{"id":5905,"date":"2014-09-08T13:50:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T17:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=5905"},"modified":"2014-09-08T13:50:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T17:50:47","slug":"puzzled-how-heavy-is-your-mental-junk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2014\/09\/puzzled-how-heavy-is-your-mental-junk.html","title":{"rendered":"Puzzled? How Heavy Is Your Mental Junk?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How Heavy is Your Mental Junk? ~ by Janice Taylor, Life & Wellness Coach, Weight Loss Expert, Author, Artist, Positarian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The week’s Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, “How heavy is your mental junk?”<\/strong><\/em><\/a> points a weighty finger at our negative thoughts, bad news, and the “He said, She said” gossip that clutters your minds, a.k.a. A.k.a. mental junk!\u00a0 In answer to that question, I suspect it’s very heavy, weighty, and in your way, causing what feels like “stuckness.”<\/p>\n

Here, a few quick do’s and dont’s from OLWL that can help you steer clear of that which creates mental junk!\u00a0 <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our Lady of Weight Loss, dedicated to “lightening up” in all ways possible!
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Click through this week’s Puzzled? How Heavy is Your Mental Junk<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Send JigSaw postcard to a friend: Puzzled? Postcard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Do not watch the news, violent movies or empty calorie television shows, especially before bedtime.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Do not hold on to old grudges and hurts. Let it go. All is forgiven. Move on!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Do not focus on your problems. Shift your energy to helping someone else.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Do not worry. There\u2019s no point to it, and worrying is a real buzz kill.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Do read inspiration and motivational books, magazines. Keep your mind awash in positivity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Do spend some time solving crossword puzzles or number games. They exercise your brain, enabling you to learn more easily. (OLofWL provides one every Monday!)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Do sit quietly, all by yourself. Ahhhhhhhh…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What might you do (or not do) today to accentuate the positive, clear out your mental junk?
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Hungry for less mental junk, more happiness<\/em>?\u00a0 Join Our Lady of Weight Loss\u2019s Kick in the Tush Club\/FB<\/a>!<\/p>\n

And\u2013for the full skinny sign up for Janice Taylor\u2019s (monthly) Kick in the Tush Club newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n


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