Healthy Happy Loving Life: A Happy Soulmate Story

04 Friday Dec 2020

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Today, I share a story that means the World to me. It started about 30 years ago, when I was single and living in a cozy apartment. One balmy Saturday evening, I was debating going to a party at the home of a couple I knew well. Their parties were always easygoing fun, and I knew dozens of friends would be there. Tempting as that was, I am a quiet person and just love staying home. I love to paint, create some new recipe, or design a new garment. So time rolled by, as I debated going to the party or not. Or going. Or not.

Finally, I realized I was stuck. Really stuck! On impulse, I looked up and asked the air, “Well, what do YOU think?” I was shocked to hear a prompt, clear answer: “You will go. You will get dressed; you will look cute. You will meet interesting people!”

So I quickly got dressed and went to the party. In the back yard, I saw a very handsome man I had never met before. His name turned out to be Ron.

A mere 18 years later, Ron asked me out, and we went to dinner and a movie. Within 3 weeks, we knew we were meant for each other, and we knew that God was our matchmaker. We have now been happily married for 12 years.

So, listen when the Air talks! It could be an important message from our Sponsor, leading you further into: the realm of Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life^sm!

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert and award-winning author who celebrates life. She also has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within: Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine. The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office. To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Maybe You CAN Do What You Can’t

03 Thursday Dec 2020

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Today I share stories of encouragement, of people doing things they never dreamed they could. In tough situations, maybe you too can do things you never thought you could do. Are you in a tough situation now? Maybe you will end up doing what you “know” you can’t, to work through it?

East of Tucson, where the Santa Catalina Mountains meet the Rincon Mountains, there is a beautiful area called Redington Pass. In season, water rushes over the rocks at the Tanque Verde Falls there. In dry times, the boulders at the Falls have a smooth, eery beauty, shaped by the erosive power of the seasonal flows. Hiking in this area is very popular, but the trails are hazardous, due to a type of rock that crumbles easily underfoot. A woman arrived at the top of the dry Falls with a new companion who insisted they climb down the dry rocks of the Falls. She asked, “but won’t we have trouble getting back over these huge, smooth boulders?” Her companion insisted it would be fine. At dusk, they were trapped adjacent to a 300-foot chasm, unable to reverse their downslope climb. The companion leaped across the chasm to catch a fire hose that was bolted to the opposite side. The woman climbed out using ½-inch ledges that, the week before, she would not have believed could save her. She had just that month taken a single rock-climbing class. The next week, she read that a hiker had died at Redington Pass, because the trail fell away from under his steps. Someone had died where the woman did what she would have thought she could not.

On April 2, John and Helen Collins were flying back home to Wisconsin from Florida in their twin-engine Cessna. John, 81, owned several planes and was the knowledgeable pilot. Helen, 80, was an experienced passenger, having travelled with John for decades. Helen was recovering from heart surgery and had very little stamina. Six miles from their destination, John had a heart attack and passed out, over the controls. Helen contacted the Sheriff’s Department for help. A local pilot flew up to the Collins’s plane to give Helen radio instructions so she could land the Cessna. With help, she did what she was unable to do the day before: she landed the plane. She sustained only bruises.

Recently, on an idyllic beach on the coast of Brazil, dozens of people were sunning, relaxing, and swimming. The day was easygoing and calm. Suddenly, lumps appeared in the inbound surf. As they got closer, it became clear that there were about 30 of them. People started walking to the water’s edge to stare in disbelief. It was a group of creatures swimming vigorously toward the shore. They were actually dolphins, headed the wrong way. Beached, they would not survive. The people watching quickly began to experiment with ways to help. The first tried grasping a dolphin by its fins, pulling it back toward the surf. Others saw it was difficult to grip the fins and pull the dolphin, so they tried grasping the tails of other dolphins. Soon, a number of compassionate humans were grasping dolphins and turning them back into the surf. The redirected dolphins then raced away in exactly the direction they had come from, toward deep waters. The day before, would any of these people have thought they would know how to help save a group of dolphins? They had no experience with redirecting confused dolphins. Yet, out of concern for creatures in distress, this group of people promptly pitched in and experimented, successfully saving all of these dolphins.

What these three stories have in common is that the people came up with solutions when urgent needs arose. The day before each scene, they would not have said they had these skills. They might have laughed if someone had said, “Do you think you would ever…?” Yet they did what they could not. So be encouraged. Whether you believe this was entirely human creativity or whether you see the Divine in these stories, ask yourself: in what areas of life have you been thinking you “can’t?” Make some notes for yourself about areas of life you wish were different, but you believe you can’t change. Then think of the people who “couldn’t” but did. Pick something from your list and consider stepping up. It’s your life. You are the only one who can live it.

And now you’re in the realm of Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life^sm!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Revealing Your True Nature in the Worst Times

02 Wednesday Dec 2020

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in Amish, Amish Grace, Dealing with stress, Forgiveness, Grief, Grudges, Inner peace, Kebba Buckley Button, Radical forgiveness, Resentment, Revealing your true nature, stress, Upset

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On October 2, 2006, a pickup truck backed up to the front door of an Amish school. It was the West Nickel Mines School in Pennsylvania. A man who was angry at God went into the school, shot 10 girls and then himself. Five of the girls died. This small Amish community could have been devastated and could have shouted about discrimination, invasion, and revenge. They could have been consumed by resentment and hatred. They could have written books about their pain and sold the movie rights. They could have sued their way around the court system. They did no such thing.

Instead, they revealed their true nature: forgiveness. They forgave Charles Roberts, the gunman, who had been their milk delivery man. One of Roberts’ children had died the day she was born, and he could not forgive God for that loss. Amish leaders went to Roberts’ widow’s home, told her they had forgiven Roberts, and offered comfort for her and her children. Later, they took the widow toys for her children. Citing their faith, the Amish gave up any burden of hatred or resentment, embodied compassion, acted out their forgiveness, and fulfilled reconciliation. They went to Roberts’ funeral and stood with his bereaved family. They leveled the school and built a new one on a different site, calling it “The New Hope School”.

Roberts’ widow came to the dedication celebration, only 6 months after the shootings. The community had revealed its true character, values, and nature. It had declared a healing. A movie version of the story, Amish Grace, ran on the Lifetime Network, and Lifetime reported it was the most watched movie ever broadcast by their network. Clearly, people are interested in forgiveness, unburdening of grudges, and the grace of reconciliation.

The Amish story raises afresh the question of what forgiveness is. A great definition is “giving up resentment or any claim for recompense for the wrong that has occurred.” This doesn’t mean one has to forget the wrong ever happened. In the Christian faith, Jesus taught that no limit should be set on the extent of forgiveness (Luke 17:4). Also, an unforgiving spirit is regarded as a sin (Matt 18:34-35 and Luke 15:28-30). In teaching The Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:9-13, Luke 11:2-4), Jesus instructed the Disciples to pray, “…and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” So one will be forgiven by God only to the extent one is forgiving to those who have wronged oneself.

Normal forgiveness commonly takes years, and research suggests it takes a toll on your mind and cardiovascular system. The field of psychology is not yet in total agreement on the exact definition of “forgiveness”. But many are promoting the practice for individual, community, and world benefits. If we can forgive personally and locally, can we forgive globally as well?

What do the worst times reveal about your nature? Are you holding any grudges? Would you like to feel better? Think of Amish Grace. Try forgiving someone today, and notice how well you sleep tonight. Now you’re in the realm of Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life^sm!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: 3 Top Tips for Closet and Cabinet Control

26 Monday Oct 2020

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in At choice, Effective Living, Feeling energized, Goals, Less stuff, Lifestyle, Organizing, Overwhelm, Stuff

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What if you came home to a lovely, relaxing, energizing and refreshing space? Wouldn’t your home life be more enjoyable? Wouldn’t you relax, rest, and sleep better? Wouldn’t you wake up faster in the morning? What if your office looked clean, neat, modern, and airy? What if all your closets and cabinets looked organized and sharp, and worked that well? As part of getting control of your Stuff, here are easy tips for conquering crowded closets and cabinets. Take it one step at a time, and you’ll be amazed at how good you feel at each stage.

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First, decide what really belongs in your closets and cabinets. Files go in file cabinets. Office supplies need their own area. Clothing goes in clothing closets and drawers. And indoor home improvement tools go in hallway closets and usually one kitchen drawer. If you are storing lawn tools or potting soil inside, move them to an outside storage space. If you are storing paint, properly dispose of any paint more than 3 years old, or dried-up paints. Donate old linens to an animal shelter. Cluster all the lightbulbs together. Donate duplicate tools and discard dry glue and old tape of all types. Put batteries in a cool cabinet or in clear plastic bags in the refrigerator. Get clear plastic boxes the same width as your closet shelves, and store and label everything that can fit into the boxes. The clear boxes speed up finding anything. Get a $20 office labelmaker that makes white labels; you’ll be surprised at how readable the labels are. Now you have retrievability.

Second, for your file cabinets, keep it simple. Remember that most of your bank account records and charge account records are now online. You do not have to keep paper copies of many things you had to keep years ago! Forget color coding and simply label each file. Make a file for “Taxes 2020”, for any records that may bear on this year’s taxes. Have a file for “to be filed”, and go through it every few days. Shred anything you no longer need. If you teach and have class notes printed out, scan them and store the pdf versions on your computer. A $30 software program can turn pdf files back into Word files later, so don’t keep your class records in file cabinets.

Third, for your clothing closets, pause and imagine you could quickly glance over your collection and select an outfit. Wow! Now imagine all the pieces and accessories were clean, in good repair, a great fit, and easy to retrieve. You can get to that stage in about one afternoon! Ready to play? Good! Then pull out every item in the closet, one at a time. Each piece has to go in one of 3 piles: “Love it”, “would love it if cleaned/repaired”, or “don’t love it”. All the “don’t love it” clothes, shoes, and accessories now go into bags and directly to your car for donating. For the “would love if…” group, use your labeler or masking tape and marking pen to label each piece with what it needs. If you can hand wash it or repair it, set it in an area of the laundry room to be done in the next two days. If it needs dry cleaning or a tailor’s attention, bag it and take it directly to your car to go to the dry cleaner/tailor today. If some shoes need repair, are they really too old now? If not… straight to the car and to your shoe repair shop today. The “love it” items can now go back in the closet, unless you want to quickly use some of that extra paint to do the inside of the closet.

Now decide if your hats need to be on hooks on the wall, or in hat boxes on the upper shelf. Purse collections can go in larger clear plastic boxes (visibility of contents saves time) on an upper shelf, and shoes in clear plastic shoe boxes, stacked as high as you like. If you only have a few pairs of shoes, you may want to keep the clear shoe boxes on the floor of the closet, or use a floor shoe rack big enough for all of the shoes. Shoe lovers can find over-the-door hanging shoe caddies or vertical caddies that hang from the closet rod. Scarf lovers, get a special hanger that has a dozen holes in it, and thread the scarves through it. No more hunting for the right scarf, now.

At last, your closets and cabinets are much easier to navigate. File access, home repairs or getting dressed should now be far easier and take less time. You’ve just eliminated a lot of stress and given yourself some time and freedom, which means more energy! How can you take these tips and techniques into your workplace? Are you closer to the life you want? Post your results and comments!

In these strange times, just do your best to stay in your best, in Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm! Are you in?

Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert and award-winning author who celebrates life. She also has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within: Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine. The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office. To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Light Comments on COVID19 Times

24 Saturday Oct 2020

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in At choice, COVID19, Dealing with stress, Effective Living, Energy therapy, Feeling energized, Health, Overwhelm, Questions, stress, Stress Management, the life you want, The secret energized you, Uncategorized

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Not every load is yours

What’s stressing you out during the COVID-19 times? Sometimes we just have to lighten up, right? So here are some light comments circulating about this pandemic period.

If I had only known in March that it would be my last time in a restaurant, I would have ordered dessert.
I’m going to stay up on New Year’s Eve this year. Not to see the New Year in, but to make sure this one leaves.
I still can’t believe people’s survival instincts told them to grab as much toilet paper as possible.
Until further notice, the days of the week are now called: thisday, thatday, otherday, someday, yesterday, today and nextday.
They said a mask and gloves were enough to go to the grocery store. They lied. Everybody else had clothes on.
The dumbest thing I ever purchased was a 2020 dayplanner.
When does Season Two of 2020 Start? I do not like Season One.
Keep in mind, even during a pandemic, no matter how much chocolate you eat, your earrings will still fit.
The buttons on my jeans have started social distancing from each other.
I never thought the comment “I wouldn’t touch him/her/that with a 6-foot pole” would become a national policy, but here we are.
Pretty wild how we used to eat birthday cake after someone had just blown on it. Good times!
I’m not adding this year to my age. I didn’t use it.
If you have a phone with a curly cord, stay home: you’re in a high-risk group.
Lockdown can go 4 ways: you come out a monk, a hunk, a chunk, or a drunk. CHOOSE WISELY!

In these strange times, just do your best to stay in your best, in Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm! Are you in?

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: It’s Four Stress-Questions Friday!

23 Friday Oct 2020

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Any week, you can “Bring your stress, pain, and fatigue to (my Zoom or) my office– and leave it there!” Yes, and you can ask questions anytime. Today, it’s time to answer four questions sent in yesterday.

Will we always have to wear masks? The Spanish Flu pandemic, of 1918-1920, lasted 2 years and 2 months. With today’s much-better medical technology and communications capability, we probably won’t have the COVID-19 that long. But I think those of us who have lived through this pandemic will always keep a stash of masks in a drawer. And backup toilet paper.
How should I be on Election Day? Won’t there be violence in the streets? If you were asking how the civil authorities should prepare, I agree they should be prepared for some street activity. And the authorities will already have specific plans. So that’s out of our hands. Your best strategy is to stay calm, vote as early as you can, prior to Election Day, and don’t go downtown for any reason that evening. As you would guess, I’m for the most democracy for the most people with the least strife and the most harmony. I’m holding the vision of peace in the streets. You can do that also: picture everyone calm and eager to vote pleasantly. See the streets quiet and peaceful. As the classic song goes, “Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with me.”
How do I transfer my own attitude of calm and resilience to others around me? A friend was taught how to flow with life. Her mom frequently said, “This too shall pass”, whenever something awful happened. My friend says she has learned how to be resilient and to flourish. So, how to transfer that to others? My friend, you are already doing it!! People have been picking up on your energy and counting on your steady peacefulness for long years. You are grounded, as so few are. Just by being who you are, you inspire and calm others. If you want to do more, pick someone who needs a core of Peace Within, and vividly picture them until you can see them smiling with peace and assurance. Do it for them every day, or more often if you like. You may be surprised at how they change.
Why does it take so long to manifest what you want? I feel like I partner with God on these things, and it works. But it feels like forever! This is because God can see absolutely Everything, and we can’t. We don’t know what is coming around the corner, and He does; a traffic light that goes extra long seems frustrating, but then we see a nasty accident ahead and realize the delay saved our life. We have ideas about what we want to manifest and when. God absolutely listens to us and wants to bless us. But God’s timing is not our timing because God is working on so many factors behind the scenes. God is bringing many things to fruition in order to realize the perfect plan for each of us. Our job is to remain in joyful expectancy, knowing that He wants to and will bless us at the perfect time in the perfect way. We need to love Him and be ready.

I hope you have enjoyed Four Stress-Questions Friday! Thanks especially to Paul Taubman, Florence Callendar, C. Winsel, and Jeanine Byers, for submitting your thoughtful questions this week. My mission is to help you release your pain, then help you see beyond the “OK” level to an uplifted and expanding level of being Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life (Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm). That is where you find you are “living in the Flow”, living with ease and joy, and seeing miracles occurring.

I would like you to feel as great as you can! Are you in?

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Four Questions Friday Coming Up!

22 Thursday Oct 2020

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in At choice, Dealing with stress, Effective Living, Energy therapy, Feeling energized, Health, Overwhelm, Questions, stress, Stress Management, the life you want, The secret energized you, Uncategorized

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“Bring your stress, pain, and fatigue to (my Zoom or) my office– and leave it there!” Variations of that tagline have concluded my self-introductions at networking gatherings for many years. This year, Zoom has been added for consulting and some forms of energy transformation work. IRS calls me a “stress management therapist”. I am both a Masters’ Degree scientist and an ordained minister. So, I deal with all forms of pain: of the Spirit, Mind, Heart, and Body. And relationships. Including your relationship with the Divine. My mission is to help you release your pain, then help you see beyond the “OK” level to an uplifted and expanding level of being Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life (Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm). That is where you find you are “living in the Flow”, living with ease and joy, and seeing miracles occurring.

Right now, we are in a time of accelerated living and increasing density of our cities and roadways. Everything is more stimulating than even several years ago. And now we have a global pandemic that necessitates new rules for how we move around in community and in life. So what’s bothering you the most?

What’s stressing you out?

So I pause today, from writing normal articles, to asking WHAT YOU WANT: WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? And tomorrow will be Four Questions Friday, answering the first 4 questions that are sent to me!

The World is very stressed right now, so don’t judge anything or anyone harshly. Just do your best to stay in your best, in Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm! Are you in? What questions do you have for me? I would like you to feel as great as you can!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Wallet Neuropathy

20 Tuesday Oct 2020

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in At choice, Effective Living, Humor, stress, Wallet neuropathy, Walletectomy

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I love how our language evolves as culture evolves. It has always been fun speaking the American language, or as some of us call it, Ameriglish. Oh, you think you speak English? Just put “Britspeak & Amerispeak” into a search engine, and you will find some great articles that will make you laugh about the differences. George Bernard Shaw said,

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

Just within the American language, there are so many wonderful pronunciations of similar spellings (i.e., dough, rough, slough), and so many different meanings for the apparently same word (i.e., dough and dough). But it’s even more fun when entirely new words come into being.

I remember my first totally new word. It showed up in Time Magazine, and everyone was talking about it. Many were indignant that a new word should be used. Parents objected, and teens were amused. It was the late 1960’s, and Time Magazine had put the word “hassle” on the cultural map. Not “hustle”. Not “haggle”. The new word carried a sense of stress, pressure and annoyance. It was perfect for an accelerating world beginning to recognize its impending Future Shock. And thanks to author Alvin Toffler, for that best seller and the concurrent entry of that title phrase into our language.

Loving language, I found a British source which documents the use of new words. Not long ago, Paul McFedries, “The Wordspy”, sent out an article on wallet neuropathy. Being in mental/physical holistic health, I naturally first thought he was going to talk about people’s spending anxiety in these depleted and uneven economic times. I expected perhaps a definition based on economic disturbance of the nerves: an emotional stress condition. But no, even with less money and fewer credit cards, apparently people are getting a physical neuropathy, basically an ongoing nerve irritation, from carrying thick wallets in their back pockets. Yes, it’s true! Some people are sitting on their assets and getting a pain in the backside. The pressure of a wallet in the back pocket can press on the sciatic nerve, down the center of the buttock, deep in the muscle layers. Symptoms may include discomforts or numbness, all the way to the ankle or foot. This can be not only be a pain but also a hassle. The good news is that a walletectomy, a complete removal of the wallet from the back pocket, is the complete course of therapy. And now there are specially shaped wallets designed to go in the front pockets.

Other names for this condition include: wallet neuritis, wallet sciatica, fat wallet syndrome, hip-pocket syndrome, and even McFedries’ favorite: credit carditis. Those who carry their wallets in their back pockets should consider moving the wallet to a front pocket, at least when driving or sitting for other reasons. I know it’s a hassle, but it’s that or the complete walletectomy. And if you chuckled at this article, you are well in the realm of: Healthy Happy Loving Loving Life^sm!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: 5 Tools for When You Are Crashing

15 Thursday Oct 2020

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Feeling overwhelmed?

We are living in a stressed-out society currently, and each of us needs to have some tools to deal with that. Here are 5 of my top immediate tools, for when stress is getting to you so badly that you think you may crash. Or fold. Or can’t go on. Or collapse. Or scream. Or make big mistakes with loved ones.

At one time, I was President of my HOA, and one day I received some strange news: our HOA Community Manager had walked off the job. And he did not resign or say goodbye. And he destroyed all his Sent Mail. And he left no notes. And it turned out he had been lying about things that were done and not done. I had noticed this guy apparently in melt-down, or on drugs perhaps, interacting unevenly. But I waited to say anything to his company, because… well, sometimes you hope they’ll rectify their own situation. But sometimes, he talked so fast you could hardly make out what he was saying. He gave different specifics on work orders that would have had one set of facts. Finally, he walked off the job and has not been heard from. But what if he had had the tools to prevent going into breakdown? Don’t you be this guy!

What’s stressing you out?

These are the tools to use right away, when you’re feeling out of control. Steps 2-5 are neurobiology and metabolic support.

DECIDE if you want to be in control and move through this sanely.
EXHALE every bad thought down the front of your body and out through your toes. Don’t worry about the inhale– it will come. Repeat as needed.
TAKE EMERGENCY HOMEOPATHIC DROPS, such as the Bach Flower product, “Rescue Remedy”. It comes in a spray, drops, or pastilles. Take it every half hour if needed. Have some on hand for bad days and terrible days.
HOLD YOUR CENTER PALMS. This calms your central nervous system and allows you to feel sane again.
AVOID SUGARS, CARBS, ALCOHOL, AND DRUGS until you feel much better. These are all false friends when you are stressed.

Now TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. After you have taken Steps 1-5, of course, you’ll want to think what needs to be done to change your situation. Start brainstorming with yourself, and make a lot of notes; then turn these into priorities. You may want to call someone for prayer or Go(o)d Thoughts or professional counseling. You may want to call your attorney. Or you may decide it has simply been a rough day, and a long shower will help greatly. Only you can make this call.

The World is very stressed right now, so don’t judge yourself harshly. When you’re falling apart, do these things to get back into the realm of Healthy Happy Loving Loving Life^sm! Are you in? Got any questions? I would like you to feel as great as you can!

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert and award-winning author who celebrates life. She also has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within: Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine. The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office. To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: 8 Steps for Clearing the Energy of Your Space

04 Sunday Oct 2020

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in At choice, Enjoy, Fall, Feeling energized, Health, Share the journey, the life you want, Uncategorized, UpBeat Living

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In Happy Healthy Loving Life^sm, we want our lifestyle to be energized and joyful. To feel our best, we should regularly check on and tune up the energy of our spaces. So today’s topic is the energy of your home or office. By now, you’ve probably heard of the idea of Feng Shui, the art of placing objects in your home, office, or other space, to optimize the energy in the space and in your life. Maybe you’ve even dabbled in adding certain colors or objects to your space. If so, you already believe in subtle energy fields, the circulating energy patterns that you can’t see.

But you don’t need to understand the complex details of the discipline of Feng Shui, to clear or raise your home or office energy. Especially if you are feeling stuck in any way, there are quick and simple things you can do to raise the feeling of your space. At this writing, we are at the beginning of Fall. This is a natural time of transition and evaluation. The other natural time of home energy transition is in the Spring, when people launch into Spring cleaning. That is at time when people in cold areas open their doors and windows for the first time in months. They “air out” their homes, and they clean and freshen all the surfaces and contents. Perhaps they take a fresh look at what they own and what they would like to donate or replace. Perhaps they add some bright seasonal décor. In hot areas like Phoenix, this naturally happens in the Fall.

When outside temperatures finally descend to below 80 degrees, people may suddenly open their front doors and find the air is cooler outside than inside—a pleasant, refreshing shock. At that point, the home or office energy has been stale for a half year, and it’s time for a re-set. Junk energy has been accumulating all during the closed-window season.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said,

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Shadow energy builds up when we don’t air out or tune up our space. Now that the weather is mild, all the energy of stress, illness, fatigue, and discouragement can be aired out and cleansed away. This is simple. It can take about 10 minutes of your time, plus an hour to continue letting the space air out! Just follow these 8 easy steps.

Set your intention to clear and lighten up the energy of your space.
Open all the doors and windows. Leave the screen doors closed.
Light an incense stick or sage bundle. You’ll carry it around over a pan that catches the ash. Any incense is fine, coupled with your intention. My favorite is Nag Champa.
Declare your intention and/or say a prayer. Try this traditional one, or write your own: “Visit, we beseech Thee, O Lord, this dwelling, and drive far from it all snares of the enemy. Let Thy holy Angels dwell herein, to preserve us in peace. And let Thy blessing be upon us forever. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.”
Go around your space repeating phrases about release, such as: “I bless and release all tired, ill, old, and stale energy. I bless and release all pain, all emotional sludge, all discouragement, all stuck/ness, all unclarity, all brain fog, all distraction, and all outdated ideas of life and who I should be”. Picture stale energy leaving through the open windows and doors.
Go around again, still holding the pan with burning incense or sage, and repeat phrases like this: “I refill this space with new, fresh, upbeat, encouraged, optimistic, can-do energy. I declare this to be a space filled with radiance and wellness, vitality, fresh ideas, easy concentration, right action, inspiration, and best relationships. I declare that this space draws the ideal friends, (clients, if applicable,) loved ones, energy, and income. This is a place of peace, joy, and balance!”
Thank God/the Universe/Jesus/the Angels. According to your belief system, express great gratitude that these things are so.
Give the space an hour to air out, or more if climate and schedule permit.

Now simply repeat as desired. You’ll notice the space feels lighter, and everything you do is easier. Now you’re Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm!

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert and award-winning author who celebrates life. She also is an ordained minister and has a natural healing practice. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br),and Inspirations for Peace Within: Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine. The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office. To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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