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When I wrote this book, there was a great deal of love in my heart for the potential of reaching lots and lots of women, because I know how the obsession and foment and struggle about bodily appearance seeps into the nooks and crannies of our souls and sometimes turns to acid there.

I learned something about self-acceptance, self-love and spiritual healing though in my lifetime and that is what I wrote about in my book.  I thought that other women might see the wisdom in my words and be able to let go of the  horrible obsession we American women have about our bodies.  Many women from many different countries don’t live under the pressure we do here, and come on girls, wouldn’t it be a relief to just be able to “be” without all this blouse tugging?

We have been accustomed to having bodily criticism flung at us all our lives.  In my experience, my parents, one teacher and my husband felt duty bound to let me know I was not okay.  I ultimately discovered that they were all wrong, but at the time it was happening, I sucked it up like something wonderful and true and wrapped it tightly around my heart.  My concept of self grew to be “not okay; too fat” and this is not easily lived with, as many of you know first hand.

Let me ask you to consider this:  have you ever told a boyfriend “Your bodily shape is unacceptable?”  There might be a few who say yes - in particular you younger girls - but the majority is so on the defensive about having it done to us, we wouldn’t dream of telling another this kind of crap. So why do we permit it?  Why is our husband or mother or father or sibling permitted to say “You’re too fat” to us?  I am outraged at even having to consider such a thing. The worst part is that we believe it true and we take it in and we weave it into a self concept that scratches and abrades us.

We are not our bodies.  We are the animation inside our bodies.  That would be your mind, in case you haven’t given this much attention. You are a mind that thinks.  Your body is the report card that shows you what you have been thinking about your self.  What you think is the cause for that effect called your body.  You cannot change the effect with diet and exercise. You can only change it by changing how you think about yourself.

And this is what is in my book. And this is why I want all women to read it.  You would feel so free to understand the magnificent ideas I’ve shared there so that you could let go of your old ways and step into a new reals of self love and self acceptance. I wonder how big we need to get in order to learn the lessons we need to learn?

Love,

Pat

How many Do-Overs?

I’m writing an article for the June issue of Magnify You this week. I have the topic of Rebirth in my mind and of course along with this comes the actual birth of our new baby, Hieronymous.  I got to wondering how many Do Overs he’ll experience in his one sweet life and how important they are. Of course when it comes to the subject of re-shaping your body using mental means alone as opposed to diet and exercise, well this is my theme song, eh?

If  you’ve slipped off the track of whatever project you’re working on about the size of your body, grant yourself permission to start all over again with a renewed intention.  It doesn’t have to be January for you to start a weight loss program.  It can be today.

It is an exhilleration beyond anything I’ve ever experienced to have participated in the unassisted birthing of that precious darling baby boy last month.  And it is also an exhilleration to know that I can use my mind to consciously re-shape my body as well. Same thrilling feeling.

Chi in bed

I do a lot of my mental work first thing in the morning in bed, with my kitty Chi on my hip, waiting and praying for wet food time.  I can lay there for hours thinking my thoughts (I love to think that I am two sizes smaller for the wedding in Penna in July) and holding them.  I savor each word and I conjure up a picture of what each word means and feels like deep inside myself.  I work to achieve absolute conviction that my truth is true for me. And then, my thinking manifests.

Using the seat belt marks method, yesterday I did a re-marking on my seat belt and I’ve lost 6 inches off my hips (my visual calculation) through purely mental means!  Hooray!

If you haven’t read My Cats Have Seen Me Naked: How I Achieved Self Acceptance and Self Love While Obese yet, I’ve got an autographed copy with your name on it, ready to go.

Love,

Pat

I got to see my new grandson again this weekend and hold his wee, beautiful self.  He is a beautiful little boy and he appears to be nicely refined.  I believe all those months of his mommy and daddy talking to him in vitro and playing him music created that refinement.  And just imagine:  they did all this before they even saw him.

I got to thinking about doubting Thomas in the bible who had to see something before he would believe it. I can only imagine what he might have created (as my son Thad and his girlfriend Amy did) had he trusted enough in the process to acknowledge the reality before the appearance of their son.

Mental weight loss is like that too.  You have to be absolutely convinced that the process does work long before the appearance of the weight loss takes place.  If you don’t, there won’t be an appearance.  Last November when I began this process of mentally losing weight solely, if I hadn’t been convinced that it was going to be effective, I would still be carrying around the 35 lbs. I’ve lost since then.

This is where the “Oh ye of little faith!” saying comes from.  You have to have the courage of your convictions, the expectation of the weight loss, and the love of your Self that will nurture and guide you until you achieve the absolute conviction that it will happen.  And then it does.  I am living proof.

Stay tuned.  I have lots more weight to lose and I’m planning to do it mentally as well.  It’s painless.  I eat well.  So far, I haven’t been exercising at all.  Part of that is I live in snow country and it’s hard to get out to walk.  But it’s springtime now and my feet are feeling itchy.

If you never begin, you’ll never build the trust in this system.  I’d recommend getting my book My Cats Have Seen Me Naked: How I Achieved Self Acceptance and Self Love While Obese and then getting started on your own mental project path.  It might well become the best investment you’ve ever made.

Love,

Pat

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