Writing and Rewriting Your Goals Is Powerful for the Subconcious!

By Scott Teeters

Although I read about this idea many years ago, I became reacquainted with it recently in Marc Allen’s book, “The Millionaire Course.” This is a very old idea and it works if you have the discipline to do it. It’s also very simple. Let me describe it and then I’ll explain why it works.

One day while thinking about my daily routine, I realized that I wanted to add something to my morning routine that would help me to stay on focus with our (“our” includes my wife Karen Teeters) long range objectives. I started out by asking what our“ideal scene would look like 12 to 18 months from now.

I clumped everything into four sections:

1. Work/Business

2. Financial

3. Home

4. Personal

After each heading, I wrote a short affirmation. My favorite is this, “Our business flourishes all year around.” (That just makes me feel all warm inside.) Then I list out the various things that are important to us in each group. Continue reading →

Benefits of Organic Cleaning Products

Organic Cleaning Products are Toxin Free

Have you noticed that many stores are now carrying organic cleaning products? Before you purchase, it is best to go to a sight like EWG for great advice.

A popular movement towards green cleaning has been underway for the past few years. Here are a few basic points to remember when shopping in the store or on your favorite green online store.

What is Green Cleaning?

This is cleaning that is done with organic cleaning products; these are toxin free products that do not present the harmful chemicals of common commercial products. Green cleaning companies are supposed to be held to much higher standards than are required by either federal or state regulations.

What is the Purpose of Going Green?
The purpose is to finally address the large variety of illnesses that have sprung from exposure to commercially branded cleaning products. Not only have people suffered from the use of such products; our environment has taken quite a toll from them as well.

What is the Benefit of Green Cleaning?
The benefit of green cleaning is that we discover and use healthful and safe ways to maintain our clean environment. We protect our health when we live green because we minimize if not eliminate toxins in our environment. Often by living green we can avoid illnesses that toxins can present, and allow our bodies to heal if we’ve already gotten sick from toxin exposure. Continue reading →

September 11th as Peace Day

Meditate for World Peace

by Karen A. Teeters

Years ago about a year or so after 9 /11 I was enrolled in a personal growth seminar where we were all assigned to make something happen that would make a difference in our community or world.

My idea was to get an action group together and strive to get legislation passed that would declare September 11 as Peace day. The poject was approved by the leader and I had my plan in place. A few days later as I was explaining this plan to a good friend, she told me that the president had already passed a bill to make Septembet 11th Patriot Day.

I was sitting at my desk this morning planning my week and I noticed on my calendar that we are all supposed to be honoring Patriot Day this coming Sunday. It took me right back to the disappointment I felt when I heard about this Patriot Day so many years ago. Back then I changed my plan and decided to sponsor several peace speakers at a large holistic living event. To me it is all about what is going on inside each and every one of us.

Being a loyal patriot to your country is one thing. Living and expressing a peace filled life is another, more universal concept.

So this September 11th I will be meditating for peace, sending the thought out that inner peace will create outer peace not just for one country but for the people of the entire planet.

Won’t you join me?

“All we are saying is give peace a chance.” John Lennon

“I hope some day you’ll join us and the world will live as one.” John Lennon

Kids’ Lunches can be Healthy and Tasty

Packing a Healthy School Lunch

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by Guest Blogger, Roe Melnicove – Health Consultant

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School days are always on parents’ and children’s minds and I can’t help but wonder if we are putting as much thought into what we will pack for our children’s lunches as we did when we selected the lunchbox itself. If you were like me, we visited several stores before selecting just the right lunchbox; it needed to be a certain color, shape and size. I was amazed at how much time was spent selecting such a simple item!

Your child’s school lunches are a major source of the essential vitamins and minerals they will need to grow and develop over the years. Did you know that, according to recent research, healthy lunches are an essential tool in a student’s ability to learn effectively? In fact, studies show that kids who eat a healthy breakfast, as well as a healthy lunch, have better cognitive function, improved performance in the classroom, more energy, and fewer absences from school. Without enough energy from food, children will feel tired and find it difficult to concentrate in class. Foods high in sugars and additives are the main culprits here; they are way too over-stimulating for our children’s brains and bodies. These are some mighty powerful findings; so let me give you just a few tips to follow when packing those lunches. Continue reading →

An Awakened Life

Photo by Gordon Richardson – http://www.capetownskies.com/sunrise.htm

Your Outer and Innner World

by Guest Blogger, K. Scott Teeters

Greetings…

What’s going on in the world? What’s going on in my life? If you pull back, you can see that there is the “outer world” that we see played out in the news and through observation. Then there is the “inner world” that we experience through our own perception. The outer world can delight, amuse, frustrate, sadden, and anger us. Often the outer world seems out of our control. Our inner world often seems that way as well, but does it have to be that way? Are there ways of creating inner peace and serenity without selling everything we own, and moving to the mountaintop?

People have been asking these same basic questions for ages. Fortunately, the same answers have been coming through inspired writers and teachers for ages as well. They are so common that they have become platitudes to which we do not pay much attention. Expressions such as; “We become what we think about.” – “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” – “We are all One.” In the face of worldly and inner challenges, these words can seem like sayings in a Hallmark greeting card. Continue reading →

Why Eat Organic?

An allergy sufferer’s tale…

or What’s the deal with organic foods?

by Karen A. Teeters

Years ago my immune system was in poor shape. I suffered from so called seasonal allergies all year round so my body was fighting those natural foreign substances all the time even though things like mold, dander and pollen really could not hurt me.

I discovered that supplements could build up my immune system and make me feel better. I was feeling run down all the time so you can imagine that when I discovered supplements, I thought it was a miracle.

But many years later I made a better discovery. Naturally or organic grown whole foods like fruits and vegetables had all these great vitamins and nutrients in them. The healthy, organic soil is the source of the nutrients. And my body could absorb these nutrients in a natural healthy way that built up my immune system even better than supplements. Agribusiness no longer farms in this older, organic fashion and thus the conventional whole foods do not contain the nutrients our bodies need to thrive.

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Five Foods for Summer

5 Foods for the Summer Season that Cool,

Nourish, and Detoxify the Body

Guest Post from Organic LifeStyle Magazine

by Carrie Ciula

Watermelon

The cooling qualities of watermelon make it wonderful for a quick and easy summer detox staple. Add the delicious factor into the mix, and you’re sailing along with a warm weather cleansing trifecta! With positive effects on the kidney, bladder, heart, stomach, colon, and liver, watermelon works to cleanse (nearly) the entire body! According to traditional Chinese medicine, it cools the energetic channels in the body that are dominated by fire-making.

It is therapeutically helpful in cases of urinary tract infections. for those who cannot tolerate high sugar foods, watermelon juice can be fermented (using the same cultures and process as kefir) into a refreshingly fizzy, sugar-free drink. Continue reading →

Ed Begley Jr – Green Before it was Fashionable!

Ed Begley Jr on Living Green

Guest Video/Blog from The Hour Interview with Ed

The actor and environmental activist talks about 40 years of living green. Continue reading →

Farm Raised Vs Wild Fish

Another Great Guest Blog from EarthTalk

Concerns About Farm Raised Fish

(Green Living Zone is pro wild fish over farm raised in favor of maintaining sustainability.)

| Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss |

Farm-raised fish can still absorb mercury, since most fish farms are located in the ocean, close to or abutting the shoreline. They can also absorb PCBs and dioxins, as the near-shore waters they occupy are the first stop for run-off from land-based sources of pollution.

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Dear EarthTalk: I thought “farm raised” was the way to go when buying fish, to avoid mercury contamination. But are there other concerns about farm raised that make some fish a poor choice for good health? What are the safest fish to buy and which should be avoided? And what about those frozen blocks of fish I get at Trader Joe’s? Are they safe to eat?

—Tim Jeffries, Springfield, MA Continue reading →

Ginger is Wonder Herb!

Guest Blog Post by South Jersey Holistic Practitioner-Elsie Kerns

Ginger – beaucoup benefits for the body

Fresh ginger is a miracle herb. It warms your insides and is also known to be a powerful “anti-inflammatory” agent. It has immune boosting qualities and promotes healthy sweating to detoxify the body and also sends germ-fighting elements to the skin surface. Ginger’s warming effect helps reduce a fever and makes it a natural decongestant and antihistamine.

Recent studies have shown that Ginger can help reduce the amount of cholesterol your system absorbs and thereby lower LDL cholesterol. Even more, Ginger supports digestion by breaking down proteins and fatty foods. Ginger can reduce symptoms of nausea, morning sickness, vomiting and dizziness.

Here are some suggested uses: Purchase fresh ginger next time you go to the store. Cut away the brown bark area and cut a tiny thin slice and chew before a meal for digestion. During a cold or flu, lace a wedge of ginger in boiling water, let steep and drink ginger tea … or purchase one of the Ginger teas from Celestial Tea or Traditional Medicinals. Continue reading →