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BRINGING MORE THAN HOMEWORK HOME

By Ryan Hogan It’s the time of year when we send our kids back to school from the holidays. Unfortunately, while schools are good places to learn they are great places to catch a disease. In fact, children’s Upper respiratory illnesses (URI’s) cause more doctor visits and missed school days than any other illness in the US. Luckily, there are a few things you can do at home to help reduce the chances of your child getting sick at school this year.

sanitizer before eating snacks, lunch and after using a shared computer mouse, pencil sharpener, water fountain or other community objects.

Now, most people know we need to wash our hands, but one thing most people don’t really relate their health to is nasal hygiene. Using a saline spray with xylitol, such as Xlear Nasal Spray, is safe for all ages. Research has shown this natural sweetener is useful in preventing bacterial otitis media (ear infections), among other upper respiratory problems that are most likely to occur in fall and winter months. Additional xylitol studies have also shown a significant reduction in asthma attacks when a xylitol nasal spray is used on a daily basis.

Xylitol affects nose and throat bacteria in two ways:

HOW? Before we talk prevention, we need to know how infection spreads. Many childhood illnesses are caused by viruses and bacteria that are transferred from person to person. URI’s increase in fall and winter as we spend more time crowded indoors. All it takes is one sick child, going to school for the spread to begin. Small droplets from a child’s cough or sneeze travel through the air and land on surfaces like desks, doorknobs and people. These germs are easily spread when someone touches the contaminated object and then proceeds to touch their eyes, nose or mouth. Children’s immune systems are less mature than those of adults, so they’re more vulnerable to these germs. Washing your hands and your nasal passages and also keeping their hands away from their nose, eyes and mouth are the most preventative habits to form at a young age.

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Since the average American child has six to ten colds a year, using a xylitol nasal spray is a safe and effective way to promote better upper respiratory health, year round.

FINAL HEALTHY TIPS In addition to frequent hand-washing, teach your child some other school health basics:

WHAT CAN YOU DO? Our best defense is to stop cold germs where they breed.

Good hand-washing is the most effective way to prevent bacteria and viruses from spreading. Wash your hands after using the bathroom, blowing your nose, handling trash and prior to touching food to help eliminate germs. Soap and water should be used for 20 seconds (about as long as it takes to sing the “Happy Birthday” song twice). Using alcohol-based hand cleaners is also effective. Remind your child to use the

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Even with all of these tips, your kids are bound to come down with something over the course of the school year. We all get sick at some point or another, forming healthier habits and maintaining a positive attitude is all we can do as parents.

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Glimpse of Immortality

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Dr. Scott Olsen, Professor of Religion at College of Central Florida, will host a two-part program on A Glimpse of Immortality. Part One will be held on Sunday, February 8 at 1 pm at Unity of Citrus County, 2628 W. Woodview Lane in Lecanto. The title of his talk is “The Divine Proportion and Transformative Experience.”

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Calcium and Vitamin D May Help Prevent Dental Decay

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study from Argentina’s Buenos Aires University has linked dental caries to low levels of calcium and vitamin D. Dental status and caries risk were assessed by determining the number of decayed, missing and filled teeth, the amount of plaque, and the sugar intake of 106 women of the average age of 24.

Calcium levels were deficient among nearly 60 percent of the women, 70 percent had low blood levels of vitamin D, 72 percent consumed soft drinks daily, and all of them presented gingivitis (gum disease). The third with the highest caries scores and decayed or missing teeth had significantly lower calcium intake and vitamin D levels and significantly higher intake of protein and soft drinks, plus significantly higher plaque and sugar intake compared with the rest of the women.

The researchers concluded that low calcium intake is associated with a high risk of dental caries and a greater severity of oral disease. “Adequate nutritional status of calcium and vitamin D could be an additional factor that may help preserve good oral health,” they state.

Marriage is Good for the Heart

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esearch from the New York University School of Medicine found that married people have significantly less cardiovascular disease (CVD) than those who are divorced, widowed or otherwise single. The study used data on the rates of CVD from the health surveys of more than 3.5 million men and women collected at 20,000 U.S. medical centers.

Married people younger than 50 had 12 percent lower incidence of heart disease than single people. Married couples between 51 and 60 years old had a 7 percent lower risk, while those older than 60 had a 4 percent lower risk.

The results were presented at the 2014 scientific sessions of the American College of Cardiology. Researcher and cardiologist Jeffrey Berger recommends that doctors show increased diligence for single patients: “If one of my patients is recently widowed or divorced, I’m increasingly vigilant about examining them for signs of any type of cardiovascular disease and depression,” he says.

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month

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Mind-Body Therapies Stimulate the Immune System

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large statistical analysis of multiple studies on body-mind therapies such as meditation, tai chi, qigong and yoga found that the practices effectively reduce inflammation and show promise in modulating the immune system. Scientists at the Tufts University School of Medicine analyzed the results of 34 controlled scientific studies that collectively assessed 2,219 people.

Each study involved the use of at least one mind-body practice for between seven and 16 weeks and measured immune system health using multiple biological markers. Eighteen of the studies specifically examined inflammation factors, while seven evaluated antiviral-related immunity. Nine of the studies measured C-reactive protein (CRP) levels—an indicator of cardiovascular-related inflammation.

The analysis revealed that mindbody therapies reduced CRP levels in subjects with high risk factors for cancer, diabetes, depression and cardiovascular disease. The scientists added that some of the research suggested that mind-body therapy may also increase immunity against viral infections.

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globalbriefs

GMO Pushback Hawaii Lobbies for Anti-GMO Laws

Greenwashing Conundrum Biodegradable Plastic Bags Are a Hoax

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n 2010, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed recommendations for environmental marketing claims. The agency has sent warning letters to 15 marketers informing them that their claims may be deceptive, and requested more scientific evidence that plastic bags labeled as biodegradable, or “oxodegradable,” implying the bag will break down in time when exposed to oxygen, were true to the claim. Because many bags are dumped in the low-oxygen environment of a landfill, the FTC considers those advertised benefits as dubious.

Joseph Greene, a professor at California State University, Chico, points out that oxodegradable should be amended to “oxofragmentable” to be more accurate, because the plastics just break into smaller and smaller pieces. Chemically, they don’t break down into anything less hazardous. In fact, if these plastic bags disintegrate in the ocean, the fragments will be about the right size for sea creatures to mistake them for plankton.

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new service called Plated (Plated.com) is providing households the ability to prepare a fresh, homemade dinner without having to think about menu planning or grocery shopping. The ingredients arrive at the door in a biodegradable box, pre-portioned and ready to cook in 30 minutes.

Customers browse a rotating menu of chef-designed recipes on the Plated website and select their favorites each week, add the number of plates to the shopping cart and set a delivery date. For the price of subscription to the service, they receive a box with perfectly portioned ingredients and detailed cooking instructions. Based in New York City, Plated delivers its subscription boxes to 47 states, with plans to further expand in the next year.

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Batteries that Last 1,000 Years

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he Aloha State enjoys a year-round growing season, with multiple harvests annually. Last year, the Hawaiian island of Kauai passed genetically modified organism (GMO) farming restrictions, but they were overturned in court.

Now, Maui County, which includes the Hawaiian islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai, has approved a moratorium on the cultivation of genetically modified crops. The majority of Monsanto’s GMO corn seed sold to farmers in Argentina, Brazil and the U.S. comes from its Maui operation.

If the law stands, Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences, another biotech firm with operations in Maui County, will need to seek alternatives.

Lawsuits have already been filed by opponents of the ban as well as proponents who want rigorous enforcement built in. Michael Lilly, former attorney general of Hawaii, expects the new law to be struck down like the previous Kauai attempt on grounds that state law supersedes it, although appeals in that case are underway. Meanwhile, an injunction has stalled the whole process.

The message from anti-GMO forces is that although giant firms have deep pockets and many options, staunch determination to stem the tide of GMO crops worldwide may eventually enjoy the sweet fruit of victory.

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group of Swedish researchers has discovered an unconventional way to give new life to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from iPhones to electric cars, using pine resin and alfalfa seeds. The researchers plan to take up to two years to improve the chemistry of the product, and claim that the recycled batteries could last up to 1,000 years, according to researcher David Brandell.

It has been estimated that demand for the batteries from automobile manufacturers could explode up to 400 percent in the next six years. The researchers see the technology as a global antidote to current methods for recycling manufactured Li-ion batteries that are energy-intensive and require toxic materials to manufacture.

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Best Ways to Enjoy Greener Indoor and Outdoor Fires

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ur inclination to position ourselves near fire is a year-round lure nationwide. Yet, the traditional ingredient in both indoor fireplaces in the north, and outdoor fire pits in the south, should give shivers to the eco-minded.

In addition to causing considerable air pollution, wood smoke contains carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and fine particulates that can aggravate asthma, allergies, and other health conditions.

Eco-friendly firelogs—many made of recycled biomass products such as compressed wood sawdust, ground nutshells, and other ingredients—provide low-emission and petroleum-free alternatives to cordwood. According to GreenAmerica.org, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends manufactured logs over wood to cut air pollutants. Major manufacturers noted by ApartmentTherapy.com include Java, which uses coffee grounds; Energy Log briquettes, made from recycled mill waste; and TerraCycle, ShredMaster Ltd., and CleanFlame, all of which use recycled and repurposed cardboard. In addition to producing greater heat, some of these logs even produce a natural crackling sound without throwing sparks.

Inserts—basically stoves that fit into existing fireplaces—provide a genuine fireside feeling, but with benefits. An EPA-certified stove or insert is built to burn cleaner and more efficiently, dramatically reducing fine particle emissions and pollution over older models. However, while a propane gas stove insert burns even cleaner and is easier to operate, it uses nonrenewable fuel. Consider wood pellet models that burn ultra-compressed wood and biomass of olive, corn and cherry pits.

Outdoor steel fire pits that can burn firelogs have grown popular in warmer regions, and equipment manufacturers have responded. Tripods suspend swivel and free-standing grills over the pit for direct cooking or to hold cast-iron kettles.

Special outdoor tables also offer a gathering spot around friendly flames. Avoid gas and electric models as eco-no-nos.

If real wood is a must, be selective. Firewood that looks a little rough is more likely to come from over-mature trees of the kind that can be removed without affecting the health of its forest (WoodHeat.org). Product packages of Pioneer Processors firewood attest that it “never uses endangered wood species and always purchases from well-managed forests.”

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New Year, New You

by James E. Lemire, M.D.

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ow are those New Years resolutions going?

It isn’t too late for a fresh start. The key to developing a new you is to learn how to detoxify and clean our bodies in order to prepare ourselves for the rest of the New Year.

Why do we need to detoxify?

Dr. Sherry Rogers, in her book Detoxify or Die, wrote on page 44: “In EPA studies, surgical samples of fat of 400 average Americans showed every single person had stored carcinogens and destroyers of health. And they didn’t have just one, but many. For example, every single person had stored dioxins, PCBs, dichlorobenzene, styrene, and xylene. Any one of these alone can cause autoimmune disease, cancers and nearly every symptom imaginable.”

We’ve contaminated our environment with chemicals, pesticides, plastics and phthalates.

Everywhere on earth we are exposed to toxic metals including mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium, and aluminum. The water we drink is polluted with chlorine and fluoride. On page 18 of her book, Dr. Rogers wrote, “We should have known we were in trouble when a decade ago the cover article of USA Today showed that the average city water contains over 500 different chemicals.”

Worse yet is the stress on our

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newborns. The Environmental Working Group in 2005 published a study, “Body burden: The pollution of newborns, a benchmark investigation of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides in umbilical cord blood,” July 14, 2005. This study reported the discovery of 287 chemicals in 10 newborns’ umbilical cord blood.

180 of those chemicals are known to cause cancer in humans or animals, 217 are toxic to brain and nervous systems, and 208 are known to cause abnormal development in animal tests.

Toxicity begins in utero.

We are also bombarded daily with electromagnetic pollution from our power lines, household appliances, microwaves, home computers, and cell phones. You become a society stressed with emotional overload driven by 24/7 TV and Internet where “bad news wins!”

Take the following toxicity questionnaire to see how toxic you are.

1. Are you sensitive to odors, smoke, perfume?

2. You have muscle aches or muscle weakness?

3. Do you or did you work with or around toxins?

4. How many restaurant meals you eat each week?

5. Do you have memory loss, depression or anxiety?

6. Do you shake? Do you drop things?

If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you may have significant toxicity levels.

Detoxification is the body’s biggest budgeted metabolic activity.

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Conscious Dating Jill Crosby on Looking for Love Online

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by S. Alison Chabonais

ill Crosby, owner and founder of the Conscious Dating Network, has focused on spiritual development and meditation for more than 30 years. Working as a director for the granddaddy of the original onsite photo/ video dating companies, which included interviewing 6,000-plus singles, sparked a desire to create a venue for spiritually conscious singles to meet. So, 15 years ago, she created her flagship online dating site, SpiritualSingles.com. NaturalAwakeningsSingles.com, launched two years ago as part of the network, shares the same database of members as SpiritualSingles.com and many affiliated conscious dating sites in the network.

Today, the Conscious Dating Network is the largest of its kind. From Mount Shasta, California, Crosby leads a team of specialists who care for members’ needs and provide a loving, inspiring site for singles to meet their beloveds.

How has online dating continued to evolve and what trends do you see now?

The stigma about meeting someone online has completely dissolved as success stories have become so common. It’s like shopping online—you can look at many different varieties and styles to find exactly what you are looking for, rather than physically searching store after store hoping to find something you like.

Technology has made a tremendous difference in price, accessibility and reach. Today, members post selfies as headshots, shoot their own videos and can access potential matches anywhere in the world. www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com

I used to think longdistance relationships didn’t stand a chance.

However, with Skype and a willingness to relocate, many of our success stories start as long-distance connections. Video chatting is a great way to assess common values and get to know someone on a deep level before traveling to meet in person.

What distinguishes conscious dating sites like Natural AwakeningsSingles.com from mainstream sites?

Natural Awakenings Singles is a niche dating site for those who are conscious, spiritual and green. Singles with specific interests, passions and lifestyles usually prefer niche dating sites because they allow for more targeted search results, provided that the member database is large enough. Our database of more than 90,000 members globally is considered large for a niche. Mainstream sites may have more members; however, they require far more time and effort in sorting through profiles to find those with whom we might have something in common.

Natural Awakenings Singles is also much more generous than conventional pay models, in that free members can read and reply to personal messages and live instant messages sent from subscribing members. Most mainstream sites make members pay to read and reply to messages. Our primary goal is for our singles to become couples—to facilitate the tremendous amount of success our members experience, we do many things differently.

Have you seen any overall differences in the success stories the Conscious Dating Network facilitates?

Yes, our members usually connect on a deeper, “soul-to-soul” level and tend to understand that chemistry comes in all shapes and sizes. Our success story couples oftentimes have the feeling that they are destined to be together.

We encourage members to listen to their inner guidance in regard to whom to contact, be grateful in advance, and stay in their divine flow.

When members tune in and act from this space, miracles happen.

Many of our “destined” couples go on to do amazing projects together, like opening retreat centers, writing books, facilitating workshops, starting intentional communities, creating nonprofit organizations, and other beautiful ventures that neither of them would have necessarily done alone. The power of two seems to be exponentially greater.

What have proved to be your all-time favorite tips for online dating success?

By healing past traumas, loving and forgiving ourselves, and embodying our divine presence as much as possible, deep-seated feelings of unworthiness fall away and we emanate our true radiance, thus magnetizing a partner equally empowered and awake.

When we are in a place of personal power, there is no being shy or procrastinating. Imagine how it would be once you have met the love of your life, and focus on those feelings while browsing and reading profiles. When you notice a strong inner nudge to contact someone, do it.

If it isn’t mutual, that’s okay; don’t take it personally. That’s part of the beauty of online dating; the pool is large, and when the feeling and knowingness is mutual, you might just be starting a life together.

“In-joy” the process, be positive, and choose to make it a fun adventure!

Joining NaturalAwakeningSingles. com includes access to all members of all the Conscious Dating Network sites.

S. Alison Chabonais is the national content editor for Natural Awakenings magazines.

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Colon Hydrotherapy Detox and Hydrate

by Dr. Aaron Perry

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olon hydrotherapy is a good way to hydrate and eliminate toxins from your body. It also promotes better absorption of nutrients, thereby leading to improved health and well-being. When the colon is not working the way it should, problems such as constipation, diarrhea, bloating, gas, and pain develop.

Toxic colon = toxic body

Here is a list of common causes of toxic build-up in the human body: Constipation means toxins are fermenting and decaying in the colon, re-absorbing into the bloodstream, and polluting our tissues and cells.

Poor diet includes fried foods, junk foods, over-processed foods etc.

Overeating puts a tremendous amount of stress on your digestive system. By eating too much food, too fast, foods are not properly broken down, and they lodge in the lower intestines. Besides causing narrowing of the colon and even blockages, vital nutrients are not absorbed.

Stress is toxic to our bodies because it breaks down the immune system as well as all of the major organs.

Antibiotics have a damaging effect on the intestines. Antibiotics not only eliminate the bad bacteria in the body, but the good bacteria as well.

Eating late at night is damaging. The human body uses sleep to repair, rebuild and restore. Eating late at night prevents the body from using the sleeping hours to cleanse and detoxify, and to build strength and immunity.

Chemicals such as food additives, chemicals in our skin and hair products and cleaning supplies, pesticides in our food, and air pollution, all contribute to body toxicity and a host of health problems.

Tips to keep your colon healthy and optimize digestion

Together with regular screening, here are lifestyle changes that support colon health:

Exercise. Physical activity helps to boost your immune system, lower inflam-

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mation, and reduce insulin levels. Exercise strengthens your entire body.

Eliminate processed meats, and cut back on red meat and meats cooked at high temperatures. Processed meats include any meat prepared by smoking, curing or salting, and adding chemical preservatives such as nitrates. This includes bacon, ham, salami, corned beef and some sausages. High-heat cooking methods such as frying, broiling or grilling contribute to the creation of chemicals (HCAs and PAHs) that are linked to cancer. Healthier options for cooking meat include steaming and poaching.

Eat veggies, especially cruciferous veggies. Consumption of cruciferous veggies such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, and cauliflower is linked to a lower risk of many types of cancer, including colon cancer.

Drink plenty of clean, pure water.

Water makes up 75% of the human body.

It is second only to oxygen in order of importance to sustain life. Pure water cleanses the inside of the body as well as the outside.

Consume probiotics (friendly bacteria). When your digestive system is overrun by bad bacteria, it may generate waste products that harm colon tissues and make them more vulnerable to malignancies. By consuming probiotics and limiting your consumption of sugar, which feeds bad bacteria, you can help optimize your gut bacteria. Probiotics are available naturally in fermented foods such as kefir and traditionally made sauerkraut.

Maintain healthy Vitamin D levels.

Many Americans are Vitamin D deficient.

Adequate Vitamin D has been associated with healthy colon function and supports healthy immune function.

Chew your food 60-80 times before swallowing. When you chew your food properly, your body releases digestive enzymes that help to break down food so that your body can convert it easily into energy.

Numerous other lifestyle choices influence your overall colon health. For optimal colon health: • Sleep no less than 6-8 hours a night.

• Maintain a healthy weight.

• Eat five or more servings of fruits and

vegetables (organic when possible) each day.

• Limit your consumption of sugar and refined grains.

• Limit alcohol (no more than two drinks a day for men, one for women).

• Don’t smoke.

• Get screened for colon cancer starting at age 50.

The role of colon hydrotherapy in colon health

When the colon is burdened with putrefying food, bacteria, viruses, indigestible foods, and encrusted pockets of waste, the colon may become saturated with harmful toxins. This means that toxic substances can be transported into the bloodstream where the lymphatic, circulatory system, lungs and kidneys can become overburdened. When the body is unable to cope with the toxic overload, it is exposed to serious health risks. Colon hydrotherapy helps with the removal of these toxins.

By introducing filtered, temperature regulated water into the colon, the waste in the colon is softened and loosened, resulting in evacuation through natural colon movement. When receiving a colonic, clients lie on their left side on the therapy table. A sterilized speculum is gently inserted two inches into the rectum. Water flow and temperature, which is always under the direct control of the therapist, flows into the colon via a small water tube and expelled through evacuation tube carrying impacted feces, toxins, mucus and gas. As the water flows out of the colon, the therapist gently massages the abdomen to help the colon release its contents. It is possible to see this expelled waste matter when it passes through the viewing window in the evacuation tube. Clients are covered during this short session.

When you include colon hydrotherapy as part of your colon health program, the following common conditions disappear or significantly improve: dehydration, depression, insomnia, constipation, parasites, poor appetite, muscle pain, overweight, hemorrhoids, bad breath, irritability, bloating, gas, PMS, acid reflux, allergies, memory loss, eczema, hormonal imbalances, acne, psoriasis, anxiety, and asthma.

Dr. Aaron Perry (352-750-4333) at HealthCare Partners Family Medicine in The Villages is a colon hydrotherapist. Colon hydrotherapy sessions are solely for prevention, colon cleansing, and detoxification and are not a substitute for traditional medical care.

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is it and how deep does it go? Does it have a flavor?” The more she questioned, the more curiosity and attention she brought to the emotion and the freer she felt.

Turn Curiosity into Compassion

O’Malley learned to more accurately self-report her feelings. Instead of, “I am afraid,” she learned to assess; “Dread is here.” Then she cultivated compassion, treating the dread as her friend signaling the need for a solution.

She acknowledged and listened to the stricken and paralyzed parts of herself, knowing they were separating her from joy because they needed to be heard and understood.

Step Outside Struggle to Embrace Humility

What’s in Your Way? Obstacles Point the Path to Wholeness and Healing

by Deborah Shouse

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ince childhood, Mary O’Malley always thought that something bad was about to happen and experienced a continuous dread that gnawed her insides. Over the years, she tried to eat, drink, and medicate away the anxious feelings plaguing her, and sought help from group therapy, hypnotherapy and psychiatrists.

Then in 1972, in her late 20s, O’Malley attended a yoga workshop that helped advance her quest to let go of struggles and embrace life. Later, when she met Stephen Levine, whose teaching is influenced by Buddhism, he told her, “There’s nothing in you that needs to be fixed,” and invited her to view her own issues with curiosity and compassion.

The transformational insights learned along her journey shared in her book, What’s In the Way Is the Way, include simple tools for those who need to move beyond struggles to live in the present with more peace, ease and joy.

Train as a Tightness Detective

Ask this internal question when feeling stressed: “In what aspect of life am I holding on for dear life?” Is your breath short; are your shoulders tight; do you feel a fist in your solar plexus or an elephant sitting on your chest? These are indications that you’re aligned with some struggle. By softening and breathing into the tight places, you can open into life and better align with ease and grace.

Strengthen the Curiosity Muscle

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O’Malley believes that struggle is humanity’s core compulsion. We develop a story about the difficulty of life and heroically fight against myriad injustices. Yet making a U-turn in perspective to see them as challenges is tailor-made to help us recognize and achieve separation from our individual struggles in favor of a better way of experiencing life.

“The dictionary misses the full meaning when it defines humility as ‘lowliness, meekness, submissiveness,’” O’Malley believes. “True humility is a state of great availability, and from this kind of openness we can reconnect with the joy of being fully alive.” She now discovers gifts embedded in every single challenge.

Deborah Shouse blogs at DeborahShouseWrites.wordpress.com.

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Tooth Whitening Products Not all are created equal!

by Perry Ekstrand, DDS, LVIF, The Swedish Dentist

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have been practicing dentistry since long before modern teeth whitening was an option. Ancient Romans used urine and goat milk in an attempt to whiten their teeth—so I thought you might appreciate learning about more modern techniques.

I’ve seen many patients whose teeth were so severely stained that they were embarrassed to smile. The only solutions we could offer were to cover the teeth with crowns or veneers in order to mask the discoloration. Along with being very expensive, sometimes the discoloration of the teeth under restorations would still shine through for a less than perfect result.

As new products came onto the market, they would be brought to our office and we would investigate them and try them on team members and excited patients. Over the years I have seen products that work, but not consistently. Results were okay but not exceptional. There was sensitivity and sometimes pain during treatment, even long-term sensitivity, relapse, or no results at all. I never really found any product that worked for everyone, so each case was crossing your fingers and hoping it worked for that one patient. Not the kind of stats I like.

Many people expect that whitening teeth will take away everyday stains as from coffee, tea and wine.

Most over-the-counter gels will do that.

However, the only way to permanently restore whiteness to the teeth is to get oxygen into the teeth where the stain molecules lie. The teeth are filled with millions of microscopic tunnels that go from the outside of the tooth all the way to the center of the tooth where the nerve and blood supply is.

As a teenager, you could absorb O2

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through your teeth, which keeps them white, but as we get older, oxygen does not penetrate the tooth as easily.

Deep whitening of stained teeth requires that O2 pours into these tubules to break up and dissolve the “long chain” stain molecules, rejuvenating them and making them shorter so they better reflect light and become whiter.

The material used to whiten is not bleach. Most systems use carbamide peroxide, which reacts with water to make hydrogen peroxide, an oxidizing agent that penetrates the enamel. This product needs to sit for hours without being rinsed out by saliva—products like strips and pre-made trays in storebought products cannot hope to do this.

Enter the KOR Whitening “Deep Bleaching” systemTM.

This a program offered only by dentists. The exceptional results we get on natural teeth require knowledge and implementing a technique developed by the company of the same name. Your dentist will need to have a staff training program on this product and how to implement it into their practice. Patients must have a complete exam and X-rays to be sure that they are candidates: existing crown(s), bridge(s), and fillings made to the color of one’s natural teeth will not bleach, and consequently a patient can be less than thrilled with the results of whiter teeth if it means restoring other dental work to the new white they have achieved with this product.

It needs to be implemented with an overall dental plan including a cleaning prior to starting.

The trays are made so that saliva does not rinse out the product necessary to oxygenate the teeth; it can

be worn to bed and left in all night, working while you sleep. The solution arrives refrigerated and must stay that way as it is preservative-free. (It appears that no preservatives help with decreasing the sensitivity.) Two out of three patients feel no sensitivity at all; in the study, the third patient was tested using this and another product in a blind study and reported only 10% sensitivity with KOR compared to another brand.

This product is more expensive because of the extra time necessary to prepare and implement the program, but I believe it is the most effective permanent solution with a simple home maintenance program, with low to no sensitivity. It is the only whitener I offer in my practice.

After your exam, the next step is impressions for specialized trays, then a conditioning step at the office when trays are delivered, and then an average of 14 nights at home (length of treatment may vary according to the stains within the teeth). Last thing is an office visit if necessary for the in-house boost. Many patients never have to bleach again—however, a maintenance dose periodically is used by some. This program is the only recognized technique to improve tetracycline stains, and the whitening is natural-looking—so no matter how white they get, it appears natural.

Take the time to do your homework and see if this is the system for you. From these links, you can find a participating dentist in your area by putting in your Zip Code: korwhitening.com/videos.asp and korwhitening. com/gallery.asp.

Lets face it, a beautiful smile and healthy lifestyle go hand in hand.

People with great smiles are sure to stand out in a a crowd and display self-confidence and inner beauty.

Visit our private office setting for a cappuccino or espresso and meet the team that can help you find joy, function, and a more youthful you through mercury-free, biologic dentistry. Information: Exceptional Dentistry of The Villages, 352-391-9897, TheSwedishDentist.com.

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in & Tonic

by Melody Murphy

Good Fortune and a Big Stick

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should have known.

Last month, after remarking what a wretched country song of a year 2014 had been, I commented that as of press time, we still had three weeks to go before the song ended, so I hoped it wouldn’t close with a minor chord.

Well, it didn’t. Instead, 2014 ended with a dissonant crash of cacophonous notes in what couldn’t even be called a chord, what was more like the sound an out-of-tune piano would make if you pushed it down the stairs.

First, my mother got sick with the horrible flu that’s been going around this winter. Then I got it. Then the visiting grandmother got it, and it turned into pneumonia. We were all sick for Christmas and New Year’s, which helped to make it one of the worst holiday seasons ever. We were sick for weeks. It was a dismal final chorus.

New Year’s Eve, I chose to stay home. I was still sick, and not in a good humor, and I didn’t think it was fair to take my germs or my mood around others who felt more celebratory.

Instead, I did exactly what I wanted to do on that cold grey night, which was put on my flannel pajamas and fuzzy socks, grease up with some Vicks, plug in the Christmas tree lights, and sit quietly in my recliner to watch the “The Walking Dead” marathon on

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AMC. I spent my evening with zombies and mentholated fumes, feeling apocalyptic and looking rather undead myself. It suited me just fine.

I could have happily gone to bed around 8:30, but I made myself sit up until midnight. I wanted to see that ball drop and count down the seconds until 2014 was gone—and good riddance to it. Never have I been so ready to see a year fade into history.

I began it bleeding from the face and ended it sick as a buzzard, and those are fitting bookends for everything that happened in between. So I counted down to 2015, toasted the new year with relief, and went to bed.

I have begun the year in a far more optimistic frame of mind. That’s one way to put it. “Grimly determined” is perhaps a better description. I feel certain that this will be a better year because I will not have it any other way.

I told a friend on New Year’s Day that I find myself thinking of 2015 as a piñata from which I am resolved to get candy. If I have to beat it to death with a stick to claim its prizes, then so be it; I will take Teddy Roosevelt’s advice and carry a big stick. I am ready to shake down a sweet abundance of good things, and I hope 2015 feels equally inclined to bestow treats without a fight.

I lived dangerously for a few hours on New Year’s Day. For the first time

ever, due to the flu I was currently experiencing, I had decided against cooking my traditional blackeyed peas and collard greens. I figured they would be beyond my powers of digestion.

Just to be on the safe side, I bought a can of each, in case I recovered or proved unable to resist tradition. It felt appalling to purchase these in canned, pre-seasoned form as the very height of laziness. It goes against everything I stand for as a cook.

But Southern tradition dictates that on New Year’s Day, you must consume blackeyed peas for luck and collard greens for prosperity. I could certainly use both, and Southern tradition generally trumps anything else in my world. However, copious peas and greens hadn’t done a thing for me in 2014. Should this be the year I discard tradition, bow to the conviction of my innards, and give in to my malaise?

I spent the morning eyeing those offensive cans in a tense game of chicken, wondering who would blink first. Finally, a compromise presented itself: I stuck the cans on the shelf and went to my mother’s. She had saved the day by prevailing over the malaise and cooking blackeyed peas and collards. Malaise is no match for tradition in our family. So I had a proper plate of tradition, and it was good.

I think it’s best that I didn’t begin the new year by turning my back on tradition and my heritage. That would be unluckier than a lack of legumes, and would prosper nothing.

The cans remain in my cabinet as an insurance policy against this year.

When I finally bust that piñata open, I would prefer that it not rain 27-ounce cans of luck and prosperity upon me.

I would like this year’s good fortune to taste more like fun-size peanut butter Twix.

But I will take it however I can get it.

Melody Murphy speaks softly and carries a big stick.

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Cancer, Part 2 of 3 How it works, how you can win

by Dr. Michael J. Badanek, DC, BS, CNS, DACBN, DCBCN, MSGR/CHEV

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his is the second part of the threepart series on cancer. You can refer to the January 2015 issue of this magazine for part one.

In this issue I will address many of the root causes of cancer, and will give an introduction to diagnostic methods.

Causes

In “traditional” (allopathic) medicine, rarely if ever does the physician educate the patient as to the root causes in the prevention of cancer. One must wonder why.

Here are some of the causes Americans are exposed to every day. It is hypothesized that roughly 50% of all cancers have an origin from chronic conditions of the oral cavity (mouth).

It is also well-known that 90+% breast cancers are directly related to root canals and cavitations in the jaw from improper extractions. You can’t save a dead or dying tooth. Even as long ago as the 1920s, documentation existed showing that root canals are extremely toxic to the body as a whole, severely compromising the immune system, in time leading to cancer. Yet current statistics indicate that roughly 30,000,000 root canals are performed annually in the U.S. alone.

Heavy metal toxicity from mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium, cesium, aluminum, nickel, tin and other elements of the periodic table caused from daily exposure and improper dentistry will also depress the immune system, predisposing one

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to pathologies such as cancers.

Long-term deficiencies in nutrients such as minerals, anti-oxidants, proteins and vitamins will lead to chronic immune suppression, setting the stage for cancer.

Severe emotional/psychological stress for as little as two weeks can suppress the immune system so significantly that circulating cancer cells in your bloodstream have the time to divide and grow, and then the cancer cascade begins.

Some foods, especially sugar, are severe immune compromising agents that lower the immune system and feed cancer cells. It is absolutely amazing to me that all oncologists know that sugar feeds cancers through a process called glycolysis, and yet they give their patients EnsureTM and tell them to eat anything they want to gain weight, knowing the sugar will feed the cancers they are treating. The myth that “a high fat diet is bad for you” is absolutely false. You need fats to give you the energy to sustain life and feed the body. In truth, you must refrain from carbohydrates (sugars), and increase your fat intake in order to keep a strong immune system and have proper energy levels. Molds, yeasts, and fungi as causal agents can also be implicated in the consumption of certain carbohydrates (grains).

Diagnostics

First, if you are already being treated, be aware that your oncologist is treating tumors the symptom, and not cancer the disease, through surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.

None of these traditional therapies can destroy cancer stem cells. In fact, radiation and chemotherapy actually stimulate the cancer stem cells, making them much more virulent and aggressive. Never will you be told what caused the cancer, and even when biopsies are performed, the pathologist and oncologist will never identify the harmful products in the biopsied tissue which lead to the cancers. Why?

So how can a person know if they are in the Cancer Cascade, the 12-year process of beginning to ending dead from cancer? Traditional medical diagnostics (P.E.T./C.T. scans) usually detect cancers in the seventh or eighth year of existence of the disease, when tumors—the symptom of cancer—are 3 millimeters in size.

By that time, there is probable spread of the disease (metastasis). Also, biopsies spread cancers by piercing the 15-layer mucus coat which keeps the cancer cells inside the tumor. It’s like a balloon filled with air. Put a needle through the balloon to take a sample of air out, and remove the needle; what happens next is that the remaining air in the balloon has an easy exit route out. This is what happens in the case of any form of biopsy when the physician invades, i.e. breaks through, the wall of the tumor. Is that good medicine?

More advanced, non-invasive diagnostic testing procedures are now available to detect early to mid-stages of cancer which cannot be diagnosed with traditional medicine. Noninvasive testing finds cancer earlier and does not spread the disease.

That’s good medicine for American consumers.

If you or any other family members are suffering from health challenges, call Dr. Badanek for a courtesy consultation. Dr. Badanek has been in private practice in the Marion County region since 1981 and is dedicated in the quest of finding and treating the root causes of disease and not just masking symptoms. Call 352-622-1151 or visit www.alternativewholistichealth.com.

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“Feng shui is about making our built environments in sync with nature and natural cycles.” ~ Alisa Rose Seidlitz

Eco Feng Shui Tips to Bring More Positive Energy into Your Home

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by Sarah Tarver-Wahlquist

hen we’re hungry for change, we may feel the impulse to spruce up our living spaces.

Rooms that feel cluttered, drab and unappealing drag on our energy. Applying the basic inspired tenets of the ancient Chinese art and science of feng shui can transform and re-energize any space, improving the way we feel.

Translated as “wind and water,” feng shui—which has been creating healthy and harmonious environments since its origins 3,000 years ago—can activate our rethinking the arrangement, uses and tone of each room while bringing beneficial green changes home.

Feng Shui Basics

When considering how to apply feng shui principles, it helps to have a trained practitioner make a map, or bagua, analyzing how energy, or chi, moves through a building. They will determine ways to help chi flow and settle in appropriate places to support all aspects of life. Recommended alterations

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typically start with furniture placement, color choices and key accessorizing.

Sample bagua maps are available online for referencing.

While a complete feng shui treatment may require major revamping, we can also take some low-cost steps to immediately create more harmony while eliminating toxins that are unhealthy and disrupt the energy flow.

Bring in Green

“Bringing natural elements into a space will aid the circulation of chi, help achieve a balance and yield an indoor environment of peace and calm,” says feng shui practitioner Maureen Calamia, owner of Luminous Spaces, in St. James, New York.

Feng shui categorizes the natural elements as water, metal, fire, earth and wood, reflected in items like stones, plants and water features, as well as art and wall decorations and paint colors.

Filling a home with living plants is favored by many feng shui experts.

“Surround yourself with green

plants, including cuttings from the yard,” advises Debra Duneier, a feng shui master practitioner, certified ecodesigner and author of EcoChi: Designing the Human Experience, in New York City. “They bring energy and life force into your home, while also filtering the air you breathe.” If adding plants isn’t feasible, she recommends picking up some fresh flowers each week.

Remember to change the water every day and dispose of the flowers at the first sign of wilting (dying flowers bring negative energy).

Banish Toxic Materials

“Healthy indoor air quality is an essential aspect of good feng shui,” attests Alisa Rose Seidlitz, an eco feng shui consultant/designer, certified green building and interiors professional and owner of Ambiance Eco, in Berkeley, California.

“Materials used inside our homes, such as cleaning products and furnishings, can either contribute significantly to poor air quality or support positive feng shui.”

Indoor air quality is significantly impacted by furnishings and décor.

When seeking out the cleanest, greenest options, pay special attention to:

Cleaning products. Safely discard toxic cleaning chemicals by taking them to hazardous waste pickup sites.

Many household jobs can be done with vinegar and baking soda.

Paint. Revisions in wall, trim and furniture colors quickly freshen a room and bring new energy, especially when they align with Earth’s natural elements. Avoid conventional paint, which contains dangerous volatile organic compounds (VOC) that off-gas into the air. Look for widely available zero-VOC

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brands. Other options include displaying art or colorful wall hangings.

Flooring. Many toxins lurk in conventional carpeting and adhesives used to lay wood or tile floors. Look for natural wool rugs, reclaimed wood and zero-VOC floor adhesives. Preserve resources and alter the energy in a space by repurposing reclaimed materials for rehab projects. For good feng shui, smudging with dried sage cleanses any negative energy leftover from previous owners.

Furnishings and fabrics. Mainstream furniture is typically treated with toxic flame retardant, so always ask how furniture has been treated before purchasing. Seek out nontoxic and natural materials like natural rubber mattresses and hemp or organic cotton shower curtains and window coverings.

Color Me Feng Shui

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ere’s a quick primer on the colors associated with each of the five natural elements and ways to bring them into a home. Seek a balance of all five in each room, appropriate to its use.

Wood Water Earth

Metal Fire

green, brown blue, black earth tones, soft yellows/oranges white, gray red, purple, bright yellows/oranges

living plants, wood, flowers water features, running fountains, glass brick, tile, ceramics rocks, stones sunlight

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Follow Your Joy

Feng shui is multifaceted, but at its center is a search for balance and harmony. When making changes at home, it’s good to know we can follow our instincts and add things that bring us joy. Feng shui experts provide guidance in choosing colors and elements, but each of us is ultimately the best judge of what feels best for our own space.

“I often ask my clients: What kind of message are you sending yourself?” says Duneier. “You can use your space to send yourself a message of a beautiful, abundant and healthy life.”

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Happily Coupled Creating Loving Relationships that Thrive

by Judith Fertig

“To be fully seen by somebody… and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

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t the conclusion of her bestselling memoir, Eat Pray Love, author Elizabeth Gilbert had fallen in love with Jose Nunes (called Felipe in the book), a Brazilian living in Indonesia. The divorced Gilbert, reluctant to have her heart broken again, had vowed never to remarry… yet ultimately changed her mind when U.S. immigration law presented her with multiple choices: marry so they could live together in this country, stay single and live as ex-pat partners or say goodbye to Nunes.

Gilbert chose a marital partnership that suits the shared life they want: honest and, after years of travel, settled in one place. She says, “For the first time in my life, living in a small town with a lovely husband in an old house with

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a big garden and several pets, I feel absolutely rooted in a way I have never experienced before and never would have imagined even desiring. But it is what we want—at least for now—and we’re relishing that stability.” Gilbert records the process of going from two global wanderers falling in love to a married couple sharing domestic chores in her follow-up memoir, Committed: A Love Story.

Love Science

The spark that ignites such a partnership is love, which is “primarily about connection,” says Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D., a positivity expert and author of Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become. “It’s vital to

our health and happiness, affecting our brains and bodies at the cellular level.

“We were born to love,” emphasizes Fredrickson, who also serves as a psychology professor and director of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “The evidence comes from research that shows how our brain and nervous system are designed to enhance our chances of experiencing it.”

When we share positive emotions with another person, experience a synchrony between their biochemistry and behaviors and ours, plus exhibit mutual care, love can bloom, whether we stay happily single or decide to pursue a committed relationship. She calls this triple-action sequence “positivity resonance”. Love, she observes, is less a smooth, solid path than momentary experiences of connection.

Making Love Last

The more areas of connection we have with our partners, the more opportunities we have to positively resonate every day, adds Frederickson.

Thomas G. Plante, Ph.D., a psychology professor at California’s Santa Clara University and adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, agrees. “Long-term relationships, like marriages, are partnerships in living,” according to Plante.

“The vast majority of the time couples are together they’re not having hot sex, but are sharing a practical day-to-day life together.”

Shared activities aren’t always exciting or glamorous. Raising children, working, managing a home, cooking and cleaning, shopping, being with friends and family and the rest of regular daily living is where the rubber meets the road in relationship satisfaction, observes Plante. “If couples aren’t compatible in these areas, then the connection and attraction will inevitably atrophy, tensions emerge and too often, relationships fracture and fall apart.”

Compatibility means different things to different people, and requirements can change as individuals in a

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Compatibility also means agreement that the relationship is worth the effort to nurture and sustain it.

Partnering Life’s Dance

Five couples in different stages of loving partnerships share how they make their special relationships work.

The key to them all is shared values.

Doing everything together. For newlyweds Drs. Josh and Chelsea Axe, of Nashville, Tennessee, a mutual commitment to vigorous wellness and physical fitness keeps them together. Says Josh, “The healthy lifestyle I have chosen to live is so important that I need someone who is able to not just agree, but also partner with me.” Married in 2012, the two chiropractic physicians went on to co-found the BurstFIT interval training program and meld their professional, as well as personal, lives.

Chelsea notes, “There is truth to the phrase, ‘Couples who sweat together, stay together.’ When working out together, you share a specific energy you create while pushing yourself to your mental and physical limits. You have your partner right there doing it alongside you, knowing they’re supporting you; so when you each break through a mental or physical barrier in your workout, you step over together into a strength and confidence that carries over into your marriage. Being a part of each other’s goals and the struggles to reach them unifies us.”

Remarks Josh, “I feel like we can both be successful individually, but when we’re a team, the outcome is synergistic.”

Chelsea adds, “It’s never a mindset of ‘me.’ It’s always ‘us.’”

Balancing work and play. Barbara and Bob Unell, of Leawood, Kansas, dated as teenagers, went their separate ways in college and then found each other again in their early 20s. “We went on a blind date in 1968 and both belted out songs on the car radio,” recalls Barbara. “I thought he had a great sense of humor and was fun to be with. All these years later, it feels like we’re still dating. We’re crazy about each other.”

Both Barbara and Bob

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describe themselves as enthusiastic, playful, entrepreneurial, altruistic and geared toward creative projects, whether undertaken together or separately. “We’re both, ‘Let’s try this,’ sort of people,” says Barbara with a laugh.

When the Unells had twins, now grown, they realized there was no national publication addressing how to parent multiples, so they launched Twins magazine in 1984. Bob founded and managed an advertising agency while Barbara wrote bestselling parenting books, but the whole family traveled together on her speaking engagements.

In response to becoming a breast cancer survivor, Barbara founded the nonprofit Back in the Swing in 2000 to support survivorship care at cancer centers.

When they needed additional staff, Bob joined the team in 2009. One of the biggest things that Barbara has learned from Bob is, “You can make work fun.”

“Although we come from different backgrounds, Bob and I know the power of mutual respect, trust and kindness,” reflects Barbara. “Part of our connection is that we have shared history and never take each other for granted.”

Bridging the age gap. Karen and Dick Eagle, from St. Louis, Missouri, are 16 years apart in age, but are close in the ways that count. Both are strongminded and still vie to get their own way even after 30 years of marriage.

“We argue over the stupidest things, and then resolve our disagreements and realize how good we have it,” says Karen.

What first attracted them to each

other—and keeps them together—is a love of playful fun and good times with friends. Karen remarks, “I knew Dick was ‘the one’ when he jumped flat-footed over a wingback chair at a friend’s house. That showed me that he was young at heart.”

Making ends meet. Eleven years ago, when family therapist Susan Franklin lost her husband, Michael, a university college professor, she felt bereft and overwhelmed. The pair had owned a country property near Cleveland, Ohio, where they boarded horses. Susan realized, “I couldn’t keep up with everything on my own,” and Jake Marshall, a musician friend of Michael’s, offered to help. Over time, Susan and Jake became close, and they now live together.

Although Jake is a great supporter in many ways, he’s not in a position to help financially. Susan depends on her late husband’s insurance and pension benefits, which she would lose if she remarries. “Jake is so laid back and easy to be with, I can relax,” says Susan.

Michael, on the other hand, always seemed to fill a room. Jake helps Susan with chores around the property and she is always there cheering him on from the front row when he performs at local venues.

Cultivating Care

Working out as a couple, sharing a creative project or making a gourmet meal together can do more than keep partners feeling connected.

Shared activities also keep the positive experiences ongoing and resonating.

“That special bond and the commitments people often build around it are the products of love, the results of the many smaller moments in which love infuses you,” maintains Fredrickson.

Such moments not only accumulate, but can also be stored in memory and banked to feed a relationship during the tougher times.

“Love is something we should recultivate every day,” she says. A loving partnership is always a work in progress.

Judith Fertig is a freelance writer from Overland Park, KS.

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hem, for shock and loss; and Mimulus, for fear and anxiety. “Combining a few drops of each of these in a water bottle or tea several times a day helps you regain a feeling of balance,” Erwin says.

She also likes drinking bloodcleansing noni juice to help wash adrenaline out of the body, and taking salt baths enhanced with lavender essential oil to literally “wash away the darkness.”

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by Kathleen Barnes

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rief can arrive suddenly with the death of a loved one, serious illness, loss of a job, parental dementia or decaying relationship. In any case, it takes a toll.

“Grief encompasses all of our thoughts and feelings. Mourning is when we put them into action by talking, crying, perhaps doing rituals,” explains Tracy Riley, a licensed clinical social worker and grief counselor in Jacksonville, Florida.

“Grief isn’t something that’s over when you wake up one day,” Riley counsels. “It’s ridiculous when an employer gives you three days off and then expects everything to be fine.” She notes that time helps heal all wounds, but even a decade after losing a loved one, the pain can remain and life is never the same, although most of us learn to live with loss and move forward.

“Some things can’t be fixed,” concludes Megan Devine, a psychotherapist in Portland, Oregon, and author of the audio book, When Everything is Not Okay, who blogs at RefugeInGrief. com. After witnessing the drowning death of her fiancé, she says, “I didn’t need to hear platitudes that everything would be OK. I needed something solid to hold onto when my whole world exploded.”

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Physical Aids

An unexpected death and any emotional shock is an extreme stressor that causes the adrenal glands to release a flood of adrenaline. Tina Erwin, La Mesa, California author of The Lightworker’s Guide to Healing Grief, explains, “If you get a shock when someone close to you dies, your adrenal glands are blown out almost instantly and you are overwhelmed with adrenaline, much like we often see in people with posttraumatic stress disorder. You need to rebalance your body chemistry.”

Intense grief can sometimes show up as chest pain, a classic sign of heart attack, due to a temporary disruption of the heart’s normal pumping action from a surge in stress hormones, according to the National Institutes of Health. Yet Imperial College London scientists now have found that a recognizable “broken heart syndrome” may temporarily protect the heart from being overwhelmed with adrenaline.

“Healing the physical side of grief ultimately helps healing on an emotional level, too,” says Erwin. To assist herself following the death of her 6-yearold niece from a sudden infection, she uses several Bach flower remedies for trauma—Rescue Remedy, to rebalance the flood of adrenaline; Star of Bethle-

Riley views art and music therapy, plus journaling (a “personal roadmap” that helps chart her progress), as powerful healing tools. She’s also seen firsthand how animals can play a key role through the mourning process. Her miniature schnauzer intuitively approaches her clients who are anxious and grieving and gives them permission to pet him. “It puts people at ease,” she says. “Then they can talk more freely about their pain.” Numerous studies, starting in the 1980s, show that stroking a furry pet lowers blood pressure.

Charting a Personal Course

For the bereaved (literally defined as “torn apart”), the symptoms of grief are meant to slow us down, advises Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition, in Fort Collins, Colorado, and author of numerous related books, including Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart.

Society expects bereaved people to “carry on, keep their chins up, be glad they had him/her as long as they did or else be grateful that our loved one’s pain is over”—all platitudes that are more hurtful than helpful, says Wolfelt. Mourning takes time, but it also requires a social context, he explains. “It’s the shared response to loss. If you isolate yourself, you are grieving, not mourning. You can’t do this on your own. It’s bigger than you.”

For those who feel stuck or unable to move forward, experienced grief counselors may be able to help.

Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous health books, including Ten Best Ways to Manage Stress. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

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Don’t try to fix it: Don’t say anything that tries to fix the unfixable, and you’ll do fine. It’s an unfathomable relief to have a friend who doesn’t try to take the pain away.

Grief belongs to the griever: You have a supporting role, not the central role, in a friend’s grief, which is an entirely personal experience.

Anticipate, don’t ask: Don’t say, “Call me if you need anything,” because your friend won’t call; not because they don’t need support, but because identifying a need, figuring out who might fill it, and then reaching out to ask is beyond their energy level, capacity or interest. Instead, make concrete offers of practical assistance in doing normal tasks or chores for the friend and deliver on them.

Be willing to witness searing pain: Simply be quietly present.

Acknowledge their state and stick with simple truths: “This hurts. I love you. I’m here.”

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29th Annual Hoggetown Medieval Faire, Alachua County Fairgrounds. 106, $17/adults, $7/5-17, free/younger than 5. Battling knights, birds of prey, human chess games. Performances by magicians, musicians. Information: 352334-2787, www.GvlCulturalAffairs.org.

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Monday, February 2

New Patient Education, free seminar at 6pm. ALSO, Thermography, by appointment. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-2919459, www.LemireClinic.com.

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Wednesday, February 4

Live Blood Analysis. $60, by appointment. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

February 6-7

Rummage Sale, 7am-2pm on Friday, 7am-noon on Saturday with a dollar bag sale from 10:30-noon. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd., Ocala, 352687-2113, www.UnityOcala.org.

Saturday, February 7

* Integrative Health Summit, 9-4, Ocala Hilton. Lectures, vendors, healthy lunch $25/person ($20/early registration). Lemire Clinic, 352-2919459, www.LemireClinic.com.

* Introduction to Supertouch Therapy with Jarrod Freeland. Free talk

from noon-1pm, mini-sessions $20, 1-5. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd., High Springs, 386-4548657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

* Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Class. $25, 2-4:30pm.

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Held at Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Int’l Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge, 407-247-7823, www.ifsk.org.

Sunday, February 8 * AUMAKHUA-KI® Energy Healing II, 10am-6pm, $150 for 6 CEs, $125 without CEs, in Ocala. Register at 352-239-9272, www.AKheal.com (#50-14398). Class includes energy attunement, class workbook, certificate.

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* The Divine Proportion and Transformative Experience, with Dr. Scott Olsen. 1pm, love offering. Unity of Citrus County, 2628 W. Woodview Lane, Lecanto, 352-746-1270, www. unityofcitrus.org.

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Wednesday, February 11

Iridology, by appointment. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

Friday, February 13

Crystal Bowl Meditation, 6:30pm with Marcia McAllister and Nancy Lopez. Unity of the Villages, 10935 SE 177 Place, Suite 504, Summerfield, www.UnityOfTheVillages.org, 352454-3120.

February 13-14 Supercharging Quantum-Touch, DVD presentation of an advanced QT workshop with Alain Herriott, facilitated

by Patricia Wagner. Prerequisite: previous attendance at Quantum-Touch Level I. $99, 10am-5pm both days. Unity of the Villages, 10935 SE 177 Place, Suite 504, Summerfield, www.UnityOfTheVillages.org, 352-454-3120.

Saturday, February 14

Valentine’s Day Celebration of Love. Champagne, chocolate and strawberries; Love Readings with Rev. Steve Henry and Murshida VA; all jewelry 30% off. Everyone will receive a rose quartz crystal. Free. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd., High Springs, 386-454-8657, www. highspringsemporium.net.

Sunday, February 15

Mystery of Transformation and the Gospel of Thomas, with Dr. Scott Olsen, 1pm, love offering. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd, Ocala, 352-6872113, www.unityocala.org.

Need: Stones of Tucson 2015” workshop with Sharron Britton. 2-4pm, $20. Call to sign up. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd., High Springs, 386-454-8657, www. highspringsemporium.net.

Sunday, February 22

* “All In Your Hands!” with Janet Savage, master Hand Analyst and teacher. 11:45am, Unity of the Villages, 10935 SE 177 Place, Suite 504, Summerfield, www.UnityOfTheVillages.org, 802-279-8554. * AUMAKHUA-KI® Energy Healing I, 10am-5pm, $125 for 6 CEs, $100 without CEs, in Ocala. Register at 352-239-9272, www.AKheal.com (#50-14398). Class includes energy attunement, class workbook, certificate.

Monday, February 23

Keys to Brain Health. 6pm, $10.

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Saturday, February 28

* Flute workshop with Armand and Angelina. 10am, Unity of the Villages, 10935 SE 177 Place, Suite 504, Summerfield, , 352-454-3120, www.

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Tuesday, February 17

Free seminar: How to save your vision naturally with the Dr. Kondrot Method. 6pm, free. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

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Armand and Angelina will present an afternoon concert at 11:45am, Unity of the Villages, 10935 SE 177 Place, Suite 504, Summerfield, 352454-3120, www.UnityOfTheVillages. org, www.armandandangelina.com.

Sunday, March 8 Introduction to AUMAKHUAKI® Energy Healing Lecture, 2-4pm, $25 for 2 CEs, or without CEs/donation, in Ocala. Register at 352-2399272, www.AKheal.com (#50-14398).

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