Check out out new classes:
Vision  Board Class:  Join us @Purity Health & Wellness,  Saturday
  February 11th 10-1.  Do   you want abundance, love, a new career, balance or money? How about happiness, peace, health, fitness, or travel? Join Nancy from Life Solutions & Create  your own “power of attraction,” manifest your desires, and have tons of  fun!  Cost  $15—Call Nancy @ (818)  445-9274 to register or sign up at Purity—15118 Main St., 2 doors south of the  spotted cow.
Life Solutions Reiki Training center is also offering all levels of Reiki classes, in a comfortable, relaxed environment--, monthly, at Lotus Heart Therapy and Wellness Center. Next Reiki I class, 2/25, 9-6. 

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it ~  William Arthur Ward.

Creating  a clear and detailed vision of your goals, your dreams, and your life purpose is  vital to receiving precisely what you want. If you are not clear in what you  ask the universe, the results you receive will also be unclear. It is the Law  of Attraction. You get back what you  send out. The more clarity you have, the better! That is why having a vision and creating something like a vision board is so important. Once you see the vision you build your plan precisely as you see it. Some people find it easy to write their goals, their dreams, and their visions down on paper. They draw a few pictures and it comes to life for them. Most do better with a vision board.

Vision  boards have been used to display images of goals and dreams for decades. They  are also known as goal maps, dream boards, treasure maps and story boards. The Vision Board is a powerful tool for manifesting and finding pathways to  achieving your dreams. Traditionally, the vision board was created by simply  cutting out desired images from magazines or books and gluing them on cardboard or poster board, creating a collage of your life plan. This is important because putting your thoughts on something tangible communicates to your subconscious what it is that you outwardly want. Because sometimes it is the subconscious, inwardly, that is holding us  back.The subconscious works well with pictures and affirmations so find  things with true meaning to your life and purpose, draw images that represent  your goals, and create a collage that represents your desires, your dreams, your  needs, what you want your life to look like and feel like. What do you want your  future be? Picture it in motion, picture it now. Then create the visual. As you  place your images on the board and add your own drawings, you are virtually building a bridge between your thoughts and this tangible board that you can see  and feel. This is an action of manifestation, an amazingly powerful way to put  your dreams into motion. Find images that allow you to see your dream as a  reality.  If you want money for a car, write out a check with the price of the car on it and place it with a  picture of the car on your vision board. If you want a new home, draw a picture  of it with the perfect landscaping surrounding it and you sitting on the front  porch. Include  affirmations; they are the essence of positive self-talk. By declaring your  "wants and desires" to the Universe, you are one step closer to having them as a reality.

 Once your vision board is created, put it where you will see it  several times a day. Take a picture of it so you can see it at work or when you  are shopping. Use it as your computer screen saver or on your phone. Hang it on  a wall or make it the centerpiece on your kitchen table. Look at if often. This  will remind your subconscious throughout each day of the amazing things you are  welcoming into your life. 
The  concept of vision boarding has been around for a long time, its popularity  aning through the last couple of decades. But it has become incredibly popular  in recent years due to the success of the well-known documentary, The Secret.  In this documentary, John Asaraff demonstrates his use of a vision  boarding.  Within a few short years  of that demonstration, he attracted his dream home. 

It  is your unique set of gifts and talents, those attributes that assure this world  that you are like no other, the seeds of your success that have brought you to  this place. Organize your desires on a Vision board. Draw the journey. See the  paths, draw the connections.  Will  you draw a map or glue on a university brochure. Perhaps you see a sandy beach;  you’re walking barefoot, laughing, in love, in peace. .Make it your own, Live  it, love it, and it will be yours. 
 
Nancy  teaches dream board classes in Washington and they are tons of fun. Call for a  schedule 818-445-9274

 Do just once what others say you cannot do and you will never pay attention to
 their limitations again ~ James  Cook

 Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sail, Explore, Dream, and  Discover  ~Mark  Twain


You  have an awesome, unique set of gifts and talents, attributes that assure this  world that what you have to offer is unlike what anyone else has to offer. You  have your own niche going on, a life purpose, and to pursue it allows you to
live your dreams. But  to live your dreams and know your life purpose you have to take action. You have  to seek it, work towards it, focus on it, believe in it and never stop  believing. You have to run with it knowing your greatness will, without a doubt, carry you through.

 Many  people never know their life purpose or pursue their dreams, or if they do, they  lose faith; they stop believing. They get so caught up in the rules of life they  lose site of the laws of success and passion and abundance. They forget about  tenacity, persistence, self-belief, the Law of Attraction, Conscious Creation,  rules and tools that create the knowing that, “I can do this.”   It is a realization that comes as you become accountable for those  talents and gifts, the very seeds to your own success  story.

"Faith is taking the first step even when  you don't see the whole staircase."-Martin  Luther King

 Truth is you will always be who you think you are. So think big, think positive, know  that you deserve all that is good. Get to really know yourself, your qualities,  your achievements and possibilities. Who you are has nothing to do with how  others see you, what they think of you, how they speak to you or how they treat  you. 

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by  your permission.  Ralph Waldo Emerson.

But  who you are has everything to do with how you see and think of yourself.  And although knowing, acknowledging,  believing in yourself and telling yourself you are wonderful are attributes far from the humble way we were raised, they are the exact behaviors we need to embrace, to live our dreams. 
 
Suggested  Download: listen to Doreen Virtue’s Angel Therapy for Abundance MP3 free
download, http://mp3skull.com/mp3/angel_therapy.html

 Suggested reading:  Who Are You Really, and What Do You Want,written By Shad Helmstetter Ph.D.

  Elizabeth  Scott M.S. shares in her article, Develop the Positive Self-Talk Habit, helpful  ways to learn tools of positive self-talk. http://stress.about.com/od/optimismspirituality/a/positiveselftak.htm. 

When we talk about wellness, exercise, eating well, and a positive attude are usually the highlights of the discussion and Reiki is usually not considered. Yet Reiki is a wellness strategy that amongst other attributes,  breaks down blockages that hinder the healthy flow of life energy. These blockages often are caused by  stressors, a negative attitude or environment and negative self-talk. Life energy is called qi in China, ki in Japan, prana in India and science calls it  Biofield energy. A healthy flow of life energy is the foundation of good health  for all of your body systems. Once Reiki clears blocks, optimal health, in all  areas, can be obtained as we also engage in exercise, eating well and a positive outlook on life. A Reiki session is a great way to start the new year right. Out with the old blockages as a new year of abundance flows in. Consider Reiki.

Life Solution’s Wellness Coaching program gives you an opportunity to change your lifestyle so that you are healthier and happier with one-on-one support. Support, such as coaching, has been found by an American Psychology Association poll to be vital to successful behavioral and lifestyle change.
 
Wellness coaching helps you to make changes to achieve goals in small  manageable steps. It provides   
frequent support, encouragement and suggestions and it gives you a better  chance at successful goal achievement. Lastly, as a client, you are held accountable for your goals which has also been shown to have a positive effect on goal achievement.

Life Solution’s Wellness Coaching works because we look at the whole person. We use a truly holistic approach to your assessment and care. We look at eating patterns, and lifestyle choices. We consider family, current lifestyle and social activities. Personal Nutrition, home environment, career, finacial stability and spirituality are all part of our assessment and plan.
 
If you are wondering if wellness coaching is right for you, please join me for a
free consultation to explore the possibilities. 

Did you know that Salmon can reduce your risk of dying of a heart attack by as much as 30%? The hero’s here are the omega-3 fatty acids and an antioxidant called carotenoid astaxanthin. Choose wild salmon over farm-raised to avoid insecticides and heavy metals. Try to eat two or more servings a week. Salmon is reasonably priced at Costco, fresh and frozen. A simple way to enjoy salmon is
to place lemon slices on top and bake.

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Almost every aspect of your life has something to do with weight management. Food choices, activity, where you park when shopping, are you lifting children,  what type of exercise you do, how much time you spend sitting in a day, metabolism, and so on. The list is endless. Fiber is not the magic bullet but it certainly can be a powerful force in successful weight loss as well as in good health. 
Imagine a food source that psyches out your brain, a food that makes you
feel fuller than you would feel by eating other types of food, a food that
tricks the mind because it is so hard to break down. Imagine a food that takes longer to chew than any other food source so it gives your brain time to get the message that you are full before you get into the old habit of
overeating.

 Studies show that we eat the same volume of food no matter what types  of foods we choose. So if you eat a lot of fat and simple sugars and you switch  some of that food to fiber, you add a powerful unseen force into your weight  loss plan. It is a force that is going to carry you to success with greater ease because adding fibrous foods to your diet prompts you to eat less of other types of foods that do not help you lose weight. This happens because of the increased fiber. You eat less as the brain is tricked into thinking you are full and you will burn more calories as you work to break down the added fiber. 

Consider having an apple for a snack or a glass of apple juice fifteen minutes before lunch. How would each affect your appetite? A study from the 2009 journal, Appetite, found that people who ate an apple before lunch ate 15% less calories for lunch than those who drank juice, suggesting that the
fiber in the apple is more filling than the fiber added to the juice (Magee, Elaine, 2005).


Psychologically, the process of eating, chewing and swallowing an apple is rewarding, especially the feeling of fullness that follows. This is part of the reason why so many people are enjoying raw food. It tames the hunger  pangs.

For successful weight loss, Tufts University shows that people who eat 35-45 grams of fiber a day are less hungry and are losing more weight. The problem is that most people are not even getting half this amount. They cut back for their diet plan decreasing their fiber to less than their normal intake. 

An excerpt from the abstract of this study reports that Interventions that both lower dietary fat and increase fiber appear to be the most effective of carefully tested interventions to date, with weight loss of 3.4 kg on average in studies greater than six months (Roberts etal, 2002).

Fibers from whole foods, like fruits, nuts, vegetables, whole grains and legumes, are the best type of fiber for weight loss because on top of their  abilities to trick our brains they are also very low in calories. 
 
A word of caution when adding fiber to your diet, do it gradually and  drink plenty of water to aid in the digestive process. If you add too much too  fast, gas and bloating will remind you to progress a little
slower.

 Fiber may not be the magic bullet but it can sure take you a long way toward losing weight in a more natural comfortable way. 

As a Wellness Coach I like to start people on weight management  programs by having them give up two bad habits and picking up two good habits. Eating more fiber and drinking more water sound like two really great habits to pick up. Don't forget your free Wellness Consult.

 
Magee, Elaine, 2005, http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/why-you-need-more-fiber,  5, October, 2011.

Roberts, etal, 2002, April, http://www.jacn.org/content/21/2/140S, 5,  October, 2011.

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