Making Room for Meditation

I am really bad at mediation. I just do not make time for it.  When I do, I have a hard time getting grounded, centered and staying in that moment.  But I think I just make it way too hard on myself.  Really it is such a healthy practice with many benefits, while also being one of the most simple practices you can do for your health. 

My goal is to try to incorporate it more in the evenings. I have found a wonderful yoga practice that I am trying to go to at least five times a week.  I find that I am able to center myself in that practice.  It is a form of meditation and I certainly am able to focus on my breath, clear my head and focus on perhaps one specific intention for that day.  If I can do it there, I should be able to do it at home.  I just have to make room for it.

A tasty looking recipe from one of my favorite blogs

I love 101 Cookbooks.  Her food photography is beautiful and all her recipes look delicious.  Any I have tried have been wonderful.  This no bake chocolate cake looks pretty awesome when you get those chocolate cravings.  I emailed her about the buttermilk and she said I should be able to substitute coconut milk instead.

Yum.

My Market Salad

I'm excited to dive into this lovely salad.  All organic, all from the farmers' market: Kale, Radish Pods, Grape Tomato and Cucumbers.

The Therapist Goes to Therapy

I've always been resistant to counseling for myself.  It's quite the hypocrisy- the gal that preaches how therapy can benefit everyone but doesn't go herself.  I had a barrier that as a therapist myself, I shouldn't need therapy.  There's nothing major in my life that brings about the need for therapy, but there are a few walls that I have been unable to break through in regards to my running, fitness and self confidence, so I figured it couldn't hurt.  I am also hoping it will help me in my communications in relationships, mostly my marriage.

I went for the first time last night and it was fabulous.  There are certain things I just don't feel comfortable talking with others about because I know how some people in my life might perceive the information, or share it with other people.  With this therapist, who I liked very much, I was able to be completely open without concern.  She also had some very good reflection skills, which were very validating.  I already feel so much lighter today and calmer.  I have goals in mind that we established and I am eager to get them underway.

Now I think I can even more confidently speak to the benefits of counseling. I think even those of us who are functioning reasonably well, all have things we should let go of, move through.  Having a skilled, external resource to help do that is nothing but a healthy choice.