Source: http://www.sonima.com/meditation/mindful-living/pregnant-with-cancer/

There’s never a good time to learn that you have cancer, especially when you’re seven months pregnant with your first child. I was 31 years old and had no family history of cancer. I was healthy, happy, and excited to start a new family with my husband, Steve. I was also in the process of launching my own jewelry company, Sally Jane, a longtime dream of mine, which was finally underway after months of planning. The concept for the collection was built around a signature gold or silver bee, worn on a necklace or bracelet, designed to remind people to “just bee” present in the moment. But at that present moment, the beautiful life that I had created had suddenly fallen apart.

It happened about two-and-half years ago in October 2013 when severe abdominal pain led my doctors to discover what they thought might be a cyst or twisted ovary. Because I was seven months pregnant, they initially recommended bed rest. But the pain became so unbearable that I started having contractions, forcing my body into premature labor. Doctors decided we couldn’t wait, the cyst needed to come out immediately. Cancer, at that point, couldn’t be further from our minds.

After about five hours of laparoscopic surgery, I woke up, thankfully, still pregnant, and was met with optimism and reassurance that I should go home and rest up while we wait for lab results from pathology. A week later, while I was writing “thank you” notes to my attent…

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“The major block to compassion is the judgment in our minds. Judgment is the mind’s primary tool of separation.” ~David R. Hamilton

On the evening of October 28, 2014, the phone rang. When I heard my stepmother’s voice, immediately, I thought, “This can’t be good.”

Last I had heard, my father was resting comfortably after routine surgery earlier that day. Now it was past midnight in North Carolina.

“Jill,” my stepmother implored, “please talk to the nurses. I have no idea what they are trying to tell me.” Sometimes we cannot listen to what we do not want to hear.

The nurse came on the phone and confirmed my worst fears. My father had suddenly become septic and was quickly heading into multiple organ failure.

In her “I’m-trying-to-tell-a-complete-stranger-her-father-is-dying-in-the-nicest-way-possible” kind of voice, the nurse told me I might want to make plans to get out there as soon as possible; now would be good.

I booked the first available flight. Sleepless and terrified, I boarded the plane. After settling into my seat, a lifetime of Dad memories raced through my mind. A lump in my throat began to rise and swell at the thought of seeing my father, helpless and frail, making his way from this world to the next.

“Please don…

Source: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/04/weekend-reading-cspis-carbonating-the-world/

Center for Science in the Public Interest has produced a new report:

It’s a lavishly illustrated and well documented investigative report into soda company marketing in developing countries.

Here’s an example of the documentation, enough to explain why Coke and Pepsi are pouring billions of dollars into bottling plants and marketing in India:

For anyone interested in the nutrition transition from undernutrition to overnutrition in developing countries, this report is a must read.  Actually, it’s a must read for anyone who cares about diet and health.  If you do nothing else, look at the marketing illustrations from Nepal, Indonesia, or Nigeria.  They tell the story on their own.

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British politician Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, make a toast upon their arrival in Switzerland in August 1946. Stories of Churchill’s special relationship with alcohol are legendary — and champagne was his truest passion. A new book reveals the extent to which that passion imperiled his already threadbare bank balance.

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During the 1930s, as Hitler was rising to power in Germany, the man who would turn out to be his most implacable foe was drowning – in debt and champagne.

In 1936, Winston C…

Source: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2016/03/31/join-me-at-camp-nerd-fitness/

Today, we’re opening up sales for a limited number of spots to join us at Camp Nerd Fitness this September 21-25th in Clayton, GA.

Camp Nerd Fitness sold out last year and I expect this year to be no different. We did an early launch to previous campers and our interest list yesterday, and we sold over 75 of our 250 remaining spots in just a few hours as I write this!

If you’re somebody who watched last year’s video, saw our 16 headmasters and all the cool activities and events we’re having, and thought “hell yah, I’m in!” -consider this a reminder to sign on up! If you’re somebody who’s interested but hasn’t decided to book a spot yet (aka “buy-curious” like Tobias Funke from the Arrested Development), I’m hoping this email will convince you to take a chance and join me.

Why?

Simply put, Camp Nerd Fitness is a weekend that can change your life. Bold statement, I know, but I’m not one to over-exaggerate (yes, I realize the name of my bucket list is “epic quest of awesome,” but that’s me being self-aware and ironic!). I want to see you at Camp because it’s so much more than a long weekend:

It’s a place where you can belong. Last year, I had a camper run up to me at the costume party to join her in a very ser…

Source: http://www.fannetasticfood.com/2016/03/31/announcing-joyful-eating-nourished-life/

When I first became a dietitian in 2013, I knew I wanted to start a private practice, but I wasn’t sure how to approach my work with clients. I wanted to teach people to eat whole, real food that made them feel good. And I wanted to help people to enjoy – not dread exercise. I also knew I didn’t want to use a calorie based approach, because that wasn’t sustainable, and I was not going to teach something I didn’t believe in just because that’s what most everyone else was doing. Plus – in addition to sucking the joy out of food, research was showing that diets don’t work, anyway – and in fact are indicators of long term weight gain. I was also finding that they seemed to set people up for a lot of binging and all or nothing mentality.

So I started helping my clients to make small, gradual changes in their daily lives. We set actionable goals at the end of each session, let those goals become habits, and then any eventual weight loss was the side effect of that behavior change. But I wanted to do more – while those goals and small habit changes made a difference, and I still use them in my client sessions, something was missing – the emotional component. How could I help people move away from the diet approach and embrace a kinder, more natural form of eating that didn’t involve guilt and restriction (and subsequent binging as a result of that restriction)? How could I help people to approach food in a way that was joyful, not fearful – but s…

Source: http://refineryfitnesspdx.com/dont-underestimate-the-health-benefits-of-cauliflower/

Good Afternoon and Happy MLK Day!

I am hoping that you have the day off and are enjoying this long 3 day weekend.

Today, I want to talk about the lonely Cauliflower that often gets overlooked in the vegetable aisle.

I LOVE Cauliflower and feel it deserves to be spotlighted as the new hot superfood!

Cauliflower is a fantastic anti-inflammatory food! It is rich in omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin K. It helps prevent chronic inflammation that leads to conditions such as arthritis, chronic pain, and certain bowel conditions.

Health Benefits of Cauliflower
1) Cauliflower is a fantastic anti-inflammatory food! It is rich in omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin K.

2) Prevents chronic inflammation that leads to conditions such as arthritis, chronic pain, and certain bowel conditions.

3) Aids Digestion- it is a great source of dietary fiber, which is essential for optimal digestion.

4) Loaded with Antioxidants- despite its white color, cauliflower contains a high amount of antioxidants, which are essential for the body’s overall health and help to prevent heart disease, cancer, and stroke.

5) Aids in Weight Loss– Cauliflower is a great food to include in your diet because it’…

Source: http://clubindustry.com/news-central/ncbtmb-names-guptha-interim-ceo

This press release was provided by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. The Club Industry editorial staff was not involved in the creation of this content.

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“As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.” ~Charlie Chaplin

When I was eight years old my father burst into my room in the middle of the night, high on drugs, and threw my dresser drawers all over the place.

“Stop your crying!” he screamed. “Stop your crying!”

There was a crazy man in my room and I was terrified.

“Now clean up this mess!”

I was shaking. What on earth could I have possibly done to deserve this? With a slam of the door he was gone.

For years my father annihilated me like this. He shamed me in public and raged at me behind closed doors. He was emotionally abusive and sometimes physical too.

He taught me to believe that everyone was out to get me and that everything was my fault. He taught me to believe that I was a worthless piece of you-know-what and that I didn’t deserve any better. Seriously, how else is an eight-year-old supposed to interpret this kind of adult behavior?

Raise of the hand, excuse me, Dad, but what you’re doing is messing me up for the long run. I was a kid. I assumed I was getting the parenting and love I deserved.

Growing up I took what my father taught me out into the world and pe…

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“Forgiveness is just another name for freedom.” ~Byron Katie

Other than the fact that I was born on Groundhog’s day, I didn’t know why I kept falling into the same relationship patterns, which brought on inevitable heart-crushing break-ups.

I knew that I had a deep capacity to love, or so I thought, but that somehow wasn’t enough. I always ended up feeling taken for granted or fighting desperately for my partner’s attention after the initial attraction phase wore off.

I couldn’t help becoming someone else, someone I thought I needed to be, in order not to get abandoned. This, of course, backfired because it lowered my self-esteem even more and caused me become even more neurotic and clingier.

It was hard to not get down on myself for who I became in relationships. I didn’t know how to process the end of a relationship or how to separate what was theirs and what was my stuff, so I walked into the next relationship with accumulated anger, resentments, and taller walls around my heart.

It was easier to blame the guy for being emotionally unavailable, withdrawn, selfish, and all the other names I called him. This went on for over a decade.

Still, somehow my divorce was peaceful and I even called my…