like minded

Have you ever wondered why sometimes you work hard to go

out the door to an obligation or to wonder why your health

is failing as you age.  Here are 3 things that impacted me these last 6 months!

Dear Food

I know that I am not your best friend and I am not going to say that you and all your food groups and tastes and texture are hard for me to digest into my stomach.  So let us make a truce .  I love you food and I have a challenge as when I encourage my body to eat more of you than it can handle.
So I am practicing the art of small portions and slow eating, like chewing slowly and pausing after a few bites.  This may sound easy for some but it is a challenge for me.

Then I can appreciate you food and we can get on a more like minded relationship.

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Dear Church

I am not feeling any connectedness at my church and I attend once a month.  I took a progressive Christian course for 10 weeks this last fall.  It was hurting my brain, or helping it, I'm not sure which.
Part 2 of this course is on now and I declined to re-join after Christmas.  So this is the first time I am writing something about it.  I can't make a stance (yet) or maybe I just did.

"It is for those who have stopped taking the church seriously at all.  Many people of deep spiritual integrity simply cannot suffer the shallow message of the churches of their birth any longer. They have an intuitive sense that there is more to Christianity than the rigid rules and theological constructs of the past." (Excerpt from Rev. David Felten and Rev. Jeff Procter-Murphy)

I am open-minded about my faith and this must have been what I required to fuel my belief.  Some interesting things came up but it challenged my belief and I liked my faith before I took the class and I did get educated on the bible stories and what they mean in our words today.  It was deep and our Minister said it would bring questions up and it is all about having those questions and not definite answers as the bible is stories written to teach us how to live.

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Dear Gym/Team Training

This is my like-minded place.  The trainers and the gym owners are there for ME.  I put in the effort
and they make sure I do my training safely.  Here is  a great post on the trainers.

The people I train with are fun and very much in the same place I am.

This is a great go-to place!

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I am liking the mind of the person who shared and created this!

Do you like this idea?

know your truth weekend retreat for women

Salt Lake City

I Love My Life 2018

women's weekend retreat!

Here are some photos that show just a tiny bit of our weekend with women and fashion and dancing and healing our guilt and for me it was about talking about gray hair styling.

I could use a bit more product in my hair to edge my style!

see these 2 women - edgy hair styles

my sis is keeping her blonde for now - she is stylin' it as usual! 

shopping in the Dressing Your Truth store that was brought in just

for us

healthy food for lunches was provided

Carol Tuttle (I just love her jacket!)

A type 4 woman (on the left) and a type 2 woman (on the right)

Type 4's are bold and stunning as they can wear black and

the true primary colors

The woman on the right is a soft subtle type 2 energy

and her clothes are soft and muted colors and soft texture

I will tell my hairdresser about how to style and cut my hair
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can you tell I like my new hat as it is a very type 3 style which I am a type 3

I can wear the richer, deeper colors that tend towards a dirty grainier version

of the primary colors

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LOL!  my kind of accessories for Type 3

after our break-out sessions for type 3 energy profiling women 

(displaying all the colors we can really look awesome in and rock it!)

my sister is a upward and light very fun and cute type 1 energy profiled woman

It was so fun and easy to travel with her!

we enjoyed our stay at the The Hilton Hotel and used the pool and outside

decks and we also walked around the downtown area and got to see

all the Comic Convention costumes that were walking down the street all the time

we were there.  I should of taken a pic of the Mad Hatter family walking down the street - very awesome costumes.

There will not be one next year to attend so hopefully in a couple of years she (Carol Tuttle) will put on another weekend retreat.  

motivational Donna

When you finish with

a treatment how do you know you are healed?

How do I know I healed from grief?

a great loss 14 years ago that tilted all

my perspectives...so how do I know I am healed?

using resources every now and then from professionals

is huge.  I used writing and energy therapy and a few sessions

of counselling over the years.  

I am healed because I can look back and remember that time

and what I was like and what hurt most and what helped the most

I am healed also from the neck tension and headaches (not migraines) because

I am using tools I learned from chiropractors, yoga, physiotherapists

and energy therapists.  

I am healed the best way I can be

because I am always learning new things

about me, my marriage, my family and

other relationships and that the biggest learning

was through animals.  For me it is the horse.

I make sure I do activities that I love

and hiking, horse riding and making art

are my go to peaceful events.

How about you?

I bought these colorful runners the other day to start off

fall and to make sure I wear good foot wear as much as possible.

These runners match all my outfits.

i am entering my story slam application for October's Story Slam at the library

I have decided on a story it will be titled

'What The Health?!

Story Slam Entry Form 2018.pdf

here are the rules...

• Five minutes to tell your story. After 5 minutes, there will be a penalty. After 7 minutes, you will be gonged.
• Story must be original and unpublished.
• You can read from a script, or just go up and tell a story. Competition starts at 6:30 pm. Names will be drawn to
• determine order of story telling. No props.
• Limit of 10 story tellers.
• Entries will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. 

 Story Slam competitions are also held in Edmonton and Toronto. (Yorkton is quite

trendy putting this on)

Last year I talked about 'Rocky - my first solo ride' it was an experience

as their were 7 judges and they are quite prestigious. Just to note in the middle of my

story last year all my cue cards fell to the floor and I just had to carry on!  It worked out

fine.  My score was 7.6/10.

This is one resource that has helped me with my neck pain and headaches

check him out

Restore Your Bad Neck Curve With a Simple Towel 

Motivationaldoc on youtube

Dr. Alan Mandell, D.C.


My hubby is very involved in harvesting for his brother right now and in
the next few weeks;
so I pray that the crop is awesome!

signing off....as
Motivational Donna

our riding experience

Howdy!

How's life for you 'all this summer?

We are back from vacations at Cypress, Clear Lake,

and day trips to Good Spirit Lake and Madge Lake.

Will be heading to Regina Beach Saturday with my sister

and her friend.  

  Our son has been visiting us this week and I have always wanted a video of me riding a horse.  The loping or cantering is new for me in an arena setting.  I have no problem out in the open country to lope; for some reason arena riding is restrictive  to me when I want to do some loping.  I am practicing that here with my horse Grace.

Tom, this was a nice video of me and my Mantracker workin' it at Kirkville arena!

Keep calm and ride on!

Why I enjoy the horse experience

more yakety-yak horse vids from this morning!

Horse Wiser

Friday I started my 3 day horse riding clinic! I’m done now and I take with me more confidence and love to share with my horse and others. Keeping my words to myself and to my horse only for gentle learning and letting the hard days of learning move me forward along with doing just a little ; doing less will show doing more, trust the process of each bit of time.

I took photos and these are all of them.  Videos were not allowed and when I and Brian were both

in the  same class it was impossible to get any riding shots.

it's okay.  You can laugh at my hat.  I never wear a cowboy hat.  However, this

weekend it was pouring rain and we were hauling saddles and boots and horses in and out

of the riding arena in pouring rain  This hat was awesome for keeping the rain off my face

and head. Otherwise I wear a ball cap style head gear.

 Bottom of this picture is me in front of the pickup and it reflected a squished photo

of me (cool, real cool)

I knew I would be slow, slow,... getting my horse tack on Grace (previously named Bruschetta).

A slower process when she was very anxious and hard to keep standing in one place.

Next time I will be more "savy" at putting the bridal and bit in the mouth.  Tightening up

the cinch, chest band in place (that is my next goal)

My horse has a beautiful thick black mane.

This is the pen that Mr. Z and Bruschetta were in for 2 nights.

Mantracker and I went home and came back in the mornings. (a 35 min drive)

Mr. Z really wanted out of this pen on the last day,

Grace (Bruschetta) shared the pen with Mr. Z

She is 10 years old and Mr. Z is 4 years old.

This is my horse with the clinician.  A buckskin mare.  He had

to work with her quite a bit to settle her down.  She did not like

being around all the horses and pinned her ears back constantly the whole

time we were in the class.  Made me nervous;so double anxiety going for 

the first day. Once he explained her situation and got her hind legs moving freer

and me letting her move with much looser rein and directing her; was the winning ticket!

This is John Tilley.  He was our clinician and lives at Leroy, Sask.

He was easy to be around and complimented riders whenever it was 

necessary and earned.  I was very relaxed with his lessons.

Ride on. Ride on.

AHA'S of my retreat in SLC

hair tips -

negative talk that does not support my hair

cant get it like the stylist

cant get my hair funky enough - edgy enough

my spouse has opinions about my hair

I love My Hair

My Hair Is Great Today

(let go of negative talk by burning in a tin can all the negative comments about my hair

that I wrote and put in that tin can)

Our struggles  PRACTICE with our nature or energy profile (a..ha.. moments with Carol)

I am well on the path of practicing me; I no longer think of myself as recovering!  Take the word Struggle out of my vocabulary and replace it with Practice.

DYT is bringing your inner soul experience out into your outside appearance.

The inner self comes out in dressing your truth/inner-self.  Your appearance shows your soul with

DYT and my.liveyourtruth.com energy profile.

SELF CARE

self care is dressing my truth even if I am not going anywhere.!

..dress to cook...dress to just spend the morning at home...dress to watch tv

ALWAYS DRESS MYSELF WITH MY TRUTH!

end of January nearing

{Too Much To Carry...Throw Away!}

Guilt, Money, Judgement, Purpose List

1.  I am comfortable being uncomfortable. {past coworker)

2.  Focus does not mean you say YES to all things pertaining to what you want to focus on, it is

saying NO to 1000 ..... distractions BE GONE!  {Steve Jobs/Brene Brown}

3.  I am responsible for my life results and I am trusting that the results other people are 

creating is perfect for them now. {Carol Tuttle}

4.  The missing puzzle piece is Self-Love {Doodlesforchange}

5.  I appreciate money and money appreciates to support me. {Carol Tuttle}

6.  I am not a decorative plant and if I have to step back and be a quieter self to make others

comfortable...well time to move on from that environment. {Sweatpants and Coffee}

7. I am benefiting others when I am living true to my energy profile or nature. (Carol Tuttle)

8.  I must always make myself clear so others know exactly where I am at.  (my life lesson)

9.  Guilt is an opportunity to correct something and to stop feeding the past. The past is always

looking FOR SOME GUILT!

10.  I need to stand for something or I will fall for anything.

January is almost over!

Yoga for Neck and Shoulder stiffness

Just in case you have a sore neck and stressed or just stiff in the upper body - this is great!

Adriene is a great "go-to" for me.  She is on the internet and has 100's of videos.  This one is only 15 minutes.  I like her voice and her personality and explanations....and her dog.

who is your fav yogi-relaxer-calming voice-sincere- helper?

spontaneity art

i have enjoyed my expressionist

last minute (spontaneous) art

It is a release.

 nail polish splatter

 watercolors and oil/acrylic paint markers

keep calm and "art" on!

the yard early this morn

I got up so early this morning.

(like 5:30 a.m.)

Plunked my 1/2 awake body

on a lounger on the deck

and quickly grasped the

perfection of this moment; 

July 15, 2017 and its beautiful landscape

Snapped these pics around our house;

next year we will look at these

and hopefully see our trees much taller

than they are now.

spring ending

days are always full,

with emotions sometimes dull

the garden is struggling and 

we are juggling

our water cans

to  maintain 

our dry bedding plant plans!

I am grateful

no mosquitoes just yet

they are on there way,

 you can bet.

 the cool WINDY days

make me slump 

like I'm in a craze!

the lakes we have visited twice

that was so nice

events are coming up soon

in June

a concert, a grad

such fun to be had

I got in my kindergarten phase

and made a Father's day card

with my paints

my Dad will faint

when he sees my creativity

gotta do what I love

and stop crooning like a Dove

Summer is here in a week

I will not be bleak

(just had to speak)

the best therapy is

horseback riding helps so much

when you have weak muscles

and joints

autism

mental challenges

nothing better

for confidence and

building strength

and learning to care

for an animal

is working with horses

this is "Sweetie" she will carry a new adult

rider tonite

volunteers are grooming and checking for ticks

leg problems, etc 

there are 5 horses

and 4 of them are well trained

one is an arabian and is going

to carry someone on her back one night this season

she is a new therapy horse and needs warming up

and saddling and lots of lunging!  She is pretty much ready to go this year.

 this is her "Lady"

Brian warms up "Fudge"

this arena has been used for the owners own

western/equestrian competitions

but she also shares this arena for the PTRA (Parkland Therapeutic Riding Association)

and it has been 23 years! 

Her name is Karen and she trains the horses and the volunteers

for the therapeutic riding coach who comes in every week

to give riding instruction to all the clients

the horses are brought up to the edge of this ramp

and trained to stand still while the rider is placed in the

saddle 

all clients/riders are placed on the horse

with a certified coach of therapeutic riding

she is the final boss that the saddle, stirrups, reins, safety belts

and sometimes buddy stirrups are used correctly and
cinched tightly before the rider walks on.

there are 10 mentally challenged or handicapped

clients that ride, ranging from about 10 years to 50 years old

I side-walk beside the rider and sometimes I help with holding props up

for the relay games and groom the horses and ensure that

the heavy doors at either end are closed once all riders are saddled. 

lots of rules and insurance restrictions with a Therapeutic Riding Centre

they are governed by National standards and visits are made yearly

to the arena and owners to ensure no liabilities occur.

It is a very good thing!