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I have written and researched these current health articles based on principles I do my best to live. I hope through writing these you too may be inspired to adopt a lifestyle that nourishes your physical, emotional and spiritual well-being as well as that of our precious planet.
We are spiritual beings housed within earthly bodies which are our temple. How can we hope to grow as spiritual beings if we are oblivious to the consequences of our actions? It is our lifework to respect and care for our body/temple and also for our planetary home.
In my article “Toxins in the Human Body” (click here to read) I draw attention to the multitude of dangerous toxins in our cosmetics, personal care products, and home. In this article I also suggest ways we can educate ourselves, petitions we can sign and how to make healthy choices for ourselves and our planet. We CAN make a difference.
We can begin with simple things. For example don’t eat or drink out of plastic and never microwave plastic. Plastic baby bottles and water bottles leach Bisphenol A (BPA) into our water and milk.
BPA imitates estrogen, and in animal studies it has been shown to cause reproductive harm, and linked to prostate disease, breast cancer and birth defects, even in low doses. Read the research and current health articles on BPA’s at
"Our Stolen Future."
Do not cook in Teflon or coated frying pans. Read the current health article written by The News Journal this spring citing high levels of PFOA chemicals in the blood of DuPont Co. workers at
"The Environmental Group" site.
Ask if that new couch or rug you are considering buying has been sprayed with fire retardant and if so, don’t buy it. Refuse the stain repellent option too. Polar bears are facing a new toxic threat: flame retardants (PBDEs). In tests on laboratory animals, PBDEs disrupted thyroid and sex hormones and damaged developing brains, impairing motor skills and mental abilities, including memory and learning. Not something we want in our home.
Renovating - Painting? Use only low VOC paints to avoid toxic fumes that can continue to off-gas for long periods of time.
In a current health article I wrote on the Benefits of a Healthy Diet I outline why buying organic and locally grown foods helps create better health for ourselves, our communities and our planet. Some people say they cannot afford to buy organic.
If we consider the toxic load added to our own bodies and to our planet when we buy/eat produce doused in chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides how can we afford NOT to buy organic? Only now are we glimpsing the cost of wanton, long-term chemical use in our world.
For more research and current health articles about how to live healthier lives and help our precious earth’s health check out
the Toxic Nation site.
Eat good oils: organic, cold-pressed oils. Butter in moderation is ok. Stay away from fake fats like butter substitutes in baking products, hydrogenated or modified oils, trans fats, interesterified oil” (usually soybean, canola, or palm).
Read more current health articles on
The New Generation of Fake Fats.
For me exercise is about more than maintaining physical health. It is also about my emotional and spiritual well-being. Every since I was a child I have felt the need to be outdoors everyday for my well-being. I walk my neighborhood for at least 20 minutes everyday – and I love it. Even though I am a city dweller my walk connects me with nature, the seasons and my community (and gives me daily exercise).
Click on this link to the Mayo Clinic site, for excellent current health articles on the benefits of exercise upon your health and how to get started exercising.
Here is an article very relevant to maintaining great health via body, mind and spirit. Regina Brett, a columnist, wrote these most excellent lessons as a celebrating of growing older (and no, she is not 90)
"45 Life Lessons and 5 to Grow On."
We can make a difference in our health and the health of the world. WE HAVE GREAT POWER. With every dollar we spend we are voting for the practices of the company our dollar supports.
Are we going to support corporations who put profits before people… profits before the planet? Corporations who willing put ingredients into their products that are toxic to the human body and the planet?
Let us create health for ourselves, our communities and our planet through voting wisely with every dollar we spend! Let's make this our lifework.
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My Lifework Mentoring is about creating sacred space wherein your soul feels safe enough to speak its truth. I’ll reflect your inner wisdom – your holy music - back to you. Through listening to our soul speak we come to know our truth and then, can more readily follow our deepest calling.
"Teresa, thank-you so much for sharing your strength and wisdom with me -- and for giving me a gift I didn't really realize I needed -- permission to truly express my authentic self and to tell the world who I really am and what I offer. For that I am truly grateful." Jan Moore, MACertified Retirement Coach |
Each of us has our answers within - sometimes we just need to listen more deeply, practice more patience, solitude, reflection, contemplation and sharing with someone who listens and cares. For many people - friends and family cannot offer this type of mentoring or support when the time has come to listen to one's own truth above all else.
Within my Lifework Mentoring I offer suggestions and practices for you that have brought me closer to my True Self, and have resurrected my mission and my passion from the ashes. Most of us simply need someone who can reflect our “holy music” back to us and encourage us to follow our True Self. It is so easy to overlook our own ‘God-ness.’
Please visit me at "Lifework Mentoring" if you would like to find out about our introductory, 30 minute, complimentary Lifework Mentoring session.
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