I got my palm read in Nashville and I found out some pretty interesting things about myself. I'm not at liberty to share everything with all of you, but I can tell you that I'm not a positive person by accident. I was put on this earth to spread love. I've always felt that way, which is the main reason why I started this blog. My goal has always been to make people smile, to fill peoples heart and life with love and joy, nothing brings me more pleasure, nothing brings me more satisfaction.

All that being said, today I am going to talk you through one of my favorite exercises. I usually use this technique on the 2nd or 3rd meeting with my clients, but today you get enjoy some of my servies for free.

This exercise works. I'm living proof. It's not a magic pill, or easy way out. You still have to do all the work yourself, but I find that it gives you direction. Everyone can use more direction. As long as you follow my instructions, after this posting you will have some sort of outline, a small guide and reminder of your goals and aspriations.

What you need:

Pen or pencil

A few sheets of paper

That's it.

Directions

1) Try to quiet your mind, meditate, find a quiet place, relax, and take 15-20 deep breaths.

2) Remind yourself to be honest. If you are dishonest you will only be cheating yourself

*You should be alone for this entire exercise. NO DISTRACTIONS and NO TIME LIMIT

3) Once you have centered yourself and you are ready to be fully honest ask yourself this question:

4) Are you working toward the person you want to become

5) What is your answer? If the answer is yes... AWESOME!!! If the answer is no...AWESOME!!!

We all have to start somewhere. There is no right or wrong answer to this question. The goal is to be honest with yourself the entire time.

6) Now it's time to work, use your pencil and paper and write this at the top of the page... "What person do I want to become?"

For example:

I want to be intelligent. I want to make good decisions. I want to be in shape. I want to travel the world. I want to conquer all of my fears. I want to start a family. I want to change the world. I want to do yoga. I want to be a great cook. I want to fall in love. I want to love myself. I want to change my community. I want to inspire kids. I want to love my life. I want to speak 3 languages. I want to brush my teeth 3 times a day. I want to get massages every week. I want to read 1 book a month. I want to have amazing sex. I want to date somebody 'out of my league'. I want to love myself

*Notice I didn't say I want to learn how to do anything. Obviously everything you want to do will require learning new skills, it's not necessary to mention learning. I want firm true statments.

When I first did this exercise myself I filled up 5 pages front and back. If you can't fill up at least one page, take your time and keep thinking, maybe take a break for 24 hours and come back to it. Nothing is too big or too small to add. Just make sure you are being 100% honest with yourself. That is the only rule of this exercise.

7) Now that we are done dreaming, it's time to come back to reality. On another sheet of paper write this at the top of the page... "What do I need to do to reach these goals"

For example:

I want to be intelligent: I need to go back to college, maybe take an online course, or read more turtorials and books in the fields that interest me

I want to make good decisions: I need to figure out why I make bad decisions and strive to change the cycle

I want to be in shape: I need to eat healthier and exercise reguarly

I want to travel the world: I need to save money towards a trip, start exploring your own state, then move on to bigger and better things.

Some of your goals/dreams are not so easily obtainable ie: i want to fall in love.... ummm fall haha just kidding, the correct answer is: I need to learn how to love myself before I can expect anyone to love me. Try to only depend on yourself for these answers. Instead of waiting on your parents to send you on a trip around the world, start saving yourself. In the end we can only depend on ourselves, do not but your dreams in other peoples hands.

*This part always seems a little silly to me, but your laying the ground work for your future. You have created some real life goals and a "how to reach my goals" sheet.

*Not all goals will have a simple "I need to" answer, but that's ok. Just the fact that you wrote down the goal is 1/2 the battle.

8) On another piece of paper put your goals and instructions on how to reach these goals in order. 7 day goal deadline, 30 day goal deadline, 60 day goal deadline, 6 month goal deadline, 9 month goal deadline, 1 year goal deadline, and finally 5 year goal deadline.

Now you have created a road map to your future, to the future that is going to make you happy and satisfied with your life. I suggest posting these goals and insturctions somewhere you can see them and crossing them off as you accomplish them

This exercise inspired me to loose weight and change my life. It didn't happen over night, but I kept working at it, and i've reach most of the goals on my lists.

I hope you find this posting helpful. Life is what we make of it. Take control of your future and start working towards your dreams.

Blessings

Mary

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Are you ready for an adventure? I know I am. So far Nashville has not dissapointed. We went to a place called Puckket for dinner and man was it good. There was a live band playing while we enjoy our food, dinner and a show. Most of the food was fried, but when in Rome...

After dinner we went one of the many bars downtown that was playing live music. I fell in love with country music when I was in high school, so I felt right at home. The band played songs from Dolly Parton, Jonny Cash, and many others that I don't know the name too. We had a great time drinking, dancing, joking and meeting some locals.

I think I got to bed around 1am, which is pretty early in my book.

I got up around 9am and got in a good workout.

The hotel gym has a power plate machine. I've seen them before, but this was the first time I got to play on one. I'm not sure how effective it is, but it sure does feel funny. The plate vibrates and the screen takes you through 3-5 exercises.

Thats all I have today. My adventure has really just begun. Thanks for sticking around, I promise to have a lot more pics and storys for you on Monday.

Enjoy the weekend

Blessings

Mary

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I'm on my way to Tennessee and I just can't wait. I've never been to Tennessee but I'm sure I'll find something to keep my busy. (wink wink)

I'm cheating on this trip

I've been a Pescetarian for the last 2 years and I enjoy the lifestyle. Sometimes it's not easy and I have to eat the same excate foods over and over again. Lately I've been spicing things up and trying out new recipes, that I always share with all of you, but on this trip I'm going to eat a little meat. No pork products shall touch my lips, but chicken and beef will find there way into my belly these next 10 days. I can't go all the way to Tennessee and not partake in their famous bbq and hot chicken.

Even though I plan on eatting some meat, I know its unrealistic to try to have more then a few bites. Since my stomach has gotten used to not processing meat products, I know it will cause me some discomfort to endulge, but thats not going to stop me. I'm still plowing full steam ahead on my meat mission. I'm also on the look out for sides. Sometimes sides are the best part of a BBQ dinner, macroini and cheese, corn bread, baked beans, green beans, potato salad, dinner rolls, and oh so much more. I'm pretty sure i'll be filling up on these tasty sides while enjoying a few bites of brisket and hot chicken.

What to do in Nashville Tennessee

Not only am I planing on eating to my little hearts content, but I also want to check out the Nashville sence. Here are some of there main attractions.

The Grand Ole Opry

The Country Music Hall of Fame

http://countrymusichalloffame.org/

Randor Lake

http://radnorlake.org/

The 1,200+ acre natural perserve lies in the heart of Nashville, unusual for a major American city. Four unpaved trails wander through the woods surrounding the lake, where hikers enjoy wilderness including river otters, beavers, mink, muskrat, bobcat, coyote and white-tailed deer.

The Upper Room Chapel

http://www.upperroom.org/

Music Row

http://www.musicrow.com/

Music Row is an area southwest of Downtown Nashville that is home ot hundreds of businessess related to the country music, gospel music, and contempoary christain music industries. It is centered around 16th and 17th avenues south (called music square east and music square west, respectively, withing the music row area) along with several side streets musci row is widely considered the heart of Nashville's entertainment industry.

Lets Talk

Top 5 Restaurants

in Nashville

According to Nashville Lifestyle

http://www.nashvillelifestyles.com

Aronld's Country Kitchen

Were you expecting something more refined? A tasting menu, perhaps? When considering the restaurant that best exemplifies this city’s current dining scene, and one that we all hands-down love, Arnold’s simply nails it. The cafeteria-style, steam-table meat-and-three has been doing for more than 30 years what many today only attempt to get right: a fully from-scratch menu made with fresh, local ingredients, and a love for the customers that you just can’t fake. Owners Jack and Rose Arnold are still dining-room staples but their second son Kahlil now runs the kitchen, carrying on the family tradition by putting out soulful, country fare like the café’s sliced roast beef, slabs of meatloaf, long-simmered collard greens, home-made yeast rolls, candied yams, and those world-famous fried green tomatoes. What’s more, it draws fans from every corner of the city and beyond, who all stand patiently in line and wait their turn for a heaping scoopful of turnip greens and a pass at that legendary hot chocolate pie.605 8th Ave, S.; 615-256-4455

The Catbird Seat

 

No mere restaurant, The Catbird Seat is an experience. And as enamored as we all are by the 32 seats, stage-like kitchen, and culinary wizardry put on by chefs Josh Habiger and Erik Anderson, that experience happens to be one of the hardest to come by in this town—and admittedly isn’t for everyone. Dining at The Catbird is for those who appreciate inventive haute cuisine and can accept a playful intensity and twists on familiar taste sensations. It’s a place to give up complete control (including any aversions to certain foods since they rarely allow substitutions) and spend three to four hours savoring a jaw-dropping array of seven to 11 courses and the liquid pairings that go with them (alcoholic or otherwise). It is a place to get lost in the food, the guys’ charmingly sweet hospitality, and a killer soundtrack. If this sounds like you (and even if you’re not sure but want to try), then stalk the reservation system and keep your fingers crossed for a finale that involves bourbon balls.
1711 Division St., 615-810-8200; thecatbirdseatrestaurant.com

Etch

 

If we were ranking Nashville’s best new restaurants, Etch would easily crack the No. 1 spot. The return of chef Deb Paquette has netted our city a sharp, ethnically diverse menu inspired by the Mediterranean, Asia and the spices of North African as well as a modern downtown dining room that echoes the evolution and change happening on the city blocks directly around it. Paquette creates powerful, spice-fueled flavor combinations and turns standard ingredients (roasted cauliflower; hot dogs) into best-dish-you’ve-ever-eaten cravings. Across the board, we are fans of that big, open kitchen, especially since being perched on a seat there gives full view of Paquette’s beloved plancha, rows of microgreens supplied by CC Gardens Microgreens, and a peek at the ever-calm presence of a Nashville stalwart with her head down and hard at work.
303 Demonbreun St., 615-522-0685; etchrestaurant.com

F Scott's Restaurants and Jazz Bar

 

One of the city’s first independent, chef-driven restaurants opened more than 25 years ago but since landing under the ownership of Wendy Burch and Elise Loehr has continually impressed diners with its locally inspired fare. The room might not be the sexiest in town but as one expert justified it: That doesn’t matter because every chef they’ve brought in has done better than the last. Kevin Ramquist, now at the helm, pulls regularly from a host of hero farmers while beverage director Loehr draws superb pairings from the restaurant’s 2000-plus-bottle cellar. And no one in the city offers a better dining deal than the “Nine Dine” during which almost the entire menu (with the exception of a few beef dishes) is half price in the dining room after 9 p.m.

2210 Crestmoor Rd., 615-269-5861; fscotts.com

The Capitol Grille

While the subterranean dining room fits just fine for special occasions, we’re all headed to the bar where chef Tyler Brown’s polished-yet-down-home Southern dishes can be eaten alongside the restaurant’s stellar collection of rare bourbons. Brown is a disciple of the whole animal, farm-to-table movement—more so than most since he spearheaded a partnership with the nearby Farm at Glen Leven as well as the hotel’s recent purchase of the 245-acre Double H Farm in Dickson County to ensure sustainably raised beef and produce. It’s that dedication and respect to food and land that brings us back to his table time and again.

The Hermitage Hotel, 231 6th Ave. N., 615-345-7116; capitolgrillenashville.com

Thats all folks

Type to you tomorrow

Blessings

Mary

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