Host: Sheryl Glick R.M.T.
Special Guest: Alissia Jayne Thompson (https://www.amazon.com/God-Flips-Burgers-Spiritual-Childlike/dp/0996640371)
In today’s episode of Healing From Within, your host Sheryl Glick, a Reiki Energy teacher and medium and author of The Living Spirit which shares stories of spiritual awakenings spiritual communication healing energies and ways to heighten intuition for finding and developing your true Self, welcomes Alissia Jayne Thompson author of God Flips Burgers. Alissia is a licensed clinical therapist, personal trainer and contemporary teacher who shares the deep meaning of fun, laughter and childlike innocence, always important energies, needed to feed the heart and soul.
Alissia writes, in 1979, Jane Margaret Byrne became the first female mayor of Chicago. I was a first born; I had no older cousins, nor any cousins for that matter, so I was spoiled. Photos reflect a family unit that loved and cared for me, often captured with smiles and laughter, stuffed animals and strollers. I was blessed to be so adored, so it’s no wonder that this group would come together and marshal their collective creative forces to birth a moniker for me that has stuck to this very day, thirty-six or so years later. The name? Jaynie Burger, as inspired by the newly-elected city official at the time, as well as our common name. I recently asked my mother “why?” She laughed and said, “I don’t know.” I am “The Burger.” I always have been, but for many years I had forgotten.
In the chapters of Alissia’s book, she discussed curiosity, activity, creativity, spontaneity, resiliency, family, and generosity. Alissa picks the word simplicity to describe an important state of mind for the key to self-development and to bringing back innocence and awe of life to all of us as adults. Our attachments to people, things, and the alike create a very dependent state and a false sense of security. What happens when they are gone? Simplicity encourages a state of appreciation for what is right now. As children we delighted in simple pleasures, as our needs were basic. This is our chance to return to that state. All it requires is a little patience as well as a little gratitude for what we do have in our lives today. Trust me, you’ll feel more contented and joyful over the little things. And that’s a fun place to be.”
Alissia goes on to define innocence as a quality for ultimate success in life and says why she believes some people never lose this sense and that others may never even have experienced innocence. “Adulthood has a funny way about it. It is almost like a slowly progressing degenerative disease where we gradually develop pseudo-amnesia. Observing constructs such as “time” and “age,” little by little we lose our connection to our childlike innocence – the essence of our being – upon our arrival in this lifetime. Our once-cherished dreams become fodder for delusion, as we self-impose limitations, redefine what is “realistic,” and succumb to society’s expectation.
Sheryl likes the way Alissia described reticence. “Whether in action or speech, reticence is a powerful tool. It means to exercise restraint. So, when feeling the urge to impulse buy, to engage in gossip, to quit your job, or to say something hurtful to another, try giving it some time. Let your thoughts and feelings take their course. Do not let them overwhelm you into imprudent behavior. You will find that they will change. And if they don’t, then you can take a wiser form of action. This will give you time to discern your wants from your needs, and may prevent you from a little thing called regret. It might not sound like much fun, but it is a caring, loving thing to do for yourself and others.” These thoughts are indeed a good heads up to using our inner wisdom to produce positive results in our daily life experiences.
At an early age Alissia was obsessed with clowns and wrote… “I had no concept of my “age,” what was “realistic” at the time,
