Anne Naylor: Wealth School: Making the Most of Your Resources (VIDEO)
Do you ever experience confusion? It could be facing a fog of not knowing how to address a challenge you are meeting in your career, your finances or even where to live. I find that confusion often comes before a time when what is next for me is about to be revealed. As the saying goes, the darkest hour is just before dawn.
With anything of a negative or worrying nature, your first step is to accept it for what it is. Take a few deep breaths, stretch, go for a walk, drink plenty of water so that you can let the clarity begin to reveal itself to you. As a friend says about challenges, love them all, and yourself through them. Yes, I know, easier said than done, especially when you are in the middle of a crisis, not sleeping at night and feeling stressed.
What if fear — often woven in with confusion — were the energy for a new situation? What if fear were truly a blessing in disguise that comes to serve you to move closer to a new goal, possibility or opportunity? What if, in the seeds of fear, you could find your greatest resources?
Human Condition
The human condition is a term I use to describe the challenges that we face, from issues in relationships, to health problems or money worries. I am not aware of any person, rich or poor, famous or unknown, who does not face a condition of some kind. The inspiring ones are those who manage to surmount their difficulties and even soar beyond them. Do you know people like that?
This story (http://www NULL.bbc NULL.co NULL.uk/news/world-africa-17740937) illustrates what I regard as the human condition divorced from the greatest resource of all — the human spirit.
Human Nature
Human nature is how I view the strengths, qualities and resources with which we are born and have available to transform trials into triumphs. I choose to see human nature as being fundamentally loving and motivated to give. With practice and experience, it grows and increases its resources of talents, skills and gifts.
Each one of us is rich in the resource of love with which we can resolve problems, contribute to others and create an experience of our lives that is fulfilling and vital.
In his article “Infinite Money, Infinite Good,” (http://www NULL.huffingtonpost NULL.com/john-morton/limited-money-infinite-go_b_144434 NULL.html) John Morton offers a positive perspective concerning money.
Human Spirit
The human spirit I see is that extraordinary, almost indefinable, quality that we notice in even the most ordinary people amongst us.
This story (http://www NULL.bbc NULL.co NULL.uk/news/magazine-17762033) illustrates a person who chose to live freely, dependent upon his spirit and connection with others. His way may not be your choice, nor is it mine, but he shows what is possible.
The human spirit within you is a primary resource you can tap into to find your way through your difficulties and into the life you truly want to create, experience and fulfill. The human spirit connects, observes and is your voice of wisdom, joy, compassion and understanding. The power of your human spirit, expressing in unity with others, can bring about transformations for the better of all.
I am curious to know: What does “wealth” mean for you? What is, or might be, your personal intention for wealth? Whose spirit most inspires you? Please leave a comment below or write to me at annenaylor@me.com (annenaylor null@null me NULL.com)
Wealth School is in part about awakening to the choices you have, especially when you feel stuck. The Wealth Book — Winning With Spirit (http://www NULL.annenaylor NULL.com/preface) offers many tips and hints about creating a happy and fulfilling life, from the inside out.
Anna Fill of The Riviera Woman (http://www NULL.therivierawoman NULL.com/index NULL.php?action=select%C2%A7ion=all&reset=1) interviewed me recently on Wealth School:
For more by Anne Naylor, click here (http://www NULL.huffingtonpost NULL.com/anne-naylor).
For more on mindfulness, click here (http://www NULL.huffingtonpost NULL.com/news/mindfulness).
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Barbara Dehn: Your Secret Weapon in Caregiving: BOTT Therapy
In case you’re not familiar with BOTT therapy, it’s a brand new type of therapy that has been around for centuries, only under a much different name. “BOTT” therapy stands for what I and millions of Americans lovingly refer to as: “Biting Of The Tongue” therapy. After living for the last six months with two very nice elderly people, my in-laws, I’ve had to employ this type of therapy repeatedly. Now admittedly, I’ve lost a lot of blood in the process, but it’s a small price to pay for harmony in the household.
The beauty of BOTT therapy is that no one knows! You can get away with looking like the most serene Buddha, with a beatific zen-like expression — until and unless tell-tale drops of blood start to emanate from your lips. BOTT therapy works because lots of other techniques fall short. What’s nice is that you can combine deep, yoga-type, count-to-10 deep breaths, while still relying upon BOTT therapy.
The pain also is quite distracting from the pain of any situation you might be witnessing. Suddenly, it becomes so much easier not to sweat the small stuff, because you’re just trying not to wince from the pain in your mouth. You’ve forgotten your cane again? What do you mean you don’t want to take your medicine today? You’ve changed all your passwords on your accounts and you can’t remember what they are?
An added benefit of BOTT therapy is that with your teeth and tongue engaged in an excruciating stalemate, you can’t open your mouth. Keeping the mouth closed to hide the evidence of your hidden therapy, prevents you from saying something that you will ultimately regret and which the other people involved will invariably bring up at dinner tomorrow night. Keeping your mouth clamped shut is the key to success here.
For those of you who might have tried Biting of the Tongue Therapy and forgot to keep your mouth closed or purposely showed your loved ones the technique you’re using, you know by now that it always backfires. This is a type of therapy that must be hidden for maximum effectiveness.
If you open your mouth revealing your pearly whites clamped down on your scared immobile tongue, it’s a sure signal to everyone that you’re not the serene Buddha after all, but are instead perilously close to losing your mind, which is what they’re driving you to and what seems to be their ultimate goal.
My advice, is if you’ve decided to tap into BOTT therapy, don’t give away your secret strategy under any circumstances, because it just gives your loved ones more ammunition. Better to leave them guessing, while you head over to your local hospital for a blood transfusion.
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