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Coping
In ( Other Peoples) Tough Times:By Sue Lester!
Terrifying
images of Nature out of control: firestorms, raging
floods, gutted remains of homes, close-ups of shocked
survivors breaking down as they tell their stories,
doomed animals trapped by rising water. It's at home
this time, not in a distant land, and everyone knows
someone who has family and friends affected. It's easy
to be mesmerized by the horror, absorbing more and more
until you feel overwhelmed, totally inadequate, and
perhaps even guilty that you are still living your normal
life. Feeling overwhelmed, inadequate and guilty
hardly puts you in a strong position to help those who
need you, does it?
So, what to do? Let's look at those three negative states
one at a time. 1. Overwhelmed. First step is
to take back control, so turn off the TV, radio and
stop reading the newspaper reports. You already know
how bad it is, and any significant new information you'll
hear from those around you.
Second, reassure yourself you'll know what to do if
it happened to you. Write out 2-3 plans of emergency
evacuation.
(1) If you find your home alight - ensure you and your
family know to stay low (under the smoke) and
go go go (get out immediately). Ensure locked
windows and doors can be unlocked or removed from the
inside in a hurry.
(2) If a bushfire, firestorm or flood is approaching,
what are your plans of action? What safety items do
you need to have e.g. wet towels, battery radio, drinking
water & food, fully charged mobile phone, emergency
contact numbers, protective clothing. At what point
do you evacuate, where and how will you go? Etc. Check
your insurance cover is up-to-date.
What you don't know, FIND OUT. Taking action
and planning means you'll stop feeling helpless, and
will be able to be there for yourself and your family,
in the unlikely event you face that situation.
2. Inadequate. Work out what practical steps
you can take to help, even the smallest amount has impact.
Give money to the Red Cross appeal, each pay day. Find
out what others are doing and volunteer to help. Organise
your own fundraising or support via your local school,
community groups, church, friends and family.
3. Guilty. If you are feeling guilty because
someone else lost their lives, their loved ones and/or
home, that is only perfectly fine if you lit the fire
or created the flood. Otherwise, feeling guilty says
you believe you are less worthy to live and thrive than
others. Do you really believe those suffering would
want you to be suffering too? Aren't you more use alive
and actively supporting them? Do you really deserve
to lose your home and your loved ones, or even to die?
If so, it's time to seek out support from a trained
professional to get you back on track.
Low self-esteem and the build-up of negative emotions
have a detrimental effect on your health, your general
well-being, and your ability to create a loving, contented
life for yourself. The powerful techniques of NLP (Neuro
Linguistic Programming) can help you quickly and easily
shed the heavy load from the Past and create an enjoyable
& empowering Present, so you can look forward to a better
Future. Who around you would also benefit from you feeling
happier? Would your family, friends, pets, colleagues
and other commuters? Anything is possible if you really
want it, and start by taking that first step toward
it.
Sue
Lester B.A. Dip Teach. Master Practitioner NLP, Hypnosis,
Results Coaching. Facilitator of Emotion Detox Workshops
0428
128679. available for consultation in Fortitude Valley
and Paddington
www.growingcontent.com.au
www.paddingtonclinic.com.au
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Be Blessed: by Jenni Madison!
To
be blessed is to receive, and to receive is to give;
the two are not separate, as we cannot have one without
the other. The gift is in both, giving and receiving.
That is our relationship to life. Just as we breathe
we take it in and we let it out, the breath is life,
it is the natural flow of the invisible air that keeps
us alive. To be blessed is to take in the energy of
the Divine and to receive the love and intention for
your well being and spiritual evolution.
Oneness, Spirituality, Energy, Divine - upon hearing
these words can trigger or inspire various reactions,
emotions and feelings in people. Some may find they
sound a bit kitch and fairy, whilst others find a deep
sense of connection, a spark of enlightenment, hope,
life purpose or an opening for truth. Words can be so
limiting and yet so powerful at the same time, as it
is not in the words we hear, but the meaning we associate
to the words that gives them the power. And yet, perhaps
the truth is so much more than mere words can explain.
Perhaps it is the feeling, the resonance beyond all
words that really gives us the truth and the meaning
of life. What is it all about for you? In one word describe
what life is?
For me it is a journey, much like the waters cascading
down the river it goes up it goes down, I crash I get
up, I flow and I get stuck, I succeed and I fail, I
laugh and I cry. Just as the river I move upward and
outward, or deeper and inward. The deeper I go on the
inside and the more progress I make on the outside,
the greater I feel and more alive that I am. It is in
the growth, the giving, the joy and the love that I
can naturally give and receive the gifts of life. The
gift is in everything and in all experience that the
river creates. Napoleon Hill says it so well in his
book "To Think and Grow Rich" - anything bad that happens
is for an equal or greater beneficial reason.
Do you know what you really want from life? Do you know
why you are doing what it is you are doing? It might
be your work, your relationship, your investment in
yourself?
The Oneness Blessing helps you to see and experience
life as it is. To see reality as you create it. This
sounds so simple and yet many of us often ask what life
is all about, we search, we struggle, we ask the questions.
Who am I? What is my purpose? We may suffer and wonder
what is this all about, or why me? We may even feel
joy and abundance tinged by a sense of guilt, as we
know of others who are suffering in the world. We can
achieve all of our goals, have everything we think we
want and then feel flat as we ask is that all? We can
even become depressed to then only get back on the old
familiar road of - what to achieve next?
It is never enough no matter how much we have until
we realise that the source of all abundance comes from
within.
Do you relate to any or all of these feelings? Have
you ever experienced these unfulfilled, trapped or confused
moments for your self? I think we all have at some time.
To evolve is to open our hearts and connect. As connected
creatures we relate to everything all of the time. We
are in a never ending relationship with ourselves, with
others, with the earth, with the Divine and with life.
And what is relationship if it is not a process of giving
and receiving, is this not a constant transfer of energy
via communication, thought and consciousness. Everything
we do and see is but a mirror reflection of our relationship
to life and ourselves.
The Oneness Blessing is a transfer of Divine Energy.
The energy holds the powerful Intention of its founders
and creators Sri Ammah and Sri Bhagavan, the intention
is to set man free. The Oneness Movement has now a global
reach, from what I have seen it is the most well related
spiritual movement to the mainstream and western worlds.
The Oneness Movement does not exist to attract followers
but rather to inspire contributors.
I am so pleased to say that there is no guru ship here,
other than that which individuals choose to project
for their own needs, and this does exist, it is their
journey. As a modern commercial woman I am not looking
to find myself in someone or something else, I am not
lost or searching, there is nothing on the outside that
can define who I truly am, only my being and what I
create can express who I am. Being Blessed is such a
gift that not just spiritual or religious activists
are embracing, but people all over the world including
our well known celebrities such as Tony Robbins, Meg
Ryan, Hugh Jackman and Linda Wagner. Many are enjoying
the benefits of spirituality in the material world.
The ultimate gift of life, love, acceptance and contribution,
in a way that is so healing, natural and inspiring.
Freedom is an inner path, it is not reflected by who
we are or what we have on the outside. Often it is our
most restrictive conditions that show us the path to
real freedom. As you receive the Blessing energy is
immediately activated and deactivated within the neurobiological
centres of your brain. The centers of joy and peace
are activated whilst the centers of separation, despair,
or depression may be de activated. The inner path to
freedom can be a clearing of the dark for some, with
unprocessed or unexpressed emotion rising to the surface
for their release. The immediate affects can be feeling
a sense of bliss, joy and well being - like a natural
drug or high, or an experience of an angry outburst
of rage or deep release of sadness, or nothing at all.
It depends which part of the river you are on and what
the next step to further you along the evolutionary
path brings up for you.
The most beautiful reason for inviting the Divine consciously
into your life is to see and experience the miracles,
which are occurring daily. The Oneness University has
reported so many miraculous stories from healing of
terminal illness, to permanent states of stillness and
bliss. Immediate feelings of calm and peace are the
most common feedback. The process involves a cleansing
and a clearing out of what is not you, bringing you
back to your natural state - a state of joy, bliss,
peace and childlike innocence. The states that we all
know so well as we were born into it but have over time,
through our patterned conditioning have forgotten.
If you would like to experience a Oneness Blessing,
either one on one or at one of our weekly group events
contact Jenni Madison on 07 3398 7480.
Jenni Madison is an experienced business owner, brand
consultant and self leadership coach. To know more about
one on one sessions, weekly events and other resources
to enhance your unique leadership style go to www.shyneworldwide.com
Shyne Worldwide The Power to Make a Difference jenni@jennimadison.com
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Challenging
Childhood Behaviour & Food Sensitivity:by Linda
Brown from Vive Organic Food and Health Clinic!
It's
easy to identify children that have food allergy or
sensitivity by the way they behave contrary to their
better personalities. If you have ever witnessed a child
at a party who absolutely 'turns into another person'
you will know what I mean. Food allergies and sensitivities
affect children in a number of different ways; physically,
mentally, emotionally and behaviourally. They cause
a wide variety of symptoms including ear, nose and throat
irritation; frequent infections; skin rashes; fatigue;
poor concentration; moodiness; hyperactivity; anxiety;
irritability; and bedwetting. Quite often a child who
has the ability to be patient seems unable to control
their on-edge nerves, leading them to interrupt constantly;
throw unusual tantrums or withdraw completely.
Occasionally, behaviour is the only symptom of a food
reaction but generally it co-occurs with unhealthy mucous
membranes, skin, digestion or immunity.
Food reactions may be caused by allergy (an immune response)
or sensitivity (a non-immune inflammation or other reaction).
The most common reactants are: o Additives: colours,
flavours and preservatives
o Food Allergens - both IgE (e.g. dust mites, pollen,
seafood, peanuts) and IgG (e.g. wheat, dairy, soy, yeast)
o Gluten allergy or sensitivity
o Salicylates
o Amines
o Glutamates
Food Additives - colours, flavours and preservatives
These additives occur mainly in processed foods and
cause a variety of symptoms, from tantrums and hyperactivity
to lack of attention, asthma and rashes. The most common
food additives that cause behavioural imbalances are:
Colours
o Erythrosine 127 (red)
o Tartrazine 102 (yellow)
o Yellow 107 2G and Sunset Yellow 110
Flavour enhancers
o MSG 621
o 627,631, 635
Preservatives
o Sulphites 220-228 (dried fruit, fruit juice, coconut,
processed meats)
o Benzoates 210-213 (syrups, medications, cordial)
o Nitrates 249-252 (processed meats)
Our advice is to get a chemical decoder such as "The
Chemical Maze" (sold at Vive) and read labels well.
Food Allergy
Food allergens are generally divided into immediate
IgE reactions (such as anaphylaxis to peanuts); and
IgG reactions (such as bloating with wheat). IgE reactions
usually cause a reaction within minutes to an hour (such
as wheeze), while IgG reactions crest between 30 minutes
and 4 days. IgG reactions are more difficult to identify
because multiple foods cause accumulative reactions
- in other words they overlap and are often seen a day
after the food(s) is consumed. This causes unpredictable
symptom patterns.
Gluten allergy can be coeliac disease (zero tolerance
of gluten which causes autoimmune destruction of the
gut); gluten allergy (whereby IgG and IgA antibodies
are released and cause symptoms); and/or gluten sensitivity
(which produces irritation without an antibody release).
Most often, behavioural symptoms will be accompanied
by bloating, bowel irregularity or fatigue.
The easiest way to identify such allergens is to:
a) Consult your Doctor for a RAST (radioallergosorbent)
blood test or skin prick test for IgE allergies; plus
a test for gluten allergy: TTG (anti-tissue transglutaminase)
and anti-gliaden IgA and IgG
b) Consult your naturopath or holistic Medical Practitioner
for a blood IgG test;
c) Use kinesiology techniques to identify reactants
non -invasively (particularly useful for very young
children).
Food Chemical Sensitivity - Salicylates, Amines and
Glutamates Once you have ruled out allergy or eliminated
allergens from the diet, it becomes easier to diagnose
other food chemical sensitivities. Salicylate, amine,
glutamate and additive sensitivities can only be identified
by elimination diets (low in that food) followed by
a challenge (eating that food and watching for a reaction).
These take time and effort, and children with these
sensitivities often have allergies as well. This causes
many overlapping symptoms. .For a clear picture, diagnose
and remove allergies first.
Salicylates, amines and glutamates are naturally occurring
components of many foods. People develop sensitivities
to them when there is more in the diet than the body
can process. This can be a combination of genetics,
leaky gut, liver toxicity or overload due to multiple
irritants in the diet.
Salicylates are high in foods such as citrus, melon,
berries, avocado, sultanas, broccoli, mushrooms, mint,
and aspirin. Amines and glutamates are high in tomato,
deli meats, chocolate, cheese and canned tuna. One highly
reactive glutamate is the flavour enhancer MSG (monosodium
glutamate, 621), found in Asian foods, chips, biscuits
and many sauces.
Once the dietary challenge identifies the sensitivity
you can minimise the offending agent until the symptoms
clear, then challenge the foods and slowly re-introduce
foods. In the meantime, it's wise to have a nutritionist
or naturopath assess your child's gut and liver function,
and provide nutritional support where necessary.
In essence, my step-by-step filter for detecting and
resolving nutrition-related behavioural imbalance is:
1. Avoid food additives. Buy or download a chemical
decoder and read numbers on labels. Check out http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/
2. Test for allergies and avoid them
3. Do an elimination - challenge diet for salicylates,
amines and glutamates
4. Ongoing parenting support for behavioural management.
The Triple P program has been noted to be particularly
useful, and is available through the University of Queensland
Childhood Allergy Management
07
3399 1002: 36 Riding Road Hawthorne Queensland
http://www.vivemarket.com.au/
Your Key To Optimum Sports Performance:
with Kickbike!
Have
you ever had to give up running due to impact injuries?
Do you suffer for days after you do run?
Do you suffer from short hamstrings?
Or maybe your cycling aggravates your lower back?
Maybe you had to take up cycling because the body could
no longer handle running, but you found you could not
get the same aerobic workout.
These are all great reasons to look at Kickbiking. At
first look it appears to be a oversized scooter, a penny
farthing look alike. But don't underestimate it. The
Kickbike is now being used by elite athletes for Glut
activation and core strengthening, unequalled by other
workouts.
Cross Country Skiers, undoubtedly classed as the fitness
in the world, have been using them now for 14 years
for their summertime training. Here in Australia, AFL
teams, Rugby, Hockey and Sprint Athletes are incorporating
them into their training, mainly for the Hip Flexor
stability and flexibility and Glut Activation.
If you take the Kickbike out for less than 1km then
you just think, Wow, that's fun. If you take it out
and did 5km then you would notice some very worked muscles.
Spend a couple of weeks kicking and you will notice
a difference in your strength, stamina, and flexibility.
If your sport has any sprint or running component, then
you will notice a huge difference as a result of Kicking.
I know it improved my performance.
Get yourself onto a Kickbike, and kick your own butt
into shape.
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Eating Addressed By The Whole Family!
by Rebecca
Selective
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Short
and Sweet:Calamari & Broad Bean Salad with Watercress!
Serves 6
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 cloves of garlic, finely
chopped Pinch dried chili flakes 2 tsp white wine vinegar
1 kg fresh broad beans 200gm sugar-snap peas, trimmed
1 small bunch of watercress
750gm cleaned calamari rings ½ cup firmly packed flat-leaf
parsley leaves, chopped 2 tbsp lemon juice
Combine olive oil, garlic and chili flakes in a pan
and cook over low heat for 2-3 minutes or until garlic
is light golden, then add vinegar and transfer to a
large bowl.
Steam broad beans over a saucepan of simmering water
for 3 minutes or until tender. Cool beans slightly,
then peel and add to garlic mixture.
Steam sugar-snap peas for 3 minutes, and add to beans.
Steam calamari rings for 2-3 minutes then add to bean
mixture.
Add parsley and lemon juice, season to taste with sea
salt and freshly ground black pepper and mix well. Serve
warm at room temperature.
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Laughter
is the best medicine!
Why
Dogs Can’t Use Computers
1.
He’s distracted by cats chasing his mouse.
2.
SIT and STAY were hard enough; CUT and PASTE are out
of the question.
3.
Saliva-coated floppy disks refuse to work.
4.
Three words: carpal paw syndrome.
5. Involuntary tail wagging is a dead give-away that
he’s browsing www.purina.com instead of working.
6. The fire hydrant icon is simply too frustrating.
7.
He can’t help attacking the screen when he hears “You’ve
Got Mail”.
8.
It’s too messy to “mark” every Web site he visits.
9.
The FETCH command isn’t available on all platforms.
10. He can’t stick his head out of Windows.
Quote
of the week!
"The difference between great people
and everyone else is that great people create their
lives actively, while everyone else is created by their
lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them
next. The difference between the two is the difference
between living fully and just existing."
Michael
E. Gerber
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part of your Will.
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