Publisher: Indigo Irwin Kennedy http://www.thewaveriders.com
"Your FREE Wave Rider Newsletter"
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The Wave Riders.com
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2003
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A Message:
Many readers
of The Wave Riders find hope again. Many then find
that they begin to quick cycle with moments of high energy followed
very quickly with moments of low energy. This is because the hope,
brings on the excitement, which releases the adrenaline, that sends
you bursting out the door with lots of ideas....but because you have
read the book, you know that this is where you have to bring yourself
back. You breathe yourself down and you go too far and allow the
disbelief and fear back in, this leads back to the feelings of sadness.
You are simply learning to ride the wave and you will stabilize
this
quick cycling in a very short time... just keep practicing!
You are creating a whole new you!
Indigo Irwin Kennedy
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Ponderings:
A reader wrote in this message. Thank you, Josie!
...
I used to get upset at my girl friend when she was not grounded
and/or changed her mind about what she wants to do so often, but
your book helped me understand her better.
I like the way that you call bi-polar a gift instead of a disorder
and
I think that you are right on that. Myself, however, I prefer calling
you
guys emotional (and perhaps spiritual) athletes! An athlete can
run
a 30 mile marathon and everyone ooh's and ah's, yet no one expects
the athlete to run 30 miles every day and he/she does not expect it
from him/herself. It is understood that after such a feat the athlete will
need time to recuperate. As such, when a bi-polar person is at
his or
her peak, they can perform miracles, yet it is unrealistic to expect
that
they can stay that way all the time.
...
Josie
We are working on some great stories that have been sent in to us.
You will start to see them in your March, 2003 newsletter.
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Research updates
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Want
to learn a little more about that brain of yours?
One
of the places that they found activity when using a placebo to
cure
depression was in the prefrontal cortex of the brain....
So,
what is the prefrontal cortex?
The
Human Brain
Look at your
profile in the mirror. Your vertical forehead houses
your prefrontal cortex, the most human part of your brain. It
distinguishes you from your prehuman ancestors and from other
primates living today. The prefrontal cortex is your judgment
seat and thinking cap, where you develop flexible thinking and
mental control. It is your personal time machine that integrates
the past with the present, and anticipates the future. It balances
experience with perception to determine appropriate action.
Your remarkable prefrontal cortex is where wisdom reigns. It gives
you the ability to see things from someone else's point of view,
to walk in their shoes - in a word, empathy. As religious animals,
it is our "vault of heaven."
No
wonder depression affects so much of our judgement!
©
1995 - 2002, The Franklin Institute Science Museum,
All
rights reserved." "The Franklin Institute Online, "The Human
Brain.""
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Today's Gentle Reminder
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As you are learning to ride the wave remember:
You will once again overextend yourself and you will, once again, find
yourself in a low period or dormant regrowth period. Do not
think
badly of yourself because "YOU DID IT AGAIN"... we all do.
It takes
time to learn where your boundaries are. It also takes time to learn
what your peak performance rules are...so... you will trip and fall again.
Just don't worry about it. You know what you have done and you only
need to remember not to beat yourself up. DO NOT LISTEN to the
thoughts of "I am an idiot for doing this again" or
"who am I kidding,
I am too old or fat or stupid or too poor or too screwed up to master
this depression. Those thoughts are as unreal as the thought you
had on the high energy wave that said "I am so good" or "I
can do
everything, be everything, see everything". Just tell
yourself.......
I am not going to listen to those thoughts right now, I am tired and I
am giving myself some rest and a great big hug.....
You will jump out of the down time much faster than if you wallow in
the unreal thoughts of depression.
"Give yourself the right to treat yourself well!"
Indigo Irwin Kennedy
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Quote of the month
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This month's quote has been supplied by a beautiful,
intelligent and wonderful Wave Rider, thanks Patti!.
(The quote is from Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, a 1749-1832
German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, and natural philosopher,
one of the greatest figures in Western literature.... )
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative
(and creation). There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which
kills countlessideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely
commits oneself, then
Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one
that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of
events issues from the decision, raising
in one's favour all manner of
unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which
no man could have dreamed would have come
his way. Whatever you
can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and
magic in it. Begin it now.
Wow, think about it.... in the years 1749-1832
they were talking about how
"providence" steps in to assist you when
you are clear in your intention!!!!
