“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” - Neale Donald Walsch
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” - Joseph Campbell
These three cliché quotes align with the idea that we are all familiar with, that fear holds us back. Change can be scary, whereas, comfort is easy, familiar, and safe. Comfort zones can hold power over us. We all have comfort zones. They can be both physical and psychological. Regardless of who you are, comfort zones are where we feel the most comfortable and the least challenged. We tend to cling on to comfort zones, even when they no longer serve us. Our brains activate survival mode, and the effort and courage it takes to get outside of our comfort zones can be too much to take. However, there are many ways to break out of your comfortability. Let’s learn to thrive in our discomfort!
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Gifts and Graces,
Goals,
habits,
Arizona,
New Years Resolution,
Negative Bias,
2022,
Growth Zone,
Survival Mode,
Growth,
Comfort Zones,
Learning Zone,
Fear Zone,
Control,
Fear,
Brave,
Change,
Mindset
Brenda Fisher is an inspiring blogger, and SWIHA great graduate, who is passionate about educating others on utilizing nutrition and wellness in a holistic way. Brenda’s passion has developed over the last 15 years and gained momentum two years ago when she enrolled in SWIHA’s Holistic Health and Wellness Coach Diploma Program. Brenda is ecstatic about moving forward in her career, and being a first-time entrepreneur. For the purpose of this blog, Brenda felt moved to intertwine her education and current personal experience, of a marital separation, to help others. Brenda’s desire is to encourage self-care, help others feel comfortable to reach out for support and embrace the process. Brenda states, “I want them to be empowered and have support during what can be a crucial healing time and an opportunity for self-growth and self-love.”
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Topics:
self love,
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
sleep,
Holistic Nutrition,
SWIHA,
Nutrition,
Holistic health,
health coach,
Wellness Coach,
Holistic Modalities,
Holistic Health and Wellness,
NBHWC,
Pause,
Prayer,
Separation,
Patience,
Support System,
Trust,
Prepare,
Process,
Holistic Behaviors
Many of us believe that we do not have the power to change our lives or to live our ‘dream’ life. We live our daily lives programmed to do what we are supposed to do. Wake up. Go to work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. This becomes the system and the wheel of life we become a cog in. How do we attract what we really want for ourselves? To know the Law of Attraction is the first step in making these changes to a happier, more fulfilling life. As defined by Sharon Rose, The Intuitive Guide Program Director here at SWIHA, the Law of Attraction is “a universal law of energy. It acknowledges and has been proved through quantum physics that human beings are constantly and consistently emitting vibrational frequencies, and this energy we emit affects our perception of and experience in, the world. It is the law that says we attract to ourselves that which we are thinking, feeling, saying, and believing.”
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Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
SWIHA,
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Intuition,
Goals,
Arizona,
Dreams,
Manifestation,
Law of Attraction,
New Years Resolution,
Gratitude Journal,
Game Plan,
Manifest,
2022,
Attraction,
Wishes,
Manifest New Year,
Manifest Goals,
Energy,
Vibration
By considering all of the parts that make up each individual and by acknowledging that no two people or bodies are the same, I know it takes more than a healthy grocery list to eat healthier. It takes customized care and education to succeed in implementing changes and routines that stick, for a vibrant, nutritious diet and lifestyle. What is your mind, body, and spirit craving? I’m Sam, and I’m a Holistic Health & Wellness practitioner, offering nutrition coaching out of Burlington, VT. I offer in-person or online coaching. I have a passion for self-care and eating for the whole self. I love to focus on eating happy, colorful foods for happy heads and hearts.
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Life Coaching,
Holistic Nutrition,
Great Graduate,
SWIHA,
Whole Foods,
Holistic wellness,
Holistic health,
SOUL Food,
SAD diet,
health coach,
Nutrition Coach,
Holistic Nutrition Coach,
Wellness Coach,
Wellness Practitioner,
communication,
Holistic Healh and Wellness Coach,
NBHWC
Come walk with us
Let me tell you a little bit about myself - my name is Aidale, my friends know me as Lee. I am married to my amazing husband called Bear and we both harvest and make some medicines and forage edible wild foods for our family and friends here in the Northwest of CT. After witnessing the healing properties we were gifted from our land, we have created BearLee Essentials to share the magic Mother Earth has gifted us right from our backyard. We feel self-care, wellness, and connecting back to our wilderness souls and Mother Earth is so important especially after experiencing the many changes we have gone through during the Covid-19 pandemic. I feel we found ourselves wondering how we can be more proactive in our self-healing and health for ourselves and our family.
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Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
wellness,
SWIHA,
Whole Foods,
Intuition,
Urban Farming,
Holistic health,
Arizona,
Healthy Eating,
Holistic Remedies,
Organic Food,
Mother Earth,
Herbs,
Plants,
Ancestors
G-IVE GRATITUDE A TRY
Gratitude has always been familiar to me; basically, I’ve been a pretty happy-go-lucky person my whole life. By nature, I’m an optimist! As a longtime student of A Course in Miracles, I consciously choose to be “miracle ready” which means choosing to be in a state of gratitude and readiness as a daily practice. An “attitude of gratitude” was fully reinforced during my travels to India.
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Topics:
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
Kamini Desai,
Gratitude,
SWIHA,
Mindfulness,
KC Miller,
Yoga Teacher Training,
yoga nidra,
Spirit,
Holistic wellness,
yoga,
Arizona,
India,
Holistic Education,
Amrit Institute,
Thanksgiving,
Gratitude Journal,
Amrit Yoga,
Grateful,
Blessings,
Blessons,
Wisdom
When I was a little girl, my parents got divorced. I was 6, my brother 9, my little sister just 5. We went to stay with my dad’s parents so he could continue on his job on the railroad. My grandfather was retired and had been in the navy. My grandmother was a rough and tough sort of woman that had been married five times, rodeo trick rider, sharecropper, all-around tough cookie. I share this with you because I had no pause, my family had no pause. The next steps my family took could have been changed or at the least given a pause, we as a family could see the purpose in our actions. When I was 9, I ran away from home. They called my mom (which I had been told was dead) and she flew to see me face to face to tell me, her daughter, she could not take me back to live with her. She got on a plane the next morning.
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self love,
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
spirituality,
SWIHA,
Mindfulness,
Self-care,
Guided meditation,
Essential Oils,
Meditation,
Mind,
yoga,
Breath,
Spiritual,
mind-body wellness practitioner,
Boundaries,
Sacred Space,
Holistic Education,
Mindful Practices,
Calmness,
Pause,
meditate,
breathing
“Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create.” - Jana Kingsford
Sweet. Salty. Dark. Light. Hot. Cold. Yin. Yang. There is a balance to everything. The ‘Wheel of Balance’, also commonly known as the ‘Life Balance Wheel’ or ‘Life Wheel’ is used to assess and understand how areas in your life are currently balanced and to help achieve a better work-life balance. This tool and perspective is a great way for us to look inward and assess what may need some adjusting in order to produce harmony in our lives. Sharon Rose, the program director of the Intuitive Guidance program, asserts, “It is incredibly effective in showing people where they can plant seeds and grow their garden in their own lives.”
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Holistic Nutrition,
SWIHA,
Recipe,
Holistic Healing,
Yoga Teacher Training,
balance,
yoga,
Arizona,
Holistic Living,
yoga teacher,
Wheel of Balance,
Thanksgiving,
Holistic Modalities,
Dessert Recipe,
Grateful,
Wheel of Life,
Appetizer Recipe,
Open House
Its 11:11 make a wish! Do you ever catch yourself looking at a clock, a license plate, or receipts and seeing consecutive numbers like 222, 333, or even 555? Ever wonder what it meant that you see these numbers so often? Well, Angel numbers are recurring sequences of numbers that have spiritual significance. The line between our physical world and the spiritual world isn’t as resolute as one may think. Angels and guides often communicate with Angel numbers or various “signs” that hold deep spiritual significance. Think of them as a gentle and loving invitation to build trust in your own spirituality. And when you pay close enough attention, you may begin to notice these patterns show up more often as you become more attune with receiving messages from the universe.
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Topics:
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
spirituality,
SWIHA,
Mindfulness,
Intuition,
Meditation,
Mindful,
Symbolism,
Spiritual Awakening,
Holistic Education,
Mindful Practices,
Angels and Guides,
Signs,
Angel Numbers,
Symbols,
Messages
With intuition, some refer to it as a gut feeling, instinct, foresight or just a certain knowing that they have within themselves. Regardless, everyone is born with intuition. It can be really easy, and more common than you may realize for people to not trust their intuition or themselves. Especially at the beginning of a spiritual journey or life transition, it can become difficult not to compare how ‘profound’ your experience is to the person next to you.
How do you even become more attuned to your intuition? What does that inner knowing feel like to you? How come I experience intuition differently from the person next to me? All of these questions can be answered by learning what your strongest Intuition skill (or Clair) is. The four Clairs are: Clairvoyance, Clairsentience, Clairaudience, and Claircognizance.
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Topics:
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
spirituality,
holistic entrepreneur,
Mind Body Wellness,
spiritual Studies,
SWIHA,
Angels,
Intuition,
Intuitive Guide,
intuitive guidance,
Sacred Space,
Holistic Education,
Holistic Modalities,
Guides,
Intuitive Messenger,
Claircognizance,
Clairsentience,
Intuition Test,
Clairvoyance,
Claireaudience
