefs is a belief in a book call the Book of Mormon. We believe it to be scripture, another testament of Jesus Christ. It does not replace the Bible, we very much believe in and love the Bible. It adds to the Bible. It is a book about God's dealings with other people who lived in a different part of the world.

Another thing is that I don't believe western medicine holds the answers to our health, quite the opposite. I do think there are some good things in western medicine, like my awesome epidurals when I have my babies, but in everything else western medicine has really let me down. My current supplements I'm taking are not medication from pharmaceutical companies, its basically herbs and vitamins, and I am doing amazing. I'm getting better so quickly, its really a miracle to me, after being so bad for so long.

After getting no answers from my doctors for years and years and years, I have a much more open mind to other forms of healing. Herbs, therapy, emotional tapping, and finally, oils. I have, over the last couple of years have had some help from oils, thanks to wonderful friend, Sue Shaw, back in my home state of Oregon. She helped me figure out which ones helped me when I didn't know what was wrong with my body, I just knew things weren't right. Since she's helped me, and so many others, I've always been interested in them. I was too busy with work and popping out cute babies while I lived in Oregon to get into them, but now I've dived in. I'm officially in, I'm a do terra sales rep.. Mostly for the discount, but I'm hoping to be able to help people be healthier in any way I can. To actually, honestly, for reals help people.

Anyways, what Alma 46:40 says~

 And there were some who died with fevers, which at some seasons

 of the year were very frequent in the land— 

but not so much so with fevers, because of the excellent qualities of the many plants

 and roots which God had prepared to remove the cause of diseases, 

 to which men were subject by the nature of the climate.

There are other scriptures that talk about the good plants, herbs and oils can do for us.  Some include Doctrine and Covenants 59:17-20 and 89:10. There are plenty of scriptures in the Bible that talk about oil, and anointing oil, but I want to study the scriptures a bit more before I post those. I am so grateful for a loving God that put these helpful things here to help us with our health. There is no way I believe for a second that drugs and modern medicine is the only way, and at this point I'm very doubtful it is the way to go hardly ever. I'm not saying this in a bitter way, I've just seen so many examples of those around  me (obviously including myself) where it hasn't helped out a bit. How can I get better and healthy when I go to a normal doctor and I get 15 minutes if I'm lucky, and the whole time he or she is figuring out what prescription I need to cover up my symptoms, not how I can get better? Honestly! 

The state of our health in the United States is awful. There is so many problems with obesity, cancer, mental health, etc, and I firmly believe the food we put in our body is the problem. If you really look into whats in normal, non organic food it will gross you right out. "Ew" (say it in Jimmy Fallon's voice :)). 

Bug poop in candy like Skittles? Yup. 

Sand and human hair in our food? Yes ma'am.

Boiled pig skin is what makes jello jiggle? Yes again.  

Carbon monoxide in meat to make it fresh? Yes- carbon monoxide, the same stuff that comes out of the exhaust of your car!

 (read about these and so many more gross facts about your food here: http://juiytip.com/entertainment/the-grossest-things-we-eat-every-day)

Why are Americans so sick and unhealthy??? 

The answer is obvious people!!!

I'm not bring up all this to start a fight, or to make anyone feel bad. I really want to shock people into getting healthy. I want everyone to feel as good as I have with eating healthy. If you have questions please comment and I will answer the best I can. I would be willing to post some of my family's favorite vegetarian recipes if it is requested :). 

 

Depression, and the Law of Attraction

I'm already starting to feel better! I started back on my supplements on Monday and by yesterday morning they were starting to kick in. Its crazy to feel the difference. I went from looking at the world with no hope (those of you who have dealt with depression will understand that) to feeling okay. I'm not quite to where I was, oozing with happiness and energy, but I'm heading there.

Depression

 I know I'll be happy to have experienced depression someday, so I know how to help other people. I don't know if you can fully understand depression unless you've gone through it. You feel tired, you feel hopeless. I couldn't think of one thing that would get me excited about life. I can understand if you go through depression for a long time and have no hope of getting better, and have no one to rely on, how people can think death is the answer. Depression takes over your brain and heart and makes it dark, steals you passions and dreams (or makes them something you're not excited about), it's so awful! 

Both times I've gotten better, in (Dec-Jan) and yesterday and today, my husband has talked about how he can see a difference in our 7 year old daughter. We noticed it in our whole family. As I got better and happier, so did everyone else. Now that I've been able to get better, my sweet daughter is bouncy, and happy, and light, and giggles a lot more. Whether its good or bad, my family reflects me. The whole "if mamma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy" really is true with our little family. And that makes me even more thankful I'm getting better. I want our home to be a happy home, where we laugh a lot and have fun. That is my dream, that is what I want out of life. I don't want a billion dollars, I just want to be happy and for our family to be happy....

Law of Attraction

I don't know it I'm going to throw off anyone reading this, but I really want to share my beliefs and what makes me tick on this blog. I believe in the law of attraction, that like attracts like. That if you have a goal, and focus on that goal, that you will achieve it. Let me explain with my best example~

The last couple of years in Oregon I had a goal to get our family to Vegas, and at first my husband was unsure and not totally on board. I wanted to keep it in focus so I went on yahoo and typed in 'Las Vegas homes' and found one I liked and put it up on my bathroom mirror. I love both modern and mid century homes, so I picked out a modern one. When I looked at the picture my thought was not about being in that particular home (for one it was probably at least a million dollars) but I wanted to be where that home was. So I would look at the picture, and every few days I would be sitting with my boys as they went to sleep at night, and as I would rub their backs I would close my eyes and visualize living in Las Vegas. I would, in my thoughts, go through my life in Vegas. Here is a version of the picture on my mirror (my picture in Oregon was this but just pulled back a little where you could see more of the driveway).

 So in January of 2013 both my husband and I, as we prayed about moving to Vegas, felt good about it, but all of the sudden we both had this feeling we need to get there fast. We both felt this sense of urgency. So we got a move on. Within 2 months I was in Las Vegas with this kids, looking for a place to live, and a few weeks later my husband joined us. We found a house to rent and we felt good about renting that particular house. Within the first month of living in our home I was going to Target. There is a road that is behind our home that leads right to a Target. As I'm driving and am almost there, I looked up at a new housing development and that exact picture that had been on my Oregon bathroom mirror was right there in front of the development, almost as big as a billboard. That is about a mile from my house. And having lived here in Vegas (Henderson) a year, I have not seen that picture anywhere else. When I saw it I knew the law of attraction had worked.

If you can dream it, it can happen. Sounds super corny, but its true! All you need to do is pick what you want out of life. And I think God guides you a bit. I don't want a billion dollars, although I do want enough for our family to be comfortable and to help others, but my dreams are of having a happy family that does fun things together. When I visualize I dream of a trailer that we fixed up, one like this
                                                                                   

 

and traveling. As a child my family had this old beater Winnebago. My dad took us camping almost every weekend in the summer and I LOVED it. We even went to Yellowstone. I want that for my family. I want to travel, I want to go camping, I want to see the world, and to have my kids have the same childhood experience as I did. To sit in the evenings in our trailer far from home, playing board games together. Other dreams include my husband's business succeeding, being in shape and healthy, helping other people with their health, and like I said before - just being plain old happy. 

So if you want to jump on my Law of Attraction train, go on Netflix if you have it, and watch The Secret. I look at The Secret as having faith, and making faith an actually tool, to know how to use it. 

Also, if you are reading my blog, please comment. I have no idea who is out there reading this, but my dashboard shows people looking at my blog. I would love to have some feedback.