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		<title>FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR BODY The Second Most Important Relationship There Is by Judith Joyce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Love they neighbor, as thy self&#8221;, one of the Ten Commandments, tells us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves, and yet, loving ourselves is rarely anything we&#8217;re taught. The concept of loving myself, let alone my body, was never part of my early learning. In fact, I was taught to cover my body, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Love they neighbor, as thy self&#8221;, one of the Ten Commandments, tells us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves, and yet, loving ourselves is rarely anything we&#8217;re taught. The concept of loving myself, let alone my body, was never part of my early learning. In fact, I was taught to cover my body, and even be ashamed of it. What are the messages you received from family, teachers, religious leaders, magazines and movies about your body as you were growing up? Teen years can be especially difficult with all the hormonal and physical changes fueling much comparison and judgment of the attractiveness or not of your body. You conclude that you are your body giving power to any perceived bodily flaws reinforcing that you are flawed. If you&#8217;ve seen yourself and your body as undesirable, then the seeds for maligning and even abusing your body are deeply planted.</p>
<p>Your relationship with your body is not only critical to your overall health and well being, but also to generating everything you desire to create your phenomenal life. Emotions, thoughts and feelings have a huge impact on your body as they do with all your relationships. What if every cell in your body responds to every thought you think? Your body loves you and is doing everything it can to please you. When you judge it for having too much here, not enough there, it gives you more or less of what you&#8217;re criticizing. Diets rarely work because the reason to start one is based on judgment. Also, any beliefs you have about how hard it is to diet or exercise ensure that those efforts will be hard. Again, your body is giving you everything you&#8217;re expecting!</p>
<p><strong>Life Changing Awareness</strong></p>
<p>About 10 years ago, as I was looking at my body in the mirror beginning to judge all of what was wrong with how it looked, a revelation bubbled up that took me away from what I saw in the mirror. All of my life I had abused my body by eating junk food, pushing past my limits, exercising sporadically plus ignoring it&#8217;s warning signs and yet, it had never let me down nor given up trying to show me a different way. Realizing the incredible partner my body is as it continuously provides support even though I&#8217;ve abused it relentlessly, filled me with immense gratitude while immediately changing the relationship between my body and me. And, guess what? As I moved from judging to loving my body, it responded by losing weight with no conscious effort on my part!</p>
<p>Did you know that your brain and body feeds on sugar, salt, water and energy? What a concept! Especially since we&#8217;re constantly told to reduce if not eliminate sugar and salt from our diets, especially those of us with diabetes, high blood pressure.</p>
<p><strong>Beginning a New Relationship with Your Body</strong></p>
<p>Begin engaging with your body, using these tools from Gary Douglas of Access Consciousness, by asking questions about what it wants to eat, wear, do, then honor the answer even if it goes against all the &#8220;conventional wisdom&#8221; you&#8217;ve been told about what&#8217;s &#8216;good&#8217; for it.  As I&#8217;ve eaten more sugar and salt in the past 2+ years than in the previous 22 years, my weight has dropped to the lowest it&#8217;s been in over 40 years while my diabetes and high blood pressure are gone!</p>
<p>Are you wondering how you tell the difference between an answer from your body and one from your head that reflects your desires? Answers that come from your head are rooted in your thoughts, feelings and emotions. When you are craving attention, you may frequently want sweets. Obsessing about eating or spending often reflects wanting to fill the emptiness your feel. These examples come from feeling needy. Your body’s answers come from choice and knowing about what is best for your body at any given time. The energy of your body choosing what’s best is much lighter than your mind trying to fill a void. What feels better is your truth; what feels worse is a lie for you.</p>
<p>Anytime you&#8217;re feeling sick, tired or in pain, ask, &#8220;Body, what are you trying to tell me? &#8220;What would it take for this to shift?&#8221;  What immediately comes to you is your answer &#8211; no judging, no second guessing.</p>
<p>Your body is on your side as your best friend and facilitator. Asking it what it knows and what it wants to show you can lead to some astounding answers that will transform not only your second more important relationship, but also your life and all your relationships.</p>
<p>If you want to learn more about how to fall in love with your body, visit my website, www.journeybeyondbelief.com to get information and register for my upcoming &#8220;Fall in Love with Your Body&#8221; tele-class.</p>
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		<title>Access the Bars Class approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage &amp; Bodywork for CE Credits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATTENTION MASSAGE THERAPISTS and BODY WORKERS Are you required to earn continuing education credits to maintain your certification or licensing?  Access the Bars class is now approved  by The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) for 8 – 10 hours of CE credits  You can earn CE credits, while learning a dynamic, energetic hands–on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><strong>ATTENTION MASSAGE THERAPISTS </strong><strong>and BODY WORKERS</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Are you required to earn </strong><strong>continuing education credits to</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>maintain your certification or licensing?</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Access the Bars class</span></strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>is now approved  by The National Certification Board </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) for </strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">8 – 10 hours of CE credits</span></strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p align="center">You can earn CE credits, while learning a dynamic, energetic hands–on process that will add another dimension to your practice/business.</p>
<p align="center">How does it get any better than that?</p>
<p align="center"><strong>What are the BARS?</strong></p>
<p>There are 32 bars of energy that run through and around your head storing the electromagnetic component of all the decisions, judgments, thoughts, and beliefs you’ve ever had about anything. There are bars for Healing, Body, Control, Awareness, Power, Creativity, Aging, Sex and Money just to name a few. Each thought, idea, attitude, decision or belief that you have fixed in place solidifies the energy thus limiting your capacity to be generative in that area. Have you ever tried to talk to someone who has his/her mind made up about something? Is it like trying to get through a brick wall? That’s because it IS a wall, an energetic wall. Every time you take a point of view, another wall is created, i.e., if you’ve decided, “I’m never doing that again!” you’ve stopped the energy and limited what you can receive. Fortunately, this can be changed easily and quickly.  Allowing these barriers to dissipate opens up the door of possibilities!</p>
<p align="center"><strong>How does the process work?</strong></p>
<p>“Running the Bars” is a simple, non-invasive, energy process where the facilitator lightly touches each point on the head allowing the barrier to release the electromagnetic charge, much like deleting files off your computer.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>The Benefits and Testimonials</strong></p>
<p>Receiving Bars will leave you refreshed and deeply relaxed, possibly with a sense of space that invites more life changing possibilities for you.   Children’s grades can dramatically improve. Pregnant women report shorter labor and a much easier birthing process. Many people report sleeping more soundly.</p>
<p><strong>Testimonials: </strong>M.T., Oregon, “Since receiving Bars for the past year, I have more peace of mind &amp; freedom while doubling my income!”;  S.A.W., Vermont, “After one Bars session, much that was “stuck” is moving forward.  I got out of my way doing things I’ve been trying to do for months, even years!”;  M.W., Texas, “Having my Bars run opens much more ease &amp; flow in my life allowing me to experience &amp; receive more magic.  Because my energy shifts, more people &amp; things that I’ve been asking for, show up!”</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> <strong>TWO CLASSES IN VERMONT IN SEPTEMBER</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Sunday, September 18, 2011 in Waterbury Center</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Saturday, September 24, 2011 in Shrewsbury</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">9am &#8211; 5pm</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Investment in YOU:  $200; $100 if repeating</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Facilitated by Judith Joyce</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Certified Access Bars Facilitator</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>For more information and to set up/attend a class, contact:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Judith Joyce, at 928-308-4657 or jmjoyce@journeybeyondbelief.com</strong><strong></strong></p>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s #1 on Your List of Relationships? by Judith Joyce</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would a list of your relationships include your relationship with YOU?  If so, what number would you be? It’s not uncommon for that relationship to be missing or at the bottom, especially for women. Having been programmed since birth to be a caretaker, do you ensure everyone else is taken care of while leaving you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Would a list of your relationships include your relationship with YOU?  If so, what number would you be?</p>
<p>It’s not uncommon for that relationship to be missing or at the bottom, especially for women. Having been programmed since birth to be a caretaker, do you ensure everyone else is taken care of while leaving you at the gate with little or no time/attention for your needs, let alone desires?</p>
<p>Does choosing you first feel like selfishness at best and heresy at worst while striking fear throughout your body? What if selfish means not letting others influence you? What if your relationship with you is vital not only to your emotional, physical and spiritual health but to the health of all your relationships? Did/do your parents constantly judge, criticize, ignore and/or punish you and your body? Do you constantly treat yourself and your body the same way? Is this also how your spouse/significant other treats you? Are you frequently depressed, exhausted, fearful, confused, overweight, ill and/or out of balance physically and emotionally? Quite a trickle down effect!</p>
<p><strong>What’s Happening Here?</strong></p>
<p>1. <strong>Your parents</strong>, as your primary role models for relationships, greatly influence your beliefs by how they treat you and each other thus informing how you treat yourself and relate to others.</p>
<p>2. <strong>The energy you carry reflects your image of yourself</strong>, i.e., victim, unworthy, needy, co-dependent, controlling, confident and secure within yourself. Your energy is a magnet that brings others to you, so if you need to be needed, needy people will be drawn to you, if you’re confident, self-assured people will find you.</p>
<p>Many years ago as I imagined all the men in my life, including my father, lined up next to each other, I realized that while they looked different on the outside, every one was emotionally unavailable on the inside just like my father. When sharing this revelation with my therapist, she revealed we all have antennas that search for and bring us what/who we are looking for. The only way to create a different result is to change the antennas’ programming.</p>
<p><strong>Re-programming Your Antennas </strong></p>
<p>It’s YOUR movie! Being the director and star of your life means choosing you first is your highest priority since this is the only relationship you are in charge of creating. So where do you start?</p>
<p><strong>1. Unconditional love is the major component of a vibrant and fulfilling relationship.</strong> Love has no room for judgment, criticism, punishment, neglect or abuse. Frequent use of those behaviors can increase weight and/or cause depression, pain, disorders and illness. Notice how often you use those behaviors toward you and your body, make a concerted effort to stop, then choose more nurturing, loving words and actions to support you rather than tear you down.</p>
<p><strong>2. You always have a choice! </strong>What a concept! Frequent use of “should, have to, must, supposed to, need to” reflect the belief of having no choice. Begin noticing when you are using these words and ask, “Who says?” Those words, from parents, teachers, clergy, etc., control and constrict you rather than free and expand you. Do you even recognize you have needs and desires? Ask, “What would my world look like if I created it to work for me?” Write your answers with no limitations. Choose what you’d like to generate in any given situation. This will clarify what will work or not for you. Act on your choice. You can change your choice at any time as nothing is cast in concrete.</p>
<p><strong>3. Give from the overflow, not from depletion.</strong> Nurture yourself first by filling your life with quite time and rest, plus activities and people who bring you joy and inspiration. As you begin to exude joy, playfulness and optimism, those around you will be filled and energized from your energy. By not care-taking/fixing, you are giving those around you permission to choose for them! A true win/win!</p>
<p>As you begin choosing for you amazing gifts, people and experiences will abound as more freedom, confidence and creativity unfold within you.</p>
<p>May joy, peace and ease fill your journey!</p>
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		<title>Transforming the World One Life at a Time by Judith Joyce</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What in the world is going on? What does all the chaos mean? The worldwide course correction that began in 1992 &#8211; heralding the 20 year window until 2012 &#8211; is now accelerating with lightning speed. Course corrections abound, such as the World Trade Center collapse signaling our beliefs/structures around power, money, safety and security [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What in the world is going on?  What does all the chaos mean?  The worldwide course correction that began in 1992 &#8211; heralding the 20 year window until 2012 &#8211; is now accelerating with lightning speed.  Course corrections abound, such as the World Trade Center collapse signaling our beliefs/structures around power, money, safety and security coming from some one, thing and/or place outside ourselves were erroneous.  The stark contrast between the incredible outpouring of support, caring, assistance and love from all over the world affirming that our dreams were still alive, and the terror and grief that consumed many is mirroring much of what is occurring now.  While fear, an acronym for &#8220;false evidence appearing real&#8221;, feels real, it&#8217;s a lie.  Only the future can be swallowed in fear.  Each time fear grabs you, ask &#8220;Is everything OK now?&#8221;  From the soul point of view, the answer is always yes.</p>
<p>Although greed, consumption and debt continue to undermine the valued foundations of the United States and the world, destruction provides the fuel for transformation and expanded consciousness.  The phoenix rising from the ashes brings promise and possibility for us to create more connected, sustainable relationships, communities and economies throughout the world.  What an amazing opportunity to use our vast talents and abilities to create this new world!  We are being called to increase our faith and expand our awareness to gain clarity about the life and world we desire to create.  Where do we start?  In our own backyards, because our lives are the only ones we can change.  And, as our lives transform, those around us change ultimately generating transformation throughout the world.  Margaret Mead&#8217;s famous quote:  &#8220;Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world.  Indeed it&#8217;s the only thing that ever has,&#8221; says it all.</p>
<p><strong>Creating a Foundation That Values You</strong></p>
<p><strong>Clarify and define</strong></p>
<p>Your values are key to generating a life of joy, peace and ease.  Values reflect your deepest desires thereby providing guidelines for truly living your life while enhancing your relationships/business.  Not only clarifying but also defining your values is paramount to providing the best guidance and support for all aspects of your life.  For many years, companies have had their values hanging framed in the reception areas where owners and employees pass quickly by each day.  Few companies use those values as a primary component of their business plans to guide personal and business decisions, support marketing and customer service behaviors, and inform relationships, policies and working environments.  This disconnect greatly contributed to the recent economic meltdown.</p>
<p>The same is true for most people.  Yes, we have values that we live by &#8211; mostly embedded from parents, religions, and teachers during childhood.  I was well into my 40&#8242;s before I looked closely at my values to see if they still applied to the adult I had become.  Even though some of the values&#8217; names were the same, my definitions for them had changed dramatically and continue to change as I grow</p>
<p>When was the last time you really looked at your values?  Have you ever written and defined them?  Follow these steps to increase your clarity:</p>
<p><strong>List and define each value</strong></p>
<p>Feel the energy of each one.  Does it still ring true? If not, ask &#8220;Truth, what is true for me now that will fully support my life?</p>
<p>Feel the lightness or heaviness in your body.  If you feel lighter, that&#8217;s your truth; feeling heavier reflects a lie for you.</p>
<p><strong>Integrate</strong></p>
<p>An Arizona hospital, that wrote their values and mission statement about 20 years ago, still have them prominently placed throughout each location.  The first agenda item at high-level weekly staff meetings is sharing how they have lived those values.  What a great integration example.</p>
<p>Values are the compass for our lives/relationships/businesses.  Periodic reviews identify what&#8217;s working and what course corrections are necessary.  Useful insights are gained by asking questions like:  &#8220;Which values am I living?&#8221;  &#8220;Which values am I not living?&#8221;  How often am I using my values as a compass?&#8221;  &#8220;What do I do the rest of the time?&#8221;  &#8220;How is that working for me?&#8221;  What are my most frequent distractions?&#8221;</p>
<p>Stress undermines mental, physical and spiritual health, while indicating you have disconnected from your values.  Explore what causes your stress, noticing how those causes affect you and your relationships.  Once you discover the root cause(s) of your stress, see how it/they block your peace of mind, health, etc.  Ask how your values could release the block thus reducing/eliminating your stress.  What other adjustments could create a shift in this situation?</p>
<p><strong>Benefits</strong></p>
<p>Allowing your values to inform your choices not only reduces stress but also increases vitality, creativity, awareness and self-trust, to name a few.  Continuing to ask which choice feels lighter (truth), which feels heavier (lie), ensures you will follow your truth for your life while releasing fears that arise.  How does it get any better than that?  As we&#8217;ve seen, especially over the past decade, security, power, prosperity and safety are only possible through an internal connection with your light &#8211; the God/Goddess/Spirit &#8211; however you define that deepest of connections.  Trusting your knowing creates space, freedom and a sense of internal security that is priceless and desperately needed as we create this joyful new world filled with peace and ease.  What else is possible?</p>
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		<title>Moving from Chaos to Excitement! by Judith Joyce</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upheaval both worldwide and personally seems to be running rampant these days.  It&#8217;s become increasingly difficult to relate to so much chaos with anything but unsettled feelings and angst.  Major societal and personal course corrections are being called for on every level including claiming our destiny. Has your world turned upside down recently?  How do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Upheaval both worldwide and personally seems to be running rampant these days.  It&#8217;s become increasingly difficult to relate to so much chaos with anything but unsettled feelings and angst.  Major societal and personal course corrections are being called for on every level including claiming our destiny.</p>
<p>Has your world turned upside down recently?  How do you cope with losing your job, health issues and financial difficulties to name a few, or with new relationships, work opportunities, new directions or places to live?</p>
<p>What if you didn’t have to cope and could actually thrive?  Could you stop hanging by your fingernails thereby releasing your attachment to confusion and trepidation?  Relating to and navigating the white waters of change in new ways can decrease stress while increasing clarity paving the way to boundless joy, peace and ease.</p>
<p>I used to say I loved change until I realized I only loved the change I initiated being much less thrilled with unexpected changes.  When confronted with surprising change, do you focus on what you&#8217;ll lose believing that what is ahead will be worse than what you have now?</p>
<p>When the pain of loss arises, do you quickly attempt to avoid it at all costs even though those costs are huge?  Efforts to block the grieving process manifest as resistance, also known as the many faces of fear, i.e., control, stubbornness, procrastination, negativity, busyness/constant motion, excuses, and attachment to misery, only serve to deepen the discomfort.  Sending the pain underground will, at some point, cause an unexpected eruption leaving you and those around you confused and astounded.</p>
<p>So, how can these fears morph into excitement?  Some things that have worked for me are:</p>
<p>1.  Remembering that fear, an acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real, is always future based and a lie.  Returning to the current moment, ask what is right about this I&#8217;m not getting?</p>
<p>2.  Lovingly embracing those feelings as I allow them to surface and gratefully honoring what is being released.</p>
<p>3.  Realizing the outcomes of the many transitions I’ve experienced have always taken me to places filled with more gifts and bliss than I ever imagined.</p>
<p>4.  Knowing there are no right or wrong decisions, only choices I make with available information.  As I follow my chosen path, more data is gathered guiding my further choices including needed course corrections.  Nothing is forever and I am always at choice.</p>
<p>5.  Increasing my faith, peace and connection with my soul through journaling, walking meditation on the labyrinth, and spending time in nature.</p>
<p>6.  Remembering that all changes are invitations to living more delightfully from my authentic self and purpose.</p>
<p>7.  Acknowledging that the gifts I’ve received from the people, places and things of my past will always be with me to lift my spirits and support my next steps.</p>
<p><strong>Limbo and the Field of All Possibilities</strong></p>
<p>Our culture has great difficulty with being in limbo. Remember the infamous 2000 presidential election?  While the country lived in limbo for five weeks waiting for the election outcome, the widespread discomfort was palpable.  Confusion and blame were rampant as politicians and the media tried to fill the void.  Do you see some similarities with our current political climate?</p>
<p>The most effective way to relate to the limbo experience is to get still, go within and listen.  The temptation to move into high gear to make something happen provides the perfect distraction to bury those uncomfortable feelings. A painting in my home says &#8220;Don’t push the river, it will flow at its own pace.&#8221;  To me, this is the message of this process.  Slow down, listen and feel the rhythm – your rhythm, the rhythm of the changes that are occurring &#8211; trusting that all will unfold in perfected timing and that you are fully supported.</p>
<p>Connecting with your deepest desires guides you to enjoy this time of spaciousness.  Deepak Chopra calls the void &#8220;the field of all possibilities&#8221; – the richest, most creative place there is.  Your desires are your soul’s longings – they provide guidance for you.  The soul communicates with you through your feelings –the light feelings reflect you soul’s truth, while the heavy feelings reflect the lies you tell yourself.  Allowing yourself to partake of the luxury, no, the necessity, of the creative gifts available during this time is self-nurturing of the highest order.</p>
<p><strong>New Beginnings</strong></p>
<p>New beginnings bring excitement, inspiration, and discombobulating stress.  The wonder of newness and uncharted waters is both exhilarating and scary.  New places, people, skills, and experiences serve to stretch and challenge us to become more of who we really are.  Continuing to move toward the essence<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span>of our dreams, without attachment to the timing or form they might take, invites for new beginnings to unfold beyond our wildest imaginings.</p>
<p>While the change process appears linear here, it is truly much more fluid.  Grief can be dancing with flashes of creativity as glimpses of possible new beginnings arise.  Participating fully with the changes we face by allowing whatever comes up to flow through us with as little resistance as possible guarantees an incredible ride.  We have chosen to live in these exciting, unsettling times.   The disappearance of external anchors that used to keep us afloat is urging us to find our source of potency, joy and clarity within ourselves.  All that was nailed down is coming loose so we can stand in our truth, fly with spirit and steer with our hearts!</p>
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		<title>FORGIVENESS &#8211; The Path to Healing and Joy by Judith Joyce</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To forgive is &#8220;to give up resentment against or the desire to punish; to pardon an offense or offender&#8221; according to Webster&#8217;s Dictionary.  The path to forgiveness begins with willingness and release. Everything is blocked until you are willing to release  the resentment, anger, hurt, and  judgment to which you&#8217;re clinging. Willingness is frequently a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To forgive is &#8220;to give up resentment against or the desire to punish; to pardon an offense or offender&#8221; according to Webster&#8217;s Dictionary.  The path to forgiveness begins with willingness and release. Everything is blocked until you are willing to release  the resentment, anger, hurt, and  judgment to which you&#8217;re clinging.</p>
<p>Willingness is frequently a large hurdle.  Being willing requires you to open yourself to change. What does that bring up for you? When your resistance is strong, ask yourself if you are willing to be willing.  Could your discomfort around willingness be connected to your strong will and need to tenaciously hold onto whatever belief or feeling you&#8217;re clinging to?  Do you have a deep need to be right?  If so, that will adversely affect your ability to let go, forgive others and yourself.  That need for rightness &#8211; a la control -  masks fears of making mistakes, being “wrong” or appearing to be a failure.  What if there is no right or wrong, good or bad, success or failure?  They are all judgments not facts.  Judgments of any kind will stop energy faster than anything thus keeping you stuck with no chance for change.  Being willing to change your beliefs/points of view allows you to shift from judging others and yourself to being compassionate towards others and yourself.</p>
<p>Gerald G.  Jampolsky, M.D. in his book, “Teach Only Love”, lists seven principles of Attitudinal Healing.  The seventh principle is “Forgiveness is the way to true health and happiness.  By not judging, we release the past and let go of our fears of the future.  In so doing, we come to see that everyone is our teacher and that every circumstance is an opportunity for growth in happiness, peace and love.”  As I have practiced seeing each person I encounter on my path as a teacher and mirror, it not only allows me to release judgment but also to learn so much more about myself.  We are all pilgrims on the path &#8211; each of us having our distinct path and yet sharing the same path with everyone.</p>
<p>During the early years of my conscious growing process, my focus around forgiveness was on forgiving others – especially my parents for what they had done or not done to me or with me.  Once I detached from them as my parents and saw them as people with wounds, history, baggage, and fears who were doing the best they could at the time, I let them off the hook I had hung them on for years.</p>
<p>Later I learned the importance of forgiving myself.  What a concept!!  In many ways this has been much harder because the harm I do to myself is covered by my blind spots, therefore much more subtle.  My inner critic or judge has always been quite harsh – keeping my self-esteem low and my guilt high.  My perfectionist tendencies and my belief that I’m not good enough, smart enough, helpful enough, thoughtful enough, capable enough etc, etc, etc.  are products of the frequent comments of my internal judge.  So in order for me to stop or at least slow down the judging of others, I first needed to release my need to criticize myself.  One of the truths about forgiveness is that whatever hurt or anger I hold onto about another person or event is only hurting me and keeping me from achieving inner peace.  &#8220;Forgiveness brings peace of mind which creates health&#8221; according to Gerald Jampolsky’s first principle of Attitudinal Healing.</p>
<p>Any pain you feel from someone&#8217;s actions or words is caused because you are taking it as a personal attack.  Whatever someone does &#8220;to&#8221; you has nothing to do with you!  Your hurtful, angry response reflects what you consciously or unconsciously believe about yourself, thus making revenge useless.  Letting go of these lies allows the pain to subside so the healing process can begin.</p>
<p>When we are willing to release our fears, grudges, and hurts, we open ourselves to receive more light into our lives and ourselves thus allowing us to shine that light in the world.   And, there is no greater joy than living from the heart using the talents and gifts only you were given.  Forgiving yourself and others allows you to release into peace and joy inviting endless possibilities to appear.</p>
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		<title>Did You Know That Diets Make You Fat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em><strong>&#8220;The  Inner Weigh&#8221; DVD and the current &#8220;Fall In Love With Your Body&#8221;  Tele-class&#8230;&#8230;.A dynamic duo to start your New Year and transform your  life!!</strong></em></p>
<p>Have you resolved that this will finally be the year you lose those extra pounds?</p>
<p>If you are among the millions who are overweight or obese, it&#8217;s a great target to have as you move toward a happier, healthier, and longer life.</p>
<p>Is dieting your solution– despite having tried it time and time again while continually being told it&#8217;s the best way to lose weight?</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s the</strong> <strong>TRUTH? </strong>Studies show that people who go on diets are the most likely to <strong>gain weight.</strong> That’s right, <strong>diets make you fat! </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Despite a $70 billion diet industry, two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, and the numbers keep growing.  In America alone, over 80 million people will diet this year, <strong>and, 95% of them will gain back all of the weight</strong><strong> they lose . . . or more</strong><strong>!</strong></p>
<p>Have you started to realize <strong>diets don&#8217;t work</strong> yet don&#8217;t know what else is possible?</p>
<p>Are you are sick of being overweight, dieting, and hating yourself?</p>
<p>There is another way!  A new documentary film called, <strong>THE INNER WEIGH™</strong><strong>, </strong> shows you how you can <strong>LOVE </strong>your body, <strong>EAT</strong> what you want, and <strong>NEVER </strong>diet again!</p>
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<p><strong>Click here to watch the powerful trailer and learn more about this amazing film: </strong><a title="The Inner Weigh" href="http://www.theinnerweigh.com/cmd.php?af=1291439" target="_blank">The Inner Weigh</a><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>THE INNER WEIGH™</strong> is based upon the universal, spiritual principle of “the Law of Attraction” and the power of the subconscious mind.  <strong> </strong>You&#8217;ll discover incredible insights on weight loss from twenty of the top experts in the fields of nutrition, weight loss, spirituality, and the mind.  Many of these teachers have overcome their own personal issues with food, weight, body image and self-esteem by using <strong>THE INNER WEIGH™.</strong> All of them are here to help you.</p>
<p>This film is getting rave reviews from people just like you who have vowed to start loving their bodies and living their best life:</p>
<p><strong>“</strong><strong>THE INNER WEIGH™</strong><em>tape made me cry! It really</em><br />
<em>makes so much sense. I can now see how I have been</em><br />
<em>sabotaging myself.  I really need to love myself better</em><br />
<em>than that.  Thank you for showing me how. I am going</em><br />
<em>to get started right away.” </em><br />
<strong> Velda J., Fort Worth, TX </strong></p>
<p><em>“Thanks for the reminder that everything I need to be</em><br />
<em>the best me I can be is, and always has been, inside me</em><br />
<em>and that I can love myself with the same unconditional</em><br />
<em>love I have for my children!”</em><br />
<strong> Tamara C., San Antonio, TX</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><span><strong>CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TRAILER AND</strong><strong> </strong></span></p>
<p><span><strong>LEARN MORE:</strong></span> <a title="The Inner Weigh" href="http://www.theinnerweigh.com/cmd.php?af=1291439">The Inner Weigh</a><span> </span></p>
<p>Experts in the film include renowned teachers like Bob Proctor, Victoria Moran, Dr. Gay Hendricks, Mary Morrisey, Peggy McColl, Bonnie MeChelle, Dr. Andrea<br />
Pennington, Bronwyn Marmo, Dr. Matthew B. James, Andréa Albright, Debbie Johnson, Janice Taylor, Karly Randolph Pitman, Renée Stephens, Elyse Resch,<br />
Alfonso De Rose, Suyin Nichols, and more!</p>
<p>Here is what Michael Beckwith, star of <em>The Secret</em>, had<br />
to say about <strong>THE INNER WEIGH™ </strong>after he watched it:</p>
<p><em>“This film offers a wise alternative to faddish products</em><br />
<em>and instead supports the viewer in transforming emotional</em><br />
<em>hungers into spiritual nourishment that creates peace of</em><br />
<em>mind, heart, and spirit.”</em><br />
<strong> Michael Bernard Beckwith,</strong><strong>author of </strong><em>Spiritual</em><br />
<em> Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul’s Potential</em></p>
<p>So, I invite you to take a moment and <strong>check it out now</strong>.<br />
This is the kind of film that can <strong>change your life forever</strong></p>
<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TRAILER AND</strong><br />
<strong>LEARN MORE:</strong> <strong> </strong><a title="The Inner Weigh" href="http://www.theinnerweigh.com/cmd.php?af=1291439">The Inner Weigh</a></p>
<p><em>“</em><strong>THE INNER WEIGH™</strong><em>DVD has provided me with life</em><br />
<em>changing information and therefore, I am motivated to</em><br />
<em>let you know that my life has been transformed in a</em><br />
<em>short space of time.  I know that I still have a long</em><br />
<em>journey ahead of me, but, it is no accident that I came</em><br />
<em>across this information when I was searching for a</em><br />
<em>program or method that would assist me to become</em><br />
<em>balanced with my weight.” </em><br />
<strong> Grace T, Festus, MO </strong></p>
<p><em>“I watched the film last night and was transformed. God</em><br />
<em>used your production to reveal to me that my weight</em><br />
<em>issues are related to my Inner Child.  I&#8217;m already doing</em><br />
<em>the positive visualization and feel the results.  I’m forever</em><br />
<em>grateful!”</em><br />
<strong> Zuly P., Bakersfield, CA</strong></p>
<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TRAILER AND</strong><br />
<strong>LEARN MORE:</strong><strong> </strong><strong> </strong><a title="The Inner Weigh" href="http://www.theinnerweigh.com/cmd.php?af=1291439">The Inner Weigh</a></p>
<p>May joy, peace, health and well being fill your journey,</p>
<p><em><strong>Judith Joyce</strong></em><strong><br />
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<p>P.S.  If you deny your soul’s passion, your dreams,<br />
your deep emotions, you will end up stuffing it all<br />
down with food.  No diet can help you change that.</p>
<p>Watching <strong>THE INNER WEIGH™ </strong>is your opportunity to<br />
create positive change for yourself for the rest of your life,<br />
starting now.</p>
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<strong>LEARN MORE: </strong><strong> </strong><a title="The Inner Weigh" href="http://www.theinnerweigh.com/cmd.php?af=1291439">The Inner Weigh</a><strong> </strong></p>
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		<title>2011 &#8211; THE YEAR OF &#8220;STEPPING UP&#8221;   Releasing Your Fears, Accessing Your Potential   by Judith Joyce</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marianne Williamson&#8217;s &#8220;Our Greatest Fear&#8221; provides a powerful reminder: &#8220;Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marianne Williamson&#8217;s &#8220;Our Greatest Fear&#8221; provides a powerful reminder:</p>
<p>&#8220;Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.<br />
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.<br />
It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.</p>
<p>We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?<br />
Actually, who are you not to be?<br />
You are a child of God.<br />
Your playing small does not serve the world.<br />
There&#8217;s nothing enlightened bout shrinking so that other people won&#8217;t feel insecure around you.</p>
<p>We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.<br />
It&#8217;s not just in some of us; it&#8217;s in everyone.<br />
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people<br />
permission to do the same.</p>
<p>As we are liberated from our own fear,<br />
Our presence automatically liberates others.&#8221;</p>
<p>She eloquently calls each of us to &#8220;step up to the plate&#8221; by not only claiming our gifts and talents, but also offering what is ours to contribute to our own health and well being as well as that of the planet while generating the life of our dreams.</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s Stopping You?</strong></p>
<p>Have you been searching for what you are &#8220;supposed to&#8221; DO as your life purpose?  First, the words &#8220;supposed to&#8221;, &#8220;have to&#8221;, &#8220;should&#8221; and &#8220;ought to&#8221; beg the question &#8220;Who says?&#8221;  These are commands or warnings from parents, teachers, religious leaders, bosses and/or spouses to ensure you conform to conventional wisdom, societal customs and/or beliefs so you don&#8217;t rock the boat.  Allowing these words and beliefs to run your life keeps your potential constrained at best or debilitated at worst.  People pleasing, which causes you to lose all of who you are to ensure everyone else is happy, is another behavior that robs you of living your life.  Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?</p>
<p>We are called human beings not human doings for a reason.  Our purpose is to BE all of the unique being we are.  The distraction of our &#8220;doing&#8221; addiction feeds the ego while continuing our efforts to keep the boat from rocking.  Judgment and saying &#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8221; will stop energy faster than anything.  Notice how often you are interspersing &#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8221; with judging yourself and others. Believing you don&#8217;t know is a lie.  You&#8217;ve just buried that knowing to validate other&#8217;s wishes/expectations of you.  Judgment, also a lie, reinforces what others have told you about yourself, again pressuring you to conform to lessen others&#8217; discomfort.  After leaving a lucrative corporate career to start my own business, I was frequently asked, &#8220;How&#8217;s your business going?&#8221;  I felt compelled to provide a positive answer even though I was only 3 months into creating my business.  A wise friend told me that what I&#8217;d done deeply impacted those who knew me and really wanted to take that leap but were too afraid.  Their questions were an attempt to ease their discomfort by trying to bring me back into the fold.  My positive answers were meant to reinforce to them and me that I&#8217;d made the right choice.  Are your fears of not being good enough, that someone else has already thought it/done it, worrying what people will think, not having the money or the backing, it being too much work, failing and/or losing friends and family growing steadily?  Do these excuses feel heavier or lighter?  If they feel heavier, they are lies for you.  If they feel lighter, they are truth for you.</p>
<p><strong>Releasing Your Fears</strong></p>
<p>1.    Fear, an acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real, is always future based and a lie.  Return to the present moment, which is really all you ever have, where things are always fine.<br />
2.    Lovingly embrace your feelings allowing them to surface and dissipate.<br />
3.    Review the outcomes of leaps you&#8217;ve experienced.  What gifts and blessings did you receive that you couldn&#8217;t have imagined?  Acknowledge and be grateful for the gifts you&#8217;ve received from the people, places and things of your past that will always be with you to lift your spirits and support your next steps.  Create a Gratitude List and post it in a prominent place.<br />
4.    Per Wayne Dyer&#8217;s book, &#8220;Your Erroneous Zones&#8221;, there are no right or wrong decisions, only choices you make with available information.  As you follow your chosen path, more data is gathered guiding your next choices including course corrections.  Nothing is forever and you are always at choice.<br />
5.    Stop increasing your fear by judging anything, including yourself, as right or wrong, success or failure, good or bad thus stopping movement immediately.<br />
6.    Deepen your faith, peace, connection with your truth, and/or God/Spirit, however you define that, through journaling, spending time in nature, meditation or whatever brings you to stillness.<br />
7.    Realize that all changes are invitations to living more fully from your authentic self and purpose.<br />
8.    The Universe/Spirit/God hasn&#8217;t brought you this far to drop you now.  Everything is possible when you have faith.<br />
9.    Release your desire to control what other people will think.  How YOU relate to what&#8217;s happening is the only thing in life you can control.<br />
10.    People who choose to leave your life create space for great new people to arrive who resonate with your real self.</p>
<p><strong>Accessing Your Potential<br />
</strong><br />
Potential is defined as &#8220;the inherent ability or capacity for growth, development or coming into being&#8221;.  Clues and validation of your gifts, talents, abilities are constantly supporting you to come into being all of who you are.  Yet the high value our culture puts on hard work, multi-tasking and long hours can effectively bury your awareness of what brings you joy while ensuring that nothing done easily and quickly is seen as valuable.  My mother&#8217;s favorite sayings, &#8220;Working my fingers to the bone&#8221; and &#8220;Working myself to death&#8221; sowed the seeds quite early for my becoming a workaholic resulting in several bouts with burnout and health issues.  How can you discover your potential?<br />
Ask yourself, and those who know you, the following questions, then spend time with the answers:</p>
<p>1.    What do you love to do?<br />
2.    What comes easily and quickly that inspires people to frequently compliment you?<br />
3.    What are you doing when you stay focused and engaged, losing all track of time?<br />
4.    What energizes and excites you that feels playful?<br />
5.    What dream(s) have you had for many years?<br />
6.    Who/what can support you in owning more of your potential?<br />
7.    How could accessing your potential contribute to your life and life on the planet?</p>
<p>Was it hard to receive the answers from yourself and others?  Did you immediately dismiss some or all of the compliments and responses?  Do you believe you deserve to have the life of your dreams?  If not, why?  What keeps you from trusting yourself and receiving compliments and support?  Write what immediately comes to mind.  Difficulties receiving and owning what you deserve are blocking you from truly claiming your potential as the phenomenal being you are.  Does it feel lighter or heavier to continue to hold onto those blocks?</p>
<p>Your illuminating answers can light the path to greater awareness and clarity.  Many women struggle with accessing our potential as it challenges the caretaker programming we&#8217;ve had for eons to ensure everyone else&#8217;s needs are met, leaving us and our needs, talents and abilities at the gate.  If not now, when will you connect with how gorgeous, talented, brilliant and fabulous you are?  It&#8217;s your time to change the world by shining your light so other can shine theirs!  The world is waiting&#8230;&#8230;.What else is possible?</p>
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<h3>What Is “Running the BARS?”</h3>
<p>A dynamic, hands-on process that has created massive amounts of change for people all over the world channeled by Gary Douglas of Access Consciousness.</p>
<h3>What Are the BARS?</h3>
<p>They are 32 bars of energy that run through and around your head storing the electromagnetic component of all the decisions, judgments,  thoughts, and beliefs you’ve ever had about anything. There are  bars for Healing, Body, Control, Awareness, Creativity, Power, Aging,  Sex and Money to name a few. Each thought, idea, attitude, decision  or belief that you have fixed in place solidifies the energy and limits  your capacity to be generative in that area.</p>
<p>Have you ever tried to talk to someone who has his/her mind made up  about something? Is it like trying to get through a brick wall? That’s  because it IS a wall, an energetic wall. Every time you take a point of  view, like “I’m never doing  that again!” another wall is created.  Fortunately, this can be changed easily and quickly by allowing  these barriers to dissipate opening the door of possibilities!</p>
<h3>How Does the Process Work?</h3>
<p>“Running the Bars” is a simple, non-invasive, energy process where  the facilitator lightly touches each point on the head allowing the  barrier to dissipate releasing the electromagnetic charge. Eliminating  stuck energy is like deleting files off your computer. This incredibly  dynamic process will not only leave you feeling refreshed and relaxed as  if you have had a deep restful sleep or a really great massage, you may  feel a sense of space that can also open more possibilities for you  that change your life. Running the BARS on children before exams can  have a dramatic effect on their grades. Pregnant women report that labor  is much shorter and the birthing process is much easier. Many people  report that it assists them in sleeping more soundly.</p>
<p><strong>What else is possible?  How does it get any better than this?</strong></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Featured Service &#8211; Life/Business Coaching</title>
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		<dc:creator>Judith Joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is your life/business in transition? Are your relationships (including the one with yourself) fulfilling and nurturing? Does fear engulf you and keep you stuck? Do you continue to repeat destructive behaviors with the same people and then beat yourself up for doing it? Can you feel the life/business that is calling you and yet can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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<p>Are your relationships (including the one with yourself) fulfilling and nurturing?</p>
<p>Does fear engulf you and keep you stuck?</p>
<p>Do you continue to repeat destructive behaviors with the same people and then beat yourself up for doing it?</p>
<p>Can you feel the life/business that is calling you and yet can&#8217;t seem to get there?</p>
<p>Claim your potency through connecting with your true self!<br />
Learn new skills and gain new perspectives by accessing your inner navigation system or GPS — Guidance Positioning System to</p>
<p>* Increase access to and confidence in your intuition<br />
* Learn effective and quick processes to reduce stress<br />
* Increase self awareness and confidence<br />
* Accurately read and trust the signals from your feelings and body<br />
* Become more aware of and utilize your gifts and talents<br />
* Improve personal/business relationships<br />
* Gain new perspectives/skills for problem solving and handling conflict<br />
* Increase creativity, fun and intimacy in your life and business!</p>
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