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The 11/11 Getting Happy and Well for Christmas

I decided to share some easy, daily lifestyle tips with you, as we arrive to Christmas, in just 11 days, and shortly after into 2015.  So that we may make this Christmas and New Year Season light, fun, and filled with life energy. 


Stress is among the top 5 things people mention they are experiencing most these days.  Most are simply stressed and stretched beyond limits.  They are drained, weak, lack energy, don't have time for anything.  Only thinking about adding another thing on top, makes them lose their marbles. What to do?
Move.

I know, you don't have the time.  Most people, including me, do not.  Especially not to exercise.  The only solution is prioritizing movement, putting it on the schedule.  Like you would a hair appointment, a doctor's appointment, kids' school play, and so on.  

11/11 is MOVE


Move your body.  Move the energy.  Transfer it from stuck to expended. 

Here are some ways I found worked to create time, and make it happen:

-Wake up 30 minutes earlier, before anything; just get it done
-Find a friend and commit together
-That treadmill or elliptical machine at home, dust it off, remove the clothes you piled on it (after all it is not a hamper-hanger), hop on for 15-30 minutes, first thing in the morning
-Instead of sitting at your work-desk, use a FitDesk, to make calls, Skype, etc, or when spending more time on the computer 
-Have a ton of calls to complete?  Bundle up, and do some of the call while walking outside for 10, 20 even 30 minutes
-Identify the time period in your days, when the stress tends to climb highest.  Schedule lunch, or a 15 min break, around it.  Enforce every day, twice every day even, if needed, and take it outside of your work environment. Go for a walk, go outside, get fresh air, move your body, air things out.  When you return, all the to-do's will be easier to complete
-Don't sit in traffic while commuting to and from work.  Leave earlier or stay later, find a yoga studio near the office, do a class, avoid traffic drive when it is easier to commute. Or take the train, and stand at least half way


In closing, remember.  While it is ideal to have a regular exercise regime, when life calls for pulling out all stops, it is time to get creative. If you are unhealthy, stagnant, your thoughts, emotions, body, will all work as such too.  In turn, this same is repeated in your choices, your entire life, relationships and even business.  It will all reflect this.

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11/11 is MOVE

Yogi

Ok here is a personal share.

I posted about  YOGI, the gas station attendant earlier this week, who made my day.  (see him on my #instagram http://instagram.com/p/pmFQWIAjKb/)
What a remarkable young man.  I interestingly, I met him last night, at a DIFFERENT gas station, one I never go to, but HAD to detour, as I was UNDER E !!!!!  Seriously....when will I learn.  But that is a whole different story.
I was SO surprised. It was late and I was on my way from running track for the first time (yup).  It brought great laughs and jokes to us, and when I showed him his picture, and told him I posted it on Facebook, he was SO excited.  Immediately, his other Indian friends, and fellow attendants at the gas stations, all gathered around us that, "#Yogi is now famous on Facebook...."  Wow.  My heart and spirit were churned at the sight, it was like a movie scene.  It made me feel humbled and so privileged to have lived the life I have so far all parts of it, and what it had shaped me into so far.

Well, I am not a Native to Canada ,I moved here some time ago and I KNOW what it is like to go somewhere you leap out to, because you HOPE and somewhere deep down, KNOW there is a chance for a BETTER LIFE.

Is it easy?  Not at all.
Is it simple?  Nope.
Is it full of challenges? Yes.
Is it always good? No.

There are so many questions and Yes/No's I could post here. But the point is, this young man and his friends, who work 7 days a week and 'dont have time for yoga' LOL ( I busted them) reminded me of the true value of humility, and what matters. The leap we take, and are willing to work for a better life, and while days, weeks, sometimes moths can go by, when nothing works out, when things are scary, dark and so on, there is a part of you who simply KNOWS.  THAT is the part of you that carries on.  The one despite all yoru crazy attempts to END and give up, wakes up, again and again.....

And you simply obey, you simply trust this part of you and carry on.   The triggers ARE part of your TEST.  The journey is part of your TEST, or the TEST is part of your journey.  How you take the tests eventually becomes your journey.  Will you give up?
Will you give in?
Will you stop?
Is there a cap on how many times?

Or will you continue your journey, the fight the battles?
Are you willing to lose a battle, or a hundres, so you ultimately win the WAR--the war of your old self, facing the one you are CALLED to become for the LIFE of YOUR DREAMS to be had.

Thanks for reading friends.  DO make friends with those crazy Indians at the gas stations, they are so much fun :) and teach us SO MUCH.

xo
Monika Kovacs

Shiny Soul

Want glowing skin, and more? 

Consider these easy tips:

WATER
Drink more water to allow for hydration, detox, proper assimilation and organ function. Which collectively will lessen stresses of the work our cells do ongoing.

VITAMIN D
Yes. The wonder drug.  Make sure this is Vitamin D3 form. Grab this from my portal: Vitamin D.

FAT
Incorporate more hormone-balancing fats into your diet.  Use a high grade, stand alone Omega 3 supplement, or one included in a complete daily multi vitamin pack. Food sources such as coconut oil, avocado, raw nuts and seeds that you can also soak.  Raw butter, organic grass fed ghee or egg yolks are also only some excellent sources of healthy fats.  High fat fish, salmon, mackerel, herring are a few high quality fish sources of Omega 3.

AVOCADO
Is also known as God's butter.  Very versatile and a daily part of my diet.

SUNSCREEN
I definitely recommend using a high quality sunblock at least SPF 15. Seek professional advice in picking the right one for you, and your family.  During the summer, and most of the year, I don't go outdoors without sunscreen.

SUNGLASSES
Protect your eyes as well, and well, see :)  It helps. 

There are many more tips, these are only a few I consider 'must'

Above all, love your life.  Feed your Soul.  Do mirror work (YES!!!).  Find things, experiences, cultivate relationships that feed your life.  Release everything and everyone, who may cloud your experience.  Get outdoors, enjoy the weather, the sun, and take excellent care of yourself every day. 

E-Squared

No matter at where you stand Re the 'Our Thoughts Create Our Reality' idea, E-Squared by Pam Grout, will be a treat.  I just received this book at the point in my life I am before major life changes.  Excited to embark on the journey of this #1 New York Times Bestseller: Don't face reality. Create reality! 

E-Squared could best be described as a lab manual with simple examples of proofs that reality is malleable.

Consciousness trumps matter. You shape your life with your mind. The experiments in E-Squared, show that spiritual principles are as dependable as gravity, as consistent as Newton's laws of motion. Get excited.  Prepare to be blown away--by your own life.

Taste your own capacity of Infinite Potentiality and see how you can manifest an unexpected gifts. The 9 E-Squared principles are:

1. There is an invisible energy force or field of infinite possibilities. 
2. You impact the field and draw from it according to your beliefs and expectations. 
3. You, too, are a field of energy. 
4. Whatever you focus on expands. 
5. Your connection to the field provides accurate and unlimited guidance. 
6. Your thoughts and consciousness impact matter. 
7. Your thoughts and consciousness provide the scaffolding for your physical body. 
8. You are connected to everything and everyone else in the universe. 
9. The universe is limitless, abundant, and strangely accommodating. 

Try any of the nine easy experiments in this book to prove that there really is a positive, loving, totally hip force in the Universe that’s listening to your every word and that’s ready to rock your world.

More ENERGY naturally instantly

We are used to see all the energy pills, drinks, coffees, teas, bars....anything you want promising you to rocket off the planet and become invincible.  Nobody mentions the post-effects of crash and burn :)

Is there an alternative?  What can make us high, energized, alert, vital and well?

Water.  Drink lots of water.  Daily, 2-4 liters.

How much water are you drinking?
Are you drinking enough?

Water can miraculously increase energy, reduce stress, detox, assimilate...  SO many things that WILL improve your life overall.  Being well-hydrated can shift you to a higher, and better place in your life, where you will naturally strive.

Cheers!!!!

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Loyalty is a Choice

The most destructive of weapons is not the spear or the siege cannon, which can wound a body and demolish a wall.
The most terrible of all weapons is the word, which can ruin a life without leaving a trace of blood, and whose wounds never heal.

Let us, then, be the masters of our tongue and not the slaves of our words.
Even if words are used against us, let us not enter a battle that cannot be won.
The moment we place ourselves on the same level as some vile adversary, we will be fighting in the dark, and the only winner will be the Lord of Darkness.

Loyalty is a pearl among grains of sand, and only those who really understand its meaning can see it.

Thus the Sower of Discord can pass the same spot a thousand times and never see the little jewel that keeps together those who need to remain united.

Loyalty can never be imposed by force, fear, insecurity or intimidation.
It is a choice that only strong spirits have the courage to make.

And because it is a choice, it will never tolerate betrayal, but will always be generous with mistakes.
And because it is a choice, it withstands time and passing conflicts.

 taken from Manuscript Found in Accra  |  Paulo Coelho http://bit.ly/maccra

Merry Christmas and Happy Holy-Days of every kind, Here's one way

If you feel drawn, let it enter your Being, releasing any old ideas of constriction or limitation and returning Your true essence as expansive, radiant Light.

"Divine Beloved, Change Me into someone
who can give with complete ease and abundance,
knowing You are the unlimited Source of All.

Let me be an easy open conduit for Your prosperity.
Let me trust that all of my own needs are
always met in amazing ways
and it is safe to give freely as my heart guides me.

And equally, please Change Me into someone
who can feel wildly open to receiving.
Let me know my own value, beauty and
worthiness without question.
Let me allow others the supreme pleasure of giving to me.
Let me feel worthy to receive in every possible way.

And let me extend kindness to all who need,
feeling compassion and understanding
in even the hardest situations.

Change me into One who can fully love, forgive
and accept myself... so I may carry your Light
without restriction.

Let everything that needs to go, go.
Let everything that needs to come, come.
I am utterly Your own.

You are Me.
I am You.
We are One.

All is well.

toshasilver©2013

How to Holiday Eat

This is my take on Holiday Eating. I see nothing wrong with eating with family, company and at the same table eating the same foods. I LOVE Holiday eating.  Every setting will have:

Turkey: pure meat
Veggies: prepped in different ways, I am sure you can get creative to keep it clean and lean
Starches (good ones): a small serving is good
Gravy: I hope I do not have to go there, we don't want it to come here....
Stuffing: I am sure we can live without it....who wants GMO and glue gunk in their intestines anyways....yukkkkk
Salad: of course

Pie, desserts etc: I am sure if you kept it clean a little treat after dinner, wait a while, don't stuff it all in at once, will NOT hinder your progress.  All assuming you have been sanely eating up to this feast.  If not, that is a whole different ballgame I get it. I am human too, learned the best way, on my own skin....through my own journey to and from the self.

The leftovers are great, again, treat it like real food, yourself with respect and love.

Remember when you love something, you care for it, you protect it.  Stuffing yourself sick, and eating fast is not love for food, nor treating yourself.
Enjoy what you Eat.

xo

Feeling Beautiful: How to Upgrade Your Body Image For Vibrant Health and Vitality

Feeling Beautiful: How to Upgrade Your Body Image For Vibrant Health and Vitality

Online Event with Dr. Christiane Northrup 

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Or, receive this course for FREE when you purchase Beautiful Girl

Our sense of ourselves and our worthiness which is imprinted from our parents and culture (beginning in utero or even before) profoundly affects our health and our immunity. This is because our self-image affects our sense of safety and security and sense of belonging —both of which wire in the health of our bones and blood.

If you are raising a daughter, niece, or granddaughter, this information can be transformational. But what if you, as an adult, didn’t have a mother who felt good about herself? What if your mother wasn't able to pass on positive messages about the wonders of her body? What if she projected her own fears of being feminine on you? What if she taught you to be afraid of your period, or criticized your breast size, or taught you to be afraid of your sexuality? Then what?

In this special 2-hour Live Online Event, Dr. Christiane Northrup will provide you with a seven-pointFeeling Beautiful program for transforming your relationship with your body! Through interactive teaching, exercises and Q&A, Dr. Northrup will help you upgrade your body image. And as a result, you’ll be able to pass on better health and a positive body image to all the women in your life. 


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Thursday, January 24, 2013, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Pacific Time
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Best,

Monika Kovacs

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Szerelem

Erren nincs magyarazat.
Ebben nincs ertelem.
Ez csak van.
Ezt ugy hivjak,
Szerelem.

~MK

Skinny Snow Flake: Your Weekly Winter Waist Watcher, Vol.5: The DESIRE MAP

Support, Refuse, or Trust.....

If you reject [supporting] someone's work, you cannot expect for these same persons to say 'yes,' to help spread your message, for them to support your work.
I've seen this a lot lately....sort of amusing, and frankly sad.

Will it be abundance or scarcity?

It cannot be both.

Choose to be supportive.  So YOU can have more !!!
It is an abundant Universe. You must know this.

A TRUEpreneur

A TRUEpreneur is:
 
AN ENTREPRENEUR, WHO, AFTER HAVING PLANTED THE SEED AND TOILED IN THE FIELD EXTENDS THEIR HAND TO HARVEST THAT, WHICH IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE STABILITY SECURITY, AND FINANCIAL FREEDOM FOR THEMSELVES AND THOSE THEY LOVE. AND THEN TAKES EVERYTHING IN EXCESS, AND BLESSES THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO ARE STILL IN THE JOURNEY OF BECOMING A TRUESTAR. 

Welcome to WWW.TRUESTAR.TV.
Check out www.monikakovacs.com for more.

*ALL OR NOTHING*

*ALL OR NOTHING* thinking IS your GREATEST enemy wrt your diet/indulgences  during this 'week before Christmas.'   You know, the "I will not have lunch, so I can have dessert, and wine at the office party."  Or the, I will skip breakfast, to "save room for dessert,"  and there are many creative ways we can come up with to mess up our hormonal balance, and physiological responses.

To really have a good time, which you should, and don't worry about 2012 for now either, just REALLY be HERE in the NOW, here are a few simple things to help you:
*Eat breakfast + take your VITAMINS every morning
*Keep eating small meals every few hours, that are balanced with CARB/PRO/FAT in each of them
*Drink 2-4 L of water every day

This way you take charge of your hormones, your cravings, and how you feel.  In turn, your experiences ARE going to be [much more] enjoyable, and full of awareness in, and of the season, as it should be :)

To leave you on a positive note wrt the idea of  *ALL OR NOTHING* , check out this video, one of my fav's:

Day 57/90 Mission 'YOUR 2011 Christmas Six-Pack'

57/90  of the Mission 'YOUR 2011 Christmas Six-Pack'

Only 33 days to go, there must be some BIG anticipation built up and even more hunger to finish strong.  Do you want to know the secret to fitness success?  Here it goes.
Those people who look great, carry themselves with strength, grace, and ease, all know the secret.  Those, who seem to 'own the room' as they enter, they are alert, they always seem to have energy, use better language, better word choices etc. share one thing in common: they care about themselves.  They know they need to fuel their days, their performance the right way: through movement.  
The most successful people are likely to exercise first thing in the morning.  They get a strong start, they energize and focus first thing in the morning, while the majority is still snoozing.  The winners are already up paving the way to the success of the given day--no matter what.  They have trained themselves, their minds, their bodies to wake up earlier, work out with intensity, and get out there to seize the day. 


Are you one of them?  If not, start today.  Check out TRUESTAR Health for all your needs to get you up and on with a customized plan for you.  Also, while there, check out TRUESTAR's award winning vitamins and organic supplements to really tweak your performance. 


Winning!

Day 45/90 Mission 'YOUR 2011 Christmas Six-Pack'

45/90  of the Mission 'YOUR 2011 Christmas Six-Pack'

‎This is the 45th day, and we are officially at the mid-point. How is it going so far?  Are you on track, ahead, behind, where you want to be?

This is the perfect time to reassess where you are right now, refine, or redefine the goal at the end point, and see what the steps need to be taken, to get from NOW to day 90, and achieve the goals you set for yourself.  

Please make great use of the World's #1 ranked Fitness and Healthy Lifestyle website, Truestar Health, and create customized meal, exercise, supplement, even attitude, and sleep plans, to ensure you will be completely set on the next 6 weeks. 

Are you still in it to win it? I sure hope so. Because...
nothing has changed.....

xo

Monika

Day 38/90 of Mission 'YOUR 2011 Christmas Six-Pack'

38/90 of the Mission, 'YOUR 2011 Christmas Six-Pack'

Time for a Holiday Attitude detox: November 1st is the official start of the Holidays, the battle against the bulge, the temptations, the added pounds begins.  We start running on empty in no time, and have less and less chance to be fully present, and enjoy the weeks leading up to some of the best times of the year. 


To help you stay on track during the Holidays, I have a great solution for you: the TRUESTAR Attitude Plan.  It is never about the temptations, they are all around.  It is about your Attitude towards the temptations, that holds the key to your solution, to cruise through al the Jazz.  Get on TRUESTAR.com, and create a FREE profile.  


Design your own TRUESTAR Attitude Plan.  Show those temptations who Da Boss IS!
xo
Monika

Day 26/90 Mission 'YOUR 2011 Christmas Six-Pack'

26/90 of the Mission, 'YOUR 2011 Christmas Six-Pack'

Wealth starts within....so does Health....  
Together they are SO powerful....
Only together are they TRULY powerful...


What are you doing TODAY, to make progress in those two areas? 
Ask me for ideas.....
xo
Monika

Day 23/90 Mission 'YOUR 2011 Christmas Six-Pack'

23/90 of the Mission, 'YOUR 2011 Christmas Six-Pack'

I was sneaking a peak at John C Maxwell's new book: The 5 levels of Leadership:

Maxwell's premise of leadership is of influence.  Substitute the word leadership, to wellness.  I.e. a person's ability to influence determines their level of leadership.  Influence is a learned skill, so is your level of health.  You can realte that to the successful lifestyle one learns to lead, in terms of healthy choices, that ultimately produce a happy and healthy life.  The key here is that success IS a learned behavior, whether of business, or lifestyle.  

No matter what level of health you may be living at the current moment, you can learn anew, you can change that, the minute you decide.  There is help, resources, mentors, coaches, and numerous different resources available for you if you are serious about a healthy lifestyle.

I LOVE the concept: Influence = Leadership.  The quality and level of your authentic choices will determine the quality of your influence, hence the quality of your leadership you command in your life.  INFLUENCE is one's authenticity bluntly and fearlessly put on the outside, for the whole world to see...feel....and be touched by. 

Nothing has changed......