Week Whatever Update...Feeling GOOD!! by Liimu

Lots of changes have been happening since I last posted.

First, I changed trainers. Don't get me wrong, I still stand behind Dreambodies as probably the most effective virtual body transformation program on the planet. However, it does require a certain mindset, as I've explained previously - a go-hard-or-go-home mindset that just isn't aligned with where I am these days.

I have had four kids, people. FOUR. KIDS. The last one came out via fourth c-section just a couple months before I turned 41. I'm not really feeling like pushing this body beyond its limits in any other way these days - I kinda already feel like I've done that. What I have needed is to be gentle with myself, to enjoy my kids, enjoy my workouts, enjoy my life. So, I have found a trainer who can support me in that goal and I am SO excited! Her name is Chrissy and she is just the cutest bundle of energy...ever. If you want to check out her site, click here. The cool thing is that not only does she understand that time is of the essence for me - most of her workouts are insanely intense, fun and under 30 minutes - but she also gets that I need a holistic solution. So, she's been introducing me to all kinds of new ideas for my body, including digestive enzymes, dark chocolate covered cherries, Ezekiel bread, and on and on. She doesn't go easy on me but at the same time, I feel like I can stay in the flow of things without losing ground.

Here's the other kicker - we're not going to be weighing in for awhile. So, I hope to have a weigh in report for you guys before I go to Jamaica at the end of January, but for now, you'll just have to be satisfied with my report of being happy and feeling fit. Oh, and here's a picture from my gig last night. I think I looked pretty good, don't you? :) To find out more about our upcoming events and latest music, check us out at www.reverbnation.com/liiimu.

Until next week, my friends...

The Missing Tooth and Other Sadnesses by Cyma Shapiro

I live with a sadness that I just cannot explain. After years of therapy, energy work and just plain hard work, this seeker has found so much, and yet cannot explain or expunge the sadness.

My newest incantation is shaman work for which I work with and practice fairly regularly. I’m into energy, now. I’ve had more than enough years of talking.

And, yet, on this primal level, I’m just so sad.

We’re trying to work with it. Instead of triggering more sad, I’m just trying to acknowledge it. But, here’s where it just popped up its ugly head: My baby, my youngest son, has just lost his first baby tooth. It is a moment to remember. He was so pleased with himself. I’m so pleased with being a Mommy. And, I’m sad.

I cried when he screamed with pride. I don’t know if sadness becomes endemic to midlife mommyhood. As I often say, the moments are only here and now. For us, this is it. Hopes cannot be pinned to number of years left to live. There are many women who are younger than us who have lost their lives before their time. For us, our time is now. 

I think, for me, it’s a sadness in remembering that I did not enjoy my childhood. These moments were often filled with dread and pain. My children teach me everyday that life is meant to be savored; that life is meant to enjoy, and that growing up and older is a blessing, not (as it felt in my case) to be lived as a curse.

Now, back to my son.  After screaming for one minute and calling every person he knew to inform them of this news, the moment passed. And, then he began playing with a friend. This is just it: a moment has passed.  Now, it’s time to get back to my work.