Summer is definitely here and the sun is hot! Cool off with this refreshing and healthy treat that I created this afternoon. I made up a jug of wild raspberry-lemon, iced green tea, sweetened with stevia.
Delicious, nutritious, and definitely refreshing! Add more ice and blend it up for a slushier treat!
- wild raspberry herbal tea (brewed for 5 minutes in one and a half cups of boiling water, let cool)
- freshly squeezed juice from half of a lemon (and slices to decorate)
- 40 drops of green tea concentrate (I get mine from Body Ecology)
- 3 cups of water
- ice cubes
- stevia
More pics here: http://www.facebook.com/loveinspiringlove?filter=1#!/photo.php?pid=5965261&id=307278863973
Enjoy!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
i am refreshed.
Monday, June 21, 2010
swinging in the sun!
Today marks the first day of summer and the longest day of the entire year - the Summer Solstice. It's the day the sun is its most powerful and abundant. And from sunrise to sunset, my Mom is playing her heart out!
It’s the Longest Day of Golf - literally.
Golfers and volunteers all over Canada raise money in support of the Canadian Cancer Society’s programs and services. At the Highlands Golf Course here in Ottawa, 4 men and 4 women venture on a 17 hour golfing marathon! This inspiring group of 8 embark on a full day of completing over 200 holes of golf (each!). And my Mom intends to expand on their record of 234 holes! They do this for the love of the game. And they do it to raise money for cancer - beautiful!
My Mom has already raised close to $1000 this year. She is more than a hero to me - because I just know, only a SUPERhero can golf 13 rounds of 18 holes in one day!
On the day of the year when the masculine energy of the sun is shining at its strongest, I’ll be soaking it all in.. along with the amazing female energy of my very own Mom that will be shining all day long, in the heart of Ottawa!
I’m sponsoring my Mom 10 cents a hole and I’m looking forward to cheering her on and bringing refreshing treats along the way. And for any of you that are as impressed as I am, feel some extra gratitude for what these amazing people are up to! And if you’re interested in sponsoring this incredible group, please let me know! :)
Happy summer time!!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
feeling elated!
I have a really good feeling I just found my new career path! At the very least, things are becoming more clear and I'm starting to really 'see' how I can connect and contribute in the community.
I came across an inspiring email (a couple days ago) from a yoga studio I visited with my Passport to Prana. I don’t normally read the Newsletters, but for some reason, I was excited about this one and opened it up.
I went on to read that 2 inspiring women have just joined their incredible services. Core-Elation yoga studio and Movement to Health, health and fitness centre have become one. June 1, 2010, marked the birth of Elation Centre – an integrative lifestyle centre. Perfect! And no wonder I hadn't found it until now...
AMAZING!!
They're about yoga, running, and nutrition. Their approach is holistic. They believe in the power of community for personal growth. And their programs make space for everyone to find their individual fit in life. I love it!
They educate, enrich, and empower lives from the inside, out. They take an integrative approach to health, identifying that it is physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
The merge has been called a collaboration at its finest and a partnership fuelled by passion! What could be more perfect?
And whether my collaboration is with them, or with some other inspiring being, I KNOW it will be exciting!
Thank you Elation ladies for exuding inspiration! I am so grateful to see local women serving my very own community in big ways! Thanks for guiding me along my journey!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
I'm ready!
I've been a student with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) for a couple weeks now. And in a few months I’ll have to opportunity to start working with clients as a Holistic Health Coach. wow. I’m fascinated with the material and philosophy - it feels like ‘home’ to me. I am getting ready to serve. In many ways, I AM serving now. I’m ready and eager to inspire people to make changes to their thoughts and perspectives - to discover that it’s all about feeling good, having fun, and to remind people that Life is happening now!
My first client is ME. I have been learning a LOT. And this is a life-long contract. As I learn new ways to feel better, I continue to create and live my dream life. All obstacles, struggles, and fears inspire new ideas, perspectives, and tools that help me to shift my thoughts. I see great value in every single feeling and experience I go through – it has ALL served me and has inspired new desires.
This is a big week for me! It’s the last week of my 20’s (wow) and my first online interview with Body Ecology airs tomorrow, May 19th (double wow). I’m nervous, I’m excited, and I’m ready. I’m ready to share my personal experiences with the world – because I know that it will connect me to other incredible people going through similar stuff.
If you wanna listen in, sign up for FREE here: http://app.streamsend.com/public/hcws/niM/subscribe
And here’s a little more info on me and the call: http://bodyecology.com/Teleseminars/JulieRogers05202010.php
I’m taking big leaps. I'm opening new doors. I’m loving myself through the process. Incredible opportunities are coming my way. I’m having fun NOW! Am I really ready? I asked the trusty magic 8 ball.. YES! 
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Inspired by the game of Life!
Friends and I played the board-game Life last night. We had fun with it and I found it incredibly inspiring! So many different ways to live an exciting life!
Even though I finished with the least amount of money in the end (worth a mere $1.89 million), I loved the game and was completely satisfied with my adventure!
In one night I went to college, became a pro athlete (making $60,000 a year), married the man of my dreams, had a daughter, made it through a tornado, bought a Country Cottage (large yard with garden, frog pond, picket fence, sunny and cozy inside! – perfect!). My family and I went on a ton of adventures – climbed Everest, went on a $55,000 Cruise, and the family horse even won a derby, earning me $150,000.
I was excited with all of the ‘Life’ cards that came my way:
$200,000 – I created a new teaching method (cool!)
$100,000 – Humanitarian Award (an honour!)
$250,000 – I became the President (ooh.. fun.)
$100,000 – I opened a Health Food Chain (exciting!)
$200,000 – I found a new Energy Source (interesting!)
Wow.. such inspiring, relevant cards for me. They all felt good (even the family horse winning the derby… haha). I even earned $10,000 every time someone spun an 8. A sweet deal.
Playing the game of Life is fun.. and feeling inspired by the fun is even better! Now back to playing my own game of Life!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Believe it before you see it.
I often experience the feeling of just wanting to 'get there'. I want to fix myself and my life in so many ways. I'm aware that I'm 'here', but I'd rather be 'there'. I’m often striving to feel better, be better, more worthy. I want MORE.
But what would happen if I changed those thoughts?
What if I deliberately chose to feel that everything in my life is perfect right NOW? What does it look and feel like to believe I HAVE enough? How does it feel to believe I AM enough or I AM worthy?
It’s easy to say 'well, once my finances are stable, once I find the perfect lover, once I find an inspiring career, once I have a healthier relationship with food.. THEN I will feel more peaceful.. THEN my life will be perfect.'
But it doesn’t work that way! You won't get what you want if you feel like it's missing.
As human beings we are always expanding. We’re ALWAYS going to come up with new desires. And the key is to appreciate where you are NOW, while feeling eager for more, and trusting that it WILL come into your experience at the perfect time.
Enjoy the fun that's happening now! Take the time to appreciate the steps you ARE taking, the moments you ARE loving. And when you think forward to what you DO want, feel the excitement as if you already have it now.
Friday, April 16, 2010
what would YOU do with $30 million?
I’m feeling lucky. And by lucky I really mean fortunate, grateful, worthy, blessed, abundant, excited.. however you want to describe it… it’s a good feeling place!
I come from a family that ‘wins’ often. Contests, draws, prizes, games – it’s almost become a joke with our friends. I hear people say ‘you guys always win!’. And it’s true.. but what does this all have to do with ‘luck’ anyway?
If you think about ‘winning’ and the Law of Attraction, then you probably think things happen because of our beliefs, thoughts, and feelings. That's how I see it. And if it happens often, you're more likely to believe it and see it happen again and again.
I love studying contestants on game shows. Often, I can see a direct link between the way they speak and act, and how ‘fortunate’ they are on the show. I recently saw an extremely grateful and excitable woman on the Price is Right. I could just FEEL that she already felt like a winner – before she actually won any of the prizes(she even fainted before she found out she won the big show case at the end!). At one point, when Drew Carey asks if she felt ‘lucky’, and she answered, “I am SO blessed ALL of the time. Thank you!”.. and then she won a car! It goes to show, you gotta believe it before you see it!
I already feel SO grateful for the abundance that I constantly get to enjoy in my life! I love spending pockets of moments, appreciating everything around me and so many inspiring projects and ideas going on in the world. I look forward to contributing to more of them each year. I’m excited to be in a place where I feel extremely FREE, and I'm eager to continue creating a more exciting life each day! And do I need to win the lottery to continue feeling abundant and grateful? Nope. But the idea of winning has led to some exciting thinking! And I know that the feelings that are coming up will definitely benefit me, no matter what happens. It's a way to pay it forward and to allow more excitement to keep on comin'!
So here’s the deal. I feel a big ‘win’ coming on. And I wanted to share the win with a close friend. One of the reasons being, I find it just as easy to be happy for someone else - wanting good things to happen to others that I care about. I put a few feelers out to a couple friends recently, asking if they were interested playing with me. My idea was for each of us to buy a lottery ticket, and then if either of our tickets win, we’d split the pot. I was waiting for a really excited reaction from a friend.. like REALLY excited. Gung-ho excited. I wanted someone who actually believed we could win. So on my third try, I found the reaction I was looking for. And she’s someone who I consider a soul sister in many ways. Perfect.
I was excited because tonight's draw is listed for $30 million dollars. 30 has been a number I’ve been really focussing on for the past few months. I felt a HUGE shift in my thinking toward feelings of complete FREEDOM on January 11, 2010 (the day I decided to quit my government job). When written out, I saw the date as 01/11/10 or 011110. In binary code, it represents the number 30. And I read that 30 in numerology means ‘the perfect balance in the cosmic organization’. Cool! I’m also in my 30th year right now. And I just found out the draw is actually for $29.9 million.. and I calculated how old I am today. Guess how old? 29.9. whew!
So tonight is the night. Do I think I have a chance to win? Yep! What are my odds? Well since you either win or you don’t, I’d say my odds are 50%. And with my friend also holding a ticket, our chances have doubled. Sweet. The brainstorming is done. I have BIG plans for the BIG win! It has been hilarious perfecting my ‘ecstatic dance’ (Lotto Max is even more exciting than the happy dance for Lotto 649!). My favourite place to practice has been in front of a mirror on my mini trampoline. ha ha..
So now that I feel aligned, it’s time to allow the Universe to let it all happen! And the beauty of it is, I’m not attached to the outcome.. I am content with where I’m at. I love that this has encouraged me to feel abundant and excited.. and from that, SO many good things are coming my way!
Happy FRIDAY!
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