November B Issue
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
Super Attractor
Log On Our Website and Learn more in how to Live a Conscious Lifestyle: OMTimes.com
CONTENTS HEALTH & HEALING
48
AROMATHERAPY ALTERNATIVE
52
COULD ANEMIA BE AFFECTING YOUR MINDFULNESS PRACTICE?
REMEDIES
SPOTLIGHT
SPIRITUALITY
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
56 WHAT ROLES DO YOU PLAY IN THE
SUPER ATTRACTOR
STORY OF YOUR LIFE
64
THE DAY I MET MY SPIRIT GUIDES
68
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE AGE OF SUFFERING
TRENDS 5 POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY TO SOMEONE
METAPHYSICS
114 PREPARING FAMILIES FOR A BELOVED'S DEATH
110 WHY DO PEOPLE RESIST USING THEIR
JUST LIFE
INTUITION?
CREATING HEALTHY, BALANCED 102 SPACES THROUGH SPACE CLEARING
OMLIVING
76 4 LIFE-CHANGING HEALTH BENEFITS OF MEDITATION
PERSONAL GROWTH THE LIGHT WE SHINE 3 STEPS TO ENGAGE WITH FEAR TO MOVE BEYOND YOUR LIMITED SELF 5 WAYS TO SPIRITUALLY INCREASE YOUR CREATIVITY AND JOY
WWW.OMTIMES.COM
PIZZA GIRL’S DAD GETS HIS WISH
Gabrielle Bernstein
SUPER ATTRACTOR
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW By Sandra Sedgbeer Gabrielle Bernstein is a motivational speaker, a life coach, and a spiritual activist who, in less than a decade, has pretty much cornered the market as the go-to spiritual guru to the next generation. She is the author of several New York Times best-selling books, including May Cause Miracles, Spirit Junky, The Universe Has Your Back and Judgment Detox, and her latest work, Super Attractor – Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams.
SANDIE SEDGBEER: Gabrielle, as a child,
you were highly intuitive. You believed in angels and fairies, your Mum was a devotee of Gurumayi [the head of the Siddha Yoga lineage.] You grew up visiting Ashrams and meditating. You read Wayne Dyer in High School. Spirituality has always been a part of your life and, yet, you also say that the first 25 years of your life, you were in a negative mindset, always looking for something outside of yourself to make you happy. What happened during that period of your life to get you to the point where you battled with addictions from alcohol and drugs to food and
OMTIMES magazine Oct • 2019
relationships?
Digestive Health:
Aromatherapy Alternative Remedies
Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils that can benefit digestive disorders, not only therapeutically but can work as a psychological de-stressor, as well! Suggested essential oils for digestive disorders include:
Omtimes.com
Cinnamon: German health authorities (Commission E) approve cinnamon bark oil for mild gastrointestinal spasms, stimulating appetite and relieving indigestion. It is used in flatulent dyspepsia, dyspepsia with nausea, intestinal colic and digestive disorders associated with cold conditions. It relieves nausea and vomiting and is particularly useful for infantile diarrhea. Ginger: is a warming oil and supports emotional well-being, as well as calms the digestive system. Also known as an antiseptic, laxative, stimulant and a tonic, it’s commonly used for diarrhea, gas, indigestion, morning sickness, nausea, motion sickness, vomiting. Grapefruit: This wonderful oil has an energizing effect and is said to help with eating disorders. It is rich in linolenic, linoleic and oleic acids and has an astringent and toning effect when applied topically. It is a good detoxifier as it stimulates the lymphatic system helping to rid the body of toxins. It can be used for inhaling the aroma as it will help to reduce the
craving for sweet foods and desserts. Lavender: This calming, soothing essential oil is useful for digestion because it increases the mobility of the intestine. It helps to improve overall digestion, including nausea and gas. Lemon: This bright and fresh oil helps to stimulate digestion and acts as a natural antibacterial, so it can keep harmful bacteria from growing in the gut. Marjoram: This fresh, warm, and slightly woody scent is best known for flavoring food. For digestive problems, like constipation, indigestion, and flatulence, use 2-3 drops in a carrier oil and massage into the abdomen. Peppermint: is an antibacterial, anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, anti-viral, antispasmodic and invigorating. It soothes, cools and dilates and can be beneficial for food poisoning, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, gas, bad breath, nausea, motion sickness, Omtimes.com
Could Anemia Be Affecting Your Mindfulness Practice? by Lauren Laporte
There are many reasons for people to meditate. Some do it for their mental health, some for religious reasons, while others simply do it to stay calm and in touch with their inner selves. Meditation also has many therapeutic properties, as it can help control pain and improve sleep, but also regulate Omtimes.com
blood pressure and even reduce symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in women. However, just like meditation can influence your health, your mental and physical state can also affect your ability to meditate. To be more specific, conditions such as anemia have been known to interfere with your focus and energy levels to such an extent that practicing mindfulness becomes nearly impossible. If you value your mindfulness practice but have reasons to believe you’re anemic, here is some useful information for you. Anemia and its causes Anemia is a condition tightly related to your red blood cell count. In short, the job of your red blood cells is to carry oxygen all through your body, which they can do due to their content of the iron-rich protein called hemoglobin. When there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells in your organism, you become anemic, and the tissues in your body can’t get an adequate amount of oxygen. In order for your body to produce the necessary red blood cells, it needs various nutrients, but
the most essential ones are iron, vitamin B-12, and folate. There are different types of anemia, the most common one being iron deficiency anemia. Whichever one of them you may have, you must visit your doctor, since anemia can be a sign of some much more serious illnesses. The symptoms of anemia include fatigue and weakness, lightheadedness and dizziness, but also tiredness, irregular heartbeats, headaches, and shortness of breath. Prevention and treatment of anemia Although not all types of anemia can really be prevented, you can take some precautions to prevent the most frequent ones, iron deficiency anemia, or various vitamin deficiency anemias. Basically, it comes down to maintaining a healthy diet, which contains all the right nutrients, most importantly, iron and different vitamins and minerals. If you’re looking for iron-rich foods, you should eat more red meat, liver, and kidney. On the other hand, if you’re vegan, you can eat dark leafy greens, legumes, whole grains, and dried fruit. However, since
Omtimes.com
We all have a story about who we are and why we experience what we do. What is your story? What roles do you play in the story of your life? Are you the wounded healer? Are you always the bridesmaid, never the bride?
Omtimes.com
Maybe your story is called “I can’t trust myself, so I’m hoping someone will rescue me before I mess up too badly story,” but you want it to be called “I’ve got this!” What part of you is making it hard to adopt the new story? You can learn more about that self that is the overlooked bridesmaid or wounded healer and develop a different relationship to these aspects of who you are. You could learn something about that insecure part of you and discover what you could do to be more confident. Doing this might help you transform your habitual behaviors and attitudes, change your story, and change your roles in the story of your life. The story you are living according to right now might not be working for you. If you were to write a new story yourself to explain what you have been through and where you are in your life’s journey, you might feel courageous instead of scared…
Valued instead of taken for granted… seen instead of overlooked… competent instead of incompetent… If you work as a healer—an acupuncturist, a counselor, or a nurse, for example— maybe you can discover new ways in which your own wounds can help you be more understanding of others who are suffering. To write a better story, you must first acknowledge what your story has been until this point and what roles you have played in it. If you were “always the bridesmaid,” who cast you in that role? In other words, who wrote the story about how your needs and happiness are secondary to someone else’s? And why did you adopt that story? Did you even realize you adopted it? Although it can be painful to see your story for what it truly is and be honest about your role in scripting it, doing so
Omtimes.com
Nothing has changed our suffering more than science. Nothing. Sorry Buddha, sorry Vedanta, sorry Christianity. Although you’ve all been a big help, you need to kneel to science (and its stepchild; technology) as the biggest branch of human endeavor to affect our relationship to suffering. Omtimes.com
Both ways. Good and bad. More and less. Until 200 years ago, one of the biggest causes of death was starvation and malnutrition. Then came internal combustion engines, tractors, harvesters, plant breeding, genetic modification, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and Monsanto. In the mechanized world, starvation was kicked way down on the list. Of course, in the headlong plunge to feed everyone (good), science has all but wiped out biodiversity in food crops and poisoned the ecosystem (bad). Meanwhile we today live better than the kings and queens of the past. Back in the 15th century, the royalty lived in cold stone castles with a modicum of heat supplied by burning an inordinate amount of wood. They had no running water. A hot bath was a rare undertaking. And let’s hope you didn’t kick over the chamber pot in the middle of the night. Your dentist would have been a blacksmith, and your dinner was frequently rotten with maggots crawling out of the not-so prime rib. And that was the
situation for royalty! As for the rest of the population, it was considered a luxury if you had a pig to sleep next to at night to keep you warm. The level of personal comfort, convenience, health care, diet for the average citizen today would make the queens and kings of an old quake in their itchy wool undergarments in wonder and envy. Science has delivered us from the gross levels of suffering, allowing us to ‌ what? Suffer in more creative ways? Like from a Facebook post? 1. The Dark Side of Modern Convenience Modern warfare now mows down people, buildings, cities, forests, and cultures with the touch of a button. Modern travel and communications flatten time-honored societal mores, customs, and conventions with a click of the mouse. The community of old which provided a safety net for members in the community is now shattered by globalization. Our relationship to ourselves, to others, to groups, to ideologies,
Omtimes.com
4 Life-Changing Health Benefits of Meditation By Rachelle Wilber
Meditation is defined as the process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts, and many people reap major benefits from the practice. The popularity of meditation continues to increase as more and more people notice its physical and mental benefits. Check out Omtimes.com
these four life-changing health benefits of meditation. Reduces Stress Stress reduction is one of the most common reasons people choose to try meditation. Stress can cause major physical reactions, such as sleep issues, heart palpitations, and increased blood pressure. A scientific study found that a style of meditation called “mindfulness meditation” helped reduce the inflammatory response that stress has on a person’s body. If you are having trouble reducing stress in your life, consider seeking out an intuitive energy healer. This is a person who can guide you in your meditation journey and help you let go of stressors in your life.
on work, school, or just life in general, meditation can help reduce symptoms of stress and can help you develop concentration. May Reduce Memory Loss As people get older, they naturally start to forget things. Meditation may help keep your mind young for as long as possible. A study found that combining a mantra or chant with repetitive finger motions improved participants’ ability to perform memory-related tasks. Meditation has even been found to partially improve memory in dementia patients by keeping their minds strong. As you age, it’s always a good idea to do memory exercises to keep your attention span strong and your mind sharp. Meditation is a great choice for that.
Helps Build Focus and Attention Span
Improves Sleep
Meditation is all about focus. It helps you build your attention span and makes it easier to focus on individual activities without your mind straying to other thoughts. Stress causes individuals to worry, fret, and causes your mind to wander. Whether you need to focus
Many people turn to meditation because they are having trouble shutting off their brains at night and going to sleep. People who meditate have been found to go to sleep faster and stay asleep longer, due to meditation’s relaxing affects. Meditation can put you in a Omtimes.com
VENUS CASTLEBERG INTERVIEW WITH VENUS CASTLEBERG
ON "OUTSIDE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE" Venus Castleberg is a business and life coach, holistic healthcare practitioner, selfproclaimed ‘nature fairy’, and life-long devotee of joyful possibility. She is a seasoned entrepreneur, and a highly experienced transformational healer and coach. For more than 20 years, she has been studying and practicing a range of modalities including massage, homeopathy, hypnotherapy, Reiki, Shamanism, tarot, nutrition, yoga, and intuitive bodywork.
What if everything you have deemed as impossible was possible? What if every area of your life could get even greater? On "Outside the Impossible", we will use pragmatic tools, questions and conversations to improve bodies, relationships, money flows, business’, etc. What would you choose and create if you could transform any area of your life? Come explore with us to change your life and the world for the better. OMTIMES | NOVEMBER B
OMTIMES: When and How did you start your life as an Access Consciousness certified facilitator? Venus Castleberg: Well, I guess I would say that it started 20 years ago. That was about when I discovered massage therapy and alternative health care. One of the things that I saw early on in massage therapy is that I would see people over and over for the same aches and pains. Something inside fo me was convinced there had to be an easier way. When I set out on a mission to search for an easier way, studying hypnotherapy, homeopathy, nutrition, Reiki, shamanism, tarot, yoga, etc. It doesn’t matter the modality, you name it, I’ve probably been exposed to it or studied it in some way. When I discovered the tools of Access Consciousness, I was thrilled at the ease of them and seeing so many lives get better. Even the mantra of Access Consciousness is “All of life comes to me with ease joy and glory,” matches the energy of what I knew was possible. This set of practical tools and’ is a way for people to find more ease more joy than they ever imagined possible. It is possible to create the life and living you’ve always desired. For me, Access Consciousness changed everything in my life.
I have more joy, more ease, and I changed things that I never thought was possible to change. I have a really strong desired to share these tools with the world. To give people a choice and a chance to choose something different. Everyone can have a different reality and a different possibility beyond anything that they imagined possible.
OMTIMES: What other services do you offer our audience aside from your specialized expertise (Books, CD’s Courses)? Venus Castleberg: I am a Joy of Business Certified Facilitator, an International business, relationship, and life coach. I also offer Symphony of Possibilities sessions. OMTIMES: We live in a world of content overload. How can people break through and reach their desired audience? Venus Castleberg: I believe that the best invitation anyone can be is to be unapologetically themselves. There are 8 billion people in the world. And every person has their own way of delivering their message. Even if the message is similar or the same. The way that someone delivers that message in who they are an invitation to different people. I know that people come to me that aren’t attracted to somebody else. And I know people don’t,” who don’t come to me were because they’re pulled to somebody else. The truth is, we’re drawn to whoever will create the greatest change for us. That could be the one that triggers the most for us so that we can look at it and change it into something different. So if I were to give advice to somebody who wants to break through and reach their desired audience I would say just be you.
OMTIMES | NOVEMBER B
Creating Healthy, Balanced Spaces through Space Clearing Case Study: The Luxury Yacht that Became an Adventure Cruise Ship
By Robyn M Fritz
Throughout history, we have tried to be comfortable in our spaces at home and at work, using rituals and techniques like space clearing. A new way of space clearing consults with both people and their spaces to mesh the needs and wants of both sides. In Part 1 of this two-part series I discuss Omtimes.com
how space clearing works and why this new way matters. In Part 2 I’ll offer a case study that reveals how a luxury yacht and its new owners used space clearing to create a business that satisfies both parties. To be our best in mind, body, and spirit, we need to make sure our spaces stay healthy and balanced. As I explained in Part 1 of this two-part series, we do that with space clearing, which uses energy healing to clear stagnant energy from spaces so we, and they, thrive. To see how space clearing works, here’s a case study of the clearing of a new business—the luxury yacht M/V Sea Star in Seattle.
Space Cooperating: Energy Clearing a Luxury Yacht As they tap their intuition, business owners realize they can use space clearing to help develop and maintain healthy businesses. That’s how I met Aspin and Erik Teevin, owners of North Pacific Expeditions in Seattle. They
had just launched their dream business: a small ship wilderness cruise service in Alaska. They wanted my Cooperating Space service, which clears spaces by consulting with both the owners and space itself to mesh the needs and wants of both sides. Yes, it involves talking with space itself. Space Cooperating session involves three things: a list of questions from the people involved, one-on-one with me, and the space to explain the situation and ask what it needs, and the clearing session, which brings the people and space together to negotiate change and remove stuck energy. So, what did the Teevins’ want from their business? A close, cordial partnership with Sea Star that included providing what she wanted and needed from them. With their list of questions and concerns in hand, I talked with Sea Star. The next day I met with the Teevins onboard Sea Star to explain what I learned and to conduct the clearing. Sea Star Speaks: What Souls Want
“She is quite the diva, but in Omtimes.com
Being highly intuitive isn’t for the select few. All of us can be taught to develop our intuition. Learning to work with the energy around us and our intuition will help us achieve the clarity in life we seek and to realize we are down our right path. There are certain protocols one needs to follow and feel comfortable when we connect with our intuition. All it takes is practice and willingness.
Omtimes.com
If we are not firing up our intuition or psychic senses, then we are probably not making good decisions. Only relying on our physical senses is probably why we continue to feel anxious in our gut and heart. Does this anxiety sound familiar? The gut and heart are our emotional brain centers. Sensing our feelings in our brain centers is an important step towards having a healthy relationship with our intuition. Likewise, developing our psychic senses and having a sound understanding or knowing that we are going down our correct path in life is the key to relieving anxiety. Making the decision to develop our intuition will help us gain clarity, bring more joy in your life, and have peace of mind. Can developing our intuition do all that? The answer is yes. We were born with our intuition in tack, but along the way, we lost the ability to use it. There are many reasons for this. In our western culture, school places great value on activities and academics that are focused on the left brain.
The right brain is not as highly regarded, and little is done to advance this important aspect of ourselves. Our intuition is housed here. Highly creative people like singers, musicians and artists are all right-brain oriented, and most are in touch with their intuition. Creating their work requires focus and introspection, which is where your intuition lies. You have often heard a musician saying the song came out of me, or it wrote itself. “I sit down to write a song because I’m feeling a very intense emotion, usually an intense form of pain,” Taylor Swift says. Another reason a person can lose sight of their intuition is based on their upbringing, and unfortunately, we were most likely taught as a young child to stay away from all energy. In certain instances, we may have had a bad experience causing us to shut down our psychic senses. Does this sound familiar, some of us were taught that God is judgmental and critical instead of the opposite, which is loving and joyful. But not all energy is dark or evil. Once we learn to control our energy, there is nothing to fear. Omtimes.com
Preparing Families for a Beloved’s Death By Robyn M Fritz
Preparing for Death and Grief You’ve just learned a family member is dying. Whether they’re human or animal, the feeling is the same: you’re stunned by grief and struggling to decide how to help yourself, your family,
Omtimes.com
and your dying beloved get through it. In this two-part series on preparing for death and grief, we’re covering how to prepare others, and yourself, for a beloved’s death. Yes, it’s hard to say goodbye, harder yet to live the goodbye, but it’s possible. Be practical, careful, sensible, loving, wildly intuitive, spiritual—and follow these tips. You’re a Family Remember that you’re a family, even if it’s just you. Yes, the dying person or animal comes first, as any proper hospice model should tell you, but prepare the family by seeing to individual needs. Barring a sudden, unexpected death, they all know it’s coming. Guilt, worry, concern, fear, and jealousy can all show up—and amazing compassion as well. Build Community Yes, ask for help, but be clear that anyone can refuse—and some will. It’s interesting, painful, and exhilarating to see who shows up, who doesn’t, and what new connections
you make. People often mean well, but our culture is big on avoiding feelings, and dying well requires feelings. Your community will feel with you. The rest, well, you’ll be surprised by those who don’t, especially when it’s dying animals. Remember: that’s their mindset, not yours. Forgive and move on. Or out. Do Your Homework Help yourself, and your beloveds understand and accept the dying process. Figure out what it takes to care for your dying and what makes sense, decide what to do, and see that it gets done. Do whatever you have to do so you, and yours can live with it afterward. You and your family, human and animal, get to decide what death looks like, from how you meet it to how you carry on afterward. Nobody else. Yes, listen to others, but only hang on to what makes sense to you and to your dying beloveds at the moment. That’s all any of us can do—and all the dying really ask of us.
Omtimes.com
3 Steps to Engage with Fear to Move Beyond Your Limited Self by Nicola Lucie
We have been conditioned to live our lives in a state of fear, being dictated on how to live, what to eat, what to do what not to do, how to look, how to feel, what we can and cannot do and that if we dare to go against these beliefs and move out of ours,
Omtimes.com
or their, comfort zone we will somehow fail or be rejected. However, fear is one of our greatest teachers and allies that can guide us to living a more fulfilling and wholehearted life. We are all afraid of something, from the small and what can seem mundane, to the big and mighty, and when fear creeps upon us, there is no limit to what we will do to avoid it. In fact, we have built up an entire store of coping mechanisms, so we do not have to deal with what makes us afraid. We will run from it and keep ourselves busy, turn to our unhealthy habits to suppress it, even hide from it by completely ignoring it. However, the more we choose not to engage with it, the bigger the fear gets, and when that happens, there is no escaping. Fear holds us in lockdown, disconnected from what it is showing us about ourselves,
and keeps us in dissociative behavior. It is extremely disempowering. As a Shadow Work Coach, fear always presents itself as a psychological block that prevents the client from accessing the deeper lessons about where they need to go to reveal, heal and integrate whatever is coming the surface, and the necessary action they may need to take to find a resolution to internal conflict. They become paralyzed, like a rabbit caught in the headlights. Does this sound familiar? When we learn to work with fear, it becomes a gateway to a deeper understanding of self, and when engaged and embraced we can open the gate and walk through it. We receive the unique opportunity to experience ourselves like never before, on the other side, with a new lease on life and a very different perspective. Here is the 3-step process
Omtimes.com
5 Ways to Spiritually Increase Your Creativity and Joy by Brooke ChaplanÂ
Spirituality and creativity are intimately connected. The connection between spirituality and creativity is not just conjecture. Engaging in spiritual practices has a positive Omtimes.com
effect on a person’s health and well-being that is recognized by the medical community. Creativity is essential to help us solve the problems that we encounter in our daily lives and to help us to fill our lives with happiness. Improving our creativity helps us to cope with the stresses in life and welcome in more joy. Here are five spiritual practices than can boost creativity in your daily life. Meditation and Yoga Meditation and Yoga are excellent ways to combat stress and connect with our spiritual side. There are many different types of yoga, so be sure to try several out to find the one that is the right match for you. The long-term medical benefits include a reduction in diseases related to stress and a better overall feeling of contentment with life. Not only do they combat stress and improve physical health, medication, and
yoga can also help you tap into your fun-loving spiritual side, improving your creativity and ability to deal with life. Aromatherapy Aromatherapy is a method that uses scent to achieve calmness and can be a form of meditation. Certain scents such as lavender, bergamot, and eucalyptus stimulate the limbic system of the brain. This creates a calming effect and allows the creativity to flow. You might try sleeping with a little near your bed at night. Experimenting with different aromas can not only help you sleep better; it can also boost your productivity and focus! Healing Stones You might think the only reason to buy diamonds online would be to propose or create a stunning piece of jewelry, but did you know gemstones have healing benefits as well? Holding and having certain stones
Omtimes.com
OMTimes Media, Inc. PO Box 1333 Oil City, PA 16301 (571)-2OM-TIMES ©2009-2019 OMTimes Media
All Rights Reserved MMXIX
Please review the
OMTimes Reprint Policy Contact our Advertisement Team:
advertise@omtimes.com