“Back then,the climate of radio seemed to be:
the worse you got in trouble,
the better you did in radio….
Well, that era is over.”
- Anthony Cumia
"The only valid
censorship of ideas
is the right of people
not to listen."
- Tommy Smothers
I'm working on my yang deficiency.
The deficiency is not in my liver or lungs (well, it might be).
It's in my personality.
Yang is a term used in Chinese medicine (Chinese medicine = an ancient system, not some new fangled, new age thing that can be easily dismissed).
Yang energy is associated with
light,
activity,
movement,
rigidity,
strength
and masculine energy.
Dare I add aggressiveness to that list?
Yeah, "dare" being the operative word.
I'm a little too meek when it comes to advocating for my needs and defending my point of view.
I've been apologizing for myself for years.
I've been afraid to stand up for myself.
I've spent most of my life
thinking my opinion was inconsequential
or that my personality was 'too much' and needed to be hidden
lest I offend someone.
That's one of the benefits of listening to a certain radio show in the morning for the past couple of weeks. That energy is helping me act more bravely.
They're empowering me by osmosis.
I've been less people-pleasing...or at least I'm trying to be.
I'm answering my own call to authenticity in
my opinions,
the way I express them,
my attitudes
and my self care.
I'm trying to set myself free so I can freely choose to live a life that I love.
Kinda like Drs. Hirschmann's and Munter's idea about legalizing food.
In their approach there are no forbidden foods.
No foods are judged to be good or bad.
All foods are created equal (as far as their virtue - their goodness).
When a former dieter can really do it, can really legalize all foods,
the craving for certain "glitter foods" dictated by mouth hunger will disappear, and stomach hunger will start insisting on greater variety of nutrition choices.
Meaning, if Twinkies are your favorite food, and if you've been depriving yourself of Twinkies by dieting (and inevitably failing)
you should buy and permit yourself to eat boxes and boxes of Twinkies till they no longer glitter. They will lose their lure, their luster
their inevitable must-have-ness of forbidden fruit.
This works.
Trust me, it works.
I've done it.
Before the bypass I legalized Devil Dogs until I no longer wanted them.
I chose the gastric bypass surgery anyway because my morbid obesity was an urgent threat to my health. I didn't have the time to do the therapeutic work of overcoming over eating.
I needed to lose weight immediately to save my life.
But now that I'm 2 years post-op and only Halfway to Skinny,
I'm ready to renew my commitment to the therapeutic process of getting well.
Take my attitude toward exercise.
If it's something I feel I HAVE to do, I won't do it,
as you can see from my not going to the gym lately.
Pressure me and I'll rebel.
Don't tell me what I can and can't do!
(even if it's myself telling me what I can and can't do).
By giving myself permission to exercise or not,
I'm creating the space in which to
LET
myself be more active
rather than
FORCE
or
PUSH
myself to be more active.
I need the choice to be real.
By the by, these two quotes seemed necessary to this blog post but I didn't know where to stick them (do not insert pun)
so here they are...
*Lisa's Video Pick of the Day*
"The only validcensorship of ideas
is the right of people
not to listen."
- Tommy Smothers
I'm working on my yang deficiency.
The deficiency is not in my liver or lungs (well, it might be).
It's in my personality.
Yang is a term used in Chinese medicine (Chinese medicine = an ancient system, not some new fangled, new age thing that can be easily dismissed).
Yang energy is associated with
light,
activity,
movement,
rigidity,
strength
and masculine energy.
Dare I add aggressiveness to that list?
Yeah, "dare" being the operative word.
I'm a little too meek when it comes to advocating for my needs and defending my point of view.
I've been apologizing for myself for years.
I've been afraid to stand up for myself.
I've spent most of my life
thinking my opinion was inconsequential
or that my personality was 'too much' and needed to be hidden
lest I offend someone.
That's one of the benefits of listening to a certain radio show in the morning for the past couple of weeks. That energy is helping me act more bravely.
They're empowering me by osmosis.
I've been less people-pleasing...or at least I'm trying to be.
I'm answering my own call to authenticity in
my opinions,
the way I express them,
my attitudes
and my self care.
I'm trying to set myself free so I can freely choose to live a life that I love.
Kinda like Drs. Hirschmann's and Munter's idea about legalizing food.
In their approach there are no forbidden foods.
No foods are judged to be good or bad.
All foods are created equal (as far as their virtue - their goodness).
When a former dieter can really do it, can really legalize all foods,
the craving for certain "glitter foods" dictated by mouth hunger will disappear, and stomach hunger will start insisting on greater variety of nutrition choices.
Meaning, if Twinkies are your favorite food, and if you've been depriving yourself of Twinkies by dieting (and inevitably failing)
you should buy and permit yourself to eat boxes and boxes of Twinkies till they no longer glitter. They will lose their lure, their luster
their inevitable must-have-ness of forbidden fruit.
This works.
Trust me, it works.
I've done it.
Before the bypass I legalized Devil Dogs until I no longer wanted them.
I chose the gastric bypass surgery anyway because my morbid obesity was an urgent threat to my health. I didn't have the time to do the therapeutic work of overcoming over eating.
I needed to lose weight immediately to save my life.
But now that I'm 2 years post-op and only Halfway to Skinny,
I'm ready to renew my commitment to the therapeutic process of getting well.
Take my attitude toward exercise.
If it's something I feel I HAVE to do, I won't do it,
as you can see from my not going to the gym lately.
Pressure me and I'll rebel.
Don't tell me what I can and can't do!
(even if it's myself telling me what I can and can't do).
By giving myself permission to exercise or not,
I'm creating the space in which to
LET
myself be more active
rather than
FORCE
or
PUSH
myself to be more active.
I need the choice to be real.
By the by, these two quotes seemed necessary to this blog post but I didn't know where to stick them (do not insert pun)
so here they are...
"...clients are encouraged
to assume
increasing responsibility
(ability to respond)
for individual
thoughts,
feelings,
sensations;
and to experience the
intimate,
basic
connection between
verbal and nonverbal
behaviors."
- Martin Fiebert
to assume
increasing responsibility
(ability to respond)
for individual
thoughts,
feelings,
sensations;
and to experience the
intimate,
basic
connection between
verbal and nonverbal
behaviors."
- Martin Fiebert
"In addition to identifying the
person's constitution
and body type,
it's also important
to identify what
LIFE-STYLE factors,
such as stress,
poor diet,
and lack of sleep,
are draining away the person's
energy in the first place.
Building a person's energy
without addressing these drains
is like continually pouring water
into a bucket that has a hole
in the bottom of it."
- Colleen Delaney
person's constitution
and body type,
it's also important
to identify what
LIFE-STYLE factors,
such as stress,
poor diet,
and lack of sleep,
are draining away the person's
energy in the first place.
Building a person's energy
without addressing these drains
is like continually pouring water
into a bucket that has a hole
in the bottom of it."
- Colleen Delaney
I've heard Stevia is great.
Doc Oz recommends Agave.
He also recommends nutritious juices
for their nutrients!!
He says we shouldn't fear their calories.
Our bodies need them - calories and nutrition.
Thanks, Dr. Oz!!
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1 comments:
Lisa, I think I happened upon your blog while googling "Yang deficiency". I just wanted to say, "Thanks" for your willingness to share the thoughts and feelings so many of us experience.
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