Vintage Scarf 1980s Blue Yellow White Green Geometric Design Scarf, a photo by Brick City Vintage on Flickr.
Click here to purchase this item in my Etsy Shop.
If you want to purchase this directly, please contact me. :)
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Vintage Scarf 1980s Blue Yellow White Green Geometric Design Scarf
Vintage Scarf 1980s Blue Yellow White Green Geometric Design Scarf, a photo by Brick City Vintage on Flickr.
Click here to purchase this item in my Etsy Shop.
If you want to purchase this directly, please contact me. :)
Vintage Scarf 1960s Oblong Green Color with Brown, Orange and WhiteLines
Vintage Scarf 1960s Oblong Green Color with Brown, Orange and White Lines, a photo by Brick City Vintage on Flickr.
Click here to see this item in my Etsy Shop.
Thanks for looking.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Chapter 1 Wake Up Call.. Pick up Gorgeous!
Before diving further into this book, you need to choose your name. Think of it as running a company (your body), and you’re the CEO. When you start treating your body like the Goddess temple it deserves to be, everything changes, your hair, smile, energy, outlook, even your sex life! If my body is my company, I’d call myself Chief Starshine. I definitely need to make new business cards for my vintage clothing company and add Chief Starshine to the title. That’s me—a star that will shine. Sound conceited? Maybe, but if I don’t love and celebrate myself, who will? As the author Kris Carr says in her book...
"Nobody can take away your ruby shine when you're happy and healthy. And when you are in the positive space there is a cascade effect. You pay it forward by sharing your wellness tips."
That's exactly how I feel. I'm going to take my time with this book, absorbing every word carefully. I'll blog about each chapter and try to inspire as many people as possible to join me on the wellness journey I was thinking of setting a date to start this new lifestyle, but how can I when I'm still reading and learning? I'm not going to rush or stress myself because that won't help at all. I also know going completely vegan overnight isn't realistic for me since I've been a lifelong meat eater. Baby steps are the way go. Personally, I think eating meat from animals raised on a vegetarian diet isn't as bad as the usual supermarket meat. These are choices I'll figure out once I've finished the book.
I connected with this book and the author because her experience felt so real and unplanned. She didn't feel well one day and visited her doctor due to severe abdominal pain and trouble breathing. An ultrasound revealed tumors on her lungs and liver. Can you imagine? One doctor suggested transplanting all three organs, while another gave her ten years to live. I hate when doctors do this. it’s their job, but taking away someone's hope doesn’t help. She listened to that inner voice saying, “No, there’s a better way! I do not accept this.” She searched tirelessly for a doctor who would work with her, not against her. Thankfully, she found an oncologist who truly understood her and had the sensitivity so many doctors lack today. He explained that her cancer was slow-moving and she had time if she changed her lifestyle and diet. He suggested calling it an imbalance instead of cancer. And so, her journey began...
Her next stop was Whole Foods, which she said had become her pharmacy. She began meditating, practicing yoga, and exercising regularly. Meditation is amazing for people like me who struggle with anxiety disorders—it's all in my head. I relate to her when she says it calms the wild animals in her mind. That’s me, the ultimate overthinker. Overthinking leads to stress, and studies have shown stress can contribute to cancer. She details her lifestyle in her book before her diagnosis and it wasn’t very different from mine. I’m paying attention, Kris Carr... full attention..
She did something incredibly smart—she went back to school for nutrition. How can you heal your body if you don’t understand it? Genius, right? She swapped her rage for prayer and her cocktails for organic green drinks and a vegan diet. In this chapter, she asks: What is your cancer? For me, let’s see, mild anxiety, mild depression. Nothing too severe, but enough to hinder many aspects of my life. She encourages us to let these things be our Guru instead of our jailer. Interesting concept. So, instead of letting them rule over me, I can let them teach me about myself. Back off, anxiety and depression, I see you for what you are, and I’m going to fix this. My anxiety disorder only showed up this past year, and the mild depression has probably always been there but stays dormant until something triggers it. Now, they’re my Gurus, and I’ve got to learn from them.
I need to identify my triggers and learn how to manage them so they don't interfere with my life. First step: Remove all negative people from my life. Next, clear out unhealthy food from my kitchen.
"Change now. Love now.. Live now. Don't wait for people to give you permission to live because they won't. That's permission is your birthright Grab it!"
I think we all recognize our triggers, and many of hesitate to make big changes in our lives because we fear the consequences. Fear isn’t our ally; it just stirs things up and reveals truths about ourselves. Why was I afraid to cut ties with that toxic friend for so long? Why do I keep forgiving people who talk behind my back and justify their own dysfunction?
"Change is frightening to those who find safety in routine"
I feel safe with these people around because I’m used to them and understand their quirks. If I let them go, I lose that familiarity and the comfort that a long-time friend brings to my ego. This also ties to my health and lifestyle, I feel safe in my bad eating habits because they’re easy. Being healthy is hard work, and my ego doesn’t like that. The ego is afraid of change, especially failure. It’s like a scared kid, and I need to pop a pacifier in its mouth to quiet it down. I’m in charge now, and it needs to work for me. When it says I can’t, I ask, “Why not?” When it says, “What if you fail?” I respond, “Why think so far ahead? I’m only on Chapter 1. Let’s move on to Chapter 2 and learn a little more—one sentence, one word at a time. No need to get all worked up about it.”
"Nobody can take away your ruby shine when you're happy and healthy. And when you are in the positive space there is a cascade effect. You pay it forward by sharing your wellness tips."
That's exactly how I feel. I'm going to take my time with this book, absorbing every word carefully. I'll blog about each chapter and try to inspire as many people as possible to join me on the wellness journey I was thinking of setting a date to start this new lifestyle, but how can I when I'm still reading and learning? I'm not going to rush or stress myself because that won't help at all. I also know going completely vegan overnight isn't realistic for me since I've been a lifelong meat eater. Baby steps are the way go. Personally, I think eating meat from animals raised on a vegetarian diet isn't as bad as the usual supermarket meat. These are choices I'll figure out once I've finished the book.
I connected with this book and the author because her experience felt so real and unplanned. She didn't feel well one day and visited her doctor due to severe abdominal pain and trouble breathing. An ultrasound revealed tumors on her lungs and liver. Can you imagine? One doctor suggested transplanting all three organs, while another gave her ten years to live. I hate when doctors do this. it’s their job, but taking away someone's hope doesn’t help. She listened to that inner voice saying, “No, there’s a better way! I do not accept this.” She searched tirelessly for a doctor who would work with her, not against her. Thankfully, she found an oncologist who truly understood her and had the sensitivity so many doctors lack today. He explained that her cancer was slow-moving and she had time if she changed her lifestyle and diet. He suggested calling it an imbalance instead of cancer. And so, her journey began...
Her next stop was Whole Foods, which she said had become her pharmacy. She began meditating, practicing yoga, and exercising regularly. Meditation is amazing for people like me who struggle with anxiety disorders—it's all in my head. I relate to her when she says it calms the wild animals in her mind. That’s me, the ultimate overthinker. Overthinking leads to stress, and studies have shown stress can contribute to cancer. She details her lifestyle in her book before her diagnosis and it wasn’t very different from mine. I’m paying attention, Kris Carr... full attention..
She did something incredibly smart—she went back to school for nutrition. How can you heal your body if you don’t understand it? Genius, right? She swapped her rage for prayer and her cocktails for organic green drinks and a vegan diet. In this chapter, she asks: What is your cancer? For me, let’s see, mild anxiety, mild depression. Nothing too severe, but enough to hinder many aspects of my life. She encourages us to let these things be our Guru instead of our jailer. Interesting concept. So, instead of letting them rule over me, I can let them teach me about myself. Back off, anxiety and depression, I see you for what you are, and I’m going to fix this. My anxiety disorder only showed up this past year, and the mild depression has probably always been there but stays dormant until something triggers it. Now, they’re my Gurus, and I’ve got to learn from them.
I need to identify my triggers and learn how to manage them so they don't interfere with my life. First step: Remove all negative people from my life. Next, clear out unhealthy food from my kitchen.
"Change now. Love now.. Live now. Don't wait for people to give you permission to live because they won't. That's permission is your birthright Grab it!"
I think we all recognize our triggers, and many of hesitate to make big changes in our lives because we fear the consequences. Fear isn’t our ally; it just stirs things up and reveals truths about ourselves. Why was I afraid to cut ties with that toxic friend for so long? Why do I keep forgiving people who talk behind my back and justify their own dysfunction?
"Change is frightening to those who find safety in routine"
I feel safe with these people around because I’m used to them and understand their quirks. If I let them go, I lose that familiarity and the comfort that a long-time friend brings to my ego. This also ties to my health and lifestyle, I feel safe in my bad eating habits because they’re easy. Being healthy is hard work, and my ego doesn’t like that. The ego is afraid of change, especially failure. It’s like a scared kid, and I need to pop a pacifier in its mouth to quiet it down. I’m in charge now, and it needs to work for me. When it says I can’t, I ask, “Why not?” When it says, “What if you fail?” I respond, “Why think so far ahead? I’m only on Chapter 1. Let’s move on to Chapter 2 and learn a little more—one sentence, one word at a time. No need to get all worked up about it.”
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Crazy Sexy Diet
I'm a morning person, so it's no surprise I'd be up at 8am watching Oprah Winfrey's Network. She has a new weekly Sunday series called Super Soul Sunday that runs from 8am to 11am. It's full of thought provoking interviews, short documentaries and ordinary people's inspiring stories.
I had woken up and was fully dressed to head out to Starbucks and get my seasonal Pumpkin Spice Latte drink. I had my scarf and sunglasses on and was ready to head out the door. I always turn on the TV to put on my last item, my shoes. I glimpsed at the TV and there was this wispy blonde with the shiniest eyes talking to me from the tv about how she spends 7 hours a week cooking. When I heard that, I stopped tieing my shoe laces and was like, huh? Me who hates cooking and hates the whole cooking process was wondering who his this nut? And hours? Is she for real?
As I listened some more I realized "Yes she was!" she was really really for real. See, preparing these special meals was very necessary because her life depended on it. It was do or die for her. She no longer was just a pretty blond bright eyed wispy lady. Her name is Kris Carr and on February 14, 2003 she found out she had cancer.
I took off my scarf, sunglasses, sneakers and I sat cross legged on my couch that early Sunday morning completely glued to my tv. I listened to a story that would and can change my life. I'm not a lesbian but I fell in love with her as soon as I starting listening to her story and how upbeat and cheerful she was. She wasn't bitter or jaded, she turned that all into something positive. So refreshing.
Her book Crazy Sexy Diet starts off with the a foreword by Rory Freedman. In his foreword he says this book didn't come into my life for no reason. It's not a coincidence, this book is a key to a door I always wanted to open. My life starts now. Can I be a vegetarian? Me? The meat eater? The person who always said "I can never live without meat, that's why God gave us teeth." Now I wonder, who or what gives you cancer?
In this book it says to start small. First commit yourself to a reasonable goal and stick to it for 21 days. I've been thinking hard about it, what can I give up for 21 days? Now I can't cheat, I need to pick something I eat all the time. What do I eat or do regularly that's unhealthy? I choose bread. I eat bread everyday for breakfast when I should be making my smoothies. There it is, I've made up my mind. I'm stepping through the healthy doorway. Next, I clear all the unhealthy crap out of my kitchen. Easy! I'll just ignore my husband's stuff and keep it out of my way where it can't tempt me. He's not ready to take this journey with me and become the Wellness Warrior I wish to be.
I haven't even gotten to Chapter 1 yet...
ps... Another thing I love about this book is that it's not plain. It has pictures and colors, all things that keep my ADD in check. I get bored easily but this keeps me glued, every page is like an adventure. Just look:
A book calling you gorgeous? Well, what else can I ask for?
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
7/24/25
I'm sitting on the couch in my parent's marital home in Portugal. This time, I'm here for a month—last year, it was just three w...
-
Can you imagine how much it would cost to make something like this in this lifetime? The Breakers -
I'm at that age where I'm going to all the Dr appointments I used to take my dad to. I remember when I took him to his colonoscop...
-
It's a roller coaster. Not really that dramatic, I hate roller coasters. I hate anything with heights and speed.... So not a ro...