Be U: Breathe

Coming for the Real You.

I'm hoping to share thoughts, fun and insightful information and aha moments with all to better serve ourselves and the universe.

My background is that of Executive Secretary for the local Electric company (11 years).

Certified Personal Trainer (since 1991) and Fitness Consultant for my own company, Beachin Bodies (6 years) and certified in Reiki and Nutrition with training in Cranial Sacral work, Tai Chi, and Meditation. Certified as a Professional Life Coach (2015); Minister at Universal Life Church (2016);

and, possibly, most important,

my own journey through illness and avenues, roads and roadblocks that I have taken to find the real me. (35 plus years).

The me that I was born as. The me that is the all-knowing. I believe the search is endless and we are here to learn and to love and to share it all.

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Breathe

It is a sun-shiny kind of morning with blue skies and white clouds. The breeze is a bit more than usual and there is a coolness about it. The trees and plants grow up towards the sun. The lakes and fountains shimmer in the sunlight.

I have found it not easy to come here to visit. I'm not 'chomping at the bit' to write about me. I, perhaps, am not in a big hurry to claim what is my current life; especially as it is my ongoing life. True acceptance has not happened for me where scleroderma is concerned. Something inside of me still believes and 'talks' to me about being able to heal; to let go of this dis-ease; to live without pain.

And, yet, it is still present. I have a sore on my thumb that when I hit it or try to use it, I feel like it sends me to the moon and back. Ouch.

My body again aches and I know unrest.

I feel myself still struggling with the doctors, pharmacists and insurance. I ask myself when will the madness end. I also hear myself saying that it is impossible to make sense out of nonsense.

So, I walk through it as best as I can. I make the calls, do the appointments, talk to the people that are connected to me in this way. I walk through.

I went to a cranial sacral session yesterday and found myself realizing that, perhaps, it is still my little girl - the one that believes she needs to be quiet and not needy so people won't leave her or get angry. She is still present in my life. I'm still letting her beliefs run 'our' life from time to time. I may just write her a letter today.

I ask.. How many layers to one's 'onion' is there!!!!...!!! I suppose we live these layers until we stop living. We experience things throughout all of our human life. We grow continuously (or sometimes find ourselves stuck) until the end.

This is life. This is living.

Sure, there are many beautiful and fun things to do and experience and we can choose to do these as well. A balance on the side of Fun would be, perhaps, where it is at. Some would say fun, some would say productive, some would say art, some would say animals, some would say business... whatever it is for you

I wish you this.

If you find yourself uncomfortable or challenged, perhaps, ask yourself what is my goal in the current moment and focus on this; achieving this. This seems to calm me and help me along. Stay present and realize your goal in the moment.

Breathe.

May you breathe.

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My Past Story

The first thing I would always tell a new doctor was 'my dad left me when I was 10'. He just disappeared, ran away. It was pretty awful for me. I thought it was my fault as most kids sometimes do. I thought I was unlovable. Years later, 20 maybe, I realized it wasn't just that my dad left me that affected my life, but also that my mom stayed. She stayed and I'll be forever grateful. However, her staying wasn't all peaches and creme. She was so hurt, so distraught, so frightened to raise three kids on her own and find a job that it was very hard for her to be there for me and my needs. I chose to shutdown, be quiet and try not to make it any harder on her as to not ask for much, or voice much, or need much.

Years later, in 11/12th grade, I noticed my fingers being really cold and hurting all the time. I noticed them turning purple and the pain was very 'loud'. Humorously enough, I had chosen to be a secretary and typing was a big part of my everyday. I loved it even. Fingers flying across the keyboard with as little mistakes as possible was the goal. I was pretty good at it. While in typing class, I remember putting my hands on my neck to try to warm them and make them feel better. I was naive enough then to think this must be happening to everyone.

Anyway, years went by and nobody was able to tell me why this was happening or what to do to make it better. Then, approximately 4 years later, I remember (what I felt) was little me sitting across from a really big doctor at his really big desk and him telling me I was allergic to myself. Of course, this was him describing to me what auto-immune meant. I had a disease called scleroderma and it could kill me (sometimes in as little as five years) and I would most likely be on medicine and have it for the rest of my life and there was nothing to change it.

Anyway, almost 30 years later, I've had my share of pain and I'm alive. I've had ulcerations on my fingers and I have lost most of my nails on both hands from lack of circulation and producing too much collagen. My hands are somewhat not a pretty sight and to hit something with one of my fingers by accident (well, I refer to the feeling as 'going to the moon).

When I was about 30, I started looking at alternative medicine and I tried anything that came across my path to try to stop the pain. I have tried many normal and not so normal 'ideas'. I sometimes do not believe at what lengths I went to try to ease my pain and suffering!

This is what has brought me here to this point in my life.

I'm grateful to be able to learn so much about myself and life and I wouldn't take it back (well, some days I might want to).

Something was telling me to blog. I really didn't know much about blogging - I am still a novice at best. Approximately 5 weeks ago, I sat at my computer and started typing.

I am surprised at where my blogs have led me. I thought I was trying to help others and that still is a big goal of mine. However, what I am finding out is that this is a great outlet for me.

A way to feel like I'm doing something. I told a friend this morning about my blog and I said that it's draining because I put everything out there and do not hold back as I post each individual blog; its fun because it does give me an outlet and I feel a little purpose in my life; and it's scary because I don't want anyone laughing at me or telling me that I am completely 'off my rocker'!