To BE or not to BE

"You know Shelli, you don't always HAVE to BE such a bad-ass."

"Excuse me? Wait, What?"

"You heard me," said with a chuckle.

Why wouldn't the Artist of my soul speak to me this way?  He is using my language.  He got my attention.

In these past few weeks, I faced some mental, spiritual, and physical challenges.  It's ironic that when I feel like I have it all together, just around the corner, lies my next challenge.  Yet again, something new to take a bite into,  and slowly digest.  A few weeks ago,  I was forced into stillness.  Literally, ALL activity in my life had to come to an abrupt halt leaving me to mull in the silence of just BE-ing.  I had no choice but to do some spiritual heart surgery.

In the stillness, I was able to see that I had gotten caught up once AGAIN in a tornadic cycle of striving.  Let's be honest.  We all get swept up in this cycle.  Fortunately I am not as stubborn and stiff-necked as I used to be.  Notice I said "not as."

We all have our "striving cycles."  Mine may be different than yours.  One of my most recent striving platforms that I've been out to prove is my "bad-assery."  My mighty princess warrior had been on a rampage for everyone to see,  my pendulum way out of balance of living in my authenticity.

"How about you lay down that mighty princess warrior sword awhile?"

"Uhhhh, ok?"

Direct, Clear, and to the point.

I began to think about how I have been proudly waving that sword.  Directing it to slice through every challenge, and every person I perceived to  challenge my strength as a woman.
(pride comes before a fall)

In my forced stillness, I realized that I had forgotten to BE.  I love to BE.   BE-ing is the BEST!!!!!  I know the value of being still,  I teach the value of being still, and I (ahem) mostly live in  being still.  I realized, there is more to settle in my soul.

The prideful warrior inside wanted to prove to everyone she could fight, and she was a strong bad-ass.  MPW drove herself full force into situations that potentially could have caused her emotional and physical harm.  Fun, yes… Adventurous….yes.  Sometimes stupid…yes.  Prideful….you betcha!
(I will fight for you, you only need to be still)

Surely I can't be the only person who struggles with this balance.

I wonder………

What is it that you are striving to prove?  Haven't you proven enough?  What do you need the world to see?  Are those reasons serving you?  When will it end?  Will there ever be NOTHING left to prove?

       For me, (literally and metaphorically) my warrior authentically will always be drawn to tough mudders, steep rock climbs, cliffs to jump off of, daring water adventures, and certifications.  

The big question I pose to myself, and to you is WHY?  Are we drawn to the striving to prove our worth?  Are we drawn to strive out of duty?  

OR….do we live in zeal from the authenticity of how our soul was designed to live and love?  

What would it look like to simply BE?  

To live in this moment not to PROVE a single thing.  

What would it be like for us all to truly BE comfortable in within our skin and LOVE. 

 What  revolution would start in our community if we stopped trying to prove "that thing"  

Think about it.  

I challenge you as I challenge myself, to enjoy living in the present moment of BE-ing.  

XOXO

The Quiet Truth

I  don't know why the lies are louder.  

Lies are rude; they interrupt.  They do not raise their hand and ask permission to speak.  And when they speak, they shout.  It is very hard to get them to shut up once they get going.  

Lies accuse, shame, and demonize. 

       What lies do you hear?  


Truth behaves the exact opposite!  Truth is a gentleman.  Remaining still, quiet, resolute, Truth in pure love always encourages and inspires.  

      What is your Truth?

If you don't know your truth, then how do you rest, stay, or cling to it?  When lies drown all other noise out and leave you smothering in darkness, how will you find your way?  You must know your truth.  

You must saturate in it.  

What is your truth?  

Who are you?  

If you don't know who you are, simply look at the accusations coming against you.  You are the antithesis of those accusations.  You see, the very thing your soul was created to do, to be, to live will be attacked and the accusations will come up against them.  

When you flourish in your beauty (your gold), the accusations are the opposite.  

Struggling with insecurities of speaking or sharing a message of your heart?  I would bet that you are created to speak  it.  If you are a gifted speaker, then your attacks will come in as the doubting of your gift.  Your attacks will attempt to silence your message; your voice.  It makes sense doesn't it.  The enemy may be slick, but he's still kinda stupid.  Like those dumb bullies in all the movies.  

If you are an encourager who thrives on calling out the beauty in others, then I bet that you struggle in your own self worth and discouragement.  This will isolate you from the very people who are needing you.   It makes perfect sense.  The enemy of your soul wants to silence you.  Dumb bully!

Some of the lies you may be hearing:

You are worthless?  
You are invaluable, priceless, and a precious commodity!

You are alone?  
You are cherished and included.  

Believe that you have no voice?   
You are gifted, articulate, and communicative! 

Hearing you are invisible?  
You are seen, visible, obvious and are made to be seen!

Hearing you will never amount to anything?  
Victory and success are around the corner.  

To live in truth takes work

You have to renew your mind, retrain that brain of yours to speak out the truth.  Speak this truth out when you feel overcome by the lies.  You will rewire that brain and once you believe it and truly know your truth,  The lies will get quiet.  

Find your truth, Its the opposite of the shame.  Bind it on your heart.  Wear it around your neck.  

What you feed grows

PS… These accusations are just a few that could be heard.  These are merely some the ones I have experienced in my life, and some that I still experience.  I'd love to hear your truths and how you have overcome the shameful accusations.   

PSS… If you struggle with finding your truth, I'd love to help you.  Send me an email at shellitrippbloom@gmail.com and we can work together to find your truths, and stay in them.  

Are You Getting a Raw Deal???

Getting' a Raw Deal

I may as well just go on and spit it out!

I have been known to drink Raw Milk.

Thats right, non-pasteurized full fat, raw milk, and I love it!

People ask me, aren't you afraid of Botulism?  What about Salmonella?  What about the fat?  NOPE…

I want to ask, but don't, "Aren't  you tired of being a sheep and believing everything that the media, government, and FDA tell you?"

I try to explain why raw milk is better, and why its actually the pasteurized, homogenized milk from the dairy factoried, miserable, hormone pumped cows that make us sick.  That its truly the bloody pussy (you can't see it) in that dairy that wreaks all kindsa' havoc on our systems, inducing the symptoms we see today in our children like asthma, eczema, hives, GI issues, and yes CANCER.  No one listens.  Heck, you may check out at this point.  

I am simply offering you an educated "other side of the coin" that is often muted out by the Big Pharma, FDA, Government, Large Corporation, Big money, Shut-
Down-the-Small-Farmer organizations.  

Because here is what actually you get my friend when you buy that pasteurized milk at the local grocery….

PUS!!!!!

Pasteurized milk is 150 times more contaminated with blood, pus and feces than fresh, raw milk.

And not only that…. here are some other dangers of drinking pasteurized milk from big dairy farms…

1.  KILLS BONE DENSITY.  THIS IS THE MOST IRONIC FACT TO ME.  It totally contradicts what we… the sheep are spoon fed. The dairy industy has been hard at work the last 50 years convincing people that pasteurized dairy products such as milk or cheese increases bioavailable calcium levels. 

This is…. well, I am just gonna say it… BULL-SHIT. 

IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PASTEURIZATION PROCESS THAT OUR BODY PULLS THE CALCIUM FROM THE BONES and other tissues in order to buffer the calcium carbonate in the blood. Calcium carbonate happens in the pasteurization of the milk.  

This process actually causes osteoporosis.

2.  Feeds Cancer-  One of the most prevalent hormones is an insulin like hormone called IGF-1.  Medical studies conclude that IGF-1 feeds breast, prostate, and colon cancers. Heck, really any cancer feeds on it, but these three are the most prevalent.  

3.  Pasteurazation covers up the low milk quality

4.  Destroys nutrients- those nutrients that are put back in the milk are "fortified" and they are synthetic.  Your body doesn't recognize them or use them.  

5.  Destroys enzymes- No secret here.. the heat kills the enzymes.

6.  Causes Asthma

7.  Causes antibiotic in-effectiveness-  The more antibiotics we take, the less effective they become.  Well them there cows in that factory???  They are pumped full of them because they get tuberculosis from standing in their own feces all day.  

Don't believe me… Do your research; it is out there.  A wonderful book to add to your library is The Untold Story of Raw Milk. 

Lets talk about the benefits of RAW MILK

Raw milk is what you get when you milk a cow.  Nothing is added, removed or heated.  All of these totally awesome and amazing nutrients and enzymes found in raw milk are still fully in tact:

• calcium
• phosphate
• magnesium
• sodium
• potassium
• citrate
• chlorine
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin B6
• Vitamin B12
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin K
• Vitamin E
• Thiamine
• niacin
• biotin
• riboflavin
• folates
• pantothenic acid

The only way to really get the full benefits of these nutrients, and the enzymes that help us use them all, is to consume raw milk.

Raw milk also contains many components that kill pathogens and strengthen the immune system. These include (but are not limited to):

* lacto-peroxidase 
* lacto-ferrin, 
* anti-microbial components of blood (leukocytes, B-macrophages, neutrophils, T-lymphocytes, immunoglobulins and antibodies), 
*  special carbohydrates (polysaccharides and oligosaccharides), 
*  special fats (medium chain fatty acids, phospholipids and spingolipids), 
*   enzymes,
*   beneficial bacteria, 
*  B12-binding protein. 

 These components are largely inactivated by the heat of pasteurization and ultra pasteurization.

Now you definitely need to do your research.  Not every local dairy farm that offers raw milk is good.  Find out what they are feeding their cattle.  They must be feeding their cattle grass.  Milk from these cows are going to have higher levels of fat-soluble vitamins, conjugated linoleum acid (CLA) and other essential fatty acids.  How are they milking?  Are their cows grazing on grass all of the time or GMO fed products some of the time.  Unfortuanately some "organic" cattle farmers are dishonest and claim grass fed, but when it comes to milking time, they actually begin feeding their cows ALOT and I do mean ALOT OF grains.  

For an interesting history lesson on how we came from a culture that drank raw milk to a culture that now pasteurizes, you should read  The Untold Story of Raw Milk.  I find it fascinating that the man who pushed for pasteurization, and did win still fed his own family raw milk. (its in the book)

  HMMMMMMM…. that sounds a little like the health care quandary we are in today.  

Again I say it… we must stop being SHEEP

You are getting a raw deal my friend…. from the FDA, Government, Pharma, and Big Industry…. 

What are you watering?

"Your life is your garden, your thoughts are your seeds, your life isn't awesome, you've been watering the weeds."

Nishan Panwar

In my past, I  payed attention to the seeds of destruction.  Unbeknownst to me, I  listened to old messages.

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Its easy to find myself entertaining fear and unrest; allowing the toxic and poisonous thoughts in.  It takes great practice to instinctively stop playing those tapes.  What tapes are you playing in your head today?  Are you worried?  Are you manipulating?  Are you in despair?  Perhaps you are judging yourself or someone else harshly.  Are you holding on to bitterness based on how you think you should be treated?   By playing the tapes.... you are literally watering those seeds.  The bad news there is that what you water will grow.

In my past, I was watering fear, anxiety, judgement, and hopelessness.  Playing that tape once or twice creates exponential weed growth.  As a health and wellness coach, I still need a coaching here and there myself.  The beauty of my career is that I get to hear truth spoken over me from an outsider looking in on a regular basis.  I am thankful that my friends, colleagues and fellow graduates in IIN.  Recently, one particular friend listened.  He listened to me play those tapes.  He  let me cry.  Ever so gently, he held the mirror.    I am used to this excercise of looking in the mirror.  Sometimes, I just needed someone else to hold it up and point to the reflection.  I was playing some serious old tapes.  As soon as I looked in the mirror and recognized what I was doing, I was able to take the  pressure off.  I realized that for about a 24 hour period, I had been watering the weeds!  He reminded me of a quote from our school by Joshua Rosenthal, "What you feed/water, grows."

Let me put it another way.  What you put in comes out.  What goes around comes around.  You get what you give.  Its basic quantum physics.  Its scripture.  Its Karma.  The Bible says we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds; that we reap what we sow.  When we sow negative thoughts, then we reap that energy and repel any positivity in our life.  When we sow crappy sugary packaged food, we reap sickness and inflammation.  When we sow busy-ness without taking time for self-care, then we reap anxiety, and our home becomes a place of non-peace.  I don't know about you, but my home is my haven and I want my children to feel peace and serenity when they enter it as well.

Today, I choose to nourish my soil;  drenching  it with self-care, and excercise.  Fertilizing with the life force energy of raw, nutritionally dense food; and renewing my mind with gentle, kind, and truthful language over myself and others.  Studying, reading my favorite book, and working on my own book is on the agenda as well.  I will tend to those wild carefree blooms just begging to burst open, and enjoy my wildflower soul's blooming.

What are you watering?

 What thoughts are you fertilizing?

What foods are you nourishing (or not nourishing) yourself with?

How are you nourishing  your children, spouses, and friends?

What you water will grow.

Dr. Bernie Seigel states, “We are wired to operate in accordance with our beliefs. This all happens outside our awareness.”

Your beliefs are hardwiring your body. Do you have unexpressed anger? Are you a people pleaser? Do you suffer with repressed feelings? Feel trapped? Lonely? Do you live in fear? Do you live in guilt or shame?

If your mind is living in any of these scenarios, then the chemistry is changing and your immunity is depleting. Your stress hormones are on the rise….

You have the ability to change your body chemistry with your attitude. So many of you have lived for years thinking that you were powerless, helpless, controlled. But you are not!

If you would like help gaining back your vitality and health…. contact me through my website at
http://www.shellitrippbloom.com

Life is precious and What you F33D does grow!