Mediterranean Moderation

Simply consuming more fresh foods, herbs, whole grains, nuts, fish, replacing butter with olive oil, and moving more, you too can consider yourself a part of the Mediterranean diet craze. The little nuances in this eating style make all the difference, and when coupled with regular physical activity make a popular choice among many Americans looking for a new way to loose weight and keep it off. The Mediterranean diet is a perfect example of the principles of moderation and consistency put to practice in the way we choose to eat.


When creating balanced lifestyle strategies, especially those that include losing the excess in life such as weight, emotional stress, or activities, one must consider moderation in all things; exercise, food (especially dessert), fun, work, indoor and outdoor activities. Moderation is the key to consistency, which is the key to success. When applying tools such as new food choices that assist us to remove to the outer layers, or things in the present moments of our life that are in excess, we are better able to remove the under layers that sabotage our success.

Moderation motivates, as it is not extreme and does not lend its self to disappointment or discouragement we do not stop our progress to wallow in these feelings of failure. Fear and failure, plus the fear of failure are the biggest obstacles to making permanent change in our lives. We fear either change it’s self with all of its contingent emotions, or we fear that we will fail and never begin, or if we do begin in spite of the fear of failure, we create self-fulfilling prophecies about our failure. Any way you look at it fear gets in the way. Moderate changes in lifestyle are not scary because they do not require us to let go of so much of what is familiar all at once. So, moderation motivates because it is comfortable.

Slow and steady wins the race and I play to win, do you? In the parable of the tortoise and the hare, the tortoise wins the race with a consistently slow pace. The hare, assuming he has already won due to his confidence in his speed, foolishly falls asleep under a tree and wakes up too late to win the race. Those with who consistently apply themselves to change in a way that is simple and moderate will find themselves at the finish line sooner than they think. Imagine if you will, the last time you took on some fad diet. How long did it last before you were discouraged and gave up? What would be different had you chosen to approach your diet in a way that is moderate and consistent? Where would you be now?

A frog placed in cold water and brought up to boil is a cooked frog. A frog immersed in boiling water, immediately jumps out. Maybe that is too many analogies for one short commentary. However, the principle applies to moderation, which is like the cold water being heated; you are less likely to jump out of the pot, the diet, the activity, the relationship etc, if the changes are made at a moderate pace.



Leap into something new, fearlessly,

Elle

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Feng Shui Your Life

Conscious living practices create balance and bring peace and joy to life. Feng Shui is a conscious living practice that cultivates awareness about the energies of all things and their relationship with each other; teaches about human nature and environmental stewardship; provides formulae to restore balance to the soul, to relationships, and to the environment; eliminates environmental "noise," opening the mind to receive the endless possibilities of creation; and allows expansion of the soul to fulfill divine purpose.



Feng Shui is a Chinese philosophy for interpreting environments. Formulae are used to determine optimal positioning of objects in an environment to support the energies of the individual. These formulae are designed to flow with changes in season, in circumstance, and in the environment. Feng Shui considers the energies of the earth, the heavens and the soul and correlates these energies to create balance.



After becoming familiar with the philosophy and formulae of Feng Shui practice an intuitive connection to one's own energies is forged. This relationship with personal energy forces allows the individual to approach the creation of balanced living simply. Strengthening trust in personal intuition opens the mind to the vast possibilities of creation and expands the soul.



When life is balanced and energies are flowing in harmony with each other greater peace can be felt. By eliminating environmental "noise" the mind and body are open and ready to receive and to give with greater capacity, thus expanding the individual to fulfill divine purpose and experience greater joy.



Because Feng Shui is founded on principles of energy it can be applied to other methods and practices for creating balanced health and well being. Such holistic practices may include but are not limited to; Yoda, Tai Chi, Meditation, Ayruvedic Medicine, Homeopathy, Herbalism, Reflexology, Massage, and Aromatherapy.



Reference: Feng Shui, Mind and Body Spirit and Home, by Gill Hale and Mark Evans.



See you on the other side,

Elle

Houston, We Have Lift Off

Elle here. This is a new adventure for me so for those of you who have opted to be of support, because I said so, thank you so much. For those of you who missed the threatening email message inviting you at risk of your life to visit this blog I feel you might want to know what the heck is going on. Here’s the skinny.

I have this marvelous idea that has brewing in my evil little brain for, well lets just say, awhile now. It has driven family members crazy as I have talked and talked about it and what I want it to look like, because, for what to me seems like a marvelous plan to take over the world is big on paper. I figure, if it can fit into my head, which is roughly the size of a small melon, it must be doable. Right? That’s what I thought.

My wild and wonderful plan begins with this blog. I intend to blog about how to create a successful strategy for balancing life, that’s not to say that you won’t occasionally see my personal life and experiences leaking between the letters of the words because you will. You see, I’m not writing this because I have it all figured out, quite the contrary, I’m writing this because I want my life to feel balanced and free flowing even when major change happens. So, each month I am choosing an area of balance and compiling information, articles, websites, and local area products and services that support that area of balance and sharing it with you here, over cyberspace. Fortunately, I have leads on many wellness services and products already so I feel like I have a good start. Unfortunately, I live in South Jordan Utah and so I may not be writing about products or services in your area. However, I have a beautifully evil plan, you, the reader, can email me about wellness products and services in your area and I, Elle, will qualify it (it’s gotta pass the eighty-year-old grandma test) and the share it with the audience.

Welcome to LYFE Empowered. Since we’ll be working with each other you might want to know a little about our mission. LYFE Empowered is dedicated to creating a community where health and wellness abound by providing guidance and resources that personally enhance everyday life, transforming it into living. Believing that the individual is intended to be the creator of his or her own world and through the power of giving all can enjoy the abundance that is available to each of us.

There you have it, an intimate glance at my evil plan to take over the world. I would be careful with whom you share this with, it is indisputabley contagious and could cause reactions such as, boldness, passion, laughter, and, dare I say it, joy.

Till next time…
Live BIG,

Elle