{"id":557,"date":"2010-02-03T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=557"},"modified":"2013-11-12T14:52:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T22:52:37","slug":"princess-penelope-scarlett-turns-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/princess-penelope-scarlett-turns-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Penelope Scarlett turns 4!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pippi, yesterday on the very day she turned 4 years old. The dresses for dolly and Pip are from Auntie T and the dolly “Brianne” is from Granny. Pip had an exciting day with presents galore. She will have her party this Sunday at home.
A long road of healing is still being travelled by me. Just walking for exercise. Going for a massage today to try and help my back–I think the stitch may be from back damage I acquired after lifting furniture by myself all December and perhaps from Bikrams?
I have the system that after long periods of emotional stress, my body seems to go into a shock like state and I feel weak and nauseous for months afterword. The difficulty is even recognizing when I’m under chronic stress. I always think pushing issues to the back of my mind to deal with “later” works. It never does, I just keep myself existing in a hidden state of stress. And I don’t crash until I get physically sick.
But I have learned much. Most importantly that : A calm mind listens to the body. An agitated mind drives the body.
Needless to say, I am guilty of driving my body constantly and never listening to it.
I am in the midst of big life decisions. But I feel I am on the right road to make OK decisions without falling into the ditch along the way. And I am back to meditating each night at home before bed–it is the least I can do for life balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pippi, yesterday on the very day she turned 4 years old. The dresses for dolly and Pip are from Auntie T and the dolly “Brianne” is from Granny. Pip had an exciting day with presents galore. She will have her … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[1080,866],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motherhood","tag-kids-birthdays","tag-stress"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t