Journal Entry: September 2009

Whew! What a whirlwind of a year this has been! And just a few months left in it.
I would love to share with you about the ability to follow your heart, within the parameters of everyone’s individual lifestyle. This subject is something I spoke about during a speech at my high school graduation, and as much as I forget all about it sometimes, it’s always in my mind.

“It’s never to late to follow your heart”, was the theme I shared with the audience on that day. I used the phrase “Whether you are 18 or 88, it’s never to late to find your dream.”

Since that age of graduation - my “dream” or my heart mission has morphed many times. It’s still never too late for it to morph again!

This year has been probably the most epic of my life. As far as breaking free from confinements of old relationships, to finding my true love and partner, to epic adventures and road trips with the Superhero crew, to spending time with my family and realizing I wanted to live closer to them. Also, rediscovering my love for dancing, rediscovering my love for singing and learning how to use my real voice. To changing my diet from a strict regime to openly embracing more of life’s gifts, and receiving full on initiations on my spiritual path. Taking control and getting my own Super Goji Girl website up and running, to embracing love because it feels right even while vulnerable, to watching my parents’ business (my mother’s food inspirations) take off and be in health food stores all over the country. Then, watching my own business (along with 3 other partners) finally take off and supply happy customers with Hawaiian NoniLand goodness, to moving from Hawaii (paradise, but not my paradise) to New Hampshire and absolutely loving it. At one point, showing up in Boston and finding my partner on his knees and asking me to marry him in the airport baggage claim. Becoming an aunt on both sides of my family. Epic hike adventures in Hawaii leading to getting inspired for running trails. To actually settling down into a house in New Hampshire after being on the road for 4 years.

I’d have to say the most significant part of it all, was understanding how to follow my heart. Once my heart was on the East Coast, I knew (somehow) that I really did belong there. It was extremely challenging being away from my parents while being in Hawaii for months at a time. If you knew my parents, you would understand.

Try to imagine your best friends in the entire world, who actually understand you, and who fully support you. They are interested in pretty much everything you’re interested in, constantly encourage you to follow your heart, and are constantly a shining example of a couple in love for over 30 years. They actually want to spend time with you and have friends that are mostly all your age. And they can actually sit down and chat for hours over elixirs and chocolate (or a baseball game) with you and your closest friends. Talk about a dream team of parents. I was fortunate to grow up in an alternative family, home schooled, natural foods and herbal medicine (never been to a doctor, except for a Naturopath still to this day), tapped in spirituality, and learning through creative arts.

My heart song mission has transformed from the desire of being a “show-stopping broadway/dance star” to hardly being able to contain my excitement for health and nutrition and being of service to this world. Not that dancing and singing is not being of service, but it’s different. This year, I’ve been able to add those elements of creative arts back into my life, but in a completely different way. Instead of this cut-throat, competitive lifestyle loaded with chemicals from all sorts of hair products, makeup, etc., I’ve developed my own style of dance which is a blend of ballet, funk, jazz, and emotion.

Which brings me to the subject of exercise. No matter how much amazing food, herbs, water, and superfoods that we put into our bodies, if there is no movement, there is no point. It’s been a challenge for me to keep up with some form of exercise while being on the road, but I’ve managed to do it. The less I eat, the more I want to move, so it seems that program works best for me. Instead of eating a de-mineralized “conventional-organic” salad of vegetables that were all grown far away and imported, I’ll eat a tiny densely packed meal of pure nutrition, and still have energy for movement.

So get out and move! Go run around your house, or run down the street, or put the music on and dance (it’s ok, no one’s watching), go take a yoga class, or go for a bike ride, and really get your movement on. Not just a quick 20 minute walk or 15 minutes on the rebounder and decide that’s enough for the day. Go till you absolutely can’t go any longer. I encourage you to do some research on the ancient and current tribes in the world, see how simply they ate and how far they ran or walked in a day. I dare you to see how much you can move in a day, and I’ll see you next time...

Super Goji Girl

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