About Me

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Here I am, looking quite healthy, quite happy!? This photo was taken 14 years after my Traumatic Head Injury (Level 3 Concusion)and 2 years before my 7th head injury. The 7th was a header off of my bike into a rock without a helmet on. You know the saying, "Never judge a book by its cover". When this photo was taken, I was living a life of chaos, unrest, fear, financial insecurity, anxiety and was often irritable, overly sensitive and felt ADD. I was diagnosed finally with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder causing depression, anxiey and disability which was disabeling me to live optimally. I appeared quite normal and 'High' functioning, but as you will read in my article, this was just a fragmented piece of my whole. What I was searching for were answers and I found them when I met Dr. Swingle, a Psychoneurophysiologist. Dr. Swingle let me know that my brain waves were off and we would turn them back on using Sound and Light Therapy! This was just the beginning....

Light Mind, Bright Heart

Healthy Steps for a Healthy Mind....You may ask yourself..."What are some things that I can do to feed/heal my mind/brain" .... so here are some tips for you to do every day...

Eat certified organic GREENS at each meal
Drink 3-5 litres of pure FILTERED water between meals
Walk Run Stretch Laugh Dance Smile (Fitness)
Eat Whole Foods with high nutrient value
Take High quality Multi Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs
Consume Essential Fatty Acids (Omega's from Hemp...) 
Play on www.fitbrains.com
Listen to Positive Music (Classical/Jazz/World)
Meditate on the Light in Your Mind
Hug your loved Ones to Brighten Your Heart
Give and Receive Loving Massage/Bodywork
Work at what you Love 
Be Creative

Aloha from one Lighthouse to another :)
Melany Dawn






Monday, August 18, 2008

You are the Sun of This World

You are the Sun of This World.  This is what we I always tell myself.  First, my brain doesn't really believe it.  This is because we place our own limitations on ourselves.  It is because we have information in our brains that says we are worthless and of little importance.  Through the third step of Brain Respiration and Brain Refreshing, if we cleanse away negative information, the declaration, I am the Sun of this World, will ring true from your heart.  The important thing is for you to acknowledge this for yourself.  That is when you will gain immense power.  You must be able to tell yourself, I can do it!  I am great!  You must be impressed and moved by yourself.  Your brain will change when you find your own unique charm and tell your brain thus.  Only then your whole personality will become charming and attractive.  

Do not hesitate any longer.  Put this into practice.  
You are the Sun that Brightens this World.

Ilchi Lee of Dahn Yoga

Monday, August 11, 2008

I Met God Through a Shoe Salesman

The question of faith has come up a lot for me lately.  What is it?  Where is it?  How do I know that if I surrender and trust that 'The Divine' will show up?  Well, today 'Divine' showed me what faith can do so that I would finally, once and for all, BELIEVE.  This morning I asked to see a miracle, to experience synchronicity and to let go and today I met God through a shoe salesman.  He touched my heart so deeply that I wept in his presence and when I got home while on my knees praying for surrender and gushing with gratitude for this miracle.  Socrates (a person that may be an angel messenger for God) helped me with my shoe purchase and while at the till, began to share what his life was like with God by his side.  He shared the picture of his abundance and how he tithes and how he teaches his kids to believe in a higher power.  He shared his journey of rags to riches and how god was always by his side.  He smiled and laughed and was so kind and with a twinkle in his eye and focus on mine, he said FAITH is the key.  He is 71 and meditates twice a day with his wife, once at 4-5:30am and once at 7:30-9pm.  For years now, I have been told over and over and over again by many other of Gods workers including messages in books, to meditate regularily.  I start and then stop quite regularily.  But today, after this divine meeting, I now know for sure that I am not in charge.  I know now what faith really is.  I will now set my alarm for 4:00am and be ready every morning to give my love, my heart, my gratitude, my willingness, my mind over to the creator for something much bigger than I can ever imagine.  I Love You, I am Sorry, Please Forgive Me, Thank-you.  

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Our Brain - The Main Switchboard

Our brain is what we operate from.  It is our holographic projector.  It is our computer, our main switchboard.  Our brain regulates our hormones, our emotions, our thoughts, our bodily functions, our experiences.  Imagine if you will, a beautiful computer.  I recently switched from PC to MAC and I Love this new efficient machine but any kind will do.  Think of the incredible seamless hard drive, the intricate working mechanisms of wires and fine material that allow it to perform.  The computer does the unimaginable at times.  So do our brains.  Now, I want you to consider what injury to a computer might look like.  Imagine taking a baseball bat and smashing your hard drive with a good blow.  You could see all the circuitry completely mangled and needing repair.  I realized today that this is what happens to Our Brain - The Main Switchboard after a concussion or trauma of any kind.  Our circuitry gets thrown right off.  We cannot expect to operate like we used to....maybe only until we are diligent with our healing efforts.  Putting the pieces back together, linking the wiring takes time.  I realized today that I have to be patient with myself.  I have put about 80% of my wires back but there is more work to be done.  I am praying to rebuild my brain to work better than its original state.  I invite you to be gentle with yourself while you are under repair.  Take the time to rest and breath and trust.  Call on angels to assist you....and know that you are not alone.
-Melany Dawn  July 26, 2008  

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Emotional Sobriety

Our emotional life is physical.  It imprints itself on our bodies and on our neural systems.  Problems from childhood or adult trauma in our deep limbic system can manifest as moodiness, irritability, clinical depression, increased negative thinking, negative perceptions of events, decreased motivation, floods of negative emotion, appetite and sleep problems, decreased or increased sexual responsiveness, or social isolation.

Our neural system carries with it our emotional sense memories from childhood.  When the memories are positive, they are likely to propel us toward optimism and self-acceptance; when they are painful, they can color our sense of self with darker hues.  Familial trauma can impact this brain/body system in ways that shape our developing nervous system.

From the book:  Emotional Sobriety  Tian Dayton

Thursday, July 17, 2008

SYMPTOM RECOVERY

Since starting on healing my brain, here is what I have noticed in my recovery...

better memory
hair grew back (had receeded around my forehead)
better focus
my eye doesn't wander 
calmer inside
ability to breath properly
rash on face disappeared
more patient
ability to handle stress or chaos easier
more balance in my body
more joy and deep laughter
more physical endurance

...as my fragile brain heals, my sweet universe changes......

Thank-you for Angels + Miracles!

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

The Brain the Projector

Our brain projects like a video camera, the wave fields or frequencies to which we perceive as our physical, intellectual and emotional reality, the reality of our thoughts and awareness.  If we have had head injury or deep emotional trauma, we throw out of our projector, a fragmented experience.

A highly anxious, insecure, traumatized child at risk intellectually and paranoid, injured or fragmented adults operating on minimal of intellectual power are subject to serious errors of judgement.

-Modified from 'Evolutions End'  Joseph Chilton Pearce