Healthy Living

“It tastes like PB&J” Green Smoothie

Here is a great and healthy recipe for those that enjoy a great dessert.  Laurel Pehrson the Raw Food Expert at Ideamarketers for her family that loves chocolate and peanut butter.  Get the “It tastes like PB&J” Green Smoothie

Spirit Lives In The Now

Last Monday was my mother’s 80th birthday, and I spent the day celebrating by looking at old picture albums and thinking of her. She died at age 54, and I have missed her ever since. My daughter was with me that special day last week, and commented on the change that came over me as I went from being ‘fully present’ to the state of longing for loving times with my family in my past.

She brought up a very good point, which I share a lot more about in my book, Trusting Spirit Now. But for today, I will explain the energy around such concepts and a great tool for affecting a shift of one’s energy into living in joy in the now!

Whenever I talk with a client who is suffering, there is always a connection to something going on outside of their actual energy. I think of it as a parasite, a leech–something that is outside of the person but sucking the life out of them by their attachment to it. It can be past experiences and people that were not loving, external pressures in the moment, or fears of uncomfortable things which may have to be endured in the future.

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Judy Hanses, our official Guided Meditations Expert

Life Balance: The Essentials of How to Be Happy

How You Can Be Happy

What would your life be like if you were happy all the time? Really, think about it. What would it be like?

In this day and age, you may think that being happy all the time just isn't possible, but in reality it is. And, not only is it possible for you, it's also possible for everyone you know. That is, once one understands the essentials of how to be happy.

The Paradox of Happiness

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Ed McDonough, our official Life Balance Expert

Are you feeling overwhelmed?

When we are feeling overwhelmed, our stress goes up and it can become a vicious circle – overwhelm leads to stress leads to more overwhelm, etc.  If you are feeling overwhelmed - pause right now.

Try this: 1) rate your feeling of overwhelm on a scale of 1-10 (1 being not much – 10 being over the top – feeling very overwhelmed)

2) Take a deep breath, fill your belly, exhale.  Again.  Breathe with awareness for ten seconds – big deep inhales and exhales (this is called power breathing).

3) Get a big piece of paper and do a brain drain – write down all the things that are making you feel overwhelmed.  Take a look at what you have captured on paper and start picking areas you can get a handle on and get back in the driver’s seat to start reducing overwhelm.

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Lynda Monk, our official Self-Care Expert

Three Key Elements of A Healthy Workplace

Many people spend a great deal of waking hours within their work environment. Workplaces are rich locations for promoting health, wellness and overall work-life balance. Both individuals and the workplace itself benefit from cultivating a healthy workplace environment as well as giving attention to employee wellness needs. Research shows that healthy employees have more energy, enjoy their work more, are more engaged and more likely to be retained by their employer than their colleagues who are experiencing high levels of stress often resulting in lower levels of both productivity and morale. It matters to take care of the people who take care of business; in other words, the well-being of employees is at the heart of the overall health and capabilities of an organization. This holds true whether you are a business of one, or a large agency or corporation.

Workplace wellness is about more than offering employees a gym membership and having a health fair once a year (these are positive things indeed), however In my experience, as well as within a great deal of the literature and research specific to wellness within the workplace, healthy workplaces tend to look to the big picture and strive to create positive and healthy workplace cultures where employee well-being can naturally flow.

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Lynda Monk, our official Self-Care Expert