Healthy Eating - Healthy Kids

A recent article on MedicineNet.com, Families That Eat
Together Serve Up Good Dietary Habits, compelled me to say a few words about nutrition. The article cites a study of 677 preteens and teens who were assessed and then assessed again five years later. The study found that youths who ate regular family meals experienced long-term benefits. Well, duh . . .

We as adults are largely responsible for the eating habits of our children.

Kids don't feed themselves. We feed them. More importantly, they model our behavior. If we eat junk food, they eat junk food. If we eat in front of the TV, they eat in front of the TV. If we eat processed food, they eat processed food. They pick up our likes and dislikes whether we turn up our nose at unfamiliar food or shovel food into our mouths with no awareness.

What are you teaching your children?

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Relationship Coaching - A Path to Clarity

Relationship coaching can help you find clarity about yourself, your behavior in relationships and how to improve them through the clarity of your example.

A bunch of weak people, even in numbers, aren't strong. Get a whole bunch of confused people together and see how much clarity comes out of it. In other words, you just can't add one more confused person to the pot, and expect to get any more clarity… One—standing outside of the confused group—who is clear, is more powerful than a million who are confused.

Abraham-Hicks

Excerpted from the workshop in Albuquerque, NM on Wednesday, September 1st, 2004

Vibrational Alignment

Never mind what-is. Imagine it the way you want it to be so that your vibration is a match to your desire. When your vibration is a match to your desire, all things in your experience will gravitate to meet that match every time.

Excerpted from the workshop in Boca Raton, FL on Sunday, January 12th, 1997

Abraham-Hicks

Joy Is the Purpose

You have been oriented that you must pay a price in order to get somewhere, and in the process, you’ve come to believe that getting there must be really important, therefore, it must be your purpose. And we say, but if you’re not getting to joy, then you’ve gotten nowhere. Joy is really where you’re going.

Excerpted from the workshop in Boca Raton, FL on Saturday, December 13th, 2003

Abraham-Hicks

McDonalds Meal Deal

A few days ago, I found myself on the way to the grocery store with an empty stomach. Rather than going to the store hungry and spending an extra hundred dollars, I went to McDonald's to grab something to eat. Sorry to break the myth but "yes" I occasionally eat at McDonald's and I am not a vegetarian.

At the counter I ordered a filet of fish, a small fry and a small lemonade. The woman waiting on me asked me if I wanted to make it a meal.

"Is it small?" I asked.

"No, it's medium."

"I just want a filet of fish, small fry and small drink."

"Would you like a meal?" She asked again.

Again I declined.

The next person in line was a darked haired man in his thirties. He ordered a filet of fish sandwich without the cheese, small fry and small drink.

"Would you like a meal?" the woman asked.

"No, thank you," he declined the offer of the larger meal at a better price.

The only remarkable thing about these events is this: that man and I were the only two people who had a normal BMI. Everyone else around us was at least 15-30 pounds overweight. Is that because we both ate filet of fish sandwiches? Are they the most nutritious low fat item on the McDonalds menu?

The answer is no.

Sometimes the secret to maintaining a normal weight is to resist the urge to take advantage of the better deal meal.

It's About Perspective

We are all one Energy Stream, but what makes the separations or distinguishes the differences is perspective. You are a unique and individual perspective.

Excerpted from the workshop in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, January 31st, 1999

Our Love,
Jerry and Esther

Who Is that Pain in Your Neck?

When I was young, there was a saying, "You're a pain in the neck!" Believe it or not, some clients do come to me with a pain in the neck that has a name.

One woman came to me in severe pain. She couldn't turn her head from side to side. Not too far into the therapy session, she revealed that her neck hurt after getting into an argument with her husband and sleeping on the couch.

Years ago, I was at a party and did some impromptu work on a young man who had neck & shoulder pain. To me it was obvious that the mental and emotional worry about his responsibilities in life was hurting his shoulders. The pain in his neck was his mother, whom I had observed hovering over him and trying to direct the details of his life.

The last time I had severe pain in my neck is because I was mad about cleaning the guest bathroom. I was mad most of the day and went to sleep mad. I woke up the next morning and couldn't turn my head. It took three massages and I had to be willing to change my mind about the situation.

If you have a person in your life who is the "pain in your neck", the solution is not expecting that person to change to make you feel better. The solution is to change your mind and change your expectations of that person.

How to Be an Effective Parent

The most significant thing for a parent to contribute to anyone, is their own Connection and their own stability. An effective parent is a happy parent. An effective parent is a parent who laughs easily and often, and who doesn't take things so seriously.

Excerpted from the workshop in Albany, NY on Monday, October 1st, 2001

Our Love,
Jerry and Esther

Aromatherapy - Jasmine

Most people who come to Cedar Hill Massage love the scent of the tealight candles that burn softly in the waiting area and the treatment room.

The scent that fills the rooms is Jasmine. It's the only scent that I'm attracted to at the moment.

The tiny white blossoms are hand picked at night. Isn't that romantic. It makes me think of the Arabian Nights. It feels my home with a subtle exotic scent appropriate to the serene setting.

As it turns out Jasmine is a very therapeutic oil used in aromatherapy. It is also one of the more expensive aromatherapy oils. Jasmine's healing properties include:

• antidepressant
• aphrodisiac
• relaxes nerves
• lessens PMS
• menopause
• relieves muscle spasms

Jasmine is not only one of the more expensive aromatherapy oils, it is also hard to find candles scented with Jasmine. When I mentioned how hard the candles were to find to Kathy Moling of Law and Benson Old Country Store in Lithopolis. She special ordered them from Yankee Candles just for me to use in my massage therapy room.