Sharing a favorite blog

I'm always thrilled when someone shares a favorite blog, so I thought I'd share one of my favorite health/mommy blogs:

Lisa Bryne's
The Well Grounded Life

She's a health coach for moms. I think what I love most about her stuff is that all that health advice and tips, etc is well grounded in a strong foundation. It's not eat this and beat that health problem, but nourish yourself, take care of yourself so you are able to take the kind of care you want to of others.

Anyway,
I just listened to one of her free webinars. Here's the link:
Event: January 24 11 AM Eastern

Here are some of my notes:
Change always happens from the inside out--based on your relationship with yourself.

There is a difference between acting like the person you want to be and becoming the person you want to be.

The goal is never to be perfect. Airplanes don't and can't fly a straight course from A to B. But they do have to stay focused on the destination, constantly adjusting the course. We are the same.

And then she shared an experience where she found herself, throughout the day, giving these "noisy" prayers to God: "help me be more patient" "I need to stay calm" "give me the will power" (she probably had a toddler at the time!) And she decided instead to pray to feel God's love for her instead. After experiencing that, she was in a place to see herself in such a way that she could act the way she wanted to act because she could see who she was and who she was becoming...yeah, she said it a whole lot better.

But I've heard, and at times balk at and at other times embrace the whole "love yourself first" bit. She brought it back to the scriptures where the second great commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. She pointed out you can't authentically love your neighbor unless you do love yourself. That all your relationships with others mirror your relationship with yourself. That made a whole lot of sense. So why not tap into that God's love stuff to love yourself better?

Yeah, I'm really, really, tired tonight. I couldn't justify falling asleep before 9:00, even though I really wanted to. Now that I've done a bit of self-work and introspection I can go to bed. Turns out I really need to do introspection on a daily basis. Keeps me happy. Keeps me whole. Got to know yourself to love yourself, right?

G'night.