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Risk Being Seen

Posted on April 14, 2018 Written by Angela Joseph Leave a Comment

In every relationship, whether with lovers, friends, family, professional peers, and strangers alike, we are offered the opportunity to be seen. The risks that are taken and the worthiness that is cultivated every time that we allow ourselves to be vulnerable are writing our story of victory or victim! My thoughts go to many of the books that I have read on the subject of vulnerability and the lack of it that exists in our culture today.  My question is do you feel that space within that longs to be felt, and constantly asks to be seen, and do you allow it to come forth? In my humble opinion, I believe that our mental, physical and spiritual health depend on it. The gift is not just our own, but everyone that we come in contact with gets the best that we can be, the truth of who we are, and this will create a life that feels aligned and purposeful. Relationships change, confidence rises, and courage roars! 

 

The pressures of this culture and the mass marketing message is that we are not enough, we are too this or not enough that, and this message alone can keep us dimmed and stuck in self doubt. If you look deeply, and spend a few moments  connecting to your inner voice, it is likely that the chatter is less then empowering and loving.  Working with clients over the years to shift their current experiences, we often sit looking at each other as they come to realize that their greatest enemy is themselves.  That inner critic that keeps saying that you are not ______enough, fill in the blank (pretty, skinny, smart, successful, wealthy, deserving, etc.) .  I am here, right now, to tell you that it is not real and that you can begin to show up and heal this issue, with honesty and courage.  As I began to grow my own awareness to my own fears of beings seen, I had many moments of terror! That terror was there to teach me that I was scared of being seen, being criticized and being ridiculed. It taught me that I was being brave and that this new way of expressing my truth was courageous. It was there to show me that my fear was suffocating me. It was there to remind me that no matter what anyone else thought of me, I had to trust myself and show up.  My whole life depends on it now, as I could not accept anything less with this understanding. My inner critic will show up, but no longer does it have any power over me.  I have learned that it’s an old voice of irrational fear.  The realest fear I have now, which motivates me daily, is that I would ever stop risking being seen. 

 We can be honest, courageous, and vulnerable with others when we are able to practice this with ourselves. The willingness to accept that vulnerability and being seen is in fact our path to solid, strong, and valuable relationships is one key. The willingness to know that we are worthy and that we matter is the second key awareness in being truly seen.  The willingness to look at our lives and know that if we are feeling exhaustion, anxiety, fear, unworthy, worry or even feeling physically ill, we do have the capacity to change these experience, one moment at a time.  Every room you walk into, every conversation you enter, every letter you write, every person you encounter, is the perfect space to practice showing up, being authentic, being seen and stepping into the courageous active energy of being loved, or disliked for who you are.  What we choose to do in our moments is what matters the most.  What we choose to express in this world is up to us, and when you look at statistics, the most positive, inspiring, and influential people are those that have dared to showed up, courageously, and have walked their talk, and shared their journeys, because they knew it mattered! 

Take a moment today to look in the mirror and really look at the eyes looking back at you.  This person that is staring at you is dependent on your bravery and your courage.  This person deserves for you to get real about what matters and what doesn’t. This person matters. This person wants you to show up and be seen.  Breathe.

Angela N Jospeh

Wellness & Lifestyle Coach

www.angelanjoseph.com

Filed Under: Active Boomer, Caregiving, Dating and realtionships, Depression, empowerment, faith, Feeding Yourself, Feeling Better, life, Mentoring, Mindfullness, Passion, Psychology, Thinking Better, transition, Uncategorized Tagged With: authentic, awareness, bravery, coaching, courage, life, self improvement, show up, truth, vulnerability, Wellness

Angela’s Good Vibe- ’30 Seconds of Love’

Posted on February 4, 2018 Written by Thomas Matt Leave a Comment

 

Food to Energy

 Balance & WellBeing

Today more than ever, we are bombarded with marketing, opinions, statistics and labeling that are confusing the simple truth of food nutrition. We are one of the wealthiest nations, and yet we have the highest levels of chronic disease and obesity. People are mislead, confused, and addicted to the chemical arsenal in the grocery aisle. It is so simple that it can become maddening as we attempting to filter the lies from truth.

I am a promoter of an 85/15 diet. These numbers are meant to be a guide, making it easy to establish a relationship with the food on your plate. The 85% represents the amount of whole food nutritional content ingested, while the 15% is the allowance for coffee, occasional alcohol, desert, or otherwise. When working with clients, I do not force huge change. In my opinion, its a set up for failure. We begin with looking at a 60/40 or 70/30 and work our way to the better. If you come from an 30/70, this 60/40 will make an undeniable change for the better and will naturally motivate you to take it further for your own personal wellbeing. That is the way it works, momentum builds. We want to leave room for play!  What is life without freedom to roam?

The way that this will look is easy when you consider your plate like a pie. Half to three quarters of your pie should be organic, fresh vegetable produce. Focus on adding healthy portions of your protein source and carbs. As this way of eating becomes more habitual, you will begin to fill more of your plate with this living, highly nutritional food. Steadily, you will push out more of the highly processed foods that make up the SAD (Standard American Diet). You will be increasing whole, living, and healthy fleshed foods, while decreasing dead food, or processed sugar, refined starches and grains, high saturated animal fats, and added stimulants lacing processed foods. Your body will shift from an acidic and inflamed stated to an alkaline and thriving state.

The beauty of adopting an 85/15 diet, is that your body remembers what health feels like and it will be miraculous to your body. You do not have to be extreme. Aim or 60/40, 70/30 and just begin the process. Your body and your mind will thank you! Eating whole foods and living a healthy lifestyle is the greatest investment you can make in your life. You are worth it, your family is worth it, and when you are ready, you will do it!!!

 

Angela N Joseph , LMT, CHC, CN

Wellness & Lifestyle Coach

Intuitive Bodyworker

Changing Bodies Changing Minds

                  Changing Lives

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WKAR

Posted on August 14, 2017 Written by Mickey Hadick Leave a Comment

Tom Matt’s Boomers Rock Radio Talk Show is on WKAR 870 AM from the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

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The Social Conditioning of Growing Older

Posted on December 11, 2016 Written by Thomas Matt Leave a Comment

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Recently on the radio program I interviewed Colin Milner, CEO of the International Council of Active Aging, and I threw this new idea I had to him as he has been a great influencer, friend, contributor and guest for quite some time now.  I said, “Colin, I have this new idea about changing the term ‘getting older’ and turning it into ‘growing older’, it is a whole lot less negative.  I get tired of people blaming a sore back or knee or whatever else on the mindset and accepting all of this because I am ‘getting old’”.    Colin liked it, asked if he could use it and of course I said yes.AgeismAnother guest on the radio program, author Ashton Applewhite of ‘This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism’(great book) shares that the worst offenders of the perpetuation/proliferation of an ageist mentality and culture are, drum roll please, OLDER PEOPLE!

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Who would have thunk it?

This culpability belongs to a phenomenon I describe as the ‘Social Conditioning of Growing Older’.   All of these ageist activities are a product of limited mindsets, beliefs and  bigoted  short-sighted acceptances of the 21st century.  We are living longer, so there are a lot more older people to continue to think this way.

Hmmmm,

The time has come to redefine our cultural principles.

From the ‘MiddleLiving Economy’ and the ‘Mama Bear Mentality’, to the ‘Mindset of Exceptionalism-ness and of course the ‘Vuja de Effect of MiddleLiving’ I have written many blogs and shared over 1,000 one hour radio talk shows sharing the love for growing older and the compelling ‘HOW’.

It is up to each of us to figure out our own compelling ‘WHY’!

Think about this-

When we admit that our judgment is clouded, believing  older adults are able to ‘still’ drive, or ‘still’ work out, or ‘still’ go to school, or ‘still’ make love this creates and perpetuates an ageist cultural mentality.  Acceptance of such norms are an impediment to our societal and personal growth and  progress, young and old.   Understanding how this is a limiting belief  we can redefine the old school social conditioning that ‘getting older’ is much different than ‘growing older’.

Every time the ‘still’ mindset is used it diminishes the societal worth of all older adults!

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Accepting that a mindset of an older person being able to ‘still’, for example, attend a granddaughters basketball game or ‘still’ attend grandsons dance recital is a positive attribute is frankly insulting.

Dr. Bill Thomas, an author and geriatrician whose book, ‘Second Wind’ (totally badass) describes how the world can redefine aging.  He writes that the word ‘still’ describes the subculture of what he calls “Realists”.

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Dr. Thomas thinks baby boomers (I use the term MiddleLiving and SuperiorSeniors) fall into one of three categories:

  1. Denialists, who loudly reject changes that come with age.  (I am not old)
  2. Realists, who view aging as bad and actively resist aging changes. (I am getting old, oh well)
  3. Enthusiasts, who find aging interesting and they can’t wait to explore it. (I am free, lets rock!)

Dr. Thomas believes that ‘still’ fits Realists because they cannot see the value of life beyond earlier stage adulthood.  It is a conundrum which traps them in a distressed and eventually hopeless effort to continue living as they did when they were younger.

Realists hold the belief that older people are worthy only for what they offered in their earlier life.  They accept ‘still’ as a positive attribute.  Which is total bullcrap!bullshit34

A Denialist just does not accept the notion of getting older at all.   Another steaming pile of horse manure!

An Enthusiast will embrace ‘growing older’ as an opportunity to do just that, grow!  Now we are ready to party!deadlift

As we all are living longer the statistics across the board point to all of us discovering that living healthy can be a turning point.  Ponder these-

  • In the next ten years, U.S. baby boomers will increase their annual spending on wellness-based services from approximately $200M to $1 trillion (Paul Zane Pilzer, The Next Trillion).
  • Americans 55+ are the fastest-growing age group among gym members, up more than 266% since 1987 (IBISWorld).
  • 82% of adults aged 50+ who use the Internet research health and wellness information online (Pew and American Life Project)
  • Some estimate that the rise in entrepreneurship for those 55 and over could increase yet another 20% in the next 10-15 years.
  • “The 55+ age group controls more than three-fourths of America’s wealth (ICSC).
  • Fifty-plus American women are the healthiest, wealthiest and most active generation of women in history.

Limitations are only as deep as an individual may perceive.   It is the cultural conditioning and said acceptance of those limits that determine the depth of the pool.

I like to think that an individual’s halo is as bright and strong as they choose.  If your personal WHY is strong then your HOW will become second nature, I promise.   The social conditioning of growing older can be a rocket (enthusiast), a Packard (realist) or a stagecoach (denialist), what’s your preference!

Inspiration + Inclination= Motivation

and

Choice + Challenge= Change

The serendipitous law of attraction (I love this term), can be a strong halo, use it to bring awesome people and activities into your life.  You can than leverage your life’s experience’s to  give back to those less fortunate and watch and live the magic, it can and will be some kind of road trip!

I like it.

peace

 

Filed Under: Active Boomer, empowerment, Feeling Better, Moving, Thinking Better, Uncategorized, Weight loss Tagged With: ageism, ashton applewhite, Colin Milner

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