When you look at all the causes of inflammation of your arteries. they all can be significantly decreased, if not eliminated, by firmly establishing healthy lifestyles. When you combine a healthy diet, modest exercise, and nutritional supplementation, you can see the following health benefits:
Improve Insulin Sensititivity
Decrease Oxidized LDL Cholesterol
Lower High Blood Pressure
Improve Cholesterol Levels
Decrease Risk of Diabetes
Lower Homocysteine Levels
Establish a Healthy Weight
Healthy lifestyles and becoming proactive in protecting your health is your best option to decrease your risk of heart disease or even reverse hardening of your arteries.
The medical literature has shown us that a homocysteine level below 6.5 micromols/L is a safe level. As the homocysteine level rises above this level the risk of cardiovascular disease will increase. The higher these levels the greater your risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Most labs report a normal homocysteine should be in the range of 5 to 12 or even 15 micromols/L. If your homocysteine level is above 12 micromols/L, you are in serious trouble. There are now even studies that show that individuals with elevated homocysteine levels are also at greater risk of developing several different kinds of cancers and even Alzheimer’s dementia.
The main point you must remember that the lower your homocysteine level the better. You certainly would want to see your homocysteine level below 6.5. The lower the better is the key when it comes to homocysteine levels.
In October 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported that the incidence of newly diagnosed diabetes nearly doubled in the last 10 years. The human and economic cost of diabetes, in the U.S. and around the world, is rapidly becoming the most important of all public health problems. The good news is that diabetes, along with most other chronic degenerative diseases, can be prevented through modest lifestyle changes. Knowing the risk factors and learning how to reduce them can restore active and healthy lives to millions.
Obesity and Diabetes: It Doesn’t Have to Be. There is no chronic degenerative disease more epidemic today than type 2 diabetes. And yet it is among the most easily prevented of all diseases. That’s because the explosion of diabetes we see today is largely the result of two trends: rapidly increasing obesity and a dramatic drop in daily physical exercise. Those trends can be reversed and the incidence of obesity, diabetes, and their complications greatly reduced.
The reason I can say that with confidence is the result of an important study by the Diabetes Prevention Program, a major clinical trial performed by the National Institutes of Health. All 3,234 study participants in the study were overweight and had impaired glucose tolerance, recognized risk factors for diabetes.
One-third of the subjects took metformin, the most frequently-prescribed diabetes drug, twice a day, one-third received a placebo twice a day in place of the drug, and one-third received training in diet, exercise, and behavior modification.
The goals of the lifestyle intervention training were to:
achieve and maintain a weight loss of 7 percent with healthy eating and increased physical activity, and
maintain physical activity at least 150 minutes a week with moderate exercise, such as walking or biking.
Not what you would consider a radical change in lifestyle.
The results, however, were radical. While metformin was found to somewhat reduce the risk of diabetes in persons at high risk, lifestyle intervention was far more effective. Overall, healthy diet and exercise—without any drugs—reduced the likelihood of diabetes by nearly two-thirds. Of course there also were no negative drug side effects from eating right and exercising, only additional benefits that can last a lifetime.
These striking results tell us that millions of high-risk people can use diet, exercise, and behavior modification to avoid developing type 2 diabetes. Through nothing more than awareness of risk factors, and individual preventive action, families all around the world can be spared the burden of diabetes and its debilitating complications.
Further reading: Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Reduction in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metmormin. N. Engl. J. Med. 346(6):393-403. 2002.
Molitch, M.E., et al. The Diabetes Prevention Program and Its Global Implications. J. Am Soc Nephrol. 14:S103-07. 2003.
Kirtland, K. et al. State-specific incidence of diabetes among
Swiss investigators reviewed 97 randomized, controlled clinical trials, which involved over 275,000 subjects. They looked at comparing the reduction in cardiovascular deaths between individuals who were taking the lipid lowering drugs called statins, those who consumed higher doses of omega-3 fatty acids, and a controlled group or placebo group. The statin group reduced cardiovascular deaths by 22%, while the omega-3 fatty acid group decreased cardiovascular disease by 32%. Statin drugs reduced overall mortality by 13%; however, the omega-3 fatty acid group reduced overall mortality by 23%. These were significant findings and brought up the fact that supplementing your diet with high-quality omega-3 fatty acids from pharmaceutical-grade filtered fish oil was more effective than the expensive statin drugs when it came to cardiovascular death and overall mortality. Now statin drugs have been shown to decrease inflammation and part of their clinical effectiveness is due to this aspect of these drugs. So researchers are not sure if it is the lowering of cholesterol or the anti-inflammatory aspect of these drugs that provide their health benefits. However, omega-3 fats are the building blocks of the body’s natural anti-inflammatories. In fact, supplemental intake of the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA found in filtered fish oil has been shown to significantly decrease inflammation throughout the body, including our arteries. They also do not have the adverse side effects that the statin drugs have. Studer M, Briel M, et al. “Effect of different antilipidemic agents and diet on mortality: a systematic review.” Archives of Internal Medicine, 2005 April 11;165(7):725-30
The FDA looks at nutritional supplements the same way it looks at foods. This entire industry is really not regulated, and a nutritional company can pretty much put any amount of nutrients in their tablets. In other words, the amount stated on the label is not necessarily what is in the tablet. Unless a nutritional company voluntarily produces its nutritional supplements in a pharmaceutical-grade method, the consumer has no assurance that what is on the label is in the tablet. Why sell your health to the lowest bidder? Taking high-quality, complete and balanced nutritional are the least expensive health insurance policy you will ever purchase.
The results of AstraZeneca’s hotly anticipated Jupiter study - which measured levels of a protein called CRP that can indicate arteries are inflamed and point toward heart disease - were just released at the American Heart Association meeting and they are likely to stir as much debate as promised.
The cholesterol pill reduced the risk of cardiovascular death and heart attacks by 44 percent compared with patients on a placebo. The 17,802 participants were men over 50 years old and women over 60 years old - ripe ages for heart attacks, but who were healthy. They did not display signs of heart disease and had cholesterol levels not requiring meds under current guidelines. The study is available in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Other findings: the combined risk of heart attack, stroke or CV death was reduced by 47 percent; the risk of heart attack was cut by 54 percent; the risk of stroke was cut by 48 percent, and total mortality was reduced by 20 percent. In its statement, the drugmaker says 25 patients would need to be treated to prevent one major CV event, if the results are projected over a period of 5 years.
The results prompted some docs to say Jupiter ushers in a new era of care. “This takes prevention to a new level,” Doug Weaver, head of cardiology at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital, who wasn’t involved with the study, tells The Wall Street Journal. “It defines a new population” of patients at risk.
But there are caveats. For one, there is disagreement about the utility and reliability of the CRP test. And the study yielded a higher rate of diabetes, which Sanford Bernstein analyst Tim Anderson wrote in an investor note may “temper enthusiasm, at least slightly, for more widespread adoption of cholesterol reduction therapy in patients with normal LDL (cholesterol) levels, but high CRP levels.”
And in an editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine, Mark Hlatky of Stanford University’s School of Medicine writes that “the results…raise two important questions about the primary prevention of coronary disease. Should indications for statin treatment be expanded? And how should measurements of (CRP) be used?”
Insulin and aging Centenarians, people who have lived over 100 years, don't have much in common. For example, some are smokers others not. They come from all over the world without a favoring any geographic location in particular.
However, there are 3 consistent metabolic blood indicators common to all centenarians; low blood sugar, low insulin, and low triglycerides. All 3 are relatively low vs. chronological age. Among these 3 indicators/factors insulin is the common denominator.
The level of insulin sensitivity of the cell is one of the most important markers of lifespan.
Controlling your blood insulin level is one of the most powerful anti-aging strategies you can possibly put into action.
Insulin Resistance is being extensively studied by endocrinologists. So far, these studies have linked insulin resistance with almost every life-threatening disease, and their complications - and they are still looking. In many cases the link is direct (causative) to the disease, in other cases it is a result or cause of a complication of the disease. Metabolic Syndrome (definitely linked to Insulin Resistance) was first identified as a group of symptoms indicating a high risk for heart and vascular disease and diabetes II but it was only a part of an overall investigation in the possible links between insulin resistance and any or all diseases. Itcertainly looks like the sugar/insulin problem is ONE of the big reasons we have increasing poor health � a slippery slope to the development of all the diseases
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.
CANCER CELLS FEED ON: a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc. are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt. b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved. c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer. d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C). e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it. f. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup. g. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells. h. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells. i. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells. 1. No plastic containers in micro. 2. No water bottles in freezer. 3. No plastic wrap in microwave.
I did the 5 day Sugar Cleanse before Xmas last year and it helped me stay in balance despite all the tempting foods!!!
RESET is a scientific way to lose weight, increase energy, and get off the sugar roller coaster
RESET begins with a 5-day program that immediately retrains your body to eliminate carbohydrate cravings.
RESET is a fabulous way to safely reach your weight loss goals and to maintain them permanently.
Dr. Christiane Northrup, recent guest on Oprah, recommends RESET in her best-selling books, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause.
This guide offers a detailed analysis and nutritional tips on thousands of the most popular food choices for kids. Covering the best and worst options available at the most popular restaurants in the country as well as the healthiest-and most harmful-foods in the supermarket aisles, if kids are eating it, this book is probably analyzing it.
I was reading Dr Weil's Healthy Aging book this week and noted that he recommends taking a daily multi-vitamin and multimineral product that meets the following specifications:
1. It should not contain any preformed vitamin A (retinol)
2. Have a mixture of carotenoids, not just beta-carotene.
3. Vitamin E needs to be mixed, natural tocopherols
4. Provide at least 400IU of vitamin D, but note that you will need additional vitamin D to get the recommended 1,000IU daily
5. No iron.
6. No more than 200 micrograms of selenium.
The product I recommend meets these specifications and I can share that with you if you email me at email@drkarenwolfe.com
2.Thanksgiving dinner is not an all-you-can-eat buffet: Fill your plate half with vegetables, one quarter with a lean meat and the rest with a starch of your choice. Eat slowly and stop when you are full.
3. Turkey - go skinless
4. Side Dishes - watch your portion size: go for smaller portions. This way you can sample all the different foods. Moderation is always the key.
5. Drink plenty of water: alcohol and coffee can dehydrate your body
6. Experiment with new recipes: do an Internet search to find delicious yet healthy low-fat contemporary Thanksgiving recipes.
7. Consider substituting sugar - you may substitute unsweetened applesauce or pureed prunes for half the sugar in recipes.
Well today I did what I tell everyone else to do -- had a colonoscopy for my 50th birthday! Yes indeed, I have been saying it for years and today was the day for me to walk my talk! The worst part was the bowel preparation.
I love to eat, so clear fluids is not appealing to me. I kept busy yesterday. Went to yoga, hairdresser and had a pedicure and then it was time for my first dose of that awful stuff. My system is a little slow to work so when I got to my appointment today everything had not worked the way it needed to..so off I went to drink more of the nasty stuff untill it kicked in...and boy did it kick in...here is where I avoid TMI on my BLOG!!
Well I watched the whole thing on the TV screen in my drug indiced sleepiness and it was over in no time. In case you are wondering what the heck it is, the pricture here shows that flexible tube that goes all the way from your rectum to the cecum and has a light and a camera and an opening so it can take samples of any polyps, burn the polys and take photos along the way. I came away with full color photos!!
Thanks to the staff for the patience with me and my slow system and to my husband for spending the day driving me and waiting for me. Love calls us in so many ways!!
So don't forget to have your colonoscopy experience in your 50th year (or before if indicated)
Hiking is a wonderful way to be in nature and get a great aerobic workout as well! I love being in nature and the trails at the spa last week were quite a challenge. At 6:30am we started walking in the dark and the sunrise came up on the hike
After 4 miles each morning I was ready for a healthy, substantial breakfast!!
Get at least 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night. Sleep deprivation is another stress and any stress promotes oxidative stress, promoting weight gain.
Sleep deprivation is also a major source of stress. Americans, on average, sleep two hours less now than they did forty years ago. Sleep deprivation links to weight gain by
1.Increases gehlin, the hunger hormone
2.Decreases leptin, the satiety hormone
Increases stress hormone
Decreases insulin sensitivity which increases hunger and craving for calorie-dense, high carbohydrate food and increases risk of Type 2 diabetes.
The process of oxidative stress in now believed to be a major component in the development of more than 50 chronic degenerative diseases.(Steinberg, D., Beyond Cholesterol: Modifications of low-density lipoprotein that increase its atherogenicity, NEJM 337, No 6(August 1997): 408-416.I call these Syndromes of Oxidative Stress (SOS).An understanding of the process of oxidative stress will teach us how to protect ourselves from chronic diseases.
You can be prevented from having vibrant energy if your body is forced to handle more than it can contend with and its defences are overwhelmed.When there is an interruption to the natural flow of the process of cellular oxidation, disease happens which all are syndromes of oxidative stress (SOS).The following is a list of some syndromes of oxidative stress in specific areas of the body:
One of the principles that I have learned is the fact that using mere “will power” to change bad, unhealthy habits just does not work. It may give short-term results but is almost always accompanied by significant stress and anxiety. The main reason this occurs is because real change needs to come from within. Merely trying to change some outward behavior by applying will power does nothing for the inner man or woman's beliefs. When you change from the inside out, you only need to allow your behavior to match up with who you really are.
I have worked with people on the Healthy for Life Program (see my web site for details), who have made a change in their belief system that basically stated that, “I am going to replace healthy lifestyles for my poor, unhealthy habits I possess.” Their inner desires, goals, and yes, theri belief systems began to change. Next, healthier lifestyles matched up with their new inner beliefs. It is no longer a matter of will power, but instead, a matter of behaving in the way you truly have become—health conscious.
The Healthy for Life Program provides you with an avenue to make these changes successfully. However, it is critical that the changes you make are effective. It is important to me that you are learning the lifestyle habits that truly make a difference and allow you to accomplish the goals you have set for yourself. Many of you are already beginning to experience the health benefits of this program. Increased energy, concentration and an overall sense of well-being along with beginning to release some unwanted fat are just some of the benefits you are witnessing. But the comment that I hear most often from participants, which surprises most of them, is the fact that they “aren't even trying.” The reason is because they not only have overcome their physical carbohydrate addictions and cravings—but also because they have changed from the inside out. Your new belief system, too, now desires and wants to live a healthy life.
This week, Dr Northrup held a tel-gathering for Team Northrup and Guest on The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity. IT was a wonderfully inspiring call, especiall yin loght of what is happening in the finanial markets this week. Her eare soem key idea I tooka way
Catherine Ponder affirmation from her book The Millionaires of Genesis:
Divine substance is the one and only reality in my financial affairs now
Divine substance heals me
Divine substance prospers me
Divine substance establishes order in my life and financial affairs now
Napolean Hill: “Thoughts have the peculiar quality of becoming their physical equivalents
Adopt a new way to think, and an action plan
Affirm prosperity everywhere you see it
Our culture makes this difficult
Being jealous, back-biting, will keep prosperity from coming to you
It’s easy to create a community from lack (the common belief “money doesn’t grow on trees”)
Look at your prosperity consciousness
Seek out people who have done what you desire to do
Your income does not need to be affected adversely at all by what is happening in the world
After a few weeks of medical treatment for DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ) I went to Sanoviv (www.sanoviv.com) to rest and recouperate, It was a wonderful time of rest and yoga and meditation and raw foods and rejuvenation. I feel great!
Eating scripts are the icebergs of our diet. Most lurk beneath the surface of our daily activities.
For me, working at my desk and driving in my car had eating scripts that were dangerous to my waistline. So I have re -engineered my environment to take back control. I call these my desktop and dashboard dining tips. Here they are;
1. Stock the refrigerator with yogurt, pop-top cans of tuna (protein can take the edge off a snack attack), fruit, vegetables. frozen edamame that is always ready to go!
2. Always have protein and complex carbs with meals
3. Stop to have meals and take time to create a pleasurable eating experience.
4. Always take a small cooler in the car with water, fruit, yogurt and low glycemic protein bars, when I am away from home for a few hours
RESET is a scientific way to mindfully RESET your mindless eating margin, lose weight, increase energy, and look great inside and out!
RESET begins with a 5-day program that immediately retrains your body to eliminate carbohydrate cravings.
RESET is a fabulous way to safely reach your weight loss goals and to maintain them permanently.
Dr. Christiane Northrup, recent guest on Oprah, recommends RESET in her best-selling books, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause.
Start seeing results NOW - Join our RESET team today! Join the call on Tuesday, July 22 at
If you are not able to attend the RESET Call on Tuesday, July 22 at 1 pm Central Time, I can send you the playback number so you can listen to a recording on the phone
How can this help you control your weight? Research has identified the “mindless margin” of eating. Going on a diet and cutting out 1,000 calories a day triggers feelings of hunger and deprivation. But a typical person can cut out 200 to 400 calories a day without noticing the difference. That may not seem like a lot, but if you make three 100-calorie cuts a day, at the end of a year you’ll weigh 30 pounds less. Move your candy dish. Get rid of your short, wide glasses. Use smaller dishes. Make some rules for yourself. Only allow yourself to eat a midmorning doughnut if you’ve already eaten a piece of fruit, which means you probably won’t be hungry for the doughnut. Serve the vegetables family style but not the mac and cheese.
At a restaurant, use the “pick two” strategy. Order a main course and only two of the following: bread, appetizer, dessert, and alcoholic drink. At a reception buffet, follow the “rule of two.” You can have whatever you want, but you have to use the smallest plate and can put only two things on it at one time. Always have something to drink in your hand, because that’s one less hand to eat with. —Reference - Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink,Ph.D.
So what’s mindless eating? MIndless eatingi is when external cues influence how much we eat.You pour more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass. You eat 92 percent of anything you serve yourself. You eat 20 percent more food served family style rather than left on a side counter. People eating with one other person eat 30 to 35 percent more than they otherwise would. Having a snack within arm’s reach doubles how much of it you eat.
According to a study conducted by the University of Northumbria, chewing gum has a positive effect on thinking, memory and other cognitive functions. Andrew Scholey, PhD, of the university's Human Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, attributes this effect to a mild increase in heart rate, which results in increased delivery of oxygen and glucose to the brain and thereby improves cognition. Who knew??
In a recent study, subjects who spent just 20 minutes mixing sprints with jogging lost three times the fat off their legs and seat in 15 weeks, compared to those who jogged steadily for 40 minutes. Intervals may trigger fat-mobilizing hormones and they amp your cardio capacity so your future runs will actually be easier. If you can't run, you can accomplish the same goal on a stationary bike, stair stepper or water aerobics.
Red Mountain Spa in St George, Utah offers an adventure of a lifetime. I presented a Women's Wellness Weekend of seminars and was able to enjoy wonderful hiking and lots of spa services. I loved the red rock and the quietness of the desert. I can't wait to return next year!!
Last night Dr Christiane Northrup held a telegathering for Team Northrup and I wanted to share the Top Ten Highlights of that call here on my Health and Wellness Blog
The Benefits of Cleansing - Dr Oz mentioned the benefits of "cleansing" on Oprah yesterday. He mentioned the need to have a jump start program every now and then.
The foods we should avoid are sodas and trans fats
The gut has more neurotransmitters than the brain and the gut is considered your second brain. The gut has food/mood issues programed that will always win over any intellectual understanding of food
High quality supplementation is important for the expression of genes at their highest level
The consciousness of the preparer of the food we eat affects the electromagnetic energy of the food
Part of the effectiveness of the 5 day sugar cleanse is to reduce the amount of allergens taken into the body through food and this decreases inflammation in the body
If you are worried that people will see what you are eating, then you are in an addictive phase with food
Most of us need fewer carbs, more fiber and real food
A good supplementation program day after day and year after year helps the body maintain its youthfulness
Once you have decided WHY you are here, the next step is to decide WHAT YOU WANT TO BE, TO DO and TO HAVE. What do you want to accomplish? What do you want to experience? In other words, what does success look like to you?
Here is what success means to me ---
I want
Time freedom to decide what I do , with whom and how I spend my days.
Financial freedom to support the causes that are most meaningful to me
Partner and connect with like-minded people so we share the journey together
Be a great role model for my daughter.
Be a good friend
Support the cause of improving the quality and quantity of my life and the life of those I love
Have a positive impact on the global health care crisis
To make a difference
….and I want to support others to realize their innate potential and live their dreams
Jack Canfield tells us one of the easiest ways to begin clarifying what you truly want is to make a list of 30 things you want to do, 30 things you want to have and 30 things you want to be before you die. This is a great way to get the ball rolling
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a purpose.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D
Each of us is born with a life purpose. Identifying, acknowledging and honoring this purpose is perhaps the most important action successful people take. They take time to understand what they’re here to do – and then they pursue that with passion and enthusiasm.
For the month of September, I will be posting a daily blog based on the book “The Success Principles – How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be” by Jack Canfield. The book contains 62 timeless Success Principles used by successful men and women throughout history.
I will be sending out a daily Success Principle from the book to inspire and motivate you. After all, as Jack Nicklaus, the legendary professional golfer said
“Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them.
Band-Aid remedies never last”
Success Principle #1 – Take 100% responsibility for your life
You must take personal responsibility.
You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind, but you can change yourself.”
On Friday August 24th a beautiful lady made her transition. This lady, Marlene Price Yarchever, was the earth angel that was responsible for my husband and I meeting 17 years ago. Steve and I attended the memorial service this week that was a celebration of her life and the legacy she leaves us with. Here is an excerpt from the service that speaks to the precious life that Marlene lived
"There was not a person she would meet that was not touched and changed by her words. She was proud of the fact that she could see inside someone and fill their empty hearts or give them just the words or comfort they needed to hear at the time - she said it was her calling."
Thank you Marlene for the many gifts you have brought to my life and the legacy of love you leave for me to carry on.
While visiting here in Australia last week,one of Australia’s top-rated public affairs programs did a story on how to choose a quality nuritional supplement. Lyle MacWilliam’s Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements was featured, and two prominent Australian scientists were quoted. They talked about the top ranking of USANA Health Sciences in the guide, and also discussed the surprisingly low rankings of many of the most popular brands in Australia. Click here to read the story.
A medical article I am reading while down here in Australia has the latest figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). It shows that mental illness, including anxiety and depression, is currently the greatest burden of disease for people aged 15 to 24.
Recent research by the Australian Childhood Foundation says adolescents, usually defined as aged between 12 and 24, worry about everything from body image to going to war. A third of the kids were frightened that one day they would actually have to fight in a war. 47% were worried about the way they look, 50% were terrified of being bullied in school, 35% worry they are overweight, and 41% said they felt that they weren't doing well enough.
There is debate about whether anxiety is increasing or we are getting better at detecting it. 25% to 50% of 12 to 18 year olds with anxiety problems also present with mood disorder problems.
The Australian Government recently set up Headspace - a one-stop-shop for children with mental health problems which can be assessed online.
G'Day from the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia!!! My swimming days are reactivated when I come "back home" to visit my family. Here I am with my daughter getting ready for our water fitness class in WINTER!! This is the pool that was used as the training pool for the swim team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. It is a must-do experience every time I come home. Now you know why Australia is such a strong swimming nation!
Candace Pert has published over 250 scientific articles on the bodymind connection. One of the most memorable things she said in her keynote was that 0.1% of what is going on in our bodymind is percolating up to the conscious level. That means 99.9% of what is happening in your body is unconscious. That means your body is your subconscious mind. Energy medicine and dream work and sand tray therapy access the subconscious mind and can be valuable in healing. See her books on my recommended reading list. I love The Anatomy of Spirit.
Posted August 04, 2007 by Wellness Coaches Graduate
Congratulations to my Class of 2007 Conscious Body Coaches who graduated form Level 1 and Level 2 Coach Training at the National Wellness Conference in Stevens Point, Wisconsin .
It is a soccer weekend for us. We have the Mission Viejo Soccer Tournament and it will be a busy weekend of soccer. Kelsey plays in the Under 14 team and I love the excitement and anticipation of each game. Soccer is such a great sport for kids of all ages!! It teaches teamwork and strength and flexibility and agility. Whether they win. lose or tie, it is a great game!
I was honored to join Fern Carness, Elaine Sullivan, Carol Ebert and Barbara Harris as an inductee into the Service and Leadership circle of The National Wellness Institute. The Service and Leadership Circle is a forum for recognizing outstanding people for their contribution to the field of wellness .
Fern Carness presented a fabulous opening Keynote presentation at the National Wellness Conference. Her title :Confessions of A Wellness Queen" was truly a fabulous start for the 32nd Annual Wellness Conference held on the campus of The University of Stevens Point, Wisconsin in July every year
I am so delighted to report a wonderful success story of my client Al. Al met me 7 months ago and he started weekly coaching sesisons with me as well as beginning the 5 Day RESET Program and then transitioned to the Healthy for Life Program. Here are the specifics of his success as well as a photo that speaks a thousand words!
As of July 29, 2007 (7 months working the program)
106 pounds lost
down 12" belt size
from 58-46 waist in pant size
blood sugar stabilized at 105-110
less knee pain, much less ankle swelling, more energy and stamina.
Here is a wonderful note that Al sent to me this week (August 2, 2007)
"I just spent a couple of hours going through my closet and got rid of 2 huge boxes of 3 and 4 X cloths. The great part is that I got into a garment bag that I put away a long time ago. The suit that I was married in 12 years ago fits again. Just about everything in that bag fits or will fit soon. I always had the idea I would fit into that stuff sometime again. That bag had a lot of my favorite stuff in it. It just goes to show you shouldn't always get rid of things you haven't worn in a year. Wouldn' it be something if I could fit into my old Marine uniform. That is a bit of a stretch. Halleluiah!!!!!!!!!!! Al"
At the Conscious Body Coach Training today the group participated in a Mindful Eating exercise with a Hershey Kiss. The process is designed to slow down the experience of eating and savor the senses.
Day 1 at the National Wellness Conference. We have a beautiful 70 degree weather day and no humidity. Participants are starting to arrive and dorm rooms are filling up. It was a busy day at my training. Many other programs are going on at the same time - Motivational Interviewing, Tai Chi, Wellness Program Coordinator Certificate and many more.
From Friday July 13 until Friday July 20th I will be speaking at the National Wellness Conference in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. I do not have easy access to email there as I am staying in the dorms. If you wonder what the dorm rooms are like, here is a shot of us hanging out a few years ago. I will be bringing lots a great information to the BLOG so you can experience the conference along with me!!
A book I have always come back to is Peak Performance Living: Easy, Drug-Free ways to ALter Your Own Brain Chemistry by Dr. Joel Robertson. It tells us that everyday whether we know it or not, we are altering our brain chemistry. We do this through what we eat, what we do, and what we think. Check out the book, you will be amazed at what you discover. GO to my home page and click on this book to order it easily. It is one of my TOP TEN books I am recommending at the National Wellness Conference.
As I have been preparing for my talk at the National Wellness Conference titled The MInd/Body/Wealth Connection, I have come across two wonderufl books. The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent by Esther and Jerry Hicks and The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
You don't have to miss out on this year's exciting line-up of diverse programming and keynotes including, Governor Mike Huckabee, world renowned pharmacologist Candace Pert, PhD and former Secretary of Health and Human Services, Louis W. Sullivan MD.
Watch this BLOG to keep in touch with what is happening at the 2007 National Wellness Conference. It will prove to be the year's most important health and wellness gathering.
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of that awful stuff. My system is a little slow to work so when I got to my appointment today everything had not worked the way it needed to..so off I went to drink more of the nasty stuff untill it kicked in...and boy did it kick in...here is where I avoid TMI on my BLOG!!
Hiking is a wonderful way to be in nature and get a great aerobic workout as well! I love being in nature and the trails at the spa last week were quite a challenge. At 6:30am we started walking in the dark and the sunrise came up on the hike
Red Mountain Spa in St George, Utah offers an adventure of a lifetime. I presented a Women's Wellness Weekend of seminars and was able to enjoy wonderful hiking and lots of spa services. I loved the red rock and the quietness of the desert. I can't wait to return next year!!
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From Friday July 13 until Friday July 20th I will be speaking at the National Wellness Conference in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. I do not have easy access to email there as I am staying in the dorms. If you wonder what the dorm rooms are like, here is a shot of us hanging out a few years ago. I will be bringing lots a great information to the BLOG so you can experience the conference along with me!!
A book I have always come back to is Peak Performance Living: Easy, Drug-Free ways to ALter Your Own Brain Chemistry by Dr. Joel Robertson. It tells us that everyday whether we know it or not, we are altering our brain chemistry. We do this through what we eat, what we do, and what we think. Check out the book, you will be amazed at what you discover. GO to my home page and click on this book to order it easily. It is one of my TOP TEN books I am recommending at the National Wellness Conference. 
Welcome to Dr. Karen Wolfe's Health and Wellness Blog. Watch this space for new Health and Wellness News, Training Seminar Dates, Coaching Information and More!