Me and Time
LIVE IT UP eNews! June 2008
1. 10 Simple Tips to Time Manage Me
2. Recipe: Curry Vegetables
Dear Reader
May disappeared before my eyes! I recently returned from the US where I caught up with one of my teachers, Dr Rosita Rodriguez from Arche International who has a wealth of knowledge on Levels of Consciousness. In the US, Rosita regularly flies from Chicago to Las Vegas to work in the AIDS hospice and train the volunteers who work there. I encourage you to visit the website and check the monthly newsletter or teaching which usually has a spiritual message.
I was also privileged to attend the World Alliance for Quality Conference, and the American Society for Quality Conference, both held in Houston. Houston is a beautiful city, and Ken Mattingly (depicted in Apollo 13 as the astronaut who was grounded due to measles) was a tremendous hit as one of the key-note speakers.
Brigit and I
On the home-front, I’ve become a Grandma twice over! I now have a beautiful granddaughter Brigit, born 6.5 weeks before my gorgeous grandson Thomas, so I am feeling pretty lucky. Both babies and respective Mums and Dads are doing great!
Warm regards Narelle
10 Simple and Easy Tips to Time Manage Me!
You know, don’t you, that you can only manage you? You cannot really manage anyone else, or anything else. It takes you to take care of you first, before anything else happens.
So, what can you do to help yourself ? Here are my top ten tips!
- Begin the day as you mean to enjoy it! Greet yourself with a hearty “Good Morning” and wish yourself all the best for the day. Use positive affirmations. If you had a young child who was a bit grumpy, you would try and jolly them out of it, so do the same for yourself.
- Nourish your physical self. Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner today and every day. Keep portion sizes small, and ingredients healthy. Make sure you have protein food (meat, fish, chicken, nuts, legumes, cheese, eggs) and if you are vegetarian, make sure you mix the protein sources so that you get the right combination of protein to keep you well-nourished.
- Keep clean in body, mind and soul. Clean body makes you feel good, eat right and drink 2 to 3 litres of water a day. Clean thoughts are positive, uplifting and optimistic. Spread love inside yourself and out for a beautiful soul.
- Deep breathe and meditate with Mindfulness or focused Relaxations and give your Sub-conscious a stress break.
Move your body! Shake, rattle and roll your body! Slide, run, jump, stretch, pilates, yoga or tai chi your body! Every day.- Hug someone today.
- Help someone today.
- Praise yourself now.
- Love yourself now.
Know that you can heal yourself and attract a wonderful life to you. Just bask in that knowledge and always hold on to it.
Watch out for this month’s Brisbane Circle, as there is an article in it by Narelle. There is a lengthy article on Commitment Phobia (written by Narelle) going up on www.simplysolo.com website in the near future, so click through and check it out.
Master’s Wisdom!
“I love myself better than anyone I know.”
2. Recipe: Curry Vegetables
Select your favourite vegetables and cut hard veggies like carrots and potatoes into smaller pieces, and soft veggies like zucchini, celery, onion or broccoli into larger pieces.
Over medium to high heat in a frypan or wok, heat a tablespoon of grape seed oil then stir-fry a sliced onion, 2 cloves chopped garlic, and 3 tspns grated ginger.
Add 2 tablespoons red or green curry paste and stir through. Next, add your hard vegetables and cook for a couple of minutes, then cover with a tin of coconut milk and simmer for 20 minutes with a lid or cover over the wok. Check that hard vegetables are close to being cooked, so that they finish off while the soft vegetables cook. Add your soft vegetables, such as celery, broccoli, zucchini, spinach leaves and cook for 3 to 5 minutes until bright green (for the greens) and vegetables are just tender.
Serve immediately with brown rice, poppadums and chutney. Yum!
