Monthly Archives: October 2015

The Wonders of Massage

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Hands-on massage feels marvelous, but it has many health benefits, too! More and more people—especially baby boomers—are recognizing the health benefits of massage.041-The Wonders of Massage_720x400
For non-medical massage sessions, you may want to learn a few techniques on your own and proceed toward enjoyment. Some massages are just pleasurable sessions between loving couples. These massages can be fun, relaxing, and intimate.
Join Kira and Bill Van Ittersum as they discuss the experience of massage and the positive benefits that come from different types of massage.

LINKS
Massage Therapy styles and Health Benefits
By Web MD
http://www.webmd.com/balance/massage-therapy-styles-and-health-benefits

 How Can Massage Help My Health and Wellbeing?
By Beth Burgan, MA, MFA
http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/massage-therapy/how-can-massage-help-my-health-and-wellbeing

 How Can I Find the Right Massage Therapist?
By Beth Burgan, MA, MFA
http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/massage-therapy/how-can-i-find-right-massage-therapist

 How Does Massage Work?
By Beth Burgan, MA, MFA
http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/massage-therapy/how-does-massage-work

The Time to Begin Your Dream Is Now!

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Life is now! If you wait to start your dream, you may not get a second chance. When you feel the inkling to move, then move; jump in! Accept the challenge. Make something happen. It’s all up to you.023-The Time to Begin Your Dream Is Now_720x400
If we don’t choose what we want, then life chooses for us. Maybe we don’t feel worthy enough to choose for ourselves; or maybe we don’t understand how to. But all of your dreaming—the seeing and planning and having—is all wasted if you never start.
Join Kira and Bill Van Ittersum as they give you some solid tips to overcome some of the “blockers” that stop you from getting started on your dreams. They really want to encourage you to begin “choosing and doing” right now.

Links
Do It! – Let’s Get Off Our Buts
by Peter McWilliams and John-Roger
©1991 by Prelude Press, Inc.

Happy Relationships Are Built On Trust

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Trust is something that is essential in all relationships—whether it is a love match, a friendship, or a work partnership. We exercise trust when we marry, when we leave our children in the care of another, or when we provide services for others.022-Happy Relationships Are Built On Trust_720x400_02
We develop trust with the idea that it is a matter of integrity and good moral choice to abide by certain agreements, whether spoken or inferred. Trust is most definitely a choice. We are hurt when these agreements are broken. We will not be happy when there is a lack of trust.
Join Kira and Bill Van Ittersum as they discuss how trust is built in a relationship, how to manage trust, and how to repair trust when it is broken.

10 Steps for Stress Relief

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Everybody has a different idea about what is stressful in life. A situation or an activity that may seem stressful to you might be enjoyable for someone else. So, what’s important for you is that whatever it is that gets you all tense and balled-up inside may be producing damaging stress for you. Here are some signs that you are experiencing too much stress in your life: constantly not sleeping well, frequent and/or prolonged headaches, being angry, often having unhappy thoughts, alcohol or drug abuse, feeling depressed, bouts of low energy.040-10 Steps for Stress Relief_720x400
When your brain is stressed, it signals your body to release a flood of stress hormones, the primary two being adrenaline and cortisol which prepare your body to take on the perceived danger. These stress hormones act on your body by speeding up your heart, making you breathe faster, and releasing glucose into your blood stream to give you a burst of energy. Your body is being prepared for the “fight-or-flight” response.
Join Kira and Bill Van Ittersum as they share the “10 Steps for Stress Relief” to help you retrain your brain to act with happy, co-operative, creative decisions instead of reacting with pre-learned, negative, stress-building responses.

LINKS

10 Relaxation Techniques That Zap Stress Fast
by Jeannette Moninger
http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/blissing-out-10-relaxation-techniques-reduce-stress-spot

Fact Sheet on Stress
by National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/stress/index.shtml

Stress Management – Topic Overview
by WebMD – Stress Management Health Center
http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/

The Rhythmic Breath (Savitri Pranayama)
by DoYogaWithMe [YouTube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFOg8SVw8HY

If You Want to Be Happy, Get in the Flow!

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What is “flow?” Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Me-high Cheek-sent-me-high), noted as the originator of coining the name “Flow Psychology,” says,

“. . . if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it. Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the trouble of paying attention to them.”021-If You Want to Be Happy, Get in the Flow_720x400
Flow is a mental and physical state of being where you are completely in the moment; your whole being is involved while you’re using you talents to the fullest. You become absorbed, totally involved in the activity for its own sake. Time flies; ego falls away; every action, movement, and thought “flows,” one from the next.
Join Kira and Bill Van Ittersum as they talk about “Flow Psychology” and how to get into the “flow!” Using your creativity and then boosting your task into the “flow” is immensely enjoyable. Bill and Kira say that, “Being in the ‘flow’ truly leads to more happiness in your life!”

Top 10 Strategies to Help Prevent Breast Cancer

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In the 1960’s, 1 in 20 women would be diagnosed with breast cancer. Back then, this was considered a very serious and threatening national medical situation. Unfortunately in 2015, fifty years later, close to 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer—a two-and-a-half times increase! What’s causing this catastrophic crisis? What can be done about it?039-Top 10 Strategies to Help Prevent Breast Cancer_720x400
One bright area of research is the study of how environmental factors may contribute to the occurrence of breast cancer. These findings have led to recommendations that are deemed helpful in both treating and preventing breast cancer.
Join Kira and Bill Van Ittersum as they share Dr. Mark Hyman’s Top 10 Strategies to Help Prevent Breast Cancer in their lively podcast.

LINKS

10 Strategies to Prevent and Treat Breast Cancer
by Mark Hyman, MD
http://drhyman.com/blog/2015/10/02/10-strategies-to-prevent-and-treat-breast-cancer/

Chemicals in Food
by Breast Cancer Fund
http://www.breastcancerfund.org/clear-science/environmental-breast-cancer-links/food/

Chemicals and Radiation Linked to Breast Cancer
by Breast Cancer Fund
http://www.breastcancerfund.org/clear-science/radiation-chemicals-and-breast-cancer/

Make Our Products Safe
by Breast Cancer Fund
http://www.breastcancerfund.org/big-picture-solutions/make-our-products-safe/

Making Cosmetics Safe
by Breast Cancer Fund
http://www.breastcancerfund.org/big-picture-solutions/make-our-products-safe/making-cosmetics-safe.html

Breast Cancer & Our Environment
by Breast Cancer Fund
http://www.breastcancerfund.org/clear-science/environmental-breast-cancer-links/