About

by Lisa H.

Hi, my name is Lisa. I am a mother, girlfriend, blogger, runner and happiness seeker.  I started blogging in March 2010 as a way to break out of my social shell. I thought it would be a good way for me to grow personally by putting the good, the bad and the down-right ugly of who I am and what happens in my life on display. I figured that by sharing what I am going through, I could help others.

My personal development journey

My personal development journey began about 15 years ago. Up until then there had been a grey cloud hanging over my life–a sort of dull ache on the backdrop of my existence; This is not to say that there weren’t good times, but I knew that there could be more of them and that they could be even better; I just didn’t know how to get them.

And then one day I was watching the Oprah Winfrey show and she had Gary Zukav (author of The Seat of the Soul) on. I was completely captivated by his message. It was the first time that I had heard that our soul isn’t inside of us, that it is actually all around us. We are not human beings with a little, bity soul inside, we are great souls that are having a human experience.

Every Tuesday for the next several months Oprah had Gary on and I made sure I was right there to see him. When his run was over, six things were clear to me:

1. I had to love myself, imperfections and all
2. I am connected to all life.
3. I am not what I own or what I do.
4. The universe rewards action.
5. I am a great soul and
6. Every moment is a holy moment.

Ever since then, I have been a student of Zen. Zen to me is feeling content and at peace; it is feeling capable of handling any challenge that comes my way; it is being humble, simple and honest with myself and with others; it is having the courage and conviction to create the life that I want.

To read about some of the more difficult parts of my journey, check out the following:

The GTZ (Getting to Zen) Manifesto and My personal commandments

  1. Empathize with others
  2. Ask for help
  3. Express myself creatively
  4. Live simply
  5. Perform my own investigation of truth
  6. Be true to myself
  7. Show love abundantly
  8. Take care of myself
  9. Love my work
  10. Be the change I wish to see in the world

Some interesting or not so interesting things about me

  • I swam competitively for 15 years
  • I am currently a long distance runner (5k to the marathon)
  • I Became a vegetarian in August of ’07
  • I enjoy working out, cooking, eating and spending time with my family and friends
  • I am a cat person
  • I love finger foods
  • I can be really silly
  • I enjoy helping people
  • I like making people laugh
  • I am too hard on myself
  • I am too easy on myself
  • I love time alone
  • My favorite movies are The Shawshank Redemption, The Kite Runner, Napolean Dynamite, Dances With Wolves, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and yes, Dirty Dancing. I could watch each of these over and over again.

If you have a question or topic that you are interested in seeing written about, please feel free to contact me at kaizenrunner@gettingtozen.com.

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See you on the other side of the blog.

Let’s Get to Zen together!

Take care
Lisa

Disclaimer
I am not a licensed professional, master or knower of the meaning of our existence or anything of that sort. I am a student in the classroom of life sharing strategies, tips and perspectives on my journey of getting to zen. I am also an entrepreneur so there are affiliate links sprinkled throughout the articles on the blog.

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