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One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself this year is one of improved health and vitality.

Besides looking better naked, WHY do we need a detoxification program? Is it possible now through science to see that repairing and regenerating your cells helps you stay younger longer in a stronger, fit, energetic body? Could your symptoms including acne, diabetes, obesity, eczema, heartburn, behavioral problems, irritable bowel, high cholesterol, blood pressure and many others be related to a toxic internal environment? Do many of our pharmaceuticals just mask the symptoms? All aboard who are taking this health journey with us? Over the next 30 days, I will do a weekly blog featuring general foundational principles of Nutritional Cleansing and detoxifying your body.

WHAT exactly is a Nutritional Cleanse/ detox program and how much does it cost? Just like cleansing your skin removes impurities, nutritional cleansing is the process of eliminating wastes and toxins from the cells, organs, and the bloodstream. This is done through a change to cleansing foods, eliminating processed sludge-producing foods, and adding a series of important cleansing skills to your daily regimen. Generally there is no significant added cost but the reallocation of your food funds into smaller amounts and healthier choices.

Nutritional Cleanse tip Day 1: Smile without the Sugar!

Obesity, diabetes, heart disease, overweight, candidacies, and tooth decay are some of the long list of painful motivators to avoid this white poison of refined sugar. Sugar taxes our pancreas; plays with blood sugar levels affecting fatigue and mood; feeds cancer cells, bacteria, yeast and elevates triglycerides. Some of the symptoms of too much sugar maybe fatigue, bloating, foul smelling gas, bad breath, night sweats, headache, joint pain, weight gain, acne, increased urination, craving for sweets, vaginal yeast problems of other fungal infections, weakened immune system, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. We are born liking the sweet taste so reading labels and consciously making smarter choices gives you a bigger longer lasting smile. Nearly all processed foods contain sugar because it tastes good; it is cheap preservative and will keep customers eating like pigs. It is not added to promote your health. Sugar comes in many forms so on an ingredient label list look for the word “sugar” (cane sugar); the word “syrup” ( sorghum or corn syrup are some examples); a word ending in “old” (like manitol or sorbitol), “ose” (glucose, dextrose, sucrose) or any word containing the word “malt” (maltodextrine).

Stevia, xylitol, raw honey and agave are healthy options with a low glycemic options that contain minerals, vitamins and antioxidants that give you energy, taste sweet, are low on the glycemic index but won’t give you the health challenges of refined sugars. Maple syrup, evaporated cane juice and blackstrap molasses are still healthier than refined sugar but higher on the glycemic index than the sweeteners above and may produce a higher spike in blood sugar.

Nutritional Cleanse Tip Day 2: Water Works!

Water makes up more than two thirds of human body weight, and without water as a universal solvent, we would die in a few days. The human brain is made up of 95% water, blood is 82% and lungs 90%. A mere 2% drop in our body’s water supply can trigger signs of dehydration: short-term memory trouble and difficulty focusing on smaller print, such as a computer screen. (Are you having trouble reading this? Drink up!) Mild dehydration is also one of the most common causes of daytime fatigue.

Coffee, tea, soda are acidic diuretics so they leech your bones of calcium and your body of water. One glass of orange juice is 4 oranges… too much sugar. Drink your water, eat your fruit. Most experts recommend 8-10 oz glasses of filtered water per day (chlorine is also acidic). Add a little fresh squeezed lemon juice, apple cider vinegar or cucumber for a beautiful “basic” twist! I have heard many patients over the years claim that apple cider vinegar helped their arthritic pain, likely because of this acid-base balancing. Drink water between meals so you don’t dilute your digestive enzymes. Visit the water calculator link here to be sure your water is working for you.

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Nutritional Cleanse/Detoxification Tip Day 3: Exorcise with Exercise!

Exercise can improve your mood, energy, stamina and sex life. How many more reasons do you need to get moving? OK here’s a few more, it helps protect you from heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, back pain, osteoporosis, enhances brain function and help manage stress. As little as three hours a week of brisk walking has been shown to halt, and even reverse, the brain atrophy that begins to occur after age 40.

Q: In a detoxification program, why is moderate exercise 20-40 min/day essential?

A: The lymph system doesn’t have a pump so your body depends on skeletal muscle contraction to liberate, circulate and eliminate toxins. Exorcize the toxic demons with Exercise!

There are as many different exercise routines that are effective, the key is to find a regular program you ENJOY that moves all body parts, incorporates strength, endurance and flexibility. Yoga, resistance training and jogging are some of my personal favorites. However you love to Rumba your Rumpa!

Nutritional Cleanse/ Detox Tip Day 4: Rid the accumulated toxins and avoid putting in more!

Where are these toxins? They are found in our air, our water, our soil, our foods and plastic containers. Could the fumes from your cleaning supplies be affecting your memory? Are your lead lipstick and mercury fillings making you sick? Do pesticides in your food make you fat? Yes, Yes and yes all of the above are true but the good news is that, as our environment and our bodies are becoming more toxic, our science is discovering better ways to regenerate and detoxify. In today’s environment it is essential to have a method to reduce the toxic load. Reduce toxins by; filtering your water and air, eating organic foods; avoiding plastic containers and processed foods; use environmentally friendly cleaners and make-up and avoid aerosol sprays.

It’s easy to believe that toxins are assaulting us on all fronts, but the worst toxins are often within. Worry is a toxin, envy is a toxin, self-loathing and fear and free-floating anxiety are all poisonous to our health. ~ Anna Johnson. Take action today!

Nutritional cleansing is a way of life, encompassing a more conscious mindful way of eating. If we just listen to our taste buds, perhaps we’d all be eating donuts and having soda for breakfast. The sugar and salt enchants your taste buds and the hit of caffeine will cause you to go back again and again for the same pleasure. Remember for every pleasure there is a pain, in the case of poor nutrition it may be the cumulative silent killer of an unhealthy lifestyle that will cost us our health. Real food gives you an accurate feedback system to prevent overeating without the addictive chemicals. For example, you would never overeat on a bag of organic carrots. Knowledge is providing the information, wisdom is integrating healthier choices into your life. Eat to live not live to eat.

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” ~ Thomas A. Edison

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How many times have you heard the shocking story that they were married for years and years and then one spouse cheats on the other? Not only are they despicable enough to cheat but are caught in a sexual act in the matrimonial home, the office or at the neighbor’s party. Often these cheaters seek intimate partners with someone who is familiar to them – the spouse. The ‘work spouse’ is even a new term to describe the person at work with which they spend the most intimate time. If they are keeping this person a secret from you then perhaps they have crossed the line into the land of the cheaters.

An article and infidelity poll by Stephany Alexander quotes 45-55% married women and 50-60% of married men engage in extramarital sex at some time or another in their relationship. The actual data was not available for review so I question the reporting methods and definition of cheating, but it does suggest that the numbers are approximately equal.

Perhaps men are more likely to boast about their extramarital affairs than women, so the scores are slightly elevated. For women, it may be more of a social taboo so it goes under reported. Does cheating have to involve extramarital sex or could it also be spending secret intimate time with another without your spouse knowing?

Men have larger sex centers in their brain so perhaps they go for the sexual field goal while the language centre in women inhabits both hemispheres, so perhaps their cheating comes in the form of talking sexy and emotionally caressing her affair. In any case, I do believe that the numbers are close to 50/50 and just as many women cheat as men, although the forms may be slightly different.

How is it that we define cheating? Wikipedia defines Infidelity (colloquially known as cheating, adultery or having an affair) as the breach of an expectation of sexual and or emotional exclusivity. If we can undress the emotions of blame, shame and anger for a moment, let’s get naked to the core beliefs and ideas that are being challenged within Infidelity. Infidelity is simply a breach of an exclusivity clause in the spoken or understood contract. So if a couple doesn’t commit to exclusivity in the physical or emotional realm then then is there no opportunity for infidelity?

Currently, I’m coaching a client who arrives at her home to catch her husband of 24 years, in their matrimonial bed with another woman. No matter how open you are or what terms you’ve agreed upon in your relationship, this surprise situation for most people will likely raise a few hairs on the back of your neck.

Your life in this situation, may feel like it was put in a blender and with just a breath you can move into different textures of emotion- puree to chop, to slice and dice without any warning. You may be laughing in one minute then crying the next. If this is you, stay with me, I know the information I’m about to present will give you back blender button control! What I am about to share is the 5 Steps to Process a Cheating Spouse: (A solution without burning your bed and castrating your husband.)

Step 1

Label and understand the emotions you are feeling. Is it anger? Hurt? Betrayal? I believe you are delivered from the emotion by labeling it, exploring into it and understanding why it is there. If you write a story for each emotion it slows the blender choices and gives us material for the dissection we are about to perform. STOP now and go write your story, I’ll go sharpen the saw for the surgery we are about to perform.

Anger is often the first feeling that comes up. Shock and disbelief with the perspective shift that the universe is requiring your brain to register. Any time we are faced with new information that shakes up our box and interrupts our paradigm it creates anger. We resist and deny it because the concept is unfamiliar. This new ideas cause us to question, evaluate our previous mindset. Could we have been wrong the whole time?

In scientific evaluation, making a key discovery often then leads to other questions of whether to accept or reject the idea based on the evidence. We go through these mental steps evaluating the situation. If we reject the idea and assume your spouse is not cheating then the flow chart processing is over. If there is significant evidence and or if the spouse admits to infidelity then we package up the anger and add it to the baggage.

Why are you angry? Is it because you are feeling betrayed? Is it that you don’t see where you are cheating in your form with another person? Is it that you are jealous of the intimacy that your spouse is sharing with another? Do you somehow feel responsible because you haven’t been there for the person in the way they wanted? Do you perceive loss of trust? Are you feeling inferior? Once you start unpacking your thoughts and feelings you unleash the inner most fears.

Betrayal is the next emotion that often comes up in a coaching session. The spouse has expected their mate to be exclusive to them and what is worse is that they feel the sacred bond of trust has been broken. The first time I heard John Demartini say no one is ever loyal to you but loyal to their values, I thought him to be a cold hearted sugar daddy without a true understanding of love. But the more I explored this idea of value seeking souls communicating with each other, I see truth in these evolutionary steps to grow, learn and love on more profound levels.

Step 2
Seek to understand why.

Rising above your own personal fears and doubts to truly love the person, you want to understand them and support what is best for them, as well as honoring your needs and desires. Let’s think about a breach of trust in a child for example. Why would the child not always tell you the truth? Is it because they are pre-programmed evil to the core or is it that they see more benefit in not telling the truth? Do we as individuals reward truths or do we often take offense, reprimand and retaliate believing that it is a personal attack?

Now let’s put it back into the partner paradigm of unconditional love and ask yourself the question, honestly. Why did your spouse seek an affair and why didn’t they share the details of the relationship? Was it that he/she wasn’t having their values met and didn’t want to hurt you? Could it be that they were afraid you would leave? Could it be a loving act to be dishonest? Have you ever told a lie to your children or spouse – why did you lie?

If pride in self is too elevated you will fall and fault those around you. When you can see you have all the qualities you are accusing your spouse of having and you understand your unconscious motives, then you will see them as your reflection. You can only love another to the degree to which you love yourself. The reverse is also true, you will judge to the degree and intensity to which you are also secretly denying yourself. You feel alone when you are putting yourself above or below another. Look them straight in the heart and you connect on a soulful level for eternity. If you don’t understand why then ask, acknowledge and gratefully accept the answer from your spouse. Steven Covey says, “seek first to understand.”

Step 3
Communicate Your Needs.

If you are not sure what it is that you need from your marriage or relationship then how do you expect your spouse to know? Are you looking for a life and business partner, sexual lover, father to your kids, confident, friend? Perhaps right at this very moment there are different people filling your needs, so why would you deny your spouse the same constellation of support. If an exclusive sexual relationship is important to you and you are accommodating your partner’s needs and desires within your own paradigm then you dance together.

Years ago, I was with a partner who was traveling six months out of the year. I gave him my blessings to have his needs met on one condition…I would also have his blessing to have mine met as well! I believe we were exclusive to each other in a sexual relationship because we had discussed the fears, clearly communicated our desires and developed an outcome measure.

If you take out the emotion, marriage is like any other contract. If the contract was unclear, use this this time of chaos to re-evaluate your priorities and desires and choose develop a new plan. A relationship, like any energy form, doesn’t end but just transforms, allowing the process to enfold and trust in this universal lesson of love.

Communication is not what you say, but what is congruent. Words aligned with thoughts and actions penetrate a powerful vibration of love. The philosophy is communicating within another’s values in a form they understand. The science is linking your values to what you both love. The art is discovering what that love is.”

Step 4
Feed your desires and the jealousy of your spouse feeding theirs disappears.

When you feel whole and complete as a person you don’t feel the need to capture and hold another. You may not be able to accommodate all of your partner’s needs and desires, just as they may not be able to accommodate yours. In fact, there is a lot of pressure thinking you have to be everything for everyone. Your God given right of passage is to fulfill your own needs and desires and through this loving service be able to fulfill the needs of another giving your greater service to the world.

A spiritual relationship is coming together for the purpose to give a greater service and love at new levels. If your partner is loving more sex or intimacy and you can’t provide it, what other options would you have suggested outside of an affair? If they had come to you asking your permission to be with another in an intimate way, would you have approved? If you wanted to be the person of sexual activity and intimacy, why are you not providing it?

Don’t take it personally if your spouse is denying you at this time sexually, who is inviting you. If your spouse is providing challenge, who is coming out of the woodwork to support you? You are loved, always and forever! Holding on to one form to feel and validate this idea will be the source of your suffering. We have the option to look at this infidelity and feel victimized, or we can choose it as a opportunity to shed, grow and communicate on a new expanded level, letting go of fears and doubts to LOVE like you have never loved before. What path do you choose?

You are loved, and because of this, light you reflect and attract other love onto you. Like stars in the night sky each has their own unique frequency and vibration. The best we can do is to shine our light and love and honor when another is shining theirs. Celebrate others and surround yourself with those who celebrate you.

Cheating hurts because you take it as a personal attack, a rejection of your person. Once you understand that love is a recyclable, renewable resource and you are not attached to the form in which you receive it, then you are able to step out of your personal fears and doubts to share your heart with the universe.

Have your own affair – with yourself…. fall in love with you and instead of creating the course entitled Calling in the One/ Finding Your Soulmate, you’ll reach the understanding that the one doesn’t arrive to you but through YOU.

Love and honor your magnificent person and you will see it in everyone you meet.

Why do you fear success? Doesn’t the thought of fame and fortune, prosperity, influence stimulate a warm butterfly in your belly? The ability to have beautiful things ( homes, cars, clothes, jewelry) around you and to provide great experiences of education and travel for your and your family? Would you not do everything in your power to accomplish this? For some perhaps the material is the motivation but the incredible inspiration that comes from a soulful service is the wild ride to your destiny. An unconscious motive of service that vibrates on a energetic level that will surge through your veins….if you allow it.

But what if you associated success with increased social responsibility, more time in a greater service, bigger problems and issues of social injustice, time away from the people and places you love. Would it then change your appetite for uncharted success? To acquire a billionaire mindset, you must focus upon a vision outside yourself. When the message is greater than the messenger you lose your fears and doubts and are infused with enthusiasm, courage and strength to give your service.

As we grow, we lay witness to greater world problems, injustices to the ignorant, punishment to the poor, and negating of the naive. It is sometimes a painful lesson to learn the manipulation that occurs at every level of life. The greater you expand your influence, the greater are the doors of hidden secrets in politics, government and religion to provide challenges on a whole new level. It is not just about you, your family and community any more, it is a vision of world service- service in health, life and freedom of rights. You will begin to question who it is that you can trust and feel defeated and attacked from those that you love and respect the most. Examples of these injustices for me are: issues of sickness care that is labeled health care; the food supply that is being genetically modified creating illness in our population; our land, water and air that is being destroyed and government policies that are allowing it. Did you know that 1986 Ronald Regan passed a law to absolve vaccine companies from any injury or reaction as a result of the vaccine? My God, how can our governments remove accountability to a pharmaceutical company and at the same time mandate health promotion? Perhaps holding on to the idea of life, love, health and freedom for all, is the reason we suffer through this knowledge.

Our jails are full of those who couldn’t play by the rules yet many of the rules themselves are sometimes crimes against humanity. Our lovers, friends and families are often our judge and jury and not always are biggest supporters. Where is the justice? The pain you experience when these ideals are compromised is so great that as a reflex you almost you wish to pull away from it, to run, hide and bury your head in the sand and hope to forget what you have just learned or the faint-hearted may join the tactical team, when beating them looks like an impossibility. Stepping into success with the added responsibilities you will go through stages of denial , anger and fear until you finally reach a heartfelt place of gratitude for being alive and being graced with the opportunity to make a difference. Isn’t that, at some level, how we all define success, the ability to give a service and make a difference? In her book, The Bond, Lynn Mctaggart says the desire to give and connect is just as strong as the desires for food and sex! On some level the desire for sex seems as it should be greater, as the way to procreate our species but the two entities do have to connect first for this to happen! I’ll be back to report more on that story, once my experimentation and research is complete The sphere in which you identify, determines the level of impact you will make. Are you playing within the field or are you striving past the outfield for the home run?

How do we pull ourselves out of the crimes and sorrows of the world into hopeful success for the future? The answer is….one step at a time. Attach to the joys and the pleasure that the universe also supplies within a given crisis. Ask to see silver lining in the dark cloud and it will be revealed. Last week, for a few hours I gave up. A series of events that almost seems planned and planted to test my commitment to greater success. I wanted to go hide under the covers and bury my head, escape the turmoil and stress. So I did for a few days until the universe stepped in. Then out of the blue my sage-like son asked me to watch a movie with him that shifted my heart and perspective. A movie about defying all odds. An inspiring story of the most humble, steadfast young girl birthed to be a prophet for her people working against all odds. “Whale Rider”, is not a five star film with a billion reviews, but it was the one that provided the star I needed for inspiration last evening. Thank you son and movie producer for this blessing. Sending gratitude to the ghosts, goblins, stalkers, scammers, midnight jokers and witches of the mystical circle for the lessons in Whale Riding- I couldn’t have done it without you.

The definition of success being the fulfillment of your highest values is one that I created but unless you attach your highest values to a global service you can remain circling your egocentric “I” self instead of the worldly “we” higher self that understands we are all connected. Expanding this definition of success I’d love to add… fulfillment of your highest values in giving your greatest service. There are days when you wish to bury your head in the sand at the pity party but just listen for the quiet space of inspiration to overcome your fears and doubts. The next beach day, call out the fears of success buried in the surf in the following conversation with your fear:

Label it.
Hi which fear of you? Answer: “I’m fear of success”

Dissect it.
Can you be more specific, what is it about success that actually scares you the most? “fear of losing friends and family in the process and labels of superiority”

Place it.
Step right up and lets find out where that fear first arises. Where before in your life have you lost friends or family favour with successes? A fear is present because you perceive more pain than pleasure, more loss than gain (John Demartini). Answer: “Grade school ‘best’ awards and teachings of not thinking yourself better than anyone else”.

Neutralize it.
Somewhere you had to learn this fear, find the root and see how that event also provided you benefit and then magically you are no longer held by it. How did losing a few friends serve you or give you an advantage? How did name calling help you? How could this provide you an advantage in the future in your business or personal life. Answer: ” I lost the people who didn’t celebrate me, to make room for those who did.”

Visit my website www.drdenachurchill.com for other blog articles, archived radio shows, group or individual coaching information and media speaking samples. How can I best serve you? Here’s to your success! May you be blessed with the courage to step outside yourself to reach for the stars, envision and achieve your personal best and most of all enjoy the journey.

Wealth is a measure of value, that can neither be created or destroyed but acknowledged and transformed. It is not only the accumulation of assets in a form that is congruent with your highest values but it is an awareness of abundance in resources that give you fulfillment. Your health can be your wealth, your family or social contacts could demonstrate your treasures or maybe your intellectual knowledge or trade secrets that are your wealthy gifts. We all have wealth maintains John Demartini but the form of it will be different based on the areas of our life to which we give the greatest importance. Bankruptcy, financial hardship or another threat of execution helps focus the mind in liberating your assets to create financial wealth. Be grateful for the void that now drives your value.

I have been performing in my own financial circus through divorce, loose management and poor investments. I’d thought I had the idea of abundance figured out. I believed it was this belief in what you give you receive back 10 fold, the idea of paying it forward that motivated my giving. In fact likely it is my humble, barefoot healer mentality keeps my service small. Even the cheerful giver must take the ride when it is offered and patch the hole in the bottom of her overflowing cup. The patch is the idea of fair exchange. You have to pay yourself first and replenish your resources in order to be able to give at a greater level. If you have a great message it requires a great vehicle to carry it.

One day a religious man Jack sat and watched the pouring rain and the city water levels were rising. The neighbor comes by with an SUV and calls out, “a terrible flood is coming, evacuate with us”. Jack replies, “No thanks, I am ok. Don’t worry about me. God will provide.” Then as the waters continue to rise he forced up to the second floor to escape the rising tides and another neighbor comes by with a boat and offers to take him to safety. But Jack once again replies, “No thanks. I am ok. Don’t worry about me. God will provide.” Finally as Jack is hanging onto the roof as the rest of the house is underwater, a police helicopter hoovers overhead and is ordering him to take hold of the ladder. Jack, keeping the faith, replies, “no thanks, I am ok. Don’t worry about me. God will provide”. He denies this last hope of rescue and Jack drowns. As he meets God at the pearly white gates to heaven he holds up his hands in despair. Jack cried out, hey what happened out there, you really let me down! I had faith you would save me, where were you?” “ Where was I”, God replied. “I sent you a SUV, a boat and a helicopter. Tell me- what were you waiting for?

[I could have used the name Noah in this story but even he put his hands to work and built the ark! ) Action, Action, Action is the movement that creates acceleration and the accumulation of wealth. What are you waiting for, do something today]

A recent financial course with John Demartini, helped me identify where my billions bank. Millions of dollar potential is buried into our family health, mine and the kids. Millions stored in intellectual knowledge in my head, certificates on my wall and into my book shelf. Multi Millions of potential in my practise and other speaking businesses. Millions into my social circles of personal resources. Paul Zane Pilzer says W=PxT. (Wealth equals your personal resources times the technology to share it) When you have your… “why- should-I-share-it?” the “how-do-I-do-it?” falls into your heart

STOP now for a moment and take 3 slow deep breaths, Inhale- hold for a second or two- exhale. What are your gifts to the world? What skill or service do others compliment you about? What activity do you love to do? Take these special talents and ask yourself how do I make money doing it?

The most important financial philosophy I have learned is both giving and receiving in a fair exchange. That you can only love another to the degree to which you love yourself. To give without receiving creates resentment, and to receive without giving leaves you in shame. Both of these lop-sided options affect self worth. God will provide you the gifts and tools for your wealth mission but take action today and don’t be left hanging on to the roof waiting for your ship to come in…..dive in and swim out to meet it. Are you ready for a growth spurt? How many lives do you wish to touch? Where is the team that will allow you to focus on what I do best and delegate out the rest.

My purpose in writing this article is two- fold. By putting this in print and maybe publishing it will keep me accountable to my purpose. Once I have filled my cup of inspiration the second fold is out to YOU. Perhaps you the reader may relate to my story and it may inspire you, knowing you are not alone. You could be the average spiritual Jack-of-all trades or the Adena of wealth and wisdom, the beauty is that the choice is yours. I am serving the world now in a purposeful path even in writing this article. Thank you for reading.

Simple wealth principles.

KNOW
1. Paul Zane Pilzer’s wealth equation is W=P X T. Your personal wealth equals your personal resources (your gifts or skills) times your technology (method of getting it to your consumer).

2. We are co-creators of our own reality. We live in a world of abundance. “What the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.” When we believe in our own capacity to create wealth we don’t have to criticize, condemn or kill others for it but grow together the money tree of life and abundance. Since we have no limits on our God given mind, your wealth potential is limitless for the jack who wishes to come off the roof.

3. The single most important trait in building wealth of any form is investing in long term vision, delaying short term gratification. Whether we are talking about relationships, weight loss or amassing a fortune, the same principles apply.

DO
1. Forced savings plan, paying yourself first and incrementally increasing it will ensure your bucket stays full. This cash king wealth cushion will continue to grow. With this action, business and opportunities will come to you as you earn the right to risk.

2. Identify your values and link it to building a greater service. When the Why is big enough the how figures itself out. Develop your creative expression and share it with others. The greater the numbers you serve, in fair exchange, the greater will be your wealth.

3. If you don’t like hanging onto the roof then gratefully accept the ladder and begin climbing your tree of life, wealth and vitality. Money does grow on trees, if you plant the right seeds.
Or
If you would rather be carried in a chariot then……..“When choosing rich men, always choose the oldest one first.” Anna Nicole Smith .

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Does feminine power arise from physical beauty? Is it a quality of nurturing mothers? Are the financially empowered women influential?

I have just began a course with Claire Zammit and Katherine Woodward Thomas that has me thinking about what is feminine power and how can we access it. Is it the same for us all or do we each have our own beliefs and ideas of what is feminine and masculine? Does it serve us best to integrate the two or in our paradigm-shifting world are we best served in love as nurture? I am not much of a shopper. I have larger biceps than some men. I wear pants more than dresses and I see a electrolysis for the mustache I have seemed to have acquired after the age of 40, so could a feminine power course help me to be more of a lady? As I am evaluating these ideas of feminine power, I look to the past for a glimpse of the women that made an impact and the qualities they displayed. Did the powerful women of the past have to be more masculine to make their mark? Will the new feminine powers look differently in this age?

Even though the models and beauty queens attract attention the real power is being able to integrate the male and female traits. Those that are less polarized have the ability to better communicate and move within both circles to create their vision. The masculine tends to be more external, linear, task-orientated. This is generally been attributed biologically to the thinner structure that connects both hemispheres of the brain called the corpus callosum. The feminine with a wider hemisphere connector appears to be able to multi-task better and think outside herself in a broader perspective. The more famous women in our history seem to be more androgynous in their character. It would seem that Eleanor Roosevelt, Joan of Arc, Queen Victoria, Cleopatra, Indira Gandhi and Mother Theresa would give you both a feminine kiss or a masculine kick to move into their worldly visions. They are a combination of inward and outward beauty and strength. I am imagining that the intention of the male is for protection while the female is to nurture and give life. These women are influential because they can clearly communicate their balanced intention, live authentically to their message and inspire others to their vision.

At this point, I would define feminine power as the intention to provide protection, to grow and nurture, to birth and sustain life, to provide space and to trust in the process. Perhaps this trust, in your inner voice of intuition with a universal message, is the love and wisdom of feminine power?

Stay tuned for more, as I explore…….

Obesity is a growing global epidemic.   Weight loss is the hot topic as every new support group claims to have the answer.  Despite the advances in medical science, increase awareness of diet and exercise,  people are getting fatter almost everywhere in the world.

The World Health Organization predicts there will be 2.3 billion overweight adults in the world by 2015 and more than 700 million of them will be obese.  Figures for 2005 show 1.6 billion adults were overweight and 400 million were obese.

The industrial countries appear to lead the way in obesity.   Obesity, measured with Body Mass Index (BMI) is defined as a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters (kg/m2) equal or greater than 30.  The increase of convenience foods, labor-saving devices, motorized transport and more sedentary lifestyle have been to blame for why populations are getting fatter, but as I am discovering there is much more to this story!

Calories in and out do not explain how or why our obesity rates in North America have doubled in the last 30 years.  It is not only humans that are getting fatter but other animals living in proximity to humans are growing heavier too!  What else has changed in the last 30 years that may correspond to these obesity changes?

In 1998, a Scotland medical metabolism specialist motivated by her own inability to lose weight was asking the same questions.  After the stubborn weight loss with the birth of her second child, she dug into the metabolic research for answers.   Dr. Paula Baillie Hamilton sought to test her hypothesis of whether or not chemicals in the environment could act as fake female hormones, changing metabolism, affecting the endocrine system and sequestering fat in the body.

Study after study showed her hypothesis was correct.  She documented her findings in the Nov 2002 Journal of Alternative of Complimentary Medicine, “Chemical toxins: A hypothesis to explain the global Obesity Epidemic”.  Environmental chemicals given to laboratory animals did in fact increase weight gain.  Most of the studies were developed to investigate the effect of environmental chemicals on cancers in the body but over and over weight gain and obesity were a reoccurring “incidental” finding.    Bruce Blumberg a California marine biologist was finding injecting tributyltin- a chemical found in boat rust free paint- was another one of these endorphin disruptor that caused obesity in frogsand other marine life.   When given to pregnant female rats, this chemical, even in minute amounts, also increased the weight of the offspring.  Retha Newbold- environmental health researcher in North Carolina – found that a synthetic estrogen drug was also causing obesity in her lab rats.  Overwhelming research now suggests these manmade chemicals in the environment- coined obesogens- to be a leading factor in the obesity epidemic worldwide.   These chemicals are not just found in toxic waste dumps, they are in our homes and everyday life.  A chemical like BPA (Bisphenol A) have been banned from baby bottles but are still found in many plastics and on the surface of cash register receipts and tributyltin is a common additive to paints, glues and fillers.

How do we apply this to Atlantic Canada?   Since it was cancer research that highlighted these global phenomena, I decided to examine the cancer and obesity rates in Atlantic Canada to further test this theory.   There is a correlation- The Atlantic Provinces have the highest rates of certain cancers and greatest obesity.

Dr. Louise Parker is heading a $7-million Atlantic-Canada-wide study to expose the roots of the high cancer rates in this region.

http://www.iwk.nshealth.ca/index.cfm?objectid=3A76EEFC-BFBC-46C2-B854FB283736B70F

“The Atlantic provinces have the highest rates of cancer in Canada,” says Dr. Parker. “The Atlantic PATH project will help us understand why the rates are so high in the region and, more importantly, to develop strategies which deal with those underlying causes and significantly reduce those rates.”

The geography of cancer is of particular interest to Dr. Parker, who came to Halifax in 2006 from England’s Newcastle University. “In Nova Scotia, there are areas where radon is found in high levels in the ground,” she notes. “There are also areas where arsenic leaches into the groundwater. I’m studying how these exposures affect people’s cancer risk over time.” More than studying, she is also a key member of Nova Scotia’s Advisory Group on Radon. The effects of obesity, alcohol, fast foods and household chemicals are also on Dr. Parker’s radar. “It’s not in our best interests to sit back and see what happens over time,” she says. “As we learn how various factors influence cancer risk, we must influence policy to protect people.”

A 2003 paper prepared by Karen Hayward and Ronald Coleman for Atlantic Regional Office of Health Canada discusses the health of Atlantic Canadians within social and economic factors. Low-income groups such as Aboriginal people, visible minorities, and single mothers and their children consistently have more health challenges than others in the population.  They have higher rates of smoking, poor diet, obesity, and physical inactivity, which also are symptoms of deeper underlying social and economic factors. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/canada/regions/atlantic/pdf/Tides_Inequity_and_Chronic_Disease.pdf

In addition to diet, lifestyle and social factors, clearly environmental toxins account for many chronic disease of obesity, cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.  The solution begins with awareness and education.  Social reform and public education in continued research to identify these environmental chemicals and lobbing government and regulatory bodies to provide more scrutiny to companies manufacturing chemicals is a global action step.   On an individual bases solutions rest within educating the public about ways to reduce the toxins in our homes and finding nutritional programs that provides affordable organic choices with a regular detoxification process.

Today many medical nutritional recommendations are based upon the ‘Canada Food Guide’ that “coincidently” is sponsored by the milk and meat marketing boards.  Current new age environments with genetically modified foods, mineral depletion from the soil,  presence of pesticides and other environmental toxins, our food source is not what it used to be.  New age environment requires new age modifications.

5 Simple New Age Strategies:

1. Eat raw and colorfully organic. (especially avoid the microwave and toxic Teflon)
2. Supplements, quality protein shakes and sunshine.
3. Nutritional cleansing and cellular detoxifying system.
4. Reduce the 5 white poisons- dairy, sugar, flour, and fat, salt.
5. Filter your water and air.

Disease begins with one cell.   Support that one cell with great nutrition, cellular regeneration and detoxification opportunities to re-create a harmonic symphony within the 50 trillion other cells in your body.    Connect with me to know which systems I love.

Dr. Dena Churchill does regular internet radio shows, wellness talks and presentations to help you Envision and Achieve Your Best.    Check out www.drdenachurchill.com/events or send an invitation for her to come speak to your group or organization dena@drdenachurchill.com .

Other resources:

Nature of Things with David Suzuki and the recent global mail article “Are chemicals or Calories making you fat” are other resources to support the obesogen research and this new understanding.  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/conditions/obesity/are-chemicals-not-calories-making-us-fat/article2297775/

http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episode/programmed-to-be-fat.html