To live a well balanced, rewarding life of our dreams by day and sleep restfully at night.
Finding your voice for greater confidence and a better night sleep! Part 1
Published August 6, 2011 | 
In today’s fast world it is easy to feel lost and overwhelmed. Technology has changed so much in recent years and there is so much information coming at us all the time. There is no physical or healthy way to keep up or consume it all.
Where I am going with this? The more we find and develop our own voice, the less dependent we will be on others. We will be more confident in our own ideas and not rely on the advice of loved ones, friends, and said “experts” out there.
Many of us have issues of anxiety, shyness, insecurity, etc. It is all the more important to find and use our voices.
As a child and young adult I suffered from a lot of strep throat infections. Louise Hay, in her book, Heal Your Body, describes our throat as the “avenue of expression. Channel of creativity” She says that if we are experiencing a sore throat we have an “inability to speak up for one’s self.” We may also have “stifled anger, stifled creativity, or a refusal to change”.
The affirmations used to treat sore throats:
“It’s okay to make noise. I express myself freely and joyously. I speak up for myself with ease. I express my creativity. I am willing to change.
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“I open my heart and sing the joys of love”
I just love those affirmations and have them written in my journal.
What are some ways that you can more freely express yourself, assert yourself, be creative, and more flexible? What does it mean to you to open one’s heart and sing the joys of love?
I invite you to ask yourself these questions. This would be an excellent journal writing session.
I will stop here for now. In our next post, we will talk about some ideas that have surfaced about finding our own voice…
Have a blessed day,
Debra
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Ten questions to ponder for your quiet journal writing time today
Published March 11, 2011 | 
Ten questions to ponder during your quiet journal writing time today:
1. What are some ways to live your life centered in love?
2. What can you let go of (think things, people, obligations, situations that no longer serve you).
3. What are you going to do for fun this weekend?
4. Who would you like to see (an old friend you haven’t seen in a long time?)
5. What is one new thing you can try that you’ve never done before?
6. How can you be more creative?
7. Who do you feel good around?
8. What activities put you in the blissful “flow” mode?
9. List all of the things you love.
10. List all of the things you appreciate.
Have a blessed day,
Debra
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Ten ways to use your journal today
Published September 4, 2010 | 
Use your journal today to:
- Be creative
- Write a business plan
- Write a story idea
- Write affirmations
- Relax and unwind
- Get guidance for something
- Get clarity
- Set goals
- Write poetry
- Note what is going on in your life right now.
Debra : )
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We don’t have to color within the lines
Published June 28, 2010 | Rules and order are all well and very good. I personally work better in a clean and orderly environment. Rules are also good for society. Don’t need criminals running things. Plans and setting goals are also terrific for moving in the direction of where we want our lives to go…
There are times, however, when we need to just cut loose a bit, get creative, think out of the box, and color outside of the lines!
Here are some ideas for today:
- Wear a fun color to work today- something you don’t normally wear.
- If you are a quiet person, speak up more and see what happens
- If you are a talker, be silent and listen to others and see what happens
- Try to a new fitness class at your gym
- Take a new route to work or home today
- Pick up that trashy beach novel this summer and give yourself permission to enjoy!
- In your journal today or tonight, have fun doodling and sketching. Just play.
- Consider taking some kind of improv or acting class to get out of yourself and just have fun with others
- Try a new art class or sewing class (Jo Ann Fabric stores offer classes)
- Go on an adventure- what does adventure mean to you on this day? Do it!
- Do something unexpected that will make someone’s day (example: it is a lot of fun to pay for the coffee of the vehicle behind you at the Starbucks drive through window)
- Cook something new tonight for your family or sweetie. Eat outdoors or by candlelight or on a blanket in your living room and have a picnic.
- Invite a friend or colleague out for lunch today and try someplace you have never eaten at.
- Try a new food or beverage.
- Find new ways to move your body. All that exercise will add up and do your body and spirit some good.
Novelty is the spice of life. Sometimes we need to shake things up, try new things, do things a little differently, be creative, be more spontaneous and adventurous- and just enjoy life! Days, weeks, months, and years go by so fast. We get to a certain age and it is easy to get set in our ways…but we don’t have to. Each day is fresh and new. It is what we make it.
Color outside of those lines!
Debra : )
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Leave a commentA Journal Exercise: What is Possible?
Published May 16, 2010 | Recently I have been asking myself that question. It is a very empowering and exciting thought. We never need to feel like we are in a rut. If we are “playing it safe”, we are not growing. The most successful people around us are not afraid of challenges and risks.
A journal exercise: Write the question: “What is possible”? Then write down anything your imagination can experience. What can be? You will find this is so much fun. I do this sometimes before bed and it gets me feeling happy and excited about my life. It clears out any lingering fears or anxieties that may be lurking, waiting to come out as I want to drift off to sleep…
Going to bed in a positive state is what we want. That is really the main goal for our Warm Milk Journal readers.
Try this exercise and experience and live what is possible!
Debra : )
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