Sorry for being so MIA for the past few weeks. This summer has been busy, busy, busy. Just in the past 2 weeks Jason and I attended 3 weddings, photographing one of them. They were all over the map, Banff, Leduc, and Waskatenau. Also, this August marks Jason's and my 5th year anniversary. So last minute, in the midst of all these weddings, my amazing in-laws decided to take our 3 adorable children for 7 days so that Jason and I could go on a mini road trip. Our trip started from Waskatenau, we continued to Jasper's Columbia Ice Fields, Lake Louise/Moraine Lake, Invermere, Lussier Hot Springs/ Whiteswan Lake, Kimberly and Sylvan Lake. It was so great to have my husband all to myself. Life can be crazy with our 3 munchkins, so the opportunity to reconnect was amazing. It surfaced all the amazing qualities I first fell in love with that have been put on the back burner since having children, for good reason. But as parents, we have a tendency to forget who we were before children and get caught up in only being mommy and daddy. We forget that we are still Jason and Sheena. Jason isn't only the most incredible daddy, he is also intellectual, spontaneous, inspiring, loving, and truly the goofiest man around. He's my soul mate my partner and I'm so lucky to be able to spend the rest of my life with him. How did I get so lucky? Jason, I love you to the moon and back. Attending the past 3 weddings, I realized that our wedding day was probably the least I loved you in the past 5 years, every year that goes by my heart fills with a love I didn't know was possible. Thank you for choosing me.
Whats Your Story? Changing Your Story Can Change Your Life
Hi, everyone! I hope you're all having a fantastic day. This morning I was reflecting on what I am grateful for, as I usually do. I started thinking back to about a year ago around this time. I wasn't in a very healthy place, then. I was a mother of 3, my youngest, Forest was about 4 months old, Olive was 2 and Jack was 9. I was struggling with one of my largest eczema flare up's I've ever had. My body was 80% covered in raw eczema patches and I was going through a bad case of vertigo. My condition was in control of all aspects of my life: mentally, physically and spiritually. When you don't have control of your own health, life can start to feel really dark. Today, I found myself thinking back, to what is so different from then and now and felt the need to share my story.
People always ask me for my secret cream or pill that I used to heal my skin. There is no pill or cream! Honestly, I believe my healing started between my ears, in my mind. Don't write me off quite yet, I know that using your mind sounds like a crazy hippy thing to stay but hear me out. Think about it. Have you ever had a time where things had gotten so bad in your life, health-wise, relationship-wise, work-wise where you had no choice but to change? For me, that was my skin. I had no control over my health and the way I felt. Little tasks such as taking a shower was a huge ordeal. So the choice between eating bad or feeling better was easy. Every time I felt the urge to binge on a chocolate cake I reminded myself how horrible it felt when I abused my body and was covered in eczema. When you're able to create a story in your head where the outcome outweighs the short term pleasure you are capable of doing anything.
So in short, what you and I focus on, massively affects how we feel. Your feelings are what guide your decisions and beliefs. To quote Tony Robbins; "Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives." The purpose of this blog post is to show everyone that your perspective, the story you're telling yourself is what controls your results. Basically, if I continue to tell myself that healing my skin was too hard and too hopeless, then I had already planned out my result. Hence I would have always chosen to act on my skin never healing. Success is 80% psychological and 20% mechanics. If you constantly focus on what you can't control, what's missing from your life, or what's happened in the past, you won't feel anything but overwhelmed, depressed and hopeless. Remember, it's our beliefs, the stories we put in our head that guide our decisions. My healing started the day my reasoning and perspective changed. Health is a choice and if I wanted it, I needed a reason bigger than my issue. Don't wait for a rock bottom to change. Know what rock bottom is and have that give you the drive to prevent it.
I believe our health is the most important topic of our life. Which is why I direct all my attention towards it too, in this blog. Physical, mental and spiritual health. Health is wealth. Today I have so much gratitude for my body, the decision to take my health into my own hands has changed my life forever. I make conscious choices when it comes to my body. I keep it moving. I connect with my food, it is what nourishes me. I love my body, it's what is going to get me to the end of my life. I, personally don't want to put anything into my body if it doesn't serve it physically, mentally or spiritually. I encourage you to take a moment to feel grateful for your body. Here is a quote I love from fullyrawkristina;
"Care for your body as if you were caring for someone you love deeply. You would hold their hearts in your hands with absolute tenderness and caution because you would never want to see them hurt, sick, or in pain. Care for yourself as if you were caring for others; forget not that YOU matter too. Your mind, body and spirit grow with each act of self-care you achieve. WE NEED MORE LOVE on this planet. It starts with YOU. Show kindness and compassion to all beings, including yourself. Eat well. Love deeply. Live fullyraw.
