How to Bring Your Emotions in Line With Your Spine

Posted on Balanced Body, Balanced Mind and Soul | May 15, 2012 | 12 Comments

By guest author Beth Wilson

I’ve been seeing a chiropractor for several weeks to ease acute lower back and neck pain aggravated by years of “managing” a deteriorating spinal condition.

“Managing” is my way of saying I’ve been coping with the pain on my own, thank you very much. Over the years, I’ve tried medications, bone-cracking chiropractic, physical therapy, injections and the list goes on, all with varying degrees of success. I’ve never considered a long-term, slow-action plan because, well, I’m an instant fix, fast-action kind of gal.

Until now.

In my opinion, my chiropractor is a holistic doctor; she doesn’t just adjust me, she listens – and even asks questions of my body – and works on me according to the answers she receives. She’s also an intuitive healer. She can often simply lay her hands on me and know if my internal body parts are misfiring – once she said my spleen was inflamed and then worked to relieve it!

I love what my doc is doing for me – even if it is at least a six-month, intensive project.

Emotional Realignment

Too bad she can’t adjust the emotional side of me and correct my mental misalignments while she works on correcting my spine.

I wish she could wave a magic wand over me and suddenly, poof!, my body and emotions would transform into a beautiful homeostatic tower of balance.

Or maybe she could at least hook me up with someone who could work in tandem with her efforts.

Does such a person even exist?

Oh yes . . . that person is ME!

Huh? Balance it more »

Using a Balanced Approach To Restore My Health

Posted on Balanced Body, Real People, Real Balance | May 12, 2012 | 2 Comments

By guest author Tony Rovere

Like so many people I exercised and kept in great shape when I was in my teens and 20’s.  But as my 20’s started to turn to my 30’s, that was when it seemed that the pressures of life started to hit me.  And that means longer hours at work, more responsibilities with the family and ultimately less time for yourself.

The net result of the situation is that I, like many people, started to put a few pounds on.  And a few extra pounds each year ended up turning into an extra 60 pounds and a 252 pound bodyweight by age 36.

I was still working 12 hours a day and carrying all of the extra baggage when something started to happen…my body started to rebel.  All of a sudden I started having stabbing pains in my chest.  These pains then began to increase in intensity and frequency…and I realized that I starting to experience the first signs of heart disease.

Simply put, 36 years old is too young to start thinking about a heart attack, but I knew that day was coming…and if I didn’t make changes, it was going to come sooner as opposed to later.

But then the big question becomes…with all of responsibilities how do I find the time to do this?  In other words, how do I live a life of balance.  And while I didn’t realize it at the time [this was 4 years ago] I started following some of the advice you will find through the BalanceInMe website.

First of all, I needed a plan and that involved me doing the following: Balance it more »

14 Effective Ways to Survive a Stressful Day at Work

Posted on Work/Life Balance | May 8, 2012 | 20 Comments

By guest author Ani Chibukhchyan

I was weeping uncontrollably in our office bathroom for almost half an hour…

Big international telecom company was going to launch in our country and fortunately (or unfortunately) I was part of the team of people who were supposed to make this happen.

We all had long months of overtime, sleepless nights, terribly high stress level and very high responsibility preasure. We were carrying the burden of high expectations and the fear of failure on our shoulders.

As a result, once in a while, one of us was losing control and breaking into tears with no particular reason.

Of course, this was an exceptional period. But even in normal working days there are many annoying moments, stressful situations and problems waiting for your solutions.

It’s a challenge to keep your high spirit and stay sane in stressful working days.

Here are some easy tips I used in order to avoid another weeping session in the office bathroom.

And guess what? They worked! Balance it more »

Saying Yes to Change: an interview with Alex Blackwell

Posted on Book Reviews/Interviews | May 4, 2012 | No Comments

By Anastasiya Goers
Did you ever want to change something about yourself?

While we all want to believe that we know how to live our lives at some point we realize that our strategy probably wasn’t the best one. (Of course, you won’t have this realization if you already feel that your life is in balance.)

Change is an essential part of life balance because you can’t grow as a person without changing your habits, lifestyle and your attitude. However, making that change is not always easy.

The first, and most difficult, step is admitting that you were wrong. If the change involves only you then this first step is not too bad (for example, if you know that you need to lose weight you can admit that your diet previously wasn’t the best choice.) However, admitting that you were wrong in a relationship, in your attitude at or towards work as well as many other life situations becomes increasingly more difficult.

And, most importantly, no life balance can be achieved without the Change.

A blogging friend of mine Alex Blackwell of The BridgeMaker has just released his first book Saying Yes to Change: 10 Timeless Life Lessons for Creating Positive Change which is now available on Amazon. I had an opportunity to read the book and to ask Alex a few questions. I think that everyone will benefit from the lessons shared by Alex in his book and in this interview. Balance it more »

The Art of the Sale: Review and Giveaway

Posted on Book Reviews/Interviews | April 27, 2012 | 4 Comments

By Anastasiya Goers

Important Note: This post contains a giveaway. If you are reading this in your inbox or RSS reader you may want to click here to participate.

Last week I was invited to my friend’s jewelry party. She is starting her Premier jewelry business so I wanted to support her during her first show (if you are interested, friend Abigail Russo on Facebook and you’ll get a chance to be invited to her Facebook jewelry party – coming soon.)

The show was fun and enjoyable but most of all it was very educational for me. I am definitely not a person who can start a business like this and be successful at it. I am not a saleswoman… But after the show I had one question “Should I really try to be more of a sales person?”

If you think about it, our entire life today is focused on sales. The idea of pretty much any business is to sell something.

If you are looking for a job, you are technically “selling” your skills to the employer and the better you can present yourself the better price/salary you will get.

When we start looking for a partner we are trying to “sell” ourselves to the person we like. I know it sounds a little weird, but when you start/ed dating didn’t you try to look “wow” every time you went out on a date? Balance it more »