This is an amazing time in my life. I am manifesting great things. I am organizing and consulting again. I am hosting and planning. I am spending more time with my family and loving it. And, I am the new Inspiration Editor-in-Training for Bellaonline, the 2nd most popular women's content site in the world.
I love this site as it is full of free information, written by women simply willing to share & learn. As writers we are not getting paid, but the Universe is infinite in its return on good deeds. For my efforts I receive free training and I am gaining confidence in my ability to share intuitive knowledge with the world once again. I love everything this site stands for and am proud to be a contributing Editor.
Be certain to pop in and find a channel that speaks to you. You can find my articles at http://www.bellaonline.com/site/inspiration.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
The Happiest People in the World
Ready to travel the world. Legatum has finally released its 2010 Prosperity Index, ranking the happiest nation of 110. And the winners are:
1) Norway
2) Denmark
3)Finland
4) Australia
5) New Zealand
6) Sweden
7) Canada
8) Switzerland
9) Netherlands
10) U.S.
I don't know about you, but I look forward to visiting the happy hot spots. Happy Trails!
1) Norway
2) Denmark
3)Finland
4) Australia
5) New Zealand
6) Sweden
7) Canada
8) Switzerland
9) Netherlands
10) U.S.
I don't know about you, but I look forward to visiting the happy hot spots. Happy Trails!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Nutrition & Weight Loss
There are so many layers to wholistic living. When I was a life coach, I asked people to address their health, spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally & financially. This meant surveying their feelings about their relationships, activity levels, hobbies, diet, and more. In asking myself the same questions, I realized that my family has a lot of work to do to get to a more wholistic life. But, where to start?
As soon as I asked myself the question, friends started calling and emailing & facebooking about Journey. Often the conversation would end with me mentioning our need to detox & eat better. I looked at my book collection and noticed that I had purchased several nutrition books over the past 5 years. In addition, many of my friends have recently sent or loaned me books on nutrition. So, as you can see, nutrition has been on my back log radar for awhile. Well, now I am addressing it within my home.
This summer I did the Candida Diet http://www.thecandidadiet.com/ because Riley & I had yeast (in babies this is called thrush). It was a great success. I never cheated & our symptoms were almost completely cleared and I loss 28lbs to boot (I have since gained 8 of it back). This season I decided to do it again to make sure we were free and clear after the holidays. At the same time, my husband's family decided to start The Standard Process Purification Diet. Yippee!!! My husband eats only starches & meat. This is the 1st time that he has attempted to do the right thing nutritionally. So, I took advantage of the moment and decided to start a sugar detox for the girls. On day one, my husband gave them peppermint candy (go figure). On day 4 he gave them pizza & lemonade. So, okay. I get it, this lifestyle change is going to take a lot more effort & time.
While my efforts at the Candida Diet have been extremely cleansing for Riley, I have managed to cheat all 5 days. I have completed 2 of my 4 colonics & lost 6lbs. but, I know I can do better with this. So, I've spoken to my colonic therapist and thought about what has made me cheat (mostly, trying to detox the kids at the same time) and decided to take option 3 of the cleansing process along with my last 2 colonics. So, I've got 2 more weeks of cleansing before I can get to the next phase of the diet.
The overall goal is to take my household to a whole foods lifestyle. I want to rid our household of processed foods. If we eat junk when we are away from home, that is fine, because we eat properly at home (like the French), which is where we will eat most of the time. Well, the blood sugar imbalances are out of control and driving me bonkers. There is a lot of yelling, whining, crying, nursing, pooping & silent cussing going on. The combination makes it almost impossible to stick with my responsibilities and diet. Furthermore, I have never been good at keeping with a cleanse for weight loss purposes and I've gotten sidetracked with that this time. I have to remember the goal, "A Whole Food Lifestyle".
So, we forge ahead. We will eventually get there. I'll keep you posted on our progress.
As soon as I asked myself the question, friends started calling and emailing & facebooking about Journey. Often the conversation would end with me mentioning our need to detox & eat better. I looked at my book collection and noticed that I had purchased several nutrition books over the past 5 years. In addition, many of my friends have recently sent or loaned me books on nutrition. So, as you can see, nutrition has been on my back log radar for awhile. Well, now I am addressing it within my home.
This summer I did the Candida Diet http://www.thecandidadiet.com/ because Riley & I had yeast (in babies this is called thrush). It was a great success. I never cheated & our symptoms were almost completely cleared and I loss 28lbs to boot (I have since gained 8 of it back). This season I decided to do it again to make sure we were free and clear after the holidays. At the same time, my husband's family decided to start The Standard Process Purification Diet. Yippee!!! My husband eats only starches & meat. This is the 1st time that he has attempted to do the right thing nutritionally. So, I took advantage of the moment and decided to start a sugar detox for the girls. On day one, my husband gave them peppermint candy (go figure). On day 4 he gave them pizza & lemonade. So, okay. I get it, this lifestyle change is going to take a lot more effort & time.
While my efforts at the Candida Diet have been extremely cleansing for Riley, I have managed to cheat all 5 days. I have completed 2 of my 4 colonics & lost 6lbs. but, I know I can do better with this. So, I've spoken to my colonic therapist and thought about what has made me cheat (mostly, trying to detox the kids at the same time) and decided to take option 3 of the cleansing process along with my last 2 colonics. So, I've got 2 more weeks of cleansing before I can get to the next phase of the diet.
The overall goal is to take my household to a whole foods lifestyle. I want to rid our household of processed foods. If we eat junk when we are away from home, that is fine, because we eat properly at home (like the French), which is where we will eat most of the time. Well, the blood sugar imbalances are out of control and driving me bonkers. There is a lot of yelling, whining, crying, nursing, pooping & silent cussing going on. The combination makes it almost impossible to stick with my responsibilities and diet. Furthermore, I have never been good at keeping with a cleanse for weight loss purposes and I've gotten sidetracked with that this time. I have to remember the goal, "A Whole Food Lifestyle".
So, we forge ahead. We will eventually get there. I'll keep you posted on our progress.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Lessons in Life
It's been too long since my last blog; almost a month now. I found Facebook & got caught up in that whirlwind.
Medically, Journey is fine. We are headed to the Mayo Clinic, 1st week of March. We have requested special cell-magnesium tests to determine if Journey's electrolytes are the culprit of her illness. I'm holding back on unconventional healing methods until all of the test results are in (it's very difficult). I hope our sugar detox does not effect the tests (of course it will).
Over the past few months, I've learned a lot about myself. I've learned that I need a healthy balance of social grouping & personal time, to keep myself spiritually balanced. I've learned that I am not very good with 'needy' relationships (which explains the numerous boyfriends I dumped in my younger years). With daily meditations, affirmations, positive attitude and constant gratitude, I can manage needy from my kids, but needy friendships are simply not possible.
I'm paying closer attention to the needs of my family again. We are doing more family game nights. We are reading together. We are doing more art & writing our own books. We are gearing up for an all-inclusive (meaning every family member including Riley) sugar detox. We are also testing out different ideas, such as, schedules & lists to complete (cleanup, brushing teeth b4 bed, 3 veggies, 2 fruits, bath time, grace time, 4 glasses of water, etc). We are exploring learning together again, researching every answer under the sun. It's been great fun & feels more like home.
What I have noticed is that it is easy to get sidetracked by those that 'mean well'. When we allow too many outside influences to peer into our world, we slip in & out of consciousness, we forget our goals; our intentions. Still, our household is moving speedily towards healthy, functioning, respect, consideration, learning & fun. Sure, we were good before, but maybe not good enough to manage our overall health.
This week, we face the task of saying "Goodbye" to a family we've wanted to label as "friends". Despite all of the Universal warnings I have received, I have managed to talk myself out of making the move. Finally, I have admitted that this relationship is simply not healthy for my family (not for any single one of us & not for us as a unit); and as the Universe always works, it is not healthy for the other family either. This is one of the bigger moves we are having to make to improve our family's health.
We have started our goal lists. Each family member listing the things that we absolutely plan to do in this lifetime. Our 1st move will be purchasing a new van so that we can start hitting the road. And now, as a team, we are working on our family mission statement, our philosophy of sorts. Hope to share it w/you soon.
Medically, Journey is fine. We are headed to the Mayo Clinic, 1st week of March. We have requested special cell-magnesium tests to determine if Journey's electrolytes are the culprit of her illness. I'm holding back on unconventional healing methods until all of the test results are in (it's very difficult). I hope our sugar detox does not effect the tests (of course it will).
Over the past few months, I've learned a lot about myself. I've learned that I need a healthy balance of social grouping & personal time, to keep myself spiritually balanced. I've learned that I am not very good with 'needy' relationships (which explains the numerous boyfriends I dumped in my younger years). With daily meditations, affirmations, positive attitude and constant gratitude, I can manage needy from my kids, but needy friendships are simply not possible.
I'm paying closer attention to the needs of my family again. We are doing more family game nights. We are reading together. We are doing more art & writing our own books. We are gearing up for an all-inclusive (meaning every family member including Riley) sugar detox. We are also testing out different ideas, such as, schedules & lists to complete (cleanup, brushing teeth b4 bed, 3 veggies, 2 fruits, bath time, grace time, 4 glasses of water, etc). We are exploring learning together again, researching every answer under the sun. It's been great fun & feels more like home.
What I have noticed is that it is easy to get sidetracked by those that 'mean well'. When we allow too many outside influences to peer into our world, we slip in & out of consciousness, we forget our goals; our intentions. Still, our household is moving speedily towards healthy, functioning, respect, consideration, learning & fun. Sure, we were good before, but maybe not good enough to manage our overall health.
This week, we face the task of saying "Goodbye" to a family we've wanted to label as "friends". Despite all of the Universal warnings I have received, I have managed to talk myself out of making the move. Finally, I have admitted that this relationship is simply not healthy for my family (not for any single one of us & not for us as a unit); and as the Universe always works, it is not healthy for the other family either. This is one of the bigger moves we are having to make to improve our family's health.
We have started our goal lists. Each family member listing the things that we absolutely plan to do in this lifetime. Our 1st move will be purchasing a new van so that we can start hitting the road. And now, as a team, we are working on our family mission statement, our philosophy of sorts. Hope to share it w/you soon.
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