Health, Wellness & Healing
Healthy Eating Doesn’t Have to be Hard: Organic Foods Made Easy
The benefit of eating organic Organic foods often have more beneficial nutrients, such as antioxidants, than their non-organic-conventionally-grown counterparts and people with allergies and sensitivities to foods, chemicals, or preservatives often find their symptoms improve after adopting an organic lifestyle. It doesn’t have to be difficult to make the change. I’ve even found a way to…
Read MoreDiet Secret – 7 Steps to Permanent Weight Loss
Imagine a diet secret to make permanent changes in your health OK, so I have more than one diet secret to share. Consider, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, where the late author, Stephen Covey advised readers to “begin with the end in mind.” Any endeavor starts with a clearly stated objective or outcome. …
Read MoreChange Your Mind About Weight Loss
Your life depends on it According to the National Institutes of Health, obesity and overweight together are the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States, close behind tobacco use. An estimated 300,000 deaths per year are due to the obesity epidemic. So, whether it’s 10 pounds or 100 pounds, the health risks…
Read MoreLessons in Time-Saving Food Prep: Frozen Meatballs
There are times when I want something home made and yet I want to put out zero effort. Since I’ve been put on timeout on the Sam’s Club chickens (I’m only allowed to bring one home every other week now), I had to find another multi-meal, quick prep option. My solution: meatballs! I used to…
Read MoreAre You An Emotional Eater?
I’ve never been hugged by a bowl of mashed potatoes, and chances are neither have you. Yet we often refer to things like cake, pasta, or other starch-laden food items as “comfort foods.” When I worked in healthcare many of us had become addicted to what we termed white flour Thorazine. We knew we were…
Read MoreWhere Were You On 9/11?
Thanksgiving weekend of 2000, Rick and I were driving back from Las Vegas. While staring out the passenger side window I became entranced by the desert scenery. It was during that period that I channeled the following message: The following year will be the worst year we ever face, personally. Before the year is over…
Read MoreAre You Ready to Quit Smoking?
My name is Kimberly and I was once a two-pack-a-day smoker. That is actually how I came to hypnotherapy over 20 years ago. I was a two-pack-a-day smoker and had no conscious desire to quit. My parents were going to see a hypnotherapist for smoking cessation as my father had serious health issues and needed to quit…
Read MoreHealthy Greens for Everybody
“Yes, in fact, I AM the boss of you!” That is what I wanted to scream the first time I heard Mr. Rinaldi say, “You’re not the boss of me!” But after 21 years of being married and hearing it every time I try to get him to eat vegetables, I’ve given up on fighting and taken to…
Read More10 Tips to Staying Youthful
Recently I was at the annual Hay House I Can Do It conference in Pasadena, California. I got to see a number of amazing speakers who addressed the mind, body, spirit collective. One of the speakers who stood out for me is someone I’ve seen a handful of times before, Dr. Christiane Northrup. A physician,…
Read MoreThe History Behind "I'm Free"
Guest Post By ERIKA KIND The history behind “I’m Free – Awareness of Who You Are by Discovering Who You Are Not!” I am the first of three girls in my family. When I was a child and teenager I was taught that I had to get strong: don’t show weakness, don’t cry, bring arguments,…
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