Balance Your Life & Stay Healthy

Balance in our every day living is a must for a holistic life. Genuine health requires harmony in the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical (SMEP) aspects of our person-hood. We were designed to work, play, and rest. We were designed to be spiritual. Every part of our well being is effected be our choices. What we sow we will reap.

I'm an expert on doing too much. I have many interests and passions. All worthy. After my recent opportunity to join Celebrate Recovery I was able to take steps to becoming emotionally and mentally healthy. I have found a whole new world has been opened up to me. I struggle with paper. I didn't for most of my life, however, when my life took an unexpected and difficult turn I was inundated with paper work. I found one day I couldn't handle
paper any longer. I was severely out of balance.

    I had fibromyalgia, my marriage was over, and my kids needed a mom who could step up and show them we would be okay. I didn't feel okay. My past abuse still haunted me though I thought I had reckoned with it. Christ had help me to forgive and move on. I realized I had stuffed other abuses and focused on the most traumatic. I am far from the only one who had been hurt; many worse than me.  We suffer from past hurts such as abandonment, abuse or other forms of trauma, these experiences when stuffed harm us; we must "work" to heal. We cannot skip this step. Grief is real. Learning to cope and moving through the steps steadily is healthy. Here is how it manifests itself:


                                                                       
1) Denial... 2) Anger... 3) Bargaining... 4) Depression... 5) Acceptance    

We don't have to do it alone.

  Celebrate your small successes!

So what does it look like? It is different for each of us. I have attending Celebrate Recovery for over a year. I am making baby steps. Spiritually, I am spending more real quiet time with the Lord. Mentally, I am working on focusing myself more positively and I still read and educate myself on my passions. Emotionally, I am reaching out for help from my core group of friends and counselors. Physically, I am continuing my effort to increase my good choices and decrease my bad. Steady effort.  Perfect. Not hardly. I remain steadfast.

As for the paper problem, I hired someone to help me get "IT" under control. We work together which gives me the satisfaction of getting to be genuinely involved in this critical step. Also, I am more and more productive and relaxed. Baby steps.

Join me by working on balancing your life. Please leave a comment or a question. Thank you and good luck on your journey more SMEPpy.

Teamotions Tea for Emotional Health

A cup of hot tea on a cold day. Morning, noon, or night. Or all three. Tea soothes our ruffled feathers, calms our nerves. [I think I'll start a pot while I write this] But what separates a tasty cup of hot liquid and an amazing healthful beverage? Well,  it's all about adaptogen herbs. 


Why Teamotions? I chose Teamotions Teas because Cofounders Rachel Crawford and Chrystal Tenpenny use adaptogens in every tea blend. 

1. Why? ADAPTOGENS: (in herbal medicine) a natural substance considered to help the body adapt to stress, boost your immune system, and helps restore balance emotionally and physically.

Life is stressful. Our bodies are constantly challenged on emotional, physical, and biologically.  

                                     

Imagine a tea that will adapt to your bodies needs and is delicious as it is aromatic. Teamotion! 

  Teamotions Teas 

Choose by your personal needs and tastes.

• Achieve Clarity: Vanilla Earl Grey
• Discover Joy: Lemon Vanilla Green Tea
• Seek Peace: Rooibos Coconut Chia*
• Have Hope: Peppermint Creme*
• Enjoy Rest: Apple Cinnamon Chamomile*
• Find Strength: Passion Fruit Jasmine Green Tea
• Courage: Plum Spice Rooibos*  

*Caffeine Free            

 So join me a cup of delicious Teamotions Tea. Ahhh....

There is so much more so check out Teamotions Teas. Please leave a comment or question below.
The information in this article comes from the Teamotion website, personal experience and knowledge. Thanks for reading. 

Non-Dairy Calcium and Osteoporosis Prevention

According to my *New Eden School of Natural Health and Herbal Studies Anatomy and Physiology Book our bones are alive.

Living bones are "pliable and vascular" containing many blood vessels and nerves" and are "constantly changing or remodeling". 99 % of  our calcium intake "is stored in the bones and teeth. The remaining 1% is in the blood and soft tissues."

IMPORTANT! Our muscles need this 1% to contract properly. Our nerves (including the brain) need this 1% to function as well. This 1% will be maintained even if it means using the calcium in our bones.

Calcium Bank

  Deposit often!!!!

It is extremely important for children to get enough calcium, however, it isn't just getting the necessary calcium it is also important to NOT consume foods that literally cause our bodies to withdraw from our Calcium Bank. Soda is a leading culprit. 

 I have seen mothers pour soda into baby bottles for their baby. Sodas deplete nutrients. They are filled with sugar (often corn sweeteners which are especially evil), dyes,  and artificial flavors. Phosphoric acid is showing up in research as a bone sucking calcium depleting enemy of your body. 

PH balanced body is hard to come by here in America. We eat a lot of acidic foods. animal protein (also found in dairy foods), refined foods like white flour and sugar. Learning to eat more alkaline foods will bring balance back to your body.

Crucial to Osteoporosis prevention facts to remember:

• Keeping making deposits into your Calcium Bank
• Learn how to become pH balanced. In fact...work on balancing your glands too.
• Avoid the obvious....sodas and drink more water
• Be aware of false advertising. Not all calcium supplements are the same. Many antacids, for instance, use calcium carbonate as their source of calcium. It is an inferior source. 
• Make sure you are getting enough Vitamin D.

Seriously?!

        Advertiser will encourage a bad behavior so they can then tell you that their product will fix it. We need to take responsibility for the health of our bodies. 

                                                                                   

  There are many calcium rich foods out there....

Okay that is a lot to think about. Please leave a comment or a question and enjoy all the foods that are out there that you could eat and love.

Eating to live.
Give your children healthy options and they'll choose life.