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		<title>Positive Living Classes Mornings or Evenings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 14:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I’m delighted to announce the return of my Positive Living classes, starting Thursday 5th May, 8-9pm, in the beautiful Abbins House Holistic Centre, Eyre Street, Newbridge. For those of you who can’t make Thursday evenings, I’ll  be running the course &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://wellofbeing.ie/positive-living-classes-mornings-or-evenings/">read more<span class="meta-nav"></span></a></p>
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<p>I’m delighted to announce the return of my Positive Living classes, starting Thursday 5th May, 8-9pm, in the beautiful Abbins House Holistic Centre, Eyre Street, Newbridge.</p>
<p>For those of you who can’t make Thursday evenings, I’ll  be running the course on Wednesday mornings from 10:00-11:00am starting 18th May.<br />
Join me for a fun, inspiring, interactive class where you will meet like-minded people and receive tools and tips to live a happy, peaceful, fulfilling life.<br />
Classes will include mindfulness, meditation, breathing techniques, and exercises which will challenge your thinking, unblock fears and get to know the real you.</p>
<p>The theme of Week 1 is Presence – being present, mindfulness, breathing, meditation, becoming aware of thoughts but not attaching to them.</p>
<p>The theme of week 2 is Thoughts &amp; Feelings &#8211; becoming aware of our thoughts, observing but not attaching to them, questioning them, challenging our beliefs, allowing our feelings and uncovering what&#8217;s beneath them so we&#8217;re no longer ruled by them.<br />
€40 for a 4-week course.</p>
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		<title>My Song</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 20:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I welcome the first day of summer by attending a yoga and music workshop with musician and yoga teacher Jack Harrison. We lie down and begin with some breathing exercises. Jack strums his guitar, recites poetry and sings. Then he &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://wellofbeing.ie/my-song/">read more<span class="meta-nav"></span></a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I welcome the first day of summer by attending a yoga and music workshop with musician and yoga teacher Jack Harrison.</p>
<p>We lie down and begin with some breathing exercises. Jack strums his guitar, recites poetry and sings.</p>
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<p>Then he takes us through a powerful yoga sequence. No music plays now. All we can hear are Jack&#8217;s instructions and our breath.</p>
<p>My breathing deepens. I feel strong, present and peaceful.</p>
<p>Afterwards, we sit in a circle and sing. For the most part, I close my eyes and really get into it.</p>
<p>Occasionally, I open my eyes and appreciate what&#8217;s in front of me. The fantastic Jack Harrison playing guitar. And a group of people joyously opening their hearts together in song.</p>
<p>Next, Jack suggests that we sing any tune we feel like.</p>
<p>&#8220;Dissonance is beautiful,&#8221; he insists.</p>
<p>&#8220;Some of us were told as children that we weren&#8217;t good singers. I was kicked out of the school choir when I was a boy,&#8221; he laughs.</p>
<p>&#8220;But singing is easy,&#8221; he says with a smile.</p>
<p>Many of us spend our lives trying to fit in and appear normal. We&#8217;re told how to live and what&#8217;s expected of us.</p>
<p>But today for a change, we&#8217;re being encouraged to be different. We&#8217;ve been given licence to sing our own song in a way that&#8217;s right for us in this special moment.</p>
<p>We start quietly and self-consciously. But before long, we become louder and more confident.</p>
<p>I realise that it&#8217;s much easier to sing in unison. It&#8217;s actually harder to be different. But I&#8217;m determined to find my own song.</p>
<p>I go with the feeling. I put judgment aside. I allow myself to be me.</p>
<p>Somewhere between dissonance, unison and harmony, I hear my own voice. Tears prickle behind my eyes. Jack&#8217;s right, it is beautiful.</p>
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		<title>Little Camino</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2016 20:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The past month has been weighed down with money worries, career anxiety, fear for the future and feelings of insecurity. This in turn has had an effect on my self-esteem; how I see myself and how I feel when I&#8217;m &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://wellofbeing.ie/little-camino/">read more<span class="meta-nav"></span></a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The past month has been weighed down with money worries, career anxiety, fear for the future and feelings of insecurity. This in turn has had an effect on my self-esteem; how I see myself and how I feel when I&#8217;m with others.</p>
<p>The main outcome of a much-needed business coaching session this week was that I need to love myself. And yesterday, I had another revelation.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ve been depending on external factors to make me feel okay. <em>I&#8217;ll be good enough if and when&#8230; I&#8217;ll relax when I&#8217;m earning more money. I&#8217;ll be worthy when I have a flourishing business. I&#8217;ll feel secure when my boyfriend does and says all the right things.</em></p>
<p>However, the reverse should be true. I need to feel good first, anyway, irrespective of anything or anyone.</p>
<p>I have to love myself just because. I must stop placing conditions on my self-acceptance.</p>
<p>And I definitely need to stop waiting for someone else to make me feel good. Because that strategy is destined to fail. Catastrophically.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s guaranteed to foster pressure, disappointment and resentment. Feelings become extremely precarious. One action, one word, one thought has the power to tear everything asunder.</p>
<p>What I want to do now is come back to me. That creative, happy individual who knows herself, and who has a full and balanced life with work and friends and hobbies. Who now also has a boyfriend who&#8217;s gorgeous and good and full of love and enthusiasm.</p>
<p>But just because I&#8217;m now in a relationship doesn&#8217;t mean I should lose myself in it. An intimate relationship is actually an opportunity to find myself more deeply than ever before.</p>
<p>I need to live my life. Do the things that give me energy and inspiration. Be there for myself.</p>
<p>I have to stop abandoning myself whenever things go &#8220;wrong&#8221;. I must remember my worth, see my light, and know that I&#8217;m deserving of love and all the good things in life. I need to focus on all the positives that are right there in front of me.</p>
<p>Today is Thursday and I have the day off. Part of me feels ashamed that I&#8217;m not busier, that I&#8217;m not a part of &#8220;normal&#8221; working society. Then I remember that I have to stop rejecting myself.</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><strong>&#8220;What&#8217;s the most loving thing I could do for myself today,&#8221;</strong></span> </em><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><strong>I ask.</strong></span></p>
<p>An image of walking in nature flashes before me.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;The sea,&#8221; </em>I think excitedly.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Healthy, delicious food and coffee. And a good book,&#8221; </em>I add.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve come up with the perfect recipe: I&#8217;ll hike along the coastline from Bray to Greystones, have lunch in one of my favourite restaurants <em>The Happy Pear, </em>then wander back to Bray.</p>
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<p>Most &#8220;normal&#8221; people work on a Thursday so I go alone. And that&#8217;s kind of perfect. My very own mini-<em>Camino.</em></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t listen to music and I put my phone on silent. The weather goes from windy to sunny to rainy.</p>
<p>As I walk, I start thinking. Then I realise that I&#8217;m feeling bad. I observe this with interest.</p>
<p>Nothing has actually happened in the here and now and I&#8217;ve still managed to make myself feel bad. When instead I could be enjoying the beautiful views of aquamarine waters leaning into the horizon, mountain and birds and yellow furze. I could be breathing in the fresh air. Appreciating this time, this peace, this space&#8230;</p>
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<p>So today I choose to come back to me, to stay with me, to love myself and to make myself happy. Because when I&#8217;m present to myself in this moment all is right in my world.</p>
<p>Today I take this big lesson from my little <em>Camino </em>back to my working life and to my romantic relationship but most importantly to my relationship with myself.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2015 23:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A dear friend sent me a link to an interesting TED talk on love and relationships given by Mandy Len Catron. The theme of love and relationships had already been playing on my mind. After watching the clip, I confessed to my &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://wellofbeing.ie/open-your-heart/">read more<span class="meta-nav"></span></a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A dear friend sent me a link to an <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/mandy_len_catron_falling_in_love_is_the_easy_part" target="_blank">interesting TED talk on love and relationships given by Mandy Len Catron.</a> The theme of love and relationships had already been playing on my mind.</p>
<p>After watching the clip, I confessed to my friend that I long to share intimacy and affection with someone of the male variety. I quickly added that I&#8217;m just feeling impatient and that I should simply be present.</p>
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<p>My friend replied: &#8220;There&#8217;s nothing wrong with wanting to have a special connection with a man. What you mustn&#8217;t do is ever make yourself feel bad because that want is there. It&#8217;s human nature.&#8221; It was nice to read her words.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/mandy_len_catron_falling_in_love_is_the_easy_part" target="_blank">Mandy Len Catron&#8217;s TED talk</a> came about because Mandy, in the midst of a breakup, turned to science to better understand love. While researching the workings of the heart, Mandy discovered a study undertaken by psychologist Arthur Aron 20 years ago.</p>
<p>The study involved having two strangers ask and answer a series of 36 questions designed to make the participants fall in love. Six months later, the participants were married.</p>
<p>One evening, Mandy described Arthur Aron&#8217;s study to a university acquaintance. He proposed that they put the questions to the test. And they promptly fell in love!</p>
<p>Mandy went on to write an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/modern-love-to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this.html" target="_blank">article about her experience for <em>The New York Times.</em></a> Since then, she has received endless calls and emails from people who all want to know one thing: Are Mandy and her university acquaintance still together? And the answer is that they are.</p>
<p>This may seem like the happy ending that we&#8217;re all hoping for. But what Mandy learned from this incredible experience is that there is no happing ending. There is no ending.</p>
<p>Falling in love is the easy part. The challenge lies in the decision to continue loving each other through the good <em>and </em>the difficult times. The hard part is to allow yourself be vulnerable and to give your heart to someone who may or may not choose to love you back.</p>
<p>These are the parts of love that many single people forget about when we crave a relationship. We want the smiles and the glances, the cuddles and the kisses, the electricity of attraction and the rush of romance.</p>
<p>However, closeness with a partner can really trigger you and bring all your issues to the surface. The choice then is to succumb to the temptation to close your heart and retreat (or defend) <em>or</em> you can deal with these issues and expand, both as a human being <em>and </em>as a couple.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s exciting <em>and </em>scary to open your heart to another human being. Being loved can make you feel blissful and secure one moment and out of control the next.</p>
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<p>Today, I told another friend about all of this. She excitedly suggested that we ask one another the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html" target="_blank">36 questions</a>. &#8220;Imagine if we fell in love,&#8221; she laughed.</p>
<p>My friend and I answered all 36 of Arthur Aron&#8217;s questions. The questions encouraged us to share our life stories, embarrassing incidents, favourite memories, fears, problems and dreams. We were also invited to tell each other what we liked about one another.</p>
<p>Did we fall in love? I can honestly say that my heart was bursting by the end of the exercise. In truth, my friend and I already love one another.</p>
<p>However, this exercise highlighted how much we have in common and how much we value our friendship. Being let into my friend&#8217;s life in this way deepened my love for her. Answering these questions also reminded me of how far I&#8217;ve come, how great my life is and how wonderful I am.</p>
<p>How do a series of questions make people fall in love? I believe that these questions inspire you to share yourself with another human being openly and honestly. This vulnerability allows someone to get to know the real you. And this can greatly speed up the falling in love process.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d definitely recommend completing this exercise, preferably with someone dishy. It may just make you fall in love &#8211; with your friend, your partner, or an attractive stranger. It may also make you fall in love with your journey, with your life, and with you, the real you.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Today, I decide to spend the whole day chilling out at home. I have a lie-in, I meditate, I eat breakfast. I reply to a few text messages. I attempt to get cheap car insurance. I have lunch. I read emails. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://wellofbeing.ie/energy/">read more<span class="meta-nav"></span></a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today, I decide to spend the whole day chilling out at home. I have a lie-in, I meditate, I eat breakfast.</p>
<p>I reply to a few text messages. I attempt to get cheap car insurance. I have lunch. I read emails. I watch <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003413LI0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003413LI0&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bettethansurv-20&amp;linkId=5F7YLA57EIQMLLLX" target="_blank">Whip It</a> </em>for the second time.</p>
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<p>By four pm, I&#8217;m agitated. What to do next? I could watch another movie. What a privilege to have the time and space to do so. I could read.</p>
<p>But I&#8217;m starting to feel uncomfortable. I&#8217;d probably feel better if I went for a walk. It&#8217;s sunny outside. I&#8217;d feel less guilty if it was raining.</p>
<p>I could follow a yoga class on <em>YouTube. </em>But I just don&#8217;t want to.</p>
<p>In the past, when I suffered spells of depression, I spent long periods in my room. I stayed in bed. I binged on junk food and mind-numbing box sets.</p>
<p>As a result, I became even more depressed and self-hating. Then, I definitely didn&#8217;t want to face the world because I felt so ugly and useless. Now, a part of me is scared that something similar could happen again.</p>
<p>For the past while, I&#8217;ve made sure to exercise every day. I get out of the house. I&#8217;m sociable. I&#8217;m busy. I work. I write blogs.</p>
<p>What I&#8217;ve learned from Chinese Medicine is that, when we don&#8217;t move enough, our energy becomes stagnant and we experience pain and fatigue. When enough energy doesn&#8217;t go to the head, we can feel depressed. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important to move our bodies and to receive energy treatments such as acupuncture.</p>
<p>However, I&#8217;d been moving my body to such an extent that I&#8217;d injured myself several times and I was exhausted. <a href="http://betterthansurviving.me/2015/09/11/just-because/" target="_blank">Following an acupuncturist&#8217;s advice</a>, I haven&#8217;t exercised in four days.</p>
<p>Last night, I met a friend who&#8217;s home from abroad. She told me that I&#8217;m looking really well. I wanted to work out immediately. But I didn&#8217;t. Instead, I noted this reaction and I was okay with it.</p>
<p>For a change this Saturday, I haven&#8217;t arranged any coffee dates. I haven&#8217;t driven to the gym. I haven&#8217;t walked or yoga&#8217;d or even ventured outside the house. Instead, I drink hot beverages in bed, bite my fingers and click on <em>Facebook</em> for something to do.</p>
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<p>The energy is rising. I usually shake it off or stuff it down. I&#8217;m not used to doing nothing. I don&#8217;t think I <em>can </em>do nothing.</p>
<p>I want to pump iron and dance and make love with aggression. I want to race through the countryside and bomb into the ocean. I want to laugh and cry and scream with abandon. I want to explode all this energy into my writing. I want to squeeze all my blackheads and peel off my skin. I even consider rejoining <em>Tinder</em>.</p>
<p>But I don&#8217;t do any of these things. I stay in my room, turn my phone on silent and sit on my meditation cushion. I bounce a little and rock back and forth. I start composing this blog post.</p>
<p>Then, I realise that there&#8217;s something about this energy that makes me want to burn it off. It doesn&#8217;t matter how. It just has to be released.</p>
<p>Suddenly, images of yogis and monks come to mind. People who have trained themselves to sit with this energy and allow it to build.</p>
<p>Humans who have managed to transcend these egoic and bodily urges to sex and spend, do and distract. They harness this energy and use it to connect with something bigger than all of this. To be present to all that is rather than losing themselves in all that they wish they were.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s nothing wrong with making the most of this creative energy. Artists splash it across canvasses to form beautiful masterpieces. Musicians and singers unleash it with passion. Champions triumph. New lives enter the planet.</p>
<p>And the rest of us mere mortals make sure to stay just ahead of it so we don&#8217;t have to think or feel too much. We move forward, we move forward, we move forward. We don&#8217;t want to get caught.</p>
<p>Most of the time, when I write an article, I&#8217;ve reached some sort of conclusion. I&#8217;ve come up with a positive slant. I&#8217;ve learned something. I&#8217;ve let go of something else. I&#8217;ve made myself feel better.</p>
<p>Today, I don&#8217;t transcend body, mind or ego. I sit on that meditation cushion for 10 minutes before moving the cushion in front of the laptop and vomiting all over <em>WordPress. </em>I feel a little bit better. I guess I&#8217;m still ahead.</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I awake several times in pain. <em>I might still be able to fit in a workout tomorrow morning before my flight, </em>I try to convince myself.</p>
<p>The following morning, I can barely put weight on my foot. I had felt the twinges in a couple of fitness classes but had chosen to ignore them. I had pushed myself too hard and hadn&#8217;t listened to my body. <em>Maybe I need to become more balanced in my approach, </em>I muse philosophically while simultaneously huffing with resistance.</p>
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<p><em>I might not be able to go to London, </em>I realise as my eyes well up. This is closely followed by another thought: <em>I&#8217;ve been feeling great exercising and now it&#8217;s being taken away from me. It&#8217;s not fair. I want to look and feel good. </em>Oh dear, there&#8217;s clearly more I need to learn here.</p>
<p>Of course, exercise is good for me and it&#8217;s important to take action and do the things that are beneficial for my physical and mental well-being. I honestly thought I&#8217;d been doing great but, now that I can&#8217;t exercise, I immediately feel less good about myself. I have formed an attachment to exercising as an external source of happiness and self-worth.</p>
<p>I know I have the potential to feel good <strong>no matter what</strong>. I just have to figure out how.</p>
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<p>The next few days are filled with learning and awareness. A friend comes over and I instruct her as to where to place acupuncture needles.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s interesting to have to ask for help, to be on the receiving end of such care, and to experience the magic of acupuncture when I really need it. I&#8217;m delighted to discover that I&#8217;m able to tell my friend where the energy meridians are merely by feeling where they are in my own body.</p>
<p>Afterwards I notice that, as I hobble around the kitchen, I&#8217;m repeating the mantra: <em>I am amazing. </em>I&#8217;m not forcing myself to do it. It&#8217;s coming naturally. All those affirmations I&#8217;ve been saying are clearly paying dividends.</p>
<p>I&#8217;e resigned myself to cancelling my trip to London when I ring my mother who&#8217;s a nurse. She speaks to a physiotherapist who assures her that if I collect crutches on my way to the airport, there should be no reason that I can&#8217;t fly to England.</p>
<p><em>I&#8217;m going, </em>I resolve. I feel strong and excited.</p>
<p>My friend very kindly offers to drive me. We grab the crutches and an hour later I&#8217;m making my way to Departures. I&#8217;ve never used crutches before and I&#8217;m surprised to learn how energy-consuming they are.</p>
<p>A member of staff approaches me to offer me a wheelchair. I say yes. What a weird experience!</p>
<p>Suddenly, I&#8217;m at a different level to everyone else. Most people don&#8217;t look at me. Others stare at me with what I presume to be pity in their eyes.</p>
<p>Now that it <em>i</em><em>sn&#8217;t</em> happening, I realise that men usually look at me as I walk past. This afternoon, I feel invisible to some and as obvious as a clown in Mecca to others. I certainly don&#8217;t feel very sexy.</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t had time to wash my hair. And I&#8217;m wearing runners as they&#8217;re the only footwear that don&#8217;t hurt too much. I&#8217;m unable to drag along a suitcase so I&#8217;ve packed the bare minimum into a small backpack. <a href="http://betterthansurviving.me/2015/09/01/just-doing-it/" target="_blank">Talk about hurling myself out of my comfort zone in so many different ways!</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m transferred from the wheelchair to a buggy then deposited at my gate. One of my favourite things to do in an airport, or anywhere really, is to go for coffee. But I wouldn&#8217;t be able to carry a cup while on crutches.</p>
<p>I hop over to a café anyway and ask the barista if she could bring a latte to my seat for me. She gladly obliges.</p>
<p>Last Christmas, I presented my friend with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401918298/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1401918298&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bettethansurv-20&amp;linkId=HN4ESN5IZ34ZVCJZ" target="_blank">a wonderful book by Cheryl Richardson called <em>The Art of Extreme Self-Care</em></a>. Each month, a few of us meet to read a chapter together, set some goals, and find out how we got on with the previous month&#8217;s challenge.</p>
<p>A couple of months ago, we did a chapter on taking your hands off the wheel, letting go of control and <strong>asking for help. </strong>Last month, my friends asked me how I&#8217;d done.</p>
<p>I reported being aware of when I&#8217;m being controlling. I admitted that I hadn&#8217;t actually asked for help but that I hadn&#8217;t <em>needed</em> to. Now, I&#8217;m eating my words.</p>
<p>When it&#8217;s time to board, I&#8217;m escorted down to the plane and up to my seat. When we arrive in London, I&#8217;m put in a wheelchair and wheeled to the bus terminal.</p>
<p>By the time I meet my friend at Victoria Coach Station, I&#8217;m exhausted and emotional. We have a catch-up and a quiet night in.</p>
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<p>The next morning, I&#8217;m ready to manoeuvre the London public transport system on crutches.</p>
<p>Hobbling slowly through a tube station when everyone else is speeding is an interesting experience. I have to be okay with going at a certain pace. I have to take it one slow step at a time.</p>
<p>The kindness I receive from people who hold open doors, carry my crutches as I make my way down the stairs, and give me their seats on the Underground is really heart-warming. I&#8217;ve never said &#8220;thank you&#8221; so much in my entire life.</p>
<p>I spend all day Saturday at a <em>Hay House: I Can Do It! </em>conference. One of the first things the <a href="http://www.robertholden.org/about-robert/" target="_blank">beautiful speaker Robert Holden</a> speaks about is self-image. Perfect!</p>
<p>Robert describes how infants, up until the age of 18 months, don&#8217;t recognise themselves in the mirror. They have not yet identified themselves with their bodies. Robert surmises that babies are still identifying with something greater &#8211; the very essence of their being.</p>
<p>This is something I need to connect with more &#8211; my soul. I am more than just my body.</p>
<p>So when I can&#8217;t exercise, when I&#8217;m on crutches, in runners, with unwashed hair, I can still love and accept myself and feel the energy of my amazing spirit.</p>
<p>Subsequently, Robert shows us <a href="https://vimeo.com/69165167" target="_blank">a lovely ad that he was involved in making.</a></p>
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<p>Robert also teaches us that being too independent and trying to force things to happen exactly as we want them to is not allowing life to flow. He says:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>&#8220;If we stick with independence, often we&#8217;re running on adrenaline and not grace.&#8221;</strong></span></p>
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<p>I sit back and allow life to flow because, right now, I can do very little else. And it feels good. I experience a sense of peace as I breathe a sigh of relief.</p>
<p>An excellent question Robert poses is the following:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">&#8220;If I could let life love me even more, what great things could happen?&#8221;</span></strong></p>
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<p>Tears spill down my cheeks as I contemplate this.</p>
<p>During the break, <a href="http://betterthansurviving.me/2015/09/01/just-doing-it/" target="_blank">remembering my vow to take myself out of my comfort zone</a>, and <a href="http://betterthansurviving.me/2013/02/19/everyone-everyone/" target="_blank">recalling how I definitely didn&#8217;t do so at the last <em>Hay House: I Can Do It! </em>conference I attended</a>, I purchase <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401946143/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1401946143&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bettethansurv-20&amp;linkId=726JHFAPN7BL54AQ" target="_blank">Robert Holden and Louise Hay&#8217;s book </a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401946143/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1401946143&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bettethansurv-20&amp;linkId=726JHFAPN7BL54AQ" target="_blank">Life Loves You: 7 Spiritual Practices to Heal Your Life</a>. </em>I then join a queue to have Robert sign my book.</p>
<p>I take this incredible opportunity to tell Robert how much I love him, how wonderful his talk was and how much I enjoy his radio show. I even get my picture taken with him. Go me!</p>
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<p>I meet some lovely people at this inspiring event. One woman insists on buying me a coffee and carrying it back to the conference centre for me. And <em>Hay House </em>author Susan Lander approaches me to give me a free signed copy of<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401945376/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1401945376&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bettethansurv-20&amp;linkId=MIHBH7RVBXQ6IOGL" target="_blank"> her book <em>Conversations with History</em>.</a></p>
<p>Despite all the learning, awareness and random acts of kindness, I decide that I&#8217;ve had enough of the crutches. It takes so much effort and energy to use them. My arms are paining me. And I want to be seen as a &#8220;normal&#8221; 35-year old woman again.</p>
<p>Thankfully, I&#8217;m reminded by <a href="http://www.tut.com/about/mikedooley/" target="_blank">inspirational author and speaker Mike Dooley</a> that everything happens for a reason. Mike likens life to a three-hour car ride.</p>
<p>Before this car ride, you decide where you want to go. You type your destination into the GPS system, or Divine Intelligence as he calls it. Then, you have to put your car into gear and drive.</p>
<p>For that three-hour journey, you may not know where you&#8217;re going. You may feel lost and the whole experience might feel weird. You may even take a few wrong turns but the GPS always recalibrates. And you don&#8217;t know if the GPS has worked until you get there.</p>
<p>Mike then describes a baby learning how to walk. The child takes a couple of steps before it keels over. The parents don&#8217;t start shouting at the child, telling him that he deserves it or that he brought it on himself. This child clearly has a desire to walk. And his parents recognise that falling down is part of the child&#8217;s journey.</p>
<p>After a great conference, yummy food, lots of adventures outside of my comfort zone, and quality time spent with friends, I leave London with a knowing that everything is unfolding perfectly. I resist nothing. I allow life to flow.</p>
<p>Before I arrive at Stansted airport, my mother texts offering to collect me from the airport. And I take her up on that offer.</p>
<p>I now have a greater understanding of how people must feel when they&#8217;re injured or incapacitated. From now on, I&#8217;m going to be more mindful of offering help to people when I&#8217;m in a position to do so as I can attest to how much it&#8217;s appreciated.</p>
<p>Today, my foot is almost all better. I&#8217;ve learnt many lessons from this injury. Some of which I didn&#8217;t want to have to learn. But learn I must if I want to move forward.</p>
<p>The GPS recalibrates and onwards I stride.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m currently making my way through Susan Jeffers&#8217; bestseller Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. So far, I&#8217;ve learned that there&#8217;s no point in waiting for the fear to subside before you tackle something. There&#8217;s also no sense in assuming that none of those &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://wellofbeing.ie/just-doing-it/">read more<span class="meta-nav"></span></a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m currently making my way through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345487427/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0345487427&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bettethansurv-20&amp;linkId=ARERKDKGAGWMJI7K" target="_blank">Susan Jeffers&#8217; bestseller <em>Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway</em></a>. So far, I&#8217;ve learned that there&#8217;s no point in waiting for the fear to subside <em>before </em>you tackle something.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s also no sense in assuming that none of those successful people out there experience fear. They do. To quote the book title, they feel the fear&#8230; and do it anyway.</p>
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<p>I know somebody who&#8217;s recently got a big job promotion. She admitted to me that she doesn&#8217;t know what she&#8217;s doing. Nonetheless, she&#8217;s doing it. And the likelihood is that this daunting place she&#8217;s now in will soon become a comfort zone. As the saying goes, you&#8217;ve just got to fake it &#8217;til you make it.</p>
<p>Susan Jeffers suggests doing one thing each day that takes you out of your comfort zone. Because the place outside of that zone is where you&#8217;re challenged to grow.</p>
<p>That magical place is where opportunity manifests. And the contentment (or misery) that you were once resigned to transforms into an energy and fulfilment that you could never have imagined.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve decided to accept Susan&#8217;s challenge. So far, the things I&#8217;ve done aren&#8217;t particularly dramatic. But they&#8217;re getting me used to changing my perspective, pushing myself and trying different things.</p>
<p>In the last week, I&#8217;ve showered at the gym and done my makeup in the communal mirrors (my comfort zone would be to come straight home after a workout). I took myself to a different venue for coffee and I drove somewhere new.</p>
<p>A couple of nights ago, I spotted an interesting man on an online dating website. Out of habit, I exited his profile.</p>
<p><em>I don&#8217;t initiate conversation with men,</em> I thought.<em> That&#8217;s their role. They prefer the chase. And that suits me because I don&#8217;t have to risk rejection.</em></p>
<p>Then I remembered my vow to feel the fear and do it anyway. So I messaged him. I haven&#8217;t heard back from him. The ego took a slight kick to the nads but that&#8217;s all in a day&#8217;s work for a fear-feeling go-getter.</p>
<p>And over the weekend, I used the gym (fitness classes are my comfort zone). I even requested an assessment with a trainer who could design a programme for me. The receptionist booked me in for an appointment with <a href="http://betterthansurviving.me/2015/08/24/the-calm-during-the-storm/" target="_blank">an instructor who I really fancy.</a></p>
<p>This morning, my fit fitness instructor took me to a private room where I had to take off my shoes and socks (I&#8217;m very self-conscious about my feet). He weighed me and told me how fat I am (well, the percentage of fat in my body).</p>
<p>Then, he devised me a programme and showed me how to do all the exercises. I thoroughly enjoyed watching him work (yes, I&#8217;m a total perv!)</p>
<div id="attachment_4676" style="width: 274px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://betterthansurviving.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/life-coaching-kildare.jpg"><img class="wp-image-4676 size-medium" src="https://betterthansurviving.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/life-coaching-kildare.jpg?w=264" alt="I just got motivated." width="264" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I just got motivated.</p></div>
<p>In other news, I was very saddened yesterday to hear of inspirational speaker and author Dr Wayne W. Dyer&#8217;s passing. Wayne Dyer was my first introduction to the self-help genre. I got so much from his talks and radio shows. He was a truly excellent speaker.</p>
<p>A few years ago, I attended <a href="http://betterthansurviving.me/2013/02/19/everyone-everyone/" target="_blank">an event in Glasgow</a> that Wayne spoke at. During the lunch break, my friends approached the speakers with books for them to sign. Striking up conversation with these people was something I shied away from so I took myself for a walk instead. After lunch, my colleagues gushed about meeting Wayne Dyer and the other amazing speakers.</p>
<p>And during my very first Life Coaching session with a fellow student, a suggestion was made that I contact Wayne Dyer and ask for advice on my business. I recoiled from the idea and never followed through.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not beating myself up now for missing these opportunities but Wayne Dyer&#8217;s passing has highlighted the importance of embracing the moment rather than shrinking from it.</p>
<p>Wayne Dyer did so much good with his life. He helped and inspired so many people. He wasn&#8217;t afraid to shine his charismatic light that illuminated the way for so many others. Or maybe he <em>was</em> afraid. But he did it anyway. Thank you, Wayne. All my love.</p>
<p>Feeling the fear and doing it anyway opens up your world to an abundance of happiness, scariness, rejection, excitement, achievement, failure, success, growth, learning and fulfilment.</p>
<p>All you have to do is acknowledge the voice that constantly denies and declines, warns and negates. Realise that it&#8217;s perfectly normal to be afraid. Then muster up the courage to propel yourself out of your comfort zone and into the unknown.</p>
<p>So my advice is to feel the fear and go do it anyway. You&#8217;ve more to lose by <em>not </em>doing it.</p>
<p>You may think you know best but all you know is what you think you already know. However, when you plunge into the unknown, you know nothing. And that&#8217;s when the world knows better. So life gets better. <em>You</em> get better.</p>
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		<title>The Calm During The Storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The last few days have been strange. I went on a date that ended horribly. A man from my hometown was assaulted and later died. I visited a woman I know in hospital who was badly injured in an accident. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://wellofbeing.ie/the-calm-during-the-storm/">read more<span class="meta-nav"></span></a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The last few days have been strange. I went on a date that ended horribly. A man from my hometown was assaulted and later died. I visited a woman I know in hospital who was badly injured in an accident. And a client of mine passed away. She was a really lovely 36-year-old woman who is leaving behind a loving family, including three small girls.</p>
<p>What I&#8217;ve realised over these past few days is how much I&#8217;ve changed, how different my reactions are, and how grateful I am.</p>
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<p>On Saturday night, I thought enough of myself to leave the date. I didn&#8217;t take it personally. And on the dark, wet drive home, I comforted myself with my favourite songs. It was good to find out what this man was like after only two dates and I was glad to get home safe.</p>
<p>Last night, after meditating, I stretched pleasurably and felt grateful to be able to move, unlike my friend in hospital.</p>
<p>And this evening, after attending my client&#8217;s funeral, I participate in a Mega Mix fitness class. The music is loud and fast and the instructor is fit in every sense of the word. We jump and squat and plank and it&#8217;s all a bit manic.</p>
<p>I have a sudden urge to burst out laughing. I feel so happy to be alive and healthy and able-bodied.</p>
<p>I feel lucky to have great friends and family, a business that I love, and a car that can whisk me towards dates and adventures and crazy fitness classes.</p>
<p>And most of all, I&#8217;m grateful for how far I&#8217;ve come. For how deeply I can appreciate this moment. For how present I am. For how much I love myself. For how centred I feel.</p>
<p>And for how I trust that everything is unfolding perfectly and for my highest good. I am exactly where I&#8217;m supposed to be.</p>
<p>So I hop and skip and sweat and eye up the fit fitness instructor. And I breathe.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday morning, I walked. The wind stirred the leaves, mimicking a melody of foaming sea to shore. Yesterday evening, I received very sad news that had me sobbing. Last night, I worked at the laptop. My housemate came in and out &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://wellofbeing.ie/life/">read more<span class="meta-nav"></span></a></p>
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<p>Yesterday evening, I received very sad news that had me sobbing.</p>
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<p>Last night, I worked at the laptop. My housemate came in and out of the room, making welcome conversation.</p>
<p>This morning, I panted on a gym floor.</p>
<p>This evening, I made dinner for a couple of family members in need.</p>
<p>Now, I put on my favourite tunes and hike up the speakers. For just a few moments, the sun escapes from behind the stubborn clouds and beams directly on to my smiling face.</p>
<p>And I dance.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m currently rereading Anodea Judith&#8217;s excellent book Eastern Body, Western Mind. This morning, I completed an exercise on the Inner Family that I&#8217;m going to share with you. Anodea Judith suggests making a list of the various parts of yourself. You might &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://wellofbeing.ie/the-inner-child/">read more<span class="meta-nav"></span></a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m currently rereading Anodea Judith&#8217;s excellent book <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1587612259/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1587612259&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bettethansurv-20&amp;linkId=TJRQAPNWUFYAPWAJ" target="_blank">Eastern Body, Western Mind</a>. </em>This morning, I completed an exercise on the Inner Family that I&#8217;m going to share with you.</p>
<p>Anodea Judith suggests making a list of the various parts of yourself. You might include the inner child, the clown, the achiever, the lover, the critic, and so on. In my case, I listed the lost child, the inner child, the lover, the romantic, the fearful one, and the warrior.</p>
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<p>Next to each name on the list, write a few words describing how you perceive this part of yourself.</p>
<p>For example, I could describe the inner child as playful, curious or innocent. The lost child might be scared and alone. The lover is open, present and sensual. The romantic believes in love. The fearful one anticipates that bad things will happen. And the warrior is stunning, strong and skilled.</p>
<p>Now, write down what you think each part wants. My inner child wants to experience. The lost child wants to be loved. The lover wants to make love. The romantic wants to connect. The fearful one wants peace. And the warrior wants to live.</p>
<p>Ask yourself how often these parts succeed in getting what they want. How realistic are their desires? And what can be done to bring them into wholeness?</p>
<p>In order to bring the various parts of myself into wholeness, I can connect with people, including myself. I can be open to relationship and to love. I can meditate, rest and be still. I can be in nature, surround myself with beauty, and go on adventures. Using all of my senses, I can make love with life every single day. I can be present, really live, relax, allow and enjoy.</p>
<p>The final part of this exercise is to look at who relates to whom. For instance, does the critic inhibit the artist? Or does the clown entertain the sad inner child?</p>
<p>I realise that the parts of myself that I listed seem to go in pairs. The loving, playful inner child is the lost child&#8217;s reassuring companion. The confident lover and the dreamy romantic are in perfect partnership. And the warrior protects the fearful one and makes her feel safe.</p>
<p>This is an interesting exercise. Try it and let me know how you get on.</p>
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