{"id":3724,"date":"2012-05-31T10:11:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T14:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=3724"},"modified":"2012-05-31T10:17:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T14:17:46","slug":"200-ways-to-feed-the-soul-tips-41-50-do-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/05\/200-ways-to-feed-the-soul-tips-41-50-do-less.html","title":{"rendered":"200 Ways to Feed the Soul:  Tips 41-50: Do Less"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3376\" style=\"width: 382px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/files\/2012\/02\/ommmm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3376\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/100\/2012\/02\/ommmm-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Do Less: Be More ... by Janice Taylor, Self-Help \/ Weight-Loss Artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A quarter of the way there, on my way to 200 Ways to Feed Your Soul, here follows tips 41-50; week 5!<\/p>\n<p>It is quite amazing!\u00a0 As I said last week, the idea of creating 200 ways to feed your soul is a daunting task, but once again, by simply breaking it into bite size portions &#8211; ten at a time, it is seemingly doable (so far, so good)!<\/p>\n<p>Will I make the full 200 without cracking, saying &#8220;Oh NO! It&#8217;s just too much to do!&#8221; &#8230; we&#8217;ll see!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<strong>Hungry for the First 40 WAYS to FEED YOUR SOUL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/05\/feed-your-soul-change-your-weight-pray-with-the-rocks-the-pebbles-the-sand.html\">Tips 01-10 : Feed Your Soul &#8211; Change Your Weight<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/05\/feed-your-soul-change-your-weight-remove-the-stops-tips-11-20.html\">Tips 11-20 : Feed Your Soul &#8211; Change Your Weight <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/05\/200-tips-feed-your-soul-change-your-weight-week-3.html\">Tips 21-30: Feed Your Soul &#8211; Change Your Weight<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2012\/05\/feed-your-soul-tips-31-40-when-love-knocks-open-the-door.html#post\">Tips 31-40: Feed Your Soul &#8211; Change Your Weight<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>TIPS 41-50:\u00a0 FEED YOUR SOUL &#8211; CHANGE YOUR WEIGHT<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>41.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Start a De-Stress Thyself File:\u00a0 Magazine Madness; Escape Into the Pages.<\/strong>\u00a0 Grab yourself a hefty stack of magazines, escape into the pages, focus on the photos and rip out any and all that speak to you!\u00a0\u00a0 Create and keep near your \u2018de-stress myself\u2019 file.<\/p>\n<p>42.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Do Less.<\/strong>\u00a0 Sometimes less is more and in this case, doing less often leads to better, more focused results.\u00a0 When overwhelmed or on edge, take a good, long break. Do less.<\/p>\n<p>43.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Scale Down Your Wants<\/strong>.\u00a0 Not wanting \u2018stuff\u2019 is better than possessing it.<\/p>\n<p>44.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Go to the Library.\u00a0 <\/strong>A <em>novel<\/em> approach to reading, these days for sure, but actually going to an actual, real library (getting out of the house), and borrowing a hard copy of a book has its soul feeding advantages. Try it and see how good you\u2019ll feel.<\/p>\n<p>45.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Stand Tall; Stand Erect.<\/strong> You will not only look five pounds thinner, but you will feel more confident, for sure!<\/p>\n<p>46.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Breathe Deep and Say &#8230;<\/strong>\u00a0 I have arrived.\u00a0 I am home. (source: Thich Nhat Hanh)<\/p>\n<p>47.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Paint Your Favorite Color On a Canvas, <\/strong>and then stencil your favorite word atop in its complementary color!<\/p>\n<p>48.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Give Yourself Permission to Play.<\/strong>\u00a0 As important as work is, do not forget to play, to have fun, to enjoy life.<\/p>\n<p>49.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Create a Sacred Space and Just Be.<\/strong>\u00a0 Light a candle, put on some soft music that feeds the soul, or choose to sit in silence &#8230; just be.<\/p>\n<p>50.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Give.<\/strong>\u00a0 Give something away.\u00a0 A possession, a smile, a compliment, and see how it both feeds and liberates your soul, all at once.<\/p>\n<p><em>Spread the word \u2026 NOT the icing!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Janice<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Life &amp; Weight Loss Success Coach<br \/>\nwise * fun * utterly useful<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollyhock.ca\/CMS\/feed-your-soul.html\"><br \/>\nFEED YOUR SOUL: Change Your WEIGHT!!! workshop \u2013 extraordinary opportunity!<br \/>\nSeptember 16 \u2013 19, 212<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY at HOLLYHOCK<\/strong>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollyhock.ca\/CMS\/feed-your-soul.html\" target=\"_blank\"> SIGN UP NOW!!!!<\/a><br \/>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/>\nFor the best life, wellness and weight loss wisdom, visit Janice:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/\"><br \/>\nOur Lady of Weight Loss<\/a><br \/>\njoin the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maildogmanager.com\/surveys\/OurLadyofWeightLoss\/optin1.html\"><em>Kick in the Tush Club<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Tushkateer!<br \/>\n<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickinthetushclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tushkateer*<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 A Tushkateer is a person who receives Our Lady of Weight Loss\u2019s newsletter, called the KICK in the TUSH CLUB!!!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/maildogmanager.com\/surveys\/OurLadyofWeightLoss\/optin1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up and receive her weekly e-newsletter<\/a> with all the news that \u2018fit\u2019 to print, and you are automatically a Tushkateer!\u00a0 How cool is that? <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow Janice on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/ourlady\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter @OurLady<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ourladyofweightloss\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook.com\/OurLadyofWeightLoss<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quarter of the way there, on my way to 200 Ways to Feed Your Soul, here follows tips 41-50; week 5! 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