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5 Practices to Create a Positive Mindset
Your mindset has the biggest impact on how your life unfolds. Not sure if this is true... just watch the people around you, I bet you’ll notice those that are always complaining seem to always have crappy things happen to them, it’s like they’re a magnet for crap. I’ll let you on a little create they literally are, because what you put out into the universe you attract right back. Then on the flip side you have the people who are positive, and life just seems to flow a little better for them, again that’s because its what they are attracting.
 
Learning to cultivate a positive mindset will change your life and bring you so much more happiness.   

Read on or watch at the end so you can start changing your life TODAY!
 
Here are 5 simple practices you can do to help create a more positive mindset.
 
1. Practice Gratitude…
every morning take the time to think of 10 things you are grateful for.  It can be simple everyday things we often take for granted like running water and a hot shower or it can be something much deeper, like the ability to have hope in the mists of life’s challenges. Also, do this practice throughout the day.  When you notice yourself slipping into negativity, stop and think of 3 things you are grateful for, this simple practice can literally be life changing, especially when we learn to have gratitude for the hard things and people in our lives.  You can’t be negative when you’re in a place of gratitude
 
2. Acceptance….
Let me tell you a story, the transition into motherhood extremely difficult to me.  I had a super high needs baby that never wanted to be put down and literally didn’t sleep, EVER! Negativity swelled up inside me as I started to get resentful and then of course the guilt and feeling like I was the worst mom on the planet shortly followed.  It just sucked on all levels.  What saved me was the practice of Acceptance and applying my acceptance oil over my heart.   When I let go of my expectations and accepted my circumstances everything changed. I could feel the negativity slowly slipping away and actually started to enjoy being a mom, seriously the biggest gift.
 
3. Move Your Body…
movement is so healing and helps our body to release endorphins which is our happy hormone!   Our bodies are meant to move, when we are sedentary it starts to clog up and block our prana (our life force energy) from flowing.  By keeping your energy flowing we create endorphins and clear the mind. Find YOUR favorite way to move and do it everyday!
 
4. Eat Nutritious Food…
It’s simple fresh, whole foods have a higher vibration than processed food. Have you ever noticed when you eat at lot of processed food your mood tends to tank?  This is because the gut and the brain are very connected and when we feed our bodies fresh whole, food we are feeding our brains what it needs to thrive and it makes it a little easier to have a positive mindset.  Now, if your life me and love to indulge with food,  I feel you!  That’s why the 80/20 rule works well for me.  80% of my diet it high quality, whole foods and 20% is stuff I know isn’t great for me, but it just tastes sooo good.  Can’t be living my life without chocolate chip cookies and brownies!  
 
5. Be mindful of what you consume…
Now, I’m not talking about food here, we already went over that. One of the best things I ever did to help improve my mindset was to be super conscious of what I let into my mind.  Ask yourself this, what do you usually watch? How does your Facebook page look? Instagram? What books to do you read?  ALL of these matters.  If you are reading and watching negativity then your mind will naturally be filled with negativity, its simple.  The best thing you can do right now is TURN OFF THE NEWS!!!  The media is pretty much all negativity and fear mongering.  Believe me, if something BIG happens you’ll find out about it, you do not have to watch the news.
 
So that’s it the 5 practices you can start right NOW to create a more positive mindset.
 
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HI THERE FRIEND, I'M MALLORY!

 
Thanks so much for stoping by my little space here on the web and listening to my story!  I can't wait to teach you everything I've learned over the years.

My biggest lesson has definitely been being a mom and it's still something I learn to navigate every day. As it turns out these little humans have a mind of their own, know what they want, and aren't afraid to whine at you until they get it, do ya feel me?  In Ashtanga Yoga we call parenting 7th series because it is the hardest practice of them all.  Now, I don't have a whole lot of parenting answers for you (still figuring all that out myself), but I can help with keeping your kids healthy! We want healthy kids because healthy kids are just happier kids and mama I know you want your kid to be happy just like I do.

When we first brought our son Eero home, I just felt lost.  He was colicky, gassy, had a serve case of torticollis, and was just an all around unhappy baby. Being a first time mom and confronted with all of this was HARD and compounded by my own emotional issues lead to my PPD.  The first 6 months of Eero's life was full of a lot of tears from both of us. 

Then his first REAL cold hit and fever hit.  I didn't feel prepared and didn't know what to do to help him.  Everyone just kept telling me, oh just use Infant Tylenol and Ibuprofen, this just didn't sit right with me.  I knew all I was doing was masking the symptoms and not actually helping his body to heal.  My baby was in pain and I wanted to do everything I could to help his body be strong and fight. This lead me down a path of diving into natural remedies, learning how the body works, and ultimately empowered me as a mother to care for my babies. 

Now I know what to do keep my babies healthy and I also have an abundance of tools to turn to when they are under the weather.  I know longer have that panicked feeling when Eero or Emma spike a fever, I know exactly what to and it is my mission to help every mama feel confident in taking care of their families. There is truly so much we can do when we understand how the body works, even in simple terms and I can't wait to share it all with you!

I'm here for you, through the up and downs, tears and smiles, I will be here to help uplift and encourage you. Know you are not alone, in fact there is a whole community of mamas waiting for you to join us and go against the status quo.  Our bodies are meant for health and our lives are meant for abundance.




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