As promised I said I would share my sons test results! Woo Hoooooo we had a very exciting week celebrating and feeling a huge relief as the Prolactin Hormone has plummeted down from 26,000 to just under 7,000!!!!!!!!! This is tremendous because this means that not only is he getting that out of his blood but it means that tumour is SHRINKING!!!!!!! YAHHHH so as a parent I can not describe the feeling when you have this confirmation that the medical treatment you choses to start from the Drs advice is actually working and very fast, its only been 5 week so far on a low dose!!! Bailey was so happy and over the moon with relief also that this had come down and in a big way!!  Also we had noticed that he was not getting headaches everyday any longer, nope only about 3 times a week!!! Another Win for him and everyone who loves him,  we are so thrilled he is not suffering that everyday anymore.

We will be back to the hospital in a months time for another review, this time we declare it will be on 1000!!!! Yes please subby!

My week for MKS has been a hard one even though some stress has been lifted I just found myself behind, everyone else was further ahead but I try not to beat myself up over it. I do what I can with the time I have, when my son is home as mentioned before I can not study so it all stops. I have help and support from my Marco Polo tribe and love how they make me feel good about any of the steps forward I am taking. It is a wonderful thing to have our Guides and fellow students all checking in with each other and encouraging and sending love to everyone else. I LOVE that!! Thank you to my tribe and special friends from afar some of them. I love you all!! xo

So yes umm these Shapes that I need to do and place my smart goals in, lots of them and I need to make multiple copies of them coloured, this silly printer only does black and white so I will have to take a trip up to Officeworks and get them done there, its weighing on my mind so it is written in my diary to do this by the end of the week. I am not entirely understanding the way we need to write in them so this will be a chat I have with my guide to get clear on what it is I need to do.

I am pleased with my efforts and I am accountable for still doing my tasks and lessons and much as I can, definitely still dedicated and motivated no matter what goes on around me. Years ago I would of given up, too weak in my mind and emotions to keep going and my old Blueprint would be taking over. Not now, no more of that horrible negative thing!!!

The Mental Health Diet, not looked at this yet but plan to and will read it as soon as I am in my zone. It niggles at me that it is printed out and I have not read it. I promise to do this soon.

Blessings Lana xo

 

Hey everyone!! It was my birthday during this week on the 5th November! Yes I am youthful and glowing at the young age of 42!!  I feel younger though more like I am in my early 30’s! This is great, we are only as old as we think hey! lol. ( I am fighting what the stress is doing to me, refuse to let it effect me like I used to!)

So it was a lovely day with my son and my husband, we went and did a fitness day and played Squash, this was the BEST!! I had never done that before. It was a 1st for Bailey and I but my husband had played back in England in his 20’s, as he would say a long time ago!! Wow it was super fun, energetic and we all had a ball together. We needed those laughs and that stress release after the very rough times we have had of late.

It was wonderful to see my son have fun and relax and enjoy himself, this was the best birthday gift on this day.

We had a yummy roast dinner to come home to that my mum had prepared and collectively it was a very happy day with my family.  The next few days I was so sore, used muscles that I didn’t know I had, lol!

The week went fast really, not much MKE activities were done as I really struggled with time again. Tuesday I did what I could and worked on my movie trailer for my DMP, the index cards needing cleaning up and so I redid them to my satisfaction. There was something still holding me back from being fully organised, this I had not worked out yet. I defiantly needed to do some more thinking and feeling about this. Why am I finding the cards so hard to follow I am asking myself?

I decided to go over  week 1 again and tick off as I went,to see what was still out standing. It was a sinking feeling when I realised that my movie trailer and my give and receive cards were not done. So being that this was previous weeks I made the choice to stop watching Week 6 webbie, this was catch up time. I changed my path on this day and focused on the things still needing to be done.

I was pleased that I had these done by the school pick up time, when my son is home with me my study stops so I was feeling good that I had ticked some more tasks off.

Wednesday back to the Osteopath, really great telling her his headaches have reduced and he is not having as many. Lauren was pleased and really happy to hear, we will still see her weekly for the time being.

Thursday back to Endo Specialist and we had a new Dr, she was awesome, so caring, so compassionate and understanding. This made it such a different experience, she spent the time with us and asked lots of questions to do a full review of how my son was going.

We now await the most important blood tests that she did this day to check if the tumour is shrinking and the medication is working, what are his hormones and thyroid doing now?  It is Saturday as I write my blog entry and I have still not had a call hearing the results so it is a nervous time. Lets hope Monday is the day that we hear great news!

So then Thursday was a long day as they always are into the hospital, the travel and exhaustion, so no study then.

Friday a meeting at the school for his needs and then Bailey came home with me as he was not well, so this day was not too productive either. I did get a little chance to sit for a time while he was watching You Tube videos on fitness. I studied too and I worked on my next task which was colouring in the shapes all over my cards, filled in my movie trailer. I worked on my next submission of my DMP but did not really get too far, new things are popping up in my life and so therefore I am always thinking I want to change it up again.

Today I have had some time alone and this is what I am doing today, had some hours at it but still a work in progress, this keep to 400 words thingy is just so irritating. I need to let loose and write and write and write until I have it all down on this paper.

Saturday as I said and had a break, went to play Squash with our 2 boys, this was family fun, my step son is 18 and had never played so it was great to see him enjoy it too.

Back home now, need to cook dinner and fold the washing, these things are essential so I must make time for that too right now, make my entry shorter than what I wanted but hey I am super proud I got my laptop opened and just started typing, look now what I have achieved, my blog entry for week 7!!

Oh you know how I said I had not worked out what was missing earlier?

I HAVE NOW!!

I AM a visual learner and in my working life at the office previously I had a whiteboard that had everything written on it, my goals, my tasks, my thoughts, EVERYTHING out of my head onto the board! This is what I am missing during my course, this is a must for me to get all of that information, ideas, tasks, goals out of my head, to stop the overwhelming feelings! Soooo I don’t have the room for one now at home but I got a pad of huge white paper, poster size and my hallway is going to become my whiteboard!

It will be magnificent and it will feel awesome to get it out and write it up and follow it as a much easier way for me to process and retain the information of what needs to be done week by week!!

Yes so feeling excited about this and as soon as I hit publish I am off to begin turning my walls into a wealth of information and instructions,lol! Umm so sorry Hubby, please forgive me!! xo

Next week will be the results of my sons blood test… Pray for him….

Blessings Lana xo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow wht a week this one was….. so much to get done and little hours in the day to do them seemed to be my issue this week.

I had to commit again to alot of medical appointments for my son. We now see an Osteopath for his neck and shoulders, see if the headaches can be treated, she found he carries alot of his stress in his neck and he was so jammed up so another treatment, we have been going weekly, so far 3 and going well. We also saw a Naturopath for his nutrition and wellness. This was a little different for him as he had never had iridology done before or learnt so much in one sitting about the workings of the human body and it functions! So after a long time in there freaked out by all the strange glass containers with wierd looking plants and fungus in them, we were able to leave with a solid plan of how to help him get his diet better and help his treatment y the Endocronologist.

Still squeezing in his appointments, we had another Hospital visit this was to have his eyes reviewed by his Opthamologist as it has been a month since diagnosis. I am so elated to say there has been no changes with his vision, its still a beautiful 20/20 vision and his fields test was even better than last time, so we left there after half the day absolutly pleased with these results!! Next week Endocronologist review, this is a big one, more next week on that.

So it has been a difficult time to get time to myself to do my studies and my activities. No excuses of course. It was just hard and my old Blueprint was coming in many times to tell me that I can’t do it, that I am too far behind and what is the point because I am behind!

I battled with it for a few days , there were parts of my week where I was defiantly effected by these negative thoughts and there were times when I could turn them around and change it to a positive. I guess it is expected that this will happen, it had been many weeks where I was on track and none of this old Blueprint chatter was there. Wishful thinking but apparently it is part of the process. I accept this and just know that I had to find a way to make sure I did not fall into my old way of thinking and give up on a good thing!

With the help of my tribe and the guides I was encouraged and inspired, they never let me get down and give up!  There are some amazing humans in our group and it is really a blessing to be with them, they gave me strength and helped me keep fighting for organisation and to be kind to myself.  I have taken the advice of Duncan and writing it all up, the activities I need to do and just bite a bit off at a time. I know I need to do this and as it has been difficult with all the medical commitments I will continue to do the very best I can do.

Another trip to the hospital next week and it is my Birthday too!! Talk to you all then!!

Blessings

Lana xo

 

 

 

Invitation to the Australian Bridal Industry Awards2018

CONGRATULATIONS KOMBIS I DO……… You have been nominated for an award in the Category for BEST Wedding Transport and we would be honoured if you and your partner will attend our special evening at the Crown Casino Ballroom in Melbourne on Saturday August 25th at 7pm.

Australian Wedding&White Magazine written by Carrie Bradshaw ( The best at all things Love and Weddings!)

It was the night of nights in the world of everything weddings and I had come as a special guest to experience for myself the glitz and the glamour and all the beautiful moments that is wrapped up in this important night!

As I exited this stunning white, stretch limo with comfortable black leather seats, a mini bar and some seriously cool tunes playing through the speakers that would get anyone in the party mood. I was greeted with all the sparkles and lights from this amazing building that was the Crown Casino in Melbourne City Business District otherwise know as the CBD. There were neon lights everywhere I looked, so bright that when I looked away it left a few spots in my vision, that faded a few seconds after.

As I was walking in I could see so many people arriving on the red carpet and being interviewed by other reporters, who were all trying to catch all the latest gossip within the Industry.  We were being led to the prestigious ballroom for the nights events to take place. There were so many dresses that I just would of loved to have been proud to wear, the glitter, the shine, the frills and embellishments were just out of this world gorgeous, there were many dresses, long gowns that flowed like they were brides themselves and then short styles that showed off their sexy legs and stilettos.This kind of left my black, off the shoulder Chanel number for dust. The men looked dapper and very slick, there really was not an ounce of unusual fashion in sight, you could see that this was a very sophisticated function with extremely professional business people.

When I walked into the room that the awards were to be held in that night, it was so overwhelmingly beautiful with hundreds of round tables and chairs all in white and the backs of the chairs had the most amazing organza gold ribbons shimmering in the lights. The ballroom looked fit for a Queen and believe me there were many here that could take that crown.

I was not there to just have the time of my life. It was a job. I was actually working at this time as I was invited to report on the events of the evening and secure what interviews I could with the nominees and winners and get that published in Australia’s most popular Bridal Magazine.

I managed to interview quite a few companies and ask a heap of questions about themselves and their business etc but there was only one winner that stood out for me the most so I would like to share this interview with you and explain who “Kombis I Do” are and its owners.

Kombis I do won the “BEST WEDDING TRANSPORT IN AUSTRALIA” very well deserved and I got the chance to speak to one of the owners Lana Williams and find out how her husband Pete and herself came to have this wonderful award wining wedding cars.

CB: “Hello, Congratulations this is a very exciting achievement for you both!”

LW: “Well thank you so much, it is much appreciated. Yes indeed it is so amazing to be part of this wonderful night and be a nominee but to win it had blown us away!”

CB: “Would you mind sharing with us all how you started your business Kombis I Do?”

LW: “No not at all, it is pretty simple really. My husband Pete and I wanted to create a home based business that would help us leave our 9 to 5 corporate jobs, so we dreamed together and came up with the idea of converting a classic old vehicle into a wedding vehicle. Of course we had to have something different and unique to bring to the market or there was not point in starting.”

CB: “So why a Volkswagen Kombis and Beetles?”

LW :” Well why not? they are just the most amazing make of vehicles, so much style and a cute classic look and almost everyone loves them!”

CB: “How did you start, what did you start with?”

LW: “We started with purchasing a Kombi Microbus 1977 that was in very good condition on the outside, all straight panels and bumpers etc but the interior has seen the day and needed to come out, so we completely gutted it and started again. I custom designed the interior with a motor trimmer and he made restored all the seats and door cards for the van. I then went on to create the outside look of the vinyl wrap and wanted the 2 tone colours to make us stand out from the other VW wedding vehicles already out there.”

CB:” wow so how long did the restoration take?”

LW: “Oh it was a long 9 months of blood, sweat and tears along with a heap of money that went into our Kombi, affectionately known as Jazzy.”

CB: “Jazzy? why did you call it that. do other VW enthusiasts name their cars? ”

LW: “Absolutely, they are like our kids lol and they all need a name, it is a term of endearment and makes them that much more special.  The inspiration for that name is because we have 2 little dogs and the dark one is Jazzy and the other Molly, so our next vehicle got named Molly, that is a Beetle convertible 1969.”

CB:” Oh I have to say that I love that idea!”

CB:” So when did you start and how did you launch Kombis I Do?” “What have you loved about your business so far?”

LW: “Oh we started at our 1st Bridal Expo 5 years ago and had a couple of bookings from that, then I used the platform of social media to promote the Kombi and our services, this generated some interest, people, liking and sharing my post. We designed a website with a brilliant Website developer, Jamie from Astral Design and he was able to bring our vision to life. Before we knew it we were booked out our very 1st wedding season which ran September through to April the following year. As we did more Bridal expos and more advertising on social media we found ourselves quoting for the end of that year and into the next, it was so exciting for us!”  It was then we knew that our ideas were working and that we were gaining traction in being the Best VW wedding cars available in Melbourne!”

LW: “what I have loved about what we do so far is that, it is thrilling getting to be a part of a couple special day. It is our pleasure to help them live out their dream wedding by assisting them with their transport and creating lasting memories with the wonderful experience they have by riding in our vehicles. Our customer service is awesome, we love all our Brides and Grooms, their families and friends who are their guests in the cars. WE have so much fun connecting with them for quotes and enquiries and then finally meeting them on their wedding day and providing a luxurious service to them. Life is all about service and giving back to make a difference and we feel that we are a huge part of that by bringing the fun with our VWs and ourselves to share in their dreams.!”

CB:” That is so amazing and great to hear, do you ever have any transport disasters happen, like breaking down on the way?”

LW:” lol well they are classic cars as old as 40plus years, things can go wrong, they have in the 2 years, nothing major but I would think the worst time was when a Bride had booked both the Kombi and the Beetle and it was winter, cold and wet, our Molly just didn’t want to move from the driveway of our HQ at home, lol. OHHH not an ideal situation but one that was not in out control, she has a few issues with the cold so we could not use her. The bride was understanding and luckily was able to get a family member with a nice car to step in and help. These things are rare but it is expected with such old cars.”

CB:” Gee that would of been tough to inform the Bride, sounds like a very good outcome!”

LW: “Yes it was, all our customers have been awesome over the years, we can not complain”

CB: “So fast forward to now and how many vehicles do you have now in operation?”

LW :” Um gee let me think. I have lost count lol, we have really grown and expanded over the last few years, its was out dream to have a fleet in each State and be running the business full time and quit our  day jobs. So this eventually came true and we achieved this 1 year ago in. We have 6 Kombis and 4 Beetles available for wedding and event hire in Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide and in Victoria our home state we have concentrated on being a bigger fleet and have 10 Kombis and 8 Beetles for all areas.  With this company growth and success I am are able to provide an amazing lifestyle to my family, we live in a beautiful beach house, can relax and go on holidays and adventures that make us happy, we could never afford that when we were working for someone else. We are financially free and do a lot of charity work and volunteer to help our community and reach across the states. I I have true health and I enjoy helping others now that it is possible with my success.

CB :” That is fantastic, you must be so proud and thrilled to win this award tonight making you the BEST Wedding transport Australia Wide? Can you tell us a little bit about how you are feeling and what it means to you and your husband?”

LW:”Oh wow well it means the world to be recognised for our beautiful fleet of VWs across the country! It is a dream come true, the emotions are high right now and I feel ecstatic, excited and full of absolute joy to receive this award. Pete and I had this crazy vision with our business 5 years ago and always wanted to have our own fleet of stunning wedding vehicles but it certainly didn’t happen overnight, there was hard work and dedication applied to create our success and this also involved,fixing our mindsets in the very beginning that we deserve the success and we can create it and have everything we dreamed. So it is a huge achievement. I am extremely grateful and we want to thank each and everyone of our Brides/Grooms that voted for us and made this possible tonight, THANK YOU SO MUCH WE LOVE YOU ALL!”

CB :”Well on that note Lana that is something very special to finish this interview on. I thank you for your time that you spent speaking with me tonight. I will let you get back to the celebrations with all the winners backstage and have a wonderful time at the after party. Also all the best with your business now and in the future, you deserve this guys. Bye!”

LW: “Thank you Carrie, all the best too and we appreciate you taking the time to hear our story and I am looking forward to your write up in the best Bridal Magazine!! Enjoy your night, bye for now!”

It was thrilling to be able to speak with the owner director of Kombis I Do as it was clear it was very special for this family, that began as a little home based business in their loungeroom to the garage could be this expanded company across the country helping couples live out their wedding day dreams.

It was getting to the end of the evening, some winners I had interviewed but it was etched in my mind that heartfelt and genuine emotion that came from Lana as a winner on the night, no other person equalled her elation, joy and gratitude, so that is how I decided to use her story as my top article and put Kombis I Do on the front cover  the following edition in 2 weeks time.

I decided to give the after party a miss I was so tired and just emotionally exhausted and to be honest my feet were swelling in my shoes, a woman knows these things, blisters from dancing is never a good thing and we know when to quit, so this was my que to get ot of there and go home and the next day focus on creating a smashing article on Lana and Kombis I Do, the Winners of the BEST Wedding Transport in Australia!!

Written By Carrie Bradshaw

 

I was so studious come Monday morning. I was determined to be ready for my lesson 5 and be awake for that webinar at the crack of dawn Melbourne time. I was ready this time and got in only 15 mins late, not 1 hour like the week before (I messed up the time difference).  I was playing catch up Sunday night as I still had not watched all of week 4 in its entirety the Monday before as I just explained. I think I was up until about 2am watching and listening on the Sunday night, taking notes and getting my head around everything.

After I had done my lesson 5 it occurred to me that I had to really focus on my red circle chore. I could not get it off my mind that I am behind on my shapes as I think others have been doing green triangles and I was currently still on red circles. I was also determined to get that done too. My amazing new book shelves that my step dad spent some time putting up for me in my home office a month and a half ago have been empty for all this time, gathering dust and it is my red circle task to clean and fill these 2 shelves with my treasured possessions such as my books and gifts from my loved ones.

I have been thinking what I want to do with my shelves for ages, even visualising it and dreaming of all my favourite health and wellness books all lined up and easily accessible for me to choose a book to read, anytime. This was the day that I was going to finish those shelves!

It was a beautiful warm, sunny morning about 11am by this time and I often set myself up outside on our alfresco dining area out the back. I sat in a chair in the sun with my MKE workbook and other things I needed to do some reading. I bought a copy of Haanal’s book so I had this with me and was reading over it some more. I got up to go inside to get my morning Organic Orange Juice and as I went past my desk/office that is in a large corner of my loungeroom, I looked at the wall with those shelves on them, empty and of course my subby was reminding me to fill them. I immediately thought of my red circle chore and with a spring in my step, went to the kitchen to get a damp cloth, stood on a chair and wiped them clean, wow there was some dust caked on and a few dead little insects from the light above.

After that bit of house cleaning was done, my mind went to my books and I knew that my collection was not going to be easy to search through to find all the health and wellness ones of my favourite authors. My books have been stashed away in the back of the hall cupboard for years, since we moved into our new home 6 years ago. Occasionally I got 1 or 2 of them out and had to check something out, possibly a Louise Hay masterpiece or maybe Neale Donald Walsh.

I had always been sad and frustrated that there was no room for all my books and they were just shoved to the back with other junk in the front.  I knew it would be a challenge to pull everything out of this huge cupboard. They were all stood up but it was never in a way that was easy to choose by Author or Title, not like how they meticulously arranged them in Dymocks Booksellers, where I had worked for many years in my 20’s. It was going to be a huge challenge to find all the ones I wanted for my new shelves( I have hundreds)  but one I was ready for. I was motivated to get the job done.

All this went on in my mind as I was walking up the hall. I opened the cupboard door and to my utter amazement at the very front of the shelves, separate to any of the other books deeper in the back against the back of the cupboard where they all had been for years, there I was staring at 2 piles of books, one to the left and one to the right, all stacked in tall columns. I was just in absolute awe that every book, everyone of my favourite ones from all the authors I adored was there, so easy to see, so easily accessible, right here, right now in that moment!  “DO IT NOW” “DO IT NOW “DO IT NOW”

I just could not believe it. I had not seen some of these books, most of them in years, forgot I even had some of them. This was the strangest thing, it was just one of those magical moments. without hesitation I grabbed my mobile and messaged my husband and asked him if he had moved my books and placed them here like this. It took a while to reply to me as he was on site at his job but he said “No I have not touched your books, no idea how they got there, maybe your mum?” ( mum is temp living with us while they build their new home) So I messaged my mum, she was out at the shops and I asked her “Mum did you move my books and pile them nicely together in the hall cupboard?” my mum said ” No way I would not go in your cupboard, it wasn’t me!”

Wow this was getting stranger for me and I was feeling like some amazing miracle had occurred. As if an Angel had done this for me. I then just started to think about what I had been telling my subconscious mind all these weeks, what I was manifesting, the chore to do the book shelf, needed books, my favourites and it seemed to me that by the laws of attraction I had somehow manifested and brought those books to me in this amazing way.

Was this the work of the Universal laws?

Was this God helping me? Blessing me with what I needed to accomplish my red circle task with ease.?

Well I say YES and YES, why not after all this is what I am working on, my subconscious mind to manifest all that I want and desire. I know not a huge life changing thing , so you may ask why would my subby help me do this? To me they are not just some books on a shelf , they are not just words on paper, they are food for the soul, friends and companions, tools and resources to discover myself and live my life with purpose and hope, learning off highly intelligent and evolved people. So many beautiful minds and hearts in my collection, healing to all and feeds your mind, body, emotions and spirit…………..I am so proud of that space and love looking at it now, it is easy to see them all and for anyone who visits my home, well you can tell a lot about a person by what they have in their bookshelf!!

Thank you to God for this Blessing. I am grateful for this experience!

 

 

 

Am I really almost at the point where week 4 of the MKE is over? Wow the past month has flown by and it has been a head spin to say the least! With all that has been going on and if you have been following my story of having a child diagnosed with a medical condition, then you will know I have had a heap on my plate since I began this course. All very unexpected but I guess when I do look at it there are huge blessings in the timing of being offered this opportunity. The moment it started I knew I was going to be around “a tribe”  of positive, inspiring, beautiful, soulful people. I already had some connections and friendships across the miles with others beforehand that I cherish so it was exciting to me that I could make new connections and build wonderful new friendships.

This week I have noticed a shift within me that I am more focused and clear on what I needed to do. I have been very busy with Blu Tac placing all my positive affirmations on my bathroom mirror, bedroom doors, walls and in the car. Wherever I am in the house I can see them and I am reading them and getting them into my Subby!

On another note though the past 3 weeks I just had the feeling of being overwhelmed and not balancing or maybe juggling is a better word, lol, umm juggling all the steps and activities to be on par with all the other students, seemed like I was so far behind everyone else. I have been playing catch up the whole time to be honest, not with everything because some things. I am super good at and disciplined with my scroll, my Blue Print, Master Key lesson and being mindful that I have work to do and making time to do what I can. This week I caught up to a place where I was really proud of myself and I had a really clear, razor sharp clarity and determination to get as much done as I could, my self motivation was high.

I sat at my desk for the time I needed to, blogging and really accomplishing more than the week before. I was like a student in a classroom who didn’t want to disappoint her teacher. I re-submitted my DMP with PPNs and SMART goals and I was jumping for joy that I was able to get it under 400 words this time. I’m telling you it was a challenge so do not think for 1 second that was easy…….. no way.!! Can you imagine in your mind that you have all these amazing dreams and it covers all aspects and areas of your life such as,  true health, kids, love, career, lifestyle, income etc and you have to squeeze that into less than 400 words?? I struggled because I have so much to tell my SUBBY that I want it to do, so much to manifest to live a life of purpose and true health and happiness!! As difficult as it is to meet these requirements, once you set your mind to it and commit you just have to chop it up and look at the words that are perhaps not relevant and take those out, yes I know what you are thinking…. how can you do this if you have so much to add in?  I promise you it can be done and I finally did IT!!

Another task was the chore card with the next shape. I was still on red circle, pretty sure its meant to be green triangles ooops  and blue rectangles were still an issue for me, not done the chore and not been saying Do It Now often enough in my opinion. So here I am juggling again, blue shapes and red shapes and frantically looking for them together in this week. pheeww it can be exhausting but it is fun and a different way to conduct your days. I know it is important and next week I know I can be more focused and real with this activity.

I have had some positive changes towards my true health PPN. I am super happy that I finally got back into my fitness and picked up some weights ( light for now as I need to ease into it) and all week I have been feeling stronger in my mind and my body, loving the movement and the aching muscles working out my shoulders, arms and legs. It has been a family affair  this week as my wonderful, inspiring son was the one to motivate myself and my husband to start taking better care of ourselves in regards to fitness. He is enjoying training us both and the most amazing thing has happened, he said he wants to be a personal trainer when he is older! I was thrilled to hear this as he has struggled with having a passion or a career path even at his age, so how awesome is this??we are so happy for him to discover and we are encouraging him all the way and support him 100% in helping others get fit and healthy!!

Lets get our minds stronger and bodies stronger and here’s to having a new week of discovery, new ideas and goals achieved and passions developing………….

Lana x

This weeks challenges that I faced was mostly about accepting that my precious little child (well he is actually a teenager and almost as tall as me, lol!) was needing to have ANOTHER MRI on his brain and this time with a contrast, it is like a clear dye they inject into the veins and it lights up the brain like a Christmas tree! This filled me with fear and anxiety for him as I have always been very plugged into my son’s health and wellness and do not like toxins and foreign things being put into his body.  We have had very tiny amounts of processed food in our fringe or pantry for about 5 years now after learning of all the nasties they add into our food and beverages we as a family made changes along time ago as I got more educated as a mum.  I have always liked that I was in control of his health as much as I could be when he was in my care ( he goes to his dads to sleep over and spend time there too). I had to learn to let go a little as I know I am not in control of his food etc when he is at his dads. This decision about the contrast was a real slap in my face and the realisation that it had come to the time in the process of his medical stuff ,that it was out of my hands now and I had to follow the medical professionals advice. I called them up and asked if it was a vital need and they told me yes so they can get clear images of the tumour and the tissue and vessels etc, he had to have it!!

Oh boy so much anxiety leading up to the day and I hated that I was not in control of his health. I tried to use what I had learnt so far in my MKE and set my mind to the positive and affirm that he was going to be okay and that after it there is no long term damage, my boy had healthy kidneys, they would flush out the toxins right?? I gathered all my intel, spoke to our Naturopath and a friend who is into natural health and wellness and cured Cancer for herself ( another story she’s an inspiration!) they said dose him up on Vitamin C before and after for a few days to help his body eliminate the dye, so I was like okay easy that can be done no problem. Do you think my teenager would have any of this? lol umm no he has a stubborn streak in him as I think most teens do and he told me “I’m not having that stuff. I don’t need it!” Of course he does not have the emotional intelligence just yet to understand about these certain things in life but in the end without too much conflict he agreed he would do it another way by drinking more of our organic Orange Juice, well I had to be happy with that. I found myself facing a new challenge and now I needed to let go of being able to control him and perhaps leave him alone as he is already under a lot of pressure to do what the Drs are saying and it has been a stressful few weeks since diagnosis.

I honestly did the best I could and had forgotten my faith and often I say to others “Let go and let God!” I then I followed my own preaching! Quickly the day came, it was Friday at the end of the week and we found ourselves there, in the MRI department, it was happening, there was no escaping this moment !!My stomach was flipping when they called his name and they took him off to put the catheter in his arm in preparation for the contrast.( I was allowed in for that part, thank goodness, he needed me) He was scared, I was scared but I had to be the strong mum I know I am and show him it was all okay and that he could do it and that it was all going to be fine. He had moments of panic and so did I but I breathed through these moments he was fearful in the chair (Bailey hates needles, so do I) I held his hand and spoke words of positivity into him and I became aware that this is where my studies with my faith, my Master Keys Lessons and Activities really kicked in, had I not been a student for these few weeks I may of not been able to handle the emotions and fear I was experiencing in myself and for him, prayers to God also got us through. My study has defiantly strengthened me as a person and I could feel that I was handling it all in a different way to my past. We are blessed to have a church familyand other loved ones who have been praying for strength and healing for him.

I noticed my old Blueprint was not even peeping in, not a negative, thought anymore. I knew I could do this mum part and he could do this, we had our faith and love and God was getting us through! It was the BEST seeing him walk through the doors after about 50minutes, He did it!! It went great, they injected the contrast 20 minutes into the scans and there was no reaction for it or any freak out from him, he coped extremely well, continued watching the movie they set up for him and they then scanned him for another 20 minutes, seriously proud of this little guy, he is brave and strong and I love him to the moon and back!! I am grateful to the 2 staff members that were a huge reason he was able to follow through, these ladies were angels that day and helped him believe in himself and gave him the confidence he could take all the steps he needed to. Thank you we hope to see you again in January!! Yes he will need more of these, it is just the beginning of the monitoring. Thank you God for keeping him safe!!

Even though honestly I was not able to do my chores and set my mind to the shapes and colours this week I was most definitely working on myself other ways and here I am now recognising change and acceptance that I worked hard this week in a few different ways!

I do feel reading out load in bed is a challenge when I get into bed for Scroll 1. Usually my husband has fallen asleep already, even though we went to bed at the same time, he gets in 1st and as I am in the bathroom brushing my teeth he falls asleep!! I am sorry but how do men do that?? I can not just have my head hit the pillow and I’m in dream land in 2 minutes while having a conversation!! lol!  So hence the reason I feel guilty to disturb him as I read out loud. I am happy though I have stopped using my phone in bed and falling asleep with it near me and although it isn’t an hour of calm before I read the Scroll and Blue Print each night, there are changes I have made. I do feel accomplished and proud of my efforts and feel I am on the right path.

So I made it through week 1 activities despite the school holidays (week 1 too) while coping with the medical diagnosis of my son. During last week we got a very important referral to see a Specialist in Hormones and the Pituitary Gland at the Royal Children’s Hospital as this was my 1st preference,as it is the best hospital in the world and we are so blessed to have it in our home town. I found that I was feeling very overwhelmed by all my activities this week and no time to sit and watch the Webinar or work on my lesson 1 or 2 at all. It turned out that we had to travel 90 mins into the hospital 3 days in a row as we saw the Endocrinologist Tuesday, the Ophthalmologist Wednesday and the Neurosurgeon Thursday. Wow it was mentally, emotionally and physically exhausting for my boy and myself, my husband and his grandparents, who all came along to support us. He had blood tests done, he had eye testing done and results came back for Thursday. His results for his eyes were great as it showed that his vision is not effected from the tumour, which is awesome news! The not so great news was that the hormone Prolactin was up again from diagnosis and should be about 300-500 but was at levels of 26,000!!! It sounds frightful but it actually means that this is the confirmation that the tumour is secreting this hormone and it is therefore a Prolactinoma and NOT cancer!!! This is a huge relief. The Neurosurgeon then together with the Endo team had decided on a treatment plan, this is for him to begin medication to shrink the tumour and stop the Prolactin, therefore it would decrease the levels in his blood. All blood test came back and most things were good level except his thyroid was low, another indicator the tumour was causing havoc on his hormones. After much research and questioning as a worried parent I made the decision to try the medication, they have begun him on a low dose and slowly as it can cause nasty side effects. To add to more of a challenging time my son was finally told of his diagnosis by the Dr and I have been helping him understand, accept and cope with all this scary stuff. So as you can imagine this week was taken up with a lot of medical commitments and to be absolutely honest I was feeling really crappy and tired and could not be bothered doing any work. regardless of these feelings I still read my scroll 1 x2 times a day, my blueprint 2 times a day, morning and night out load and had a go at revising my DMP on Friday. During reading the scroll 1 I could feel my old Blue Print of self doubt, not completing things kicking in telling me this is too hard, I don’t have time but I just fought these negative thoughts and carried on. I had to begin a Definitive Major Purpose and submit my 1st draft to my guide in Week 1 and she had returned it back to me revised and ready for me to have another go improving it. This was a great experience. I pulled up a chair on my decking and sat outside on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, got a lot of Vitamin D from the sun all the while I was working on my DMP for this week. . So far very pleased with my commitment despite all the challenging emotions and thoughts about my son.  I will try to be up to date for Week 3 but I know that I have a lot on my plate and will be kind to myself if I do not reach my goal to watch Week 2 webinar and follow that lesson. Believe me I want to but school holidays is a demanding time too, my son and I needed to have some FUN and just feel like life was normal for him!!!!

Wow I have to say that when I was chosen for one of the Master Key Experience Scholarships life looked and felt very different indeed. It was such an excitement to have lesson 1 coming and I was like a school girl in high school on my 1st day, ready to begin with my pens and coloured pencils along with my folders of printed out materials. I need to just change topic for a second to bring you in on a very difficult journey I face now as a mum, while studying at the same time,

During this time of applying and waiting for approval my teenage son who is 13 was having some medical tests done for ongoing headaches and a few other troubling learning difficulties. He had an MRI done on his brain and neck the week before and with an urgent call into our Doctor’s the following day I took my parents and my husband (his step dad) in for support as I just knew in my heart that something was seriously wrong on those images.

I will not go too deep into the emotions ( I may save that for another time) as you can imagine it was a very difficult moment but the radiologist had found something worrying that needed discussion and further medical testing from Specialistsin that field.  His images showed a brain tumour in his Pituitary Gland that they suspected was BENIGN! I can not express the fright, fear and shock that my husband, my mum and myself experienced when the Doctor uttered these words. No parent should ever go through these traumatic things but the positive I kept telling myself was that it did not appear to be CANCER!! NOT the big C, Thank you God!!

I just could not believe it  even so and it was a very emotional few days while I gathered myself together and started dealing with the diagnosis. There were Specialist referrals to make and research to be done and a lot of processing of information. It was advised not to say anything to my son as yet until we saw the Neurosurgeon.

So  back to MKE Week 1 when this began I had known about my sons health condition for a week by then and I knew that it was in my best interest to throw myself into being busy and carrying on as I had planned for this amazing life changing course. I dragged myself out of bed in the freezing cold here at 6am on a Monday morning, also in the school holidays as they just began. Luckily I could set my laptop speakers to low not to disturb the rest of the household. So I sat listening intently for the 2 hours and I loved the Webinar and had put together all my folders and printed off the Week 1 workbook and was looking forward to applying all the things I learnt that morning for Week 1!!

I had already gathered strength from this lesson and it really set me up for my week of the unknown and helped me focus and just try to set my mindset to only the positive, not let the fear into my Subconscious! (Subby)

Despite all the emotions and worry I was experiencing about my son I was determined to start strong and give MKE a good go and follow the activities……….

Thanks for listening and I look forward to sharing more next week.

Blessings Lana!

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton