Life Obligation or Opportunity ?

I had Just Thanked someone for sharing a Post of of mine and this is what he wrote back: "You are among the few who I follow, as you represent that "know, like, trust factor. Wherever I see your brand, I'm going to read—wanted to click because I know, like, and trust your brand. So you are always welcome, Carly!!!!"

So this was my Reply:
"Thank You Sooo Much, I Live to Empower, Inspire, Educate others... It is my Life, My Passion, My Love, my Work which to me is Playtime... What more JOY can I have in my life than where I help others, Laugh, Smile, Grow etc... have an amazing Sunday..."

So My Question to You is:  Do You See Life and or things that happen to You or that You have to do in your Life as Obligation or Opportunity ?

Everything that happens to You or that You have to do in this LIFE in my personal Opinion is an Opportunity...  

An Extreme Example: I grew up with Abuse of all Kinds which has affected my body Massively Physically which created many REAL Medical Issues = 27 Surgeries, Emotionally I had to Learn to navigate Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Spiritually spent Years Questioning "WHY". 

CHOICES: Hate, Anger, Abuse,Victimhood  etc...
Yes, when I was Younger I did go thru my Years of hate and anger, however
I never hurt someone Physically.  We are all human so I would never say I have never hurt someone Emotionally and Or Spiritually, we all have at some point in our life's.

The OPPORTUNITY: 
To spend my Life Inspiring, Empowering, Educating others, on Everything I studied, Learned etc...
I Love to help others Discover: 
*Western and Eastern Health as YES they both have a purpose at certain phases of Growth, Illness etc...
*The Mind Body Spirit Interconnectedness
*How to bring Consciousness into Business- Hence the terminology
Conscious Business Collaboration.
*How to tap into their Multi-Sensory- a powerful tool for Expanding our
Awareness of all of the OPPORTUNITIES that is all around us each and every day...
*Effective communication- hence Compassionate Passionate Communications
And Many others things...

Also REALIZE WE ARE:

All of Life is CHOICES.... And WE have the OPPORTUNITY to Write, Re-Write Our stories at any given moment.

Another Example of Opportunity: 

My Last Surgery, while in the Hospital I had CHOICES....

To be Mean, Moody, Not honor a Prior Obligation etc...

Yes I was in Massive Pain... However... Instead I Choose Inspiration and found Opportunity to Smile, Laugh, help others in other hospital bed, help Empower others and even gave out Pay it Forward Bracelets to the Staff that were amazing AND...  Honored my obligation to a Prior Radio interview only 10 days after Massive Surgery.

Wrote a Blog Post about it called: "Paying It Forward From Anywhere"

CLICK HERE TO READ POST

So again I ask You....

 Do You See Life and or things that happen to You or that You have to do in your Life as Obligation or Opportunity ?

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Paying it Forward From Anywhere....

I hear all of the time... I am just one person... I am too busy... I don't know how to... I don't have any money... I don't know what Pay it Forward is...   etc.. etc... etc....

REALLY...

I had Surgery Jan. 7, 2013 a Complete Knee Replacement, now...  I brought with me an entire bag of Pay It Forward Bracelets and Even after the THIRD day I was handing out PIF Bracelets to the Nurses, and Nurses Aide's that were amazing to me...  YES I was in Massive Pain... YES... I was stuck in a Hospital for about 10 days... YES I could have pissed and moaned and done NOTHING...

Did I NO... and the people that I gave them to LOVED them, Smiled, and wanted an Extra one, so they could keep ONE because they said they felt honored I gave them one...

There are so many ways to Pay it Forward, that COST Nothing... A Smile, Opening a Door, lending someone a book, giving things away to others that need them, the list is ENDLESS... The List is as limitless as your imagination is...

I also had a Commitment for an Interview with Pay It Forward Radio with Kathy Bacon for Jan. 17, 2013. It normally take up to 3-6 months to get an interview with Kathy however 3 months ago, she

emailed me and said she had a cancellation, would I want to take the slot, and I said Yes...  

Meanwhile my surgery date got scheduled January 7th...  

I had TWO Choices about the interview - to Do it or bail and cancel... 

MY CHOICE 100% no matter how much Pain I was in, was to do the interview....

We ALL have choices in Life...

What are You Choosing that Empowers YOU...

What are You Choosing that Doesn't Empower YOU...

Now on January 17, I was at the Knee Rehab Wing of a Hospital, so I had to get in a wheelchair and wheel myself out to the Courtyard where I would be by myself to eliminate the NOISE from all of the alarms and chatter of the Hospital. Still in Massive Pain with my Leg up, I did the HOUR interview with High Energy, Love, Compassion and More...

If You want to Know more about me:

View my BIO at this Link... Click HERE 

If You want to Listen to My Interview on Jan. 17 or any other Interviews or Podcasts

MEDIA - PODCAST LINK, Click HERE

What is a COMMITMENT ?

What is COMMITMENT:

-Doing what You have agreed to do NO MATTER What
-Nobody Cares that You don't feel well, just had a fight with Your Partner etc...
-If YOU AGREED to do Something, HONOR IT...
-Yes of Course there are sometimes when THINGS Happen, however, it TRULY has to be BIG...
And... Make All Effort to Replace Your Commitment with Someone else if YOU Cannot do it...
Is is NOT the person's responsibility to find a fill in for You...

To Give you an IDEA Of What COMMITMENT MEANS:
I had Surgery Jan. 7, 2013 a Complete Knee Replacement, now... I also had a Commitment
for an Interview with Pay It Forward Radio with Kathy Bacon for Jan. 17, 2013.
It normally take up to 3-6 months to get an interview with Kathy however 3 months ago, she
emailed me and said she had a cancellation, would I want to take the slot, and I said Yes...

Now on January 17, I was at the Knee Rehab Wing of a Hospital, so I had to get in a wheelchair and wheel myself out to the Courtyard where I would be by myself to eliminate the NOISE from all of the alarms and chatter of the Hospital. Still in Massive Pain with my Leg up, I did the HOUR interview with High Energy, Love, Compassion and More...

If You want to Know more about me:

View my BIO at this Link... Click HERE 

If You want to Listen to My Interview on Jan. 17 or any other Interviews or Podcasts

MEDIA - PODCAST LINK, Click HERE

Conscious Business Collaboration MasterMind

Conscious Business Collaboration MasterMind: 
This Will be a 3 Month MasterMind with NO More than 12 People.

What is a MasterMind in my Personal Opinion and past experience from running numerous MasterMinds and Being in Numerous MasterMinds:

A Group of People that are:
*Invested in each others outcomes and intentions
*Diversity in Expertise
*Open to all feedback and willing to Give feedback
*Willing to be Honest 
*Willing to Contribute
*Collaborators, Givers, Go-Getters
*Action Takers
*Big Dreamers
*Willing to do what it takes
*Give massive Value to Others
 *Wanting to Learn, Play and Grow Each and Every Day of their Life...
*Willing to Invest and Self and Others 
And... Much More...


What Will We Discuss and Learn:
-Conscious Business Collaboration
-Compassionate Passionate Communications
-Social Media and Online Reputation Management
-How to Tap into Your Multi-Sensory and Use that to Expand Your Awareness
-The Art of of Love, Peace, and Gratitude
-Being a Go-Giver and a Go-Getter
-Mentoring
-Coaching
-Marketing
-What is Artistry in Motion ?
-Accountability
-Time and Organizational Management
-To Automate or Not
And Much Much More...

How this Works:
-You Email me at: carlyalyssathorne@gmail.com with your Direct email
and Phone Number, and what Time and Days are best for you.

-I send you back and intake form to help me best TAILOR the MasterMind
to benefit everyone's needs.

-A commitment from YOU of 3 months to a 1 hr weekly MasterMind Call

-A commitment to One Email Weekly to Plan for the next call

-If You want an Accountability Partner that can be arranged

-Every week after everyone emails back and says what they are working on
I will tailor that call so that everyone gets the maximum feedback and or
help from everyone.


COST:
-$125 a month which is 75%  + or - Less of what I normally get for Consulting and Private Coaching for ONE Session depending on the Client as I work with all demographics and Finances.  Your Total Investment in Yourself is $400 for the whole 3 Months...

WHY am I Doing this for such a Low Price...
Because I have Lots of Time at home right now recovering and I LOVE to Mentor, Teach, Help, Empower, Inspire in any way I can...
Another Way I get to Pay it Forward...


To Give you an IDEA Of What COMMITMENT MEANS:
I had Surgery Jan. 7, 2013 a Complete Knee Replacement, now... I also had a Commitment for an Interview with Pay It Forward Radio with Kathy Bacon for Jan. 17, 2013. It normally take up to 3-6 months to get an interview with Kathy however 3 months ago, she emailed me and said she had a cancellation, would I want to take the slot, and I said Yes...

Now on January 17, I was at the Knee Rehab Wing of a Hospital, so I had to get in a wheelchair and wheel myself out to the Courtyard where I would be by myself to eliminate the NOISE from all of the alarms and chatter of the Hospital. Still in Massive Pain with my Leg up, I did the HOUR interview with High Energy, Love, Compassion and More...

If You want to Know more about me:
View my BIO at this Link... Click HERE 

If You want to Listen to My Interview on Jan. 17 or any other Interviews or Podcasts
MEDIA - PODCAST LINK, Click HERE

Looking Forward to the Journey

Carly Alyssa Thorne

 

Did I just Say That ???

On a recent post I read, the person replayed her day of a string of events including the losing of Car keys that got lost in the process of frustration. She later recognized the behavior and was actually surprised by some of it.  - The end result being that as soon as she Left go of everything (Frustration etc) the keys were quickly recovered.

So, the question is, has this every happened to You ?

And...

Who Controls our Reactions in times of stress ?

First things first, regardless of how much self-growth you have done, NLP, Hypnosis, Behavior Recognition, Behavior Modification etc... We have ALL had those moments of OMG... Did I just say and or do that...

What basically happens during times of Distress is our bodies go to two places:
1- The unconscious - Old behaviors will come up, sometimes even very early childlike behaviors.
2- Under extreme distress - The Flight or Flee alarm goes off.
Your body is designed to do whatever it takes to protect you from the presumed or actual threat.

There is also an actual Chemical Reaction that is happening - Our Cortisol (Stress Hormone) goes up, we start to sweat, our heart starts to beat faster etc...

Example of this: 
Why do you think they ask a Pregnant woman and her partner to pre-pack a bag and keep it in the car and to actively rehearse the action steps agreed upon for when the time comes they need to get to the Hospital.

It is because they know that when the moment arrives, emotional reactions will take over the action steps they have agreed upon.

So again I ask Who is in Control of our Reactions ?
While Yes it is true under extreme situations we might have the offbeat reaction one that we never anticipated, there are steps we can take to MINIMIZE them...
Let's face it, unless you have been trained for Extreme situations and are an:
Crisis Intervention Expert, A Fire Fighter, EMT, etc... chances are you are going to have some behavior come up that you would not expect.

Here are just a few of the Steps to take even before any events happen.
-Choose to Live a Life of Compassion and Kindness.
-Pay attention to what triggers You.
-Start becoming actively involved in catching yourself when a trigger starts.
-Learn some self NLP- Neuro Linguistic Programming.
-Learn some self Hypnosis techniques.


Here are just a few of the Steps we can take when under active stress:
-Step away from the situation and do something else.
-Step away from the situation and just Breathe, taking 3 Deep Breathes in and out makes a huge difference, it instantly starts to calm your nervous system down.
-Call a meeting to discuss the situation with all involved.
-If it is just You in the situation alone, do the breathing and step away.
-If You are actively involved in an intense situation and are alone, go seek the help of others.

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©2013 Carly Alyssa Thorne 

Do You Drink Enough Water ?

Let's get into:
*How Much Water do we need ?
*How we can make plain drinking water more fun to drink and flavorful naturally.
*Water's Effect on the Body...
*Water is the Ideal Water Bottle ?
*The Differences between different types of water-
drinking water, distilled water, spring water,  purified water 

I will be using Some of my examples and experience of Years of studying water, Health, containers, working with Promo Companies who make the water containers etc... as well as a few other sources noted- I am Not ENDORSING
any one person and or product.  Use Your OWN Judgement, these
are just my Personal Opinions.

*How Much Water do we need ?  Here is a great chart by fullspike.com

*How we can make plain drinking water more fun to drink and flavorful naturally without adding added sugar.
-Fresh Squeezed Lemon
-Organic High Food Grade Edible oils 
A drop of either Lemon, Orange, Lime etc... 
-Organic Naturally Flavored Stevia

-PLEASE make sure to drink your Water out of lead free Glass, Stainless Steel, or High Grade BPA Free Containers.  

-PLEASE make sure you are drink ware is CLEAN.

*Water's Effect on the Body...

Here is an Image I Created to show you the different types of Water bottles, ease of Clean, Functionality etc...  Again just my personal opinion from Years of studying water, containers, working with Promo Companies that make the water bottles etc...

*What is the Ideal Water Bottle ?

Let me also say when I was addressing cleaning I was also talking about the Actual Drinking mouth piece... Very Hard to keep a Straw Bacteria free and it is also NOT good for your Teeth. 

I personally don't like to Put my bottles in the dishwasher for Various Reasons.
Here are my Reasons WHY:
-High heat, even High Grade BPA Free Bottles isn't a great idea as it starts to break down the bottle - Hence you will start to get some plastic residue in your water.
-I don't like using chemical dishwashing detergents.
-I find it hard to believe how it can really get inside a bottle and get all of the
residual cleaner agent out, even if I am using an all Natural Cleaner.
-Flat Dishes, Silverware, Bowls I think are a bit different in a dishwasher.
-I personally have one or two bottles hand wash them and replace them every couple of months.

*The Differences between different types of water-
drinking water, distilled water, spring water,  purified water 

Drinking Water: Water that is safe for Human consumption and comes from a municipal Source.  Hopefully YOURS Does NOT have Fluoride in it.

Distilled Water: Water gone thru a filtration process stripping it of
Contaminants and unfortunately, all natural minerals as well.
This water is great for any small appliances like your Coffee Makers, irons etc
keeps the mineral build up out of them.

Purified Water: Water that has undergone any process to remove chemicals and or contaminants.  Carbon filters, Reverse Osmosis, etc...
Unfortunately this process can also remove natural minerals.

Spring Water: Water from an underground source and might have been
put thru a system of purification. Unfortunately our Natural Water sources aren't as clean as they used to be.

For some more Government info you can click on the link below.
LINK to the Government Water EPA - Water Health Series
I hope this article has been helpful...

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2013 ©Carly Alyssa Thorne

Birth - Death - Too Old - Choice

A Previous Blog Post and a Pod Cast I did on Conscious Death n' Dying

CLICK HERE TO READ - 

So my questions to You would Be the following and

Have You truly thought about the following:

How Old do you want to Live to ?
What is Your Purpose for wanting to Live till that Age ?
What are Your Terms for Your Living till that Age ?

Meaning- 
You Really need to get clear on your Intentions for wanting to Live till a certain age and under what environment and or conditions you would be willing to live till that Age...

*Most people FEAR Death and the Unknown.
*Most DO NOT want to end Up Living all alone in a Nursing Home ?
*Today's Society is constantly upping the Game on Longevity with Technology
and MANY are fascinated with what that all means...

It has almost become a Game to see how Long we can live and or cheat out on Death... 

Sooo... Again I ask the questions...

How Old do you want to Live to ?
What is Your Purpose for wanting to Live till that Age ?
What are Your Terms for Your Living till that Age ?

What is Your REAL WHY ???

So here is the Thing-

Depending on Your own UNIQUE belief's, faith, fears etc... We could get into Endless conversations about Ethics about the prolonging or ending of ones life...  Fate, Destiny, Karma +++

The QUESTION Still remains the WHY you would Choice to either Prolong or End Yours or others Life... and What are the Terms... 

And... 

Do We Really have the Control and or the Choice ?

Personally - I have NO desire to Live into my Hundreds UNLESS...

-I could Actively Contribute MASSIVE Value to Others and myself.

-I was Healthy in a way where I was able to ACTIVELY Contribute

to Others and Self Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually...

-I could Actively Take Care of Myself Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually...

-I do Believe that ATTITUDE is everything...

-I do Believe we are ONLY as OLD as we Act and Feel.

And... I also Believe that we Can't Control everything...

And that sometimes things happen to even AMAZING people...

I have No need and or desire to Live into my Hundreds waiting for the next cure and or to have others caretake me just to see the newest and lastest technology...

Personally-

I am Okay with the Unknown...

I am Okay with the Possibilities of Next Lives...

I am Okay with Letting Go when it is time...

I am at Peace whether I Live Beyond Tomorrow...

And Because of that...

I Live Each and everyday of my Life to my Fullest ability

Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually...

to the best of my Ability...

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So it's the NEW YEAR... And... Your Resolutions Are ?

So here a Few questions I have seen Floating around and being Asked about New Year's Resolutions ?

***"What do  you regret not having achieved last year ?"
My response: I don't regret anything Everything I achieved was AWESOME and... Anything I didn't served it's purpose...  I learned and grew.

***"Have You  Set Your New Year's Resolution's Yet."
Personally, I feel the whole Hooray about Resolutions is a complete set up for Failure... Unless... a lot of things are in place to support them.

Things to think about:

-What is your intended Ripple Effect ? -What are Your intentions for the particular Resolutions ?
-Do You have a support system in place for the Resolutions ?
-Do You have a TEAM in place for the Resolutions ?
-What are the Outcomes you are looking to Achieve ?
-How Committed are You to these outcomes ?
-Does Your Environment Support Your outcomes ?
-Does What You Think on a Daily Basis Support Your outcomes ?

As I am sure You have heard many times - the saying:

What we think about most of the time we become... we create...

Another question I would LOVE to ask -

What sounds better to You ?

-Resolutions or Intentions ?

-Goals or Outcomes ?

Personally, I feel both Intentions and Outcomes sound and feel much more personal and Mindful than Resolutions and Goals. 

And... I Love Outcomes as when we become Soooo Focused on a Goal we can get TUNNEL VISION and miss out on all of the opportunities that are all around us to achieve that Outcome.  Like a Dog with a Bone, we become so fixated we won't let go of a certain way and can truly miss out on some amazing things.

*Being Open - Minded and Embracing the Both And Mentality...  Realizing we all have our own unique perspectives... Yet being willing to see all points of View, sometimes within another's point of view some Gems can be found.

*Taping into Your Senses... Really Listening, Feeling, Seeing, Communicating from our Inner Most Authentic Self.

I would like to Close with, be sure to Create the mentality of

Let's Do it, versus Do it....

Let's is Teamwork, Sharing, Collaboration

Do it... Is a Really hard way to do it...

Remember Every Action we Take Creates a Ripple...

Wishing Everyone an Amazing, Awesome 2013

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©Carly Alyssa Thorne