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Hi Alta; congrats on the three first clients in your hypnotherapy business! You're really working hard to make several dreams come true. Whoo HOOOOO to all your fat smashing days that are adding up to success.

Hope the Level 10 stress settles down. Sounds like it's time for a reward of some sort. You give so much on this forum and are consistently so supportive to people on here. If I lived in the same city as you, I'd send you to the spa for a facial or pedicure. But it's good to hear you're getting the hypnotherapy treatments because they are a reward.

Have a great weekend.
 
Hello My dear friends!!!! I will update you all tonight I promise!!! A LOTTTTTTT of things have been happening around here!! :) I'm so happy to see all of you in here!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!! :grouphug:!!! I'll check up on you guys on the late night tonight!!!
 
Oh WOW!!!! ...I can't tell you all how much I appreciate you all!! :grouphug:!!!

...I simple adore coming in here and feeling so much love and support!! :beating:!! I wish I had more time to post, but my life is Running a million miles per hour these days!!! :jump:

...So since I last came on here, I have officially launched myself 3 weeks into my Hypnotherapy Practice now!!! :hurray:...I set it out there to the Universe that I was ready...and WHALA...my 1st week:3 Clients, 2nd week: 5 clients, and this week I already have 4 clients set up, and two more days to fill with clients that I don't have a class for some reason!! :D!!

....It's fantastic, as I'm almost having to do NO WORK..and the clients are just falling out of the air it seems....but really I know...it's just that THEY ARE ATTRACTING THEMSELVES to me!!! & I am more than happy to help!!!

Just so you all get an idea of the things people come to work on:

Client 1)--weight loss, job motivation, stress relief, shyness, lack of motivation
Client 2) --fear of not being good enough to start his business-
Client 3) --can't organize priorities and gets derailed...by Mary Jane...and can't make his music extra time
Client 4) --weight loss
Client 5) -- getting over past relationship
Client 6) -- marathon training
client 7) -- fitness motivation
Client 8) -- focusing on herself more than others --especially her partner
Client 9) -- focusing on the present moment more to be able to exit relationship that is negative
...etc...etc.....

I am in LOVE with Hypnotherapy!!!
...It feels great to be able to help others and I am truly happy about life and the direction that I am going in!! So many people are interested in helping themselves..and those are the people I am sooooo willing to help!! I adore it!! :D!!! Right now I am still doing pro bono sessions, but I have set it out there to start charging after the 3rd series session of Pro Bono I offer them. I have decided to charge a low rate of $50 per hour..to get started fast...cause for other reasons which I'll explain shortly...I need the money...but that isn't my main motivation. (Most Board Certified Hypnotherapists charge $125 an hour. Standard rate.)...
...SO to start it all off...I think 3 sessions will give them the feel of the experience, will give me the gratitude of being able to practice more...and I actually loveeeeeee the compliments from my clients!! They all really tell me that this is "my niche" and that they can see the wonderful changes already!!

...WOW!!! THE POWER OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND!!! AMAZING!!!

....On the work front: I was really overwhelmed last week since it was my FIRST week handling both the Shipping department and the Claims department mainly by myself. I went and decided to ask my boss for the raise that I so feel that I need...but he was KIND ENOUGH :rant: to remind me that they had just closed two locations, and times were tough and that I was basically lucky that this lady quit, because they were faced with a tough decision in regards to keeping the overhead,...which would be me..since I get paid almost double what everyone else does....That was frustrating...but I made it!!! ...I was then actually...grateful that I actually have a job and that my bills are paid, and that now my position is secure..and that it allows for me to build my private practice around it. So all in all...my schedule is NOT GOING to lighten up anytime soon...my every second at work is packed. It sucks cause I miss you guys and sometimes I get a chance to glimpse here..and I have to go...people paging me, whaltzing into my office, fed ex and ups banging on the door...people shoving papers at me...the warehouse men banging on my door for more work...and customer claim emails BOMBARDING my inbox.....:reddevil: Ahhh..the joy of a DAY JOB right?>!?!> ....exactly...but I'm grateful!!! Really...I'm so lucky!

...On the exercise front: So because of this new stress load, it was difficult at first to cope and adjust...but I managed to do so, with 35 mins of nightly meditation. It relieves my stress and I feel better about myself,..and I bombard my thoughts with POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS!!! I also make it a daily point to combat negative self talk...with "10 positive affirmations" instantly to shift the focus of my perception..entailing my thoughts and reactions to my behaviors. Let me tell you...IT HELPS!!!...There is so much negativity imposed on us...BY US...it's insane...and if we become receptive we can begin to change these patterns of thought...it takes some effort though! ...BuT it cAN be done!!! I rode my bike a couple times, and did the yoga meditation..but my body adjusting to the entire switch took a toll. I was drained in the nights and in the mornings...and mind you I still go to class 6 days a week!!!...after I see clients. This week, is getting better...I actually just came from the gym right now...super late...but I did it!...
 
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...ON the home front: Well,...things have changed alright...On Friday...my boyfriend and I had a talk...and he basically told me that he is stressed the hell out by finances. A while back we had talked about him moving to his friend's warehouse where he could live for free and save money. We have lived together for 5 years now. He is a day trader so he is contantly studying and working on the computer...for hoursssssss....and he basically told me..that he felt "cluttered" . Mentally...and that he feels pressure, and that his mom not working and him having to support her and his brother and then having me there all the time, without having a day or two to think is causing him additional pressure because he feels he has to support me. I felt really bad...and he told me that sometimes he wasn't happy. He said not in the relationship, but in life in general. He is going to be 33 in April and the pressure is on that he puts on himself. :(

There's a lot of things that I haven't done in my life...like completely live on my own...and I think these are things that he wants to see me do in my life, and honestly ...yea...I think I do too. So since he told me that...I made the decision to start moving my stuff out, and go back to my mom's (where I'm writing from right now). At the time of the talk, he seemed frustrated and basically worried about "making it"...and barely staying afloat. Not something out of the ordinary with this economy right now. Yes, ...it did hurt...but I am wise enough to realize, that other people's feelings and or actions about a situation are merely a reflection of what is going on within them, and has nothing to do with me. :)

He told me he loves me.:beating:..and that he wants to be with me, no doubt about that..and that if we are going to make this work, that we need to focus on us and evolving. Honestly, I respect him and love him so much as well as myself, that I chose to stay strong and make the happiest time of the weekend and focus on the positives of staying with my mom. ( I assume we are like caterpillars right now and need to evolve into butterflies...:) )

1) I'll be close to work
2) I'll cuddle with Roman more.---,my little brother
3) See my mom more
4) Go to the gym at night and morning since I no longer have him by my side to want to run home to cuddle with
5) Focus more on school and completing my graduation TONS of hours online as well as in class
6) Focus on my business more
7) read more...focus on ME more...

.....And then we had the greatest weekend together! :beating: We actually acted like first romance in the beginning...it was strange that it would come after something like that. I guess it really makes you realize what you have when you are near losing it. For the both of us I think.

.....All in all....last night, I went to pack my stuff and I got kinda sad :( and went to hug him and hide in his cubby hole..hiding my desire to cry...(because I was allowing my thoughts to get ahead of me for a second) and he lifted my face up...and told me that "No babe...I don't want you to pack your stuff and not live with me...I just need a few days to focus and study". And this morning he told me I'll see you in a couple days. I guess the reason I got sad was because...."DO I JUST WANT TO RETRACT NOW!?" ....I want to make people happy...in my life and others. That's all..and if things become not happy for someone at times...then I think yes, space is the best option for the situation to gain clarity. Time heals all circumstances, and remaining in the "present moment of well being" does as well.

...I personally,...feel that ..yes, one day I do want to marry this man...but he's comfortable as am I...and he kept saying "I want to do this right babe.." meaning ...we have lived together since 3 months. We didn't really date at all. I get him. We just did live together...it wasn't a mutual decision...and that's what's maybe the underlying issue here too as well...The thought initially hurt to go backwards in the relationship it seemed at first, but then I gained clarity....knowing that "I am in the perfect place at the perfect time for me, and my desires."!

....Even though he may want me to come back in a couple days,...I have now found the benefits of remaining here Mon-Friday at least. He told me that he wants to take me snowboarding for Valentines day. (which is how we really got together 5 years ago)...and it touched my heart. I saw him try so much to be soooo sweet...and it really broke my heart as well as made me happy. I think we just both want to miss each other and bring back more life to the relationship. We really do love each other so much.

...I asked him though..to be honest and tell me if this is an illusion and I'm living in denial here, and the sincerity in his eyes...it said it all...he does love me...it's just PRESSURES OF LIFE!!!...I respect that and love both of us enough to understand that like an adult realizing that, yes, I do love you and yes, I do love me enough to work hard and find me..and take care of me...so that I can live on my own and if the day comes and he happens to be the right man for me...then GOD will allow for us to be happily married.

...Months back he told me that he really didn't think of marriage ever...and that somewhat set me free...to live in the "present moment" allowing it to be what it is... All in all...he's not congruent with what he says on Friday to what he said yesterday...and now I just want ME TIME!

....I am not sad one drop!! I miss him already...I am not calling him, nor looking for him because he mainly needs the space. So be it. I hope that God allows for him the clarity and desire and drive that he needs to find what he lacks in his life. And if space is that what he lacks...be it "granted"!

.....On the food front: I have been stupendous this past week, amidst the stress...unfortunately I often don't have time to take a lunch and get stuck eating at my desk...booo...so I bring oatmeal and little snacks. I just finished TOM this week...actually today...and I weighed myself and only smashed .25 of a lb. Woopti doo!...hahha....I am SUPER HAPPY always..because I am grateful to have all the love I need in life in ME!!!

....I love LIFE...and I thank GOD for everyone and everthing that crosses my path because it is meant for me at that moment in time...as is the same for all of you!!!

.....I feel blessed...and happy.....and though I miss my baby...I notice how much I have grown this past year...I AM STRONG NOW!! It's amazing...I can control what would have tore me up for a week mentally before...in a couple hours ...sometimes less....it really is all in the power of perception.

.....My 1/2 Marathon was cancelled due to some stupid rain...I went one hour drive to the Expo and NADA...so that was that. Another thing that just wasn't meant to be!!! I MISS YOU ALL!! Thank you for the love..you have no idea how much it means to me!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!! ...

...this week...I will SMASH some pounds for that ass!!!:gnorsi: :reddevil:!
 
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Great post Alta :hurray:- thanks for the updates and so glad everything is going good for you! I love your energy and positive drive - really motivating. Glad you are adapting to your busy work schedule - the same thing happened to me this year - a lady retired and I got all her work but no pay raise - my boss told me I should be happy to have a job and happy I am!! Enjoy your space and you time - sounds like it's coming at a perfect time for the both of you. Take care!
 
Thanks Lady..:grouphug: I love you stopping by!!....I suppose right now...I'm having a "missing him" moment as I just got to work. On the bright side, I have work all day,..brought oatmeal packs, and apple and orange and water, hot tea. Also, at night might go to the gym with a friend to her "POWERHOUSE" hahah...:D! But if not...off to the gym with either another friend or by myself, but I'm going. :iagree:

I got sad and lonely for a second when I walked into my office...and I immedietly combatted that with 15 positive affirmations, to change the flow of my thought. It took 15, cause I felt the sadness getting stronger.
 
Hey Alta! Glad to see you back, we've missed ya :) I'm sorry to hear about the situation with you and your boyfriend BUT I'm happy for you that you both are taking time for yourselves. To live together that long and be together still really is something - so I know your love is strong and can definitely withhold this minor bump in the road. Plus... you NEED the time to yourself it looks like! You are crazy busy... relationships are a handful as it is.

I'll write in your journal about my break up real quick. Nothing happened - really I just realized that now is not the time and place for me and Nick. He working, that's it. And I'm in school with a part time job. Our lives are just different. Plus, I love him but I don't think it's enough. There are a lot of things about him that are not what I want in a guy. I want someone at the same level as me - in college, cares about their health (he is so lazy), and has a group of friends. He only has one friend pretty much and relies on me WAY TOO MUCH. I need someone that doesn't need me every second he can get. I want someone that is getting a higher education like myself, and someone that makes fitness a priority. I felt like here I am doing all this work - going to school, working out all the time, making time for my friends, while Nick is just working, going home and being lazy, and sitting at home feeling sorry for himself because he has nothing to do when I'm not around.

What it comes down to is that OUR lives come first... it is so very important to take that time just for ourselves! And right now I'm taking that time to focus on ME. So for your situation, try not to let it bring you down. Just think of it as a vacation for "ME!" :D

xoxo,
~ Sarah
 
Hey hey, good to see you back. I was wondering where you got off to.

Congrats on the up and sorry to hear about the downs. Sometimes these things happen and we have to pull a "Stop, Hammertime" on parts of our life and get them sorted out and reset ourselves. It's like anything, the tree might be flexible to live, but it's not all that flexible, as anyone who ran into one while skiing knows all too well. But, that's the nature of things, reaching for the sky, and having that ability only because the roots are firmly planted in the ground.
 
I admire the strength you have to deal with all that you have on your plate! I always have :) AND of course, your killer can-do attitude! lol, everytime I think of just becoming a wallflower and sittin in my sweats eating ice cream, I think back to Studio54 in Vegas- where you walked up to the bouncer(with 300people waiting to get in!) and said- "There are 7 fabulous women here. We're not waiting outside, and we're not paying to get in."(maybe not in those exact words, but pretty damn close, lol ;) ) AHHH!!! STILL puts a smile on my face :D THAT'S who I think of you as- the strong, confident, courageous person you are even ONLINE.
 
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everytime I think of just becoming a wallflower and sittin in my sweats eating ice cream, I think back to Studio54 in Vegas- where you walked up to the bouncer(with 300people waiting to get in!) and said- "There are 7 fabulous women here. We're not waiting outside, and we're not paying to get in."
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That night was sooooooo much fun! OMGosh! I say we have to go back there again!!!

Yes we did get in! The rest of the story will have to stay in Vegas!!
 
:smilielol5:!!!!....I know right Garn.....these Witches :reddevil: don't want to tell you the REAL SHIZOO that went down!!!? hahahahah!!! ;)! :reddevil:!!!

Ahhhhhhhh....Live & Let Live!!! :D!!!
 
Quick update....

Been staying at my mom's since Monday. Feel at peace with myself. Have only text my boyfriend back until today. We said a quick few flirtatious words..and that was that. He text me I love you. And I text him "you are a ray of sunshine..a beautiful sunset". Though I love him...I've decided to say it less. I missed him a lot today in the day time. Had a sad night last night..once in bed for about 3 minutes. Then I got over it and went to bed.

I'm very centered and happy right now. Happy and excited for the paths to evolve and be who we really want to be for the both of us! No barriers. No excuses. No pressure. Just being. Living for the moment. That's where I'm truly happy anyway. The present. It truly is a "present" to live in the present. It's a gift..that's why it's called the present. :D! I literally wake up and leave at 7:30 am and don't come back until 12:30 am ...so everyone is asleep and I get peaceful me time after the gym!! :D!...That's right!...I've been going to the gym for like an hour and a half every night...doing intervals and such. Some guy at the gym helped me with my form on some ab resistance thing where you bring up your whole body...and My AsssoaLA HURTS today!! :p!...He tried to hug me on the way out. It was weird. He was super buff in a good way...had a little mohawk..not bad, not great, yet nice person. He helped me get my workout on. Not bad. He said he could train me at nights..but um..the hug thing weirded me out after like 5 seconds of knowing me..and all sweaty. Ugg. Had to go to another Bally's today...and I'm glad I did. Had much needed Hot Bikram Sauna yoga time for 1 hour. And abs..and more assola moves! haha...

I've seen 3 clients so far this week and have a new one for tomorrow all set up!! :D! :beating:!! And I went to the gym yesterday and handed out my card when someone asked what I was reading..and they were intruiged and conversations led to one thing and to another. And today at the gym in the sauna I met 2 ladies who wanted a session for them and they each new someone else who they wanted a session for ...so I gave them envelopes and I happily invited them to be a pro bono meanwhile I finish my hours!! I was talking on facebook with an ex high school friend and it turns out that in the past 9 months he had 2 brain tumors removed. :( He is having a fundraiser on Saturday..a bar in his record shop cause the bills weren't paid for by insurance. Sucks ..big time. He's so young. It's insane. I'm planning on going. I also told him that he can come for a pro bono session on me anytime and he LOVEEED the idea. He said the minute he can drive himself in a few weeks..that he can't wait. He was so appreciative. I can't even imagine...yet at the same time I can....maybe I'll tell him my story when I see him. Either way..I'm attracting clients and all circumstance that are beneficial to me in my life...because I TELL MYSELF THAT!! hahah!!...and WHALA....I believe it....and IT HAPPENS!....careful what you wish for ! haha...it just might happen!

I'm feeling happy and I feel LOVE and PEACE exuding in my heart and in my life right now....amidst everything...I see the enjoyment and the light! :beating:!!! I want my BABY BACK BABY BACK BABY BACK ....CHILI'S BABBBBY BACK RIBS ...and bbq SAUCE!! haha!!! ;)!!

ALSO ...I smashed 3.5 lbs since MONDAY!! Ouuuu!!!! PINK TEAM BABY!!!!....new weight so FAR until Tuesday's weigh in...is 153.5~~!!! :party::gnorsi: (makes it a total of 14lbs smashed in 6 weeks~!) Nice!!

...also...starting the ACTIVA food CHALLENGE...you know, the one like the Special K Cereal challenge and smash 6lbs in 2 weeks it says....HAHAH!!...let's see...kinda been following it though already...kinda. Bought the yogurt, the almond milk, the activa cereal, and the activa bars, and activa oatmeal, whole wheat saltines, hot tea, smoked turkey thin slices..and we are OFF!! Let's watch those pounds smash as they say!! LOL!!
 
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Dang girl!! You've blown past me!! You are a whole pound lighter than me! Time for me to get with the program and start smashing some pounds! 140's here we come!
 
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