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Emotional Philosophy/Premise

What is your philosophy around emotional wellness? Have you articulated it? I want to share my thoughts in order to jog and createa conversation for you to develop your own.

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E-motion is energy in motion. When it comes from abundance it is empowering and allows for growth or peace. When it comes from scarcity, it is irrational and limits growth and creates fear. It is critical to be aware of emotions so they do not make an unconscious choice for us. There are strong-force emotions and weak-force emotions, it is important to feed the strong-force emotions and starve the weak-force emotions.
When emotions come along due to an attachment to outcome, it is imperative to surrender the negative emotion to God and to recontextualize the situation, forgive either the situation or self, and choose the next best choice available.
When the spiritual discipline of non-attachment is understood and is a way of life, the favorable conditions to be fully engaged and impacted by the heart is available.
An emotion is an indicator but doesn’t necessarily represent truth. It is merely our veiw of the world.
A gut feeling is something to consider. It is skillful doubt that is useful to listen to before moving forward, it creates an awareness and is a gift.
To make something sacred, is to give up a lesser emotion for a greater emotion.
Divine Will ignites the emotions of confidence, passion, and connectedness to source.
Meditation and the Power Hour create favorable conditions for abundant and passionate emotion.
Compassion, kindness, passion, excitement, humor and laughter, joy and love are powerful and empowering emotions. Love is the greatest of emotions.

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Health Philosphy/Premise

One of the most difficult things for me is to consistently eat healthy and workout even when I am traveling.  Many that are close to me think I eat so heathy, where others have seen me at my worst where candy becomes my main diet.  I have to be deliberate and have massive accountability to be the proper steward of my body and my overall health.  This so valueable for me to share my thoughs on health and where I work from in my life.  I hope you find value in this too.

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This is who I am and what I stand for in health and fitness.
When I am healthy and active, I perform and feel better in all areas of my life.
Health is an essential key to my happiness.
Health is an important part of my self-talk and confidence.
Energy flows from a healthy body.
No matter what is going on in my life, I can always find the time for health.
There are healthy foods that are also enjoyable and a real treat to eat.
I am more powerful than my body. My body is a tool that I am able to manage through exercise and the proper nutrition.
I have all that is necessary for optimal health.
Physical health is one of the tracks of wealth. To be wealthy, health must be intact.
I am a steward of the temple that God has blessed me with. My body is a tool for me to express my Soul Purpose, I therefore produce more energy/burn calories than I consume/intake of calories.
90 percent is perfection in my exercise and nutrition programs.
Prepardness and education are the only required ingrediants to healthy eating and living.
Having proper health, I can be a great example to others and live with more energy, passion and clarity.
There is an abundance of strength available to me when I am harmony with the principle of physical well-being.
Exercise releases endorphins and creates a space to reduce stress and be more productive in all tracks of wealth.

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Love Relationship Philosophy/Premise

I don’t want any of my thoughts to be any replacement for your own.  But I feel that sharing some philosophy can create space for others to do the same for themselves and can just initiate the process of articulating and brainstorming the most critical components of life.  With that said, here are some more of the Lifebook workthat I have articulated during my time in the program.  For many of us, this is already within, but writing it down and sharing it brings a new life and additional accountability to manifest our ideal life.  This post is very personal, but I want to be transparent in order to create additional accountability for me and possibility for others to create their own premise in this important category of life. 

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Spending time and money on my love relationship is a gateway for the intention and the attention to match the desired result of love and intamacy.
We all feel loved in different ways, Carrie loves quality time and as I spend quality time I feel close to her and as she feels close to me we have a great relationship.
I believe in giving a good time, not just having one.
Great intimacy begins with the first interaction or words of the day, not just the act itself.
Being playful, flirtatious, and kissing all the time is a great way to show love and have fun.
We are an example to our kids of how love can be expressed.
I provide conrfidence, security, and a space for communication in order to for Carrie to feel loved.
We are a family, a partnership that is a wellspring/fountainhead of joy.
When I am happy in my family life I feel peace and am able to be more powerful and joyful in all other areas of life.
Love is a verb and I must be loving and create favorable conditions for a believeabe love.
I create space of honesty and where we feel free to fully express ourselves.

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Spiritual Philosophy/Premise

The most critical philosophy in my life is below.  I do not always have full clarity and have to re-focus, but as I am in alignment in my spiritual life, I have clarity, power, passion, and joy.  Once again, this was an exercise of the foundation that I did in Lifebook.

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The highest plane of potential is the spiritual plane. Soul Purpose is Divine Will and our mission on this earth. It is a combination of our God-given talents, abilities, natural proclivities, and core characteristics that when combined for our life’s mission ultimately cultivates passion.
There are natural laws that govern the universe. The most important of which is the Law of One, we are all connected, it all goes back to God and we tap into the Source of all life force energy. Our level of consciousness determines our behaviour and level of happiness. We become more spiritually connected as our consciousness increases-the path of enlightenment.
There is personal will and Divine Will- In the end one of two things happen: we either say to God “thy will be done” or God says to us “thy will be done.”
Life is an expression of Love to varying degrees, Agape is love of God. This unconditional love is the clear breath of peace yet power that I want to know always in all ways. There is a sacred path that exists in the evolution of consciousness. Earth is our school to remember. It is all within and we just have to fully connect to remember. Spirituality is the individual expression of energy through consciousness.
We must have faith to align with natural laws and Divine Will. God provides light and as we align with his light we can express spritiual power.
We are one, everything is perfect, our Soul Purpose is Divine and as we follow Divine Will we find our Soul Purpose.

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Parenting Philosophy/Premise

I recently became great friends with the founders of Lifebook- Jon and Missy Butcher- mylifebook.com.  This is a great program that resonates with me, especially with the foundations and beliefs of Freedom FastTrack being in alighment with that of Lifebook.  In the event we went through 12 key categories of life.  In each of these 12 categories the group would start with a premise and eventually end up with strategy.  I am going to share just one aspect (premise) of each of those categoreis in my blog to unveil some of the most key principles, core philosophy, and truely the foundation of everything I have created.  I am going to start with one very dear to me-parenting.  If anyone has any additional advice, I could use it in this area!!!

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It is a must to have a support structure and protection in order to provide the most favorable conditions for a child to thrive and express his/her Soul Purpose.
In creating a proper environment they have structure, yet are able to have freedom.
It is my responsiblity to educate them and to raise the standard through the excellence ethic in order for them to thrive.
Each child has their own ideas, conation, personality, and things that make them feel important.
It is important to educate children on entreprenuerism and Soul Purpose, to help them find what makes them feel most important.
Most education will come from the home. Programs like landmark and strategic coach for kids provide a great platform for kids to experience important education to bring home for further discussion.
Kids must be taught how to question, practice skillful doubt, how to continue to create, and what it means to have vision and how to bring forth the reality of vision and imagination.
Many times the best way to raise kids is to stay out of their way as long as it does not violate protection or principle.
Financial literacy is critical to a childs’ development and in understanding value creation as a means of serving and earning.
The five tracks of wealth are the focus of this education: Financial, Soul Purpose, Mental, Physical, and Social.
Experience is another great way to teach: travel, have the kids attend actual meetings, have conversations important to the family, etc.
The foundation of a happy life is having God in it. To learn about Christ’s life and to also be exposed to eastern philosophies is a cornerstone to the parenting process.
Quality time is required to teach and there are many things that can not be delegated when it comes to parenting.
Unconditional love is the ultimate foundation to all of this working.

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