American Journal of Integrative Medicine - Spring 2018

In this issue

Meet the team

SPRING 2018 04 Practitioner Spotlight 06 Lights out and Sex Lies 08 Why You Need Skin Tek 10 Quick Tip Series 12 The Baggage of Grief 14 The Facts About Hormone Replacement 18 At Risk Before Addiction 20 Athletic Lifestyle Change 22 Food Safety 101 24 Spring Spirit – ( Resolutions ) 26 Satisfaction 28 Avoid Injuries 30 Energy Medicine 32 Advantages of One Pharmacy 34 How to Develop More Self Confidence 36 Why To Use Skin Tek 38 Spring Break Activity 40 New Research Validates Wiley 42 Hypnosis

DESIGNER Danish

EDITOR Perla Galan

Pren'tis Knight President, ZTEK Corporation

Dr. Stephanie B. Nielsen, PHARM.D., CCN

Sue Ayers, MS, LPC Director of Customer Care

T.S. Wiley

Rosie Schulman, RN

Rev Brian Shaffer

PRESIDENT & FOUNDER CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Tracy Wood, CPC, ELI MP, HHA Dan Rye CONTRIBUTORS

Dr. Korn

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Practitioner Spotlight

BY DR. LESLIE KORN

Meet Dr. Leslie Korn: Your Wellness, Nutritional and Life Coach Have you been wondering how to improve your energy, lift your, mood, sleep better and reduce pain and do it all naturally? Do you find it hard to know what changes to make that are right for you? Then make sure you connect with Dr. Leslie Korn to get the best advice and support, tailored to your individualized needs.

Dr. Leslie Korn has been in practice as an integrative medicine clinician, coach and specialist in the treatment of optimal health, trauma and pain. Using coaching, counseling, nutritional and herbal medicine, yoga and exercise, meditation and bodywork therapies “Dr Leslie”, is known for her razor-sharp assessment skill and compassionate approach to helping you restore and your health and achieve optimal wellbeing.

For over 40 years Dr. Leslie has had a foot in two worlds, both conventional and alternative medicine, and she has been treating patients and educating clinicians in each world about how the other world works. After living and working in the jungle of Mexico for 10 years, she returned to the “jungle of Boston” and introduced alternative medicine for mental health as a clinical fellow at Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

She has a PhD in Behavioral Medicine, a Masters degree in Public Health, a Masters degree in cross cultural health psychology, and she completed her clinical fellowship at Harvard Medical School. She is licensed in Mental Health Counseling, Certified in Polarity Therapy, Therapeutic Massage, Nutritional Therapy and the Bredesen Method for preventing and treating Alzheimer’s. Dr. Leslie was National Institutes of Health Scientist in mind body medicine and a Fulbright scholar in Mexico.

An international speaker Dr. Leslie loves sharing natural ways to improve mood and reduce anxiety and enhance cognitive function, as well as help people to improve their physical condition, increase muscle mass and strength and help people to reduce or eliminate pharmaceutical use--- all through natural medicines.

Dr. Leslie has written 7 books including The Good Mood Kitchen, Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health,Eat Right, Feel Right, Rhythms of Recovery Trauma Nature and the Body, the English/Spanish digital book Medicinal Plants of the Jungle, Multicultural Counseling Workbook and editor of Salish Country Cookbook Dr. Leslie specializes in helping you with hard- to- treat, complex health problems She is featured on E-Wellness Solutions and also has a blog at Psychology Today.

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Dr. Leslie offers wellness coaching, life coaching, psychotherapy and career coaching.

Cherry Chamomile Smoothie to Improve Sleep Make this smoothie an hour or two before you want to go to sleep. Cherries and chamomile tea help induce sleep, the mangos, seeds, and coconut will support blood sugar throughout the night so you can rest peacefully. Blueberries or frozen bananas make a good substitute for mangos.

Ingredients: 1 cup almond or coconut milk 1⁄2 cup Strong, cold chamomile tea Add: 1 cup frozen (or fresh) cherries 1 cup frozen mangos 1 tsp. flax seeds (or flax seed oil or lemon flavored fish oil) 1⁄2 tsp. chia seeds 1 Tbs. coconut cream or coconut oil 3 drops liquid stevia 1 drop vanilla extract (optional) Directions: Place all ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.

Keep a quart of strong chamomile tea in the fridge or make “chamomile tea ice cubes” to add to evening smoothies.

Batido de cereza e manzanilla para mejorar el sueño Haga este batido una o dos horas antes de irse a dormir. Las cerezas y el té de manzanilla ayudan a inducir el sueño; los mangos, las semillas y el coco mantendrán el azúcar en la sangre durante toda la noche para que pueda descansar tranquilamente. Los arándanos o plátanos congelados son un buen sustituto del mango.

Ingredientes: 1 taza de leche de almendra o de coco 1/2 taza de té de manzanilla fuerte y frío Añadir: 1 taza de cerezas congeladas (o frescas) 1 taza de mangos congelados 1 cucharadita semillas de linaza (o aceite de semilla de lino o aceite de pescado con sabor a limón) 1/2 cucharadita de semillas de chía 1 cucharada de crema de coco o aceite de coco 3 gotas de stevia líquida 1 gota de extracto de vainilla (opcional) Direcciones: Coloque todos los ingredientes en la licuadora y mezcle hasta que quede suave. Mantenga un litro de té de manzanilla fuerte en la nevera o haga "cubitos de hielo de té de manzanilla" para agregar a los batidos de la tarde.

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WHY YOU NEED SKIN TEK lA proper Skin Care Regimen, should be part of your daily routine or Fitness goals; equally vital to maintaining your over-all Health and Well-being, as the muscles you are building! Skin, is the Body's largest and fastest growing organ - with an area of approximately 20 square ft. for the average adult. Sweating and exercise is excellent for releasing toxins and detoxifying the Face and Body, but it can also be the cause of collagen loss, anti-oxidative skin stress, and sweat or bacteria related breakouts. Supportive care for your Skin should be a part of your daily routine; and if you are active, sweating or exercising regularly, it is important to practice a routine customized for the unique challenges your Skin faces.

Here are 6 Tips geared for active skin care and maintenance you should incorporate, along with your daily routines:

4. Use Skin TEK when working out outdoors! Instantly relief cuts, bites, scratches, calluses, cracked hands, or sunburn. Studies have shown that the combination of the sun’s UV rays and sweat combined, accelerates premature aging more than the sun by itself. Use Skin TEK to combat damaging free radicals and soothe sunburns or rashes.

1. Use Skin TEK to purify against sweat related breakouts on face & body! Silver infused serum supports the reduction of sweat related and bacterial breakouts. Apply after cleansing and gently drying skin. Cleanse the face before working out and ensure to shower immediately after every sports activity or sweaty training session to reduce the accumulation of odor and break-out causing bacteria and accumulated dead skin cells.

6. Supplement your Skin with Skin TEK to rebuild tissue, strengthen resilience and increase hydration as part of your customized Skin Care, Supplements and Daily Routine. Skin is subject to vitamin & mineral-loss, water-loss, oxidative stress & an increase in bacteria while sweating and after exercise. Incorporate Skin TEK as part of a skin replenishing system, to revitalize Skin and its depleted nutrients.

2. Skin TEK helps even Skin Tone and Texture by treating inflamed or irritated skin and supporting skin’s natural repair function. Post-workout, or as needed, exfoliate your skin with a natural cloth or scrub to remove the build-up of dead skin cells that can clog pores and become a feeding frenzy for dust mites. An extensive build-up of dead skin can clog pores, which then contribute to breakouts, flakiness, larger looking pores, dullness, dryness & uneven skin tone.

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5. Athlete skin is prone to various skin irritations such as fungal, viral and bacterial skin infections. Use Skin TEK to reduce the number of unfriendly, damage causing bacteria and promote rapid skin repair. Refrain from sharing towels, gear, water bottles, razors, and even hair clippers. To dry skin, always use a fresh towel, and not the one that's been sitting in your bag, half-dried and accumulated with bacteria which can cause various dermal issues.

3. Apply Skin TEK If unable to shower immediately. After training or heavy activity, wash face and hands with natural soap and water to reduce the damage or irritation caused by bacteria & dried sweat remaining on the skin’s surface. Follow with purifying serum, SKIN TEK to reduce odors and help combat pollutants and skin stressors released by sweat.

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Quick Tip Series 5 Positive Ways to Immediately Impact Your Life

BY TRACY WOOD, CPC, ELI MP, HHA

So what habit will you begin?

Ready for Tip #1?

Try this: get a blank notebook or journal and make it your “gratitude journal.” Then, each day, write down 3 things that you are grateful for that day.

Here it is: GRATITUDE Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Would you like to feel more powerful, passionate, and joyful in your daily life? Maybe you simply desire more energy in your day?

I think we all do. In truth, with all that we accomplish every single day, it is exceedingly difficult to not get a bit beaten-down and worn out at times.

For many of us, our response to our exhaustion is to grab a seriously over-caffeinated, unhealthy drink and to keep on going, jitters and all. (Been there, done that!) However, there are many easy-to-do methods to rekindle your inner fire – and naturally get more energy in your mind, body and spirit.

In this five-month series of quick tips, I will give you simple tips you can implement right now to see an immediate impact on your energy and positive outlook levels.

At the end of each year, around New Year, we take all the notes, and read them aloud. We share memories and wonderful dinner times with those who have dined in our home throughout the year.

It is a very bonding and sweet time for our family,

isn’t, right? It is easy to get stuck in a negative mindset – expecting that only bad things will happen to you. This can wear out the best of us. If your mental state has a total focus on the “brown” parts of life, or the feces of life, things that seem to happen each day, you will send you down the rabbit hole with no apparent way out.

Whatever method you choose, follow the Be, Do, Have pattern: Be committed, to living gratefully.

Do what it takes to recognize your fortune daily.

Have the life you want and are committed to.

At the end of each year, around New Year, we take all the notes, and read them aloud. We share memories and wonderful dinner times with those who have dined in our home throughout the year.

It is a very bonding and sweet time for our family, I hope, in doing any of these simple little exercises, you have a lot more to be grateful for in your life.

You will rechunk your focus, and train yourself to look up in life, rather than down. When your mind is convinced that you do have good things happening in your life, you will feel less stress, less anger, less resentments – and that will always allow you to have more positive energy!

However, if you carve out a few moments each day, the truth of the matter is you will find you have many things to be grateful for – you just need to notice them.

Take time to focus on the things that you are grateful for. What about the fact that you woke up today? Maybe you are grateful for the love of your life, your children, your health. Make being grateful a habit. In my house, we bought a Gratitude Jar. Every night at dinner, one of us (kids included) will take a blank Gratitude note and write down what we are thankful for.

Do you go through your day feeling beaten up by life? Are you overworked and underpaid? Who

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The Baggage of Grief Summer is here, and many of us are thinking about traveling and are making plans Perhaps you are getting ready to travel for the first time since the death of your loved one? Or since the completion of your divorce? While family vacations may be a time of bringing people together, the time together may bring up reminders and sadness about those who are absent. To prepare, remember to take time to look at the baggage you are carrying and have packed to take with you.

Sometimes we end up carrying around unnecessary baggage when we have suffered loss or disappointment or when we have been let down by loved ones. It can be very difficult to move on.

Remember that shock, denial, guilt, and anger are common expressions of our natural grieving process.

If deep pain, distress, and resentment are weighing you down, maybe it is time to unload your baggage.

Life is for the living, and it is about being in the present. We often struggle to go on because we carry the baggage of yesterday into our tomorrows. Many times, our bags are packed with confusion, anger, fear, bitterness, shame, rejection, jealously, apathy, and mistrust. We fill up our bags and then find even more bags to fill and carry. They become burdensome, and we become overloaded and weighed down.

Maybe your current loss is through divorce or the ending of a relationship. Perhaps a loved one has died. These are very traumatic events in our lives.

Remember that grief and loss affect us holistically, i.e. physically, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, and behaviorally.

If we choose to clutch onto all of the baggage, we could cause undue harm to certain aspects of our personal well-being.

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Perhaps you have realized that you need to let go, but still are not sure you want to let go. Or perhaps you don’t know how to let go? Begin by first unpacking your bags and putting away all the unnecessary items. If you have already packed your bags, maybe you can store them for a while.

If you are already travelling and have your baggage with you, and you are wondering how to move on or you are feeling stuck or confused, maybe you need the help of the TSA – Therapeutic Security Administration. The Therapeutic Security Administration will be there to deal with all those bags that you are carrying and have decided to leave behind. They will confiscate all unattended bags. What bags would you like to have unattended?

Remember that it is always easier to travel light!

The licensed clinicians at Acute Care Triage are here to help provide the tools, resources, and support you need to deal with your grief baggage.

Consider seeking counsel from a member of our Therapy Team or one of our Interfaith Chaplains.

This is an original article written by Rev. Brian K. Shaffer, CPBS, GC-C, FT.

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The Facts About Hormone Replacement –Bio-identical Hormones are only natural if they are Biomimetic– If you are debating hormone replacement therapy, you’re not alone. Women everywhere are looking for answers and when they can’t find them, they look to their healthcare providers and pharmacists for help. According to the US Census Bureau, there were an estimated 78.2 million baby boomers, as of July 1, 2005, and over 47 million of them are women experiencing discomfort from menstruation to menopause, to loss of libido and beyond.

For those who still do not use any Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), the idea of anti-aging and bio-identical hormones has become intriguing. A myriad of products on the market make the right choice difficult.

People have become accustomed to talking about bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) in menopause and anti-aging medicines versus synthetic big pharmaceutical products like Prempro from Wyeth. Bio-identical hormone products are usually created from natural sources of plant hormones which match the chemical structure of hormones produced by the human body. The premise is that the body can’t distinguish created bio-identical hormones from the ones the female ovaries produce naturally. The term bio-identical has basically become a catch all phrase for anything that is not a synthetic hormone. However “bioidentical” hormones can only be truly accurately bio-identical if the hormones for replacement mimic, not only those found in the body, but mimic the natural biological process as well.

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In other words, natural plant derived hormones can accurately be termed bio-identical only when they are dosed in a Biomimetic fashion; that would be in a rhythm. Biomimetic hormones, the scientifically accurate term, are derived from plant sources and mimic the natural undulating or wavelike rhythms of the hormone blood levels in a normal menstrual cycle in a healthy young woman. It is this natural rhythm that is missing from all other bio-identical and synthetic hormone replacement therapies. It is the absence of this natural rhythm, according to T.S. Wiley, the developer of the Wiley Protocol, that is responsible for the vast side-effects in both camps.

The topical creams and their amounts vary throughout the 28 day cycle to restore the hormone levels of youth because young women, for the most part, don’t have heart attacks, breast cancer, Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, or type 2 diabetes.

Uncertainty about any HRT began when The National Institute of Health (NIH), sponsored the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). This study of more than 161,000 women was designed to identify the benefits and risks of using hormone restoration therapy to prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease, breast cancer and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Many people, including doctors, did not realize that the results of WHI Study dealt with only women over 65 who were taking only synthetic hormone replacement therapy which consisted of the drugs PremPro and Premarin only. The study was ended midstream in 2002 when, WHI investigators found that the risks of this approach using synthetic therapy exceeded the safety limits established at the beginning of the study.

They never looked at compounded bio-identical hormones in static doses because they are prescribed and dosed too many different ways.

Women deserve something proven to be safe and reliable. New research has since led to a cancer study, one on safety and efficacy of Biomimetic Bio-identical HRT (BBHRT), and now a study on the genomic effects of BBHRT on cancer, and thresholds as well. The principal objective of the study is to examine clinical outcomes and quality of life indicators of patients receiving BHRT at 10 to 12 primary care provider's practices. This study is the first of its kind to track and quantify outcomes based on dosing and patterns of administration of BHRT. In 2030 there will be 57.8 million baby boomers living with many of the health issues that we may suffer between the ages of 66 and 84. There’s a chance that those who choose rhythmic replacement, the Wiley Protocol, could age to a healthier more graceful tune. Think about it.

So what exactly is meant by “the rhythm”? The body has rhythms that are governed by a master clock that works much like a conductor. It strikes up one section of the body's orchestra as another quiets down, taking its main cue from light signals in the environment to stay in sync with the 24-hour day. Our body's hormones surge and ebb to this maestro's baton, controlling all endocrine function, predominantly a woman’s health for reproduction.

It is the circadian clock in our cells that measures one 24 hour spin of the planet. For 28 days the moon adds its light to create the menstrual rhythm for the body. The Wiley Protocol uses these natural rhythms in nature to establish the proper doses of estradiol and natural progesterone that mimic the natural hormones which would be produced by your body if you were young.

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AT RISK BEFORE ADDICTIONS In our American culture the word ‘addiction’ frequently sparks emotional reactions that promote fear, prejudice and intolerance.

It is a misunderstood disorder that medical science is committed to unravel.

For many years society’s intolerance and moral judgment toward the condition has kept it hidden in the closet postponing the development of effective treatments. Stereotypical images of individuals under the influence have been the object of comedic entertainment or violent drama which intentionally or unintentionally promotes shame that prevents individuals from seeking screening to determine dependence or if they are simply at risk for abuse.

Most of us automatically associate addiction with the abuse of alcohol or drugs and disregard a second type of addiction that includes certain behaviors that can be as disruptive and follow a similar path. Common and easily recognizable behavioral addictions can include gambling, sex, food, love, shopping, Internet, exercise, work, and even indoor sun-tanning. Some practitioners feel behavioral addictions can easily lead to chemical addictions.

Addiction is a difficult concept to define which leads to a number of different definitions. Some believe it is based on how much and how often an individual uses substances or engages in potentially addictive behavior or the responses observed when the individual is unable to engage in that substance or activity. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) explains, “Substance use disorder occurs when the recurrent use of alcohol and/or drugs causes clinically and functionally significant impairment, such as health problems, disability and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home.” Despite the arguments over a definition it boils down to a condition that results when a person uses a substance or engages in an activity that can initially be pleasurable but the continuation becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary responsibilities.

Many who are fearful they could have an addiction actually meet the criteria considered “at-risk” for addiction and would benefit from understanding the meaning of their “at-risk” behaviors. Individuals who use alcohol at a risky, but not dependent, level may benefit from a brief professional “intervention” that educates and provides tools toward the reduction of risky alcohol use. The International Journal of Preventative Medicine offers several questions you can ask yourself to help clarify the dominate features of addiction.

• Do you feel your process addiction or substance use is all you do?

• Even when you are not doing it, are you thinking about it?

Both process and substance addictions can take control of your mind. If you can’t take your mind off certain behaviors or if it always dominates the back of your mind you may fall under the “at risk” category. Feeling anxious or depressed when you are not practicing the behavior is indicative of an emotional withdrawal symptom.

According to The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) the low risk guideline for women are no more than 3 drinks per day or 7 drinks per week while for men the low risk drinking limit is 4 drinks per day or 14 drinks per week. There is a standard per drink so don’t kid yourself and count a 12 fl. oz. glass of wine as one drink. The one drink standard for a regular beer is 12 fl. oz., malt liquor is 8-9 fl. oz., table wine 5 fl. oz. and a shot of 80 proof spirits is 1.5 fl oz.

The goal of this article is not to frighten but to enlighten; addiction is a complex disorder that has many layers but at risk behaviors can be easily identified and treated. With education and commitment the entrapment of addiction can be avoided through at risk reduction.

Advancements in addiction prevention are happening at a rapid pace and society is becoming more understanding and sophisticated about the disorder. Mental health professionals have the tools to assist and asking for their support can be the first step in prevention.

Sue Ayers, MS, LPC 2/3/2018

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Athletic Lifestyle Change Body, Mind & Spirit Fit Seems just like yesterday you were setting your New Year’s Fitness Goal for 2018. With Spring Season just around the corner, it’s time to take an honest assessment of your fit life progress. Have you stuck to your goals? Executed your plans to attend that class or try the newest fit fad to get you into the shape you’ve been planning and dreaming of your entire life? How far have you come…? Or have you remained stuck in “planning” mode? Whether you’re just starting out, or an avid fitness pro…most of us have an idea or can imagine what it would be like to look, feel and live the best version of ourselves. Whether we allow ourselves to create the space in our lives to become that is another question altogether. Here are some key principles for helping you master 2018 and achieving your lifetime Body Goals: TIP 1 CHANGE YOUR OBJECTIVE: Getting fit doesn’t happen overnight or from a temporary diet fix. A successful Fitness regimen is a way of life. It is not solely isolated to physical activities or eating well briefly to shed a few unwanted pounds. It is a complete integrative process of conditioning the mind, along with the physical body to achieve balance, wellness, and a solidified change in the dialogue and process with your Body.

Don’t look for a quick fix and you won’t be discouraged by unrealistic expectations or results. Fitness is a Life Style, not a Life Hack. It’s a journey that continues and evolves with your conscious participation and effort. Take your time but use it wisely to create those gains!

TIP 2 MEDITATE: The Body is much wiser than the mind, however the Unconscious Mind automatically governs both. This Unconscious mind, holds the answers to what prevents a person from giving themselves permission and room to become their best Self. Without this knowledge, Fitness is a Fad. A Diet. A Bandage Solution, but not the true path to Wholeness & Healing. Find time to reflect on what affects your mood, food and fitness goals to gain solid answers on your mode of operation. Learn to silence the mind and sit in quiet meditation to keep your mind as strong as the body you are building.on your mode of operation.

Learn to silence the mind and sit in quiet meditation to keep your mind as strong as the body you are building.

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TIP 3 WATCH WHAT YOU CONSUME (WITH YOUR EYES AS WELL AS YOUR MOUTH): Your mind, emotions and feelings are dictated by the information your Body receives from its surroundings. The human brain receives roughly 10 million bits of information through the retina, however our Conscious mind is only able to “translate” the data it receives in parts and therefore the same in our conscious awareness. Could it be that there are other Factors affecting your Fitness Goals & Motivation? Watch what you eat, but also be mindful of what you consume that affects your fitness goals. Inspiration is one thing but comparing yourself to what you see on television, magazines or Social Media is more aggravating to your psyche than motivating.

Your Best Self is waiting to be revealed, not judged….

Molded…not scolded. The principles learned from meditation benefits you here, by creating a discipline that can easily tune out the false messages and images we are bombarded with daily. Try a Media cleanse to go along with your diet one and get inspired by your Self.

There are 4 things EVERYONE can and should replace immediately to get into alignment with their Health: 1) Replace regular white, iodized table salt with Pink Hima-

well, and performance can suffer without an adequate balance of fluids and electrolytes. 4) Replace condiments like Soy Sauce with alternatives like Coconut or Liquid Aminos, Dairy or Milk with nut-based alternatives and regular (bleached) flour with Coconut, Chickpea, Almond and many other plant-based options to help reduce calories, mucus and intestinal inflammation.

optimum health. We provide each client a tailored plan of action, food guidelines and a collective of supportive Health & Wellness care; to create a synergistic effect that extends into a Complete Holistic view of Fitness. Join us today and start your Journey with a Comprehensive assessment to begin collecting the knowledge and tools you need for success in navigating your Fitness path.

TIP 5 TRACK YOUR PROGRESS:

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Be a witness and cheerleader of your progress and accomplishments. In the beginning stages, journaling your daily food habits, intake and exercise sets the foundation for honest criteria of what needs to be changed, replaced, or amplified for optimum results!

Each vessel is an individual; but at the core, there are certain standard rules that govern our bodies for the most

TIP 4 CHANGE 4…. ITEMS IN YOUR DIET FOR INSTANT ENERGY BOOST, NATURAL WEIGHT LOSS AND A LIFESTYLE CHANGE. layan Mineral Salt which contains 84 essential trace minerals & elements. Regular Table salt has been stripped of its mineral content through a process that reduces it to only Sodium and Chloride. Chemically cleaned and then chemically enriched; its’ composition of 97.5% Sodium Chloride and an assortment of chemicals is your average Table Salt. 2) Replace your standard bleachedwhite, addictive sugar with Maple Syrup, Dates, Coconut Sugar, or other form of non-chemical sweetener. Table or White sugar feeds Candida (sugar parasites that make you crave more sugar), depletes energy levels, and contributes to an array of Health & Weight issues.

3) Replace your regular water with a slightly Alkaline version for a few months to help flush toxins and parasites that cause you to crave sweets, junk or processed and refined foods. You are composed of 70% water, and staying hydrated also helps energize muscles and prevent fatigue. Drinking enough fluids is important daily, and especially when exercising. Muscles do not work as American Journal of Integrative Medicine, Page 21

Food Safety 101

BY TRACY WOOD, CPC, ELI MP, HHA

During the Spring family picnics and barbecues are popular with families, and friends.

People have been “Breaking Bread” with one another since the beginning of time. However, with the increasing number of food allergies, it is important to keep track of the food you buy, eat, and share with others. One anaphylactic encounter for a peanut allergy child, can prove fatal.

The following food safety tips are based on important government scientific research.

In January 2011, President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this law in effect, makes the food supply safer by shifting the focus of federal regulators from reactive respinse to prevent and protect.1

Eat leftovers within 3 days Pack your lunch in an insulated lunch bag with a cold pack.

Reheat your food to an internal temperature of 165 º F. Thaw foods from the freezer to the refrigerator (rather than on the kitchen counter or in water).

Check expiration dates By using solid guidelines, you can keep your food safe and spend more time enjoying the social aspect of the event.

As always, Be Well!

An original work by Tracy Wood, CPC, ELI-MP, HHA

Here we include suggestions from the Codex Alimentarius, the international guideline to food safety, published in 2003 by the WHO - World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.2

References: 1“Food: Fact Sheets and Presentations,” (U.S. Food and Drug Administration 2 May 2014), http://www.fda. gov/ Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/ucm247546. htm.

Food safety covers topics such as GMOs, extreme allergies, food poisoning, clean safe water, food-borne illnesses, food labeling, and more.3

2World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Codex Alimentarius (World Health Organization, 31 March 2014), http:// www.codexalimentarius.org/standards/list-ofstandards/en/?provide=standards&orderField=fullRefere nce&sort=asc&num1=CODEX. 3“Check Your Steps,” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 8 June 2014), www.foodsafety.gov/ keep/ basics/index.html.

Becoming an educated and knowledgeable shopper and label reader, you will know what REALLY is inn your food!

Here are some basic food safety tips: Always wash your hands before eating or handling food Wash your food well especially produce Wash and sterilize the food preparation areas in your kitchen (Ztek has an amazing product I use. Check it out https://www.ztek.life/acutecaretriage/ Cook your food to proper temperatures (for chicken and other select meats, above 140º F) to kill bacteria.

Refrigerate your food (below 40 º F).

Read food labels looking for allergens

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Spring Spirit – ( Resolutions )

BY REV. BRIAN SHAFFER, CPBS, GC, FT

Spring has sprung! It is often seen as a time for new life, and new hopes, young love, and even regrowth of the old flame.

Take this opportunity to make personal changes in your life. We may call these changes vows, promises, or resolutions.

We often think about changes in terms of exercise, weight loss, or healthier eating. Perhaps what is most needed in your life is not a new diet pill or weight loss management plan. What might be needed most in your life is an effort to reclaim meaning and purpose through spiritual renewal.

Try the following considerations to help your mind and your heart cultivate your spiritual resolve this Spring.

Be it resolved that - I will seek to do the following: • Help create an atmosphere of confidence and peace in my surroundings Try to love yourself and every member of your family

• Respect persons who are different from me Learn from one another and from yourself since diversity enriches us.

Be tolerant, mutually agreeable, and benevolent • Be a good example to others.

The best word is shown by the way you act • Be merciful and forgiving when someone offends me Pardon is a beautiful and brave gesture. Be thankful for the favors of others • Cultivate my spiritual life It is the salt that gives flavor and provides light in darkness.

Always be sure to help honest persons and those who are alone.

This is an original article authored by Rev. Brian K. Shaffer, CPBS, GC-C, FT

• Save time for conversation, prayer, relaxation, and recreation with my family.

• Educate by means of love Conversation, unity, and love are the best methods of education. When violence is part of the teaching method, violence is learned. Live and teach peace, and peace will be learned • Participate in a spiritually meaningful faith or religious community Consider opening up your house for service within the community • Resolve problems with patience and tranquility Take a positive stand when you learn about difficult situations • Share my feelings with sincerity Say what you think, but listen to others. Hear what they have to say

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Satisfaction This article is part of a series of ongoing excerpts from the book Sex, Lies, and Menopause by T.S. Wiley.

The excerpt that follows refers to the need for women to maintain healthy menstrual cycles.

SATISFACTION There is a certain faction of the women’s movement that feels that no hormones at all are your best bet for a natural adjustment to aging. They frequently quote the venerable anthropologist Dr. Margaret Mead when describing the “joy” of unmedicated, natural menopause and the thrill of entering the second half of life unencumbered by the responsibilities of children or a career. This has become feminist “gospel” and their credo is best summed up with a term coined by Dr. Mead, postmenopausal zest. These hard-core “naturalists” seemed determined to actually celebrate the end of female physiology. What women will actually really turn into they never quite delineate.

Gail Sheehy reported in Silent Passages, the “menopausal version” of her best-selling Passages, that Margaret Mead’s daughter testified to the fact that her mother received estrogen shots once a week from midlife until she died. That’s how Margaret ran the Natural History Museum, worked her way through three husbands, reported on exotic cultures, and appeared frequently on The Tonight Show, The Dick Cavett Show, and Merv Griffin.

That’s postmenopausal zest, compliments of estrogen.

Does that mean Margaret worried about “feminine freshness,” as the commercials say, into her eighties? Did Margaret have a monthly period during all those years of ERT? If she took enough estrogen and any form of progesterone at all with it, she did. Progesterone, as the destroyer, in the life-giving scenario of build/destroy, build/destroy, always causes the shedding of the uterine lining if there’s enough estrogen preceding it to make progesterone receptors. Women on accurate natural hormone replacement will always have a period.

You must have a period to be viable in nature. Nature hates incompleteness. That’s why cycles are circles and continue to be, if you’re healthy. If you don’t have a period, you haven’t reached the peaks of hormone action that make receptors ready for the next wave of action. Without enough hormones to produce a five-day bleed, you haven’t replaced enough estrogen and progesterone to protect your brain and breasts.

Remember, to live in the state of grace known as youth, your body must function internally as though it’s young. Since you’re not about to go through pregnancy and lactation, the only other option is normal menstruation. That means menstrual periods forever, until you die, probably at a very ripe old age.

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Many of us may have already lived more than a few years menses-less and find the idea of recapturing menstrual youth just a little perverse, but for your health, it’s not. It can be messy to menstruate, but once you’ve accomplished accurate “replacement,” it’s not painful the way adolescent and perimenopausal periods can be. It can be tedious, but then so are chemotherapy, radiation, using a walker, carrying a white cane, insulin injections, a cardiac bypass, or losing your The newest clinical approach, even in natural, bio-identical hormone replacement, is that “less is more,” and not for very long or very often. This pervasive fear of HRT of any kind, sparked by the overwhelming use and failure of synthetic hormone drugs, has colored the perception of all the available varieties of alternative hormone replacement, too.

Lingering in the background of these assumptions is the unscientific, inaccurate notion that estrogen causes cancer and that the longer you are exposed to your own estrogen in your lifetime, the greater your risk of breast cancer. This assumption, unfortunately, seemed to be borne out in the epidemiological statistics of early puberty and late menopause as risk factors for cancer.

Early menarche is a function of precocious puberty or high insulin, and many of those early cycles are anovulatory, as are the cycles experienced in the last ten years of reproductive life (perimenopause) before the onset of menopause. Living with all the growth factors driven by high insulin and the lack of estrogen reception from insulin resistance, coupled with no progesterone from nonovulation, cancer would seem to be inevitable, from the cellular perspective.

It was never the exposure to your own cycles that caused the increase in breast cancer seen with early menarche and late menopause, because your system stalled early on from a lack of estrogen reception, thanks to insulin resistance and the lack of progesterone from subsequent ovulation.

There weren’t really normal cycles going on.

And even if you had a child or two, unless you breast-fed each one naturally, on demand for at least nine months to a year, you still truncated or missed physiologically developmental milestones that would prevent cancer.

Why were the statistics so gravely misinterpreted? It began with the work

Why were the statistics so gravely misinterpreted? It began with the work of anthropologist Beverly Strassmann, who teaches at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Strassmann spent years with the Dogon tribe in Mali, where she literally took up residence in the tribe’s menstrual hut. She made a chart of the women’s names and counted, over the years, their trips to the menstrual hut. Among the Dogon, she found that a woman, on average, has her first period at the age of sixteen and gives birth approximately eight times in her life. From menarche to twenty years old, she averages only seven periods overall in four years. Total.

Over the next decade and a half, from twenty to thirty-five years old, she is either pregnant or breast-feeding (the Dogon breastfeed for an average of twenty months), so she averages only one period a year. Then, from the age of thirty-five until menopause, around fifty, as her fertility declines, she continues to give birth and breast-feed, but she averages only four periods a year. Strassmann reasonably concluded the obvious—that normal women in the natural world had Then Dr. Malcolm Pike, a research physician at the University of Southern California, picked up Strassmann’s work, applied the “risk factor statistics” of early menarch and late menopause to it, and concluded that stopping “incessant ovulation” was the way to stop breast and ovarian cancer. This is the kind of thinking that led to a book entitled Is Menstruation Obsolete?, and the now-common worldview among clinicians that the least amount of hormone you can take is the best approach to replacement.

For some unfathomable reason, neither one of them ever took the obvious path of reasoning that maybe it was what the women were doing when they weren’t visiting the menstrual hut that protected them from cancer—having and feeding babies (incessantly) for their whole lives—that, in fact, instead of the repetitious exposure to estrogen in a normal menstrual cycle being toxic, even more estrogen was needed. The escalating levels of estrogen and progesterone in pregnancy trip switches that make the breast immune to the high levels of prolactin in nursing and after menopause. But in our politically correct world, it didn’t even occur to scientists looking for the scientific truth to venture a guess at the obvious—that perhaps to be a healthy woman, one might have to live the lives of women physically. Our choices to stay healthy comprise just that along with the hopeful possibility that at this late date women can try to maintain a physiological state of “potential” in nature. By becoming physiologically young, by replacing your hormones on the inside—every cell and every molecule stay prepared, waiting on “ready” to do their job, in anticipation of the big event, whether or not it ever happens.

How is this miracle accomplished? More importantly, how is this miracle accomplished against all odds, after decades of misinformation from the drug companies to the doctors whom women need to prescribe for them? Here’s a suggested course of action: Get your physician to order blood-work to establish need and to give you a baseline so that you can adjust your own dosages, because hormone replacement is an art for which most physicians have neither the time nor the inclination. So you must learn how to be responsible for how you feel and how to prevent the health

disasters of aging yourself. The art of using hormones for complete replacement has to be an individual one because everybody’s different. Your response to hormone replacement will be unique to you.

You are different from the woman sitting next to you, and she is not the same as her sister or daughter. Any man would tell you that that’s the amazing thing about women, no two are alike, and yet they’re all women.

The only way to level the playing field for your doctor is to give them the tools that clinicians work from—numbers. Normal levels of estrogen and progesterone during a twenty-eight-day menstrual cycle have been measured in serum (bloodwork) in women of all ages for decades now, so the consensus of what the numbers should be in a “young” woman are accepted as fact. These established peaks and valleys have numerical ranges that vary only slightly from lab to lab.

For example, on the bloodwork requisition that a doctor will fill out there are ranges for ages and times of the menstrual cycle. So it will say “ages 15–25, midfollicular phase.” That would be the to reach on hormone replacement, say 350 to 500 pg (picogram) per ml of your blood. Progesterone values in a young woman age 15 to 22 at the peak of production from the corpus luteum (“midluteal phase”) is measured in double digits at values between 10 and 22 ng (nanogram). So when you replace your progesterone from the outside, blood drawn on Day 21 of your cycle should register a number between 10 and 22, if you’ve got it right. The key to accuracy is to always “weigh yourself on the same scale,” so to speak, and always go to that same lab on the same days of your cycle at the same time of day.

These numbers will prove to your doctor that no matter how much hormone you should choose to apply, you have not exceeded physiologic doses. Although they may point out that the “normal” physiologic level of estrogen in a fifty-six-year-old woman is more like 40 pg per ml, remind them of the health problems in fifty-six-yearold women that you are hoping to avoid with this new approach.

If they say something akin to “it just seems dangerous or unnatural,” tell them that so is living beyond reproduction for all species.

These numbers are themselves the justification for the amounts of hormones you’ll need him to prescribe to reach them. Doctors have been prescribing PremPro for years at the same dose for all women, with no way to measure the effect, because there are no standards for equilin, horse estrogen, in the blood of a human woman.

By charting the rising and falling hormones you are replacing for the first three months of treatment, a stable dose can be attained that can stay the same as long as you feel well. Since aging is a continuing process, checking your hormone levels every six months, after the initial dosing period of ninety days, gives you a chance to keep up increases as you need to. Fluctuating and falling hormones are no longer a concern because you returned to a “normal” rhythm as long as you continue natural hormone replacements.

We need those cycles. And we CAN put them back.

Ask one of our WP Certified clinicians if this protocol is a good fit for you.

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Avoid Injuries

BY ANGELLE CHEVALIER TIPS ON SAFETY WHEN STARTING AN EXERCISE REGIME Avoiding Common Injuries When Exercising Many of us start exercise routines with the best of intentions, only to be derailed with unexpected injury. While trying to do something good us, that healthy new practice ends up causing great pain.

We start these exercise plans most often at the New Year, or Spring as summer – bathing suit season, approaches.

Using a little fore thought and attention, we can avoid exercise-induced injuries.

The best way to avoid injuries is awareness. These common types of injury can occur if being carless. The three most common exercise injuries that happen include the following: • Injuries when beginning an exercise routine from long term sedentary lifestyle • Overuse injuries from overtraining • Injuries when coming off an extended break Injuries come in all shapes and sizes. Most injuries cause general muscle soreness. This soreness can limit basic movements. Things like walking, bending, or lifting even light items. Other injuries can include muscle tears/ sprains and potential ligament damage.

When we start exercising after a long break, we are more susceptible to damage, than novices, exercising for the first time. This happens because former “athletes” try to jump right back in again, where they left off. They don’t realize their physical condition is very different from when they worked out regularly.

Common overuse injuries happen more with regular exercisers. These injuries include maladies such as plantar fasciitis, stress fractures, tendonitis, runner’s knee, and bursitis or tennis elbow.

This damage is a direct result from pushing our bodies too hard too soon. By doing what, you may ask? Lifting heavier weights, we should, poor form, lack of warm-up, not resting enough between workouts, upping the weight we are lifting to higher levels of resistance, and lack of stretching and flexibility causes injuries.

How can you avoid these injuries?

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Meet with your on-line fitness coach. Together you will build an exercise routine based on your current level of fitness and based on your specific goals. Giving them your medical background and health history. A good plan needs a warm-up and cool down, core stabilization work, and flexibility training. Variety – we don’t want to get bored doing the same thing every. Building in variations keep us motivated. Working with a qualified trainer may help eliminate injuries caused by using too much weight, bad form, exercising beyond your skill level, and more.

2. Warm-Up Every time you begin a workout - be sure to warm up adequately prior, to loosen tight muscles and ensure that the surrounding tissue receives enough blood and nutrients to perform any required tasks during the actual exercises.

Skipping the warm up can result in painful muscle tears that take time and rest to heal such as muscle tears/ sprains and potential ligament damage. About 10 minutes of light cardio routines like jumping, running, or using an elliptical will get your circulation going and qualify as an adequate warm up. If you're cycling, for example, set the bike's controls on the lowest speed and tension, and pedal for just a few minutes your first few times. Gradually increase the speed and intensity only when you feel ready.

by using too much weight, bad form, exercising beyond your skill level, and more.

5. Down time between workouts We cannot stress enough, adequate rest between workouts is paramount. If you exercise every day, make sure you mix up the muscle groups you are focusing on with each workout. A good rule is not to exercise muscle groups that are sore from your prior workout.

6. Avoid repetition with the same muscle groups Using the same muscle groups over and over without switching it up can lead to severe overuse injuries. A runner who continually trains for marathons, is building up the same muscle groups day after day. With running, the hamstrings can get stronger and tighter after months of use. Then the quads start to become overwhelmed by the hamstrings. Tight hamstrings can lead to tight hip flexors, and the cascade of injuries begins. Cross training can help prevent injuries.

you may create injury that can limit even the most basic of movements and delay your fitness pursuits longer than necessary. Allow your body to evolve and grow at the pace it allows, and respect its communication, whenever it tells you to rest or stop.

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With proper preparation, a solid routine, and a little crosstraining, your workouts can be safe and injury free.

Injuries come in all shapes and sizes and if your “dive” in and are not being careful when starting your new fit-plan,

3. Stay Hydrated Be sure to replenish and drink plenty of fluids to avoid muscle cramps caused by dehydration. Drinking too little water can make you feel thirsty, but it can also cause dizziness, light-headedness, lack of energy, and muscle cramping. Pay attention to these signs of fatigue or feeling sluggish, at the beginning of your workout. It is recommended to drink an ounce of water for every 10 pounds of body weight about one to two hours before you exercise, but also make sure not to over consume water right before the start of a workout 4. Balance A comprehensive fit-plan needs a proper warm-up and cool down, core stabilization work, and flexibility training.

Your fit assessment will determine what full-body routine or workout-out suits your level of fitness and flexibility.

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Energy Medicine:

BY MARY JO RUGGIERI It’s All About Vibration

Application of the Law of Attraction

All energy follows the basic laws of movement.

At its most elemental level, movement is nothing more than vibration.

• How you feel actually creates a vibration that emanates from you.

• The Universe will correspond in like to the vibration created by these feelings.

• Everyone is the creator of his/her own life.

• You attract what you think and feel.

• Words are important—they have energy; thus, you get what you ask for.

• Passion creates energy, and a lot of passion attracts even more energy.

• You personally draw everything to yourself.

• Affirmative thoughts attract 100 times more than negative thoughts.

Scientist Albert Einstein says that all energy reaches a vibratory rate faster than even the speed of light. Matter Is energy and energy is matter.

One very interesting and profound attribute of vibration is like vibrations will attract.

According to Dr. Masaru Emoto, author of the New York Times best-seller, The Hidden Messages of Water, all things that exist vibrate.

The resulting energy is either positive or negative, and it is easily transmitted to other things.

Through various experiments and studies, Emoto shows that water can actually respond energetically to information.

Emoto’s research indicates that water attracts and absorbs various vibrations that are demonstrated as crystals when the water is frozen.

Humans we can create different vibrations mentally, physically, and emotionally. Other things, or events or people having similar vibratory rates can then resonate with the energy sent out. This is the Law of Attraction in Action.

Stated simply, vibrations create our reality. This understanding helps explain why and how you attract into your life whatever vibration you are habitually sending out.

Whatever You Give Energy To Flourishes Due to electro-magnetic force, vibrations move between two poles: a positive pole that sends out energy and a negative pole that attracts it. The Law of Attraction is really the Law of Polarity, which states that everything is dual, everything has opposite poles, and for movement to occur there must be a positive, neutral, and negative pole.

According to the Law of Vibration, we attract what we vibrate, and we vibrate what we intend and/or desire. So, it is wise to be careful what you think about or ask for because you will create the reality that brings it to you!

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You Attract What You Think—You Attract What You Feel The Law of Attraction is Always Working. Your life as you experience it is a physical manifestation of all your thoughts.

The more energy or focus you give to something, negative or positive, the more of that negative or positive thing will be attracted into your life.

The moral of the story is simple: you manifest what you dwell on, anything you give energy to flourishes, and you can always change what you attract into your life because you create your own reality.

References 1. The Kybalion, pg. 30.

2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

4. Emoto, M. (2005). The true power of water. Beyond Word Publishing, p. 21.

5. Ibid, pg 22.

6. TS Production, LLC (2006). The secret. DVD available at www.thesecret.tv 7. 7 McTaggart, L. (2002). The field. Harper Collins Publishers, p. 45.

8. McTaggart, L. (2006). Living the field: The science of the field three. Available at www.livingthefield.com, p. 5T causes injuries.

How can you avoid these injuries?

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Advantages of One Pharmacy Reliable RX – The Advantages of Having Your Prescriptions All at One Pharmacy If you are living with a chronic condition like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or asthma, you know that taking your medication as prescribed is vital to managing the disease. But you also know that managing several prescriptions can be overwhelming. Different questions for different pharmacists can have inconsistent answers.

One of the many benefits of using one Pharmacy, in addition to the obvious controlling of costs, is the pharmacy having access to all your medications

allows the pharmacist to better monitor drug interactions that may be harmful to you.

You can get to know your reliable pharmacist and ask questions about your medications.

Mail order is very convenient. You simply place your order over the phone and have the prescriptions shipped directly to your home. You don’t have to drive to a pharmacy, wait for your prescription to be filled, and then stand in line at the register. If you suffer from a chronic condition that requires monthly medications, you can save multiple trips to the pharmacy by having your prescriptions sent to you on a monthly basis (auto fill).

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tients by name. So, walking in to the pharmacy is an option. However, if you prefer having all your medications shipped directly to you we are more than happy to do so. So, either way, customer service is our number 1 priority.

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How to Develop More Self-Confidence

BY TRACY WOOD, CPC, ELI MP, HHA Self Confidence: “I will never pass this test!” Susan blurted out then sank down in her seat.

I was shocked at what I was hearing. I had been conducting a pretest prep session in my third period Language Arts class. We had been working with the kids study guide for the test I was giving on Friday. Susan was an honor student and was always very participatory in the study group. She is a popular student, well-liked by her peers, and had a great attitude. I expected her to be confident and prepared for her exam.

“Susan, did you hear what you just said?” I asked softly.

“What?” Susan looked at me puzzled “Oh, yes, I said I will never pass this test.” She said with a nervous smile. She realized after all the prep time, and spitting out answers one after another, she still had not changed the way she thought about her ability, rather than her capabilities.

“You did just sit through this entire session, right? Where we all recognized we KNOW the answers to these questions from Fridays test,” I asked.

After a few moments of awkwardness, I smiled. “We need to spend the rest of our time working on the mindset, rather than the study material.”

That that day stuck with me. If a kid like Susan, who was totally engaged in learning something I was teaching could just moments later, fall right back into a negative pattern of learned behavior, then anyone could.

Negative thinking is an invasive bad habit that can, if it stays undetected, cause seemly insurmountable problems. Think about it; do you think Susan would have passed her test if was convinced she was going to get an “F” on the exam? It isn’t likely.

Do you think you will be as confident and successful as you can be if negative thinking is a habit for you? Not likely here, either.

To help you break the negative pattern and develop self-esteem and success, here are the three most common negative beliefs and ways to help shift them: #1: “I Don’t Deserve It” Have you ever been in a room with the air conditioning on? You say, “Well, of course I have!” What happens when the air is on in the room? We set a thermostat to 78 degrees. When the temperature goes to 80 degrees, the air conditioning kicks on, and cools the room back down to where the thermostat think the room should be.

Well, life works that way as well. We have an ideal about the way we are “valued” or in other words our “self-worth”. So as we go through life and we see ourselves, and things start to go really well, we start to get uncomfortable “unconsciously”.

Now, some of you will say that’s not true, I want more stuff, and better stuff and I love it. Well, consciously, that’s true, but in the back of your mind, you have an idea of what you think you “should” have. So

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when you are doing well in your life, you’re really making things happen. The thermostat in your brain can kick on, and you will purposefully take yourself back down to where you think your life should be.

You may start to sabotage your successes.

So now we know how it happens. Let’s get clear on what to do to get out of it!

Visualization is a powerful tool. Now before you say “I can’t visualize!

I am not good at it!” Let me ask you a question, have you ever been to a movie? You say, “Of course I have been to a movie!” Do you remember any part of it? The sets? The characters? The scenery?

Of course, you do.

Let’s try something - Pick your favorite movie right now. Picture it in your head. Take a moment and try this with me. Imagine your favorite part of the movie. Can you see it?

Ok, I have made my point, congratulations, you can successfully visualize.

Design an ultimate self-image in your mind’s eye. Picture for yourself the successful self that you want to be. Make the image of a strong, deserving, intelligent, emotionally balanced, outstanding you. See yourself standing tall, breathing fully, holding your head high and smiling. As you hold this image in your head say to yourself, “I am whole, perfect and complete”.

Spend a few minutes at the beginning of each day as you get ready for school, work, or just your daily life. Repeat this when you get ready for bed in the evening seeing this image. Say this affirmation over and over for 3-5 minutes. “I am whole, perfect and complete.”

Know you are truly Whole Prefect and Complete. When your negative thoughts try to creep in, use your visualization and affirmation to bring you back to your centered, strong, and successful self. #2: “I am a failure” Some of us carry the label of a failure. Most often, it is not our label.

We have picked it up from someone else. A thoughtless teacher, coach, or family member. One thing to remember, if you don’t remember anything else you read here, words are like a bullet, once they are out of the gun, you cannot take them back.

Let me ask you a question: When someone gives you a gift and you refuse to accept it, who does the gift belong to? Think that one through. Who does it REALLY belong to? It belongs to the person trying to give it to you.

So isn’t that the same for name calling, negative labels and criticism?

YES, it is. Decide today, you will not wear someone else’s label.

Let us now anchor a new label. What do you want that label to be?

How do you want to be known? Are you a brilliant athlete? Maybe you are an honor student? Or how about you are a strong and successful man/woman.

Think about that now? Close our eyes for a second. Go back to that image of your ultimate self. What do you look like? Are you smiling and energetic? Are you bright and positive? How do you stand?

How do you hold your head? How do you live your daily life?

Visualize yourself, attach your own definition and label, see your-

Visualize yourself, attach your own definition and label, see yourself strong, with your new ultimate self, outstanding, amazing. Know your old negative names and images that do not serve are no longer attached to you. You can choose your life, you can be the creator of your own “show”, just pick your role and begin acting the way you want to.

OK, now for the anchoring part of the exercise. Do you have your image in your head? Good, now standing tall, if you are not standing, get up right now, yes I am serious stand up.

Now sanding tall, I want you to see yourself in your head and I want you to clap your hands together in a rapid and animated pace. While clapping, I want you to say “YES!” Again, no one can see you, and if they can, you will be entertaining to them. Now, again, see yourself as a winner, an amazing athlete, or your ultimate self. Do you see it? Now clap your hands again and say “YES!” Again “YES” Again “Yes” keep your ultimate image “yes”.

Ok, you can sit back down. Now how do you feel? Do you have more energy or less energy? More excited about your ultimate self or less excited? If you anchored these images in correctly, every time you need to center yourself in that image, or you need to feel powerful, all you ever have to do is pull back up your anchor. Clap rapidly, pull your image into your head, and viola, you will be right where you want to be. #3 I don’t matter This negative belief I see often in middle school and high school aged kids that I coach. It is a serious problem when kids feel like they are “invisible” or they don’t have a voice.

This can leads to feeling powerless, victimized, and feelings of worthlessness. This mindset triggers a chain reaction of negative self-talk. It starts patterns where children will put themselves down emotionally to where they think they “deserve” to be. They will develop negative self-images and when others put them down, they will accept those criticisms allowing for potential bullying to escalate. It can take

you down a road that you don’t want to go!

How do we break these patterns early? How do we recognize them when they start and empower our children (or even adults) without the lectures that so many of us will tune out?

When we put good messages in, we push negative messages out. It can be that simple. What we say, as their parent, partner, spouse, what they hear habitually, can help shape and define them. What are you saying to your child/self/friend/spouse habitually? What does the rest of the family say? Their friends? If you don’t know, it’s time that you find out! But in the meantime, it’s your job to get good messages inside their head. Create some affirmations for your children/spouse/self and do them with them daily until it is a conditioned part of their fiber. If you have toddlers, start now.

From the time before my children could speak, I had affirmations I designed for them. Three a day, every day.

My children knew, they were brilliant, they were the loves of my life, and they knew they could accomplish any goal they set their mind to.

Positive affirmations consistently can and will keep you on the road to a strong sense of self-worth. It will support a self-image that is grounded and balanced. Any child who is confident will feel more competent, self-assured, and independent of the good opinion of others.

At the end of our lives, we want to feel as though we provided positive contribution to society. We want to believe we did the best job we could raising our children. We want to be the best and most loving partner we could be. By making these small but powerful changes in your life, you can change the course of your life.

I hope you found something in this article that triggers you to make changes in your own life, or to reach out to help someone else.

Live your life with passion!

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These are considered “Germ Hotspots” - places or things that are frequently touched, utilized or interact with the human environment therefore resulting in a higher accumulation of germs for those particular areas or items. Essentially, Germ Hotspots are what we all frequently touch and use daily and are therefore second nature to us and absent of our immediate conscious focus. However, these areas are often danger zones where you’ll find harmful bacteria that may cause illnesses, such as the common influenza virus, staph and other infectious diseases. of Polarity, which states that everything is dual, everything Through preparation and active awareness, we can protect ourselves from exposed risks of infection as we bustle about our daily lives, therefore helping reduce and prevent the spread of viruses and bacteria. There is no way to avoid all of these touch points or hotspots, but we can be proactive and aware of our actions so that we make better health and hygienic choices that protect ourselves, families and support our communities.

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6) Wash hands and apply Skin TEK after petting animals or pets to help prevent the transmission of Influenza viruses from Animals to People.

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Prevent disease with proper Hand Hygiene & Skin TEK It’s possible to prevent contracting the cold or flu by incorporating a system of Hygiene and Bacterial Control with SKIN TEK. Use these tips to prevent spreading or being infected from potential disease: 3) Hands go everywhere and get into everything! Our hands explore and are an instant extension of whatever we are doing, eating or fiddling with— and move rapidly between our eyes, mouths, noses and especially other people’s hands!

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Spring Break Activity

BY TRACY WOOD, CPC, ELI MP, HHA Elementary age children require at least 60 minutes of exercise per day to stay healthy and to be physically fit With the engaging design and advanced technologies being more affordable, school aged children are increasingly more sedentary. Today’s generations have traded outdoor activity for Xbox and PlayStation, virtual sports, Smart Devices, and television.

Schools once were the place where children could develop both their mind and bodies, but less time is spent these days playing and running around during recess and physical education. These kids get to their lunch period, break out their phones, and proceed to eat vending machine snacks over a decent hot lunch.

The result: Children ages 6 - 12 with rising obesity rates and weight-related health issues. These physical maladies can quickly turn into chronic conditions. Left unmodified, the inactive lifestyle behaviors can leave a lasting impact they carry into adulthood.

Physical activity helps relieve stress, allows for a healthily growing imagination, and helps with development of social skills. Today’s generation struggles with live engagement with others in their peer group. Children who ride skateboards, bikes, who run, walk, and/or swim during the day are proven to get a better night’s sleep.

• Shooting hoops • Jumping rope • Tag • Frisbee • Skating – indoor ice or rollerblading outdoors • Batting cages • Golf – miniature or actual • Paintball or Airsoft Tag • Jogging • Hiking • Swimming • Playing wall ball So, get out and do something physical this Spring Break, even if you only have a limited amount of time, the bonding time will be worth its weight in gold.

Be Well!

This is an original work by Tracy Wood, CPC, ELI-MP, HHA

Parents, it is our responsibility to ensure that our children get the right amount of activity to safeguard their health. In my house, we make it a family affair. We golf, walk on the beach, ride horses, and play in our pool. It is important for our children to learn by positive example.

Help your kids come up with things to do during their Spring Break. Things like:

• Playing catch • Go for a walk • Riding bikes • Kicking a ball around the yard, or a park • Dancing • Perform their chores to music • Walking the dog

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New Research Validates Wiley Study Validates Wiley Protocol

A Clinical Study

Bio-identical hormones can only be termed bio-identical if they mimic not only those chemically found in the body, but also imitate the natural biological process as well. A woman’s body does not produce hormones statically (the same amount every day) but in an undulating and changing rhythm throughout a 28-day cycle. In order to be biomimetic and truly natural, new findings show that the therapy should produce a menstrual cycle.

Women deserve hormone restoration that is proven to be safe and reliable. New research has since led to a cancer study, one on safety and efficacy of Biomimetic Bio-identical HRT (BBHRT), and now a study on the genomic effects of BBHRT on cancer, and thresholds as well. The principal objective of the study is to examine clinical outcomes and quality of life indicators of patients receiving BHRT at 10 to 12 primary care provider's practices. This study is the first of its kind to track and quantify outcomes based on dosing and patterns of administration of BHRT.

New research sheds fresh light on healthy hormone replacement therapy (HRT), suggesting that women must cycle their hormones and have a menstrual bleed to be truly safe from negative cardiovascular events. According to a recent Danish study, a combined cyclic regimen with monthly bleeding creates a lower cardiovascular risk for women than continuous-combined estrogen/progesterone/progestin therapy, which does not cause a menstrual bleed. The study also found that overall there was no increased risk of heart attacks in current users of HRT compared to women who had never taken hormones.

This research is significant validation of the value of cyclical (estrogen, followed by a combination of estrogen and progesterone) hormone therapy and that biomimetic hormone restoration therapy (BHRT) may actually be safer than statically dosed continuous-combined alternatives, whether bio-identical or synthetic.

According to the principal investigator of this research, *Dr Ellen Løkkegaard, a gynecologist at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark, “The main message is that when hormone therapy is indicated for a woman, then a cyclic combined regimen should be preferred, and that application via the skin or the vagina is associated with a decreased risk of myocardial infarction.” The observational study, the largest to look at the effects of HRT since the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial in 1991, followed 698,098 healthy Danish women, aged 51-69

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Biomimetic Hormone Restoration and Healthcare Costs Using a true biomimetic hormone restoration therapy, relief from many menopausal symptoms, such as improved sleep could allow women to live happier and more productive lives.

Medicare and other insurance reimbursements for constant doctor visits and endless prescriptions and procedures would be reduced. Quality of life would improve for most symptomatic women and many more women would never have to experience the debilitating effects of being without their hormones.

Every day, forward thinking doctors, now leery of the “Standard of Care” approved synthetics, are choosing safe, effective, biomimetic hormone restoration. By 2030 there will be 57.8 million baby boomers between the ages of 66 and 84 living with many of these health issues. There’s a possibility that those who choose rhythmic replacement, the Wiley Protocol, could age to a healthier more graceful tune.

An original work by, T.S. Wiley

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Hypnosis WHAT IS HYPNOSIS - WHY HYPNOSIS There are many descriptions of what hypnosis is and does. To simplify its definition, it is a state of mind when perceptions, feelings, thinking, and behaviors concentrate on ideas and images that evoke intended effects.

The verbal communication that the hypnotist uses to achieve these effects are termed “suggestions.�

These suggestions are intended to create an emotional attachment to new information presented to the subconscious mind.

Hypnotist are trained to expand upon images and visualization that will foster highly charged emotions to the desired outcome.

Hypnosis can help with many undesirable behaviors for example smoking cessation, weight management, insomnia, and stress management to name a few. It can also help with enhancing desired behaviors by improving your mental preparation in sports, public speaking, test taking and more.

At Acute Care Triage, hypnosis is a pivotal part of our wellness programs. Using the techniques taught by Certified Hypnotherapist, in your ACT Wellness Plan, you can self-manage and change limiting or negatively impacting behaviors. Being a successful business person with an overwhelming fear of failure can be defeating and destructive. Learning to mindfully over come those fears is useful, but what if you could make it a programed subconscious response to wipe out those thoughts? Effortlessly? Priceless.

In future articles we will discuss who can and who cannot be hypnotized and the value of self-hypnosis training.

An original work by Rosie Schulman

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