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Day 211 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

12/28/2014

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Good evening my friends...it has been a few days since I last blogged...I hope that each and every one of you had an amazing holiday season.  Some of you who follow this blog have celebrated Hanukkah, some celebrated Christmas, some are now celebrating Kwanzaa, and others have celebrated Pancha Ganapati the celebration of the Ganesha.  I know there are many others celebrating in their way with their religions and I wanted to acknowledge all of you and hope that you are having an amazing time with your friends and family and you are safe.


The end of this year has posed some trying times for me.  These past few weeks have made literally sit back and enjoy all that I have.  I have come across some serious obstacles that have made me really stop and be with my family.  Sometimes we have to stop what we are doing to refocus and really take notice of what is important.  


Today's inspiration is so fitting for me because I am going through some physical changes that the medicine I am on is causing.  I am blowing up like a pregnant lady and my face is extremely puffy.  I have been dealing with hot flashes and not being able to sleep or really focus.  Rule #3 Stop judging yourself and Rule #4 Stop criticizing yourself is so very important to follow.  I have to keep reminding myself that I have to walk the talk.  If I am not willing to judge another by their appearance why am I so quick to judge myself?  I have to keep reminding myself that I am going through this for a reason, and that reason is to help other women accept themselves fully no matter what.  No one is walking in my shoes but me; I should not dare judge or criticize myself.  I need to love myself fully.


Rule #1 Trust your instincts and Rule # 2 Believe in yourself; these are two very important rules to live your life fully.  You have to trust what is happening in your life will work out for your highest good along with protecting you from something that could cause you harm.  If things don't work out the way you want; I have found it's either because you will find yourself in deeper trouble or it is just not your time; either way you have to trust.  You have to believe in yourself fully; don't let anyone ever tell you that you are not good enough or NO.  You will always know if something is right for you; and your dreams literally are coming from God.  The Divine Spirit would never put that burning desire deep down inside of you if he did not thing you could do it.  That burning desire is there for a reason, that reason is your destiny, the journey is what is going to make or break you.  We have to learn the lessons to get to our destination to achieve our dreams.


Rule #6 Do something that scares you.  What really scares you?  What scares me is asking for help.  Asking someone for help is something that has stopped me over and over.  To me asking something of someone especially help or support shows that I am weak in some way.  I could lie to you and say I don't know why I feel this way, but growing up you had to stand on your own two feet.  You were weak if you asked for help.  If you want it done right you have to do it yourself.  Even using coupons was frowned upon, because then you are trying to take advantage in getting something for free.  As I write these old hidden beliefs are coming out.  We all grew up with generations of sayings and old negative thought patterns we have taken on for ourselves.  Do something scary...think and do for your highest good and let go of the old way of thinking.


Read through the 10 rules and really look for yourself what has you stopped, how can you be the strong confident woman that you are.  How can you really start to change your own life?  You would not believe how we have taken on old habits that are not ours or even our own experiences, but we keep them as if they are ours.  What is it that you can start to let go of so that you can be your deepest burning desire...think about it and start to do it. 


Until we meet again my friends...


With all my love...Rita

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Day 206 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

12/23/2014

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Good morning my beautiful friends....I hope you are finding this Tuesday morning amazing and filled with the Christmas Spirit.  

One thing that keeps me filled with love is "Reflection".  To me it is all about looking back in this past year and seeing all that had occurred throughout the year and realizing how amazing this year has actually been.  I also like to look back and see all the things that did not work out and reflect as to how I could have done it differently.

Today's inspiration allows us to do just that.  Take a moment and really absorb the words: Reflection; If we change nothing then nothing changes.  If we change something then everything changes!  What could I change that would have a positive effect on my life?  Make the change!  Think about what the inspiration is saying and asking.....for me one thing that I could change is my eating habits.  I know that this year I completely fell off the wagon of eating clean and really taking care of myself.  I did a lot of traveling along with events and I used that as an excuse to eat junk food.  I would eat healthy for a week or so and fall off; it was a constant battle throughout the entire year.  The consequences for me with the way I was treating my body was severe problems with the asthma along with going up and down with the weight my body carries, I was tired most of the year and just did not really physically feel good.  What I am going to do in the New Year is stick to a healthy lifestyle change so that my body can breathe easier and my weight will finally release.  It will be a great change to make as we are getting a second chance at life in the coming week.  

As I really take a look at what I can change; there are so many things that I could be doing differently.  One of which is turning off the TV and focusing on my work and business.  I could be getting up and heading to the gym every day.  I could be doing self development on a daily basis without skipping a day here and there.  I could be keeping a calendar on a daily basis so I know where I am at and what I need to prepare for.  I could be setting time aside everyday to make my follow up phone calls for potential customers and partners.  I could be just getting things done and stop the crazy procrastination.  I could be spending time in nature so that I can focus and ground myself to Mother Nature.  These are just a few things that I want to change for myself.  I know that I have grown so much in the past few years, especially with this blog; but I realize that I have so much more growth to do to be the best version of myself.  My ultimate goal is to be a motivational speaker and if I am going to talk the talk I definitely need to be walking the walk.  

I encourage you to look at your year; What did you do great? And what can you change to be amazing?  Have an amazing day my friends, I am so blessed to have you all in my life.  Until we meet again....

With all my love....Rita

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Day 205 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

12/22/2014

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Good morning my friends...only a couple of days from Christmas, I hope your holiday season has been magical thus far.  I know that mine has been filled with extra love and closeness with my family.  Times are a little tight for us, but I feel like the richest woman with all the love that surrounds me.


Today's inspirations is absolutely amazing; I possess all these qualities and so do all of you.  We can get through anything we set our minds to and we can do the same with creating all that we want.  


We all possess the qualities that can make our journeys magical.  If you look at the list of I's, I'm, and I AM's you will see that you have everything it takes to make your dreams come true.  We just need to remember this on a day by day, minute by minute, second by second basis.  We have all the magic already inside us.  The question is: When are you going to let it all come out?


Seriously, look and study the list.............The magic is already inside each and every one of us, we have been beating ourselves up for so long we forgot.  We have allowed others to tear us down and we started to believe we weren't worth it.  We created a life for ourselves that proves we aren't worth it.  I am here to tell YOU THAT WE ARE ALL WORTH IT!  We can have it all; we just need to get rid of the stinking thinking and the negative Nellie's in our lives.  That means, smile more, laugh more, say yes when you want to, say no when you want to, take chances when it feels right, make changes that would scare you but make your life amazing.  These are little steps that you can take to make your world a magical place.  


When you can dream possibilities you can be that possibility, all it takes is taking that first step then the rest of the steps are taken one at a time.  As we come to the end of the year take your first step so that the New Year starts off with the next step, and then the next step and keep repeating your steps with actions that will make your life the magical life you have always dreamed of.  I am doing it; I hope you all join in taking the steps with me.  


Until we meet again my friends...


With all my love...Rita

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Day 204 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

12/21/2014

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Good afternoon my friends...What an amazing day it is already and it is only 12:22 in the afternoon.  I have just come from church and we did a Winter Solstice ceremony, I was asked to read a poem that completely resonated with me.  

Now we gather in a communion of remembrance
   Of those hardships overcome and all that was won

        And those moments lost
            Fading even now as the day
                Seeks the darkness of the solstice
                                                                                 Tinged with the cold winds of winter skies.

                                                              Listen, a bird sings in the dark of December, 
                                                                   A magical thing, so sweet to remember.
                                                                       Now nearer to spring than we were in September
                                                                            Listen, a bird sings in the dark of December!

What a beautiful poem I was given to read by Rev. Anne.  I looked back at this year and all that I have been through; the ups the downs, and yet I am here to listen to the birds sing even in December.  I so look forward to the New Year, I know that everything is always working out for my highest good.  

On the way home driving along just thinking about the last couple of hours I spent with some amazing people.  It hit me that I have been fighting and surviving my entire life, going against the grain thinking I had a better way or making things more difficult than it needed to be.  I was actually going the speed limit enjoying everything that was around me and everyone.  

Today has already been amazing; what is in store for the rest of the day will be icing on the cake.  I am truly blessed to have my life and all that I have been through.  I am so grateful for every bit of it; without it I would not be the woman I am this very second.  

Enjoy the rest of this holiday season.  Don't be stressed with all the doings, enjoy all that you have and every breath that you are able to take in.  Love every moment the way it happens no matter what, that is how it was supposed to be anyway.  I love each and every one of you reading my blog; you have enriched my life in so many ways, you will never know.

Thank you Rev. Anne for your guidance; you are loved more than you know.  Until we meet again my friends...

With all my love....Rita 

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Day 203 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

12/20/2014

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Good afternoon my friends....Saturday morning has slipped away from me...I can't believe it is the afternoon already.  So many things to do and all I want to do is enjoy my family and relax.  


Today's inspiration is so very important to me "I am brimming with confidence and positivity and I allow my confidence to flow into every area of my life".  I had shared with all of you a few blogs ago that I am starting my own internet/radio show January 26th, 2015; I am so excited about the opportunity to reach so many people to inspire them to be the best version of themselves.  However, I have to give pictures to the producer of myself; which I have been lagging on.  This morning it hit me; how can I suggest to all of you to be confident no matter what shape or size or how you look, and I am putting off taking my picture because of how I look right now with the side effects of steroids.  


Everything I am about is helping people see the beauty they possess in themselves and yet I caught myself not accepting my own self because of how I look right now.  I should be grateful to be alive and not care about the outside, because the inside of me is amazing.  Being confident in who we are is a daily practice; we are always being challenged one way or another to make sure that we are really learning what life is all about.  Life is not about the outside view of our self, it's about the inside view which is most important.  Quite honestly, I don't think anybody cares what the outside truly looks like when you are in love with the inside of a person and most importantly yourself.  


This blog for me has been life changing and life saving.  I could not imagine my life without all of these experiences that I share with all of you.  I hope that you are realizing that we are all the same and we have all the same insecurities; but together we can overcome them and develop a muscle to power through to the confidently beautiful side of us.  


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


With all my love...Rita

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Day 202 in Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

12/19/2014

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Good afternoon my friends; Happy Friday!!!  It is such a magical time of year, it is amazing how many people come together just spreading love and cheer all around them.  It completely fills my heart with so much love and gratitude, I feel like I am going to bust.

As I am sitting at the computer blogging and thinking about this past year and all that has occurred; I am amazed at how much I have grown as a person.  I am all about empowering women to know their greatness and in the process my greatness is shining brighter than it has ever shined.  I have been doing the work on myself and sharing it with all of you so you know that you can have anything you want in your life as well.  All you have to do is say YES!

Like a wildflowers; You must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.  Think about that for a second....how many people have told you that you would never make it.  You're not smart enough, or You're not lucky enough, or You don't have what it takes, or the biggest one You don't have the right look.  How many times have you allowed what people say to you stop you dead in your tracks?  I know for me I have stopped myself many times; even now as things are changing and opportunities are coming my way this creepy little voice in my head says "you can't do that"; what I have learned is to tell that creepy voice to shut up and say YES I CAN!!!  Once you give yourself the power and fire that little creepy voice you will start to see your confidence change.

This is why doing work on yourself is so important; you start to gain the confidence realizing that you are special and unique, your gifts are needed to help out all who are around you.  You just have to learn to fire that creepy little voice and don't hire it back.  That takes an everyday practice because that creepy voice loses power everyday you say NO to it; trust me that creepy voice is not your friend.

Today I want you to think of something that you really want to do and start to take the steps towards your dream; and fire that creepy little voice that keeps telling you NO.  Practice every day saying NO to that voice and YES to your dreams.  YOU WILL BE AMAZED HOW YOU END THIS YEAR!

Until we meet again my friends...

With all my love...Rita

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Day 201 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

12/18/2014

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Good afternoon my friends....I can't believe how the weekend is almost here...last weekend before Christmas and New Year's; then we get to start a new.

This is the perfect time to reflect on this year and start to make some plans for next year.  Maybe look at some things you did not get done this year and see how you can make it happen in 2015. 

One of the things I love so much about New Year's is that if we are lucky enough to still be here we always get to have a second chance at our life.  We get a do over if you will; how cool is that?  

What do you want to do in 2015?  I feel like this coming year is going to be my best one yet; I can feel it in my bones.  I already know that I will have my own internet /radio show on www.247thestream.com/news called "Just Rita".  My show will start on January 26th on Monday from noon - 2:00 pm central time empowering women.  I will be starting the New Year with my Conference for It Works Global in Orlando, FL in January, and I get to see my sister who I have not seen in over 20 years along with my two older brothers who I met briefly in July.  Some how all the work I put into this year is giving me the goodies right from the start of 2015.  

When I look back at this year, it has been one of the hardest years along with being one of the most amazing years of my life thus far.  I have been able to take everything coming my way with grace and ease and not getting myself too crazy over it.  I have learned so much patience this year; I can hardly believe it myself.  I have learned not to control every moment of my life and I learned to let things come to me as they may....everything happens for one reason or another, one lesson or another.  I have learned that I have choices; I can either choose to take things the hard way or I can choose to learn from everything and know that everything is working out for my highest good.  

What did you learn this year, what did you experience this year, and what is it that you are going to reap the goodies in the year 2015?  Think about those questions for a bit and really take notice of how amazing we are for all that we have accomplished and did not realize.  Give yourself a huge hug; you deserve every bit of love from yourself.  

Until we meet again my friends...

With all my love...Just Rita! 

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Day 198 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

12/15/2014

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Good morning my friends...Happy Monday!!!  I hope you all had an amazing weekend.  There are so many things to smile for; it does not matter what is happening in your life you can always find something to smile about.  

When I think about all that I have been through in the past couple of weeks I am amazed how much love I have received through all of it.  I am amazed at how many people absolutely love me and are praying for me; that is something to really smile about.  My recovery from this asthma attack is taking a bit of a toll on me; I am not bouncing back like I normally do, but knowing how many people are supporting me makes me smile. 

I look outside and see all the Christmas lights that are going up in the neighborhood; that makes me smile.  I see all the little kids playing and getting excited for Santa; that makes me smile.  I see the animals playing in the yard and looking for food; that makes me smile.  I look at my family and that makes me smile.  There are so many things that can make us smile through the hard times of life.  We all are going through something that takes a bit of our thunder; but if we can have faith that everything will work out for our highest good and have a smile on our face, we will get through it better than we could have ever imagined.

Life is not always easy, to many times people and even myself will make situations worse than they actually are.  It's because we forget to have faith that everything will work out for our highest good.  We think that we have to fix everything; but we can't...if we have faith the answers come to us quicker, we just need to be listening.  For us to listen, we need to quiet our minds, be in nature or anything that makes you happy and just smile.  All we need to know is no matter what it will all work out somehow; and in most cases it always does.

No matter what it is you are going through do it with a smile.  No matter how bad you feel do it with a smile.  No matter what your money situation looks like do it with a smile.  A smile will show that you have faith and you trust that God is there helping you get through the toughest of times.  Just think about that for a minute....I have seen people living on the street with a smile on their face, someone who is losing the battle of cancer and has a smile on their face, someone whose world keeps crashing down and has a smile on their face.  Those are the people that I look up to because no matter what their journey is on this earth they are doing it with happiness; they are not allowing their circumstances to dictate how they are going to be.  That to me is amazing!!!

Smile my friends...no matter what; SMILE!!!  Until we meet again...

With all my love...Rita

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Day 196 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

12/13/2014

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Happy Saturday everybody...I hope you are enjoying the holiday season and staying healthy and safe. 


I came across this inspiration from Louise L. Hay; she is an amazing women who started her life when she was 63 years old, now has her own publishing company Hay House and she is doing amazing things for people all across the world.  


As I say yes to Life, Life says yes to ME!!!  What an amazing inspiration and affirmation.  I love reading Louise's affirmations...it helps me to always get through a difficult time.  As I have been sick I have had a lot of time to evaluate my life.  What is it that I am doing and what is it that I am not doing?  What is it that I am not doing to move my business forward and become successful?  These are a lot of questions that I have been asking myself lately and the answer is; I am not consistent along with not doing what I said I would do.  I do the other stuff, you the time wasters that look like maybe I am doing something.  I am doing the business of it all, but what I am not doing is the actual getting out and talking to people.  I am not getting out and asking for help and asking for business.  I am allowing other stuff to get in the way of my dreams as if they are important.  Quite frankly it's not important.  I need to take in the breath of life and do what I know to do for my business.  For some reason I keep acting as if it is my job to suffer.


How many of you out there are acting as if it is your lot in life to suffer?  How many of you out there keep finding ways to suffer as much as you can so you have a real good story to tell when you hit it big?  Be honest with yourself when you ask these questions.  I feel like I have been creating this magnificent story to tell the world how I made it; but in reality nobody really cares about the story, what they care about is if you made it and are you still making it.  I have so many talents that I have been wasting away on a shelf waiting for that perfect moment to bring them out.  But the reality is the perfect moment is right now.  I don't need a sad depressing story; I have an amazing story to help people across the world to be better versions of themselves.  Say YES to the OPPORTUNITIES that are coming your way my friends.  When you say YES, everything else will fall into place.  I know it is happening for me right now because I am saying YES and I want to be more successful than my fears.  


Take this weekend and figure out what it is that you want; and then go do that.  I love being an Independent It Works Distributor; I love sharing the skinny wraps and the skin care with as many people as I can.  I love showing people how to start their own business and be successful at it.  When I get to give back I am always filled with so much love, I always feel like I can conquer the world.  Figure it out...you never know what is right around the corner for you. 


Until we meet again my friends....


With all my love...Rita  

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Day 194 Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

12/11/2014

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Good afternoon my beautiful friends....I hope you are all doing well on this Thursday afternoon.  I have been finding myself slowly recovering and getting the needed rest my body requires.  One of the hardest things for me during this time is letting go and allowing the healing to come in.  I am so used to fixing and controlling; having to sit back and do nothing is a lesson that is amazing.  I am finding that everyone is doing their part; I no longer have to do it all.


This whole blog is about women being empowered by who they are.  Their self esteem is so important to the life that they are choosing to live.  "The fastest way to increase your self esteem is to take better care of yourself."  How powerful is that statement.  This is something that I am truly learning through this asthma attack.  When you can't breathe you can't fully take in life.  You can't do all the things that you think you need to do.  However, in this time of need for me; I am allowing to be taken care of for the first time in my life.  I am allowing my family to do all that I have done for them, they are doing for me.  I am able to recover and get myself back by accepting the love they have offered and yet I have always pushed away.  I have always thought that I had to do it all myself.  I had to be the one to literally do it all as if they had no idea what to do.  But as I am allowing myself the recovery time and not be the do it all mom and wife, my family is able to share their gifts and their love for me for the very first time.  


I have realized this morning that I have enabled my family to be how they have been being.  I never gave them a change to step up and do what they need to do for themselves until recently.  It is amazing how God has knocked me on my butt so that I can allow my family to participate in this family.  I have been sick with these terrible attacks 3 times this year...every time I got out of the hospital I went right to work the very next day, never taking the time to heal.  I went right into cleaning, cooking and handling all that needed to be done; I never gave myself a chance to recover.  This time around God made sure that I would have to stop and take time for me.  I would not be able to do what I normally had done; I would have to rely on others and ask for help.  


Writing today's blog has allowed me to see the impact of how I have been living my life; how I have been causing myself more harm than good.  But when you stop to really take care of you, you really start to realize how important you are to your family; all you have to do is let them be there for you.  When you are being taken care of your self esteem grows like crazy.  You are not feeling sorry for yourself because nobody cares....it's quite the opposite; they do care I just never allowed it to show up for me.  I thought that I had to be the ALL for everyone and deprive myself of the love that was trying to be shared with me.  


Love yourself enough to ask for help and allow your loved ones to help take care of you as you have taken care of them.  You will see your value and your worth grow right before your eyes.  You will see your family step up to the task faster than you could have even imagined.  You just have to let it in.  


I am so grateful I got as sick as I did.  I am so moved by the love my family has for me and for the first time in my life I am not fixing and controlling anything.  I am literally allowing myself to heal and get stronger.  I feel like my family has actually healed through this experience.  We are talking with each other, spending time with each other and telling each other how much we love and appreciate each other.  It is a Christmas gift that will last a life time.  


Take care of you my friends...allow your family to step up and participate in your life.  You don't have to do it all...When you start to let them in, your esteem and confidence will go through the roof.  Until we meet again my friends...


With all my love....Rita 

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    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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