For the past two years, I have had dry and brittle nails. Not sure how or why it started; I just assumed it was because of my thyroid. My doctor had suggested years before that I could start taking thyroid medication, but I decided not to, since it was a little low. Well, years later, my thyroid had become very low, and thus thyroid medication became a must. After a year of taking thyroid medication, my nails still remained dry and brittle. My whole life, I've had strong and healthy nails. When my nails became so brittle that I could literally peel them off, it really affected me emotionally!
Now, just last week I visited the L'oreal Paris Canada Nail Bar in front of TIFF. The girl who was doing my nails, made a comment that really surprised me. She said, "Wow, your nails are strong!". I was floored. She couldn't have possible be talking about my nails. I looked at my nails. OMG. When did this happen!? It had been a while, since I had my nails last done.
This got me thinking. What have I done differently. I know its not my thyroid medication. What else changed - I started eating yogurt again! I have one almost every day, and its only been a few weeks! I try to buy yogurt with Probiotics, but now I'm transferring to homemade yogurt with Almond milk. I decided to look it up to verify my theory. I found several sites which proved my theory correct, including Food for Healthy Nails.
I am soo much happier that my nails are healthy again and that I started to eat yogurt again!! If you have dry and brittle nails, try it and see if it works for you too!!!
Friday, June 21, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
How I overcame my fear of the dark
I've been afraid of the dark, as far as I can remember. One sure way to know I'm home in the evening, is that all the lights would be on. I wouldn't enter a room without turning on the lights first. I seem to have an overactive imagination, and can create scenarios in my head, that in reality, I know aren't real.
It was actually just a few days back that I had this shift, that allowed my mind to let go of those scary ideas about the dark; for my unconscious to know that I am safe in the dark, in my home, and that it was just hypnotic suggestions that created these silly ideas related to the dark.
How did this life-long fear disappear in just a snap? I started thinking back earlier this week. I tried to analyze and understand how much of this was at a conscious level and how much at an unconscious level.
Ok, so what happened? I was listening to a video by Dr. Richard Bandler, the co-founder of NLP (Neuro-lingustic Programming). I was working on other things, while semi-listening to the video. I would tune in with full attention every now and then, until something said caught my interest. There was one particular event that did this.
Dr. Bandler was sharing a story about his past, during the time when the movie Jaws was first released. He laughed as he shared how that movie gave him a lot of business. How? Jaws the movie had created a lot of phobias of swimming in water! The movie created phobia's in so many people, that his NLP business increased a lot!! Contary to the belief of some psychologists, phobia's are rather easily removed. NLP includes a method of removing these phobias. I've actually learned the technique myself, and I've seen it performed on a friend of mine!
I've actually listened to him share the same story repeatedly in different videos. One of the last times I listened to this phobia story, I thought to myself, that since I understand that watching movies is a form of hypnosis, and hearing that story made me think of how silly it was for the people it create phobias from a movie. Then I thought, oh wait, how can this be applied to my life?
It was late in the evening and all the lights were off except for the room I was in. So, the first thought that can to my head was - the dark! Being afraid of the dark was some idea that was suggested to me when I was young. I dont remember how or when, but I'm sure television may have had something to do with it.
I remember after watching the movie E.T. as a child, and being afraid that something like E.T. was hiding in my closet at night. Even though E.T. was friendly, that idea still scared me. That idea stayed with me as I grew older, always having to keep my closet closed, so nothing would be staring at me in the closet at night. Silly, right? But sounds very similar to how Jaws, the movie, had affected others.
I remember once hearing a story about a troll under the bed. I won't repeat the story, but once I heard it, I always remembered it, and then was created, the fear of something under the bed at night.
The closet, under the bed, and the dark, were the fears of my life that I could immediately relate to the Jaws story. And by doing so, I realized how silly it was. Not that I didn't know that consciously, but perhaps finally my unconscious understood it too.
Although, this wasn't a phobia, nor was it really debilitating, but it is freeing to stay calm in the dark, and alone at night. I can also sleep on my back without the covers over part of my face, as I have nothing to fear.
It was actually just a few days back that I had this shift, that allowed my mind to let go of those scary ideas about the dark; for my unconscious to know that I am safe in the dark, in my home, and that it was just hypnotic suggestions that created these silly ideas related to the dark.
How did this life-long fear disappear in just a snap? I started thinking back earlier this week. I tried to analyze and understand how much of this was at a conscious level and how much at an unconscious level.
Ok, so what happened? I was listening to a video by Dr. Richard Bandler, the co-founder of NLP (Neuro-lingustic Programming). I was working on other things, while semi-listening to the video. I would tune in with full attention every now and then, until something said caught my interest. There was one particular event that did this.
Dr. Bandler was sharing a story about his past, during the time when the movie Jaws was first released. He laughed as he shared how that movie gave him a lot of business. How? Jaws the movie had created a lot of phobias of swimming in water! The movie created phobia's in so many people, that his NLP business increased a lot!! Contary to the belief of some psychologists, phobia's are rather easily removed. NLP includes a method of removing these phobias. I've actually learned the technique myself, and I've seen it performed on a friend of mine!
I've actually listened to him share the same story repeatedly in different videos. One of the last times I listened to this phobia story, I thought to myself, that since I understand that watching movies is a form of hypnosis, and hearing that story made me think of how silly it was for the people it create phobias from a movie. Then I thought, oh wait, how can this be applied to my life?
It was late in the evening and all the lights were off except for the room I was in. So, the first thought that can to my head was - the dark! Being afraid of the dark was some idea that was suggested to me when I was young. I dont remember how or when, but I'm sure television may have had something to do with it.
I remember after watching the movie E.T. as a child, and being afraid that something like E.T. was hiding in my closet at night. Even though E.T. was friendly, that idea still scared me. That idea stayed with me as I grew older, always having to keep my closet closed, so nothing would be staring at me in the closet at night. Silly, right? But sounds very similar to how Jaws, the movie, had affected others.
I remember once hearing a story about a troll under the bed. I won't repeat the story, but once I heard it, I always remembered it, and then was created, the fear of something under the bed at night.
The closet, under the bed, and the dark, were the fears of my life that I could immediately relate to the Jaws story. And by doing so, I realized how silly it was. Not that I didn't know that consciously, but perhaps finally my unconscious understood it too.
Although, this wasn't a phobia, nor was it really debilitating, but it is freeing to stay calm in the dark, and alone at night. I can also sleep on my back without the covers over part of my face, as I have nothing to fear.
Monday, February 4, 2013
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
Sometimes the universe sends us messages, and unless we are listening, we may miss them. I've had the Universe send me messages, trying to lead me to the book, 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari". I just wasn't listening, and perhaps wasn't ready to hear and accept at the time.
That same message was sent to me again, recently but this time through a classmate. It was so odd as to how it happened too. The classmate is someone, I did not talk to so much, but somehow we ended up spending quality time one fateful evening after class. The first time I've done that with a classmate! It just turned out I had time to kill, and so did he, and so we decided to chill at a Starbucks. That was weird in itself.
After some great conversation, I think he learned a lot more about me, than I did about him! I was interested to learn more about some course he was taking at Transformational Arts. He showed me a little about what he's learned about behaviour by asking me questions, and how my answer, a 'either or' answer, determined some detail about how I think/act. It was interesting.
Somewhere during this time, he mentioned that I should really read the book, 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari". That book completely changed his life, from a life of deep anger, enough to possibly causing death, to a complete turn around. It came just in the nick of time as well! He has long left that lifestyle of gangs/voilence, since that book came to home, and changed it to finishing school and having a career working with small children! I am leaving out the details but it was a very compelling story!
The part that is the real kicker for me, is after our meeting, he was never seen in class again. The instructor even tried to contact him to see what happened, but he never responded. The course wasn't even half way through at the time either!
When I decided to share this story with a family member, he told me that he had asked me to read that book before.... more than once! I do not recall that at all. I do not even remember ever hearing about the book before my classmate had told me about it. I have grown a lot over the past year, and become more accepting and open to the universe, and maybe thats why this message has finally come to me.
I'm going to start reading The Monk who sold his Ferrari tonight. Now, actually.
That same message was sent to me again, recently but this time through a classmate. It was so odd as to how it happened too. The classmate is someone, I did not talk to so much, but somehow we ended up spending quality time one fateful evening after class. The first time I've done that with a classmate! It just turned out I had time to kill, and so did he, and so we decided to chill at a Starbucks. That was weird in itself.
After some great conversation, I think he learned a lot more about me, than I did about him! I was interested to learn more about some course he was taking at Transformational Arts. He showed me a little about what he's learned about behaviour by asking me questions, and how my answer, a 'either or' answer, determined some detail about how I think/act. It was interesting.
Somewhere during this time, he mentioned that I should really read the book, 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari". That book completely changed his life, from a life of deep anger, enough to possibly causing death, to a complete turn around. It came just in the nick of time as well! He has long left that lifestyle of gangs/voilence, since that book came to home, and changed it to finishing school and having a career working with small children! I am leaving out the details but it was a very compelling story!
The part that is the real kicker for me, is after our meeting, he was never seen in class again. The instructor even tried to contact him to see what happened, but he never responded. The course wasn't even half way through at the time either!
When I decided to share this story with a family member, he told me that he had asked me to read that book before.... more than once! I do not recall that at all. I do not even remember ever hearing about the book before my classmate had told me about it. I have grown a lot over the past year, and become more accepting and open to the universe, and maybe thats why this message has finally come to me.
I'm going to start reading The Monk who sold his Ferrari tonight. Now, actually.
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