DIMENSIONALITY IS A FUNCTION OF CONCIOUSNESS: Weight Management

Recently started volunteering at a weight management center. The center director is a great professor at our school. The simple act of shadowing a couple of sessions has already greatly inspired me to get to know more about individual counseling, especially nutrition counseling: yes, we all have some basic ideas about what to eat and what not to; yet no, we don't always have the best access to those foods, nor are we constantly motivated to regulate our behaviors to the extent of turning them into healthy eating habits.

Granted, I have friends that hated one-on-one counseling due to the frustration of dealing with similar conditions and clients who were so demotivated to change their lifestyles. I'm never really good at encouraging changes among friends, not to mention trying to influence some strangers with my limited knowledge.

International nutrition has been great, I love it, enjoy the scope of impact and the big pictures. However, it is the skills of actively interacting with clients to assess their health conditions, needs, desires, limitations and setting goals with them that better showcase a nutritionist's qualifications (or, should I say dietitian?)

Looking forward to more assessment sessions! I'd love to hear more personal stories. Wish all the clients a satisfactory weight loss!

Alright, some quotes that help me better crystalizing my mind lately:

"What we resist persists"

"There's no end to comparison, because there's no end to our expectations"

"Know that you have everything you need to be whole, happy, and complete, right inside you; Know that if you feel something is missing that you can have it, you can achieve it"

Mentioning photography, my favorite should be underwater photography. Dreamy products, epic arts, combined with the beloved salty taste of blue oceans. I know it's the complete opposite of reality, it's pure art and pure illusion. Yet who are we to deny our dreams?

Among all underwater photographer, the first I knew and my all-time favorite should be Zena Holloway (http://www.zenaholloway.com/indexzena.html). Her series of "Swan Song" deeply touched me when I first caught a view of them.