The trouble I’m talking about is that the majority of men  believe that growth and maturity are signs of weakness.  I see this again and again where the woman in a relationship reaches a point where she wants to grow, to become more than what she has been, but the man sees it as a sign of weakness.  And this is not a middle age crisis I’m talking about, but a natural evolution of the human spirit.

It is only normal to want meaning in your life, to want more than just a nice house and a well paying job, it’s inevitable.  But for some reason, men (in general) seem to think that the only thing that counts in life is having the most toys (and the biggest toys) when you die.

It Is Normal To Want Meaning In Your Life

And we can all think of men whose life was their job and everything else was a distant second.  And when they died, you say to yourself,  “well, what else did they do?”  I’ve seen it with family, friends and neighbors.  But the one that drives me nuts is when my clients, female clients want to grow, to find meaning in their lives and their male partner wants to stop them.

I suppose they never heard that if you don’t grow, then you begin to die because that sure seems to be the way it is.  Marcelle and I did the Ultimate Wake Up over the weekend and women always make up the majority of the participants.  Such a powerful opportunity for growth and so sad that the majority of men are to afraid to grow.

The following is taken from The Power To Change that lets you know if your man has trouble with his emotions.

• He’s unable to discuss his feelings.
• He’s determined to avoid his feelings.
• He’s unable to express love, sorrow, or pain.
• He’s unable or unwilling to cry.
• He’s determined to make all situations into a joke.
• He’s determined to lighten the mood or change the topic when emotional issues are discussed.
• He physically leaves the room when emotional issues are discussed.
• He’s insensitive to the emotions of those around him.”

I think that most men are afraid of looking weak and go through their lives with a thin layer of pseudo-toughness.  They believe they can handle anything, can tough out any situation, and think any sign of emotional growth is a mortal sign of weakness.

What do you think?  Let’s open up and share.

And if you want to learn how to detox these negative mind-sets, come to the Ultimate Detox this Sunday, May 6/2012.

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Acid Reflux – Heart Burn – Hiatus Hernia

You see, your mouth and throat turn into your esophagus, a tube that takes the food down to the stomach.

But it must pass through a small hole in the diaphragm before it turns into the stomach.  And this is where problems start.

For various reasons, the stomach may get pulled up into that small opening of your diaphragm and it gets stuck there.  Your stomach makes Hydrochloric Acid to break down your foods and that is what gives you your heart burn.

In a hiatus hernia problem, the part of the stomach that is caught above the hole in the diaphragm lets acid start to travel up your esophagus.

A practitioner trained in the technique can reset the twisted ribs, relax the hyper-tonic diaphragm muscle and pull the stomach back into place.  On average, it takes between 1 to 3 sessions to make this permanent.  And the results are almost immediate.

Now you have a choice for chronic heart burn, acid reflux or hiatus hernia.  Keep swallowing your ant-acid remedies like Tums or get a permanent fix.  Ask your chiropractor  if they know how to fix this problem.  If they don’t, then find someone who does, because it is fixable.  And then  you can go back to eating all those delicious foods that you’ve been avoiding.

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But have you ever thought of cleaning not just your house, but your body?

And detoxing or cleaning your body in not just a physical way, but emotionally and energetically?

• Spring Clean Your House

• Do a Yearly Detox of your Body (one that actually works)

• Take Time to Focus on  Who You Are and Where You Are Going

This is the time that Dr. Marcelle and I do just that.  This weekend is our “Ultimate Wake Up” weekend where we work on healing the healers.  This is our  time to take a good look at who we are, what we are doing and where we want to go.  We do this every year as life keeps changing the rules and you have to constantly adjust and make modifications.

And this investment in our time has definitely paid dividends.  It is easy to just drift through life, but when you take charge, make plans and clean out the toxic debris that is in your way, it get’s exciting.

We do a complete run of our 3 day Ultimate Wake Up that we put on in the fall to keep us moving forward and to tweak this tool, and continue to improve it year to year.

And then, the week after, we are doing the Ultimate Detox ourselves, to physically detoxify our bodies.

As time marches on, we see more and more people retiring into their “Golden Years” and for most of them they are anything but golden.  Trouble walking to the end of the block really interferes with one’s ability to travel.  And looking back on your life, it is said that one’s greatest regret is what they didn’t do in their life.

Life is precious, and time continually ticks down, faster and faster as a matter of fact.  So start living your life the way you want to.  Take care of yourself, and go after your hearts desire because if you don’t, well the clock is ticking and it gets harder and harder to get out of our rut.

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