Health

Power Nap

2007-06-05T12:02:00.001-04:00

Did you know fatigue due to loss of sleep is the cause for absenteeism, workplace accidents, and lost productivity? The costs to employers is about $150 billion annually according to The Institute of Medicine. Loss of sleep is linked to stroke, depression, hypertension, obesity, and heart attack. Better Sleep Council documents about 40% of workers suffer from fatigue. Companies are now just realizing the benefits of encouraging their employees to WORK LESS. Less is more in the case of effectiveness. If you happen to miss your required sleep, set the alarm for a quick 15-20 power nap during the day.

Words Are Powerful

2007-02-06T10:58:00.000-05:00

Dr. Emoto performed extensive research into the response of water to music, words and other sounds. He found water forms beautiful crystal shapes while playing symphonic music such as bach, etc... Positive spoken words had the most profound effects on water in forming diamond like shapes. Negative words and disruptive music produced distorted shapes.

The point?

Ecc. 10:12 says the wise mouth is thankful, while the lips of a fool consumes.

The cells in our body are made out of water. If Dr. Emoto's studies are accurate, that means the music we listen to and the words we speak impact our cells either positively or negatively.

Use your words to give life to your cells.

Global Nutrition Evidence

2006-09-12T21:00:00.000-04:00

Dr. Weston Price in his book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration demonstrates the connection between dental problems and poor health. Price traveled the globe studying various primitive groups and recorded the effects of people eating natural versus eating modern.

Average tooth decay among these primative groups when they ate a natural diet, was less than 1%! Compare to groups that ate a modern diet of processed foods, refined starch and sugar and the percentage rose an average of 30% to 40%!

It's pretty simple. Eat natural and health follows. Eat unatural and health leaves.

Why are there so many television commercials on treating symptoms with drugs versus correcting the cause through proper nutrition?

Why Hire a Life Coach?

2006-08-02T11:27:00.000-04:00

1. Experience Lasting Change- Have you noticed a new diet book comes out every 3 seconds in this country? Did you know that 98% of people who go on diets fail? That means only 2% achieve long term results. What is it the 2% do that is different from the rest? They either have a tremendously overpowering will day in and day out. Or, more likely, they have a consistent support system that motivates and holds them accountable to their goals. A coach provides you with constant encouragement while you walk through the critical 3-6 month long term habit forming period.

2. Accomplish More- Ever wonder why you get excited about doing something and a year later it’s still not complete? Is it because you really didn't want to do it? Not necessarily but we prioritize what we want. You may have started out with a high priority goal but because life happens, you move it to the bottom of the list. In reality, we lose focus of our goal because it takes longer than we expected. So we run to the hot new goal. But if we keep this pattern, we end up not accomplishing very much. Once you determine your goal, a coach keeps you focused on what you want to accomplish.

3. Make Empowered Decisions- Why is it that we tend to shy away from making decisions that change our life for the better when someone else tells us what to do? If you're like me, I decide to do what someone else already told me a year earlier just because I made the decision! But what if I would have decided a year earlier? What if I would have been confident in my decision? A coach boosts your decision making power by asking you the right questions that allow you to make the most informed decision so you become a better decision maker.

4. Maximize Time- I've never heard a person tell me they have all the time in the world to get every single thing they want to accomplish done each day. If you live on this planet, you are constrained by time. How do you accomplish your goals? By focusing your time on the most important activities that yield the results you desire. A coach supports you in deciding which action steps you need to take to achieve maximum time leadership.

5. Increase Relational Skills- Have you ever tried to communicate something to someone and they just don't understand what you are saying? The problem is during conversation we don't normally have the time to reflect on our perceptions or the way we transmit information that may or may not connect with the other person. What would your life be like if you could improve your communication with people by 50%? A coach provides the feedback so you can take ownership of your communication.

Coaching 101

2006-08-02T11:23:00.000-04:00

What is a professional coach?

Tony Stoltzfus, author of Leadership Coaching, says "coaches are change experts who help leaders take responsibility and act to maximize their potential". Essentially, coaching is a relationship where the client is the leader, champion and driver for any goal they would like to achieve. The coach is a facilitator to help the client move towards the goal.

So, in a nutshell, a coach:
1. Listens- Asks questions to help you explore and refine your goals.
2. Believes- In you and encourages you in your pursuit of your dreams.
3. Accounts- Holds you accountable for the action steps you create for yourself.

A Holistic Survey

2006-07-21T23:25:00.000-04:00

I'd like to take a survey on the word holistic.

What does holistic mean to you?
Is holistic a positive or negative word?
Describe some of your opinions about the word holistic whether good or bad?

Thank you!

What is natural?

2006-07-18T09:23:00.000-04:00

Have you ever picked up a product labeled "natural"? What does that word mean? There are many definitions. Definitions might include, "no growth hormones" or "good for you". Is natural good for you? Depends on what you define as good. For example, I decided to make a salad for lunch yesterday. I prepared some organic lentils and rice ahead of time and washed organic lettuce I picked up at a local health food store. Now, that may not sound good to you, but to me it's ENERGY! So, for me, it's excellent nurishment. Time for dressing. I reach into the refrigerator to grab some "natural" greek vegetable dressing and flip the bottle over to find that 90% of the oil is soybean. Yikes! I finished a course of study about good fats vs. bad fats. Surprisingly, many vegetable oils are not good for us. Studies reveal that most vegetable oils in dressings are hydrogenated, altered, which means they cause a host of problems such as raising cholesterol in the body. I don't know about you but any product claiming to be natural that has been chemically changed just doesn't make sense to ingest.

Why do consumers trust what product manufacturers label about products?
What are some of the influences in media that persuade consumers to believe ideas that may not be true about food?
Are consumers responsible for knowing what they ingest or should the government play a greater role in educating the truth about food to the public?

Nico Ventures

2006-06-10T22:50:00.000-04:00

Nico Ventures