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A Solid Decision - Right-brain Decision-making and Left-brain Decision-making

A Solid Decision

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nightly for many years I lay in my lonely marriage bed and fantasized about what I called "running away from home." I could never quite see how I'd do it. To keep thinking about it seemed to relieve the pressure of my daily struggle but still no action for 15 years.

Now I realize that my biggest moment of power was when I made the decision to leave my husband. I made a decision. I even trusted it though I had not thought the whole idea through. This time what blossomed in my mind as a result of that decision was the awareness that I could rely on myself. And as important, the decision motivated the actions that followed.

I had heard the voice of my Real Self guiding me and it was in this way that I decided the future of my life. I heard "could" instead of "should" and "want to" instead of "have to".

The old ego-mind voice was trying to keep everything the same for itself and left a heavy feeling in my gut. The new voice left me feeling uplifted and light. It felt like angels in my heart rather than a pitchfork in my butt.

Tony Robbins is quoted as saying, "To decide is to cut off any other possibility." Making a decision means jumping from one state of mind to another. Before - I thought and felt this way; now - I think and feel this new way. Make a decision and it is not hard to follow the new way as it generates a new consciousness and therefore, ideas, knowledge and different-than-before actions follow.

Right-Brain and Left-Brain Decisions

There is right-brain decision making which is intuitive. And, there is left-brain decision-making that is systematic. Above is an example of right-brain decision-making. Intuitive decision-making hides the steps. You make a "belief-in-your-own-knowing" leap of faith when you trust and act on this kind of decision.

Recently I made the left-brain, systematic decision when I decided after seeing my cheeks and nose turn bright red from eating too many refined carbohydrates, that I would eat only what I knew was right for my body.

For several days my mind went crazy trying to get me to eat the wrong stuff. Here's what it did then and for the past 40+ years:

* I heard my mind use scientific information it had previously gathered to its own "advantage" to try to get me to eat refined carbohydrates.

* I heard my mind discount all scientific information as to how excess weight happens and how refined foods effect that - as hooey.

* I found my mind leaving me completely confused about what is the right thing to for me to eat. And confusion is a very rare state for me. I may not know something but I generally know that I don't know.

* I found my mind telling me that all this food preparation was too much work and takes too much time.

* I heard my mind telling me that eating the same things over and over is boring.

* In the recent past I've found myself being evasive to people who I want to think I'm following a special program perfectly.

* I have also watched my mind give me permission to eat whatever I want as if I'm the parent and the child at the same time.

* Often at the beginning of a diet, an eating program or an exercise program I've had strong enthusiasm and watched my thoughts generate real excitement only to have that feeling of enthusiasm fade and so too my resolve. My mind was now generating "it's not so great" thoughts and so my feelings followed suit.

* I've also heard my mind telling me that "this hunger will be too much to bear".

* I found my mind telling me and making me feel that "I don't care" about anything other then the food at hand - I'll just eat what I want. And that's really a funny one. Every time I've listened to that voice for the umpteenth time, it is immediately followed by another voice beating me up.

Thus, I made a decision - "I cut off any other possibility." So I just listen to the voices, feel the feelings, don't do what they tell me to do and they fade away.

You made a decision and read this article. Reading an article is not a big decision or a big deal. Was it an intuitive decision or a step-by-step decision? My guess is that it was an intuitive decision. If that is so, then it may follow that your intuition is guiding you toward a journey of transformation and beginning to reveal a new opening of consciousness that is forming in you.

So having made the decision, though unconsciously and now having become conscious of your decision, you can look at what else you need for your transformational journey.

In the 12 Step program they say, "If you want what I have, you have to do what I do." I'm happy to share what I do; however, I'd like to tweak the 12-Step statement a bit and say,

IF YOU WANT WHAT I HAVE AND DON'T HAVE IT - A HAPPY MARRIAGE, GOOD FAMILY RELATIONS, WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND VERY SATISFYING, PURPOSEFUL WORK, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN YOU ARE DOING NOW OR IF YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE YOU'LL ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU ALWAYS GOT!

My writing and coaching offers the ways and tools that work for me. Choose these or whatever else works for you. Simply be honest with yourself along the way.

About the Author

For 18 years Maia played various key roles in assisting the best-selling author, John Gray. She worked in developing and promoting material from his series of books, including the bestseller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. She created, coached, trained and supported a worldwide community of 500 professional speakers enabling them to publicly lecture about the Mars Venus material to singles, couples, parents and corporations like AT&T, Monsanto and Purina. Additionally, she participated in training Oprah Winfrey and her staff of 180 in a private 3-day workshop in Chicago.
Maia's life coaching clients and readers benefit from her gentle wisdom acquired from living what she teaches. Maia says about herself, "I have a natural ability to help people see what's good about what's going on in their lives."
Over and over you will see that Maia is noted for gentle intervention. If you are wanting strong and directive and authoritarian in a coach, that is not Maia. Participants in workshops with Maia have dubbed her 'Wise Fairy God Mother' and she has gratefully decided to accept it. www.whataboutlifecoaching.com

Any proof food combining works? - not having protein and starch in the same meal? (advocated - Fit for life).?

Food combining is a theory propounded by Harvey and Marlyn Diamond in their book Fit for Life. It says if you mix protein and strach in the same meal it impairs digestion because protein is digested by an acid while strach is digested by an alkali. And when you eat a protein and starch together the acid and alkaline enzymes neutralize one another and this hinders digestion.
So when eating a protein (such as meat) - say H &M - have it with a salad. Likewise when eating a strach (like a baked potato) have it with grilled veggies or a salad. But NEVER eat meat and potatoes, or fish and rice or bread and eggs together. In other words don't mix proteins and carbs.
Suzanne Summers and Anthony Robbins (in Personal Power) also advocate food combining - but don't provide any supporting research. I am not aware of that research/ scientific studies that support this theory exist. Does anyone know of such research?

No proof. Sadly, you don't need to prove anything, or even to do any research, to publish a book full of your own quack theories. You can just make up "facts" all you want -- there is no requirement that your ideas get reviewed for scientific plausibility. Hooks the gullible every time. And then you end up with all the high-school education level people on Yahoo Answers telling everyone you "have to" do this or that! Pathetic.

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