It’s been 2 months since I did the detox and I have to say, I’ve only needed a daytime nap about 3 times since then. I used to be exhausted every afternoon! Even though I’m back to eating the way I used to (a little better maybe the results have stayed with me.

Gregg Braden makes an interesting point about how it’s not what we eat but what we THINK about what we eat that affects our weight / energy issues. And I’ve heard stories of people losing weight by eating cupcakes and maintaining the same level of exercise but changing how they thought about cupcakes.

I’m going to try the same with Nutella, lol.

I’m so happy to hear how focused, healthy and happy you sound Thanks for being such an inspiration!

I am, since having begun to cleanse on a regular basis, able to read longer, and retain more, and wander less, if at all during my reading, so I believe that while you must be ready before you can make the change to get healthy again, the process makes your mind more ready, and it does leapfrog its way for you to endless progress. That is what I am seeing. The better I get, the more i want to get better, and my study time has increased, and my movie time has naturally decreased, my need to be entertained by mindless media has tailed off, not sure if it’s just me getting smarter about what a distraction to good thought that all is, or if now, the movies are just not stimulating me enough intellectually. Anyway, thanks for this post, it really got me thinking, obviously.

I began taking the products religiously, including an ionic mineral drink called Ionix Supreme, and found that quite naturally, my lifelong addictions to many bad foods started to clear up, but the best part was that I started sleeping better at nights, and my need to visit the loo, like that word, every two hours also subsided. Lately however, I have noticed the best part of all. I am clearer of mind than I have ever been in my life, i remember small details of things that happened days and weeks ago, names of obscure people that were mentioned in a conversation, even lists of things that would have left me speechless just months ago.

No miracle cures or anything, I just believe my body has finally gotten rid of accumulated toxins over the years, and yes it has taken a couple of years to notice this effect, but it is a thrill to be getting older and yet have such clarity of mind that I don’t remember ever feeling before. Detoxification, and ceasing the intake of modern toxic foods is one of the best decisions I have ever made.

The point of the exercise is not to spend all day writing down our thoughts as most of them are so subconscious that we don’t even KNOW we are having them, so writing would certainly not be an all day affair. It’s about being more aware of them and starting to pay some attention to them as a part of our daily life.

Maybe a better idea would be to write them down at night? What do you think? Definitely open to suggestions and ideas and I would love to hear an alternate strategy that would work better!

Being aware of how we think is KEY to managing our thoughts. So for instance you’re at the grocery store waiting in line and it’s taking a while. You might start thinking I wish this line would hurry up, why didn’t I join the other line, why do people have to shop so much, next time I’m coming at a different time etc. Thinking these thoughts will automatically lower your energy and vibration to one of annoyance.

But what if you caught yourself thinking them?

Then you’d have the choice to change how you are feeling by focusing on something else like I love the veggies I bought or how awesome that I can afford to buy good food for me and my family etc and as you do, you’ll feel it in your body and mind. This is a completely different experience to the one you might have been having earlier and the best part is you chose it consciously by being aware of your mind’s workings.

Oh my, In no way am I blaming parents for everything. Heck no, no, no!

However I AM saying that our beliefs come from them, society, peers etc. How else did some of us decide that money is hard to come by or that working hard and getting a degree and making big bucks is a sign of success? Or that love and being happy is all that matters? No good or bad here, just what we believe to be true. Some beliefs are fabulous and add to our joy, others bring us down and can be changed.

I love my parents and so do not blame them for anything (at least not since I was a teen, haha) but I realise that SOME of what they taught me and thought was best for me isn’t necessarily true anymore and came out of their own conditioning. As I’ve changed over the years into a more aware and self assured adult, so have they questioned some of their beliefs and adjusted accordingly.

So yes, of COURSE we are conditioned by our life experiences but equally so by what we saw and heard growing up. As we experience life up we start making our own choices and they are all choices we make out of what we believe. Some old beliefs are so unconscious though that they can run our life if we are not aware of them. That’s what I was pointing to – find out what your beliefs are and change them if they don’t serve you.

Thanks for allowing me to clarify, Mady. I appreciate you taking the time to comment and raise these points and am privileged to have your input!

And please, let’s NOT blame our parents for everything! While their general attitudes to life can obviously have a strong impact on our mindsets, I’d like to believe that other factors in my nearly 50 years (marriage, children, travel, professional and personal experiences) have had an equally strong impact on my thoughts. I’ve learned patience through mothering; I’ve learned to be open and trusting through being in love with a good man; I’ve learned to keep my mouth shut and listen more through working with and managing others. To point to one’s parents is a bit of a tired and easy go-to.

I do agree on getting and staying healthy, in mind, body and spirit. And part of that is being selective with what one chooses to allow into one’s space, whether that space is defined physically, emotionally or psychically. Setting limits is just as important as setting goals, IMO.