Why I Left SOC (It’s Not For The Reason You Might Think)

Is SOC a scam? Do they just take your money and pay everyone’s bonuses? Are you a sucker to sign up for the autoship and website?

There has been some movement within the Industry recently, and many rumors and stories are currently flying around. Just so you know, I will not address any of these questions in this blog, simply because there are plenty of other sources of information on and offline. If you want the TRUTH about anything, experience is the best speaker. My husband is an ACN rep, so obviously MLM’s are working for us.

So why did I leave?

In an Industry where people go from one “biz opp” to another, in lightening fast speeds, it comes as no surprise when we hear about the next great thing from our friends and business associates.

 

I am not about to bash the company, the people in it, or what it stands for. What works for one does not work for another.

In my case, I have been researching my current company for a while now – doing my homework before making my final decision. Ultimately, you have to decide what is right for YOU and realize that it’s not just about the possibility of financial freedom. While that all looks good on paper, or during a webinar, it all comes down to something more important (at least it did for me).

“How does this fit in with my Life Purpose?”

This is a question that has been coming up for me when considering what I’ve been involved in, business wise. I have had my hands in a few different cookie jars in the last 14 months. Each time, I got closer and closer to answering that question, but never experienced what I have in the past couple of weeks.

There’s no longer that sense of wondering what will happen if I don’t make it. That’s not even an option!

So, where did I go? And what is it about this company that just make me crazy with enthusiasm and goofy giggles?

 

We’ll talk about the details of how this has completely changed my life – soon, I promise!

 

XOXO

Does Starbucks Feed Your Need For Overcomplication?

Starbucks claims it offers 87,000 drink combinations.

Seriously? How complicated do we need to make one of the most BASIC drinks?

This statement alone got me thinking about how humans just love to overcomplicate the most basic concepts. It applies to business – and how we do business, our social lives, and parenting. (The latter, of course, is included from personal experience!)

Do we feel that a $5 cup of coffee is somehow more worth it when we have ordered the most complex drink on the menu? And there are those who do it daily! Listen, I drink coffee every morning. At home. From my own coffee cup. Simple and quick. (*The coffee I drink is the only patented thermogenic fat-burning kind in the world – nothing complicated about that!) And while I still pay for coffee, I also make money from the coffee I drink….

So what is it that keeps people coming back IN DROVES to their local (and not local) Starbucks? Or any other specialty coffee shop? Is the atmosphere? The options? Watching how these transactions go down, it appears people order pretty much the same thing every time, and do not typically stay long enough for an entire song (when the barista is that fast!).

So it seems, we have become mindless and numb to our tendency to overcomplicate. Over and over….

Is it that you don’t have “time” to make your own, so you go out and buy it? How much time to you spend actually driving there, figure out what you want (though you’ll probably end up getting the same thing you always do), waiting in line to order, then waiting for your order….??

OK, this wasn’t meant to be a coffee rant. If you want to get into it about coffee specifically, GO HERE.

The point is, there are so many things in our lives that we make more difficult than is necessary. Complication does not increase the value or importance of a person, place, or thing. Simplicity is BLISS!

Here’s a shameless plug about a book I love! To get a grip on your life and KISS (Keep It Super Simple) more often, you MUST read The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss. My life got less complicated just by reading the first several pages!

In an effort to KISS myself right now…

The End.

Why Getting Healthy Can Make You Sick (and What You Can Do About It)

“But I started dieting to get healthy. So why do I feel worse?” You can replace the word ‘dieting’ with anything you like, such as ‘working out’, ‘eating better’, ‘stopped drinking caffeine’, etc.

It doesn’t happen to everyone, but most people I have met who have undergone any type of change for the better, in regards to their health, has gotten sick either right away or within weeks of making changes. Why is that?

Understand that, with the lifestyles we have been leading, there are undoubtedly plenty of toxins just laying in wait to come out and play! When you pile crap onto more crap, nothing moves. Unless you manage to get a disease or two out of it. What happens when you start uncovering some of that mess in your body (the toxins), they get released into your body – mainly your bloodstream. It is then up to your body’s natural toxin removing capabilities, to do its job. Unfortunately, the longer you’ve been accumulating the crap, the longer it will take to remove, and in most instances, overwhelm your body. Remember also that your body’s natural ability to remove these nasty buggers, which are now flooding your system, has become lazy and may not work properly anymore.  So while that lovely “detox” is supposed to make you feel better, it may not. At least not right away.

So what should you do?

Plenty of rest, water and good foods is usually all your body needs to get back to it’s high performance self. You may also discover that, up until now, your thinking has been cloudy as well (though that may be another reason you’re detoxing!). That will clear up in time, with proper rest and nutrition.

Warning about supplements:

If you’re taking them, you may be flushing money right down the toilet! Why? It’s likely that your colon is packed with yucky black rubbery stuff that has been there for years. No nutrition of any kind is going to get past THAT barrier! Personal experience has taught me that a good colonic can work wonders on ‘getting things moving’! Of course, it takes more than one time, so discuss the options with the person who is going to help you correct your health in a gentle way. This is not the same as a Fleet enima, or drinking teas with senna – those can be dangerous if used for too long. Supplements are great, when used correctly, and when they are actually absorbed into your bloodstream. While you’re detoxing, it may be a good idea to cut those out for a while, give your body a rest, and possibly take a good probiotic while your body heals itself.

For more information on your colon and other health information, here is a link to the woman I used for my colonic experience: Sarah Moore

Of course, you can still get healthy without having warm water put ‘up there’, and then let back out….. Depending on your body and which avenue of restoring your health you choose to use, your body may detox just fine on it’s own.

The main thing is to be gentle with yourself. You only have one body. Do your research, and ask a professional or two. It’s  always a good idea to talk to your doctor if you’re on any medications. Sometimes changing your diet is a key component to getting off the meds for good!

Take some time to RELAX – meditation, watching TV, listening to your favorite uplifting music (not speed metal!), hanging out with family and friends – anything to make your mind and body happy. LAUGH! A lot……It’s amazing what laughter can do for your health and vitality.  :)

Listen to your body – before it stops talking to you….

Grown Up Lessons From Yo Gabba Gabba – Gratitude

“Grown ups” tend to over-complicate the most basic life principles.

Are you one of them? How would you know? If you are not where you want to be in life; If you have not smiled and laughed at least three quarters of every day; If you do not use more than one of your senses to enjoy your food, you are suffering this terrible, yet completely curable dis-ease!

I am currently undergoing “treatment” for my own case of Grown Up Disease (dis-ease). Who is my doctor and what is the treatment, you may ask. Well, let me tell you, I have TWO very wonderful doctors who live in utmost simplicity and know first hand how to live the life I desire – completely free from over-complication.

My kids are the best doctors I know, and have cured me of the blues many times, as well as helped to get my head out of my ….. let’s just say “a dark place”.

As I sit here blogging this on my couch at 2:45am, my almost 2 year old doctor is sitting with me watching Yo Gabba Gabba. Ironically, the show theme is DOCTOR! For whatever reason, she didn’t feel the need to sleep at this hour, so we’re having a little snack, diaper change, and some one on one time together before heading back to bed to finish our sleep and dreams. I hope.

Something I have incorporated into our nighttime routine, is straight from Yo Gabba Gabba. At the end of each show, DJ Lance Rock says, “Let’s go back, and remember all the fun things we did today”, and then goes on to highlight the best parts of the day. What a wonderful thing to do for a child, and even as an adult! How often to you lay your head down at night, and recall all the fun things you did that day? Nothing fun worth remembering?

When you have nothing fun worth remembering about each and every day, that’s a symptom of Grown Ups disease. Life is meant to be enjoyed! Of course there are serious parts to life, and not everything is funny, or is supposed to be. Trust me, I can write a whole other blog on that!

My kids have certainly brought fun into my life – as crazy as it sometimes can get. It’s so much easier to lighten up when you can see things the way a small child does. It took me a long time to figure that out. We have our off days, I must admit. But when we begin to recount what fun we DID have, it seems to make bedtime so much more relaxing. I appreciate the time I have with them, even more now, because I choose to focus on the good stuff.

We didn’t always have fun….and it took doing this on a daily basis to whip me into shape, and forced me to plan our days a little better! It’s so easy to slip into this never ending spin-around-doing-housework-and-running-errands life, and forget you have little sponges just waiting for you to have some fun! It forced me to build fun into the day, and be kind of organized about it, so we’d have something worth talking about at the end of the day. It will be the building blocks for teaching them how to have gratitude….for me too.

We CAN survive this Grown Up life!