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Health

Practice Mindfulness ~ Ignite the Wonder Within™

Igniting the Wonder Within™ Igniting the Wonder Within has been a life long journey for me.  Looking back, my journey began when I attended my first personal development seminar and retreat in my early 20’s.  I learned many things, but the two that really stuck and became a part of who I am today. #1: [...]

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Introducing Wellness Wednesday, Ignite the Wonder Within™

Welcome to Wellness Wednesday! In 2009 I developed The Positive Solution™ Weight Loss program. As the program grew and my own knowledge increased I included within the program more and more information about the emotional connection with food and the importance of living each moment mindfully.  But I still found myself asking why some participants [...]

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Feel the Fear…

This September I am giving a presentation at The WOW Factor Conference in California.  I jumped at the opportunity and then began to free-fall into the depths of fear.  I actually enjoy speaking. Oh sure, I get nervous before hand, but I always have fun.  However, the majority of my speaking experience has been with [...]

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The Subject of Love

This past weekend my husband and I attended a wedding legally uniting two of our special friends.  I say “legally” because they were so united before and this wedding was really a celebration of their deep love for each other and for themselves.  As I listened to each of them speak their beautifully written vows [...]

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Be Happy in the Moment.

Mindfulness is one of my favorite subjects and for me, approaching every aspect of my life from a point of mindfulness has been life altering in the most wonderful way. This mindfulness approach to life did not happen overnight. Like anything new, it takes mindful practice .  Our busy lives create busy minds.  How often [...]

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Biking Pants Do Not Make a Bicyclist

I live in a town full of bicyclists and today, a beautiful sunny day, I decided I should become one of them. I shook the dust off my bike pants (yes, I do own a pair), adjusted my zippy yellow helmet, polished up the sunglasses, slipped on my bike gloves and rolled my trusty, but [...]

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Ever Wonder Why? Lessons Learned From the Stomach Flu.

Why did that appointment get cancelled?  Why did I lose my job? Why did my flight get delayed? Whenever a “why” happens, I find myself looking for the answer. So yesterday when without notice (why can’t these things be scheduled?) I came down with the first stomach flu I’ve had in over ten years, I [...]

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The Answer to Health Does Not Come in a Bottle.

Seven years ago I left the world of newspapers and entered the world of health.  I remember thinking I was a healthy person when I first purchased my nutrition store.  But as my knowledge increased, I realized like so many others, I was not eating healthy, or supplying my body with what it needed to [...]

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