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Morning Routine / Fall ’17

September 30th, 2017
Good morning! As usual, I wake up around 8 am. The first thing I do once I’m awake is to cuddle with my dog. It sets the day with lots of love and is probably the best part of my morning. 🙂

I am a light sleeper, so the night before ended with a warm tea, candles and a bath. This combination is my go to if I need to calm my mind after an idea full day. Switching the lights out around 8 pm also helps to stimulate melatonin levels in the brain which contribute to a deeper sleep.

Eventually, I get myself out of the warm, comforting bed to use the bathroom. I find it helpful to have my beauty products visible, so I never skip using them. Little secret: What changed my hair and skin over the last year was coconut oil! I use it every day. Here are some tips and tricks by the beautiful Bry Jaimea .

Then I go to the kitchen and start making fresh lemon juice water. Drinking enough water, especially in the morning, helps ensure that the body can perform most efficiently. Proper hydration is not only good for the digestion, liver and lymph system, but it also leads to a younger looking appearance, especially infused with lovely lemons.

As I am the first one to wake up, I love to surprise with a hearted breakfast. Today we have overnight oats in a jar, which wait for us in the fridge. The combination of cold vanilla oats and warm berries is like love in a jar. Little secret: Feng Shui your life! Try to make every thing look, smell and feel appealing. Not only your home but your food as well. Remember, you are more than your body’s needs!

Before we eat, I light up incense sticks and candles, play calming music and meditate about 15 minutes. Being centered is what makes me motivated to stick to what matters in life. Unhealthy distractions are all over the place, and I am more than happy I have it figured out. If you are interested in calming the mind, read my article Anxiety – 3 Grounding Principles To Calm Down Quickly and for a better understanding of your mind read Fish In The Pool Of Great Ideas.

The next and most important part of my morning is focused work. I always start with the hardest task to reach a high-power performance right away and work my way through the goals I set up for this day.

If you find this inspiring, show some love and leave a comment or share, like and subscribe. Visit my Youtube channel for more captures 🙂 Thank you ❤

Yours, Aya.
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Gorilla Gains – Slimming Vanilla Ice Cream

September 24th, 2017
Gorilla Gains

Slimming Vanilla Ice Cream

All the money in the world can’t buy you back good health. -Reba McEntire

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Ingredients

200g Soy Yogurt
2 frozen bananas
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 bourbon vanilla bean

Preparation

Combine the frozen bananas and greek yogurt in the bowl of your food processor and blend for about 3 minutes until smooth.

Take a knife and lengthwise cut the Bourbon vanilla bean open. Use the back of your knife to sharpen the seeds out. Then add to your mixture and blend one more minute. Safe the bean for decoration.

Cover the top layer of ice cream with chia seeds before you enjoy this lovely slimming ice cream.

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Aya’s Notes:

Make sure to cut the bananas in smaller chunks before you freeze them.

You can use full-fat Greek yogurt or any percentage of fat, however the more fat, the creamier the frozen yogurt will be.

This Greek frozen yogurt will last up to 1 month when stored properly in an airtight container in the freezer.

This recipe makes four servings of Gorilla Gains Ice Cream.

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Eat up! 🙂

Chia is a Superfood. These tiny little seeds are the highest combined plant source of omega-3, fibre and protein. They help support your body’s natural detoxification pathways, repair your cells, reduce inflammation and support a healthy digestive system. They are about 14% protein, which is high compared to most plants! A diet higher in protein has been shown to help reduce appetite, improve muscle repair, and even curb nighttime snacking by 50%, which makes them a great addition to your diet if you’re trying to maintain or lose weight.

Vanilla is an aphrodisiac food and good for your libido, but also at enhancing hormones in the body (oxytocin, dopamine) that are associated with love and happiness. These make you feel happy, lighthearted, and in love with all things in life. Vanilla adds a warming, sweet, and rounded flavor that compliments just about any sweet treat it’s added to.

Bananas, vanilla beans and chia seed are also rich in potassium. It’s needed for healthy blood pressure levels, and assists with water regulation in the body, proper heart contractions, and helps balance the body’s electrolytes. Good for your mood, it can help you to relax and reduces stress and tension.

One serving of Gorilla Gains Ice Cream has only 93,5 calories. Due to the fact that it provides 22% protein, feel free to enjoy it after your workout or simply when you feel like having sweet delicious ice cream!

Sending my love, Aya.
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If I could live forever, this is what I would live for. – be prepared to dive deep!

September 19th, 2017
As you may notice, I took some time off. For the sake of awakening, I gave up daily routines and mostly isolated myself from friends and family, trying to escape the illusion called reality. One big questions came up. “If I could live forever, what would I live for?”

Analyzing

Reality can play some great shows which in the end have no meaning.

I hope you are up to some psychological analyzing before we move on to actualizing. Let’s question meaning, so that we’ll be able to define values and answer the main question more precisely.

You see, I grew up perfectly covered from the outstanding world of people chasing desires. I had no other aspiration but to be an artist. My childhood included everything I needed in moderation. Artistic parents, living a simple but joyful life. I was able to practice singing for several hours without even noticing the time.

Can you imagine how many of us exchanged mental freedom for random desires like recognition and money?

Habits, Freedom and Meaning

People all over the world force themselves to habitually do things they believe in at that current time. Doing them over and over again, to become a master, mostly for the reason of earning money, without feeling great joy while doing it. Numb for actuality the emotions, all the sparkle, and meaning gets wasted. There is only one solution.

The child-me was not forced to practice. It was free and loved to create and to practice. You see, there is a difference here. Giving actions meaning brings validation and excitement.

“Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Actualizing

The easier life gets, the more fiction it becomes.

Reality can shape beautiful forms. Riding along the sea and feeling the warm wind while the sun is setting, is quite a good reality to enjoy. Sometimes I go for a run to feel energized afterward. My breakfast makes me feel healthy, and my dogs make me happy.

What I have noticed is that life presents itself subjectively fulfilling according to the program one lives by. Moving to a different city presented a different show of actions for me. I was changing because of circumstances. But I don’t want to change for the sake of moving or growing; I want to change because of meaning.

“Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others.”
― Charlotte Eriksson

I love my life, but if it should be forever I has to be significant.

Deep down we all know there is something big we have not discovered yet. It’s worth overwhelms the existence of ourselves, therefore meaning in general has to be questioned again.

If I would live for eternity, I had to face that everything I love eventually will come to its end. To relate my happiness to occasions, people, things and emotions is more a distraction to reality than reality itself. Can happiness exist on its own, not related to needs? If so, I am questioning if reality is simply authenticity. Allowing failures to happen without us taking action against it. All would start to look already perfect no matter what we do and excitement would easily come back to us, right?

When I could live forever what would I live for?

I WOULD LOVE AND HATE.
I WOULD BE PATIENT BUT
I WOULD NOT HESITATE.
I WOULD DREAM IN COLOR.
I WOULD RUN AND LIVE TO DISCOVER.
I WOULD ASK QUESTIONS,
BUT FORCE MY DIRECTIONS.
I WOUD LIVE FOR SPIRITUALITY.
I WOULD LIVE FOR ACTUALITY.
MY WEAPONS WOULD DO FAVORS.
I WOULD LIVE TO BE A CREATOR.

Think about it. There is nothing more complex and flawless than The Creation itself. Now I ask you to allow one question.

Is your reality subjectively created by circumstances you live by or do you exist in alinement with everything that happens and will happen without asking?

Do you want to find out what meaning your life has?
My advise: Be alone as long as you need. Even though it can feel lonely or sad, it helps you discover who you are for yourself and can bring happiness without the urge of some needs.

Tell me what would you do if you would live forever in the comment section.

Love, Aya.
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The Four Agreements To More Fulfillment

September 7th, 2017
This four agreements changed my life so positively that I am very excited to share it with you now!

Let’s jump right in, shall we? 🙂

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether you let it affect you or not. -Valerie Bertinelli

#1 AGREEMENT – UNIQUENESS

When I realized that people react out of their reality of assumptions, I stopped taking anything personally. I understood that nothing they do is because of me. Everybody wants to fulfill a dream and has some struggles.

My advise: If you were meant to be controlled, you would have come with a remote! Pridefully own your dreams and reality. Be immune to other peoples opinions and actions and for that reason, stay unique and happy!

“Let me do me, you do you!”

#2 AGREEMENT – HONESTY

Fairness, honesty, and credibility can underline someone’s beauty so effortlessly, that love always follows. I discovered the more truthful I am with my words, the better situations turn out for me. The truth is nothing but an ingredient for fulfillment!

My advise: Try to stick to what matters, the truth but also make room for a touch of charismatic highlighting and playfulness, which can make any conversation with you even more lovely. Avoid gossip, don’t talk about yourself badly and try to see something positive in every situation.

#3 AGREEMENT – EXPECT NOTHING

“Aya, you know nothing.” I seriously tell that myself before I go mad and it calms me down every time. What I have learned is that in conversations, misunderstandings can happen, but we should not make unnecessary assumptions.

My advise: In situations where you just don’t get someone or the other way around, try to communicate what you want clearly and ask questions if you don’t understand someone’s point of view. #GameChanger!

#4 AGREEMENT – ATTENTION

Be the best version of yourself. For me it means, to always try to do my best. Especially when I do something for others, I put in more attention and care. Of course, some circumstances can have effects on the performance, for example, sickness. But with avoiding self-judgment and regret everybody can shine and feel the love from every side all the time!

My advise: Put a smile on your face. Don’t bring everybody down. Just be the most kind and grateful person you know! Everything else will follow! 🙂

SENDING MY LOVE

I hope you are motivated to carry your most magnificent vibes with you.

Leave a comment or a like, or share this to a friend or community if you agree to the content!

Much love, Aya.
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STUDY OF HUMANKIND

September 4th, 2017
Hello, my name is Aya and I am counting 26 years of collecting experiences. Depressed ones, when I worked a job that I didn’t liked. I was under a lot of pressure. There were expectations that I just could not manage to satisfy. But I quit that job and all toxic relationships, moved to Vienna and opened a door to a new beginning. Read what happened in my blog “Creators vs. Dictators“.

Now I am back in the city that has left me broken. With a different job! Thanks to the power of creation! 🙂 Belgrade is still the same as it was before I left, but some things have changed.

NEW BEGINNING

Personally, I cannot say I had an easy life. Since I can remember I had to face big emotions which made me love management and psychology so much. The time living on my own in Vienna made me realize that I am responsible for myself. I had to learn to give reason to my actions at any given moment, not only to be a better understandable human but also to continue growing and changing.

“Sometimes you cannot change what surrounds you, so you have to change yourself.”

Now, I dedicate my life to help people see clear, if they have lived under the influence of false intuition and unconscious manipulations. I educate to differentiate what pays off in the long run safely. And that will always be “the truth”. There is no need for playing games to get some desire, or faking until making. I assist to gain power over the creation of a thought and in that case, clean up heads from outstanding influences. I want you to help you understand yourselves.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” -Thomas A. Edison

What do you think about releasing the resistance of the impact someone or something has on you? Being free from opinions? Deciding for yourself. Discover my principles in“Fish in the pool of great ideas”.

My simple goal is to be free and set free. Physically and mentally. My goal is to find friends, stable emotions and be an expert in a project called “The Space Of Perception“.

What is your goal? And have you find significance out of this article? Let me know!

Much love, Aya.
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Grannies Granola

August 28th, 2017
#YouGotYoghurt

“Every human being is the author of its own health or desease.” – Buddha

Grannies Granola

Ingredients

100g Vegan Yoghurt
2 tablespoons oats
1 tablespoon mixed seeds
(sunflower, poppy, pumpkin, sesame)
1 tablespoon of mixed nuts
1 teaspoon coconut oil
Pinch of cinnamon
Small handful of fruit

Preparation

Take a pan and put it on a stove on a medium heat. Add coconut oil, the oats, mixed seeds, nuts along with cinnamon. Stir well. Put the lid on and let it roast for 2 minutes then stir again. Turn off the heat and let it rest on the hot stove while you prepare the rest.

While it is slowly roasting chop up some fruit. Pour greek yoghurt in the middle of a plait, then add your fresh granola and the fruit.

To make a super healthy breakfast enjoy your granola with a matcha latte!

Eat up! 🙂

The long list of health benefits is amazing. Granola is a superfood. In combination with fruit and yoghurt it is a complete meal full of vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients, along with fibers, sodium, potassium, zinc, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, vitamin-E, vitamin-C, niacin, vitamin E, iron, and thiamin which will boost your health immensly.

Dietary fiber is a beneficial part of anyone’s eating habits because it regulates digestion of food. It adds bulk and weight to bowel movements, making them more solid and easier to pass along the digestive tract.

Also it prevents overeating, which makes it a good weight loss food. One serving of Grannies Granola has 289 calories. Due to the fact that it is homemade, feel free to invite friends over for breakfast, share the recipe and tell me if everyone liked it!

Love, Aya.
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Behavior Change And Life Goals

August 27th, 2017
Four months ago I moved to Vienna and immediately started to adapt. While living on my own, I realised the importance of self-responsibility. As Aristotle believed:

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.”

So, I initiated a new beginning.

Fun Planning

Happy to finally be on my own, I set down and wrote life goals. Looking around, I realised that my apartment was entirely untouched, which reflected on my soul and me. Good habits should soon replace that lovely emptiness. First I started to plan a schedule for the week in which my goals will come nearer every day.

I woke up earlier, ate healthier and more frequently, worked out every other day and cultivated a decent work ethic. Besides that, I started to motivate myself and not let things be undone. This immediate response and force not only benefited my life in general but also filled me up with energy! Read about my mindset in my psychological articles. For example:
The Updated American Dream
Dealing With The Fear Of People’s Opinion
Upgrade Your Brain
Is Religion Dead?
3 Powerful Manifestation Modes – Buddha

My advice

Write down your goals, continued with minimum amounts of work that you must get done every single day to make them a reality.

Behavior Change

Forgive yourself on bad days. You see, motivation comes from your environment which should allow you to bloom. On its own, motivation does not change behaviors. Create simplicity in your home, for your way to the gym and dedicate minimum half an hour on focused work, or at least research for your goal daily.

I hope this helped you get a direction on how life goals are done. My next blog will be about “Focused Work” and until then I wish you much happiness and love,

Yours, Aya.
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How I Found Dedication.

August 25th, 2017
In case you are bored of the phrase “find a dedication” I have to admit I am too! We all read and hear it a thousand times. The phrase on its own certainly does not help, so I’m going to share exactly what brought me “dedication”.

Well, first things first. I had to get rid of stuff that was consuming my time without benefiting me and my future. To do so, I wrote down what I want and don’t want in life. With that, I stopped pretending. If something is not funny, I don’t laugh. Simple as that.

Being honest and genuine while saying “no” made me have all the options I had before, but with the benefit of doing them on my terms. With this powerful tool of knowing what I want and what not I was able to start moving forward in the process of creating a better version of myself.

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Step by step I began to include people, places and activities in my life which I liked and wanted. First, it was just things that looked interesting to me. I listened to my inner voice and reacted to it. I felt like I wanted to write, so I bought this web space and invested immediately. After that, I started to write. In the beginning, it was a mess, not good at all but eventually, I got better. Why? Because I wrote every day minimum half an hour. Why? Because I know I have to go the way. There are no short cuts.

On the way, I also chose people on purpose to hang out with in my free time. I even found a mentor. I took my time and regulated my life from ground zero. This time to accomplish and fulfil MY needs. That’s why my approach was very directly and sorted. I knew what I wanted, and who can give it to me.

Later on, all of it made sense, and I found my purpose and dedication. In that case, I understood that every new positive feeling, even the smallest one, is benefitting my future. Now, the things that surround me are things that nurture me with motivation, inspiration and love.

Read about my mindset in my psychological articles. For example:
The Updated American Dream
Dealing With The Fear Of People’s Opinion
Upgrade Your Brain
Is Religion Dead?
3 Powerful Manifestation Modes – Buddha

My advise:
1. Take a paper and write down what you want in life and what you don’t want.
2. Then write down what you love.
3. Include people, activities and places that share the same love and write them down.
4. Set a small goal that would make you happy for the next day and go to bed.
5. Wake up and take a shower. Dress nicely, put a smile on your face and go outside.
6. Now read your list. What do you want? What do you like? What do you LOVE.
7. Just do it!
With that’s being said. Much love,
Yours, Aya.

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My experience with veganism.

August 22nd, 2017
I always hated dieting. Especially if I have to eat something, I don’t like. For example, white foods, like cheese or mayonnaise or even olives I despise to this day. Being a picky eater for all I can remember, the only choice I had is to get into good habits. My lifestyle change into veganism unsealed the access into a new world; I still find myself living and hoping in.

Back then I struggled a lot with health issues, which were the beginning reason for me of changing my diet, but I am going to write about that another time. Counting three years back I got introduced to veganism by “Freelee“. Her diet, called “RawTill4”, a high carbohydrate, low fat, low protein program, allows you to eat an unlimited amount of fruit until 4 pm, followed by a cooked dinner. The cooking was effortless. Freelee’s Diet consists only of carbs. Now you got interested? I was too! 🙂

A day in the life

For breakfast I usually had half a melon, followed by a bunch of nectarines or other fruits and of course lots of bananas to keep me satisfied. Not to forget, dried fruit as a snack. I ate as I felt hungry with no limitations, as long as it was fruit. For dinner, I loved French fries, Curries or Sushi. You can find the recipe for the original Rawtill4 French fries here.

What made my age go backwards.

The good thing of it was, that I was not only detoxing, but I was losing a lot of weight! As my blood fat decreased, my metabolism was able to burn the excess simple sugars in a process called dietary thermogenesis. Over the period of 3 months strictly eating Rawtill4, and a moderate amount of sport, for example hiking, I lost 5 kg, and my skin looked two years younger. I was fully hydrated, provided with all vital nutrients, was energiesed, always positive and I got a believer.

The downside

I had to get rid of salt and oils. For dinner, I just needed some rice, potatoes and vegetables. I loved to make curries and soups. The philosophy is to keep it very simple and whole foods. Sometimes, when nothing was in the house, I ate plain rice with some strawberry jam for dinner.

Even though I eat differently now, I still love fruit in the morning and am still vegan. This diet hydrates and fuels my body with simple sugars that my brain and system needs to function at its best AND I am saving the lives of innocent animals and their families.

Much love, Aya.
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#YGY – Berries Sweet Bump

August 19th, 2017
#YouGotYoghurt

“To keep the body in good health is a duty. Otherwise we shall not be able to keep the mind strong and clear.” – Buddha

Berries Sweet Bump

Ingredients

100ml Plain Yogurt
Small handful of fresh berries
Half of a banana
Flaxseeds, grounded
Honey
Cinnamon

Preparation

Get a bowl and pour the plain yogurt in. Add a teaspoon of flaxseeds and half a banana. Take a fork and mash it up until their are no bigger chunks.

Wash the berries and then cover the top of the bowl with your lovely berry bumps.

To make it super delicious, drizzle honey on top and finish it with a pinch of cinnamon.

*ENJOY* 🙂

Berries and banana will benefit hair, skin, and nails with vital nutrients such as a healthy dose of B and C vitamins necessary for healthy growth. Also it adds fiber, potassium, and enough density to satisfy an after-workout appetite.

Yogurt provides Probiotics are “friendly bacteria” that are naturally present in the digestive system. While more research needs to be done, there’s some evidence that some strains of probiotics can help boost the immune system and promote a healthy digestive tract.

The combination of honey and cinnamon has been used for centuries in both traditional Chinese and Ayurveda, a system of healing founded 5000 years ago in India. Cinnamon’s essential oils and honey’s enzyme that produces hydrogen peroxide qualify the two “anti-microbial” foods with the ability to help stop the growth of bacteria as well as fungi.

Low in calories (220kcal per serving) it is a delicious, energy boosting breakfast or snack.

Love, Aya.
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