Akosua Dardaine Edwards's Blog, page 136
August 28, 2017
Ten Ways to Practice Self Love
When I started on the journey to self-love, I stopped seeking others’ approval, which meant I gave myself the space to explore other ways of living and I can truly say, life surprised me and met me halfway .
Vangile Makwakana
Ten Ways to Pracise Self Love
1. Honestly accept where you are right now without guilt
2. Read something positive daily or listen to positive uplifting music
3. Spend time in nature
4. Include rest, relaxation and exercise as part of your lifestlye
5. Have a strong NO - Say No to the things that dishonour and diminish you
6. Have a strong YES - Say Yes to the things that push your growth and push you outside your comfort zone
7. Forgive.... everyone and everything
8. Do something nice for yourself weekly - (once it's legal of course)
9. Stop comparing your life to those on Instagram and Facebook
10. Show up for life - with an open mind, stop people pleasing and making decisions based on fear and societal constructs
Peace
Ten Ways to Pracise Self Love
1. Honestly accept where you are right now without guilt
2. Read something positive daily or listen to positive uplifting music
3. Spend time in nature
4. Include rest, relaxation and exercise as part of your lifestlye
5. Have a strong NO - Say No to the things that dishonour and diminish you
6. Have a strong YES - Say Yes to the things that push your growth and push you outside your comfort zone
7. Forgive.... everyone and everything
8. Do something nice for yourself weekly - (once it's legal of course)
9. Stop comparing your life to those on Instagram and Facebook
10. Show up for life - with an open mind, stop people pleasing and making decisions based on fear and societal constructs
Peace
August 26, 2017
Show up for Life
This idea of "is it convenient". We have this thing that things must always be convenient.
Life comes from out of the blue
Show up... For Life
There is no convenient time for Life Marianne Williamson
That moment when the penny drops, when you get it! when you literally say AHA! As I was heading to Cumana, a lovely village with the most breathtaking of beaches and rivers this week and I stopped at a random beach, I just got out and stood on the sand and the rocks watching the sun rise and the light show on the water and there it was. there was the moment I realised that I was scared of moving ahead, I was scared of doing some of the things I would do before because of fear. I stopped saving, I stopped looking at life from an abundance perspective because I am afraid of losing it all based on what happened a few years ago when I did "lose" those things. But now, the difference is that I am doing it for me, I am doing it because I know I can, I am doing it from a place of enoughness rather than for others and for show
I sat there and felt a level of peace that passes all understanding
I can do this! I can change my mind and leave all the fear behind and take full responsibility for my actions and only when I take full responsibility then and only then can I make any changes.
Fear of the past and history is never a good reason for not doing something now
Peace
Life comes from out of the blue
Show up... For Life
There is no convenient time for Life Marianne Williamson
That moment when the penny drops, when you get it! when you literally say AHA! As I was heading to Cumana, a lovely village with the most breathtaking of beaches and rivers this week and I stopped at a random beach, I just got out and stood on the sand and the rocks watching the sun rise and the light show on the water and there it was. there was the moment I realised that I was scared of moving ahead, I was scared of doing some of the things I would do before because of fear. I stopped saving, I stopped looking at life from an abundance perspective because I am afraid of losing it all based on what happened a few years ago when I did "lose" those things. But now, the difference is that I am doing it for me, I am doing it because I know I can, I am doing it from a place of enoughness rather than for others and for show
I sat there and felt a level of peace that passes all understanding
I can do this! I can change my mind and leave all the fear behind and take full responsibility for my actions and only when I take full responsibility then and only then can I make any changes.
Fear of the past and history is never a good reason for not doing something now
Peace
August 25, 2017
Will you be Whole?
You being you a whole person and I bring me a whole person
– Susan L Taylor
We are busy searching for what we are. We are like the fish in the ocean looking for the sea, we believe that something is missing and we look to people, places and things to tell us who we are to fill the so called void.Newsflash - that never works and when we get what we believe will fill us up it is short lived or we spend most of our time thinking that we are going to lose itListen to this, our inner being is so full of integrity that it will not allow us to keep anything that we do not believe we deserve to have,
There is an inner healing that has to take place
The acquisition of more will not do the trick
The acquisition of more never makes you whole
Quite the contrary, what makes you whole is the dropping of some of the "stuff"Wholeness is about balance
Wholeness is about putting things in it's proper perspective
Wholeness is not about getting more
Wholeness is letting go of the stuff that does not belong
You need ALL of you, not just the parts that you think other people will like, not just the part where you have things, not just the mask, ALL of youWill you be whole?Peace
We are busy searching for what we are. We are like the fish in the ocean looking for the sea, we believe that something is missing and we look to people, places and things to tell us who we are to fill the so called void.Newsflash - that never works and when we get what we believe will fill us up it is short lived or we spend most of our time thinking that we are going to lose itListen to this, our inner being is so full of integrity that it will not allow us to keep anything that we do not believe we deserve to have,
There is an inner healing that has to take place
The acquisition of more will not do the trick
The acquisition of more never makes you whole
Quite the contrary, what makes you whole is the dropping of some of the "stuff"Wholeness is about balance
Wholeness is about putting things in it's proper perspective
Wholeness is not about getting more
Wholeness is letting go of the stuff that does not belong
You need ALL of you, not just the parts that you think other people will like, not just the part where you have things, not just the mask, ALL of youWill you be whole?Peace
August 24, 2017
What's Your Ritual?
feed your physical body with great nutrition, exercise and rest; feed your emotional body with effective and cleansing meditation -- reshaping your responses to the moments of life; feed your mental body with the discipline of constructive thinking (mindfulness) . . . do this with both the science of knowledge, and the art of joy.
Guru Singh
I have incorporated exercise, meditation and nutrition into my life style. Because it improves how I feel and how I operate. I made it a big part of my life as a conscious decision. It allows for a flow, a flow of ideas, a flow of vibes, a flow of love
when the realisation hit that this life style allows for a flow, so many things changed
Firstly, it no longer became a chore, it became a choice, it no longer was compromised, it was prioritized, the actions became a part of me. Most significantly, the guilt surronding missing these activities is less and less. The flow outweighs the guilt of not doing and the self talk around it
Everyone may have their own ritual which allows the flow
What's yours?
Peace
I have incorporated exercise, meditation and nutrition into my life style. Because it improves how I feel and how I operate. I made it a big part of my life as a conscious decision. It allows for a flow, a flow of ideas, a flow of vibes, a flow of love
when the realisation hit that this life style allows for a flow, so many things changed
Firstly, it no longer became a chore, it became a choice, it no longer was compromised, it was prioritized, the actions became a part of me. Most significantly, the guilt surronding missing these activities is less and less. The flow outweighs the guilt of not doing and the self talk around it
Everyone may have their own ritual which allows the flow
What's yours?
Peace
August 23, 2017
Life...... Use Me!
"Ask the question: How can I be used? Life, use me. Show me through my talents and my gifts, show me through what I know, what I need to know, what I have yet to learn, how to be used in the greater service to life. You ask that question and I guarantee you, the answer will be returned and rewarded to you with fulfillment, which is really the major definition of success for me."
- Oprah Winfrey, addressing the Smith College class of 2017.
Life use me! I love this statementBecause life is bigger than me and when I ask this thing that is bigger than me, knows more than I know, dream bigger than I dream, amazing things happenLife use me! I want to be used to make a difference, as Maya Angelou saus " When you see me, you ought to be proud:Life use me! I want to be a demonstration of how life loves us, of how life gives us the tools and skills and when we use it magic happensLife use me! To demonstrate joy and happiness by knowing what brings me joy and taking responsibility for my happinessLife use me! to share all the lessons that I have learntLife use me - let me get out of life's way, because, right here, right now, I am ready!
Are you ready?Peace
- Oprah Winfrey, addressing the Smith College class of 2017.
Life use me! I love this statementBecause life is bigger than me and when I ask this thing that is bigger than me, knows more than I know, dream bigger than I dream, amazing things happenLife use me! I want to be used to make a difference, as Maya Angelou saus " When you see me, you ought to be proud:Life use me! I want to be a demonstration of how life loves us, of how life gives us the tools and skills and when we use it magic happensLife use me! To demonstrate joy and happiness by knowing what brings me joy and taking responsibility for my happinessLife use me! to share all the lessons that I have learntLife use me - let me get out of life's way, because, right here, right now, I am ready!
Are you ready?Peace
August 22, 2017
Build it. Start it
Ideas don't come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started. If I had to know everything about connecting people before I got started, I never would have built Facebook." - Mark Zuckerberg, addressing the Harvard class of 2017.
Very little to say today but just start it, and stop making excuses about why you haven'tthat is all
Peace
Very little to say today but just start it, and stop making excuses about why you haven'tthat is all
Peace
August 21, 2017
Are You An Emotional Avoidant?
An emotional avoidant is someone who goes out of their way to "not feel." They deflect conversations that evoke an emotional response. They change the subject often. They also tend to make jokes about serious situations. They act silly. Sometimes they get angry or defensive. And sometimes they're just too fucked up to emote... real talk.
Stacey Herera
Isn't it easier just to not feel, to keep avoiding a situation that can lead to confrontation, change, new things? It keeps us in a place where we already know rather than pushing us into uncertainty - something we have no control over and not know
Who likes pain anyway? Who likes to change the routine
And that is precisely what we are being called to do when we reach to a point where emotions are being avoided.
Someone very important to me asked me last week to "pay attention to my feelings" who knew? I was on autopilot? doing the same thing over and over getting the same results
You see if I pay attention to them I would have to make a decision, to make a change, to look the thing dead in the eye and call it, to own it
I wasn't ready
Or I thought I wasn't
I was born ready!
We were all born ready
Getting out of my own way requires a firm decision, committment, discipline and being gentle. all of which I can do
all of which you can do
so let's do this
Peace
Isn't it easier just to not feel, to keep avoiding a situation that can lead to confrontation, change, new things? It keeps us in a place where we already know rather than pushing us into uncertainty - something we have no control over and not know
Who likes pain anyway? Who likes to change the routine
And that is precisely what we are being called to do when we reach to a point where emotions are being avoided.
Someone very important to me asked me last week to "pay attention to my feelings" who knew? I was on autopilot? doing the same thing over and over getting the same results
You see if I pay attention to them I would have to make a decision, to make a change, to look the thing dead in the eye and call it, to own it
I wasn't ready
Or I thought I wasn't
I was born ready!
We were all born ready
Getting out of my own way requires a firm decision, committment, discipline and being gentle. all of which I can do
all of which you can do
so let's do this
Peace
August 19, 2017
Only Action Brings Courage
You don't have to fast, light candles, hang wind chimes from your back porch, and turn vegetarian in order to get directions on what to do with your mind, body, spirit, and life. You simply need to respond to the signals: body stress, emotional input, mental highs and lows, your intuition. Courage is something that will never enter you through prayer. Only action brings courage. If you can't immediately respond to major stress signals, or strong creative direction, then respond by doing something "small." Just respond.
Carolyn Myss
I have been practising, starting small, speaking out loud and saying what I was always afraid to say, for whatever reason, mainly fear because I have learnt that - action brings courage
I have been going harder with my exercise routine, pushing through the barrier because I have learnt that action brings courage
I have been saying no a lot more because I have learnt that action brings courage
I have been saying a bod yes more because I have learnt that action brings courage
I have been resting my body more without feeling guilty about it because I have learnt that action brings courage
Starting small because action takes courage
Just plain ole starting because action takes courage
Because this action comes from a place of loveit comes from a place of intuition it comes from a place of wanting to be the best meand sometimes the action requires stillness and silencePeace
I have been practising, starting small, speaking out loud and saying what I was always afraid to say, for whatever reason, mainly fear because I have learnt that - action brings courage
I have been going harder with my exercise routine, pushing through the barrier because I have learnt that action brings courage
I have been saying no a lot more because I have learnt that action brings courage
I have been saying a bod yes more because I have learnt that action brings courage
I have been resting my body more without feeling guilty about it because I have learnt that action brings courage
Starting small because action takes courage
Just plain ole starting because action takes courage
Because this action comes from a place of loveit comes from a place of intuition it comes from a place of wanting to be the best meand sometimes the action requires stillness and silencePeace
August 18, 2017
Love +
When you are part of the solution the problem does not affect you as deeply
- Marianne Williams
Today we were interviewed on Heartbeat Radio For Woman 103.5FM. The young ladies who took part in the vacation programme were featured as they shared lessons on the journey. Who knew it would reach a wider audience when it was conceptualised a few years ago? The feedback was immense over the past week, and I am so excited to see where this Journey takes us.I would like to thank Ms Patricia Toby, Mr Avinash Rhamsubhag, Katherine Dalton Long, Perpetua Olliverie and all the speakers that contributed to making this a realityI have learnt time and time again that love, action, perisistence and respect is lethal combo that can literally move mountains
Peace
Today we were interviewed on Heartbeat Radio For Woman 103.5FM. The young ladies who took part in the vacation programme were featured as they shared lessons on the journey. Who knew it would reach a wider audience when it was conceptualised a few years ago? The feedback was immense over the past week, and I am so excited to see where this Journey takes us.I would like to thank Ms Patricia Toby, Mr Avinash Rhamsubhag, Katherine Dalton Long, Perpetua Olliverie and all the speakers that contributed to making this a realityI have learnt time and time again that love, action, perisistence and respect is lethal combo that can literally move mountains
Peace
August 16, 2017
Go Inside
One shot to your heart without breaking your skin
No one has the power to hurt you like your kin
Kept it inside, didn't tell no one else
Didn't even wanna admit it to yourself
And now your chest burns and your back aches
From 15 years of holding the pain
And now you only have yourself to blame
If you continue to live this way
Get it together
You wanna heal your body You have to heal your heart - India Arie
What is inside manifests itself on the outsideI have learnt that our bodies give us signs- the aches, the pains, the tummy tumbles, even the common cold, we pay attention to the symtoms and seldom the causeSo it's pills, tablets, ointments, balms, you name it. The symptoms go away for a bit and then when triggered they return.Go inside...My friend and I have this thing where we say "go inside" when we are triggered or feel each other isI am now extending it to focusing on what you are holding inside that you haven't dealt with- fee.deal.heal- for whatever reasonTrust me, it will manifest itself in some part of your daily funtion and affect your health and daily life!Catch that....Go inside.....Peace
No one has the power to hurt you like your kin
Kept it inside, didn't tell no one else
Didn't even wanna admit it to yourself
And now your chest burns and your back aches
From 15 years of holding the pain
And now you only have yourself to blame
If you continue to live this way
Get it together
You wanna heal your body You have to heal your heart - India Arie
What is inside manifests itself on the outsideI have learnt that our bodies give us signs- the aches, the pains, the tummy tumbles, even the common cold, we pay attention to the symtoms and seldom the causeSo it's pills, tablets, ointments, balms, you name it. The symptoms go away for a bit and then when triggered they return.Go inside...My friend and I have this thing where we say "go inside" when we are triggered or feel each other isI am now extending it to focusing on what you are holding inside that you haven't dealt with- fee.deal.heal- for whatever reasonTrust me, it will manifest itself in some part of your daily funtion and affect your health and daily life!Catch that....Go inside.....Peace
