Tides of Change

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Almost 2 weeks ago I started to feel the symptoms of a cold or maybe flu coming on & since I've changed my diet to a high raw diet I thought hey, I can nip this in the bud easily. After all I haven't been sick with a cold or the flu in over 2 years. And I have had had better health since making these changes to my diet. So I was pretty confident I'd be over this thing within a few days.

My full time job had quietened down so it was a good time to be sick & I wouldn't have inconvenienced anyone too much by staying home sick.

The first day I felt pretty ordinary so stayed quiet at home drinking my juices & smoothies etc.. I pulled one of my Goddess cards & she said I needed 'rest & quiet time'. I'm thinking yeah whatever. Then the next day I realised that this was going to be a cold so off I went & got all my herbal remedies etc... The day after that I am doing inhalations with the 'ol Vicks Vabour rub, extra Vit C, a herbal tonic, etc..

I pulled another Goddess card & she repeated her messages, quiet time, relax, don't think, don't do anything. Meditate & stay quiet.

However, I of course new better didn't I? So I had been catching up on reading about setting my business up etc.. etc.. but I was giving into the need of an afternoon nap & staying quiet so that will be enough.

By the 4th day I am usually over these things & pretty much on the mend. But I woke up & I felt dreadful. All I could do was sleep for most of the day or watch watch mindless tele. My brain had checked out. It just couldn't cope with any more information. It needed to process what was already going on.

I pulled another Goddess card & it was the same message AGAIN! Ok so this was becoming more than a joke now so I decided to completely give into this this lurgy & honour that there was something much deeper going on that needed to be brought to the surface & let go of. Okay so it was time to listen to some divine guidance now.

A couple more days went past & I was just getting worse. So against my normal preferences I went to the Dr & got some antibiotics because I had a really sore throat by now & an annoying cough! Yes for those of you slanted on the Spiritual side I was trying to cough something up & it had to be something really big this time. And for those of you what aren't Spiritually inclined ok I was very run down!

Just bear with me hear for those of you non spiritual. I have been kind to myself for such a long time now by consciously not putting anything toxic into my body both through food & thoughts. There are slip ups from time to time but hey I'm only human!

Some of the stuff I was coughing up had been there for years & I simply observed the gunk of negative thoughts, feelings & emotions that were surfacing. Now with a different perspective & wisdom on certain things I really embraced knowing that this was such a wonderful experience. Because once this was all out there is no way any of it is going back down & I now know how to prevent this.

The last couple of years I have wanted to change some aspects of my life & I was cruising along relatively happy but there was a but & I got to that point which was what I have isn't enough. There are so many things I want to do & with my current lifestyle these aren't going to be able to happen if I was to do what I wanted to do. I wasn't where I was wanting to be in some areas of my life at this stage of my life so I needed to step up for this. Big time!

So New Year's Eve this year I set these new intentions with a steely focus & determination making myself very clear to the Universe & Goddess. what these were. I made new decisions for the lifestyle I have chosen to have with absolute clarity. So I accepted the challenge to really 'step up' to a new way of being, knowing that at times it could get a little 'uncomfortble' but you just gotta do what you gotta do.

These past 10 days I have been able to process a lot of that 'old stuff' & let it go. I have a couple of very inspirational friends who are living the life of their dreams. And I knew them way before anything started to change. So I watched from the sidelines their process & the 2 things that they went through just before their lives skyrocted to how they envisioned them to be was they also got very sick with a similar illness.

So it gave me that warm fuzzy feeling of reassurance & excitement within.

I have had so many personal break throughs in the last week which is totally awesome & beautiful rewards are already coming to me.

I've decided to share this with you because I think Life is about tweaking certain things & reminding yourself what it is that your heart truly desires from time to time. It is about doing things that you love & invoke passion. And that was what I did on New Year's Eve, I reminded myself of the things that I have been & I am passionate about.

This is my secret when it comes to food. It is such an easy & effective thing to do.

I always ask my clients what their favourite foods are. We design a menu or program around that because they get back in touch with those feelings of passion that may have been suppressed. I want them to get to that point where for them the food tastes orgasmic! (that's how we as chef's rate food!) Something that can be so easily invoked & yet so easily forgotten about at the same time.

Is there something that you used to be passionate about & may have forgotten about? I encourage you to recognise that & include what ever it is into you life. I very much doubt you will go through the same proces I just have but it may depend on what caused you to shut that part of your life out.

In any respect be kind to yourself & start living life with passion in it everyday. You can do this with one of your favourite fruits or vegetable! It's that easy!

Until next week.

Stay safe & healthy!

With love, warmth and radiance

J-A

Julie-Ann