Comments on: Serving Ourselves http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/06/serving-ourselves/ Abundance Through Transformational Consciousness Fri, 17 May 2013 04:28:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrea http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/06/serving-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-831 Andrea Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:55:02 +0000 http://andreahess.com/blog/?p=78#comment-831 Hi Jan, Thanks so much for your comment. It can be very difficult in helping and healing professions to maintain energetic boundaries. You are of course working a very long day, but it sounds like your fatigue goes beyond that. A couple of things you can do: Allow yourself to receive back from your patients! You can allow yourself to receive their appreciation, their gratitude, which I'm sure they offer. Maybe not every patient, but I'm sure most recognize how much you serve them. Allow yourself to receive and be nurtured by their energy. After your shift and before you go home, take a moment. Tap into your own divine Source, your Spirit Guides, the Universe, whatever terminology you use. Let yourself be filled by that energy. The Divine is infinite and infinitely available. It is up to you to allow yourself to receive from Divine Source. Finally - we teach others how to treat us. How our family or friends treat us is always our issue - and that is how we must address it. Put yourself first, and do what you must do for yourself. Your family will not be used to that and will object at first ... not your issue! Your health and your well-being are your responsibility! Blessings to you, Andrea Hi Jan,

Thanks so much for your comment. It can be very difficult in helping and healing professions to maintain energetic boundaries. You are of course working a very long day, but it sounds like your fatigue goes beyond that.

A couple of things you can do: Allow yourself to receive back from your patients! You can allow yourself to receive their appreciation, their gratitude, which I’m sure they offer. Maybe not every patient, but I’m sure most recognize how much you serve them. Allow yourself to receive and be nurtured by their energy.

After your shift and before you go home, take a moment. Tap into your own divine Source, your Spirit Guides, the Universe, whatever terminology you use. Let yourself be filled by that energy. The Divine is infinite and infinitely available. It is up to you to allow yourself to receive from Divine Source.

Finally – we teach others how to treat us. How our family or friends treat us is always our issue – and that is how we must address it. Put yourself first, and do what you must do for yourself. Your family will not be used to that and will object at first … not your issue! Your health and your well-being are your responsibility!

Blessings to you,
Andrea

]]> By: Jan Reeves http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/06/serving-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Jan Reeves Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:48:35 +0000 http://andreahess.com/blog/?p=78#comment-829 Hi Andrea,Ive been reading from your website and I am in a serving position in my proffesion,I am a nurse and have been 25 years.I feel burned out,I work 12 to 16 hours a day serving people with a smile no matter what and I find when I come home and have my off time I have nothing left to give to my family,I dont even want to talk to anyone.I feel I need to leave the nursing field but cannot make the money I make doing other things or Ive not foun anything yet.I am single and have to work but my areer is draining me unbelievably.At one time I loved nursing but it has become a very sore spot in my life.Ive discussed this with my family and they do not understand,I get negative feedback,but I feel they do not truely understand.I am at my whits end here.The profession has become unbelievably stressful for most people I now and nursing shorteges are unbelieveable.Ive enjoyed readng your blog and any feedback would be so appreciated. Thanks your site is wonderful and refreshing. Hi Andrea,Ive been reading from your website and I am in a serving position in my proffesion,I am a nurse and have been 25 years.I feel burned out,I work 12 to 16 hours a day serving people with a smile no matter what and I find when I come home and have my off time I have nothing left to give to my family,I dont even want to talk to anyone.I feel I need to leave the nursing field but cannot make the money I make doing other things or Ive not foun anything yet.I am single and have to work but my areer is draining me unbelievably.At one time I loved nursing but it has become a very sore spot in my life.Ive discussed this with my family and they do not understand,I get negative feedback,but I feel they do not truely understand.I am at my whits end here.The profession has become unbelievably stressful for most people I now and nursing shorteges are unbelieveable.Ive enjoyed readng your blog and any feedback would be so appreciated. Thanks your site is wonderful and refreshing.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/06/serving-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Andrea Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:49:44 +0000 http://andreahess.com/blog/?p=78#comment-820 Thank you so much for the comment, Tuck! I really appreciate it. I'm going to put theory into practice tonight, let my husband take care of the baby, and take myself off to a nice massage. Aaaaah, serving ourselves is good .... Blessings, Andrea Thank you so much for the comment, Tuck! I really appreciate it. I’m going to put theory into practice tonight, let my husband take care of the baby, and take myself off to a nice massage. Aaaaah, serving ourselves is good ….

Blessings,
Andrea

]]> By: Tuck, The Rebel Belle http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/06/serving-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Tuck, The Rebel Belle Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:51:44 +0000 http://andreahess.com/blog/?p=78#comment-819 Hi Andrea, love your post, and love putting myself first! Thanks for the reminder of who I am. You rock.....you've inspired me...I'm going off to love myself a li'l more. Hi Andrea, love your post, and love putting myself first!
Thanks for the reminder of who I am. You rock…..you’ve inspired me…I’m going off to love myself a li’l more.

]]> By: my 1983 : Engineer Your Own Happiness: Carnival of Positivity No. 3 http://www.empoweredsoul.com/2007/06/serving-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-791 my 1983 : Engineer Your Own Happiness: Carnival of Positivity No. 3 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 10:08:28 +0000 http://andreahess.com/blog/?p=78#comment-791 [...] Andrea Hess presents Serving Ourselves posted at Living Intuition, puts self-serving activities in a new light, saying, “It’s okay to put ourselves first.” Powerful questions to ask yourself. [...] [...] Andrea Hess presents Serving Ourselves posted at Living Intuition, puts self-serving activities in a new light, saying, “It’s okay to put ourselves first.” Powerful questions to ask yourself. [...]

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