Weight Loss & Self-Worth
Soul Dancer (author of Pay Me What I’m Worth) retired over 115 pounds in 2004. Join us to discover how YOU can do two things at once! 1: retire (versus loose) unhealthy weight. 2) upgrade your worth in many ways.
ABOUT SOUL DANCER (SD)
Soul combines four decades of academic and diverse spiritual training to rapidly inspire learning, laughing and growing more awake and aware with ease and grace. He holds two University of Minnesota degrees. An undergraduate degree in human relationships. A masters in social work. sd is also known as a shaman and a monk. His work features powerful, practical steps to dissolve doubt, guilt, shame and worry. He lives his passion to be of service. SD walks his talk to live a culturally competent, spiritually awake and aware life. Click this link to see Soul’s complete bio.
Soul’s Emotional Swim, 4 of 13: Medicinal eating
Medicinal eating, for me, was really insidiously linked to poor habits. Unlike the upcoming post (Love = Food), medicinal eating is all about habits.
I grew to almost 300 pounds by my mid 40′s simply because I had very
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Soul’s Emotional Swim, 3 of 13: Arrogance
In Part 2 of 13 titled Youthful Ignorance (posted below), I planted the seeds for this topic – Arrogance!
Boy! I enjoyed swimming in an ocean of arrogance for most of my life when it came to my unhealthy
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Soul’s Emotional Swim, 2 of 13: Youthful Ignorance
If I ever need to quench my thirst for some hearty laughter, I take a drink from my deep well of youthful ignorance. Besides feeling invincible (isn’t that a trait every child has?) to being blissfully ignorant of those “little…
Soul’s Emotional Swim, 1 of 13: Growing Up “Big Boned”
Growing up, I went shopping with Mom for clothes. We always headed to the ‘husky’ section. Sensing I was a bit embarrassed by my size, she did her best to reassure me that our family was known to be big
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Optimal Health, 13 of 13: Old Image – Subtle Sabotage
Over the past 12 posts (below), I’ve shared a few insights on my success of retiring over 115 pounds (back in 2005). This final post for this series is also a bridge to our next 13 part adventure featuring what…
Optimal Health, 12 of 13: Re-imaging from family/friends.
You would imagine most family and friends would be THRILLED at seeing me retire over 100 pounds, right? Well, for the most part, this is true. One friend came up with a cute little
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Optimal Health, 11 of 13: Re-imaging from the inside out.
One steamy hot, no-wind Chicago day, I recall walking past a large shop window and wondering, “who’s that guy being reflected back to me. That’s NOT me!!” I’ll not forget this moment for some time to come, to say the…
Optimal Health, 10 of 13: Savoring Results
I regret I didn’t savor each, “WOW! You look GREAT” or “OH! MY! How ARE you doing what you’re doing” comment I received while retiring over 100 pounds. Isn’t it a bit ironic how we often shun compliments (or ways…
Optimal Health, 9 of 13: Rest – What a difference!
One of the most common health issues of being morbidly obese is sleep apnea. I experienced sleep apnea for almost two decades and didn’t know it! According to…
Optimal Health, 8 of 13: Cleansing – an ancient art applicable now!
Okay, confess! What do you know about cleansing the inside of your body? You enjoy a shower or bath to keep yourself clean on the outside. What about your insides? Frankly, I never really thought much about this issue until…
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