Black-Eyed Pea Therapy

It is an old southern tradition to eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck and prosperity.  So my first New Year’s resolution is to eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day.  My second New Year’s resolution is to blog about how to create “good luck and prosperity” everyday, with or without the black-eyed peas.

Just what is good luck?  In my world, good luck is a set of fortuitous circumstances visited upon a person that results in an emotional energetic response of gratitude and joy.  The problem is that we believe that we have to wait for good luck to spontaneously show up.  While we are waiting for the arrival of good luck, we are often cranky, cynical, snarky, negative and pessimistic, energetic emotions that are the antithesis of joy and gratitude.

Therefore, I propose that a welcoming environment for good luck and prosperity to materialize is one of gratitude and joy.  Remember, Einstein said “Everything is energy.  Energy attracts a similar energy.”

Join me in a crusade to create good luck and prosperity by consciously choosing to experience gratitude and joy. 

Start a gratitude journal where you regularly record the people and circumstances that you treasure in your life.  Oprah says that keeping a gratitude journal changed her life.  Keeping a gratitude journal has certainly changed my life.  Even if you choose not to write down the people and things you are grateful for, you can bring these things into your conscious awareness several times a day.  This practice is “soul medicine” and you will surely reap the benefits if you resolve to choose gratitude and joy everyday. 

Don’t take my word for it.  Try it and see what happens.  I would love to hear from you about the good luck and prosperity that start showing up in your life when you embark on your black-eyed pea therapy.  Send me an email or visit my website.http://www.susanboyes.com/  Happy New Year!

The Perfect Gift

Are you looking for the perfect gift for your special someone?  How does free, easy to get, and sure to bring pleasure for a looooong time sound to you?  You’ve heard that “It’s not the gift; it’s the thought that counts”.  Well, in this case, that is precisely the point.  Follow these simple instructions and you are guaranteed to have a happy relationship and a happy partner:

1.      Before your feet hit the floor in the morning, complete this sentence: I am so happy and grateful that (name)______________ is in my life because ________________, ______________, and ______________. 

2.      *Complete this sentence: I am so happy and grateful that I today I ______________________________________________________________.

3.      Take a couple of deep breaths and SMILE.

Better yet, write out your affirmations.  Now you are ready to start your day.

When you follow this daily routine, here is what happens.  First you set an intention to focus on gratitude which raises you energy frequency and causes your brain to send signals to your body to produce the feel-good chemicals endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin.  Your energy field (the space around your body) is lighter, brighter and more loving and compassionate.

People in your immediate environment are unconsciously affected by the vibes you are sending out so they enjoy how they feel in your presence. This is a recipe for a strong, reciprocal relationship.  Repeated on a daily basis, you can alter your neural circuitry (brain patterns) and your neuro-chemistry so you consistently feel better about your partner and yourself.  What a fabulous gift! 

*Examples: am healthy, am loved, have a job, receive an unexpected windfall, attract success, am a father/mother, have friends, am brilliant, have an appointment with my marriage counselor, etc. 

Everyday is Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is an opportunity for family and friends to gather to enjoy each other, share a yummy feast, and express gratitude for the many blessings we enjoy on a daily basis.  Heart felt gratitude is a very powerful emotion with a high vibration.  Oprah Winfrey says that keeping a gratitude journal changed her life.  And no one could argue that Oprah is living the good life.  Michael Losier, author of Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What you Want and Less of What you Don’t,  writes, “If you want to start attracting positive things into your life, there is one small thing you should do every day—show your gratitude, appreciation and love for the people and things around you.”  By acknowledging what you are grateful for in your journal, Michael says you'll become a deliberate attractor of positive vibrations.

I keep a gratitude journal with a different spin.  Most mornings, I start the day by giving thanks for the day as I desire it to unfold.  I express gratitude for being especially effective and inspired by my work, for receiving large checks in the mail, for enjoying great health and being motivated to work-out, for the joy of learning, for the grace to accept every circumstance as a learning opportunity, for humor, for good food, for peace and joy in my heart, ect.  I end my morning page with the words, “This or something better.”  This simple practice has reaped more abundance, satisfaction, and serenity than I could have ever anticipated.  If you want to practice this simple, life-affirming technique, visit my website.