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Children’s Health Series
Surviving Cold and Flu Season
Colds and Flu are inevitable but you can use foods and safe, natural remedies to comfort children and promote health and healing.
Learn to
Distinguish cold from flu
Prevent cold and flu in your family
Help your sick child naturally
Purchase and use safe, effective remedies for infant, toddler and child
Handle things like Croup, Asthma, Allergies and Vaccinations during Cold Season
Class is $10 per person and includes
Registration for monthly Children’s Series Newsletter
Early registration for Children’s Series Classes
Class will be held Sunday 1/18 at 2:30pm in Mount Juliet, TN.
The class will last about 90 minutes, light refreshment will be provided and on-site child care can be arranged but you must request it at time of registration.
Remember, I can create a conference call class for those not located in TN!
Class size is limited and will fill quickly!Reserve your spot today
Call 615-804-4078
Jerilyn@mywholisticcoach.com
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
New Year Resolutions
We've all done it including me! We enjoy the fruits of the holiday season while our jeans mysteriously shrink in the dryer. I just try to be a little sensible and get back to my routine as soon as possible...which coincidentally is about the first of each year. The new year is really a great time to assess the last 12 months and apply insight to the coming 12 months. Parties, gatherings, ceremonies and reflections are perfect for the turn of another year. I do try to be careful about a long list of resolutions concerning everything I'm going to do or not do for the next year. Those lists have never worked for me or anyone I know. Here's why I think they don't work and what I think may be a better solution to resolutions.
New Year Resolutions don't work because they are like diets: strict, with a defined beginning (that isn't "right now") and consequently a defined end (a week or two later for most people). This simply leads to a more demanding list next year. Diets and resolutions are often unrealistic, viewed as a temporary condition and fraught with failure. Most lists consist of broad demands for better living. Things like quit smoking, lose 35lbs, never swear, relax (gee, could that be more general??) spend more time with the kids, run 5 miles 3x a week, and on and on and on. The problem is that we make the demands but spend no time focusing on the day to day details of how to do these things. The list is doomed to failure unless we do two things.
Thing #1
Be specific, break it down into pieces and schedule those pieces into your REAL life. Let's take "run 5 miles 3x per week". First you'll have to figure out when you can and actually will do this. Will you need someone to watch the kids? Where will you run? Do you need new shoes? So the true list might be more like: Call Mary next door to see if she'll watch little Bobby while I run after Julie leaves for school, map my route in the car to make sure it's safe and actually 5 miles, get a new pair of running shoes, get a good water bottle, etc. Schedule the tasks into your routine and before you know it you're ready to start running! Get real about getting it done.
Thing #2
Think of every moment as New Years Day!! There aren't just a few days a year we have to get it all just right! Did I fall off the wagon yesterday? Today I have the opportunity to make a different choice. Did I just scarf three "bite sized" candy bars after a stressful meeting? Fine, let it go and choose differently for your next meal. Every moment is a chance to treat our bodies, our minds and our spirits well. Do I make the perfect choice every moment? Absolutely not! Do I give up when I make poor choices and abandon my routine? Absolutely not! It's the accumulation of daily choices over time that makes us healthy or unhealthy. Each time we make a healthy choice it gets easier to do it next time.
So be good to yourself, patient with yourself, honest with yourself and if you do decide to make a list for the New Year, make it specific and read it every day not just New Year's Day!
New Year Resolutions don't work because they are like diets: strict, with a defined beginning (that isn't "right now") and consequently a defined end (a week or two later for most people). This simply leads to a more demanding list next year. Diets and resolutions are often unrealistic, viewed as a temporary condition and fraught with failure. Most lists consist of broad demands for better living. Things like quit smoking, lose 35lbs, never swear, relax (gee, could that be more general??) spend more time with the kids, run 5 miles 3x a week, and on and on and on. The problem is that we make the demands but spend no time focusing on the day to day details of how to do these things. The list is doomed to failure unless we do two things.
Thing #1
Be specific, break it down into pieces and schedule those pieces into your REAL life. Let's take "run 5 miles 3x per week". First you'll have to figure out when you can and actually will do this. Will you need someone to watch the kids? Where will you run? Do you need new shoes? So the true list might be more like: Call Mary next door to see if she'll watch little Bobby while I run after Julie leaves for school, map my route in the car to make sure it's safe and actually 5 miles, get a new pair of running shoes, get a good water bottle, etc. Schedule the tasks into your routine and before you know it you're ready to start running! Get real about getting it done.
Thing #2
Think of every moment as New Years Day!! There aren't just a few days a year we have to get it all just right! Did I fall off the wagon yesterday? Today I have the opportunity to make a different choice. Did I just scarf three "bite sized" candy bars after a stressful meeting? Fine, let it go and choose differently for your next meal. Every moment is a chance to treat our bodies, our minds and our spirits well. Do I make the perfect choice every moment? Absolutely not! Do I give up when I make poor choices and abandon my routine? Absolutely not! It's the accumulation of daily choices over time that makes us healthy or unhealthy. Each time we make a healthy choice it gets easier to do it next time.
So be good to yourself, patient with yourself, honest with yourself and if you do decide to make a list for the New Year, make it specific and read it every day not just New Year's Day!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Kid's Health class cold and flu season
Children’s Health Series
Surviving Cold and Flu Season
Colds and Flu are inevitable but you can use foods and
safe, natural remedies to comfort children and
promote health and healing.
Learn to
Distinguish cold from flu
Prevent cold and flu in your family
Help your sick child naturally
Purchase and use safe, effective remedies for infant, toddler and child
Handle things like Croup, Asthma, Allergies and Vaccinations during Cold Season
Class is $10 per person and includes
Registration for monthly Children’s Series Newsletter
Early registration for Children’s Series Classes
Surviving Cold and Flu Season
Colds and Flu are inevitable but you can use foods and
safe, natural remedies to comfort children and
promote health and healing.
Learn to
Distinguish cold from flu
Prevent cold and flu in your family
Help your sick child naturally
Purchase and use safe, effective remedies for infant, toddler and child
Handle things like Croup, Asthma, Allergies and Vaccinations during Cold Season
Class is $10 per person and includes
Registration for monthly Children’s Series Newsletter
Early registration for Children’s Series Classes
Class will be held Sunday 12/21 at 2pm in Mount Juliet, TN. The class will last about 90 minutes, light refreshment will be provided and on-site child care can be arranged but you must request it at time of registration.
Remember, I can create a conference call class for those not located in TN!
Class size is limited and will fill quickly!
Reserve your spot today
Call 615-804-4078
Jerilyn@mywholisticcoach.com
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Nashville area Herb Class
Herbal Studies Class
Beginning level
Learn to select, purchase and store herbs
Learn basic preparation techniques of
teas, oils, salves and extracts.
Learn simple formulations for
home, family, skin, pets and garden
*Please be sure to bring a pen and notebook*
Saturday October 11th 5:30pm-7:30pm
Zierrra Myst
4800 Lebanon Rd., Hermitage 615-885-9050
$15 per person
Class size is limited and will fill quickly!
Reserve your spot today
Call 615-804-4078
Jerilyn@mywholisticcoach.com
Beginning level
Learn to select, purchase and store herbs
Learn basic preparation techniques of
teas, oils, salves and extracts.
Learn simple formulations for
home, family, skin, pets and garden
*Please be sure to bring a pen and notebook*
Saturday October 11th 5:30pm-7:30pm
Zierrra Myst
4800 Lebanon Rd., Hermitage 615-885-9050
$15 per person
Class size is limited and will fill quickly!
Reserve your spot today
Call 615-804-4078
Jerilyn@mywholisticcoach.com
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Health Benefits of Family, Gratitude and Laughter
We all know the basics: eat right, drink water, sleep eight hours and exercise. All of these are important to long term health and vitality. What we often forget is the benefit of less tangible practices. Medical professionals have begun to recognize the impact of family support on recovery from heart attack and the importance of laughter in beating cancer. Many doctors are even beginning to look at distance healing through prayer or the impact of gratitude and positivity on healing in general. I must admit that if I were dealing with cancer I'm not sure I would choose "I Love Lucy" reruns as my sole treatment plan but you can bet I would include them!
Reports indicate that children laugh 300 times per day on average. Adults average around 20 times. This seemed profound to me. It really made sense when my young son began to communicate and laugh with me. I recognized him as the wonderful reminder and teacher he is. I found myself laughing with him, at him, and at myself many times a day. I began to watch what he found funny to try to understand the development of humor and laughter in a new person. What I realized was that humor is everywhere waiting for us to touch it. Sometimes he'll be acting up and I'll be tired and frustrated. We'll be fussing at each other and I'll just stop, look at him for a second and start to giggle. Every single time he giggles right along with me and we move into a brand new space together. I just choose to let go and so does he. Laughter oxygenates the body, increases brain function, reduces the effects of chronic stress and releases some of the best chemicals the body can produce. It seems to me that laughter really may be the best medicine.
Technology is a wonderful thing that has relieved much toil and drudgery but unfortunately it has also allowed us to believe that we don't need other people as we once did. There was a time that family and community were the keys to survival. Today's society fosters independence instead of interdependence and creates a false sense of separateness. Emotional and spiritual separateness have been associated with depression, emptiness, lowered immune response and even heart disease. This makes family and friends seem like a worthwhile investment in health!
Gratitude has had a little more good press in popular culture lately (partial thanks to Oprah!). It sounds easy to find things to be grateful for, at least for most people in this country. I'm grateful that I have a car that runs and that I can actually afford to put gas in it. I'm grateful that my family is healthy and we want for no necessities. Although I wonder how many of us understand the depth of Healing Gratitude or finding gratitude in the low points of life. I have experienced times when I held fast to the gratitude that God hadn't let me sink yet so I had no reason to believe he would then, even though I couldn't see the way out at that point. The woman with breast cancer who sees it as an opportunity to reevaluate her life and reconnect with what's really important to her is practicing Healing Gratitude. The man who loses the job he's had since college recognizes his desire to change careers and takes the opportunity to create the life he really wants is practicing Healing Gratitude. I certainly don't mean to trivialize life's challenges but I do mean to say that deep, healing gratitude is found in the moments that require us to look for it.
Are these the answers to the rising national and individual cost of health care? Who knows. What I do know is that the practices of family, gratitude and laughter are monetarily free, emotionally and spiritually strengthening, and quite clearly of great benefit to our well being.
Reports indicate that children laugh 300 times per day on average. Adults average around 20 times. This seemed profound to me. It really made sense when my young son began to communicate and laugh with me. I recognized him as the wonderful reminder and teacher he is. I found myself laughing with him, at him, and at myself many times a day. I began to watch what he found funny to try to understand the development of humor and laughter in a new person. What I realized was that humor is everywhere waiting for us to touch it. Sometimes he'll be acting up and I'll be tired and frustrated. We'll be fussing at each other and I'll just stop, look at him for a second and start to giggle. Every single time he giggles right along with me and we move into a brand new space together. I just choose to let go and so does he. Laughter oxygenates the body, increases brain function, reduces the effects of chronic stress and releases some of the best chemicals the body can produce. It seems to me that laughter really may be the best medicine.
Technology is a wonderful thing that has relieved much toil and drudgery but unfortunately it has also allowed us to believe that we don't need other people as we once did. There was a time that family and community were the keys to survival. Today's society fosters independence instead of interdependence and creates a false sense of separateness. Emotional and spiritual separateness have been associated with depression, emptiness, lowered immune response and even heart disease. This makes family and friends seem like a worthwhile investment in health!
Gratitude has had a little more good press in popular culture lately (partial thanks to Oprah!). It sounds easy to find things to be grateful for, at least for most people in this country. I'm grateful that I have a car that runs and that I can actually afford to put gas in it. I'm grateful that my family is healthy and we want for no necessities. Although I wonder how many of us understand the depth of Healing Gratitude or finding gratitude in the low points of life. I have experienced times when I held fast to the gratitude that God hadn't let me sink yet so I had no reason to believe he would then, even though I couldn't see the way out at that point. The woman with breast cancer who sees it as an opportunity to reevaluate her life and reconnect with what's really important to her is practicing Healing Gratitude. The man who loses the job he's had since college recognizes his desire to change careers and takes the opportunity to create the life he really wants is practicing Healing Gratitude. I certainly don't mean to trivialize life's challenges but I do mean to say that deep, healing gratitude is found in the moments that require us to look for it.
Are these the answers to the rising national and individual cost of health care? Who knows. What I do know is that the practices of family, gratitude and laughter are monetarily free, emotionally and spiritually strengthening, and quite clearly of great benefit to our well being.
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