Are you living with regret? What do you wish you were doing?  What do you wish you did?

Ultimately, fear and the inner voice hold us ALL back from living an intentional life.

What is an intentional life?  According to John C. Maxwell, it’s a “life that brings you daily satisfaction and continual rewards for merely working to make a difference in the lives of other.”  To me, living intentional means to live with purpose!

Living intentionally makes me think about wanting to improve myself. That’s a good purpose, right?!?  Shouldn’t we all want to be better humans?  But it makes me think of the people around me who refuse to grow. They are consumed by their ego. They want things only their way. They refuse to listen to suggestions. They want to be the ones who are always talking. They are never responsible for anything going on and need to point the finger to someone else. They are too comfortable where they are, but probably unhappy because of it. They are not willing to have the uncomfortable conversations. They are not willing to listen to others about their weaknesses. They are obviously not willing to improve as a human and think THEY ARE GOOD ENOUGH!

Does that sit well with you?  Do you want to be ONLY good enough?  Not me!  I know living intentional will be uncomfortable. I know it will give me some grey hair and wrinkles. Thank God for hair dye and Botox! While the discomfort will be there, I know it too shall pass! On the other side of the uncomfortable will be a fulfilled soul. I mean isn’t that why we are here in earth school? Our souls want to grow and be fulfilled.  Right?

As Marianne Williamson often discusses, living a life based on love (not fear) is like a muscle. The more we use it the more it will strengthen!  Make love (not war) your purpose! 😍 Ha!

What I know for sure is that when we stop protecting our heart and live from it, it will steer us in the right direction and the brain along with the inner voice will get out of the way.  Living intentionally will cause you to help others.  And by helping others get what they want, you will get what you want according to Zig Ziglar.  So what is it that your heart truly wants?

I encourage each of you to do something intentional today. Embrace that little uncomfortable twinge. Notice where it is coming from in your body. Acknowledge it and rock it like a baby. Then immediately after you do the uncomfortable thing, notice how much stronger you feel. Don’t ask yourself how you feel hours after. That will give time for that inner voice to question what you did. Ask it, immediately after! 🙂  I would love to hear about the little uncomfortable acts you reached for!

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As we approach the holiday season, IPL can become popular to erase the evidence from the fun in the sun over the summer! And while it can have remarkable results, the question becomes “Is it going to cure the pigment issue”?

First, one must understand where the pigment comes from.  Mottled pigment comes from aggravated melanocytes deep within the layers of the skin. Melanin is pushed up to the surface over time. Melanocytes become irritated from various triggers including hormones, heat, tanning, and more.  If triggers are still present, significant improvement will be difficult despite how many treatments are performed.

Second, IPL is a light based laser.  There is no true beam, so it covers more surface area than other lasers.  There is no ablation, so there really is not any downtime.  In an IPL treatment, the light is converted into heat to target set wavelengths (colors) via the use of filters.  The target is where the heat is absorbed.  In the case of pigment, the setting would be filtered to target “brown” wavelengths .  Once targeted, the brown spots that fall within the set wavelength spectrum darken. Over  a couple weeks, they eventually shed and the skin is clearer.  You may be wondering for how long?

So, while the IPL beam has the ability to potentially reach portions of the melanocyte and clear the melanin in those areas, as mentioned above, if there is a trigger such as tanning present, the melanocyte will continue to “cry” melanin.  If the patient is avoiding all triggers, the results could last for years.  Most of the time living in Florida, I recommend something to help remind the melanocytes not to “cry”.  I like to be more aggressive during the summer with hydroquinone creams and use the cooler months for maintenance with hydroquinone-free creams.

If you are thinking about an IPL for the holidays, this would be a great time to consider since it may take 2 weeks to clear the treated pigment.  I am also offering IPL for $325 for the month of November to help get your holiday glow started! “Tis the season to be beautiful! 🙂

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