Hello and welcome to Breath of Balance where we talk about how to balance personal health and wellness in our daily lives.

For the relatively short amount of time I have existed in this crazy thing we call life. I have come to understand that it is not the great declarations of change that move us forward on our journey of discovering who we want to be in this life. It is the small practices, the moments that we spend in the pure presence of self, with a deep breath and smile knowing we got this.

It’s in those moments that we turn another degree closer to our true life’s direction.

Thank you, for choosing to come along with me.

In this weekly newsletter I will talk about the small things. The practices that I have used that have allowed me to find balance and the new topics and practices I will continue to learn along the way.

Sit Still Move Mountains

“I see a lot happening, but nothing is getting done.” My boss has used this phrase on me a couple of times in my professional life. As the supervisor of a garden center my work life flows with the seasons and is consistently changing. Setting up for the summer, slowly moving through all the blooming cycles, to transition into pumpkins and finally Christmas trees. Just to start the whole process over again. The constant eb and flow of employees. Starting the season with one to then hire and train 15 new workers to slowly have them flow back out to the world or different departments.

I use my work life as an example because I feel it is actually a pretty good representation of peoples everyday lives. We all go through seasons in our life, even in a year, a month, a week, a day. Our environment is in constant flux around us. Our emotional state changes from one minute to the next. Our relationships are also always changing. People come, people go, most are fleeting lasting for only a short season with us. Some came for a reason and at least some part of them will be with us always. The entire time we spend in the waking world we are constantly being bombarded by external stimuli. Especially now adays in our modern attention economy in which people and businesses compete to see who can keep our attention the longest. Leading to click bait marketing, screen addiction, and disassociation.

“I see a lot happening, but nothing is being done.”

It can be easy to get swept up in the day, crossing off tasks on a seemingly endless to do list. It can be equally as easy to go down the TikTok rabbit hole and binge watch endless seasons on Netflix.

I challenge you to sit still. Find a place away from the distractions of the day. Take a slow deep breath, then let your emotions flow through you and just, be.

Mindfulness

Over the past few years mindfulness has moved mountains for me. It has helped me to be able to walk through my day to day life unencumbered by unhealthy emotions. It gave me the mental acuity to know that the emotions I am feeling in a certain moment are not my reality. They are a symptom of my reality and I get to make the conscience decision, if this emotion serves me or if I need to change my mindset to one that does.

There is a common misconception around mindfulness. This conception is that when you practice mindfulness or meditate, your mind is supposed to be emptied, quite, and free from distraction. However that is untrue.

Mindfulness is being fully present in the moment with gentle awareness and non-judgment. It helps quiet the noise of the outside world so we can tune into our inner landscape—our thoughts, feelings, and sensations. This presence creates a safe space for reconnecting with the inner child, the emotional core of our soul shaped by early experiences. Through mindfulness, we begin to notice old wounds, unmet needs, and protective patterns that originated in childhood. By acknowledging these with compassion rather than criticism, we start to heal. In this way, mindfulness becomes a bridge: it links our adult awareness with the tender, often forgotten parts of ourselves, allowing for emotional integration, self-love, and deep inner transformation.

Mindfulness is all about being able to feel our emotions without criticism. The way that we talk to ourselves is of the utmost importance. I think it is safe to say that most people aren’t always very nice to themselves.

“How could you be so stupid!” “What’s wrong with you!” “You’re such a loser!” “You’re never going to amount to anything!”

That is why the symbolism of the inner child is so important to me. So much so, it is tattooed to my forearm, to remind myself to be kind to me. I would have never said the horrendously veil things I said to myself to a child or to anyone else for that matter. Why was it okay for me to do it to myself? It’s not.

I have become very close with my inner child. I sit with him often. We play games and reflect on the day. He sometimes take me by the hand and reminds me that in its essence life is joy and if I will it love. He has guided me down the path to be able to love myself again. I cherish him more than words can convey.

Mindfulness has offered me the ability to heal. To be able to stand on firm ground knowing that I am worthy of love. Knowing that I am enough just as I am in this moment, has cleared my mind. It allows me concentrate on where I want to go from here and the person I want to become.

Book Nook

Weekly recommended reading from my bookshelf.

I just finished this book this morning and I want to give you an excerpt that commanded me, to read it twice.

“Mastery is to finally understand that the years of discomfort you endured were not some sort of purgatory you had to just get through. They were your deepest inner self informing you that you are capable of more, deserving of better, and meant to transform into the person of your dreams.”

“You must claim it. You must create it. Your own healing process will create an invisible ripple effect on the collective. If we want to change the world, we change ourselves. If we want to change our lives, we change ourselves. If we want to scale the greatest mountains before us, we change how we arrive at the path.”

You have to feel it, all of it. The good the bad and the ugly, you have to let your emotions flow through you. Your experience of emotion is your body telling you that something needs your attention. Something is amiss, take time to be present with that emotion, take what you need form it, then let it go.

Healthy Recipe

Easy Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Mango Avocado Salsa

I’m a sucker for a good shrimp taco. The fact that it’s grilled shrimp in this recipe… say less. Click the pic to get the recipe.

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