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Marvelous Mind Chi Monday – are you resilient for December?

Yes, it is that time of year again – are you resilient for December?

On top of the Omicron variant, there are already so many changes afoot at this time of year:

  • there is the weather!
  • are you having to return to being in the office?
  • how are you managing with all the gift buying?
  • what about your fitness?
  • what are your thoughts about your level of social interaction?
  • how are your finances holding up?
  • do you need to plan for guests and meals?
  • have you considered balancing your food and drink intake?
  • are there many ‘I should…’ and ‘I aught…’ and ‘I must…’?
  • do you want everything to be perfect?

All of these aspects and changes can take its toll on your resilience.

You can have December resilience and happiness – and here is how!

            1.         STOP – yes, just STOP and think things through for a minute.
Look at the BIG picture, what REALLY matters? And turn stuff OFF!
            2.         Say ‘NO!’ – but ever so nicely! Take CONTROL, act not RE-Act
            3.         ‘Just cos’ is no reason – Question – ASK WHY – why do I do this?
Is it what I really want?
            4.         PUSH BACK – against all the commercial/historic pressures. 
                        Every day just lean into time and take a bit for yourself
            5.         Remember YOUR ATTITUDE is the only thing you can change. 
                        Check that your attitude is helping you, be realistically positive.
YOU are in control.

And four more ways to boost your December resilience:


            6.         Start to REWIRE YOUR BRAIN – just 8 minutes a day with Mind Chi.
                        Learn the simple 8 step/minute routine of Mind Chi.
            7.         BREATHE – if you feel stressed, breathe several deep full breaths, 
                        grab your reins of control.
            8.         Concentrate on your GRATITUDE attitude – brings peace & energy. 
                        Take a minute to think of all the good things in your life.
And to give you a bonus we another way to thrive…
            9.         You have immense POWER, so keep it and use it!
                        It is your POWER – don’t give it away to the media and others.

Are you ready for December?

We have 8 (+1) great ideas to share with you over the next 3 weeks to send you off with a big smile on your faces!

Most importantly is that all of these actions will boost your resilience and that helps to make you more immune to all those bugs that are about now.

Here is a link to the first three Holiday Horror topics, the:
1. Costs
2. Food and
3. Relationships.

Just a few steps of considered control over you and your responses, can make a BIG difference to the outcomes you experience.

Mind Chi happy holiday preparations!

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Marvelous Mind Chi Monday – the rest of the story…

We all ‘know’ certain things, and then something happens that makes you ‘know’ it at a deeper level!

When you experience something, all your beliefs, memories, culture, personality and temperament cause you to ‘see’ it a certain way. It is NOT as it really is, just as you see / experience it.

And you forget that! And you judge based on your reality, not the rest of the story!

And what is the rest of the story?

Do you know the story behind the story? Do you care enough to ask, dive deeper or try to find out the why?

Or do you act on your ‘reality’, sharing it with others as though it was a truth? Being indignant, righteous, and judging other’s actions? Do you assume? And I am sure you know the saying, that to assume makes an ‘ass (of) you and me’.

Mea culpa!

Photo by John Spiers – Mea culpa!

Mea culpa! I wrote about the attitudes of scarcity (scare city) and abundance (a bun dance), and I used the photo of a mansion and the ‘private, no trespassing’ signs. Since then, heavy duty wooden fence posts with strong rope have been extended across the beach.

However, one day as I was walking the beach, collecting human’s plastic waste from the ocean, the owner came out. ‘Would you like a bucket?’ she enquires. I thanked her and explained my bag was easier to carry. On my return, the owner and a bucket are waiting for me.

Of course we started chatting. I discover she has planted a great area of sea oats (these are native beach plants) and was trying to protect them. The heavy duty fence was for this and to stop the beach vehicles from driving up and down. She thanked me for my work on plastic collection, and said she would put out a bucket for me every day.

Restrain your natural judgement urge!

So the story behind the story, got me to really rethink how often I judge! Who gives me that right? And how often am I so wrong? If I knew the rest of the story, how differently would I feel? I am freshly resolved to wait, ask and learn before I think I know!

I thought of the story of Christmas eve, when the German & British troops put down arms and discovered they shared the same lives, families, work, hopes, values and how difficult then to kill each other.

Would we have a better world, less stress, more resilience and joy if we just learned a bit more before we think we know? I hope this serves you well, if you find you too may occasionally judge!

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