Fantastic Friday to you!
How was it fantastic for you?
For me, let me count some ways:
1. I got to work early to cover for a coworker who wasn't feeling very well. And since the phones were quiet, another co-worker was able to show me pictures of his family and home in India!
2. I had printed out the Million Mom Movement pledge so I could glance at it throughout my shift reminding me of the things you see on the pic.
3. Enjoyed potluck by selecting the best foods available and didn't even entertain the idea of even looking at the donuts or other sweets.
I did feel pretty drained/sleepy about half hour after eating.
Great bonding with the team.
4. While on the train, I was looking at my last text message to a really good friend and noticed she hadn't responded to any of my texts. For whatever reason, her mobile number was missing from my phone! But her home one was there, si I called it.
To my surprise she answered! She was so surprised to hear my voice too!
We had a great chat from the time u called her in Scarborough to the time I was walking across the 401.
Sometimes the Universe just delivers gifts in the most mysterious ways ;) just follow the lead.
5. I had an awesome relaxing date with Husband. We chatted and ate responsibly. See the pic of the plate of food I gathered from the all-you-can-eat buffet. I also cheered (quietly with a big smile) when I would see other diners choosing from the salad bar.
No artificial sweets for me this time, and I did not miss it! It is great feeling just satisfied (not stuffed) after a meal.
6. Going to bed now counting my blessings...
May you take your dreams to bed,
Kim
I got up this morning with sore eyes, but rolled out and stretched grateful to be alive, the only one awake to bask in the dark silence.
By the end of my total body gymnastics routine for every joint in my body, my eyes were feeling brighter and lubricated.
My day started out nice and quiet at work allowing me to put together the Million Mom Movement pledge on a 8.5" by 11" sheet of paper.
As the morning continued, I felt hungry so I munched on my organic celery, organic raw almonds and raw organic (Prana Nuts were at such a good deal at Winners!).
I was actually feeling a little irritated working. My calls were long, it felt difficult understanding and communicating... And I felt that I would much rather be doing something else that I am really called to do.
But, here is my Gratitude list:
1. Those sincere 'thank you's and 'you are really patient' comments reminded me of always loving first before any other feeling.
So just remember when you are going throughout your day, the language and wishes you send to people really do collectively affect a person's thoughts.
By leading with the heart, others will also meet you with theirs.
2. My little one was well enough to go back to daycare today! So much thanks go to my mom for always being there to help us despite her crazy schedule. Thank you to my dad who brings her here and picks her up again. I love you.
3. Feeling slimmer, less squished flesh when I pull my chin toward my neck :) I wanted to weigh myself when I got home, but decided to stick with my plan of only one weigh-in per week.
4. A beautiful supper prepared for me by Husband... Just look at how beautiful that egg is! Thank you! I love you.
5. Every Thursday after swimkids I have bought something junky for my little swimmer... Until tonight!
Look how she chugged that yummy organic gmo free dense super food! Feeling relief... There is a way to get good stuff into our kids.
Feeling blessed. May you bring your dreams to bed with you,
Kim
What a great day full of energy!
I started off my day the usual way when I heard my quiet harp music. I turned out of bed, reached toward the ceiling in a deep stretch.
Then I proceeded to the washroom then kitchen where I took my amino tablets with plenty of hot water.
I prayed, sipped in silence, Donna Eden's five minute energy routine followed by whole body joint gymnastics (no, I wasn't doing cart wheels) by candlelight.
Then I was ready to make lunches, pack backpacks and get ready to go to work.
I felt SO energized that I could hardly believe it.
I enjoyed the moments of my day.
Tomorrow is day 2, and I am looking forward to a great night of deep sleep after taking the apothecherry... Yum yum!
Now sweet dreams!
Kim
Hello friends!
Happy CHOOSEday to you.
Guess what finally arrived in the mail today?
My 90 day pledge starts tomorrow morning! Join me.
The only other person more excited than me was my little girl... And Little boy with a cold. They actually fought over super food... Well, then again isn't that more worth it than a slice of pizza?
On a seemingly unrelated topic, I have been listening to recordings and videos on manifesting your dreams...
Well, this weekend I walked into the living room where my youngest was watching Mr. Rogers. I walked in St the precise moment when he told the audience that play is very powerful.
Mr. Rogers used to play pretend that he was a song writer. He pretended that he wrote songs to sing to a TV audience... And there he was talking to us about it on TV!
It also reminded me of how Dr. Wayne Dyer used to assume the feeling of business being s guest on the Steve Allen show... Years later, he was on that sow several times!
Think about all the things that you now have, and may actually take for granted, that you once could only wish for. Look at all the thibg s you have now. They all started with desire.
Feel free to dream! Take action. Then walk into your dream... Ahhhh :) enjoy the journey.
To your success,
Coach Kim Sit
Nice surprises:
1. Bumped into a Farmers Market friend at the pizza store.
2. Able to chat with a friend in British Columbia for a few minutes.
3. My little girl dressed herself after swimkids even though I am much better than two weeks ago... Si there are always positives coming out of what may seem to be a negative event ;)
4. A text from a friend in Ottawa.
5. Discovering things about myself that I hadn't realised through a writing exercise.
6. My little boy was playing with some new toys that he was really interested in. Nice of Husband to surprise him with them.
Thank you, Thursday!
Kim
What an amazing day!
I got up feeling pain in my in my tailbone, but I got out of bed, continued with my morning Hour of Power, as Anthony Robbins, would call it. It is a must for me.
Taking care of me allows be to better serve this world. And it also feels great to feel awesome!
I got to see my little boy waiting all dressed in his snow gear, back pack and all for his school bus. He controlled himself... He used to dive into the snow without regard d for what we asked, but today I could see that he was more mature. She waited outside by himself.
When the school bus arrived, he got on and sat in his seat.
Wow.
He is such an amazing kid with so many gifts. I just want to help him shine those gifts our into this world!
Then I got the rare occasion of walking my two little ones in the snow to school. The little girl had no issues getting ready. We actually made it out the door about one minute ahead of schedule.
Can I express to you in words what a calm joy it was to partake in a ritual that is so basic but now rare because I commute to the city for the work week? I want to be able to take them every day. I want to be able too attend any and all of their events.
Following that, I walked to the bus stop in the deepening falling snow. It was beautiful.
While walking, I listened to teachings. Then I had an awesome doctors appointment where I met a woman who was going to turn 82 in two weeks but looked like she was only 60!
Following that, I found myself at a cafe with WiFi so that I could call skme amazing friends.
As I got on the bus, I knew I would stop in to visit some friends at a clinic. As always, it is great connecting.
Then, as I shovelled the driveway and sidewalks, I continued listening. I knew that it was time for a fundamental shift.
I want to spend more time doing the things that are important to me like playing piano and making bracelets with my daughter... And less time shovelling, weeding and cleaning the house.
And we have do many choices to make every day. Let's book present and conscientious of what we choose.
Happy Choose day!
Thank you for joining in on my thoughts this beautiful frosty Thursday!
Yesterday I write about the specifics of what u wanted. Today bi want to share the WHY.
Why do I want PEAK health?
1. So that I can demonstrate to everyone including my mom, my sisters that they can do better for themselves if they truly desire it.
I would also be living my talk. My word is golden; and I do what I say.
2. So that I can have the energy to help my family thrive. So. I would have the energy, patience and wit to guide my children to be responsible people. Responsible means to be response able.
So that I have sustainable and steady energy throughout the day to give classes, to do happy healthy hours, call people and clinics to share the message of natural vibrant health.
So that I have the energy to travel the world, to move people through speaking, writing and blogging.
So that I have the energy and clarity of mind to write articles, books and proposals to sway people and shifting to a greener and cleaner lifestyle.
So that I have energy to take care and play with my family. So that I have energy to play, practice piano, languages, garden... Run, fly, swim, jump, skip, dance... excetera.
3. So that I would have the energy and leverage to help my son Remy to shine his light and wisdom to this world. He has so much insight that is locked within him that I feel needs to be expressed so that the world can benefit.
Tomorrow I will go through an Ebenezer Scrooge exercise. You will want to tune in then; thanks so much. Have a great night!
Your fun-loving health coach,
Kim
This morning I write on the train about what I was disturbed about.
As I wrote, I could feel the energy rising inside. I was gathering fuel to ignite my brain storm to solutions!
I started off general and added specificities.
For example, I want to be in PEAK health. What does that look like? What does it mean?
To be in PEAK health, my weight is between 130 to 140 pounds. I have lean defined muscles. I am able to pull my whole body up with my arms holding onto a bar over my head. My joints are lubricated and move well. I am flexible and strong. I recover quickly (within 30 seconds) after running up two flights of stairs. I have steady endurance.
My mental focus is clear and sharp. My soft skin glows and has lots of elasticity. I see perfectly without the use of eye glasses or contact lenses. In fact, I have the legal requirement of needing to wear corrective lenses to operate a vehicle!
I love this inner wave of momentum. Let's keep it going.
Tomorrow I will add more specifics. Then I will start to unveil my Why.
After deciding what your disturbances are, what is one thing that you want? What are your specifics? What are the details of your desire?
Blissful blessings,
Kim
I have been listening to Anthony Robbin's The Edge, and speaks about 7 steps to Conscious Change.
The first step is to get disturbed. Yes, that is right: GET DISTURBED.
Now, most people who know me, know me rather as a calm positive person. I say Ihat I can do anything I really want to and put my mind to.
However, there are some things that Ihave not acheived yet. For example, getting my body in the physical condition that Iwant. Yes, I have made improvements, but i want to move forward... and I have wanted to move forward for a long enough time.
Robbins says that you have to come to be honest with yourself. Once you are honest with yourself and admit that something is wrong (wrong meaning, something is not up to your standard, something that is not aligned with you), then that is the first step in creating conscious change.
When he put it that way, there are sveral things that disturb me: not spending the quality time I want with each of my children, not diligently ameliorating my family's diet, spending my waking hours working on something other than what I am totally meant to do...
So, it starts. Getting disturbed gets you on the road to make the shift toward another path.
Tomorrow I'll continue to share the next steps to conscious change.
What things are you disturbed about? What are you not totally satisfied with? What do you want to change?
To your success,
Kim
Hi, guys
Thanks so much for reading.
I am typing to you from a sub waiting room for fractures at the ER. As you know from yesterday's post, I had sustained an injury to my tailbone when the train arrived then jerked at my station. I managed to get off the train in pain.
Well, I wrote the above on Friday morning while at the hospital. It's now Monday evening... and Iam lying on my belly typing this post :)
I am so thrilled to be able to get to work today. It's a Marvelous Monday.
Happy Year of the Monkey!
What are you celebrating today?
Lots of love,
Kim
First of all, a big Happy birthday to my friends Chrissy and Jenny! You know you are loved :)
Thankful for today:
1. An unexpected phone call from s new friend!
2. Being able to walk home after sustaining injury from getting off the train. Grateful to have mobility... Now as I lie here in a lot of pain, I am grateful to have this experience so u can better understand others who have had injuries and are affected by pain.
Also grateful for the allopathic medicine for acute situations like this one.
3. My daughter, urged by my temporary disability to bend or move as I normally do, changed and dressed herself after swimkids. She also carried the basket of groceries to the check-out.
Peace,
Kim
What a wonderful day!
I first started out with my sacred sip in silence ritual followed by my daily total body gymnastics routine, my apppeberry Power Shake before making lunches. When you start your day this way, you feel so much more peace, calmness and enthusiasm for the whole day.
I love my morning alone time.
Cool things about my friends and family today:
1. My eldest son's school had sent home a dance-a-thon fundraising form and envelope. I took it to work the last three days but forgot to take it out. This morning I remembered to do so.
Well, I didn't even say much to my wonderful co-workers... I told a couple of ladies that my son was doing a dance-a-thon, showed up them the paper, then left for lunch.
Soon after lunch, I was wondering where my envelop had gone. Well, within two minutes of that thought (you've gotta love synchronicity!), a colleague came up to me with the form and a filled up envelop!
Collectively, we have already raised $26.50! How amazing is that. And people wanted to do it.
So thank you very much, my friends for your generous support. The funds raised will be used toward the purchase of educational equipment.
2. My daughter gradually became resistant to practicing piano over the last couple of months, and today she wouldn't even go in with her teacher.
This opened up am amazing opportunity to talk. The moment she walked into the music school her face was closed looking down. She shook her head for almost every question like "are you ready to play?"
As the Universe would make it, three piano teachers she had had were there at this talk in the waiting area，which normally would jave been full of other parents.
She wouldn't look at any of them. She kept her eyes low except to throw me some attitude glances.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"I don't know," she responded.
"No one is going to make you do piano if you don't want to. Mommy always wanted to take piano lessons as a kid. So if you don't, I will take the lessons."
"But you already know. You taught yourself."
The conversation contained I ttle snippets of how her teachers came to teach their instrument of choice. It was a great chance to learn about these gifted musicians.
Well, since the lesson was only half and hour, our five person chat soon came to an end, but we still had not reached a resolution.
Her teacher told her warmly that she hopes to see her next week.
Before heading out, we chatted with the school director. Just in talking, my daughter came up with the idea that she would watch me play with her teacher and then I would watch her for the rest of the lesson!
She was very excited about that.
"The you better write that down or else you are going to forget," she said.
Deal. Fellow readers, if I forget, please remind me! ;)
3. After leaving piano, the little girl decided that we would go to Giant Tiger because she wanted to get Daddy, Little R, Little M and Mommy (that's me) each a gift... Interesting because she had made a Bracelet Promise that she wouldn't spend any of her own money... Anyway, that is another blog post.
Well, when we got to the discount store, I picked up a couple of new pillows to replace the barf-destroyed ones, and then to her to hold.
Her state had shifted. She was more open and happier. Soon she forgot that she was there looking for presents for other people... But she came to the cookies section of the store. She asked me if she could have Oreos and other boxed snacks.
She would pass them to me for inspection the ingredients. This is typical, but this time I turned it to her to read the fine print.
"Your eyes are very good, so coukd you look out for a few words to avoid? They are 'hydrogenated', 'colour', and shortening'."
So with that she would pick up every boxed snack that she thought that she wanted and looked for those words. She would put back anything that contained any of those words.
Soon she was able to predict that colourful 'foods' contained colour in the ingredients. She could pronounce 'hydrogenated' so she would call it the H word.
By letting to do that instead lecturing, she felt empowered by deciding for herself. She found two packages that she liked that didn't contain any of the three words.
I bought it for her, and agreed to give her the unhealthy snack for the rest of the week.
Apparently she gets two snacks a day at school. The morning one is a healthy snack while the afternoon one is an unhealthy snack.
I am not not doubtful that snacks at her school are actually unhealthy, but how unhealthy is acceptable?
In any case, I am thrilled I will be joining her for piano and that she will now start to read the labels for herself and decide.
And tomorrow is Thankful Thursday... What is on your list?
Goodnight,
Kim
Hi, there!
I had been thinking about just reaching out to family and friends in the month of February to let them know how wonderful and important they (YOU) are, and this year I started it off by declaring to a friend that it's Family and Friendship Month.
Why?
Here are a few reasons:
1. In the provine of Ontario, where i live, Family Day (a statutory holiday) falls in the month of February. This is a day tor families.
2. Saint Valentine's Day also falls on this day. This is supposed to be a day to celebrate love... who actually knows about the history of Valentine's Day? Feel free to comment! It actually seems like another day that candy compies use to sell more sweets!
3. In Mexico, there is dia de la amistad - friendship day.
4. it begins with the letter F, and i think that makes it more fun to say ;) February is Family and Friendship month.
5. February is typically the most depressing month for people who live in the northern climates since it's cold (not really this year, though), blustery, short month... no fresh fruits or veggies locally... you get the picture.
6. It is a wonderful way of taking the time to let each other know we are appreciated and thought of.
So, what i intend to do is call someone every day during my walk (once it gets a little less noise from passing cars) home from the train station.
I am curious how you enjoy your February.
Keep having FUN!
Kim
