How many of you visit a doctor or clinic on a regular basis?  I decided to visit one 4 months ago for the first time in 5 years.  Prior to that it was for what I thought was a must do female checkup. Both proved to be unproductive for my spirit . I was reminded of the following: I do not like the waiting rooms, the checking in at front desk, the sitting anxiously in the exam room looking at posters of cross sections of the anatomy or before and after photos of effects of smoking cigarettes.  I don’t like feeling like a number case with an allocated  3 1/2 minutes (sometimes less) to discuss, check, diagnose and  treat what ails us.   I am also grateful for them.  As I have stated in the past and will continue to is that doctors provide important part to servicing our un-well.  For instance, if you were to break a limb, a doctor would be the right path for your treatment and not a nutritionist.  There are still some Florence Nightingale type doctors who give comfort to the patient that is terminal and in their final stages of illness.  Or the Patch Adams who had helped soothed the young child in emergency getting stitches.  I am of the opinion they are stressed and part of a system that does not serve either side well.  They are over tired making some less empathetic. In fairness to them , medical school provides less than a week of  study on nutrition. The rest of their intensive program is based on treating symptoms and working closely with pharmaceutical companies.  So  lets say you broke your wrist due to a fall and it is now in a cast.  A doctor may prescribe you pain medication give you a form to see a specialist and follow up appointment for removal of cast and some physio therapy.  An intuitive practitioner,  would be more interested as to the thoughts and events you created up to the time of your mishap.  As a quantum physics believer of thoughts are things and we do create our futures there would be  pondering on how to shift the chain of negative patterns into positive ones so that one could live the life of well being that the body is always striving to live.  How do you prevent the next fall or never fall again?  How to change the pattern of behaviour from believing that our bodies are simply going to decline and dis of ease is inevitably befall us as apposed to being the master of your body and control only one thing.  That is your thoughts on a matter and that the  result of those thoughts also control your  health from a cellular level and so on.

Want proof?  Observe the person in your office or workplace or neighbour etc., that is never or rarely sick. Is that person happy?  Do they find the humour in their lives instead of complain about it?  Do they view the world thru the glass as half full?  If you have trouble witnessing that kind of person in your life consider this.  By law of attraction (science here)  you are surrounding yourself with like minded persons who share your negative beliefs.  That is another subject all together and the reason why I am in this business to help educate and not medicate.    Consider  that when you focus on a condition, you start to talk about it, we tell the family about it, then your friends, coworkers, neighbours and the cat.   Next you are googling the symptom.  POW!  156 possible causes and when you see 1 that resembles your condition you  vociferate “AHA!”    Call back your  friends and talk about it over dinner (wow) then  some more with Sally down the street who knows about everything and SO GETS YOU!  That evening you check the pot hole and guess what?  It seems bigger!  Then we visit our doctor and hear “hmmm, not sure, we will send you for more tests”….. The wheel of thoughts of “what if?” or “omg” or “I knew it!” beginning spinning out of control in your mind to the point that there is no allowance for any feel good thoughts.  Cellular levels are  changing again, you drink more coffee, eat more dead food, or  drink more coffee and stop eating because your thoughts of what if  are making you nervous.  Now you  feel more unwell.  Another decision, back to the doctors.  This time pills to sleep , next morning wake up , more coffee, too tired to think about drinking more water or taking vitamins, nuke the coffee coz it’s not hot enough,   still thinking of the what if’s maybe google some more….starting to see a pattern here?

What if  (and this is the what if I prefer to use) that pot hole on our beautiful body was just that? What if it was a message to re think your priorities.  Our current living choices.  Are they for the good of your health? What if you  just let go of the oars and swim your lives along the current?  Let go of the negative nelly’s in your life.  We all have them and we are all guilty of giving them power over us, including MOI. What if you actually trusted your divine (not just on Sunday sermon)  and believed in your miraculous machines (body) to have the ability to heal.  What if?  You chose to google the nutritional information about your symptom?  What if you sought out the assistance of a naturopath, or nutritionist, TCM,  chiropractor etc. and considered some ancient healing modalities.  What if you envisioned the pot hole getting smaller thru art of meditation and made couple of changes in your food choices?  What if you could just be so darn happy that your bodies can give you an opportunity to know when it is  out of alignment with who you?

What if everything I am saying to you is because I have experienced it and thru a shift of my level of thinking I was able to reverse or stop the procession of my own potholes.  Please do not think “Oh this B*%^@CH has a horseshoe up her A$$”   I have suffered and had much experience with negative thoughts.  I was a master at  creating life events that almost shortened my time here on earth.    I also had the sense to listen to an inner voice that led me to find help nutritionally and wholistically.  It was a faint whisper, but I listened.    To date,

I have not to date had any organ (other than tonsils and I was kid and my mom was listening to her doctors advise, plus I had no voice (pun intended)) removed.  I take vitamins not drugs.  If I get a headache which is my choice of dis of ease I will review my eating patterns over last 2 days, up my water intake, meditate and think thoughts that make me laugh.  Plus my partner, my Homer’s love is my Tylenol.  Thru his love I am grounded and recovery is quick.     My biological  children ages 20 and 22 do not see doctors.  Their choice.  They also RARELY become ill.   They have not had vaccinations since public school.  They have watched me  teach  about law of attraction and they think their way thru love on most issues of their life.  So far so good I say.

It would be worth to continue to realize that what we put in our mouth nutritionally is vital to how we think. But you have heard me preach that sermon before.

“Let medicine be your food and food be your medicine” Hippocrates.

Additional thoughts: ” A belief is only a thought that one keeps thinking”  What is your current belief and why do you think it? Does it serve your well being?  ” The Truth is only because a group of you held the same belief” Ask yourself.  Is it really true?  Is it a pothole that requires the attention of others or a beautiful message to offer me a choice on how I can look at my current life pattern?

I wish for everyone that the above be enjoyed as my beautiful message to you. In Love and Light, Hedwigg.

***note, this blog is for your enjoyment and consideration value.  If you are currently under a doctors care please continue to do so****

for the love of Maxine

My web designer was all for my adding this site to facebook.  She pointed out the advantages to the social networking aspect.  I did see her point, however, after trying it for couple months closed the account.  What I found was it no different than the regular facebook I had couple years back.  A social site where people are able to live out their dramas.  A site that captures the attention and hangs on the juggler of those who need to fill their cups with other peoples business.    I could be wrong, however, the  news feeds continue to pour in about  lack of work or concentration at jobs because of facebooking at their office desks.  It has also been proven that students are performing dismally at their studies because the allowance of cellphones in classes have them secretly or even openly checking their facebook accounts.  On a personal note one of our kids, cannot separate the priority of looking for a job because the need to be on the computer facebooking overwhelms the need to make money.  This child is of adult age  and still requires constant followup, nudging or prying.  And altho Facebook cannot be entirely named to blame it is certainly worth taking consideration as a big contributor.   It seems to be the evil that we parents are battling with when raising our children.  I often wonder what the virtual drug will be for their children?

When I had The Healing House on Facebook there were never new clients acquired from it.  I found that new business still flowed in because of my website, referrals and other media postings such as flyers and not my facebook.  FB only provided me with the heads up on what another business owner was up to.  Who cares?  I am a law of attraction facilitator and can attract all that I want.  That is what I teach so again I ask myself what do I need an entire site to list my personal information or feelings when it can by law of attraction cause more harm than good in manifesting. If thoughts are things and proven to shape your realities why would I want to be caught in the thoughts of someone else’s  dramas.

This brings me to Twitter.  Altho the word ‘Twit’ is within the full name I am over it.  I like Tweeting Twitting or one lining it. It’s better than main lining it.  I can insert a link or a positive affirmation I can spend an entire 2 minutes reading other peoples tweets and feel inspired or have a giggle.  I have not read any articles about twitter causing emotional damages or addictions.

Is Facebook a solution to social networking? Or is it some site to feed narcissistic souls? Are we on it to build our business, enhance our lives or are we just spying on what our friends are doing.  Are users cowardly ending relationships on it as well as including speaking their so-called minds about another which is publicly humiliating them for everyone else to read?  Do businesses use it to expand their horizons or subliminally trash their competitors.   Just a thought.

Would love to hear your take!   Post them on  the comment section below.

I promise not to post it on Facebook.

Todays news reports ”It’s been estimated that $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business.  Hotels and skyscrapers do not have a 13th floor.  Grocery stores do not have an aisle 13.  To the Pagan Romans Friday was the execution day and later in Britain called HangMans Day.

For the fascinated tree hugging dirt worshippers this is a day to celebrate or to feel the magick.  ”Friday” which was named after the goddess “Freya” was a norse goddess of fertility.  A very good sign indeed.  Means to be productive, fruitful or rich with bounty . But in other pre-Christian cultures it was the sabbath, a day of worship and Fridays were celebrated as a Holy day for those who had not yet been suppressed by the early Church religions.

The number 13 is associated with many positive old age beliefs.  For instance the Jews celebrate a young male or female into adulthood at 13.   The egyptians regarded life’s ascension like a ladder with 12 steps and the 13th the eternal beautiful after life not about death or decay.  There are also 13 lunar cycles per year that has a strong association for many in the wholistic wellness field.

On a personal note I love fridays.  That is the end of the week when Homer is home from work and we have our weekend together to look forward to and I love the number 13.  It is a number that seems spooky to so many which stirs the curious ‘black’ cat within.  Also my beautiful parents were married January 13 and tho they are in spirit today I gratefully honour their union.  They remained married (until death did they part) for over 33 years.

How do you view this calendar day?  Is it virtuous? sacred? religious? Or is it cursed?  jinxed? blighted?  And why?

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It was great, I creatively wrote about my take on this holiday season.  Why I am calling it the Seize On and not The Season.  The play on words. Seize was a verb meaning to take hold.  Season a noun which described the four divisions of the year etc., and how I selected the verb because I was going to SEIZE the holidays differently.  Examples such as the added efforts being made to select gifts for the stockings that were not mass produced in a faraway country.  Gratitude, Joy , Health, Abundance and Love were just some of the words used in todays blog.  Notes on my step daughter embracing the idea of giving back and wanting to participate with me at a local food bank this year.  I wrote how she and her daughter shopped to donate food supplies at their local pet shelter.   This inspiring me to also quote Wayne Dyer…”Research has shown that a simple act of kindness directed toward another improves the functioning of the immune system and stimulates the production of serotonin in both the recipient of the kindness and the person extending the kindness.”

Oh there was also the cynicism in my morning blog about family the rituals and gatherings.

I then selected to post my script and the computer froze.  Just Froze.  No allowing me to do ANYTHING.  I decided to set it down, walk away, feed the dogs and check it when I returned. Nothing.  20 minutes later and still frozen.  I had no option but to shut it down. Lose my blog my two hours of life that I will never get back. Maybe it was the reason that this season had ‘seized’ my blog.  Cynicism was rising within  then I remembered about Mercury and how there is still about a week left of its presence along with its chaos and I chose my daughter’ s take on the matter.  I shrugged my shoulders and said, “I’m over it.”

So above is my quick re-do of todays blog. I will be Seizing the Season by filling the girth of everyones stocking with less items made overseas and more items that are handmade, nutritious, educational and fun. I will be drinking Americanos with extra shots of espresso, humming some carols and decking the halls with the merriments of adorning accents. I will also continue to teach Kickboxing to work off the Americanos!  I will reflect on what this time of year means to me and Love My Life.

Would be delighted  to hear back with your take on this years Winter Solstice.  Are you with the Season? The Seize-on? The Cynicism?   Remember it’s all Good and none of it is real so just relax.

Love and light, Hedwigg          

I am absorbed, hitched and addicted to the roll the universe plays with functions of our body and health.  Reflexology is one practice among many that teach there are meridians which run thru our bodies.  Those same meridians also run along the universes infinitness.  How then can we separate ourselves from the fact that we are all connected.  When I study the planets and the roll they play I am less confused and patient to the shifts occurring within my own paradigms.

Currently Mercury is in retrograde.  That means a planet has taken a break from orbiting and is simply stopped.  Having a rest.  Because Mercury is a major active planet these are some of the things you may have noticed lately:

• Angrier people
• Crazy drivers
• More accidents
• Miscommunication
• Quarrels
• Computer problems and breakdowns
• Delays
• More mistakes
• Slow mail
• Games of phone tag
• Wrong directions
• Missed appointments
• Dead cell phone batteries

For those who say, “that happens to me all the time!” I suggest calling me and we talk about tweeking your manifesting abilities. LOL.  Don’t worry folks this planet is resting for about another 2 weeks.

It is recommended by fellow esoteric nerds such as myself to avoid starting any new projects or business.   Yes life does go on and if you must enter into new contracts or are looking for new jobs just re read all papers.  Keep your phone batteries charged and watch your driving for starters.

Remember, Meditation, eating live food and exercise is a wonderful start to keeping on track with the wonderful you.  Tell someone you love them and HUG them! Even if it does not change Mercury’s planetary position, it’s a nice gesture and will boost your emotions and immune system.  That’s a good thing Martha!

Feel free to share your stories about what you have noticed with this very active but currently still planet.

Love and Light,  Hedwigg

I was very touched when listening to the essay Jamal read by Sean Connery (Forrester) about the lost and found on family.  I am enclosing the quoted essay  as follows:

“Losing family . . . obliges us to find our family. Not always the family that is our blood, but the family that can become our blood. And should we have the wisdom to open our door to this new family, . . . we will find that the wishes and hopes we once had . . . for the father who once guided us, for the brother who once inspired us, . . . those wishes are there for us once again.”

I felt moved and yet wish to add to this beautiful score with my own thoughts.

“thru this same wisdom we will be also revealed the mother that nurtured our dreams or the sister who yielded her compassion. Blessedly we may also find the child.  The child who thru their own innate wisdom remind us of our eternal joy and that life is never about the suffering, only the laughter”

I am eternally blessed and thank this movie for reminding me what a wonderful world we live in. In addition for guiding me to having the wisdom to open the door and keep the mind open.

Look forward to hearing about your own accounts of “finding forrester”

love and light,

Hedwigg

ManCandy Mon-For the GALS!  I will list my mancandy monday choice for you women and you get to vote yay or nay and offer some of your own selections.

Tuesday Temper Taming- got some pet peeves or something you have just noticed that creams your corn and want to share? Find ways to substitute the Temper with the Taming thought.  Or not.

Wacky Wednesday- Looking for unusual recipes, remedies, goofy hairdos, toe sock stories and alike.  Anything goes on wacky wednesday!

Thirsty Thursday- Share with me healthy drink recipes whether it be for treating the cold or upcoming holiday celebrations.  Remember to omit the white sugar in your suggestions

Feel Good Fridays-end of work week and love to blog about what experiences made you end your week with feeling good so that your weekend will feel Great! Maybe an new exercise plan? started eating more raw foods? just dare and share

Saturday and Sunday will not be included in this fun bloggy as they are the only hours I have left for planning my next week, tending to the needs of other family members (4 legged included) cooking, cleaning, hugging my man (like doing that alot) trying to continue writing my book, channelling spirit guides and oh yes trying to get some sleep in the two or three hours left each of those nights.

Love and Light!  Hedwigg

I was given the opportunity to consider that manners are a set of standards set out by society based upon culture and upbringing etc., and questioned as to who’s standards I was referring?  I was also briefed that this individual thinks of herself as having great manners.

As I pondered the last portion of her response along with the initial text she sent , was enlightened that in this glorious world every one is entitled to a belief.  I have been raised culturally to use my manners almost always.  It is free and opens doors. My mother insisted that manners separated the well and ill bred.   I agree that more importantly they build self esteem and character.  They attribute value to another human being and that just feels darn GOOD!  Manners and Love are rather inclusive.  Both are  polite and imparts value to people. Manners builds friendships and are also a part of kindness reminding us that when we are kind to someone else the world does not revolve around ourselves.

I have a certain set of beliefs, that when mannerly speaking one thinks before one speaks in order not to offend another.  Treat onto others as you would want to be treated.  In other cultural ways of life it is also believed pre Christian times that what you put out comes back 3 fold.  Words are powerful. If one speaks with thought and kindness, it is granted in return 3 times.   The same implies with words with negative connitations attached to them.    Law of attraction denotes that thoughts are things and creates ones future.

And with all that said, a belief is still only a thought that one keeps thinking.

I am grateful for her viewpoint . It inspired me.

As for manners? I am aware they are still free and I always like a good deal!

Love and Light,                                        

Heidi(Hedwigg)

Looking at him with 100 lbs less on his frame he looked frail to this lil sister.  He was proudly wearing the tee shirt that my partner bought for him.  In between the cursive adjectives and stories he wanted to tell so that I am sure he would never forget or hoped that we would not were also words of wisdom.  My brother was a single father to not just his 4 children, but to few others who adopted themselves to Big Chris. He was a talented chef who unfortunately had a bigger talent with alcohol.

The reunion touched my heart as these nieces, nephews, grand nieces, nephews and great grand nieces and nephews called him “dad”.   They recanted many  accounts of their own crisis’ and how “dad” was always there for them.  Whether it was directing them towards better education, or how to make the system work efficiently for their present situation.

I watched him watching his clan hugging and laughing and sharing. It was clear.  We are a beautiful loving full of laughter family.  Chris had a tear in his eye as I did mine.  He sat in his chair catching his breath (a non-smoker now but the damage already done from years of chain smoking) and looked at me smiling.  He then bestowed to me his bits of wisdom and said you know Heidoochi? That is what he always called me.   “Remember this, never listen to your head for very long.  The head can create so many thoughts that it will mess up your decisions for your life.  Always and i mean ALWAYS listen to the heart.  It never LIES.”    I thanked him for his spirit.  I wanted to actually right hook him some sense, but my spiritual reasoning stopped me.

We all choose our journeys here to learn something and as much as I have learned his bits of wisdom and how to always find the humour in any situation I am certain he has learned things to.   At this point my brother decided to stand up and show us the book shelve he held as a shrine to his past furry family members. There was “Lucille” “Sammy” and ‘Cisco’ all cremated and in neat little teak boxes.  He announced that when he “drops dead” his words, he wants us to cremate him and divide and stir his ashes with each of them. Then he want all to be lovingly  sprinkled into the lake.  Sounded like words of some kind of recipe from his culinary days.

At the end of that proclamation my brother notified that we were all going across the street to place a bet at the track to bless our gathering.   We thought against our initial no’s to join him to one of his old stomping grounds. Without discussion we intuitively all knew this was HIS day.   Inside we were greeted by senior security staff and wicket employees who smiled and waved to say hi to “Big Chris”  He was the local celeb here and this day more than s0 with his stream of family members following his lead.    We ate , laughed til our sides hurt watching my brother trying to teach me and my sister to bet on the horses.   He never noticed me taping him on my phone as he was hollering foul language watching his horse lag behind the others.  All the while carrying his cheesy grin.  I won 11 dollars on a horse that was named “Congrats to Me” .  This was a wonderful sign from the universe I thought.  Congrats to me for this family and my life.  Period.

After a couple of hours all the family exchanged numbers, emails etc., and I know that the day was a huge success.  Even tho my brother has his dis-ease and sees no other option than to plan his demise I am once again grateful for everything he has offered to us all. We have choices.  We can be mad and want the people in our lives to live according to what makes us happy . Or we can just love what is.

He is my super big bro.  I’m always going to love what is when it comes to ‘Big Chris’ .