Why You Should Stop Being So Serious & Embrace That Inner Child

FEEL GOOD PROJECT day 26

SOOOO…I cut out the vegan cheesecake today and I do feel miraculously a ton better!!!

Bummer but oh well-I have lived without it for all of these years up to this point so I will just stay hyper focused on healing my gut completely, in hopes that I will be able to add back in many different foods later on down the road.

I LOVE the feel of this entire week-Thanksgiving week! It has such festivity in the air-people out shopping for the big meal, family members coming into town to celebrate.

I saw so very much of that and more as I joined my parents, sister and two adorable nieces at Disneyland all morning. WHAT fun!!!

Although (in all honesty) I do have some grievances toward Disney and much that they stand for (at one point I was not sure I would ever even support that company again and have talked about it on Extreme Health Radio a bit), it does indeed bring back a sense of nostalgia every time I step foot in that place. It’s childhood magic flooding back and taking me back to the six year old in me.

So often I hear about letting my ‘inner child’ come out and how important and even crucial that can be in the healing process. Sometimes I wonder what that really looks like? What does that mean to ME?

As I continue to journey down this road of healing, I do agree this is an important aspect-one which I have a feeling I am just now starting to tap into.

When I was on my retreat last week, one thing I did was sit with my journal and get real about the things I enjoyed as a child that were somehow lost, disregarded or forgotten along the way.

There were a few answers I got that surprised even me-things that were so buried I really had to clear many mental distractions to let those old feeling and memories come back to the surface.

Being with my family today at the park was different, as my nieces are small so we mostly stuck to the little kid rides. I am SO glad that happened-as it brought back the same magic that was long forgotten.

Sitting in a spinning teacup with a two year old with eyes full of wonder is priceless.

Holding an eight month old baby and watching her eyes light up when observing new sounds, music, people and experiences.

Truly forgetting all of my ‘problems’ for awhile was healing, and I realized my mouth actually hurt from smiling so much.

THAT is healing.

THIS is feeling good.

What a perfect day to give up my beloved new cheesecake addiction-as I didn’t think about it once until I got home, as my heart was so full that I didn’t even have time to notice:)

FEEL GOOD MOMENT OF THE DAY: Preparing my heart and soul for this beautiful day tomorrow of gratitude and thanksgiving. My childlike wonder was reignited today. I missed my little child inside, and today I caught a glimpse of her again. Maybe she’s not as far away as I thought…

[spp-tweet “That is the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. – Walt Disney”]