The Conscious Creative Cook

I am fertile
Soft, open, wet
with a strong
pelvic yes.
Receptive,
ripe to earn
a potential
of abundance.
Having worked hard
to heal shame
and beliefs of barreness.
Ready to reap
prosperity.
Conceived
through hot desire, clarity
and My own
Divine Creative
POWER
I am an expectant mother
Of fetal ideas
Carrying creative babies.
My round circle center
Energetically holding
dreams and visions imagination,
a form of exchange,tender,currency and in it
I'm rich.Nurturing
til full term is reachedand Im called to
Push,bear down, breathe
And give birth.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Applying the same principles of the birth process to our desire to create something in our life can greatly enhance your ability to enjoy better mental health through a more fulfilling life. Although we have been conditioned to believe desire is selfish, dirty, sinful, it really is the very thing that drives our experience of leading a satisfying life and enhances our state of mental health. Claiming, feeding and birthing our desire into being directs us along our personal development path.
Cultivate clarity. Let desire lead the way. Allow yourself to be aroused and excited with this desire, (whether it is for soul purpose work, a new home, a loving relationship…what ever you desire) generate the energy of excitement…nurture the development of your desire and soon you will notice it is ready to be born into the physical world and provide you with a sense of satisfaction and abundance.

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Written by Jenn Brouillette

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Pregnant with a Poem

  PREGNANT WITH A POEM
Ideas and thoughts 
Fertilized by
feelings and dreams.
Conceived.
I am pregnant with a poem.
Phrases, metaphor, 
Sentences, simile.
Craving
blank pieces of paper
and a rainbow of gel pens.
Quiet inspiration and inviting space
to nourish my seed.
swelling, expectant,
the verses develop
they punch, stretch, kick, summer sault
labor pains commence, ensue
scribble, edit,erase
Copy and paste.
Fully dilated,
one last push
to complete.
With sweet reverence,
silently
I read and reread
A tear streams.
Feeling so tender.
I am overcome
with love and pride
for this precious thing
Delivered
By me.

Written by Jenn Brouillette

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Mental Health Strategy: Examine your Relationship to Time

Maintaining a sense of self worth is one of the biggest obstacles to managing Mental Health. We have been conditioned to believe our worth is defined by how much we accomplish within the time span of any given day. I believe it is time to start reminding people of their inherent worth. Worth is NOT determined by how much we accomplish within a period of time.

I believe better mental health could be achieved if whenever possible, we practiced operating from a state of flow instead of by being controlled by a clock, calender, schedule. Personal Growth would bloom freely as we practice becoming more willing to be guided by energy, feeling, curiosity and desire.

It often seems to me that our dependence on the structures of time, not only contribute to low self worth but also restrict our access to joy, as we get so preoccupied with what needs to be produced in a period of time. Clocks and calenders deplete us of our “juice” diminishing our sense of enlivened mental health.

Practice investing time in activities that support self care and improve mental health…spend time excavating your inner terrain, cultivating practices that promote personal growth…save time to dream…and if you need some support with these suggestions…Check out my workshops, Contact Jenn at jlbrouha@gmail.com for more info.

Time to Change

Curious
How an
action assigned
to each hour
Of time
Is allowed
To define
Personal worth.
container of time
Filled to the brim
Production posing as esteem.
Absent from presence,
Governed by the clock
a lock 
that limits access
to being.
That mocks opportunity
To indulge in
curiosity, desire,  feeling..
Knocks you to your knees
depleted.
Curious
The control
the calendar
holds.
Consult it to see
If “we’re open”
Oblivious to how 
Closed we’ve become
to spontaneity, to flexibility
to freedom and flow.
As unwelcome
As the unexpected pop-in
At your front door. 
Robotic routines
Insisting you
Stay the course
restricting creativity
 or satisfying streams 
of consciousness 
Zombies tempered
falsely perceiving
the safety
Of schedules
So sad…
Languishing, dead,
Not knowing
“What to do with self”
When nothing
Is assigned to time.
Conditioned to numbout, 
Or freak out with fear…
Is anxiety the alarm
going off in the body,
Waking awareness
That the capsule
 of manmade time   
is not the reliable regulator 
You’ve assumed it to be.

Written by Jenn Brouillette

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MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGY:TAKE TIME TO MOVE THROUGH FEELING

Let’s create a culture that NORMALIZES the need to TAKE TIME to feel our feelings in REAL time…to move our e-MOTIONS, to circulate them through our bodies…to release them and live happily ever after:-) ENOUGH suppression already…We are WIRED to MOVE feeling THROUGH and OUT.

Although I’m not a doctor, I highly prescribe the practice of regularly tuning into feeling and moving your body as it is directing you to do so. ( to supplement whatever treatment your physician has provided, of course)

I believe if we normalized this ONE piece of societal/familial conditioning, we would greatly alleviate the suffering from anxiety and depression as well as experience greater vitality in our physical bodies.

IMAGINE feeling SAFE to move through feeling in school, at work, at home without expectation of suppressing, denying or avoiding challenging feeling. THIS is how we facilitate the passage of intense feelings. They need to MOVE when triggered. If we don’t provide means of release, they will stay lodged…stagnant in the body, wreaking all kinds of havoc.

If you want to practice a radical act of self care, try honoring your feelings through movement when they come up and see how much better you feel. I have been known to dance/move while prepping dinner, folding laundry, waiting on line, watching tv, taking a walk, even subtle stretches in the workplace can serve to move emotion.

It doesnt have to be dramatic(OR it may indeed want to express in a wild way…honor whatever comes up)…Find a bathroom, a bedroom…any space that feels safe…listen and move your feelings…shake those hips and shoulders…kick those legs, swing your arms, skip around…LISTEN and RESPOND.

Be part of the solution, give yourself permission to start moving your E-motion in safe places…this is how we create a culture that NORMALIZES the need to TAKE TIME to feel…as we EACH COMMIT to our own personal practice.

Explore some of my workshops to assist you in becoming more masterful in this practice. Contact Jenn at jlbouha@gmail.com for more into.

Written and Photo by Jenn Brouillette

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Mental Health Strategy:Mantra Meditation Walk

Today I took a Mantra Meditation Walk to improve the state of my mental health. Specificly, to alleviate a restles, unsettled energy, stuck in the center of my belly. A mantra is a repeated word or sound to deepen concentration during meditation.

Throughout my walk, I inhaled, then exhaled as I spoke the word “moo-oo-ve” : a direction to the restless stomach energy that I was experiencing. The sound “oo”, (as in the word move) is aligned to the energy of the sacral(or belly) chakra. Although this may not be a widely used tool, I find it extremely effective in promoting a sense of well being and enhancing my mental health.(especiially when combined with walking)

After a couple of miles invoking blocked stomach energy to “moo-oo-ve” , I felt belly energy, as well as my mental health, restored.

Although this may seem like an unusual strategy, sound and vibration, serve as good instruments in alleviating stagnant energy and improving mental health. An added benefit is, it’s a great tool to practice feeling more comfortable being seen/heard in your Truth. Who says you have to do manage emotions like everyone else? Get creative! Have fun with it! Do you:-)

Whether you practice using chanting and mantras in a concrete jungle, in the woods or on a treadmill, I assure you, they are extremely effective in moving stuck energy.

For more progressive and unusual tools and strategies to promote good mental health and personal growth, check out my workshops and contact Jenn at jlbrouha@gmail.com

  A meditative 
mantra walk 
On a street
In ill repair,
Construction 
everywhere.
intentions,
to unclog, dissolve
restless, unsettled, 
sacral chakra energy.
“Moo-oo-oo-ve”
I instruct fearful feelings.
“Moo-oo-oo-ve”
I direct  hindered desire,
(Which is wedged
 between old 
and new versions of self.)
I welcome the hum
of trucks and power tools. 
along this torn up concrete jungle,
where sound is drowning out
as well as harmonizing with,
my “Moo-oo-ve” mantra.
Booming motors ,
clamoring of construction…
Motor cycle zooming through
muting my “Moo-oo-ve” mantra..
Curiosity, tags along with presence.
I wonder if workers are
judging my unusual strategy
to boost my mental health?
No matter. I carry on,
walking many miles(ok, 3)
Embodying the vibration
Of “Moo-oo-ve” mantra.
And so it is
An opening,a softening 
in my sacral energy.
Sooner or later, ease returns.

EBB& FLOW

I invite you to dive into the Worshops I have to offer.

My workshops provide:

… tools, strategies and support to help you flow with fear instead of being controlled and limited by it.

… understanding of how fear is trying to illuminate old patterns and life lessons.

… resources to respond to fear to facilitate good mental health and personal growth.

Contact Jenn at jlbrouha@gmail.com for more information ♥️☮️

The Conscious Creative Cook

Cultivate Clarity

You are Always Loved

Shedding “Old Skin”

Devotion to Desire & Pleasure

FERTILE

Pregnant with a Poem

Mental Health Strategy: Examine your Relationship to Time

Time to Change

MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGY:TAKE TIME TO MOVE THROUGH FEELING

Mental Health Strategy:Mantra Meditation Walk

EBB& FLOW