peace and hugs,
Lorena~

I treated myself to pure fankincense oil (purchased through Natural Zing–tell them I sent you if anyone reading this buys it, since I get a tiny commission that adds to my savings to buy more of it! giggles), which seemed really extravagant. However, I wanted to “treat” myself and I bought it. I have NEVER regretted purchasing it!

Revvell, you know it’s best to be careful with essential oils, but maybe some of your readers don’t realize that too much of some of them can harm the body. It’s best to be careful (certainly use them–they are amazing–but be careful with the doses used).

Lots of love to you,

Wendi
XOXOXO

Revvell

I really enjoy your site!

All the best
Ami Baio

Thanks for sharing!

Lots of love to you,

Wendi
XOXOXO

Luvs you muchly my friend.

Rev

I, too, suffered from repeated sexual abuse. I have memory and speech problems, as well. I have since learned that it’s because I’ve suffered from Post Tramatic Stress Disorder from as early as four years old–and each time abuse occurred, or even the threat of abuse (real or perceived), the PTSD was triggered at a deeper level. It really messes with the adrenals, among other things. I have wickedly vivid memories of many things from as young as two years old, yet blocks of no memories at all for other times.

It’s remarkable what our bodies/brains go through in order to protect us. You, dear Revvell, are a true survivor and I love that you are open and sharing yourself with others. It is through sharing that others can be helped.

I think it’s impressive that you are realizing what is going on and you are experimenting and finding ways to get around the memory/speech problems. Going 100% raw really helped me a lot with my speech/memory. It doesn’t give me back the blocks of missing time, but I am able to more easily remember recent things.

Thank you for all that you do. I love you, Revvell.

Wendi
XOXOXO

MUAH!

I wanna LIVE! That’s why I don’t feel bad when people ask me if I wish my life was normal. To me “normal” (or most people’s definition of it) = boring. I love my life. Most don’t perceive it as easy, and a lot of times it’s not. But it’s a rich full life filled with love and amazing people and opportunities. And each day just keeps getting better and better!

LIVE already people! Life goes by in a blink of an eye. Don’t be the person no one remembers! Stand out! Make your mark on this world in THIS life!

Getting what you want takes resiliency and resourcefulness which does not come from rare or special qualities, but sometimes from the everyday magic of what our society refers to as “menial” jobs. To me personally, ANY job is an honorable job, and when you see it that way, it adds more meaning and peace to your life. Also seeing the honor of what you do now, creates and ideal foundation upon which a career change can be built.

I’ve done them ALL (ie au pair, cashier, house painter, drill press operator, delivery person, etc) from the time I left home at 15/16 (and had no place of my own to call home) while attending night school. Worked and paid my way through college too!

Much later, my husband and I wanted to purchase a house, so we worked aternating shifts so that one of us would always be home with our three children. Even went right back to work after a debilitating illness that required months of physical and speech rehab in the early 80’s so that I could continue to contribute to the childrens’ college fund. Not an easy task, especially since I was no longer to able to legally drive.

So, if there is a will, there IS a way!! Don’t want to hear excuses either!

(Sorry Revvell, but you know how I hate excuses, and when someone says “but I REALLY want it” and then come up with them, I get a lil’ bit wound up!)

I’m 59; never had a mammogram, don’t intend to. I don’t know if breastfeeding children really makes on immune to breast cancer or not but having mammo’s certainly doesn’t.

I have a friend whose life was saved by doctors but that’s about the only time I’d go to one ~ certainly not for a lifestyle created dis-ease.

Revvell

My sister refuses to get a mammogram and at 47 has yet to get one. She says that she breast fed 3 children which makes her more immune to breast cancer than before. She’s always been one to question doctors, (which I find funny since she had a near fatal car accident and it was the doctors that saved her)

Me? I’ve had several incidents causing me to question some doctors. Because of my grandmother, for the past 10 years the doctors have been telling me to get a mammogram every year. I’ve had 2(perhaps 2 too many?). I’m afraid not to get it, but I’m very good at putting it off. Shoot, I don’t even remember to do the self exam… officially anyway.

Thank you for your comments. All his research is in the back of the book mentioned. Don’t know which he used for that statement or if it was just from his own experience and/or that of his clients.

It’ll be interesting to hear what others have to stay. Stay tuned.

Revvell

I come from a unique point of view (well, sort of unique) because I have been detoxing cacao for several days and went through a really strong detox from coffee and another from Ritalin. I know that what I felt was a deficit after regularly consuming those substances. I would get flashes of joy and concentration when taking them, but then be confused, bewildered and less happy when they began to wear off, with a headache to boot. This was both physiological and psychological. I wouldn’t equate those things to being merely emotional or about perception.

I don’t know if cooked food falls into the “reward” category in the mesolimbic dopamine system as drugs do. I think the quote above, as a general statement about addiction, seems to be minimizing something profoundly more complicated than a shift in perception.

I’d be curious to read the research he used or the rationale beyond the snippet.

I don’t see it as “wrong and hurtful to those looking for a cure”. If you are a follower of the raw forums, then you are well aware of the countless testmonials given by others (w autoimmune diseases) that attest to the fact that they have experienced dramatic improvements once they made the transition. Feeling a helluva lot better, even in the event it does not afford the ultimate “cure” for all, IS definitely a step in the right direction!

::winking::

I have worked on myself as has alot of people, by clearing out the ego parts and then I come to the section of my life wondering who I am now since I can’t identify with ego any longer. It is a scary thing at some point and you do feel lost, but there is light at the end of the tunnel….follow your soul and WIN!

Love and Light, Revvell!

Thank you for clarifying this for me, Pansy