Maga Woman Magazine - issue #5

— #5
Lifestyle Magazine for Women Over 45
Who is in the
Driver’s
Seat
of Your Life?
Self-Love
The New
Buzz-Word
The Door
That Is Never
Sealed
Your Stress
Coping
Toolkit
Self-Care
in 2 minutes
a day

Editor
Angela Counsel
angela@angelacounsel.com
Graphic Design
Rusdi Saleh
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Welcome
Hello Maga Women
As this issue of the Maga Woman magazine is released I am
somewhere wandering around South America. For many years
my husband had a dream to go to Machu Picchu and this
year to celebrate both his 60th birthday and the fact that
he his still (somewhat) healthy having been diagnosed
with 2 different forms of cancer in the past 12 months,
we decided to go. The lead up to this trip has been a bit
challenging for me, you see I had done none of the
organising for this trip. All I had to do was to turn up and
trust that everything would be okay, for a control freak like
me this was a big stretch.
Being in a foreign country where I don’t speak the language
and I don’t really know what is going to happen more than
a couple of days ahead, has really taught me that you are never
really in control of anything outside of your own reactions.
Interestingly this is a conversation that I have had on one of
the interviews that appears in this issue.
I will let you know in the June issue how our trip went and how I went at
being a passenger on this ride. If you want to check out some of the photos you
can follow me over on Instagram @angelacounsel
This issue of the magazine is all about self-care, self-love and connecting to your inner
self. These are such important topics, particularly for women who are often used to
putting everyone else first and sometimes neglecting themselves. As you move into your
Maga Woman stage of life, you are ready to re-claim that part of yourself that you buried
many years ago, but this often means that you need to learn how to put yourself first
again.
There are some great articles in the magazine that give you some great tips and the
2 interviews that I did for Maga Woman TV are fantastic. Keri shares how to have that
great love affair – with yourself. And Carren goes down the rabbit hole as we delve into
connecting with your inner world to create an effortless outer world.
Until next month when I will be back from South America with a few tales to tell I am
sure, please enjoy the articles in this magazine.
Infinite Love and Gratitude
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Contributors
We would like to thank all our contributors to this issue of the Maga Woman Magazine,
with their support we would not be able to share so much great information with you.
If you liked any specific article and would be interested in learning more, please visit
the website of the contributor to see what they have to offer.
Angela Counsel
Women’s Transformation Coach
www.angelacounsel.com
Carren Smith
Author, Speaker and Inspiration
www.carrensmith.com
Keri Norley
Manifesting Queen
www.kerinorley.com
Shan Withnell
Healing Guide
www.shantherapy.com
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Content
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Who is in the
Drivers Seat?
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The Door That’s
Never Sealed
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Stress Coping
Toolkit
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Self Love…. is it
another Buzz word?
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Chocolate & Cinnamon
Coconut Bars
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Body Love
Self-Care Ritual
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Who is in the
Drivers Seat?
Written by: Carren Smith
Here I am, sitting on my balcony
on the Ruby Princess Cruise ship,
docked in the beautiful port of
Katakolon Greece. I’m sitting in the
sun contemplating life, as I do….
And I get this blinding flash of
questions, which prompted me
to write this article.
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As I write it, I’m blown away because
I don’t know if I will get the
answers by the time I get to the
end of it. I sure hope this rabbit
hole leads to a rainbow…. For
both our sake!!!
Ok…. Here goes:
Who does the driving? Does the body drive
the mind and determine our actions etc (like
hunger…. The body drives the desire to eat) or
does the mind drive the body? Does the mind
determine that it’s time to eat, and therefore
habitually we eat?
I’ve used hunger as this example but lets
look at love…. Does the body determine the
feeling of love or does the mind drive love?
Who is driving us? Is it the mind or is the body??
Well, I would naturally lean toward the mind
being the driver, because I know, that the body
does have cellular memory, but innately it is
a neutral vehicle consisting of blood, bones,
tissue etc. So, if this is true, and science tells us
that it is…. Then it must be the mind right?
Ok, down the rabbit hole we go!
What is the mind? Possible answers could
include:
Me, my personality, my beliefs and
my attitudes and values ..
This leads to the next question:
Where did they come from and are they
true? They are just perceptions based on past
experiences and someone viewing the same
experience would have a different perception
about it…so our beliefs and values are unique
to us, but certainly not a universal truth.
The next question is:
What is my personality? When we cut you open,
we don’t find your personality. All we find is a
neutral body…. We stitch you back up again,
and bingo… you’re back again!!
1. Where did you go?
2. How come you have to be conscious in
order to be inside the body and
3. How come we can’t actually find you?
4. How come you’re not physical, like your leg
is physical?
5. If you’re not physical, what are you?
My brain….
This leads to the next question that your brain
is just a grey ball of neurons, tissue and an
incredibly mysterious network of electrical reactionswhich,
when stimulated, will cause both
physical and emotional responses….. When we
are walking around each day, who is doing the
stimulation? If you automatically respond with
“me, I am doing the stimulating”…. Go back to
the first possible answer above!
So, it doesn’t matter which way you answer
this question, there is a response which arises
in a ‘rabbit in a headlight’ look that leads to
no answer or possibly an answer that involves
another Intelligence that is outside of the body,
but expressed through the body.
Lets go down this rabbit hole for a second
and flirt with its potential:
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If there is a grander intelligence outside of
the body, but expressed through the body,
then this intelligence is doing the driving!!! Do
you know what this means??
1. The same intelligence that drives me, drives
you. This means that we are not separate at
all, in fact, quite the opposite! If that same
intelligence that drives you, is driving me,
then surely that intelligence has a purpose
and drives us all toward that purpose…..
2. What could that purpose be? What are we
really here for? It can’t really be to make a
difference and to contribute because I would
imagine the grander intelligence has that
under control…. But why do we all have this
inner desire to help each other and make a
difference then? Could this be a part of the
educational reason we are here…. To discover
that there is a grander intelligence that
expresses through us, and when we discover
this, we realize there is no need to try…. No
need to compete, no need to struggle and
paddle up-stream just to get ahead in life
and perhaps we are just here to enjoy it….. to
play instead? Could it be that simple??
3. If the same intelligence that drives me, is
driving you, it’s no wonder that we all have
the same Ultimate desire to participate in
the greater good of the world
4. If everything we’ve ever done has been as a
result of this grander intelligence, then I’ve
never really been in control…. I’ve believed
I have been in control and responsible, but
the truth is quite the contrary!
5. I have been running around believing that ‘if
it’s going to be, it’s up to me’ but if it’s going
to be, it’s up WE!! Me and the grander intelligence!!
If this is true, who is the grander
intelligence and I wanna know it…. Intimately!!!
Where is it? How can I connect with it? Is
it in me? Is that feeling of depth inside? My
Soul? Is it that feeling of love?
Every cell in the
body has a job.
Every cell knows its
job and no one cell
is actually different
in structure or make
up to another.
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6. We are NOT alone!! We are not separate
and in fact we live in an environment which
is actually about inclusion, not exclusion
but our belief that we are separate trying
to make life work is an illusion and we have
been fooling ourselves…… why? Why would
we believe that we should be disconnected,
when we really aren’t and never have been!
How has this disconnection and separation
served us? It hasn’t actually. It’s been our
undoing all along throughout time…. When
the opposite has been true all along. How
come we didn’t see this before?
So, now, I’m thinking a little further….. How
do we explain murderers, thieves, abuse etc?
How do we explain the people who don’t care
about the greater good?
Well, if we are to look at the body as an
example of what could possibly be a snapshot
of the Universal body…. …. Each cell is
identical, yet they all have different jobs. They
all work for the greater good of the body and
will sacrifice themselves for the greater good
if necessary. There are also cells in the body,
which, when given destructive conditions, will
begin to consume more than they need (just
like our society) and we call these cancer cells.
They are so destructive, they will in fact destroy
everything in their path, consuming everything
in their path, until they destroy themselves,
by destroying their host. These cells are the
ultimate kamikaze cells! Similarly, in society we
have people, that given the right conditions, will
turn on humanityuntil they ultimately destroy
everything in their path until they destroy themselvesand
the host…… in other words, global
demise (think terrorism now!).
However, like the human body, when we
change the conditions of the body by participating
with the grander intelligence in a
profound way, meditating, eating real foods,
cleaning up our anger, our perceptions and
our beliefs about truth, we can potentially turn
off the activity of this destructive force with
success….. perhaps, we can do the same when
it comes to humanity and society….. Perhaps
if we were to realize that we are not doing the
driving….we have the potential to WAKE UP
to a new and enlightened way of living in this
world and with a collective commitment to this
clean up, we can turn these kamikaze people
around, or off and begin to live in peace and
harmony?
Is it possible that when we believe we are
doing the driving, which results in our fear, anxiety,
depression, sickness, dis-ease, we believe
we are ultimately alone, separate and left alone
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to wonder this planet in search of purpose,
money, success and freedom, yet never finding
it….. only finding sporadic moments of love and
laughter contrasted by longer periods of loss,
fear, anxiety, striving and struggle? Clearly, this
way of living and believing, is not working for
us. In fact, it is creating that destructive environment
where we are turning on ourselves,
consuming more than we need because we
believe we are in lack and ultimately leading to
an existence of implosion and self destruction!
When we actually question the very nature
of existence in terms of who is thinking you?
Who is driving you and what makes us all the
same….instead of what makes us different….. as
we did at the beginning of this article we cannot
avoid confronting the possibility of another
intelligence participating in our lives yet we are
ignoring it. We are not acknowledging it therefore,
not understanding and relating to it, yet it
is possible that this grander intelligence is the
very source of our unity, harmony and greater
good! There is another way of existing in this
life that has been there all along. It is not new, it
is not foreign to us, and it is no stranger. It has
Think about it.
How do you know,
who you are? Really.
How do you know you
exist? Really? How
do you know what
truth really is?
been closer to you than your own nose and you
just didn’t see it because it’s always been there!!
Think about it. How do you know, who you
are? Really. How do you know you exist? Really?
How do you know what truth really is? If you
hadn’t been taught by your family, school, university,
and perceptions of your experiences,
what would you believe truth to be?
My point here is that everything is made up!
It’s been passed from generation to generation
through story, education, conditioning and
perceptions, but how do we know that any of
it is actual truth? We don’t!! We only know what
we know…. When we cross over into this line
of questioning, we are moving into the realms
of what we don’t know, we don’t know but the
magical part about this questioning is that no
question has ever been asked, without the potential
of answer existing somewhere!
No text book can answer this question, no
study can reveal the truth about ‘who is doing
the driving’….. only your internal experience will
have you discover the awareness that exists in
you and the more you’re willing to explore this
question, the closer you will come to knowing
the answer for yourself and I believe…. Knowing
who you truly are, and that you are WAAAAAAY
more than you have given yourself credit for!!
Is this the answer I was hoping for when I
first started writing? I don’t know…. Somehow
I feel incomplete yet I know this has opened
a door that I’ve never walked through before.
There is a different shade of light on the otherside
of this door which I am willing to enter
because one thing I know for sure….. this world
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equires us to wake up and experience wholeness
and harmony….. and the way we are interacting
and have been for generations is leading
us to one outcome…. Self destruction. If we are
to act for the greater good of the whole, more
and more of us need to clean up the environment
in which we exist. I for one am willing to
answer the calling….. how about you?
A powerhouse of positivity
and success, Carren Smith
inspires transformation and
a new way of thinking.
Well known as one of
Australia’s most exciting and
dynamic motivational speakers,
Carren captivates her audience with humour,
energy and genuine engagement!
Carren is a dynamic leader, a motivator,
and a survivor. She is an author, a trainer,
a keynote speaker.
As a survivor of the 2002 Bali Bombing
along with many other challenges which
include the suicide of her De Facto and the
personal impact of the 2004 Tsunami on
her family, Carren’s comprehension of value,
time, creativity and the meaning of life,
charges her presentations with passion,
credibility and a deep and genuine commitment
to extraordinary achievements
for people.
Her unique training programs and motivational
speaking events have transformed
the lives of thousands who have now
found their voices, and their own sense
of purpose and success through Carren
Smith’s message.
If we keep doing things the way we have
been doing them, we will keep getting the
results we’ve always had……. HOW IS THAT
WORKING OUT??
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The Door That’s
Never Sealed
—How to access your intuition,
even when you can’t think straight
Written by: Shan Withnell
Imagine this scene:
You’ve been out all day. You’re tired and a little
bit irritable. You’ve got a lot on your mind and
you have a big decision to make. You’ve been
churning it over for days but the deadline is
zooming in and youstill have noanswer.
The more you think about it, the less clear
you become. You’re stressed and worried.
You’ve discussed it with everyone and even
been to see your favourite tarot reader – twice!
You arrive home, crossing your knees andclenching
your pelvic floor in desperation. Your
bladder is full. You can’t hold on much longer.
Frantically, you search through your bag for the
key to your door.
You can’t find it.
Tipping your bag out on the front step, desperately
you search for that key. You still can’t
find it. By now you’re convinced you’re about to
wet yourself and you burst into tears of frustration.
The door opens. You had forgotten that your
best friend is staying with you.
A little later, you discover your door key was
in your bag all along. You were never locked out
at all.
Getting messages from your intuition when
you’re feeling under pressure can be a bit like
that!
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So how can you receive your true guidance
and most perfect answers when you can hardly
sort out the thoughts in your head?
The very first thing to do is breathe.
Halt your racing thoughts and take several
long, slow, deep breaths. Just focus on your
breathing. Bring yourself right back into the
present moment. Feel everything slow down.
Remember that you DO have the answers.
One way to ask your inner wisdom for the
answers is to do the following exercise.
Work out what you really want to ask.
Your question might look like:
“What’s the best thing for me to do
regarding ________?”
“What do I need to know about ________?”
“Is there something I’ve missed in this situation?
If so, what is it?”
“What’s the next best step for me to take?
“How can this situation be resolved?”
Having formed a clear and concise question,
you can take a deep breath in and on the exhale
say to yourself, “My body says …” and allow
and answer to come to you. Say the first thing
that comes to you, without thinking through
what it might be. Then say again, “My body says
…” and allow the answer to come. Repeat this
step as many times as you need to (minimum
3) until there are no more answers.
Next, slowly inhale, thinking of the question,
and when you exhale, say, “My mind says…”
and allow the words to come. Again, repeat this
step until there’s nothing left.
Thirdly, inhale deeply, with the question in
mind, then exhale, saying, “My heart says …”
and say the first thing that comes to you. Repeat
until there are no more answers.
Lastly, breathe in slowly and deeply, thinking
of the question. Exhale slowly, saying, “My
Highest Guidance says …” and see what floats
into your mind.
It’s worth remembering too, that your answers
may come in pictures, songs, stories that
you know, etc. Be open to whatever comes, in
whatever form it arrives.
After you’ve tried this exercise a few times,
in different situations, you’ll find that it’s quite
quick and easy and you will be surprised at how
effective it is.
It’s always useful to write down your question
and the answers you receive. Make a note
of how your body feels and any physical sensations,
images, feelings or thoughts that come
to you. Write whatever comes, without censoring
or thinking about it. Even if nothing makes
sense, write it down– it may become clear over
the next few days.
Your inner wisdom will often surprise you!
Shan Withnell is a Healing
Guide and the owner of Shan
Therapy – where women
come to feel better.
Helping women take control
of their own health and
reconnect with their intuition,
Shan has been an intuitive
massage therapist and healer for over 20
years. Shan helps women who are at a
turning point in their lives to find clarity,
balance and direction. Starting with where
they are at now, looking at where they
want to be and then guiding them towards
their goals, she shares several different
techniques and modalities that are fun,
empowering and enlightening.
If you would like to experience a treatment
that is really quite unique or you want to
find out more, contact Shan.
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Stress
Coping
Toolkit
Written by:
Angela Counsel
Over the past few
months I have been
writing articles on stress
management and the
sub-conscious mind.
The subconscious mind
controls the way we feel
and the way we live our
lives. Often in times of
stress and overwhelm,
we revert to learned
behaviour.
Remember we talked about Subconscious
stress triggers in the last issue?
It’s like having a computer program running in
the background of our lives. A file error pops
up, it slows everything down and the file error
is repeated until we make some changes to the program,
make some space on our hard drive, or just reboot.
The way we react to situations is learned behaviour, so
it can be changed. You can change the way you react to
things. You absolutely can.
One of the ways you can do this is to have a Coping
Toolkit on hand. Have some strategies and methods in your
back pocket that can make you aware of your reactions and
manage them. Here are three simple tools you can pop into
your toolkit.
1. INFINITE LOVE AND GRATITUDE
You see this phrase a lot on my blog, my Facebook page,
my book, my emails. It’s because I use it. I use it because it
works.
In times of irritability, stress and frustration, tune into
how you are feeling. Notice any images that come up in
your mind’s eye, notice where you are feeling the emotion
in your body and then notice the words that you can hear in
your head about this situation. Ask yourself - “do I choose to
feel this way”. The answer will generally be No.
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Place your hand in the “I love you”
hand posture (see right). Place your
hand, in this position, over your heart
and say the words “Infinite Love and
Gratitude” until the emotion shifts.
Notice the new emotion that you can
now feel, it might be peace, calm or
something similar.
You have replaced your emotion, which is often
based around fear or anger, with love and
acceptance. Love and fear cannot exist at the
same time. Replace fear and anger with love
and feel your anxiety levels decrease.
2. JOURNALING
Journaling is a great way to get you through
feelings of stress and overwhelm. Sitting down
before you go to bed, letting go of everything
that’s in and on your mind by writing in a journal
does wonders for your inner peace.
Just write. It doesn’t have to make sense.
Literally write the day off. Write it off. You have
a new day dawning tomorrow. As you write,
release the negative feelings that have built up
through the day.
Whatever is in your head, just keep writing.
If you can’t think of what to write, simply write,
“I have got nothing to write, I have got nothing
to write”. It will eventually clear and things will
start coming out. That is a really good way of
tapping into the subconscious mind working
on your thought patterns and beliefs. And the
more you clear that, the less overwhelm you
have in your life.
If you can, find it in your heart to release a
stressful situation, forgive somebody who really
upset you that day. Let it go. And rest. This is
for YOUR inner peace. It will really help you
sleep easier.
The Forest Photo
3. CREATING INTENTIONS
Creating intentions is also another
tool to have in your Coping Toolkit.
Often stress occurs when you feel
out of control or you don’t know what
to do next. Waking up everyday and going
through the same motions and emotions
will only give you the same outcome, nothing
will change. But if you wake up every morning
with an intention of how you would like the day
to be, you will get a different outcome.
Making an intention is not the same a creating
a goal. Dr Joe Dispenza, Neuroscientist,
defines intentions as “getting clear on what you
want but surrendering to how it will occur”. If
you know that you don’t want to feel stressed
and overwhelmed every day, then why not
make an intention when you very first wake up
in the morning that today you will feel happy,
excited, peaceful (insert your emotion here).
You will amazed how differently your day will
unfold if you set a morning intention and refocus
on it during the daytime. Try it, what do you
have to lose?
If you want more help with coping with
stress or identifying the underlying cause of
your physical and emotional help, why not book
in for a complimentary Discovery Call with me
and I will see how I can help you. To book your
call click here
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Self Love….
is it another
Buzz word?
Written by: Keri Norley
SELF LOVE… Is it another “BUZZ” word?
Is it a load of rubbish? Do you reach
the holy grail? I mean for real… is it all
it’s cracked up to be?
This concept of self-love is everywhere these
days. And lots of people are preaching it. The
question is… do they believe it to truly be possible?
Do you believe it? Have you ever experienced
it?
So what is it? Self- love?
It is not love driven by ego.
It is awareness of self. It is love for all parts
of self… the beautiful and the ugly. It’s awareness
that you are capable of the worst and also
the best… and still loving you. It’s loving your
body, no matter the size. It’s looking after and
nurturing all levels of yourself… mind, body and
spirit…
In my opinion… self-love is not a “buzz”
word... but it can be… if you take it for it’s superficial
experience. Saying you love yourself
doesn’t make it the end of the journey. Generally
speaking… it’s only the beginning. For many
of you reading this, even doing that will bring
tears to your eyes… if you look yourself in the
eyes, in your soul and say it and truly mean it…
So what are 5 crucial pieces that are an
absolute must in order to fall in love with
yourself… deeper and deeper in love?
1. Be willing to spend time with yourself
2. Have people around you to hold you to a
higher standard. Fire the rest.
3. Look at your mindset, the stories you are
telling yourself, the stories that others
told you and you believed… are they
true? What do you want to think instead
and STICK WITH IT.
4. Be courageous. Have the deep conversations
with people when it scares you.
Be willing to go ALL IN to living an aligned
life. Don’t go halfway.
5. Forgiveness. Forgive yourself first. Forgive
others who you feel have hurt you.
Realise… your responsibility in the situation.
Forgive yourself again.
REPEAT.
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And when you do these things… when you
start to love time with yourself. When you are
saying kind things to yourself… when you have
the courage to go all in. When you stop worrying
and truly surrender… when you forgive…
when you do all this and more…
Something happens within.
A peace begins to take over. A peace that
was not there before.
Your energy shifts. It goes somewhere you
didn’t know existed. Somewhere you couldn’t
go while you were beating yourself up, shaming
yourself, loathing on you… thinking you were
completely incompetent and inadequate…
feeling unworthy and not good enough… in that
place… you couldn’t, you wouldn’t allow yourself
to vibrate at the level of love. You couldn’t
receive it.
This feeling. The feeling of vibing high, joy,
boundless love and freedom and abundance…
it’s beyond words. It’s to be felt. And you will
experience it different to me… but I can promise
you… The feeling of infinite love and source
energy streaming through, in the times when
you allow it to… it’s worth every challenging part
of the journey to get there.
So now… you get to decide… are you ready
to completely and fully let go? To totally surrender
to that which is guiding you…
We are all
somewhere on the
path… and knowing
your truth around it
is the first step. Do you
want to love yourself?
Do you want to go
deeper into this path?
If so… what are you
willing to do to take
the next step?
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If not… that’s all good. We are all somewhere
on the path… and knowing your truth around it
is the first step. Do you want to love yourself?
Do you want to go deeper into this path? If so…
what are you willing to do to take the next step?
And… if you are already on this path… and
you are falling deeper and deeper in love with
you.. congratulations… it’s a never ending,
lifetime journey that will take the wildest twists
and turns and it’s this path that will bring you to
your deepest alignment to your soul’s purpose.
And it’s this path that will have you healing
yourself, those around you and the planet.
I invite you… to be willing to go further,
deeper… on your path of love. It will change
your life… every aspect of it.
Keri Norley, “The Manifesting
Queen” and creator
of Business Manifestors
Club and the Manifesting
Mindset Bootcamp loves
to help you create an epic
life on your terms. She is
passionate about ALL things
manifesting and helping you live your
life in complete alignment so that things
show up with ease. She loves helping you
to work through your mindset and uncover
the blocks that are holding you back from
being the person who gets to live your
dreams. She loves helping you follow the
signs to walk on your own path… to follow
your heart and your soul’s purpose and
alignment and to ultimately manifest all
your deepest desires.
Some of Keri’s favourite tools include
feng shui, numerology, colours, shamanic
work, creative expression, mindset work,
journaling and more… Bringing fun, simplicity,
depth and sacred space to help
her clients create an epic life brings her so
much joy and allows her to live her soul’s
purpose.
You can get some fun free trainings that
are honestly deep and incredible content
in this no FLUFF zone… at
www.kerinorley.com/freestuff
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Chocolate
& Cinnamon
Coconut Bars
(Gluten and Dairy free)
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Ingredients
1 cup Changing Habits Shredded Coconut
A pinch of Changing Habits Seaweed Salt
1 tsp Changing Habits Ceylon Cinnamon
2 tsp ginger powder (or use fresh ginger to taste)
1 tsp Changing Habits Probiotics
1 cup Changing Habits Dates
½ cup Changing Habits Cacao Melts
1 Tbsp Changing Habits Coconut Oil
Optional Add Ins: Zest of 1 orange, peppermint oil, nut and seeds
Steps
1 – Add all of your ingredients to a food processor
or thermomix and blitz to combine.
2 – Press the mixture into a lined container and place
in the fridge to set.
3 – When it’s ready, slice into bars, triangles or squares. Enjoy!
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get from Changing Habits,
I can always be guaranteed
that everything I purchase
from them has been ethically
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Body Love
Self-Care
Ritual
Written by: Angela Counsel
I think that we all understand
the importance of self-care,
but it is something that
can often be forgotten in
the busyness of life.
Imagine being able to have
a massage every single day
and it not costing you
anything and taking only
a couple minutes
of your time.
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I
think that we all understand the importance
of self-care, but it is something
that can often be forgotten in the
busyness of life. Imagine being able to
have a massage every single day and
it not costing you anything and taking only a
couple minutes of your time.
Firstly, let’s look at the benefits of massage
and more specifically touch. When you experience
the sensation of touch on your skin your
nervous system automatically relaxes, this is
one reason why massage is so relaxing. For
some women who have experienced physical
trauma in the past, the relaxation effect of
touch is very quickly replaced with a sensation
of fear or something similar. This is why some
women don’t like to be touched and definitely
don’t enjoy massages. Their natural relaxation
trigger has been damaged and replaced with
a stress response, self-massage is an easy and
safe way to override this response and help the
body to relax.
Body Boost is a daily self-care ritual that will
take you about 2 minutes after your shower
and will leave you feeling relaxed to start (or
finish) your day. Watch the video below to learn
how to body boost.
When I am doing my daily Body Boost I repeat
the following statement as I massage the
oil all over my body
Thank you body, I Love You
Thank you body, you are loved
Thank you body, you are pure love
Thank you [insert your name], I Love You
Thank you [insert your name], you are loved
Thank you [insert your name], you are pure
love
Infinite Love and Gratitude
Making the above statements as you do your
body boost and then looking at yourself in the
mirror helps you to appreciate your body and
love yourself.
Why not commit to doing a Body Boost for
the next 7 days and see how you feel. If you enjoy
it and notice a difference (which I think you
will) then you can continue to do it every day.
You can grab a body boost kit from
www.twenty8.com
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