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Sunday, February 28, 2016

HOW TO SOOTHE YOUR SAVAGE BEAST or 5 SONGS TO LIFT YOU UP...

(Photo courtesy darknessclosesin.ning.com)

What do you do to soothe yourself, or that part of yourself, that can get riled up and stressed out? For me, it's music. Music is the one thing that can instantly transform my mood from blah to yah, from mad to glad and from sad to "woo hoo" (yeah, that one didn't rhyme) in a matter of mere seconds. 

We all have music genres that speak to us and for some of us, many genres...one for every mood. When I'm down or feeling scattered, I love positive and uplifting songs so I thought I would share a few of my favorites with you:











I have a number of playlists that I keep on my cell phone and I carry a set of small headphones at all times...this way no matter where I am (grocery shopping, walking, quick excursions to the beach, etc.) I have my music to keep my mood centered and positive. 

If music doesn't do it for you, find that thing that does and go to it often, be it writing (another of my favorites), journaling, poetry, art, crafting, walking on the beach, golfing, exercising, being in a favorite room of the house (it's healthy to be in a room that has a calming color on the walls for relaxation), cooking, dancing, or whatever it is that soothes the savage beast in you. Make sure you make time to soothe and pamper yourself at least 3 times a day...it makes all the difference in your day.



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Friday, February 26, 2016

WHAT PRICE ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY?...

(c) Kimberly's Insanity - Horsefall Beach, Oregon


What price are you willing to pay to keep fear alive in your life? You may think this an odd question to ask, but at some point people actually decide to keep fear in their lives as it enters and the negativity that goes along with it, all the while knowing that doing so will cost them so much. So I ask you, what are you giving up? What price are you willing to pay?

While surfing YouTube the other day I came across one of my all-time favorite songs written by Amanda McBroom entitled...The Rose.  As Bette Midler caressed my soul with her beautiful rendition, I became lost in thought and focused intently on the lyrics...maybe for the first time. The more I listened the more I realized that this is a song about fear and what you lose if you let it take over your life...you lose life, you lose happiness, you lose love.


These are the verses that, when I heard them, made me sit up and pay attention to their written word:

"...It's the heart, afraid of breaking 
that never learns to dance

It's the dream, afraid of waking 
that never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give

And the soul, afraid of dying 
that never learns to live”

When you are afraid of heartbreak, you never get close enough to anyone to be yourself...I mean completely and utterly yourself. Hence the phrase, never learns to dance. When you are afraid of living your dreams you will never give up everything to take the chance at making them real. When you are afraid of dying, you never learn to live because you will never let yourself be really and truly free enough to do so.

This is something I have fought for years and am now at a point in life in which I will not pay these prices for fear. While fear seems to present valid reasons for things when we are in the midst of it, I finally realized that it is not worthwhile to give it any merit at all because it isn't worth the price. I don't know about you, but I want to take the chances...I want to dance...I want to live my dreams and fantasies and I want to love someone to the very depths of my soul with every fiber of my being...I want to live...really live...and I will to all of the above because every day in every way I work at eradicating fear from my life by facing each and every one of them and then moving forward. Am I there yet? Almost. It has been a long and tough process, and by long I mean years long, but I am at a point now that I just want the joy, the laughter, the deep connections with people, the exciting journeys, the "aha" moments, the happiness, the spontaneity, and the deep-down fulfillment every day that I am alive and free and me. 

For me, I am not willing to pay any price to keep fear in my life...in fact I would be willing to pay to keep it out. How about you?





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Sunday, February 21, 2016

THE KEY TO FRIENDSHIP IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF YOURSELF...

(c) Kimberly's Insanity

Did you ever take stock of your life and realize just how many true and authentic friends you actually have?  The old adage goes that if you’re lucky, you can count your true friends on one hand, but that you will have many acquaintances et al, who will enter and leave your life quickly and sometimes without rhyme or reason.  I used to wonder what the purpose was of those people who enter our lives for just a short time and then came to realize that they are lessons.  Each person that has entered my life, whether the outcome was good or bad, has taught me a valuable lesson and been an intricate  part of advancing my life on its true course. 

I used to get angry when I let certain people in who in turn, I felt, would use me in some manner, but then again, I was the one who let them use me so the “oops” was really on me, not on them. Each time though, I learned something about myself, about life, about feelings, emotions and value.  Each time I’ve gained insight into who I am on a much deeper level as I notice my reactions to their actions and sometimes, very rarely mind you, I come out of it with someone who actually sticks around…someone who actually cares about me…someone who I know I can count on through thick and thin, ups and downs, sanity or insanity, fighting and making up, with a “forever” feel to our connection. 

An invaluable lesson to learn is that you are responsible for how you feel and that no one can MAKE you feel hurt or used or sad or miserable or elated or happy or guilty or worried...you make up your own mind as to how you wish to react to each and every situation in your life. If you encounter a situation in which you feel as though someone has done you wrong, ask yourself why you attached expectations to this situation and if you had not done so, would you still feel hurt...expectations will ruin it for you almost 100% of the time. It isn't realistic to go around thinking that life should be "fair" because the word "fair" is defined solely by you, therefore if a situation doesn't go according to your particular guidelines, you let yourself feel as though it is "unfair" and that someone other than yourself has let you down. The reality here is that you let yourself down by setting yourself up with expectations. This can cause misunderstandings with people in your life which can only be made right with communication....the most important thing two people can share.

I am so grateful for this beautiful life I have been given and I cherish it... for the clean slate I am granted every morning, for free will and for the awesome people who enter my life, who see me for who I really am (even on my road to self-discovery) and still want to stay.  I grow stronger every day because of my faith and trust and profound integrity and I am fortunate to have the most amazing people for friends...who I now consider family.




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Thursday, February 18, 2016

THE LOVE OF A CHILD...

Quite recently things have happened in my life which have left me a little melancholy and deeply missing someone who is deep in my heart. Something I try to do when I am missing someone is to count the positive and beautiful blessings in my life and the greatest blessing I have ever known is my son.  This is my ode to anyone who has ever been blessed enough to have or have had the unconditional love of a child:




To love a child is a selfless act. It sparks the moment we conceive, and lasts to the very edge of the moment we transition into death. 


A word that best describes our relationship with our children? Empathy. I choose this word as it is the only one I can think of in the wide world of vocabulary that accurately depicts what I have felt since my son's inception: Empathy:


* I cried when he was born and the doctor poked and prodded him;


* I felt the pain during his first shot;


* I cried at night when neither one of us could figure out what was wrong and why we couldn't sleep;


* I rooted for him as he struggled to his knees to crawl and eventually to his feet to walk;


* I laughed hysterically the first time he discovered something funny;


* I cinched with pain from every "owie" inflicted when falling down and slamming fingers in doors;


* I sunk with depression when we had to leave each other on his first day of day care;


* I rejoiced in the beauty of his first art creation as it was the most beautiful thing we'd ever seen;


* I burst with pride when he was the first in his class to read and on a level three times his grade;


* I felt great achievement for every report card ever brought home;


* I hung on every word when someone would comment on what a wonderful person he'd become;


* I walked on cloud nine when he had his first crush;


* My heart broke the first time his was broken and we cried together;


* I felt every agonizing moment of frustration and confusion through is teenage angst;


* I cherish every moment we are fortunate enough to share;

To those of you who have been fortunate to raise children, know that you are blessed to your very core. To those of you who have lost children, my heart aches for you from the depths of my soul as I could not imagine a greater loss in life. To those of you who have yet to have children, you are in for the greatest gift you will ever know...treat it with gratitude and savor every single second you are privileged to know and nurture them.


Thank you God, as I have known no greater gift than my son and the wonderful opportunity to love a child.




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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

COME FROM A PLACE OF LOVE...

(c)Kimberly's Insanity 2016

You know the childrens' movies where the fairy godmother helps someone go from rags to riches, unhappy to happy, pauper to princess? I can't tell you the number of times growing up that I wished I had one, but alas it was not my fate...lol. I have however, recently gained the guidance of one...sort of (although more likely it's an angel).

Lately, whenever I encounter a situation that could go in a negative direction, the moment just before I react I hear this voice in my head (atypical of insanity, I know, and I haven't ruled that completely out as yet...hahaha), and it says, "Come from a place of love." The voice is female, soft, gentle and comforting. It started about a month ago and at first, it seemed really odd, but now I welcome hearing it, even long for it sometimes. It stops me in my tracks and makes me re-think the way I am about to react. It has saved me from going straight to anger, from making rash decisions, from judging people, from making bad decisions, from closing myself off as quickly as I used to and so much more. 

As I thought about why this began to happen in my life, I realized that this is a manifestation of the work I have been doing to bring my subconscious thoughts to my conscious mind to retrain the way I react in life. I now have a positive trigger that has begun to look after my well-being if you will, and I'm so happy that it comes to me in this crazy, insane way.

I wanted to share this with you because the results have been amazing. I am learning to stop myself from reacting to things so quickly and off the cuff and I am manifesting positive results all over the place. It's amazing. 

I hope the next time you begin to react to a situation in a way that may not bring you the best outcome, you will be able to stop, think it over for a few seconds, and then come from a place of love. It will truly change your life.


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Monday, February 15, 2016

LOVE HER, LOVE HER, LOVE HER...

There is an amazing quote from Great Expectations that goes: 

"Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, 
love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears 
your heart to pieces—and as it gets older and 
stronger, it will tear deeper—love her, love her, love her!" 

That speaks volumes to me.  Being a woman means being a person of a myriad of complex layers. It means thinking introspectively and constantly. It means just when you think you understand yourself, you have to figure out which layer it is that you understand and move on to the next one from there. Being with a woman means knowing that you will never fully understand her...so don't try...that she is so worth having that you should not wonder who she is, but just be grateful that she is with you and shares herself with you, so just...love her, love her, love her. 

Now, that is not to say that men don't have many layers as well because as humans we have that in common, but let's face it, women are not only complex to others, but to themselves as well. We battle with hormones, which cause mood swings that we don't always understand and we nurture everyone and take care of responsibility...children, spouses, parents, colleagues, work, bills, home, friends and family. We wonder about everything all the time and we are harder on ourselves than anyone else will ever be.

What I wish to convey with this post is this...women are amazing and with all we go through it is imperative that we be less judgmental and more forgiving of ourselves and extremely accepting and loving of who we are. This applies to both men and women in general but women tend to be tougher on themselves and have unrealistic expectations at times. 

Stay positive and stay focused on your dreams and goals and never give up. Lighten your load by letting things happen as they may and adjusting to change with a positive attitude, finding the can instead of the can't...finding the will instead of the won't and finding the do instead of the don't.  Most importantly, and this is tough for a lot of us super women (I know it is for me), ask for help when you need it. Don't take on everything by yourself. Find people to help you and find a support system to talk it out when you feel stressed. Holding things in causes disease (disease) and that will surely slow you down. 

Be healthy..be happy...be positive...love yourself first, last and foremost.  You are worth all good things.


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Sunday, February 14, 2016

A NEW POEM...THE HUMAN RACE...

(This is a page that I created in my art journal)

THE HUMAN RACE
(c)Kimberly's Insanity -02/2016

Get out of bed, see your face,
Primp and prep for the human race;

Apply the makeup to you your eyes,
Work and stress until you die;

Skip your breakfast, rush and hurry,
They feed you fear, they feed you worry;

Force a smile, choke down lunch,
Play their games, take their punch;

Sit in traffic, cuss and fret,
Make your money, drown in debt;

You're feeling like you just can't win,
Yet do it all again and again.

This poem is dedicated to everyone who knows in their heart that there are other ways to live and that anything we want in life is possible if we want it, know it, and live it. Define your dreams and they are but yours.





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STEPS TO TAKE TO HACK LIFE...

 

Just what is a life-hack you may ask. A life-hack is an easy way to either do or get around doing, everyday tasks that make life just a little bit easier. I have compiled a link-list to make your life a little easier in finding them. Some of these are really ingenious. I tried a lot of them yesterday and I really loved the one on how to replace missing keyboard feet with binder clips…I never would have thought to be that clever.  I hope you enjoy:

1. 100 Life Hacks That Make Life Easier

2. 10 Simple Hacks to Fall Asleep in 30 Seconds, Backed by Science

3. 1000 Life Hacks

4. 25 More Life Hacks For Easy Solutions to Annoying Problems

5. Life Hacks List on Pinterest



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Sunday, February 7, 2016

I WANT A DO-OVER, DO-OVER, DO-OVER, DO-OVER...


How completely awesome would it be if we could do in life what we can do in games? When we play board games or card games with people who allow it, we can make a move, regret it and be granted a "do-over." Aside from games however, there are very few areas in life that allow this to happen.

I started thinking about this concept a few weeks ago when a friend of mine said she wanted a do-over for something that happened in her life for which she didn't fully like the outcome, and I liked the concept. I began thinking about all the things in my life that, had I wanted them to turn out my way and not the way it was intended, I could have had a do-over. For instance, the obvious one would be my choice in the numbers that I picked when playing the billion-dollar lottery a couple of weeks ago. Now that I know what the numbers are, I could have a do-over and pick the winning numbers. Another one might be the way I behaved and the things I said during an evening I spent with someone that just didn't turn out well. Knowing the outcome and the way the other person misinterpreted what I had said, I could go back and say the right things and adjust my attitude to a laid-back attitude in which everything just rolled off my back and I didn't react the way I had before. Oh, another good one would be now that it's years later and I see how life turned out in certain areas, I would have said yes to my first choice in careers, said yes to finishing college and would be happy in my career right now and essentially financially free. This is a good one, had I known years ago that it would have been okay to have come out of the closet back then, I would have done so in my youth and would be with the love of my life right now and had more years of being secure in who I am. 

Another definition for this concept is hind-sight. We all know the saying about hind-sight being 20/20 (as in vision), and it's true. Here is the thing though; if we were meant to be able to control our lives that easily, it would be possible. The fact that it's not and that we don't have the opportunity to get do-overs in life, means that our lives will take the course we are meant to take by the decisions we are meant to make to guide them there. Timing is everything. Sometimes it can be so hard to wait and be patient for the things we want, for the things we may even know are going to happen, but there is no choice because for things to happen the way they are meant to happen, events must take place with exact timing and precision. I was watching an episode of Fringe one night and there was a man who figured out that, in order to achieve killing someone without being linked to it, he could work out a chain of events that would make that happen. He went up to the top of a bridge and waited for a woman to ride by on a bicycle and as she did, he dropped a penny (I'm sure I'm off on the particulars of this scenario, but it is for the sake of demonstration only). The penny hit her right pedal and bounced off, hitting a coke bottle that was left on top of a fire extinguisher, which hit the ground and rolled in front of a man who stepped on it, tripped and fell, taking down three people in front of him, the third of which grabbed onto the leg of a woman in front of him who stumbled into a man next to her and knocked him into the street in front of an oncoming cab and was killed. That's how life is. One small decision can affect something moments away and then leading to years away, and can be completely positive or negative depending upon our choice.

While it would certainly be an easy and awesome thing to get do-overs in life, it sure would take the challenge out of it and, without the challenge, it would be too predictable and even dull at times. We all want times where life seems a little dull, especially those of us who pull too much stress into our lives. It is hard to have patience to wait for what we want, but if we don't, we drive ourselves nuts and become frustrated and that creates more stress which can even exacerbate the situation making it worse before it gets better. 

Learning to be happy and content in the here and now and focusing on positive results for the future will eliminate stress and allow for the manifestation of those positive results. Never stop wishing for the things you want and never stop trying to attain them, merely practice patience and you will get everything you ever wanted...when it's time.


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EAT SOME FEAR FOR BREAKFAST...3 WAYS TO BEGIN TO GET FEAR OUT OF YOUR LIFE.

(c)2016 Kimberly's Insanity

What's this, you might ask out of sheer curiosity, eat fear for breakfast? Hmm, sounds interesting, if not odd.  The more I encounter the concept of fear in others, as well as myself from time to time, the more I want to start a campaign to get people educated in the different types of fear, why we have it and how to get it out of our lives.


Getting rid of fear altogether would not be wise as there are different kinds of fear.  The first is what I call "rational" fear.  This is the kind of fear that comes from our gut and can make the hair on the backs of our necks stand up. This fear is for our own protection. It stops us from doing things that may cause us harm and keeps us from entering situations that could cause irreparable harm down the line. It is what alerts our fight or flight mechanism and keeps us safe. This was fear's purpose in the beginning.


Then there is the kind of fear that I call "irrational" fear. This is the fear that we have accumulated over a lifetime that we carry with us in the form of emotional scars. While it can keep us from making the same mistakes over and over, it also can keep us from living. At the base of worry and anxiety there is fear. Very seldom does anything good come from worry and/or anxiety. As a matter of fact, worry and anxiety create stress and keep us from living our lives. So many people merely exist because they let fear stop them from doing things and making the decisions that they truly want to make to live their lives fully and honestly for who they are. I cringe every time someone I am talking with starts a sentence with, "I'm afraid that...," or "I'm scared to...," or "I would, but I'm worried that if I do...," and then there is my least favorite, "What if..." Remember that thoughts are things so when you tell the universe that you are afraid of something and you put those fears into words and/or thoughts, you are drawing those very things right to your doorstep. 


Fear that comes from worry and anxiety need to be eaten for breakfast...in other words faced at the beginning of every day, all day long, until neither exists in your life. I have listed below 3 steps to help you get a good start in getting the fear out of your life:


1.  The minute you feel anxious or worried about something, identify it. Write it down, record it on your phone, type yourself a note, put it in a journal, etc. The key to putting a stop to things that are so embedded in our psyches is to move them from our sub-conscious minds to our conscious minds. In order to do that, we need to identify them each time we feel them in order to bring them to the surface. We get so used to feeling irrational fear that we think it has to be a part of our lives...it doesn't.


2.  Once you have identified where the fear is coming from, face this fear. Tell yourself that this fear is irrational (because you know in your heart that it is) and stand up tall in front of it. Dare it to do something to you. Ask yourself the question, "What will happen when I face this fear?" Then answer yourself honestly. For each answer you come up with, make sure they are not also fear-based, but if they are, identify them as in step 1 above and move on. For each answer you come up with, keep asking the question, "And then what will happen?" From there, keep answering yourself and be honest. Here is a sample session..."I want to change jobs but I'm afraid of being unemployed if I do. Okay, so what would happen if I typed up a resume? Nothing. What would happen if I sent that resume out to places that looked suited for me and that would make me happy, while still employed at this job that I hate? I might get a lead on a new job and/or career that would bring me happiness and eventually the money I want. What if I took the new job and had to give up some of my lifestyle because I had to start at a lower salary? Then I would find the things in life that I could easily give up, sell off and do without, if even for a short time because I would eventually see that I really didn't need those things most likely. What if I took a new job and had to give notice. I don't want to hurt anyone. I am at a place of employment where people are going to understand that I need to make a change and if they don't then that is okay. It is my life and I have to live it for me. I can give notice and be grateful to them for the time I had there and move on with dignity. What if my friends at the old job don't like me anymore after that? Then they weren't real friends in the first place." Keep this line of questioning up until you finally understand that the only thing holding you back in every situation that would make you happy, is you. Every time you worry, you draw that fear into your life and the very thing you are worried about...WILL happen because you are giving it power...albeit negative power, but power nonetheless. Once you face these fears, they will be gone. One by one you will eliminate them and all future fear from your life.


3.  At this point you have identified the fear and faced the fear. Now it is time for you to live without it. Once you know how to bring fear to the surface and face it, all you have to do is define your goals and dreams in life and go after them, full force and without fear and you know what will happen...you will live happily ever after.





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Thursday, February 4, 2016

DO YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU?

Have you or anyone you know, ever had the misfortune to utter the phrase, "If only I had told them I loved them." The older I get the more I realize the value of telling the people closest to me that I love them, at least once a day, if not once every other day, or I may never get the chance again.

I often send texts and/or emails out to everyone in my life that I love and I make sure they know I love them (of course I tell those close by, in person). Why wouldn't you? It's such an easy thing to do, takes very little time to accomplish and the benefits are priceless. 


To your closest friends, siblings, parents, grandparents, children, children's children, and the rest (yes, that was a Gilligan's Island reference...lol), say, "I love you,"...three short words that mean so much to everyone involved. Also, don't be afraid to say it back to someone who says it to you. Sometimes people say it because they need to hear it and it's not only kind to say it back, but it also gives you the opportunity, if not a reminder, to tell that person you love them. So many people fear those three, simple words (grrr, don't get me started on fear), and yet love in all forms (except the stalkerish ones), is beautiful. 


We are here for such a short time, why not show love where and when you can, as often as you can. I think it's kind of the point.


To my friends and family near and far...I love you.



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Monday, February 1, 2016

START YOUR DAY WITH GRATITUDE...

One of the things I love best about being a life coach is that in my research to help other people, I always end up helping myself as well. I am so grateful for all of the lessons I am learning on this wonderful journey we all take as we live our lives. Sort of a win/win situation and that is just one of the millions of reasons I have for being grateful for who I am and what I have in my life.  

The Dalai Lama states that everyday you should wake up and say, “Today I am fortunate to have woken up, I am alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings, I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others, I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” I love this. I usually say thank you all day long as I receive blessings, miracles and love in my life, but I love this idea of starting the day out with these thoughts of gratitude and consideration...just basically not taking life and all of its wonder for granted. 

It is a well-known fact that when you show gratitude for the good things you receive and for who you are, not only will you will continue to receive more of the same, but you will feel so much better about who you are and really start coming into your own...the real you...the you you're meant to be. Showing gratitude resonates with who you are.

Change can be hard, but it is the constant that makes up life.  With it comes the good and the not-so-good, depending on how we look at things, but finding the silver lining in all change and showing gratitude will ultimately bring you what you want in your life. Thank your maker, thank the universe, thank anything and everything else that works in your world.  The important thing is to just say thank you...and to mean it.


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