The Miracle Answer to Your Health

Here I sit early Christmas day knowing I need to blog.. and thinking HELLO it's Christmas morning... what are you thinking...But truth be told...I have been thinking for several days about how I can be more effective in my helping people heal. SO Here I am writing because in my work as a Holistic Wellness Coach, I speak to people every day and some of them want a Miracle Pill or Miracle Answer... and I need to tell you that there is no Miracle Pill... Just a Miracle Maker and that's Jesus Christ. He has given us the tools we need to get to where we want to go.

First off if you want to be somewhere else in your health, relationships, spirituality or a myriad of things on your special "if only" list... Sit down and make a list of where you want to be and make a plan... Planning is not a dirty word people! It is wise. God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love and of a sound mind.... So use that wonderful sound mind when you are creating a plan of ACTION!

Let's say that you want to be healthier this coming year (and hopefully forever)... You need to look at what you are EATING, THINKING & SAYING.... Now I realize that floating on that river of denial can be a pleasant place to be.... It won't get you to change anything... You just keep floating filled with hope and dreams... But the hope is smashed and the dreams are dead without action... So here comes just a few helpful tips... (and yes i have to do them too and sometimes I don't feel like doing them.... THANKFULLY... feelings aren't facts... You can ignore them and PUSH through.)

Pray
Until
Something
Happens

1. Keep a journal of everything you eat. This includes everything you put in your mouth... Writing it down will help you see what needs to be changed to get to the finish line... YOUR GOAL!!!
Key points to look for:
Are you drinking enough water?
Are you drinking too much caffeine? ( more than 2 cups a day) And if you are low on energy it's probably your adrenals, nervous system and emotional fatigue... so SUPPLEMENTS ARE WISE! (Health Analysis)
Are you overeating? -Is your stomach upset and feeling like you swallowed a brick up to an hour after you finished eating? IF that is the case you probably would benefit from taking a food enzyme.
Are you eating all dead food? (cooked food, canned veggies, white bread or flour)If you are start incorporating some cut up veggies for a salad... AND when I say salad I do not mean iceburg lettuce... I am saying cut up 1-2 cups of veggies and toss them with your favorite salad dressing...it's great for lunch. OK you can also add some beans....or other form of protein...

Here's a FABULOUS Holiday Dressing:
1 cup of dried cranberries (fresh are great too)
1/2 cup walnuts
1/2 cup organic olive oil
2 T. Orange Champagne Venegar (Trader Joes)(if you are unfortunate in not having a Trader Joes in your area ... a mellow Vinegar will do
Agave or Stevia to taste (optional)
1/2 cup pure water or orange juice
Blender time... and you have a GREAT dressing...

2.When you Think or Say something that is negative and unhelpful in your quest to get to where you want to be...
(Examples: I'm a loser...I'm never going to fill in the blanks)... I always (fill in the blanks)...
Wipe Always and Never out of your vocabulary....

Words are containers for POWER... They can create an open door or slam it in your face. The bible says that life and death are in the POWER of the tongue. And it's not just about the words you speak about yourself... It's about the words you speak to and about other people....AND Words that other people speak over you. Words have a life of their own... When people are cavalier with their words and by not being mindful of what they say they can actually curse people. (Yea, I know most of you don't want to hear it... but I need to tell you... this is real...)

The definition of a curse is 1. The cause of unhappiness or harm like the curse of poverty 2. a Malevolent appeal to a supernatural being for harm to come to someone or something 3.To wish evil on somebody

Words can change the flow and flavor of your life. So when you hear yourself "cursing" yourself or others you can say "I cancel those words in the name of Jesus"... and replace them with a positive life affirming thought...such as:

EX. 1. I will never get that job.... cancel those words and replace them with
something like...I am blessed and I the perfect job is coming. 2. I'm never going to lose that weight... replace those words/thoughts with ... Thank you Lord for my perfect health and the wisdom to keep it

Here's my prayer for you... That you will be mindful of what you put in your mouth, what you say and what you think.
Have a Very Merry CHRISTmas and a Happy, Healthy, Humdinger of a New Year.
Blessings,
Deborah

Why are YOU Still Smoking?...There is HELP

Cigarettes contain disgusting things that you would never think about putting in your body. For example, cigarettes contain tar, carbon monoxide, chemicals like DDT, arsenic and formaldehyde (a gas used to preserve dead animals). The tobacco in cigarettes also contains nicotine--the drug that makes smoking addictive. All of these things are bad for your body. Nicotine raises your risk of heart attack and stroke. Tar and carbon monoxide cause serious breathing problems. And you know tobacco smoke causes cancer.
Tobacco is toxic (poison) to your body. It causes more health problems and early deaths than all illegal drugs combined. On top of that, tobacco is addictive. This means that once you start using it, your body starts to need it. The longer you use tobacco, and the more you use, the harder it is to stop. Everyone who smokes started by "just trying it." That's how the habit and the addiction begin.

Reasons not to smoke and natural help for you
Expensive

Bad breath~ Xylitol PEPPERMINT MOUTH WASH is a great help

Stained teeth and hands

Cough/sore throat ~ Homeopathic Sore throat

Problems breathing ~ BRONCHIAL FORMULA

Feeling tired ~ Adrenal Support & Stress Pack
Wrinkles (more, sooner)

Arguments with parents, friends ~ Stress Relief Chinese TCM

Cancer risk ~Nature's Noni E-Tea

Heart disease risk ~ CoQ10

Gum disease risk ~ Silver Shield

Bad smell in your clothes, hair, skin ~ NATURE'S FRESH ENZYME SPRAY does ELIMINATE ODOR ~ I like to add some lemon essential oil

Cigarette burns in your car or on your clothes

Risk of secondhand smoke to people around you ~ quit Smoking :o)

Things to do instead of smoking:
Chew Xylitol gum

Call a friend.

Chew sunflower seeds, ground mint leaves or caffeine-free herbal tea leaves.

Go to a movie or another place where you can't smoke.

Take a walk or work out .

Remind yourself why you want to quit.

Smoking is an addiction. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, a drug that is addictive and can make it very hard, but not impossible, to quit. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON A PROGRAM TO HELP YOU QUIT SMOKING... PLEASE CONTACT ME...508-757-0453 OR drdeborah@townisp.com
More than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. each year are from smoking-related illnesses. Smoking greatly increases your risk for lung cancer and many other cancers.

Hurting Others
* Smoking harms not just the smoker, but also family members, coworkers, and others who breathe the smoker's cigarette smoke, called secondhand smoke.

* Among infants to 18 months of age, secondhand smoke is associated with as many as 300,000 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia each year.

* Secondhand smoke from a parent's cigarette increases a child's chances for middle ear problems, causes coughing and wheezing, and worsens asthma conditions.

* If both parents smoke, a teenager is more than twice as likely to smoke than a young person whose parents are both nonsmokers. In households where only one parent smokes, young people are also more likely to start smoking.

* Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to deliver babies whose weights are too low for the babies' good health. If all women quit smoking during pregnancy, about 4,000 new babies would not die each year.

Why Quit?
* Quitting smoking makes a difference right away-you can taste and smell food better. Your breath smells better. Your cough goes away. This happens for men and women of all ages, even those who are older. It happens for healthy people as well as those who already have a disease or condition caused by smoking.

* Quitting smoking cuts the risk of lung cancer, many other cancers, heart disease, stroke, other lung diseases, and other respiratory illnesses.

* Ex-smokers have better health than current smokers. Ex- smokers have fewer days of illness, fewer health complaints, and less bronchitis and pneumonia than current smokers.

* Quitting smoking saves money. A pack-a-day smoker, who pays $2 per pack, (which is not close to what it costs today!) can expect to save more than $700 per year. It appears that the price of cigarettes will continue to rise in coming years, as will the financial rewards of quitting.

Finally some GOOD News!!! Immediate and Long Term Benefits

Within 20 minutes after you smoke that last cigarette, your body begins a series of changes that continue for years.

20 Minutes After Quitting
Your heart rate drops.

12 hours After Quitting
Carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.

2 Weeks to 3 Months After Quitting
Your heart attack risk begins to drop.
Your lung function begins to improve.

1 to 9 Months After Quitting
Your Coughing and shortness of breath decrease.

1 Year After Quitting
Your added risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's.

5 Years After Quitting
Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker's 5-15 years after quitting.

10 Years After QuittingYour lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker's.
Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases.

15 Years After Quitting
Your risk of coronary heart disease is back to that of a nonsmoker's.

Need more convincing?
Compared to smokers, your…

Stroke risk is reduced to that of a person who never smoked after 5 to 15 years of not smoking

Cancers of the mouth, throat, and esophagus risks are halved 5 years after quitting

Cancer of the larynx risk is reduced after quitting

Coronary heart disease risk is cut by half 1 year after quitting and is nearly the same as someone who never smoked 15 years after quitting

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk of death is reduced after you quit Lung cancer risk drops by as much as half 10 years after quitting

Ulcer risk drops after quitting

Bladder cancer risk is halved a few years after quitting

Peripheral artery disease goes down after quitting

Cervical cancer risk is reduced a few years after quitting

Low birth weight baby risk drops to normal if you quit before pregnancy or during your first trimester the benefits of quitting

Source: The Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), a division within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC

Surviving SHINGLES

I am on the other side of healing from Shingles. And YES they are as painful as you have heard, times 10. Because I keep myself healthy I was shocked that I developed them... Too add insult to injury more people than I care to count asked me "How did YOU get Shingles?" I had plenty of time to think about that when I was in my house either naked or wrapped in a sheet. Here's what I came up with... I was vulnerable and then around lots of sick people. The vulnerability came after I did some heavy supernatural warfare for my family, was burnt out,needing to rest and recover.

I was beginning to start the dance of recovery when I was around lots of people who had the flu. I got blanketed with the flu and it morphed into shingles. I believe it was because I was vulnerable to begin with. However once you have shingles it doesn’t matter why you got it, you just have to learn how to crawl through broken glass to get through it. Incase you missed the key point... Be careful of being burnt out... and if you are... rest and stay away from sick people!

First thing I did was research shingles and found out that Shingles can leave a person with permanent nerve damage. Well since that idea just didn’t work for me... I started using a Gamma Linolenic Acid product called Super GLA to heal the nerve and myelin sheath. I sucked those babies down every few hours for 2 months. Yes I still take them but now only 2 a day. I saw that the pain Shingles comes with are in two different areas of the body. The first area is the nerve sheath. Your nerve sheath is everywhere inside your body. Now imagine a wooden branch with lots of hard, sharp pickers being shoved into your nerve sheath and when you move or breath the branch moves and the pickers rip, tear and cause big pain to you. That’s pretty close to how it was. The next area is the skin. I had a very bad case... where a large section of my front and back on the right side was invaded with shingles. For some reason shingles only affects one side of the body... I have no clue about that but rest assured it affects your whole body.

Along with taking Super GLA I took VS-C, Olive Leaf Extract because the root of Shingles is viral and VS-C and Olive Leaf Extract have anti-viral properties. I used Pau D’Arco lotion and Silver Gel on my skin to help heal the blisters. People who haven’t had shingles think that it’s all about the blisters on the skin... I pray you never first hand find out the fullness of this ailment.

So not only was the pain so intense but I was unable to sleep and that drove me to the doctors... those who know me will realize that I must of been desperate because I’m just don’t lean towards allopathic medicine . Fortunately my doctor understands and respects that I live on the natural side of life. I did not want to go on any pharmecuticals ...but was willing to use a Lidocaine patch for the outer skin pain. She strongly suggested that I also take one teeny pill at bedtime to shut down the pain center in my head so I could sleep. Since I tried everything natural and couldn’t get more than 15 minutes sleep... I accepted her plan. I was able to sleep with only waking up 1-3x a night... and that was much better than 15 minutes a night.

When I went to the doctors I asked the question “How long should I have to go through this”? The doctor, her physicians assistant and many people told me horror stories about how long shingles lasts. The general consensus was that a person with shingles could be in severe pain for 6 to 12 months. I was mortified! I was determined not to be in shingle hell for that long. So I did what I do with everything... I prayed, then I stayed away from people... hard to be social going out in a sheet... even a 400 count sheet. I took my supplements, used the patch and when that wasn’t on I put on the Pau D’ Arco Lotion and Silver Gel for healing treatments. After one month I cut the pharmecutical pill in half the strength and took it for another month. I gotta tell you I didn’t like the way it made me feel... but I strongly believe a person has to do whatever he/she has to do to survive. So I got off the drug after taking it for 2 months. It was a week adjustment period and I was able to go to church because HOORAY I could finally wear clothes... and I got prayed over and the prayer broke any residual effect from the pill... I slept like a happy, blessed woman that night.

One more thing... Once you have shingles you have no choice but to feel the pain and crawl through...There is NO Easy answer... Just some natural help and a few suggestions that can help you shorten the time you are in pain and get a little relief. One suggestion that saved my sanity and helped with sleep was using soft gel freezer bags to lay on when I went to bed. I bought several large square soft gel packs so I could switch them when I got up at night... One pack went in the freezer and one came out. The pain was so harsh when I laid down using the large gel bags were a huge help. ...So the ice pack is a necessary tool for surviving shingles along with Super GLA, VS-C concentrated, Olive Leaf Extract and the lotions and silver gel for my skin.

The fabulous news is that I was only in severe pain for about 2 months not 6,7,8,9 or one year... only 2. I thank God, My wonderful church who prayed for me and Nature Sunshine Products who all helped me survive shingles. May this never happen to you or to anyone you love. Keep in balance and rest when you are tired, eat when your hungry, drink lots of water, PRAY and keep believing. Remember to BE WELL BALANCED because the adversary roams like a lion looking for who he can devour.
Be Well,
Deborah

Spring Ahead

Spring is coming and I for one am so happy to be rid of the snow, ice and bitter cold. The feel of Winter is almost gone from our memory and the need to refresh or renew our body is cropping up. The term "Spring Cleaning" can be applied to our bodies as well as our homes. Spring brings a promise of warmth in the air with a feeling that marvelous possibilities are coming our way. Spring opens us up to love, romance, and the need to heal and sooth ourselves from a harsh winter. I would like to give you a few herbal suggestions that might help you prepare for the wonders of spring.

For those of ou who enjoy taking baths, This may be the perfect rememdy for you to try. This cleansing bath is one I suggest to everybody. So far I have heard only raves about the "soak". To begin drink a cup of Yarrow tea or take about 4 capsules 30-45 minutes before your bath. Using the Yarrow before your bath (or anytime, really) will help you sweat out those nasty toxins. Yarrow has been used to treat wounds, internal and external bleeding, sores, rashes and as a general tonic.

TO PREPARE Healing BATH
Open 9-12 capsules of Ginger or use 3 Tablespoons
1 Cup Baking Soda
1 Cup Sea Salt
Mix all ingredients in a hot bath
Light a candle or two, step in and RELAX

This is a wonderful soak because Ginger draws toxins out of our body and can relieve pain due to inflammation.

When you step out of your bath your skin should feel soft and smooth as Ginger sloughs your dead skin off and your bath water could look a little grayish because of the drawing out of toxins. (Toxins really are nasty stuff that don't belong in your healthy body). So a ginger bath is something to consider more than the change of seasons.

After I soak in a Ginger Bath I apply Lotion
which is the best body lotion I have ever used.

ENJOY!!!

Peppermint Essential Oil

For centuries peppermint has been used to soothe digestive difficulties, freshen breath, relieve colic, gas, headaches, heartburn and indigestion. Peppermint essential oil is an oil that should be part of your natural medicine chest. I believe I have used peppermint oil more than any other essential oil, and I use oils all the time. However peppermint is handy and has so many uses I don't think I could name them all.

I have blended countless amounts of peppermint essential oil for many of my clients who are in pain because it takes down inflammation immediately. It also works very well on soothing itchy skin and cools the skin to help your body stay cooler on unbearably hot days. When my sister-in-law went overseas it was 120 degrees there...She was armed and ready with 1 bottle of peppermint essential oil mixed in a wonderful healing Aloe Vera Gel. This combo brought her body temperature down and helped her adjust to the heat. A life savor among our military. In addition it can relieve stomach discomfort...when you are eating foods from foreign lands...you need peppermint essential oils and a bottle of Food Enzymes.

Don’t forget to Bless our Soldiers and when you are sending them care packages with cookies, books and soaps...add some food enzymes and peppermint essential oil...pre-mix it in the Aloe Vera Gel...You will be appreciated!

Invigorating Salt Scrub
4 ounce bottle that has a squeeze top OR a 4 oz. jar
Fill container a little less than 1/2 full with sea salt
Add same amount of Natural Liquid Soap
10 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
4 drops Rosemary Essential Oil (optional)
gently mix
This makes a fabulous gift...everybody loves this scrub!!!