“Stagnation is the destroyer of the psyche. A revision of thought, a determination to keep moving, to change, to evolve with an appreciation for your particular perfect humanness is the foundation of a healthy state of mind.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“The best gift you can give your children, spouse, friends and family is a mentally, physically, spiritually healthy you.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeño.com Self-sacrifice is any easy pitfall for most of us. The easy, convenient reaction is to give all we have for the ones we love – without second thought, without considering ourselves and what […]
You will never authentically keep commitments to others until you keep this one to yourself: I will nurture you, care for you, protect you from psychological poison and physical harm. You, my invaluable mind and dearly loved body, I will protect you for as long as I am able. Love, Me, the Divine bit of […]
“Some virtues can be relative and used as excuses to not take care of ourselves. We even use some (virtues), backed up by childhood loss or trauma, against our psychological well-being and in turn, physical health. We are not invincible. We humans require a tremendous amount of care. We must make time and room for […]
“The ego continually works to dissipate that which is sacred: human connection. Just as love is associated with healing and renewal, the ego is a portal for all sorts of deaths in our lives.” -Amy Larson, AmyJalapeño.com
“To identify with the body, with illness, with limitation is to solidify the ego – to make the unreal, real. How then, do you bring what is real into form? Simple. You consider it, you give it room to breath and transform. And by God, keep your sticky little ego from thinking it had anything […]
“To choose between two things you desire is to limit your perspective. Instead, decide how they can fit together, not how they cannot. Open your mind to the possibility of having every aspect of who you are fulfilled. That is the key to an extraordinary life. Cutting off one part of yourself in favor for […]
Whether you are aware of it or not, the extent and mass of your radical thoughts determines the amount of potential energy stored up to swing your life in the opposite direction. And there is a single force working to bring us back to neutrality – spiritual (not religious) gravity. The stronger this force, the […]
My mother passed away two years ago today. I kept myself distracted all day, so that there would not be a moment of reflection or break-down (I have not really let myself grieve yet. I’m afraid if I start, I’ll never stop.) Before yoga this evening, one of my instructors came up and gave me […]
At the heart of every attempt to forgive another is an underlying, ever present, deeper unease we seek to cure – the choice we made to trust the one we are trying to forgive. It is not the person that hurt us we need to forgive, but ourselves for being so vulnerable and allowing them […]
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