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Day 92 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

8/30/2014

Good morning my beautiful friends...I am not sure what the weather wants to do today...I am up way before the birds...the sun is still sleeping. I am counting on a beautiful dry day; I will be at an event today doing my wrap thing.

Today's inspiration is fitting because of the internet broadcast show I was on Thursday night with Cathy Baldwin and Ronda Young, www.247thestream.com/wellness you can click on the link, then click on Wellness Sanctuary and listen to the show. I touched on how important it is to really love and acknowledge yourself.

Today's inspiration says it all. It truly is not up to people to like you. Don't feel bad if you think no one likes you. If you truly loved and liked yourself, you would not care what other people thought. Also, if you truly loved and liked yourself, you would be attracting people who could not get enough of you. Think about that for a minute.

When I hated myself beyond measure, I could not attract the kind of people I wanted to be around. I attracted people who were angry and they would put themselves down. Have you ever heard the expression "Misery Loves Company"...when I started to change my circle of friends changed. However, when I truly started to love and like myself; all that is around me are extraordinary people.

Today, learn to love and like your whole self. No matter what you think you see in the mirror, know that you are the most beautiful creature God has put on this planet, and when you start to act like that you will start to see it is true.

Have an amazing day my beautiful friends....Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 91 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

8/29/2014

Good morning my beautiful friends...I hope you are all finding yourselves amazing today on this cloudy Friday with a few sprinkles in the air. I woke up feeling so amazing, I can't believe the life I get to live. I am so grateful for everything that is happening in my life.

Last night I had the honor and privilege to be on a show The Wellness Sanctuary with Cathy Baldwin and Ronda Young. These two ladies are absolutely amazing. You can go to www.247thestream.com/wellness click on the Wellness Sanctuary and listen to the show from last night. What a great experience to share my blog with the world was life changing along with being with such amazing women.

I shared last night on the show a little bit of my past; today's inspiration fits how important it is to change your attitude of what happened to you. When you start to look at what happened in a better light and what lesson was for you to learn from, you will change your life. You will start to have opportunities come to you that will be rewards for your lessons learned. It will be like magic. I have had such amazing experiences in my life because I have chosen to look at what happened differently and learn from it. It took a lot for me to realize that living life as a victim was not serving me in any way. I had to let go of what happened and embrace what happened because I will be able to help another with their struggles.

When you start to embrace what happened, your life will change for the better. This is a lot to take to think about...but it all makes sense. God always has a greater plan...we just don't know what that plan is, but when it starts to unfold, you will know how to deal with different experiences that are coming your way because of what you have already learned.

You are all so amazing...Have an awesome day thinking about your life and your past. Know that everything you have gone through was to make you stronger for your future. Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 90 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

8/28/2014

I hope everyone is having an amazing Thursday so far. The sun is shining again and I hope the rain has decided to take a few days off.

I am pretty excited today; I will be interviewed my an amazing woman Cathy Baldwin. We will be discussing this blog "Helping Women Look and Feel Confident" and how important it is to me to have all women know their worth and know how amazing we all are. Cathy is all about helping people discover their full potential and allowing them to see how they too can have an extraordinary life. Cathy's website is www.wellnesssanctuary.net and we will be on today at 6:00 pm central standard time www.247thestream.com/wellness. It will be loaded with fun and laughs and maybe a few snorts....

Which brings me to today's inspiration "Because I am Worth It I...." Because I know that I am worth it, I have so many opportunities coming to me every day. I am truly feeling blessed and inspired by everything around me. Every day I am waking up ready to take on the day; this has been a long time coming for me. I am able to see things in many different lights other than feeling victimized or sorry for myself. I truly love my life.

I stand up for myself all the time.   I don't let people say things that are not true about me. I love myself so much, I refuse to be misunderstood. What I have to say is important because it is all about you knowing your worth. It's about you looking at things differently in your life so you can have an extraordinary life, instead of a life with regret and pain.

I am treated with respect by everyone around me because I treat myself with respect. This has been a long time coming for me. I was told some terrible things growing up and I learned not to respect myself. The day I took my life back it has been amazing. I realized I am a smart beautiful woman no matter what shape or size I am. I have a lot to say and share.

I don't compare myself to others...I have learned that we all have our own journey. One journey is not better than another; we all have our ups and downs on every path we take. It is what we learn and make out of it that keeps us going and glowing.

One thing that is a work in progress is "letting myself off the hook"; to many times we are so hard on ourselves. We expect more out of our own self than we do with anyone else. If we are willing to give someone else a break we should definitely learn to give ourselves a break. Every day I am practicing "letting myself off the hook".

I know for a fact I am good enough for any opportunity that comes my way. If it is there, God has put it there. We need to have faith in ourselves to be able to accomplish anything in our path.

I value my unique qualities more than words can say. I know that when I speak or share something it is always coming from a space of love and 9 times out of 10 I am spot on with what I am sharing....that other one, people will usually come to me later and say that I was right. But here this, it is not about what is right or wrong, it is about me giving myself to someone and caring about them enough to share what they need to hear.  That is my unique special gift.

I love to be me. I am funny, full of laughter and I can make myself the butt of a joke to make someone else feel better about themselves. I used to be afraid of people laughing at me; because of who I choose to be they are always laughing with me.

Take today's inspiration and run with it....look at your own self and see how far you have come and just embrace it. I hope you are all online listening to the show tonight.  Because of all of you my opportunities are coming to me by leaps and bounds. Until we meet again my friends....I love you all!!!

Rita

Day 89 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

8/27/2014

I hope everyone is doing amazing this beautiful Wednesday morning. Finally the sun is shining in McHenry, Illinois instead of the gloomy rainy days we have been having for quite some time. Back in Shell Knob, Missouri where I had been the past month it was all heat and sunshine!!!!

I miss you mom and dad!!!!

I hope that yesterday's blog taught you to realize that you are doing amazing on this journey. To be able to lose track of time because you life is so amazing is awesome.

Today we woke up and it is a new day...some of us woke up still feeling awesome and some of us woke up maybe feeling tired or maybe like we have to start from scratch...where ever you are at; it's perfect.

I myself woke up feeling tired. I feel like my life is taking such a turn for the better, sometimes you need a little rest...however I am going to try so Qigong this morning to get re-energized for my day.

I love the quote for today "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." How true is that for all of us? Every day we are taking steps we truly don't know where it will lead us. I am learning to trust in faith and in God; I have always been led in a direction that always works out for my higher good, even though some of those stair cases were extremely scary.

I have started and recreated my life so many times...every experience I have had has led me to this point in my life. I had so much to learn so I can be the woman I am today. I am forever grateful I am still young to enjoy my rewards. Trust me I still have much to learn, but it is more fun than taxing....hahahahah

Take your first steps my friends...you will be amazed what staircase you are on. Until we meet again my friends.

Rita

Day 88 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

8/26/2014

Good morning my friends...it has been a few days since I last blogged...not because I got caught up in my stuff...but because I was finishing up with my Mother and Father-In-Law and heading back to Illinois. I can't believe it has been 5 days...I thought it was only 3....I am terrible with the concept of time.

This brings me to my inspiration for today. Failure is not the opposite of Success it is a part of Success. I failed to blog these past few days not because I was stuck in a place that left me uninspired; but I was in a place that has been filled with love and gratitude and I lost track of time. For me personally this is huge.

I no longer acknowledge failure...I no longer know what that word means. Every day we are learning lessons; we fall down we get right back up until we are able to make it all the way through. There is no such thing is failure unless you get knocked down and give up. However, I know everyone who is reading and following this blog are all winners....because we keep going. How awesome is that?

We are all learning everyday about how awesome we truly are. There is nothing in this world that can keep us from accomplishing our dreams. We have our own paths and journey's that have their own time frame. We are no longer in charge of our destiny; we are the students who are getting straight A's on our journey. Think about that for a minute......if you have not quit and you are continuing on your journey; you are getting a straight A. If you would have quit and then continued on your journey you too are get a straight A because that is what you were supposed to learn. But if you quit and did not start again, you gave up on yourself, you are miserable....I am sorry; you are not passing the class. Until you get over yourself and pick your journey right back up, you will have to repeat the class. I can't tell you how many times I had to repeat the class of my journey...but I am leaning to go with the flow and accept my lessons. I want that for all of you!!!!

Today my friends have an amazing day! I am so grateful to realize I have passed another class on my journey!!! I love all of you and may you pass all your journey's classes.

Until we meet again my friends.

Rita

Day 83 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

8/21/2014

Good afternoon my friends...I missed yesterday's blog; I was busy with my Mother and Father-In-Law running errands and spending some time with them. I have only one more day with them, this past month has gone so fast. My Father-In-Law is doing great from his surgery and he does not have to go through radiation or chemo...we are so blessed to still have him in our lives. Unfortunately my time here in Shell Knob, Mo. is coming to a close...I leave for home Saturday.

Today's inspiration is so fitting for me. As I have made peace with my past, I have been able to do so many wonderful things with my life along with having so many amazing people in my life. It took a long time for me to forgive myself for my past; but once I stopped punishing myself, I see me as an amazing woman who has learned her lessons. I see me as someone who can help other people with similar situations and allow them to see how amazing they truly are and to move forward.

I am also getting over the fact that I care what people think of me. I used to drive myself crazy worrying how people thought of me, what they would say or say to someone else. Now I look at is at I have made quite an impression on them, and I love the fact that they are talking about me. I have found people either love me or hate me...the ones that hate me are desperate for my attention and I don't feel the need to give it. That is the honest truth. If you are finding that you have haters, look at the situation, you will see it's truly not you.

I am 46 years old, and I have been through quite a bit of pain in my life. At the moment when things are happening I am devastated and wondering how am I going to get through it; but time always heals all wounds. There is no limit to how long it should take, you will know when you have healed or if you need more time. When one door closes another is always open for you to walk through when you are ready. This is has been very true for me, and the new door is usually an amazing door.

One thing that is very important for you to know and realize; No one is in charge of your happiness...it is always YOU. Sometimes that is a hard pill to swallow because you have to be responsible for your own happiness. There are plenty of times I am not happy, really I am just crabby masked as being unhappy, but it is always me who is responsible whether I stay in a mood or get over myself. I have learned that it is not anyone else's responsibility to make me happy.

The biggest thing that I am learning is not to compare myself to others. This is something I am working on every day. When I wake in the morning, the first thing I do is put my blinders on. Everybody has their own path and their own life. No one person is on the same journey. When you are looking around and you see someone's life different from yours; that is their business not yours. Keep the blinders on because they are looking at your life wishing they had it. It is an amazing thing when you start to realize we are all the same trying to figure it all out. No one life is better than another, we all have the same wins and losses, it just looks different from our perspective.

Have an amazing day my friends...until we meet again.

Rita

Day 81 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

8/19/2014

Good morning my friends...I hope the start of the week as been good to you. I think this is going to be the hottest week of the summer and the hottest day of the summer...

The past couple of weeks I have been dealing with a crazy migraine that just did not want to let go. Last Friday I went and got a massage that helped a little but the results did not last long. Yesterday I was able to get into a Chiropractor who does acupuncture. I have never done acupuncture before and I was scared to have the procedure done, but the way this headache has been I was willing to try it.

Most of you know I have been in Missouri with a quick trip to Las Vegas for a month. I have been working my business along with helping my mom and dad; needless to say, this summer has been a bit crazy. This migraine started in Las Vegas and it has held on for dear life ever since, it's been a couple of weeks. Dr. Greene in Shell Knob, Mo. is literally heaven sent. He is a Chiropractor who works with energy and opens the flow of your body through acupuncture. I could not believe the relief I got from just one treatment. However, something he kept saying to me through it all was the old energies and blocks I have been carrying along with old injuries that have never been healed. I was amazed that he could figure all that out by the condition of my body.

As much work I have been doing on myself, I am still carrying around baggage. It's that stuff that is buried deep down into my toes that I never wanted to deal with. When we carry emotional, physical and mental baggage it wreaks havoc on us and we don't even realize it. Even when we think we are free our bodies are holding on tight to prepare us for what if it happens again. Here it is, we are learning our lessons, and we don't need to keep that junk for just in case situations. We have learned and now it is time for us to move on. We need to learn how to set our bodies free so we can live our lives.

One thing that really stuck with me that Dr. Greene said, "I am eating away the pain in my body". I could not believe what he said. I have been using comfort food to ease the pain away in my body and I did not even realize it. What he said was true...I did a quick little reel in my head and it is true... I ease my pain with comfort food, once I release the pain and do what I need to do to heal it, my body will not need the comfort food. I have always wondered why I eat the way I do, even when I have been struggling to release the weight...there it was. Someone took the time to help me.

Do everything you can to be healthy and let go of the baggage you have been carrying. It truly is not worth carrying all that around...Your body needs to rest and heal so you can be the best version of YOU!!! Until we meet again my friends. By the way, I am seeing Dr. Greene again on Thursday before I leave to go back home....I will continue with acupuncture.

Rita

Day 80 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

8/18/2014

How is everyone doing on this warm Monday morning? I can't believe how quickly the weekend slips by...I am so grateful I captured as many moments as I could to slow it down a bit.

Yesterday I talked about the most important relationship you can have is with yourself; today is about being open and receptive to learn the lessons you need too to move forward in life.

Today's inspiration goes with yesterday's blog. When we start to be open to learn our lessons in life and not take them personally, so many doors start to open up for us. When we are ready the teacher is always there for us.

Think about "Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know." It is so true; I can't tell you how many times I have tried to avoid things in my life and they kept getting worse until I finally decided to deal with it. One of my major things was money...I hated to talk about it, I dreaded the time of month to pay the bills, I could not be in the same area as my husband when he was paying the bills...until we hit a financial wall. I was trying to get a business off the ground that was failing...our debt was through the roof. I tried to hide from it, keep it from my husband until I could no longer. That was the most devastating day of my life, however when I faced it, it all started to melt away. Now I have no problem talking about money, what we have, how to manage one bill to the next.

What I have found, is when I try to hide or deal with something by myself in fear of what someone would think of me, my situation turns bleak. When I deal with it head on without worrying what someone might think or say, I have learned I am able to move forward quickly.

Today my friends deal with your stuff head on. Don't try to hide from it; it will only get worse. YOU CAN DO IT!!! Until we meet again.

Rita

Day 79 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

8/17/2014

Good morning my friends...I hope you are all doing well this beautiful Sunday. I am in awe at how blessed I am and how many opportunities are coming my way. Today is the perfect day to reflect and to be grateful.

One of the things that is the most important that I am grateful for is the relationship I have created with myself. To many times as we are growing and getting older things may happen to us and we start to not like ourselves maybe even hate ourselves. I grew up hating myself and not really knowing where I belonged. I turned into an angry person for a while and I did not want to deal with where it was coming from. I tried to be happy and do all the right things; however when I was not dealing with my demons it all hit me at once. It truly is a horrible way to live.

When I started to deal with my demons and realize that I am not responsible for some things that happened to me, but I was responsible for how I dealt with it or in my case not dealing with it. I was introduced to a program called the Landmark Forum by an amazing woman Cathy Baldwin. I started to deal with myself and create an extraordinary relationship with myself. I learned that everything that was around me and the way my body looked was all about protecting myself from others, but I never could protect myself from me. I was horrible to myself, I said terrible things to myself I would not say to my worst enemy. I know that I am not alone in this, which is why so many women out there have trouble asserting and believing in themselves.

I still deal with myself all the time, but I have become such an extraordinary woman because of what I went through and took all of that and turned them into life lessons. I am now able to share with women all over the world to let them know that no matter what we are all beautiful and important. No matter what shape or size we are, God has made us all different and unique. It is up to us to discover that about ourselves, and I am that special girl who is going to help women all over the world realize that. When you have an un-wavering love relationship with yourself, no one person can tear you down or tell you different. That is when your life will change and all your dreams will come true. I know this for a fact because it is happening to me right now.

As I am writing I have tears in my eyes because I know it to be true. No one person can hurt me because I will never hurt myself. I will never allow or accept someone to treat me terrible or talk to me disrespectfully, because I no longer do it to myself. Love yourself fully. If you are not seeing the most beautiful women in the world when you look in the mirror, you are still not in a loving relationship with yourself. It takes time and it takes work...but you are worth it. When you can look at your whole self inside and out and see the most beautiful woman in the world, you will know at that moment you are arriving.

Love yourself; be kind to yourself and most of all see yourself as the most beautiful woman in the world.

Until we meet again my friends.

Rita

Day 78 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

8/16/2014

Happy Saturday everyone...it's a little rainy where I am at but it is still a beautiful day. There is nothing better than waking up to a wonderful family and getting ready to start the day.

One of the things that I work so hard on is my language. I learned a long time ago what you say and think you bring about. But sometimes you fall into old patterns and don't realize it. But when you do, you need to stop immediately.

Never say you can't afford something; it does not matter if you have the money or not, always say it is not a financial priority at this time. That way you are telling the universe that you are choosing not to spend money on something. Also, if you really don't have the money it allows you to take the pressure off yourself and revel in the fact that YOU chose, not the lack of money choosing.

Never say I am never meant to be successful; that will tell the universe that you have no faith in your future or present moment, you are settling for constant disappointment. Instead say to yourself "I have lessons to learn on my journey to help someone whose situation may seem dark". That way you know that things are happening for you and when it does happen it will stick because of all you learned.

Never say I am not cut out for a relationship; this is telling the universe you don't want love or have anyone around you. Relationships come in all different ways, and the most important relationship you have is with yourself. Once you can fully love and accept yourself, your relationships will start to flourish. You will be surprised who will finally start to come into your life.

The Laws of Attraction is so important to language...If you are complaining about someone or something you are constantly having that come into your life. I just caught myself with the negative language myself. I have been fighting with my husband on how he talks to me, however, I have responsibility in that. What I talk about I bring about. How can he be better if I am constantly stuck on how he speaks to me? I need to learn to not respond to it and keep saying to myself "my husband loves and adores me, he treats me with the utmost respect, and he only speaks positive words to me". With that language how can you go wrong?

Pay attention to your language my friends; it will change your life. Until we meet again....

Rita

Rita OWEN

I have been through a lot in my life just as everyone else; I have found that what I have gone through has always been for my highest good. There is not a thing that I would change in my life; I would keep the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Sharing my lessons with you helps me to be the best version of myself. What I have learned, I share so you are the best version of yourself.

When we stand together we are strong and tall making a more confident and loving world. We are forgiving our past and embracing all that is learned. We then are teaching our children to be human and the best version of themselves.

Rita Owen

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