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Spring Jumpstart: How to Navigate Transitions

March 21, 2019 by Marian Buck-Murray Leave a Comment

 

Spring!  Time to spring into action, right?  So why do so many people feel so tired?  Maybe it’s the loss of sleep due to daylight savings.  Maybe it’s Mercury in Retrograde.  Maybe it’s the change of seasons.  Probably, it’s a mix of all of it. 

We bundle ourselves up during winter, cocooning in hibernation. Then comes the loosening of Spring.  More sun. Warmer temperatures.  More action.  All wonderful.  Yet, after the stillness of winter, it can feel somewhat disruptive, distracting, discombobulating.

Transitions of any kind can be hard.  Transitions mean change.  And change can throw us off track, making it harder to spring into action.  Grounding and settling your energy is what will give you the power to reboot and reenergize.

Here’s what to do to feel more grounded, so you can give yourself a nice powerful jump-start.

Meditate — Meditation will help bring you back to center.  Consistent meditation changes your brain, making it more adaptable to stress.  It will help you feel more grounded, less distracted, and more able to navigate transitions. Start with 5-10 minutes at a time.  Add mini meditation breaks to your day to help you stay centered throughout.  Try Insight Timer for free guided meditations and a meditation timer.

Go to bed early – Good sleep is essential to reset your energy supply.  Turn off electronic devices.  Let your energy settle.  Sleep in a dark room.  Make up for lost sleep.

Walk in Nature – Walk on the softening Spring earth.  Sense yourself grounding with each step.  Breath the air. Smell the air.  Notice life emerging.  Merge with the energy of Spring.  Allow it to reinvigorate you.

EFT Tapping – Tap a few rounds around the points to help yourself clear away distractions and anxiety.  EFT Tapping is one of the most effective techniques for lowering cortisol, the major stress hormone.  Lowering cortisol will help you feel more relaxed.  It will also help you release ‘false’ energy that keeps you wired.  For an illustrated diagram of the tapping points, click here.

Get out of Your Beta Brain —  Beta brain wave state activity is very busy, and can lead to distraction and worry.  Use techniques such as EFT Tapping and the Heart Breath Meditation to drop into a deeper, calmer alpha brain state.  It’s from this deeper, calmer place that you can feel inspired to take new action.  For videos on how to use EFT Tapping and Heart Breath, click here.

Get Creative – Nourish and awaken your senses.  Follow your intuition, and do something that will help you drop into creative, effortless flow.  In this space, let go of how things should be, and allow yourself to be reinvigorated by your own creative power.

Nourish Yourself —  Springtime is time to detoxify. Detoxify your diet with plenty of water,
leafy greens, colorful veggies, seaweeds, and probiotic foods.  A diet rich in plant foods is anti-inflammatory, and helpful for allergies. Herbal teas such as Nettle, Ginger, Rooibos, Peppermint, can also be helpful.  By cleaning up your diet, and clearing out the toxins, you will feel energized to move forward.

Happy Spring!

In Gratitude,

Marian

Need some encouragement to help you get going?  Contact me.

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I’m an Empath, Are You?

August 23, 2017 by Marian Buck-Murray Leave a Comment

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I’m an empath.  Many of my friends are empaths, as are most of my clients.  Due to the line of work I’m in, I meet empaths everywhere.  At the wellness center where I have an office.  At the professional trainings I attend.  At group meditations and networking events.

It’s not easy to be an empath.  Until I truly understood my energy, I struggled.  I struggled with the belief I had to please everyone.  I struggled with sensing too much about the world around me.  I struggled with feeling the weight of the world.  I struggled in large groups, and sought isolation. 

I’ve gradually, and successfully, learned to manage and protect my natural sensitivity, and I’ve realized how crucial it is to practice daily rituals and exercises in order to help myself stay balanced and strong.

You might too be an empath, if you:  

  • Sense and ‘absorb’ others’ feelings
  • Have high sensitivity to touch, smell, energy, sight, noise, etc.
  • Are easily triggered or overwhelmed by negative news stories
  • Have been told you’re too sensitive
  • Feel like something is wrong with you
  • Have a tendency to shut down when too much is going on around you
  • Frequently feel exhausted
  • Easily get distracted

But wait, it’s not all bad news!  Empaths are beautiful people, and when we recognize our true strengths, it’s easier to strengthen inner power. 

Empaths typically:

  • Are generous and giving.
  • Have big hearts
  • Are highly intuitive
  • Enjoy subtle beauty
  • Thrive in natural settings
  • Treasure authenticity
  • Are great listeners
  • Have a natural ability to heal
  • Experience relief when they connect with others who share their sense of sensitivity

Sensitivity is a gift.  We add value and strength to our sensitivity by honoring it and nurturing it.  In doing this, it’s crucial to detoxify and release all that doesn’t serve us.  This includes: anxiety, self-doubt, negative self judgement, other peoples’ emotions and opinions, and any substances toxic to our system.

Over the years I have learned to manage my energy in a way that allows me to thrive, instead of hide. 

Here are some of my favorite techniques:

Daily Meditation — Daily meditation helps me connect with my inner power.  By continually connecting with our inner power, authenticity is easier to express.  Meditation helps to clarify what is ours, and what is not.   

Smudging – Using a sage smudge is helpful to clear negative energy in a room.  I do this frequently in my home office.  In addition, I have smokeless smudge from Rhonda Lee Barefoot Artist, which I use at my office in the center where I work.  Here’s the link for Rhonda’s Spirit Mist.

Energetic Shield – Empaths typically have an easy time visualizing what’s invisible to the naked eye.  Visualizing an energetic shield of light or love to surround you as you move through your day can help you maintain a boundary to filter out negativity. 

Grounding – Grounding is crucial for everyone, especially empaths.  Sometimes, the struggles faced by an empath will create a desire for avoidance, or dissociation from earthly troubles.  However helpful it might be to drift into ‘la-la-land’ at times, it’s crucial to bring ourselves back to Earth.  Grounding techniques include walking barefoot on the earth, EFT Tapping, and soaking your feet in a salt bath.  You might also try a daily grounding meditation, during which you imagine roots stretching down from your spine and feet into the earth below.

Salt Bath — Ahhh. Nothing like a salt bath to soothe anxiety and detoxify the body-mind.   Simple Epsom salts contain magnesium, which is both grounding and relaxing.  If you have a bathtub, treat yourself to a salt bath one or more times a week.  If you don’t have a bathtub, soak your feet instead. 

Yoga – Yoga is a powerful technique for detoxification, anxiety relief, grounding, chakra balancing, nervous system balancing, and more.  Each of these benefits is crucial for the sensitive, empathic soul. 

Nature– Nature is grounding, healing, and soothing.  It’s essential for maintaining balance.  Delight in it in any way you can.

Don’t hide from the world.  Don’t hide your sensitivity.  Treasure your gifts, and light up our world.

Contact me to learn how EFT Tapping and Matrix Reimprinting can help soothe your soul and nourish your inner butterfly.

In Courage,

Marian

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I started working with Marian over four years ago when I was experiencing recurrent miscarriages. It was an extremely vulnerable and traumatic time and I was lucky to find Marian through a friend’s recommendation. I had never done anything besides talk therapy previously and I was unfamiliar with EFT but I knew I needed something different. Marian educated me about EFT and its benefits. She tailored each session to my unique needs depending on what was going on for me emotionally and also used visualizations and breathwork. These are skills that I  also used on my own outside of our sessions. Marian is extremely skilled, grounding, empathetic and insightful. Even when I didn’t know what I needed, she listened and intuitively knew what to do. Her guidance helped me heal and move forward in my quest to be a mother. Our work together has truly been transformative for me and I continue to value our work now that I’m a new mother and am faced with new challenges.

~Susanna

Our session was incredible. I’m still in absolute awe at how quickly you led me to the core issues that were tangling me up. So often I would feel the impact of the inner critical voice on my emotions (I’d FEEL depressed, overwhelmed, stuck, anxious)…but I never knew what the core limiting beliefs exactly were. That you exposed them so effortlessly amazes me. I’m blown away by how good I feel – truly it is like I’m breathing deeper, feeling lighter, clearer– an everyday-kind-of joy just feels so much more accessible right now. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your work- I can’t wait to continue further with you!

 ~ Lisa Grace Byrne, MPH  Author of Replenish, Founder of WellGroundedLife.com

THANK YOU.  I'm sure you must hear testimonials all the time, but just your presence, voice and spirit make a huge difference in the way I think and do things - and I change! It's really a miracle, and you are the catalyst. Your guidance is invaluable.

~D.G.

We have been honored to have Marian’s presence at our Company to learn more about stress reducing techniques like tapping and heart breath meditations.  Marian empowered many employees to utilize such an accessible technique to help manage emotions in the corporate setting.

~Zena Kim, Head of Wellness Passion Group, A+E Networks

Thank you so much for the session yesterday. It’s so freeing to feel grounded and energetically unblocked at the same time. You’ve been such an incredible guide and support this past year. I’m astounded by how much I’ve learned and how far I’ve come.

~Diana F.

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature.

Joseph Campbell
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