Have you got a Frying Pan belting you over the Head?

Overcoming Overwhelm Newsletter – June 2010

e-newsletter from Robyn Stitt, Overwhelm Consultant 0437 601 550





Welcome again to another edition of my newsletter. This month’s photo is of a lovely friend’s sailing boat we were lucky enough to go out on recently. The weather wasn’t as nice as this photo, but just like life, everyday isn’t smooth sailing, is it? The easy days are just that- easy, but it’s how you conduct yourself and survive the rough ones that show you your true character and strength. To be adaptable and respond to whatever life throws at you is a wonderful attribute, as is knowing when to return to shore. We certainly took our hats off to Jessica Watson after our hour on the high seas.
How would you cope in a storm?

I can help you build your coping strategies, read your situation and become more adaptable in your life. Call today on 0437 601 550 if you feel like you’re riding a storm without your rudder.

Body, Mind, Psychic Expo

>Next weekend (June 5 and 6) is the annual Body, Mind and Psychic Expo held at Wayville Showgrounds in Adelaide. It’s open from 10-6 each day.
I will be there as part of the Australian Kinesiology Association (SA Branch) stall as I do each year. Sunday’s the day if you want to see me in the flesh. I’d love to see you!
We (as an association) love spreading the word about Kinesiology and how it can assist in so many ways. We are offering 15 minute introductory sessions for the bargain price of only $20- what a great way to experience this wonderful stuff.

The Frying Pan Over the Head….

Anyone watching the news at the moment could be excused for thinking something serious is happening- volcanoes erupting, oil spewing from the ocean floor, locust plagues and floods. Our environment is trying to tell us something important, and it seems we aren’t listening.
The same can occur in our own bodies- have you ever experienced what I term ‘the frying pan over your head’ trying to make you listen?
I know I have. It took my consciousness many times to finally ‘hear’ what my body had been trying to tell me for a long time. It had started as a whisper, increased to a gentle nudge, a shove and finally resorted to ‘the frying pan over my head’ until I stopped and took notice. If only I’d listened to the whisper, what hardships I would have saved myself from suffering through.

So what gets in the way of these messages?
All sorts of things can ‘talk over the top’ of what we really should be listening to- a too busy lifestyle with not enough quiet reflection time; masking these messages (which can often present as niggly aches or pains) with over the counter drugs like paracetemol; even the plain old ‘if I ignore it then it will go away’ strategy. If you are currently doing any of these things, then the messages not being heard will have to get louder so that you will eventually take notice.
Take it from me (and I speak with the vision of hind-sight here) it is much easier to listen to a whisper than having to wait until the message is being yelled at volume 10 in your ear 24 hours a day.


This month’s quote…
"Use things but love others.” Short and sweet, one of my favourites.

If you have a topic or question you would like answered, please drop me an email and I will endeavour to answer it in upcoming newsletters.

See you again,

Robyn
xxx


Questions or comments? E-mail us at rj@stitt.com.au or phone 0437 601 550


When we follow our truth we are always in the place where we recognise opportunities and experiences that draw us into our fullest potential and depth of our love.

Be Your BEST

Wellness newsletter of Robyn Stitt


What is the Best?
You don’t have to be THE best, just YOUR best.
Think about this for a minute- only one person can be THE best- best speller in the class, best swimmer at the Olympics, but nothing is stopping you from wanting to be and then being YOUR best.
Or is it?

That little voice inside your head can sabotage your dreams by saying you’re dumb, or hopeless, or no good. Saying things like, you don’t deserve to be happy, fit, successful or whatever can be extremely harmful to us!
By re-recording this internal dialogue, great changes can happen.

Think positive and positive things are more likely to happen, think negatively and negative things are more likely to happen. And acknowledge what you have.

It’s been said before, but it really is true.

Let me share a story with you….

There was a man who, despite earning good money, always seemed to live from week to week, never getting ahead or feeling comfortable financially.
He was fortunate enough to come into an unexpected $500 windfall. Instead of thanking his luck, he commented that,’ it’s not that much, I’ll still be broke.’
The very next day, his car broke down and the cost to fix it was, yep, you guessed it, $500! He didn’t get to enjoy a single dollar of it.
If only he had his little voice saying,’ Thank you for every extra cent! I will soon have enough money.’ His situation might have been different.
(taken from Louise Hay’s You Can Heal Your Life)


Another example of this happened to a very good friend of mine just a few weeks ago…

She had the very unenviable situation of her husband dying suddenly leaving her with a toddler and small baby.
Now, it would be quite acceptable for her milk to dry up in such stressful circumstances, and she heard herself saying, “Oh dear, my milk is drying up! I won’t have enough milk.” And her milk was drying up- FAST!
She had the wisdom to turn this thought around to, “I have enough milk, I can feed my baby.” I have enough and I can make more.” She is happily feeding her baby who is in turn gaining weight and sleeping well.

What else can this ‘internal dialogue’ help with?
I would like you to think about all the negative statements we say to ourselves every day. Most of you probably even start before you get up in the morning. And most of the time we don’t even realise we are doing it, we have done it for so long.
‘It’s too hot/ cold/ wet, it’s going to be such a bad day today’
‘Oh you stupid idiot, you stuffed that up again, didn’t you, just like always’
‘Go on, one more chocolate biscuit won’t hurt’
Would you be friends with someone who spoke constantly like that to you?
What if we changed the way we spoke to ourselves?

So, how do we do this?
Well, on your own it’s not easy. It is a bad habit, just like smoking or biting your nails that we need to re-train.
Add to this that you may never have heard nice things about yourself and it can seem impossible. You may feel you don’t deserve nice things – well guess what, you do!
That’s where a suitably trained therapist can assist you.
You will need to do some work too, but with gentle guidance, anything is possible.

If you want and need help in ‘re-recording your voice inside your head’, make an appointment –



You can be the best you can be.
Come on, what have you got to lose?

Robyn Stitt
0437 601 550

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