SURVIVING VS THRIVING AND MISSING LINKS: Spirit, mind and Body: By Laurie Jackson

SURVIVING VS THRIVING AND MISSING LINKS:
Spirit, mind and Body: By Laurie Jackson

I haven’t blogged much because I’ve been seriously enjoying this summer. It had nothing to do with the weather, obviously! ☺ My sister said I should just make myself blog every week and she even gave me a name for one… “Just For The Blog Of It!’ She makes me laugh every time we’re together! Every time!!!!! I had to disagree though, at least for now. I would rather wait for the right timing and inspiration before I blog away. For your benefit and mine. ☺ So here’s what happened: (that was for all you “Monk” fans out there)

For many years I functioned and lived in survival mode. I didn’t realize it at the time because I hadn’t experienced much of a thriving mode. Memories of thriving were moments in child hood when I had energy and felt loved but since my early adolescents I’ve struggled with Asthma, depression, mood swings and low self esteem. As I became a teenager I would devour self-help books and look to God in the bible for help. I found some comfort and many of the books I read did help and gave me hope to keep on trying.

As I became a young mother, suddenly my issues became even more immanent to conquer, as I wanted to be a loving and fit role model for our precious child. In desperation and out of the immense Love I had for our new baby, I began to admit I was at the end of my own resources and needed divine intervention for many of my spiritual and psychological torment.

This is When “Surviving” had moments of “Thriving” I would find God in such a real way. I would sense His presence. Then It would seem to fade or end. I would work hard again to “keep” God around so I could get help. At this point of my (blog/biography) I will fast forward many years. This cycle went on and on. I received much revelation from God about His Way, Truth and Life but it was still such a roller coaster yet slowly coming to the end of the ride. God works it all out for good “doesn’t He?” The missing link was that God needed to get “religion” or rather the “leaven” out of my heart, mind and soul. This was exactly what was causing most of my problems. A very helpful resource, out of many, that God led me to was:

http://lifestream.org/


God spent a lot of time with me in much solitude cleaning me up from all the leaven that had been deposited in my Theology. It was a Journey full of hard and maybe some unnecessary trials.

Next, was my mind, the way I processed my thoughts, and problem solved was extremely unproductive and sometimes just plain harmful. An excellent resource that I wish I had my hands on when I was a young teenager was a $99.00 dollar course I found on -line. This simple way of “learning” how to think should be taught in schools. This program was actually developed in Britain and they have taught it in some of their middle schools as well.
I would have never been open to a “secular” psychology program when I was full of “religion.” Some of us learned toxic and destructive thinking patterns from role models who simply didn’t have role models and skills for themselves… etc… I found this web site called “Uncommon Knowledge” to be some of the simplest and best counseling I’ve ever received.

http://www.clinical-depression.co.uk/


Next, was and final resolution of my physiological state. As I mentioned earlier, I had severe Asthma as a child. “Back-in-the-day”.. ☺ the Doctors didn’t know any better but to give people an over extended prescription of “antibiotics” They now know that is causes all sorts of problems. To make a long story short… I will say that being exposed to antibiotics on such a long term basis caused me to have an imbalance of candida or an allergic reaction to some foods. I believe this was the root of an eating disorder I struggled with for years. I remember thinking that I just simply felt better when I didn’t eat. I later figured out I could eat “certain” things and would still feel okay. I know now I needed to eat much more of the food that I could eat because as a result I kept see-sawing back and forth from starving myself to causing an imbalance in my system. I would keep going back to a vegetarian diet. I had just enough knowledge to be a danger to myself. I needed to know How, What and Why. After many years of self- study stemming out of desperation. I found a cure for this and most ailments. Except a severed limb of course. This resource may help you with any physical ailments you may have.

http://www.raw-food-health.net/

You can also visit my on-line coaching program at:
http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/ljackson

My life is not perfect! In fact that is a toxic way to think. You will set your self up for failure and become a “defeated perfectionist.” This mind set has permeated my spiritual, emotional and physical life. Just giving up the “all or nothing thinking” can do wonders by itself.

I shared this because I feel inspired by what God has done and is still doing in my life. I am grateful for the wisdom that surrounds us. If we just weed through all the other stuff and follow our hearts I believe Truth and freedom are not a distant future. Each trial creates more roots and causes us to bear more fruit in our lives. I hope you’ve been inspired and I hope these links help you on your own journey.

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