“If you find yourself trying to prove your worth to someone, you have already forgotten your value.” -Unknown
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Worth
by Beth Haley
How do we determine worth? Why do we relate our worth as a person, many times, to our net-worth? Since our worth as an individual never changes, why do we so often base our personal worth on temporary things?
Self-Worth
Self-worth, as defined in the dictionary, is a sense of your value or worth as a person. It is your opinion of yourself. There are many ways to value yourself and define your worth.
- Can you take credit for your work?
- What do you value?
- Would you associate your success with luck, or your talents and hard work?
- What is your response when someone gives you a compliment?
- Do you assume that others know more and can do more than you?
- Do you believe that you deserve good things?
Net-worth
Net-worth is associated with assets and what we own compared to what we owe. Assets could include such things as property and money.
To determine your net-worth, you would list your assets (what you own, savings and income) and subtract your liabilities (what you owe) from your assets.
- How do you feel about your income, finances, and net-worth?
- What are your values regarding money?
- How do your spending habits support your values?
- What amount of income feels comfortable?
- Is there such a thing as, “too much” money?
- How much money is too little?
- Do you save without allowing for spending?
- Do you spend without saving?
- Growing up, what were some family attitudes surrounding money and happiness?
- What emotions surround your view of money? (Stress, Joy)
- On a scale of 0-10, where 0=scarcity and 10=abundance, what do you feel is your mindset regarding money?
- Why do you have this view?
- How can you link your spending habits with things that bring you joy?
Is your self-worth dependent upon your net-worth?
Our mindset surrounding money can create barriers to abundance in the same way as our mindset surrounding our self-worth can create barriers to confidence and success.
For example, if you have struggled with self-worth or with finances in the past, despite a change in circumstances, sometimes those fears and the mindsets of lack can still hang on. Sometimes our minds don’t make the shift.
At whatever stage we are at, we can begin to re-train the mind toward an abundance mindset. Both, in how we perceive our self-worth and in how we look at net-worth.
What if our self-worth was bankable: non-ending funds and resources. Because that’s what our personal value is. It is intrinsically branded within each of us. It is beyond measure and never-ending.
How much is in your self-worth bank account?
And, what if our assets, or net-worth, were possessions such as kindness, love, and respect. Respect for all life. Respect for our planet.
How would this change the world?
Intrinsic Worth:
Inborn
Natural
Built-in
Deep-rooted
Permanent
Ingrained
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Micronutrients
by Beth Haley
We need a variety of nutrients for our bodies to function properly. Micronutrients help our bodies in many ways, from hormone regulation to immune response and so much more. By eating a balanced diet from a variety of whole foods, we can obtain the vitamins and minerals that our bodies need.
So what are Micronutrients
Micronutrients are nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytochemicals. We need these in small amounts. Although they are small, they are mighty in the many roles that they play within our body to maintain healthy functioning.
Minerals are chemical elements found in foods which support areas such as bone structure and heart health. Examples of two miners are: Chromium (found in broccoli) and Magnesium (found in spinach).
Vitamins are organic chemical compounds and there are 13 different kinds. Some dissolve in fat such as vitamins: A (one source is egg yolks), D (liver), E (almonds), and K (spinach). While others, like B and C vitamins, dissolve in water. We store vitamins which dissolve in fat, and so we can be less likely to become deficient in these. We need to replenish water soluble vitamins more often, because these pass through the urinary tract system.
Phytochemicals: the word “phyto” means plant, and they are organic chemical compounds which we either don’t make enough of in our bodies or we don’t make at all, which is why we need to get them from food.
Supplements
A deficiency is when we have inadequate amounts of certain vitamins or minerals. This can be balanced through dietary changes or by adding a supplement.
However, some supplements and elements can work against each other. Supplementing with one could be counterproductive to another. For example: supplementing with calcium can reduce your level of magnesium. Supplementing with zinc can reduce your copper.
On the other hand, there is a synergy within nature and we can obtain a much better balance of nutrients by getting them through whole foods.
Toxicity
You would have to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables to see a toxicity of an element, but with supplements, toxicity can happen easily.
Having a varied diet and eating from all the colors of the rainbow, provides us with a multitude of mixed and diverse sources of micronutrients.
Note: extreme deficiencies may need to be handled in a clinical setting.
I made my first Moussaka!
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Self-Care Practice
In our busy lives, many times self-care can end up last on our list of things to do. And yet it is one of the most important elements for living life at our full potential and performing at our highest level.
What comes to mind for you when you think of “self-care?” What nourishes and refuels your mind, body, and spirit on a deep level? Make a list of things you would like to make more time for.
Self-care is what we make of it and it’s different for everyone.
We could rush through a meal, not really taking time to enjoy it. Or, we could be mindful in the moment, present and aware, and really enjoy the act of nurture and nourishment.
The same activity can either be a form of stress or an act of self-care, depending on how we see it.
One assignment for school this week is to add some new ways to add more self-care to our routine.
- What things speak to you on a deep level?
- How can you make some space in your life to add one new self-care practice to your routine?
- Add it into your calendar and share it with someone who will hold you accountable!
Journal how keeping this new addition to your routine made you feel.
Keep your list handy as a reminder to take time for yourself and continue trying out new things.
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Pet Therapy
Hi, my name is Peanut and I am a registered emotional support animal, or ESA. There were no vests in my size for an ESA, and so I have a service dog vest with an ID card in the pocket which shows that I am an ESA. With the proper documentation, such as a letter from your person’s doctor, we are able to go to many places!
There are many kinds of animals that can be ESA’s, and there are many jobs that we do! Our main job is to provide comfort, companionship, and support to our special person.
One of my gifts is knowing when help is needed and how to give it. This is unique to each therapy animal and person. This is why emotional support animals are owner-trained. Each situation is different, and many times, specialized training isn’t needed as we innately know how to give the support needed, by just being there.
Emotional support animals truly assist those who need it. They can help their person have a much higher quality of life just through their unconditional love and companionship.
One example of a therapy we offer is: a person with social anxiety can take us into social settings so that they are able to participate and interact socially instead of having to stay at home. We give courage.
Today my job was to travel to North Carolina with my special person, Beth, so that we could pick up a blind patient to transport to a blind rehab clinic. In this way, I also do some therapy work with patients.
I am a great co-pilot, but it is a lot of work!
At the end of the day, I have earned every second of my next nap!
ESA’s and Therapy dogs are not considered pets, and as such, are protected from housing discrimination by two federal statutes:
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
Pet Therapy Prompt @ BeckiesMentalMess!
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Action
I hear and read a lot of thoughts on hope and about staying positive. But what about embracing emotions like fear or panic; the kind of fear and panic which pushes us into action.
This too shall pass.
The world just needs hope.
Just stay positive.
These are all great words of encouragement and healthy outlooks. And yet, not all things will pass without intervention. Topics such as clean air, clean water, reforestation, species extinction, water rights, climate change, and land rights, don’t just “pass” without action.
Without action, we aren’t looking at hope.
“But I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear that I feel every day. I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is… There are no grey areas when it comes to survival.” Greta Thunberg
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Liebster Award!
I am delighted to be nominated for the Liebster Award by The Mysterious Blogger !! If you haven’t checked out his great posts yet, stop by for a visit! Thank you so much Mysterious Blogger!!
The Liebster Award is a way to help blogs you like and to give them some deserved attention so our followers can discover them as well.
The Rules:
Thank & link back the blogger that tagged you;
Nominate 11 others;
Answer the 11 questions of the one who tagged …
I’m going to follow The Mysterious Blogger’s lead and continue in groups of 3:
My Rules Then Are:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you.
2. Share 3 facts about yourself.
3. Answer the 3 questions the blogger(s) asked you.
4. Nominate 3 bloggers and make them happy!!
5. Make up to 3 questions and ask them to your nominees!
6. Notify your 3 nominees.
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Three Facts
1. I love alternative therapies!
2. I transport disabled Veterans across 7 states.
3. My service dog travels with us on long trips.
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My 3 nominees are:
1. Rebecca – Fake Flamenco
2. Sheree – View from the Back
3. Paula – This Weird Chick’s Blog
https://thisweirdchicksblog.com/
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And the answers to The Mysterious Blogger’s 3 questions:
1. Are you looking at me!? Yes! Are you? Are you really looking at me!!? If you’re as much a character in-person as you are in your posts, then I see you! And thank you for sharing music tips! 😊
2. Have you honestly, actually read, let alone commented on any of my post? Yes!
3. Are you or have you ever been a card-carrying Communist? Not recently!
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And finally, my three questions to my nominees are:
1. If you could know the absolute and complete truth to one question, what question would you ask?
2. How long do you think you would last in a zombie apocalypse?
3. What is something most people learn only after it is too late?
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Thank you for this honor Mysterious Blogger!
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