There is nothing more frustrating than trying to lose weight.You try to eat all the right things and avoid the wrong ones. Youhuff and puff on the treadmill only to spend the rest of the dayscared to gain those calories back. You lift weights without seeingany real results. I go to the gym almost everyday and see peoplekicking their butts trying to lose fat and reduce their weight. I al-ways think to myself, if they only knew that it doesn't have to bethat hard. I’ve found, through preparing for bikini competitions,there are a few things that make the journey from fat to fit a littlefaster and simpler.

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SleepFive Benefits to a Good Night’s Sleep& Five Tips for Getting It!How many hours of sleep did you get lastnight? Experts say that getting an extra hourof sleep can change your life for the better.Studies show that the gap between gettingjust enough sleep and getting too little sleepmay affect your health, your mood, yourweight, and even your sex life. Read more on page 8.

Heart HealthDo You Know Your “Advanced”Risk Factors for a Heart Attack or Stroke?New research shows that 60% of patients who have a heart attack of stroke actuallyhave normal traditional risk factors. In otherwords you could pass your next physical examwith your doctor and be told you are perfectlyhealthy, and later that same year have a massive stroke or heart attack. Read more on page 13.

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Food goes in, food goes out like a machine.As soon as you don’t put food in when it isexpecting it, it says, “I better burn slower orI’ll run out of energy to keep going.” Andyour metabolism slows down. Skippingmeals is NOT the way to lose weight. It willNOT work.

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1. Select your compost site. Composting can be done in a free-standing pileor in a bin. While the bin might be more aesthetically pleasing, the processand end product are the same no matter how you do it. Start by selecting asite, you will need a space about 3 feet wide and 6 feet long. It doesn’t needto be the focal point of you garden, but should be convenient and close to awater source. A good choice is the spot you will have a garden bed next year.

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Table of ContentsTop 5 Tips for Faster Weight Loss.................................................... 1

Introducing Maria Vitale Salon: The Center for Healthy Hair ....... 2

Compost Happens! Four Steps To Build Your Own Compost Pile.. 4

What is Yeast Overgrowth? ............................................................. 5

Wisdom Teeth- The “Pros”of Removal and “Cons” of Watchful Waiting .................................................... 6

Fine Tune Your Attitude: 8 Steps to Restoring Your Inner Fire ....... 7

Five Benefits to a Good Night’s Sleep & Five Tips for Getting It! ... 8

Summertime Tips to Protect Your Hair ..................................... 9

Ambien Addiction ................................................................ 10

A Natural Solution for Chronic Yeast Overgrowth ............... 11

Rainbow Bridge of Light ........................................................ 12

Do You Know Your “Advanced”Risk Factors for a Heart Attack or Stroke? .................................. 13

Be Healthy on the Inside, Too ...................................................... 14

Naturopathic Treatment of the Thyroid ...................................... 15

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The debate about wisdom teeth has always centered around one majorquestion: Do wisdom teeth need to be removed or not?

It has long been established that wisdom teeth that have associatedpathology (tooth decay, gum disease, infection, pathologic cysts or tu-mors enveloping the root) need to be removed. However, the questionhas always remained whether pain free, erupted (in the mouth) or im-pacted (not in the mouth) wisdom teeth have to be removed? Does“pain-free” wisdom tooth also mean “disease-free” wisdom tooth?

Recently, the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeonspublished the results of the “Third Molar Clinical Trials.” This was a majorclinical study performed by “The Task Force for Third Molar.” The TaskForce, which consisted of distinguished clinicians in the field of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery from major US academic institutions, collected andinterpreted clinical information relating to the management of third molar“wisdom” teeth over the period of fifteen years. The results of their workare outlined below:

Part A: Frequency of disease involving the wisdom teeth in patients inwhom wisdom teeth are asymptomatic (pain-free):

25% to 60% of patients, depending on their age or gender, had clinicalevidence of inflammatory gum disease. 28% to 77% of patients withasymptomatic wisdom teeth will have tooth decay (caries).

Part B: What happens to wisdom teeth if they are retained (not removed)?

Retained wisdom teeth change their position over time, but not in a pre-dictable way. They may erupt into the mouth and subsequently developdecay and inflammatory gum disease.

Among patients with pain-free wisdom teeth who have no evidence of in-flammatory gum disease, 30% to 40% developed inflammatory gum dis-ease after a period of 5 years.

In 40% of patients with visible wisdom teeth and gum disease and boneloss present, the bone loss is expected to also involve the other molarteeth within 2 years.

Young and adolescent patients with visible wisdom teeth have a greaterrisk of developing inflammatory gum disease compared with their peerswithout visible wisdom teeth.

Only 75% of impacted, pain-free wisdom teeth are free of disease. So, ifa patient has 4 impacted wisdom teeth, even though they are pain free,chances are at least one of them has either: decay, inflammatory gum dis-

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Among patients with pain-free and disease-free wisdom teeth who choseto keep their wisdom teeth, at least one third of the wisdom teeth de-velop disease within 4 years and need removal.

Part C: Summary of outcomes after wisdom teeth removal:

Removing wisdom teeth significantly improves the gum and bone healthof adjacent teeth. Removal of wisdom teeth resulted in threefold reduc-tion in the proportion of adjacent molar teeth with gum and bone dis-ease.

Most young, healthy adults may expect to have full recovery within 5days or less after wisdom teeth removal.

Increasing age (greater than 24 years), level of impaction of the wisdomtooth and the need to remove bone are associated with delayed patientrecovery after the surgery and delayed clinical healing. Not surprisingly,delayed clinical healing also increases the risk for delayed recovery of

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Step 3: Slow down, listen to your gut feelings – your inner fire comes fromthere. Discover what hole inside you’re trying to fill with busyness. Youremotions are not meant to scare you, but to connect you to intuitive guid-ance and wisdom.

Step 4: Let go of what you can’t control and take the higher road wheneverpossible. Your mind will reject heaviness and your body will only carry somuch baggage before it turns on itself. Let go of resentments or memorieswhich pull your focus backward. Inspiration and the answers you seek are al-ways in the present.

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Less pain. It has been estimated that nearly two-thirds of those with chronic pain suffer from asleep disorder. If you have chronic pain - or acutepain from a recent injury - getting enough sleepmay actually make you hurt less.

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A Sleepy Brain Equals Weight Gain. Losingsleep tends to make people eat more and gainweight, and now a new study suggests that onereason may be the impact that sleep deprivationhas on the brain.

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vironment is conducive to sleep. Among experts'recommendations: Use the bedroom only forsleep and sex; keep regular sleep and wake times;ensure the bedroom is a dark, cool, quiet place;and get computers and TVs out of the sleep en-vironment, because they stimulate the brain andtheir light tells the body "it's daytime," disrupt-ing the internal clock.

Try Not To Self-Medicate. Treating yourself withover-the-counter medications is not the best ideabecause they never solve the problem. They justhelp you through it. But those medications caninduce next-day grogginess - what some patientscall "sleep hangovers"- and they can actuallyhave an alerting or a disorienting side effects, es-pecially on the elderly.

Have A Healthy Work-Life Balance. It’s impor-tant to have some sort of break from the day'sstress before sleep. If you know you're going tobed at 9:30, stop your day at 9:15, or sooner ifyou can. Shortchanging that break can be arecipe for insomnia. Write down all the thingsyou need to worry about on a piece of paper, anddo your best to leave them behind. Whetherasleep or awake, there's likely nothing you cando about them until tomorrow anyway.

Keep dinner light. When you go to bed, youwant to neither be hungry or stuffed either feel-ing can keep you awake. So if you tend to eatyour dinner late, this is even more important.The alternative is going to bed later, but youdon't want that either! Rich, fatty foods areharder for the stomach to digest. The heavier thefood, the more conscious of it you'll be, makingit harder to fall asleep. And be wary of spicyfoods -- heartburn is just as unpleasant at nightas it is during the day

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Memorial weekend for me seems to always be the start of my favorite season,summer! I love the sun, the warm weather and anything to do with water.Whether it be the pool, a river, lake or the beautiful ocean, the summer sea-son triggers that desire in many of us to go out and play.

Although sun and water make a wonderful combination, they aren’t alwaysthe best thing for our hair or scalp. Our skin is not the only part of us thatcan be damaged by the things we do while enjoying the summer season.Lots of exposure to the sun can fade/lighten our hair, which can also cause itto become drier.

The water in that refreshing pool can also do the same. But there are waysthat you can protect your beautiful mane from these unintentional offenders.Wearing hats is a great way to not only protect your hair and scalp, but withthe right brim can also protect your face and neck. There are also hair prod-ucts that will protect your locks from the harsh rays of the sun. When apply-ing sunscreen on your hair or skin, don’t forget your scalp! I see sun burnedscalps on my clients at this time of year, especially where the part is. This canlead to peeling, dry scalp and other skin issues.

When you’re out playing at the pool, it helps to wet your hair with the hosebefore you jump in. Our hair is like a sponge and, when dry, it will absorbwhatever liquid we put on it. Better to fill it with plain water than the poolwater which contains chlorine and other chemicals that can not only dry anddamage our hair, but in some cases cause it to turn green. Wetting the hairbefore diving in makes it much harder for the chlorinated water to penetrateyour hair cuticle because it’s already full. Much like a sponge, if it’s alreadyfull of water it can’t take on any more.

When you leave the pool, wring your hair out and then rinse it again with thehose. It also helps to keep a spray on/leave in conditioner in your beach bag.Applying this to your wet hair while you’re out enjoying your summer fun willnot only protect your hair but help to keep it shiny and hydrated.

Another option for healthy summer hair ise to wet your hair and put your fa-vorite deep conditioner on and wrap it in a bun. The warmth of the sun willhelp the hydrating and conditioning agents to penetrate deeper into yourhair. Rinse it out at the end of your day and enjoy the beautiful soft happylocks you’ll have.

Go ahead get out there and enjoy your summer plans. Just remember to re-spect the elements and your hair and scalp by protecting them from theharsh things of the summer that can leave you feeling like the Gobi Dessert,while still allowing that wonderful vitamin D to leave you looking sun kissedrather than sun burnt.

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Beware of Ambien AddictionBy Ranch Creek RecoveryAmbien is the brand name of the drug Zolpidem, which is prescribed by doc-tors to treat insomnia. This is a popular drug for business travelers sufferingfrom jet lag, and is commonly being used by teens. Doctors typically prescribeAmbien in low dosses and for a period of no longer than 30 days because of thepotential danger involved with taking the medication.

Users of the drug are said to feel comfortable, relaxed, and sleepy and the highis typically considered to be like that of drinking a lot of alcohol because someusers report losing control of their body while on Ambien. Other similaritieswith alcohol use include waking up with a hangover, headaches, memory loss,

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Users are at risk of developing a tolerance of Ambien if they use the medicationlonger than 30 days, which can lead to increasing the size of the dosage in order tofeel the effects and furthermore, lead to overdosing. Ambien has the ability tochange the chemistry in the brain to trick it into thinking it needs the drug in orderto function, and that is a serious problem.

Ambien dependence is on the rise with teenagers everywhere. Of the six millionnew prescription drug abusers, 44 percent are younger than 18 years old, says a

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It is crucial for drug prevention agenciesto target the younger generation in orderto get the important information acrossabout the dangers of prescription med-ication like Ambien.

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If you can keep this up for a week, you willabsolutely see results. Now onto the fats…

Tip 2: Keep up the fats

Just like your body dependson a regular eating sched-ule to burn calories effi-ciently, it also needs to geta regular intake of fat tofeel safe to release thestored fat. Most fat lossdiets tell you to reduce your fat intake so youbody can burn stored fats. That’s not entirelytrue.

The tip is to eat less fat, but keep eatinghealthy fats regularly. Think of it like this: Youhave a bunch of stored bad fat, the kind thatbuild up and cause cellulite. They are just sit-ting there, globbed together with toxins thatyou took in when you ate those fats. They arefats from hydrogenated oils, palm oil, excessanimal fats, etc…They need to leave. How-ever, unless your body knows those fats willbe replaced, it won’t let go of them. So, thegoal is to give yourself a fat transfusion by re-placing the bad fats with good fats.

There are some ways to do this without gain-ing more fat. One way is to take a good 3-6-9Omega supplement three times a day. This en-sures that your body is getting the fats itneeds on a regular schedule.

Then, you can also add fats into your mealsthrough: ½ an avocado, an ounce of almonds,a Tbsp of almond butter on a couple ricecakes. It is really important to not overdue thenuts. A lot of people think nuts are a greatsource of protein, and true, they may containprotein grams, but they are super high in fats,so they are NOT to be used as a proteinsource. Use them sparingly as your healthyfat. Fats are still fats. Too much and you willgain instead of lose.

Tip 3: Fat Metabolizing Supplements

Including fat metabolizingsupplements in your regularvitamin/supplement regimeis super important. Theywork by allowing your body to process thefats in a quicker, more efficient way. They alsoprotect your organs in the process. Again, thekey is to naturally lose weight and burn fatquickly.

Here are five supplements I recommend:

Chromium Picolinate: Works by allowingyour body to better break down and burn fatand store less. It also aids in the formation oflean muscle, which burns more calories.

Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA): It is a naturaloccurring omega-6 related fatty acid. It helpsthe body increase metabolic rates, boost theimmune system and keep cholesterol levels incheck.

L-carnitine: It is a metabolite, a buildingblock for protein, which helps your body con-vert fat into energy more quickly. By speedingup the conversion rate, you burn fat caloriesfaster each day.

Thermogenic Fat Burner: There are a variety ofthese available. They heat your body up fromthe inside to burn fat faster, similar to how aninfrared sauna works. This is a supplementyou take on an empty stomach prior to doingcardio. I see a lot of people wearing theirhoodies and sweats, trying to heat up whiledoing their cardio. Sweating from the externalsources is not actually the way to burn fatfaster. Do it by heating up from the inside,thermogenically, to increase fat loss. Fat burn-ers have had a bad wrap since the whole

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Calcium undecylenate is a calcium salt of undecylenic acid, an organic un-saturated fatty acid derived from castor oil. In the United States, unde-cylenic acid is FDA-approved as an over-the-counter antifungal agent. It iscommonly used to treat fungal skin infections, such as athlete's foot, ring-worm, and jock itch. Undecylenic acid inhibits conversion of yeast cellsinto the pathogenic form.

Calcium disodium EDTA is a mixture of calcium and sodium salts of ethyl-enediaminetetraacetic acid, widely abbreviated as EDTA. EDTA helps de-stroy negative microbial and fungal biofilms thus allowing other positiveanti-microbial or anti-fungal agents target problem areas. Furthermore,EDTA and its salts express a strong antifungal activity toward Candida al-bicans.

Caprylic acid is an eight-carbon saturated fatty acid found naturally in themilk of various mammals, and is a minor constituent of coconut oil andpalm kernel oil. Caprylic acid possesses strong natural antimicrobial andantifungal activity, and inhibits growth of various microorganisms includ-ing Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus and various species of Strep-tococcus.

Monolaurin is found in coconut oil and human breast milk. Monolaurinhas strong antibacterial and other antifungal effects in vitro. The antimi-crobial activity of monolaurin is amplified by EDTA and its salts.

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To amplify the efficacy of candidacillin, we recommend to take it in acombination with betain HCl. Due to the fact that candidacillin can inter-fere with calcium, magnesium and iron metabolism, we recommend tocheck serum levels of calcium, magnesium, ferritin and serum iron at leastonce a month. We also recommend taking candidacillin five dayson and 2days off for 4 weeks with subsequent alternation with black walnut hallsextract + Pau D’Arco + Artemisia/berberine blend. During candidacillintherapy, take multivatamins and minerals during candidacilin off days.

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Ephedra scare. Fat burners including Ephedraor anything similar have been banned by theFDA and you should not take those. For more detail about this tip, read it here:http://blogs.naturalnews.com/top-5-supple-ments-to-supercharge-fat-burning.

Tip 4: Cardiovascular Exercise

A friend of mine is a car-dio nut. She will honestlyget on the Stairmaster foran hour at a time, on fullintensity. However, it’snot doing much for her.She simply loves it,though. When we thinkabout cardio for fat and weight loss, we needto remember what the goal is. The goal is toburn fat, not muscle. Too much at is bad.Muscle is good!

When doing cardio, keeping at 70% of yourheart rate is the goal. That will basically becardio that will allow you to maintain conver-sation without losing your breath in theprocess. The simplest way to figure your targetheart rate is by subtracting your age from 220,then take that number and multiply it by70%. So the formula is 220 – x = y(.70). An ex-ample is mine: 220 – 41 =179 x .70 = 125. Bystaying at this heart rate, you will most likelyburn fat without sacrificing muscle.

Additionally, it is important not to do toomuch cardio. What happens when we do toomuch cardio is that our body will adjust to itand we will stop burning as much. It is betterto do about a ½ hour twice a day, everydayyou can. That might sound like a lot at first,but work your way up to it. And, make sure totake your thermogenic before your morningcardio, on an empty stomach.

Cardio can be tedius, so here’s a little tip:watch tv. Pretty soon, that half an hour isover and you didn’t even realize it!

Tip 5: LiftWeights

Remember to keep put-ting on muscle! Don’tworry ladies, you won’tlook like a man whenyou work out withweights. Your body will only put on as muchmuscle as the protein you eat. Eating theamount of protein I suggested for women, 25grams per meal, the result will be toned andfeminine.

The goal is to stay toned while you lose fatand weight. If however, you don’t work onburning fat too, the muscle will just build un-derneath the fat and cause you to look a little

fatter. What I tell people who approach me atthe gym is that they already have the muscles.They are just hiding under the layer of fat thatneeds to go. Once that extra fat is gone throughthe tips above, the muscle will reveal itself.

So it is important to stick with all the areas- nu-trition, supplements, cardio and working out.

This probably doesn’t sound easy or quick butbelieve me, it is. After only one week you willsee the difference. The key is to integrateevery area I’ve talked about. When you onlyfocus on only one area and ignore the rest,the process of weightand fat loss slowsdown. My motto isthat if you’re going tosacrifice your time,food and energy, stackyour deck and do itright.

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Our seven main chakras are separate from our heart chakra and eachother, thus bringing life challenges that create karma since your physical,emotional, and mental bodies react separately. For example, when youperceive anger or power being directed at you, you respond unconsciouslywith the first chakra (fear), or with the third chakra (power). So eitheryou flee or stand still. A whole new alignment occurs with the unifiedchakra. Your response comes from your whole being, meaning that youare active rather than reactive, love-based rather than fear based, andtranspersonal rather that personality-based.

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Get into a comfortable and relaxed position, deepening your breathing,and breathing Light into the heart chakra. Ask Spirit to blend with yourunified field through the heart chakra. Your heart chakra glows brightlyand becomes a sphere that opens and expands like a flower in geometricalshapes, colors and sound. You will see it grow just taller than you are.

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You can build your rainbow bridge further and experience yourself as atruly multi-dimensional being by including the 11th chakra (your groupsoul level), the 12th chakra (the Christed level of your spirit self), the13th chakra (the I AM Presence), and the 14th chakra (the Source). It isimportant to unify your chakras several times a day. With a little prac-tice, you can say “unify” to yourself to instantly snap your chakras to oneunified chakra.

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Do You Know Your “Advanced” Risk Factors for a Heart Attack or Stroke?By Dr. Wes YoungbergNot long ago, over 20 family members came together for Christmas atmy in-laws Ohio country home where my wife grew up. It was a wonder-ful 10 days of making snowmen, having snow ball fights and sleddingdown the big hill behind the house. The best part was just being togetherand reminiscing all the good times we had spent together over the years.The day before we were all scheduled to leave, my mother-in-law devel-oped clots in her legs and died the next day from a massive pulmonary em-bolism. We were all stunned; grateful that we had spent so much qualitytime together but shaking our heads that we had not seen this coming.Our time of celebration had ended in tragedy. Looking back, It’s easy to ra-tionalize with statements like, “well she had 85 good years”, but the real-ity was that there were risk factors that we could of paid attention to thatcould of, if managed properly, given her more good years of life with thefamily she loved.

Recently a friend lost his father suddenly because of blood clots didn’t re-spond quickly enough to standard therapy.

Last week I took time from my busy clinical schedule to have a new com-prehensive cardiovascular lab profile done on myself.

New research shows that 60% of patients who have a heart attack of strokeactually have normal traditional risk factors. Their cholesterol, triglyceride

blood fats, LDL “bad cholesterol”,and HDL “good cholesterol” areall normal! In other words youcould pass your next physi-cal exam with your doctorand be told you areperfectly healthy, andlater that same yearhave a massive stroke orheart attack.

That is why I now recommend the Hunter Heart Ad-vanced Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Profile. As valuable as theLipid/Cholesterol profile is, it only picks up 50% of your actual risk for de-veloping heart disease. Including the following tests in your health riskevaluation improve early identification of your actual cardiovascular risk to90%. I strongly recommend taking the following tests: sd-LDL is the spe-cific form of small dense LDL cholesterol that more easily promotes plaque;HDL2b is the most heart protective form of HDL cholesterol that actuallyremoves plaque from your arteries; Lipoprotein (a) is a form of the “bad”LDL cholesterol that is ten times more likely to form plaque than regularLDL cholesterol; Homocysteine is a protein in the blood that increases therisk for atherosclerosis, heart disease, and stroke; low Vitamin D levels in theblood strongly influence risk of diabetes and heart disease; ApolipoprotineE is a gene mutation test that identifies advanced risk for both heart dis-ease and Alzheimer’s disease; and Factor V Leiden is a gene mutation testthat strongly influences your risk of developing clots in your blood stream.It’s also important to look at a Cardiovascular Inflammation Profile that in-cludes two tests.

The Cardiac CRP test measures thelevel of inflammation in the body. Highinflammation significantly increasesthe risk of heart disease, diabetes, andmany other diseases. The Cardiac CRPlevel is an excellent predictor of heartdisease risk but can be elevated forother reasons as well.

The Lp-PLA2 test, also known as thePLAC test indicates higher risk for un-stable plaque and a greater tendencyfor the plaque to rupture. This testspecifically shows if you have inflam-mation in the artery wall associatedwith plaque buildup representing therisk of a heart attack or stroke.

Lastly I encourage everyone to test Ironand Ferritin– High levels of iron andthe storage form of iron, called ferritin,represent an increased risk for heartdisease and diabetes. Pay attention toyour iron level. If elevated it can be asignificant cause of diabetes and itscomplications!

I encourage you to take advantage ofthese heart tests by talking with ahealth professional who will take thetime to discuss each test with you andgive you natural solutions to addresseach area of risk identified. I have per-sonally had all these tests done on myself. For these tests I am very grateful,in that they gave me specific guidanceof how I could further optimize myhealth and greatly lower my risk of car-diovascular and other diseases.

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When I first started working in the health and fitness field I spent allof my time focusing on what my clients were eating and how theywere exercising. As I have evolved, I realize that all the kale andmarathons in the world can’t transform anyone’s health if you don’ttake care of the soul and the heart as well.

I was victim to going through the motions of life and not really pay-ing attention to my heart (emotions) and soul (spirituality). I thoughtit was enough to eat right, exercise as much as I could and go to Masson Sunday with the odd prayer in-between when things got rough.

Emotions? Feelings? They were just those wild swings I reacted to as Isaw fit in the moment - you know, yell at the kids, snap at your hus-band and push away anything too uncomfortable, because I didn’thave time to deal with it!

Yet, feelings are real and need our attention. Talking about feelingscan be a touchy thing. We all have them, and we don’t always givethem the attention they deserve. It’s too easy to stuff the unpleasantones and sometimes even push the good ones away, afraid of “jinx-ing” ourselves, afraid of being disappointed.

That was my life, and I thought I was healthy! I looked healthy. I wastrim and lean and by today’s standard I was doing great! But, I wasempty inside. I just didn’t know it.

I remember talking to a neighbor one morning and trying to describe

how I was feeling, and within a minute she had me diagnosed with abig spiritual void! That was a turning point, so thank you Amy:)

That started me on a journey of really exploring what my beliefs wereand how I wanted to relate to God. It also led me to understandingthe role our heart plays in our lives and our spirituality. If we suppressall our emotions, and have closed hearts, no amount of Sunday wor-ship will open us up to the wonders of God and his love for us.

The most important thing with feelings is to allow yourself to feelthem. How often have you heard the phrase “don’t be sad”, “don’t bemad”, don’t be afraid”?

It’s second nature…. I hear myself saying it to my kids and clients andhave to backtrack and say “cancel, cancel!” The only way feelings willgo away, is if you allow them to be felt. Pushing them away doesn’twork. Suppressing feeling can lead to weight gain, building resent-ment and bitterness in your heart, and even medical problems.

In my case, adult acne is a result of suppressing uncomfortable emo-tions I feel when I’m in conflict or out of alignment with people clos-est to me. I have an issue with my husband and I don’t say anythingbecause I don’t want a conflict. Then, I see the breakouts! This is myreminder to say what I need to say, and the breakouts calm downwithin hours. It took me only 14/15 years to figure this out LOL!

You deserve the best in life. A fully healthy person has a balancedmind, body, heart and soul. You can’t leave any aspect neglected with-out hurting yourself.

Much love and have a great month!

Dr. Mary O!

To learn more please contact me at drmaryosfitness@gmail.com or visit mywebsite at www.drmaryoshealthandfitness.com

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