Dawn Lupul – Page 25 – Holistic Health Coach

December 5, 2019December 4, 2019

Your Right to Complain

A cloudy day on the beach, the perfect time for me to dance and be free

Things aren’t going your way. Every time you try to do something, it seems like everything is against you. The luck just isn’t rolling in your direction.

You have every right to complain. It’s just not something you need to share.

Pollute your own space with negativity if you choose. Your negative judgments of how things are supposed to be aren’t helpful to anyone. Honestly, no one else cares.

People get on social media and complain that it is raining. Why is there a need to share this with anyone who happens to see it? Is there any enjoyment in spreading misery everywhere?

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

The Power of the Word

It’s like a big pen coming out of the sky, writing words that can change everything in an instant

Language is a fascinating creation. So much of what we say has hidden meanings or innuendos that we don’t pay attention to but that can shape our existence in ways we don’t fully appreciate.

A lot of it is almost a form of sorcery.

We go to school to learn to spell. The verb spell means to write or name letters in a correct sequence to form a word. It can also mean to forecast something bad; for instance, the new government could spell disaster to the economy.

The noun form of spell means using words to invoke a magical charm or incantation. Interesting, yes?

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

I Don’t Mind What Your Mind Minds

Love it or hate it? Another beautiful sunset in Costa Rica. It just is, regardless of your opinion

Have you ever had someone say something really mean to you? Most of us have. Sometimes the hurtful words come from those close to us, and these can linger a lifetime.

When you believe what someone else says about you, it can change the life you end up living. It can turn you into a person you never wanted to be.

If as a child you were singing and your mother happened to have a headache, she may have voiced her pain out loud and told you to be quiet, that your voice was hurting her. Even if you were a beautifully talented singer, these words could have been enough to keep you from ever singing again.

You took it personally.

You accepted something that wasn’t true as a reality for yourself. You took a lie and formed an identity around it.

December 2, 2019December 1, 2019

Finding Your Purpose

Knowing where you want to go is important. Getting there can be a joyful experience

This is a big one. When we are young, we think that if only we can discover our life’s purpose that everything will neatly fall into place and we will always know in which direction we are meant to go.

It’s actually somewhat true. It’s just that we might go about it the wrong way.

The feeling of drifting and being unsure comes from not acknowledging what you enjoy doing and finding a way to make a living doing it. It’s that simple.

Sometimes we get caught up in thinking that our purpose should be something big, like discovering the cure for cancer or saving the world. If you are drawn to those endeavours then maybe it is. If nothing about that gets you excited, then it certainly isn’t.

The truth is, you are going to spend thousands of hours working in a lifetime. Are they going to be enjoyable hours or complete misery?

December 1, 2019November 30, 2019

Talk Yourself In, But Have a Way Out

I would have missed so many beautiful moments like this if I had talked myself out of running

I have a very solid exercise habit. Six days a week, after I have done my writing, I head out for a run or go to the gym. It’s a routine that I enjoy and one that I have stuck with for years.

Some mornings, though not very often anymore, I have a little discussion with myself. I am feeling lazy, or it’s windy out, and I try to talk myself out of going. I don’t know who this self-sabotaging person is, but I don’t like her.

I’ve learned an easy way to motivate myself when the little voice is trying to stop me. I give myself a way out.

November 30, 2019November 29, 2019

Spreading Yourself too Thin

It can get a little foggy when you aren’t focused on what is important

Guilty as charged. Sometimes I find myself doing so many things at once that nothing ever gets done.

Over 30 years ago, someone made a remark to me that has stuck with me to this day. She said that you can’t be good at everything you do, and you don’t need to be.

There is something so powerful about focus. When you can narrow down what you want to do to just one thing, then the power that you bring to that task is enormous.

Somewhere along the way we were told that multi-tasking was the way to go. I have proven to myself that it isn’t, at least not for me.

Deliberate creation, focused intention, and laser-beam clarity are tools that will allow you to accomplish whatever you choose to do. Flitting from one thing to another like a hummingbird in a field full of flowers might be good for the hummingbird, but not so much for you.

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019

Accept It to Change It

You can turn your ship around if you aren’t travelling in the direction you want to go

As you read this, in this moment, take a look around you.

Are you okay right now?

What does your life situation look like? Is there enough food for you to eat, do you have a roof over your head, are you feeling safe?

If you can answer yes to these questions, then you are a very wealthy person indeed. If any of these is a no, then right now is the time to take action towards changing it.

You need to know where you are before you can get to where you would like to go.

Most of us have it pretty good. Compared to what our ancestors dealt with in terms of comfort and ease of life we have many advantages. We have electricity, computers, transportation, protection, and multiple other useful things that allow us to live with some security and comfort.

Now it is time to work on what is happening inside.

November 28, 2019November 27, 2019

Do What Makes You Smile

Coffee and vegan cupcakes make me smile – every time!

Do you ever take the time to just have fun?

Laughter is the best medicine. Studies actually show that it can change your physiology, allowing your body to function at a peak level. Happy cells are healthy cells.

Conversely, a dark and sombre mood can affect the way your body works in a negative way. Depression harms not only your mind, but every system in every part of your being. It’s no wonder that when you feel lousy, everything feels lousy.

Did you ever notice that you seem to catch colds or the flu at the worst time? You are busy, stressed, with multiple things to do and people to take care of and the next thing you know you get sick.

How inconvenient.

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019

Down But Never Out

The sun is always there. So is inner peace

I write in a journal every morning. It’s a personal thing, just thoughts and musings and lists of things I need to do. Sometimes it is very mundane, and sometimes things come out of it that I wasn’t expecting.

There was something I wrote the other day that at the time didn’t seem that important, but I was glancing back and noticed it a few days later. The sentence ripped through me like lightning. It read:

Sometimes pain and heartache are necessary to strip away the protective armour, to lay one bare before creation to rediscover who we really are.

November 26, 2019November 25, 2019

The Rest of the Sentence

We are happily drinking out of coconuts. I can’t hear what you think about me and I don’t care anyways

You can’t hear what other people are thinking. You hear what they say, but you don’t hear what they believe.

Allowing what someone else says to affect you in any way is taking a half-truth, or a complete lie, and accepting it as real. This make no sense.

If someone criticizes you, it will always have everything to do with them and nothing to do with you.

Someone says, “Oh he is so arrogant. I can’t believe how great he thinks he is.” The internal conversation that happens is likely along the lines of, “I wish I were more confident. I’m scared to do anything because I might fail.”

Understand this – happy people never say anything negative about someone else. They feel compassion towards others who are struggling and wish them well. They see no reason to kick someone when they are down.