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Earth Angels . . .

Happenings Around WyseWomen LLC . . .

Hi Everyone, my last post here was in March of of this year in support of Japan and the aftermath of the Earthquake. My prayers and thoughts still go out to those in Japan for continued assistance and healing.

Since the time between my last post and today I have been a busy camper! Our youngest daughter graduated from high school and this spring was filled with all that goes with that wonderful time. Grad parties, her own, and her friends, graduation, my completing my apprenticeship as a Shamana with Lee Hilfiker ( More about Lee by Clicking Here), visiting my oldest daughter with my youngest daughter in Illinois for the opening of the last Harry Potter film, and starting two Circle communities in River Falls, Wisconsin.

Each of the above is an event and post in itself (GRIN!), and each a wonderful blessing. For this post though, the focus is on the new Circle communities that will begin in August.

I've been working with Circle gatherings for many years now as a wellness coach and healer. It's a natural extension of my passion to support others. As much as I am calling the above Circles and acting as faciliator, I see myself as helping to hold the rim with everyone. The gifts, blessings, and wisdom of the Circle happen because of the people who attend and share their stories. It is community that is being called through the Circle. Care, compassion, respect, honoring, listening and being heard are parts of what we bring as community.

Each Circle is designed to support a particular community.

I have been given the deep blessing of hosting these Circles at Earth Angels Coffee House, 321 N 2nd St River Falls, WI 54022. Rachelle Fitzgerald is this owner of this special home away from home that resides in our River Falls community. I met Rachelle through a wonderful series of events that I can only attribute to the guidance of a divine hand. As we talked and became friends it became obvious that we had similar shared passions of service in our community. From there Rachelle offered up her wonderful space to host Circle gatherings each Tuesday night of the month. Earth Angels Coffee House is a sweet place to go and chill with an iced coffee on these steamy summer days, or if you prefer, mosey on up to a table with a glass of wine or a beer and enjoy the Plus 1 Trio every Wednesday evening. Fridays feature local artists, and most Saturdays are open mic where you are welcome to come and share your talents, be that poetry, song, instrumental or a combination of any of the above.

Earth Angels and Rachelle's story is a miracle itself and will get it's own post all by itself. I will be posting that before this week is out. In the meantime you can visit her website by Clicking Here   or give her a call at (715) 425-7504.

The first A Soldiers Heart Circle gathering will be Tuesday, August 9th from 7:00 to 8:30pm at Earth Angels Coffee House, 321 N 2nd St, River Falls, WI 54022 Call Earth Angels for directions at (715) 425-7504 or you can use an on-line mapping tool. The purpose of this community is to offer support to our military and their families. You can learn more by Clicking Here

The first WyseWomen Circle gathering will be Tuesday, August 2nd from 7:00 to 8:30pm at Earth Angels Coffee House, 321 N 2nd St, River Falls, WI 54022 Call Earth Angels for directions at (715) 425-7504 or you can use an on-line mapping tool. The purpose of this community is to offer support to women and is specifically for women only. You can learn more by Clicking Here

These are communities where we can come together in support of each other. Young, old, and in-between. Each of us has wisdom to share and a story to tell, and in the telling and sharing, we find love, compassion, caring, and community.

There is no fee to attend these Circles though there will be a donation jar if you have the ability to contribute something.  There is no requirement to do so for you to attend Circle.

I've been working in health care and wellness  for over thirty years now and I am still always in learning mode with a beginners mind so that I can hold space as a healer and support others.

I am an ordained non-denominational minister, Licensed HeartMath (R) 1 On 1 Provider, Licensed and Certified Wellness Inventory (R) coach, and I've been trained and worked with therapeutic massage, Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, DISR, hypnosis and meditation. I have apprenticed with a Curendero, Shamans, and Shamana  (medicine people in native traditions) and I am a full mesa carrier and Shamana in the Q'ero tradition of Peru.

If you have any questions please let me know. Drop me a line at nelliemoore@gmail.com and I will do my best to answer them.

I hope that you are able to join us at the Circle that is right for you. I'll see you there!

Many blessings,

Nellie

 

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For Japan . . .

 

  Om Mani Peme Hung 

Tibetan Buddhists believe that the mantra (prayer) Om Mani Padme Hum invites the powerful benevolent attention and blessings of Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara), who offers the distilled essence of the compassion of all the Buddhas. They tell us it will do so whether we say it, hear it, see its written form, stand near a prayer wheel or walk around it, or merely think of the mantra in any form at all.  From Dharma-Haven.com

Chenrezig or Avalokiteshvara is  renowned as the embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. It is my heartfelt intention in sharing the Om Mani Peme Hung here that I may send out to the Universe and to all of those in Japan who have experienced this earthquake many blessings of love, compassion, kindness, and healing. The internet  is a powerful way to reach out and touch someone as we have all seen in recent months and I hope this prayer is another way to do that.

As a healer over the years I have apprenticed in many traditions, learned from many great teachers for which I am very grateful. One of the gifts I was given a few years ago was the gift of walking the fire. Being a firewalker for me and the others walking the fire that day included helping to build the fire before we walked it. Laying out the wood, stuffing paper in the chinks of the wood before it was lit. As we walked we talked to the fire Spirits. We chanted in a sing-song way the following words.

Gentle fire, cool fire, loving fire, Gentle fire, cool fire, loving fire over and over again as we walked in a circle building our fire.  Our intent was for a good fire to walk and we shared our intent with Spirit as we built our fire asking for her blessings as we built.

Fire and warmth, energy, are good things in our lives. There are times however when fire becomes so hot that it can burn and create harm, even with the best of intentions by those that set the energy in motion.

My reason for sharing our healing prayer for our fire is that perhaps we can all use this same prayer as a chant of healing for the fires that are burning in Japan at this time. For the fires that are burning in the communities from gas lines and electrical fires, as well as from the heat at the nuclear reactors.

This gentle prayer - Gentle fire, cool fire, loving fire can be applied here for cooling these fires and extinguishing them. Simply adding the words extingushed fires -  or other words that mean the same thing with the intent that the fires, the power plants, go out easily, gently, with no further harm done. The power of our intent and our words can not be understated.  We can each make a difference.

Just tonight I heard that Twitter is playing a part in this healing in their unique way with a Twitter called Pray for Japan.There are so many ways available to help. Pick just one to make a difference. Not sure where to start? Go to someplace like CNN.com and look for their links about Japan.

We pray for you, dear sweet people of Japan. We pray for your healing and send you our love. Om Mani Peme Hung . . .

 

Many Blessings,

Nellie

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The Right To Garden

 

UPDATE ! ! !

From the Alliance For Natural Health USA

We’re thrilled to announce that today, thanks to your calls and letters, the Senate Food Safety bill (S. 510) will not include those obscene ten-year jail sentences for food and supplement manufacturers who violate complicated FDA rules. Senate offices were deluged with your messages, and the Senate leadership listened to you! See more by Clicking Here

 

I was doing some reading this evening and this came to my attention.

Senate Bill S 510 Food Safety Modernization Act

Vote is imminent: Would outlaw gardening and saving seeds . . . This bill would effect our local small growers

What actions can we take on this? First, educate yourself. Read the bill yourself. Make your own decision's on how best to address this. Are they really proposing to  outlaw gardening and seed saving?

For me, having the information, when it is available, allows me to choose again. I can choose fear, anger, powerlessness, raging at the machine as it were (as some websites might intend), or I can use the information and take that energy and choose something else, compassion, loving kindness or Bodhicitta as the Buddhists call it. One step is still a step and it is all it takes to make a difference. So I know about Bill 510 and I can share that information with others as a way to inform and influence the outcome. I can post it to my blog, which I am doing here, I can share it on facebook which I have already done, and I can talk about it in my community which I will do this weekend.

I am also going to sign a petition and contact my elected officals. Here is a link to a website that writes more about this with a petiton. Click Here  And more on the Tester-Hagen amendment Click Here

Blessings,

Nellie

 

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Living Fully . . .

A friend shared an article with me today, posted on NPR called a Brush with Death. The article speaks to the subject of slow motion that is often reported when someone has a life threatening experience.

The authors, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich focus on the work of Dr. David Eagleman, a Neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr Eagleman has studied the experience and had one of his own as a child.

Dr. Eagleman sought to understand what was happening in those who had this experience and came to the conclusion that what was going on was not a question of perception but one of memory of the event. "it's all about memory, not turbo perception. "Normally, our memories are like sieves," he says. "We're not writing down most of what's passing through our system." Think about walking down a crowded street: You see a lot of faces, street signs, all kinds of stimuli. Most of this, though, never becomes a part of your memory. But if a car suddenly swerves and heads straight for you, your memory shifts gears. Now it's writing down everything — every cloud, every piece of dirt, every little fleeting thought, anything that might be useful."

There is a field of study called Epigenetics that is looking at the roles of our ancestors in our lives as it relates to our health and wellness and our predispositions. I would take these studies a step further as some have done and explore the role of emotional experience and it's role in our lives.

Going back to Dr. Eagleman's research on the role of perception verses memory, I would share that I think both shape our personal and global worlds. Not just at the physical level but at the emotional and spiritual level as well.They are one in the same and it does not take a near death experience to go to this place of timelessness or slow motion he is taking about.

My life as a little girl and teenager had it's share of stress and pain. I like many children in our country experienced abuse in my home. My dad was a Korean War Veteran and with that came other pain in our family.I also remember good times, times that stood out equally to the painful times. What I learned as a result of the painful times was how to be strong, loving, compassionate, caring, forgiving and strong. The good times taught me to laugh, to dare to seek adventure, to reach out, to be more than my experiences of pain. It has been my process over many years to come to the place where I am now, which is one of gratitude for all of my life experiences.

As I've walked my path of understanding and forgiveness in my family my research into my family history has begun to uncover a pattern of pain as well as strength. In the past month I've confirmed what I have always known and felt in my heart, that my ancestors were among those accused of being witches and put to death for it. My 10th generation great grandmother, Mary Towne Esty, and my 10th generation great aunt Rebbecca Nurse (they were sisters) were both wrongly accused of being witches and brought to trial and hung within the same year. These women were strong women. They stood their ground, standing firm in maintaining their innocence, knowing that to do so would likely mean their death. Others who were accused pleaded guilty to witchery so that they might hopefully live. Some managed to live, others did not.

Mary and Rebbecca refused to plead guilty and in going to their deaths their actions are what what led to the ceasing of these trials in New England.

A great aunt on my mothers side was murdered as a young mother and little is known about the details.

My grandmother on my mothers side died in her 30s' after living much of her adult life with an abusive husband, who also abused their children.

More than a few of the women in my family had a history of trauma and pain, and along with that physical health challenges that often led to their deaths. Many of them were also living their lives as victims or survivors of trauma.

In later 2008 my own world came apart in that slow motion kind of way that Dr. Eagleman speaks about. Some call this experience the 'Dark Night of the Soul" Some might call it mid life crisis. Some spiritual awakening.

In my life it was labeled OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) as a result of PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder). In the Civil War what I was feeling was called a Soldiers Heart. In my fathers day it was called Shell Shock.

For me, I really feel like my journey was more about my moving into another experience of reality. In as much as Dr. Eaglemans article speaks to the experience as more memory than perceptual I would have to say that for me it was and is about perception and memory. I moved through the stories of trauma and pain that my ancestors held, that I was carrying in my own body, in my DNA.

My own personal experience in this life, as well as the experience's of those who have come before me are part of the story that is me. I am also much more than the story of those who came before me and it is awareness that makes the difference. With awareness comes choice.With awareness comes my ability to understand what my body is feeling. What my memories and perceptions are shaped by, often at an unconscious level.

In Epigenetics, the memory of trauma can be retained and or passed down, such as disease states in ancestors of the Potato Famine. It is my deep belief and experience that we can also pass on the memory and perceptions to future generations. I've felt it myself, all of my life. Without understanding of the stories, of the untold experiences of those who had come before me, I was floating in an ocean of knowledge bumping up against things I could not see that confused me and caused me to live in fear. With understanding, I have chosen to see what's in the water, honor it ,and learn from the wisdom contained. I'm lighting my way by shining my light.

While in misunderstanding I railed in the water, fought the current, pushed against it with deep anger and rage. As I began to uncover my history, the story of who I was, who I was living in my body, I began to breath easier, to surrender to the gentle lapping of the water.

I saw that I could choose to rail and be angry or I could choose to give thanks for the great strength of those who came before me and for the pain, and joy in my own life. I could carry on with the anger they felt, the victimhood, or I could stop, be in the NOW, and give thanks to them for being my teachers so that I could choose love.

I choose the latter. I stopped fighting and opened to the love and wisdom of myself and my ancestors. I send them love in their present moments. Strength, compassion, forgiveness, and all that is good.

I am a strong and loving women who comes from a long line of strong and loving women, each making their way in the world, with something to teach.

I liken the state Dr. Eagleman talks about to meditation. To Bodhicitta (compassionate heart). To living in the NOW. To gratitude and appreciation for each moment.To each chirp of a cricket, flap of a wing, twinkle of a star . . . where am I in the moment . . . beta, alpha, theta, delta, gamma states of brain and awareness (gamma is where healers spend a lot of their time).

We, each of us, can do that too and I believe we do when we go to that still quiet place of our love and passions. Whether that be painting, working with clay, writing, singing, prayer, meditation, walking in the woods, or humming to our newborn. It's that place where love lives. I don''t think we have to have a near death to go there. The near death or dark night of the soul experience can be seen as a gift, if we are blessed with the experience, that can awaken us to the knowledge that this place of stillness and peace is alive within each of us.

I called my experiences in 2008 exquisite pain. My journey into slow motion and from there, deep peace and grace.I'll say it again, I don't believe we have to go to that place through a near death experience or some other form of deep pain. We also need not be concerned with needing to be in that place of peace and grace 24/7. Simply knowing it exists within us allows us the ability to come and go from it, and to spend nurturing moments within it whenever we can. Moments that  fuel the rest of our days, the rest of our lives.

It is the beauty of all that is, all around us, within us. We  need only stop for a moment to give witness to it. It is, we are, the sacred, the timeless,  the love . . .within all things . . .The key lies in understanding . . . in the awareness of each one of us that we are so much more.

Love and many blessings . . .

Nellie

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Wellness In The Valley

Hello Everyone,

How are you? I hope you are all well. I want to share something I am really excited about!

I am beginning some ongoing wellness events. Part of my work as a healer is to share information that can help you to be well. Each of us has felt in some way or another the stress of our times.

Challenges with family, work, career, or health. We have the ability to be proactive and do something about it. With awareness comes choice.

At each gathering you will have the opportunity to learn a tool or technique that you can take home with you that can support you in these areas. There is no cost for the educational content of these events. Please feel free to come and bring a friend. Donations are welcome to cover the cost of handouts, but not required. All are welcome.

They will be held locally in the St.Croix Valley area with the possibly of bringing them elsewhere if there is a request for them. If you would like an event at your space let me know.

Details will be posted here on my blog this weekend.

Please give me a call 651.894.3208 or drop me an e-mail Philae@sbcglobal.net and I can share more with you.

I'll also be holding ongoing teleconference calls for those that can not make it in person. If you are interested please let me know and I will send you the web and dial in information, as well as the local gathering information. 

Scroll down to my last post for even more information.

Heartfully,

Nellie

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Embracing My Health

 

Hello Everyone!

How are you all??? I've been wonderfully busy since my last post and I am writing today to share some wonderful new wellness tools with you.

Did you know that

•    80 million people have some form of heart disease. (American Heart Association)

•    1 in 3 women and 1 in 2 men will have cancer in his or her lifetime. (National Cancer Institute)
•    Over 20 million adults and children have diabetes. (American Diabetes Association)
Our Children Aren’t Very Healthy (from ‘On the Go Book)
•    By the age of 12, an estimated 70% of our children have developed the beginning stages of hardening of the arteries. (Bogalusa Heart Study)
•    1 in 3 Americans born in 2000 will develop diabetes. (Journal of the American Medical Association)

"Stress poisons us. Every stressful event floods us with stress hormones, as harmful to our bodies as rivers of acid. The more stress we have, the more difficult it is for our cardiovascular system, our immune system and even our brains to function well. Chronic stress ages us long before our time, and if left unchecked, can kill us."

© The Power of the Heart ~  HeartMath ®

" The problem of childhood obesity in the United States has grown considerably in recent years. Between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese.  Obesity is among the easiest medical conditions to recognize but most difficult to treat.  Unhealthy weight gain due to poor diet and lack of exercise is responsible for over 300,000 deaths each year.  The annual cost to society for obesity is estimated at nearly $100 billion.  Overweight children are much more likely to become overweight adults unless they adopt and maintain healthier patterns of eating and exercise."

American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry

"Although rare in the past, obesity is now among the most widespread medical problems affecting children and adolescents living in the United States and other developed countries. About 15% of adolescents (aged 12-19 years) and children (aged 6-11 years) are obese in the United States according to the American Obesity Association. The numbers are expected to continue increasing. Childhood obesity represents one of our greatest health challenges."

EMedicineHealth

What can we do to make changes? 

One thing that we can do is look at our Diet.  Statistics tell us that 70% of all disease is diet related!  There are over 4,500 published studies that prove eating more fruits and veggies is beneficial for your health! 

The U.S. Government has spent billions trying to find a cure for heart disease, cancer, and other diseases.

Their Conclusion: Disease is easier to prevent than it is to cure.

Their Recommendation: Eat 7-13 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables every day.

The Problem: Almost no one does.

So, why are health authorities recommending raw fruits and vegetables to prevent disease? Let’s compare our bodies to an apple – what happens to an apple that is sliced set on the counter for a while?  Right, it turns brown…. from the oxygen. 

That is called OXIDATION. That is exactly what happens to our cells.  Each cell in our body takes thousands of oxidative hits per day.  Oxidation comes from just breathing, poor eating habits, stress and even exercising.  “ANTI” oxidants neutralize oxidation and protect the cells.  Antioxidants are found in FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.  And we need a lot of fruits and vegetables every day to get what we need.  THE PROBLEM – almost no one does.  

This brings me to my reason for posting today. Our family fits into three of the above categories, and some categories I have not even listed.

My father was obese, diabetic, and had cancer. My sister was obese, and currently has cancer and diabetes and at least two auto-immune disorders. My mother is obese and is managing her blood pressure.  My maternal grandmother died of cancer. My paternal grandmother had cancer, diabetes and obesity.

I have dealt with lifelong fatigue, and anemia. Motivating myself each day to get moving was a challenge.

As you can see from my family history, wellness was or has been a challenge. We did everything society said we should do, taking vitamins, seeing our doctors, in many cases many times over in an attempt to be healthy.

As early as March of this year I was still seeing doctors to find a 'cure' for my constant fatigue. I had tests done till I could count the black and blues from blood draws. I had my first ever mammogram and colonoscopy. The mammogram was done after my doctor felt what she thought was a lump, it was negative, THANK GOODNESS! The colonoscopy was positive for an adenoma, a pre-cancerous polyp which they removed. Again, THANK GOODNESS! All the treatment that was needed was to remove the polyp. I'm so glad I had the colonoscopy done. What was easily removed could have become cancer.

I felt better as far as peace of mind goes, having had these tests and blood work done but physically I was still feeling the fatigue and frustrated at not finding an answer. At the same time I was having these tests done, something else happened in March. I reconnected with a good friend and went to see her at her office. While I was there she shared with me something she was doing for her own well-being.

She mentioned that she was adding to her diet with whole food based nutrition through fruits and vegetables which equaled 7 to 13 servings a day. I laughed and said there was no way I could eat all of those fruits and veggies in a day even though I knew I needed to.I've always tried to eat healthy servings but keeping them fresh in my fridge, never mind the cost and preparation of them has been a factor in getting what I need.

She shared "I add these" and had a bowl on her desk with some fruit and veggie chews in it. She handed me the bowl and said try a couple and see what you think. So I took a couple. The taste was pretty good. That lead me to want to know more about fruit and veggies in my diet so I started doing research and decided to order the product for myself. I kept reading and realized that being deficient in fruits and veggies and the anti-oxidents they provided could lead to a host of health challenges, including cancer, obesity and fatigue.

Something else I learned - a diet lacking in an adequate supply of fruits and veggies can lead to something called Angiogenesis. It's based on the process that our bodies use to grow blood vessels.

So why should I care about blood vessels and fruits and veggies? 

". . .The remarkable thing about blood vessels is that they have this ability to adapt to whatever environment they're growing in. For example, in the liver they form channels to detoxify the blood. In the lung, they line air sacs for gas exchange. . . We get most of these blood vessels when we're actually still in the womb. And what that means is that, as adults, blood vessels don't normally grow, except in a few special circumstances. In women, blood vessels grow every month to build the lining of the uterus. During pregnancy, they form the placenta, which connects mom and baby. And after injury, blood vessels actually have to grow under the scab in order to heal a wound. Hundreds of blood vessels all growing to the center of the wound. But what we now know is, for a number of diseases, there are defects in the system, where the body can't prune back extra blood vessels or can't prune grow enough new ones in the right place at the right time. And in these situations, angiogenesis is out of balance. And when angiogenesis is out of balance, a myriad of diseases result. . . insufficient angiogenesis, not enough blood vessels, leads to wounds that don't heal, heart attacks, and nerve damage among other things . . .on the other end, excessive angiogenesis, too many blood vessels, drives disease. And we see this in cancer, blindness, arthritis, obesity, Alzheimer's disease. In total, there are more than 70 major diseases, effecting more than a billion people worldwide, that all look on the surface to be different from one another, but all actually share abnormal angiogenesis as their common denominator.

So the body's ability to balance angiogenesis, when it's working properly, prevents blood vessels from feeding cancers. And this turns out to be one of our most important defense mechanisms against cancer. In fact, if you actually block angiogenesis and prevent blood vessels from ever reaching cancer cells, tumors simply can't grow up. But once angiogenesis occurs, cancers can grow exponentially. And this is actually how a cancer goes from being harmless to deadly.

Starting in 2004, when antiangiogenic therapies first became available,  there has been a 70 to 100 percent improvement in survival for people with kidney cancer, multiple myeloma, colorectal cancer, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. That's impressive. But for for other tumors and cancer types, the improvements have only been modest. 

So I started asking myself, "Why haven't we been able to do better?" And the answer, to me, is obvious; we're treating cancer too late in the game, when it's already established, and, oftentimes, it's already spread or metastasized. And as a doctor, I know that, once a disease progresses to an advanced stage, achieving a cure can be difficult, if not impossible. So I went back to the biology of angiogenesis and started thinking: Could the answer to cancer be preventing angiogenesis, beating cancer at its own game so the cancers could never become dangerous? This could help healthy people as well as people who've already beaten cancer once or twice and want to find a way to keep it from coming back. So to look for a way to prevent angiogenesis in cancer, I went back to look at cancer's causes. And what really intrigued me was when I saw that diet accounts for 30 to 35 percent of environmentally caused cancers.

Now, the obvious thing is to think about what we could remove from our diet, what to strip out, take away. But I actually took a completely opposite approach and began asking: What could we be adding to our diet that's naturally antiangiogenic, that could boost the body's defense system and beat back those blood vessels that are feeding cancers? Our search for this has taken us to the market, the farm and to the spice cabinet because what we've discovered is that mother nature has laced a large number of foods and beverages and herbs with naturally occurring inhibitors of angiogenesis.

. . . Soy, parsley, garlic, grapes, berries, I could go home and cook a tasty meal using these ingredients.

What is the evidence in people that eating certain foods can reduce angiogenesis in cancer? Well, the best example I know is a study of 79,000 men, followed over 20 years, in which it was found that men whom consumed cooked tomatoes two to three times a week had up to a 50 percent reduction in their risk of developing prostate cancer. Now, we know that tomatoes are a good source of lycopene, and lycopene is antiangiogenic. But what's even more interesting from this study is that those men who did develop prostate cancer, those who ate more servings of tomato sauce actually had fewer blood vessels feeding their cancer. . . . For many people around the world, dietary cancer prevention may be the only practical solution because not everybody can afford expensive end-stage cancer treatments, but everybody could benefit from a healthy diet based on local, sustainable, antiangiogenic crops. 

It turns out that adipose tissue, fat, is highly angiogenesis dependent. And, like a tumor, fat grows when blood vessels grow. So the question is: Can we shrink fat by cutting off its blood supply? So the top curve shows the body weight of a genetically obese mouse that eats nonstop, until it turns fat like this furry tennis ball. And the bottom curve is the weight of a normal mouse.

If you take the obese mouse and give it an angiogenesis inhibitor, it loses weight. Stop the treatment, gains the weight back. Restart the treatment, loses the weight again. And, in fact, you can cycle the weight up and down simply by inhibiting angiogenesis. So this approach that we're taking for cancer prevention may also have an application for obesity."

To read the whole article go to William Li ~ Ted.com

After reading this and other information about the benefits of fruits and veggies I knew that taking the product was the right thing for me. In the course of the past three months (on my way to four) I've found my level of energy growing to the point that I can stay up later at night and get up earlier in the morning. My time with my family is so much richer and I have so much more energy to give my clients.

I really believe that this product is helping my health. I'll keep you all posted as to my continuing gains and wins as I keep taking this product. I'm so happy to feel so good!

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Blessings to all,


Nellie

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What's In The Water . . .

Has it occurred to anyone to test the water along the Gulf? I know I have heard that the EPA and BP are monitoring it. But what about Joe or Jane public going down to the waters edge and getting a small sample of the water and taking it for testing. What level of chemicals are in the water? Not just oil but the dispersant? I am thinking not only to look at the water where there is obvious oil washing ashore. What does swimming in water treated with these chemicals do to a person?

For that matter catch some fish in areas that are not supposed to have oil reach them yet. What is in the fish, crabs, oysters etc.?


Is anyone doing any kind of independent testing like this?


Do people know what they are swimming in? Even in areas where it is supposed to be safe to swim (or fish)?

Prayers for healing of the gulf and a positive end to this crisis.


Blessings to all,


Nellie

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Mothers Day . . . Behind The Scenes

I lay in bed this morning rereading my Mothers Day card from my husband, deeply touched by his love and support and it occurred to me that mothers day is so much more than that.

For starters I would not be a mom without the man I love (Brad) who has helped out in making these great kids possible. I have to also say thank you to Wayne (Niki's Dad who has passed on) for the dad that he became.

Brad means so much to me and I love him dearly! He has supported me every day of our many years together. He has worked for over 30 years to support our family. Long days and sometimes nights, not to mention back in the early days a fair share of weekends and overnights at distant locations for business trips. He has helped clean up assorted bodily fluids after one or the other of our children had a cold or flu or threw up or had diarrhea. He’s made emergency hospital runs for beads stuck in the nose, twisted ovaries, bleeding heads and high fevers. He has picked up one child or the other more times than I can remember from one event or another. Play rehearsals, softball practice or a game, baseball practice or a game, gymnastics practice or a meet, movie nights, sleepovers, church events, school events, work pick up or drop off, airports and the list goes on. He has supported me as a new mom, seasoned mother, frustrated mother, ill mother and filled in during the moments I was not able to be there. He has been a partner when his mom was dying and helped me to care for her as she had her last days at home with us. He supports me, our kids, our church, our neighbors, and his colleagues at work. He plays golf with the kids, has movie night with our kids, and in general is a great dad which supports me in being a great mom. He is part of the reason I am a great mom.

I would not also not be a mom were it not for the great kids I have, each one of them means the world to me and I love them dearly! I started out more than a little naïve. I was a very young mom the first time around and though I thought I knew everything, what I knew could likely have fit on the head of a pin. In as much as I was and am their mom, they are my teachers. I’ve learn how to deal with pneumonia in a 1 year old (Niki) who spent her first birthday in the hospital, how to deal with high fevers and wool socks (all three kids – wool socks Tim), allergies (all three again) chipped teeth after falling off a shopping cart (Tim) while also dealing with his sister (Niki) in the back seat of the car on the way to the doctors who was threatening to pass out and throw up from the little bit of blood from Tim’s fall, Migranes, (Tim) twisted ovary (Niki at 16), migraines (Tim), sprained ankles (Fallon) neck and back spasms (Fallon), the loss of a father (Niki’s dad when she was 17) Dehydration with the flu that called for an ER visit and an IV (Fallon) and I could go on. Then there are all the wonderful things that mom taxi does. Softball, baseball, plays, sleepovers, sporting events . . . and so on. I've meet some great parents and some great kids and they have all helped me to be a better mom. They have taught me so much.

Homemade gifts are some of the best. Flower pots, Hand made cards, hand drawn pictures, hand woven yarn pieces, hand made stuffed animals, clay figures, handmade plates, turkey thumbprints, magnets, and countless yummy dinners. All of them are great cooks and each one has made me many meals. Last night for Mothers Day it was home made mac and cheese and bruchetta. Yummo!!!  A meal that our son Tim cooked and one of our favorites. In the past Niki and Fallon have cooked pork loin with apple butter, asparagus and sweet wild rice with saffron. More yummo!

I also need to mention my sister and friend (Barb) who has been on the listening and championing end of more than one phone call as a wonderful mom herself.

Then there are my many friends, one (Patty) who is also like a sister and who has been with me from a tubal pregnancy and a backwards bedpan, to a hospitalization in July of 2008 that brought me to my knees. Others, including Patty have been there to help with many of the things a mom needs, like a listening ear, hugs, celebrations, laughter, tears, parties, weddings, and fried pork steak.

I have beamed pride and shed tears over each of my children because of how proud I am of them. They are amazing, funny, intelligent, caring, creative,  compassionate, loving beings, each of them making a difference in the world in all that they be, do, and are.

Thank you guys for making Mothers Day what it is, each and every year! I can't wait till next year!

I love you!

Mom ~ Nellie

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The Power Of Neutral

The Power Of Neutral . . .

Neutral ® is a really powerful tool.

As long as I have been a HeartMath ® provider and well before, I used some form of neutral usually coming through in my mediation techniques or in studying Buddhism. Yet still I take it deeper and have a richer understanding of what neutral or detachment means.

The other day I was exploring my beliefs and looking at them, some I did not even realize that I had. What lead me to it was a conversation that I had had with my husband and daughter and how I had found myself snapping at them. I looked at that and saw it as an automatic response based on a belief that had nothing at all to do with present time.

Over the course of the next couple of days (and I am still exploring this) I began to explore my automatic responses and beliefs. Expectations of how I felt people 'should' be. Expectations are one of those areas that I coach with clients all the time and I use the tools with myself all the time. Yet here I was looking at myself in the light of neutral and of expectations from a very deep space.

What I have realized for myself is that many of my expectations have been hidden underneath beliefs and both of those things on an underlying belief level. I make a distinction between Core Beliefs ®  as HeartMath uses them, and Underlying Beliefs - that thanks to a Visionary Business ® course I have been taking through the mentorship of Marc Allen,  co-founder of New World Library and author of many books.

He brought up the idea that Core Beliefs can seem more solid, like cement, where as Underlying Beliefs are something that can be more pliable to change. Something to consider and I have been. So now I am being very aware in my thoughts and my reactions to people, places, things, memories. Proactive rather than reactive. That old saying about not putting your foot in your mouth.

I'm realizing that for me the best thing I can do is to give myself time and really process before I respond to something. On the one hand it might seem like a lot of energy and effort to do that. What I am realizing however is that it is simply about being in the NOW. If I am in the NOW, to the best of my ability, I am in neutral, not processing something past or future, and expectations which to me are based on one of those two things, don't happen. So now I am doing my best to be in the NOW (Eckhart Tolle - The Power Of Now), knowing I am Spirit in human form, taking it one day at a time. It's really eye opening and inspiring to be aware of myself from such a centered place when I am able to do it. It's a tool I have been using with my clients but never at this level. From here forward  with my new awareness, that changes.

Blessings,

Nellie

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