Archive for April, 2009

When she came in for her first appointment, she said she wanted to wear a bra from Victoria's Secret. This morning she emailed and said it was hanging in her bedroom. She bought it.  It fits.  And now she wants the constant reminder, " I am now a woman who can buy and wear a bra from Victoria's Secret".

Sometimes, the goal is to walk in the heat of the summer without chafing your legs. After my first pregnancy, my goal was to walk up the steps without my legs touching my belly.

Maybe you want to feel at ease in group of people or during intimacy. Maybe you want to stop being afraid of what is next. Whatever it is you want to feel differently about: you also most certainly want it to happen instantly. And yet, our most delicious victories come with a little more effort.

I have noticed there is an alchemy to changing your mind. I am more relaxed about the how, and the more at ease I am, the better practitioner I become. The first step to changing your mind is for you to be honest about how you want to feel differently.

The second step is to neutralize the negative emotions.  This second step can take a month, a few minutes, or a few years. It is the most important step and it is actually a series of steps. It is like playing a game.

You progress and then something else comes up and you get past the something else, until you get closer to the red bra, or whatever it is you seek.

What is missing for so many of us, is the acknowledgment that we are emotional beings. We love logic and the "just do it" mentality. We beat ourselves up for procrastinating, not being all we can be, and so on and so on. Relying on logic without acknowledging and clearing our emotions keeps us stuck.

We carry around emotional patterns and keep acting the same screen play until we change our emotional being.

Trying to change without clearing emotions  is like planting lettuce seeds over grass. It is like trying to grow blueberries in the wrong kind of soil. It is like trying to make good pesto from bitter- old basil. It is like driving without enough air in your tires.

Once you get the soil right. Once you are open to letting go of old emotional patterns, your experience changes.

Your mind takes a positive affirmation because it can.

The blueberries are sweeter and more prolific.  Picking lettuce is easy;  you can enjoy the best pesto, and your car rolls efficiently.

I hope you can join me in Changing Your Mind.

Weight Loss Program

Unless you have been hanging underneath a pineapple truck, you have heard you need more omega 3s, to keep your brain, heart, and joints ready for love. Your body is not making this fatty acid.

The standard advice is to eat three servings of fish a week, ground  flax seeds, swig some fish oil, or take those kiss killing fish pills that make me burp. YUK!  Nuts. 

Walnuts are good too, but how many of those are you eating? In my joyful world, the grinder is for coffee beans.  Sardines are lovely once a month.   Salmon is great about once a week. And mackerel is for the cat.  Dare I say that walnuts are for cookies?  Hear.  Here. I was not close to making the goal.

Then I discovered flax seed meal. No cooking, smelling like fish or burping involved.

The only rule of this salad is you must start with a beautifully crisp apple.  Pink Ladies are great.

Run to the nearest PCC, or Health food store, refrigerated section and buy a bag of flax meal.   This is going to cost you a little over five bucks. Then pick up some vanilla yogurt. My youngest daughter was no yogurt lover until Greek Yogurt came along.  Now on arriving home, one of her first questions is, "Do you have any Greek yogurt?".  Folks, it tastes like cream.

For your first omega three salad, go for the Greek yogurt, because later, when you are completely hooked on the ease of this refreshing little booster, you will be happy with plain yogurt with a little honey added.

Cinnamon.  If you are lucky enough to have a place to shop where they sell cinnamon in big glass jars, go find one you love the smell of..my favorite is from Vietnam.

Walnuts. You always have walnuts on hand right?  A few walnuts give a nice mouth surprise. Vanilla ,walnuts, cinnamon, oatmeal… is this starting to remind you of cookie dough??

I suggest a beautiful plate. This will stop a cookie craving. Scoop a dollop of yogurt on the plate, add the flax meal , about a T of uncooked oatmeal (not necessary, but it will help your belly feel full). Now stir this and spread it out on the platter.

Next cut your juicy crisp apple in half.  Cut half in half again and then slice,  letting the pieces fall on top of the yogurt mixture. Sprinkle the apples with cinnamon. Dust with a few walnuts, crushed or not, and take your plate to a beautiful eating spot place and use a fork that feels just right in your hand.

Take one piece of cinnamon covered apple at a time and scoop some of the yogurt mixture with it. I just want to say, that if any one is in the house when I make this salad, I end up sharing.

They sneak up behind me, distract me, and STEAL a bite! Once you have had the ultimate experience, you can take short cuts.

In a smaller portion, this is a perfect snack to tide you over before dinner. "Refreshing" is what the thieves always say!

Ingredients: crisp apple, flax seed meal, cinnamon, vanilla or plain yogurt, possibly raw oatmeal

Do you eat too much sugar? I have written and recorded a beautiful two part hypnosis for you. It gently takes you through the process of changing your mind about sugar. As you begin to regard it as drug, you become more more discriminating. Your mind responds to repetition.

Listening to this as you fall asleep or first thing in the morning, allows you to gently change your mind.

Letting go of Sugar

Lisa Crunick Helping You Change Your Mind! 

Call for a free twenty minute consultation. 206-941-1287