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Superbug Roulette with Canadian Grocery-store Chicken

June 13, 2011
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Superbug Roulette with Canadian Grocery-store Chicken

Part of the reason that I chose to drastically reduce my consumption of meat (basically, I’m 98% vegetarian) shows up in an alarming documentary recently aired on CBC’s Marketplace show.  It is imperative to be aware of this problem because it has far-reaching health effects, particularly if you’ve taken many doses of antibiotics and...

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Mind Your Mind, Your Spirit, and Your Body

November 10, 2010
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Mind Your Mind, Your Spirit, and Your Body

        I’ve been through a lot of tests/lessons in my life, some of which I  wondered how (and even if) I would make it through them.  Undoubtedly, you have too.  Loss of the people we love can trigger old grief, unhealed, dangling events from childhood that call for attention.  There are so...

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Revised CPR Method and The BeeGees-What’s The Connection?

October 20, 2010
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It’s now a lot easier to step in if someone has collapsed to help keep them alive.  The last time I was in a CPR (cardiopulmonary resusitation) class, I was given a dummy to practice administering the breath of life on – to make sure I had the technique down.  At that time, it was...

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The Secret Law of Attraction

June 1, 2010
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The Secret Law of Attraction

While I was driving the other day, I happened to catch an Tapestry interview on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) with Jill Bolte-Taylor and, even though I knew of her experience from a previous TED talk, it became clear to me that what happened to her could fall into that etheric, secret law of attraction...

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Decrease stress, increase health, simplify….

April 12, 2010
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I love to cook and part the adventure of it is trying new foods to cook with.   I was looking up what to do with some Thai eggplant I found the other day and made another discovery…. an on-line menu planning system that is free to use.  Unless you have someone in your household...

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Trauma: the Amygdala, the Thalamus, and Healing

February 1, 2010
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I had the great fortune to watch 2 DVD’s this week from Paul Hegstrom and the topic was trauma, and how it affects the brain.  Wow, these are great resources if you want to understand why certain things trigger you.  I found them very enlightening and educational for my own journey. Dr. Hegstrom believes...

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*Are you nuts for milk – consider a healthier alternative!

January 23, 2010
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Greetings! Today, I want to write about a subject that, until about ten years ago, was considered a sacred cow. That subject is milk and forgive the pun, but I couldn’t resist!     When I was a child growing up, I don’t remember drinking water at all!  Mostly, what I drank was...

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