Gratitude List

Things I'm grateful for this month:

Buses and taxis- been having car problems.
Summer!
Libraries
Having my computer back- had computer problems recently.
My local computer shop
Pam Grout's books E-Squared and E-Cubed-I read the first one and have just reserved the second at the library.
Re-playing PS2 games- I've been playing Clock Tower 3 and Haunting Ground recently.
Discovering new self help/personal development websites

The Love Project- Family

Now it's time to move on to the family section of The Love Project! This is going to be quite a personal post which is scary for me but as I've said before, I'm trying  to be more open and vulnerable and I've been inspired by others sharing. :)

While we often love our families (I understand that not everyone does), they can also be difficult to get along with. Unlike with friends we don't necessarily choose our families. (In spiritual circles there's the theory that we do choose them before we're born but we don't tend to consciously choose them on earth). They are our first relationships so family is very important.

These days there are lots of different types of familes and it's really interesting to see. I'm mixed race (African and English, little bit Scottish!) and despite my parents splitting up when I was little, it was still normal to me to come from an interracial family so I love seeing more mixed families represented on TV and just seeing them round day to day. Gay families are also more "visible" nowadays and I think it's good that there are options for gay couples to have children. Single parent families have been stereotyped over the years and have had stigma attached but I hope that's changing too.

Gratitude List

Things I'm grateful for this month:

Buses
The 3rd series of The X-Files starting on Spike
Harris & Hoole- I wanted a McDonald's iced frappe last week but their machine was broken so I had a mocha iced coffee from Harris & Hoole instead.
Sitting in a display Mini at my local shopping centre!
Red velvet cake- been sampling different types, lol.
Reading e-books on Kindle
The start of summer!
Litha coming up

Healing Mind and Body

 Last updated: February 2019


I'm currently working on a blog page of articles that I've been finding helpful on my self help/personal development journey so far. (Similar to my Resources page). I intend for it to have quite a few categories and links, so while I'm still working on it, I thought I'd also do a post about healing your mind and body. I'm including Law of Attraction (LOA) links. For more on the Law of Attraction you can read my post about it:  https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2013/08/law-of-attraction.html

Healing is something I've been working on for years in relation to my mental health, due to having depression, OCD and anxiety since I was a teenager. In recent years I've been trying to eat more healthily and have lost some weight. In books and articles I've read they mention how the mind and body are linked, so I think it's good to take care of both your mind and body.


There are some things I like to do which help with my mental wellbeing:

Reading and re-reading LOA books
Reading blogs/sites
Writing exercises (eg. "body journalling", see below)
Writing stories- I've been writing since I was little and sometimes I find it relaxing just sitting there and writing.

Also check out a post I did a couple of years ago on my healing tools: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2014/04/my-healing-tools.html


Now here are some useful links. I've divided them into categories.



Wellbeing

A couple of links on general wellbeing.

http://jianiteo.com/four-dimensions-wellbeing

http://enlightenyourlovelife.com/keeping-it-simple-universal-law/

http://kriscarr.com/blog/kris-carr-self-care-planner/

http://www.eltscott.com/a-guide-to-mindfulness/**

http://www.wellandgood.com/good-advice/5-mini-mindfulness-methods-that-you-can-do-anywhere/slide/7/

https://melissaambrosini.com/health/my-8-daily-non-negotiables-for-supercharged-productivity/*

Gratitude List

Things I'm grateful for this month:

Blossom trees
Getting new library books
Blue sparkly nail varnish
Sainsbury's Red Velvet Triple Layer cake- we had it for my mum's birthday.
The hotter weather
My belly dance group BD4U's 3rd show coming up this month
Buying new songs on iTunes with my Maximiles voucher
Sarah Centrella's Hustle Believe Receive- I just bought the e-book version.

Gratitude List

Things I'm grateful for this month:

Leftover Easter chocolate!
The weather lightening up a bit
The Magic book by Rhonda Byrne- I got it for my birthday last month and I'm working through it now.
Maximiles rewards- I just bought a £25 iTunes voucher with my points.
McDonald's caramel iced frappes- I normally have mocha but have had a couple of caramels recently for a change!
Writing letters/penpalling
Listening to more new music
Getting lifts with friends

Acting As If (LOA)

What does it mean to "act as if"? It's a phrase you hear a lot if you follow the Law of Attraction aka LOA. My understanding of it that is when you want to manifest something, you act as if it's already in your life, as if it's happening now and eventually your vibration will change, and it will show up in your life for real. Here are a few posts on the concept: 

Update 22/8/24: I've updated this as some links had gone.

https://goodvibeblog.com/acting-as-if/

https://www.goodvibeblog.com/waking-up-as-if/

https://www.livelifemadetoorder.com/blog/law-of-attraction-tips-on-acting-as-if/

Also here's a good post from Melody Fletcher on Deliberate Receiving about it, although Melody suggests that you "feel as if" you have you want because what you're really after is a feeling: https://melodyfletcher.com/2013/06/20/dear-loa-what-does-acting-as-if-mean/


As Kelli Cooper recently wrote in this blog post on Life Made To Order, sometimes you've been studying things for a while and then you have moments where you find that they sink in more, you understand them on another level. I felt this with the "acting as if" concept a few months ago when I bought the perfume I wanted. I did a post about it which you can read here: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/manifestation-story.html