April 2012 Blog Posts (139)

I love gardening and growing my own food and that includes fresh herbs. In New England, perennial herbs are starting to pop up everywhere. In addition to the perennials around my yard, I also grow all the staples such as flat leaf parsley, rosemary, sage, thyme, basil, mint, dill etc. Most recently I’ve branched off and started growing different varieties. This year some of the new herbs I’ve included are chocolate mint, orange mint, cinnamon basil, lemon basil, lime basil, spicy basil,…

Most people I know, when they think about their “enemies,” do not talk about loving them. What if we did though? What if we put our “enemies” on the top of our prayer list and blessed them? Why is it that every faith tradition in the world teaches one to love their “enemies”? Is there even an “enemy?” Iyanla Vanzant once wrote about being grateful for those who got on your last nerve. I could not agree more. I have learned so much from those I had once considered my “enemies.”…

Violence is what happens when we don’t know what to do with our heartbreak… learn how to allow your heart to break open to embrace the lessons with compassion, not broken into sharp shards that hurt others as well as yourself”

-       Parker J Palmer, author, educator, and founder of…

Ok this blogging thing is hard, I get so busy on the weekends that Im never on here. So here goes.

Day 5 was Friday for me and it was a good day, I had no issues to speak of I do notice though that Im not bloated and I feel more rested and alert. Clear minded so to speak. Headaches were gone yesterday and Im getting the hang of this decaf thing for sure.

Day 6......this day was a bit hard for me, we were out of town and I didnt calculate properly and I ended…

Here are 10 Steps to Get Healthy that will help you on your way to a healthier, happier you. It’s never too late to begin your journey toward health & wellness!

1. Write out your goals.

What areas of your life need improvement? Refer to the Circle of Life graphic I gave you.

Where do you envision yourself next year, three to five years from now?

2. Ask what and why.

Make a list of the hurdles that keep getting in your way of…

We went to the Sandy Springs Farmers Market on Saturday to pick up some tasty produce and get a cup of coffee after the boot camp. Neil decided he needed a little something to eat, so he settled upon a spinach artichoke hand pie from Bella's Best Organic Gourmet Goodies.…

Are you sending conflicting message to the Universe? 

Let me give you a bit of context for this week’s Soul Conversation, I spend about 20% of my time connecting with women in my target audience online on a weekly basis.  Connecting and getting to know the amazing women in my Virtual world has been…

Simple and refreshing. Add a 1/2 teaspoon of agave nectar (or other natural sweetener) to cut the acidity of the grapefruit.

1 ruby red grapefruit, peeled and sectioned

2 royal gala apple, chopped

1/2 tsp agave nectar

Add the grapefruit, then the apples to…

It is the greatest blessing of all to be a mother.

It blows my mind that my body actually was able to create, and help to develop another person! I mean, how amazingly cool is it to give life to another human being?

I loved being pregnant. Let me clarify... once the morning sickness was gone- I loved it! When I first felt each of my babies move- that little butterfly wing feeling…

When you buy a resale home some call it ‘previously loved’, I think it should be termed “previously decorated’. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. The resale home that we recently bought is a combination of the two.

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A fit physique is directly indicative of superior nicely being. Fitness has assumed such a huge concern amongst the masses in the modern times, that numerous fitness equipments have come as much as give you a match physique. These fitness equipments might extremely nicely be utilized in gyms and also…

For the past few days, well maybe longer, I have been thinking about the whole notion of respect. I found myself remembering the chorus from the old Aretha Franklin song RESPECT. However, when I read the lyrics to her song, I realized that while respect might have meant one thing to her, at least from the lyrics, it meant something completely different to me. As her song says, find out what it means to me. For me, respect is an expression of love. It is about love for myself and love for…

Today is my TRX training course. I'm pretty excited, but I'm nervous, too. It's a full-day workshop and we'll be into the "Tell, Show, Do" method of learning, full-force. I'm still sore from the kickboxing class on Tuesday (!) and I'm not 100% sure on my choice of outfit.

And why does my choice of outfit matter? It is Atlanta, and looks seem to matter a good bit here, still. I know that once I'm in class it won't matter, but it does a little bit before class. The class is…

Tomorrow is my TRX training class (!), so I know I need to take it easy today in terms of physical activity. I've done two workouts a day for most of the month, and I think tomorrow's going to be a long workout spread out over eight hours. For those reasons, today I will stretch.

Not just stretching in the traditional sense; I plan to walk and do a tiny bit of running to stretch myself mentally. I've been a little bit afraid of getting back into running for fear of injuring…

Growing old often makes us realize that we are also getting old in our bodies and minds, and frequently we reinforce the idea by cracking jokes or giving age as the reason for why we can not do things any longer. Case in point is our memory, and who hasn't had the occasional slip up where somebody's name doesn't come to mind or you are unable to remember where you put your eyeglasses. At that point, we ordinarily chalk it up to age and ,as a result, we end up being lackadaisical instead of…

Ok Im getting the hang of this thing by now. Today was really good, Im wishing I could find some good tasting decaf but thats ok Ill survive.

My fruit and nut balls are gone so Ill be making more of those probably tomorow. I did bake today and this was a very difficult thing for me, but I stayed away from the goods.

Breakfast was yummy I did a smoothie today with pinapple and greens and strawberries......yummy good.

Lunch and dinner were pretty plain a…

I was browsing random quotes this morning, and I stumbled upon a website called ThoughtQuestions.com.  I started reading through a couple of the random thoughts/questions, and I liked the "What Makes You Smile" image so much that I wrote a blog post about it today:…

I'm on a strict budget according to  my husband - or a tight leash if you ask me.  Since beginning my quest for clean, local, organic food our grocery bill has blossomed considerably - not to mention the added expense of driving to all those farm…

Ok today has been tougher than the previous, and I may say I dont like this very much at all....LOL

Feeling a bit tired and cranky today........anyway I just want some fish:)...... in reality I not bloeated anymore, I was starting to feel that way everyday, however this morning and throughout the day I felt not bloated anymore.......

I muct say I have been sleeping soooooo good, no more teas at  night or meletonine for me. Its been really cool and also I wake up earilier and…