Got in over 10,000 steps yesterday. Went out for an a.m. walk, then, in the early evening, needed to go to the bank, so, walked there. That completed the steps easily.

While out walking, I was thinking about my classes and what the women in the class had said. When I got home, I emailed them more ideas and information so they’ll stay connected. Cannot wait for us to come together again to see/hear what progress has been made.

Going to call Ronnie this weekend. I’m really excited to create some indoor/outdoor retreats where a group of people can learn simple physical exercises they can do daily; learn how to create tapping sentences that will serve them when they’re gone; learn to eat and prepare simple yet exquisite raw food….

If his place isn’t available (remember, just because you have similar ideas, doesn’t mean the other person will follow through on it or want to go in the direction you do…) I’m putting out to the universe for other places to do it where, hopefully Minh, or another chef, will want to come and teach/prepare raw food for the class although, people coming don’t HAVE to be raw… yet want to add better, fresh food, to their food program. Everyone coming will be AMAZED at how great and simple, eating more raw can be.

I’d prefer to have indoor AND outdoor space which is what he has PLUS, he’s got a river and mountains. Just a beautiful location.

I’m excited! I’ve had people approach me about doing a program on abundance. In actuality, they want a program on creating more money! Them not saying the word “money” tells me something. It’s MONEY they want! In order to have what you want, you’ve got to acknowledge what you have!

If you’re interested in the online version of “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“, jump on it! The price is going up next Sunday! Save $30 now!

This weekend I’m putting my focus into adding to my Bodacious Living website. It’ll stay “under construction” until we get enough on there to make it worthwhile to visit. It’s a very ambitious thing for me to do yet, once it’s up and running, it’ll be amazing, methinks.

Out for my first walk of the day. Enjoy and…

Injoy ~

Revvell

I’ve recently been studying a lot of things… new, and not so new to me.. looking to up my healing and health practice. One  of my most recent studies has been on EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique. With all that I do and have done including Traditional Chinese Medicine, Polarity, Yoga, Qigong, Applied Kinesiology, essential oils, etc. over the last 23+ years, I found EFT to fit right in.

A couple of days ago, someone on Twitter made a blanket statement about adoptees. Being an adoptee, I took exception to her generalized statement which began a short conversation (about all one can have on Twitter). One thing which really hit me was that “…adoptees have a lot of internal pain”.

This got me to thinking… internal pain. Hmmm. Since we are virtually blank slates when born, where does this “internal pain” or angst, etc. come from? It comes from without. Society, with all it’s fears, throws it all on us and we, in turn, throw our fears on others, and the dance begins.

Normally, people think they have to deal with or relive all that was said/done to them in order to heal. My parents did this; my teacher did that.. blah, blah, blah… which is why I am like I am; which is why I do what I do or feel like I feel.

All this stuff that we take in from others causes a glitch or short circuit in OUR system so, why do we tend to focus on the outer… having to know who did what, when, why? We don’t! That’s the beauty of EFT and other modalities I use. We find out what the problem is, then deal with it. It has very little (and in many cases, nothing) to do with the outer. We don’t have to confront anyone; we don’t have to forgive anyone… we just have to remove the glitch(es) and be at peace. How cool is that????

So, why does EFT work so well on so many issues? Because it works with US! With OUR issues, not with anyone elses. It gets the “engine” running smoothly again and, in many cases, quite quickly.

Does this mean that, in order to be healthy mentally, emotionally, physically and financially all we need to do is EFT? Absolutely not! The basics still need to be done! Good food program, movement, rest, pure water, appreciations.

(BTW, if you’re interested in doing some work with me, currently, I’ve got two openings. Please, contact me and let’s see what we see.)

Injoy and eternal-harmony,

Revvell

In my last post I mentioned that essential oils are as potent (if not more so) than many prescription drugs. This morning, I received this (Interesting how life works. I already have many of these and use them daily!):

Many of the well known products found in most bathroom medicine cabinets contain toxins known to cause side effects. You can use several therapeutic grade essential oils to replace common items in your medicine cabinet. These oils are viable natural alternatives that support and boost your body’s immune system as well as aiding it in its natural processes of detoxification. Young Living Essential Oils and products are tested to meet ISO and AFNOR International Quality Standards for therapeutic grade. Refer to usage guidelines and use these oils wisely.

Also, you can refer to the list of Every Day oils. Order a couple of these every month on your Rewards Account – save on Freight and accumulate Rewards points good for free products.

Also, we know this list is really only partially complete. If you have an addition to this ‘medicine cabinet’ paper you would like to share, please send it to us and we will upgrade the list and send it out again in a few months. Thank you.

Thrive and Be Well -

tomandtrish

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Create a Healthy Medicine Cabinet – - – - -

THIEVES Essential Oil Blend – Rub on the bottoms of your feet before flying, when you first feel that you have been exposed to something, and if you want a little layer of protection. Use along the spine when you feel you have caught something. Diffuse to reach a saturation level or to help cleanse your house of mold or toxic smells.

THIEVES Cleaner – use for everything in the right dilution – refer to the bottle label for guidelines. Use it to clean cuts, scrapes, abrasions, windows, walls, counters, dishes, hands, face, really dirty feet, laundry etc., etc., etc.

THIEVES Hand Soap (Waterless) – use when traveling to under-developed countries, after shaking hands with people, and before eating. If sweaty, use a squirt of the waterless hand soap, rub it in and wipe it clean.

LEMON – antiseptic, cleansing, antibacterial (put on tissue and wipe toilet seats in public restrooms, 10-15 drops in a 4 oz. spray bottle of distilled water and spritz airline seats, hotel bedspreads and bathrooms, use as insect repellent: 20 drops in rinse water of laundry to kill microbes, 1-2 drops in drinking water to improve immune system and increase body alkalinity. Diffuse to invigorate yourself as well as repelling molds and bacteria. Add to your diffuser blend when fighting pneumonia and all respiratory problems.

LAVENDER - for headaches, bumps, bruises, burns, aiding relaxation – a few drops on pillow or under nose to promote drowsiness, reduces cramp discomfort and has been known to stop premature labor. Antitumoral. Women have rubbed a few drops under breasts and underarms, morning and evening, to help reduce problems. Headaches – rub a few drops on temples, forehead, crown and back of head, toes (if practical) and then breathe in deeply the aroma from your cupped hands for a few minutes.

PEPPERMINT – for indigestion, nausea, sore muscles, headaches, respiratory conditions, reduces fever, sinus congestion/headaches, bronchitis, improves neurological function.

PANAWAY for pain and achy muscles. Rub on warts.

PURIFICATION – insect bits, bee stings, non-toxic insect repellent (mix 10-20 drops with massage/carrier oil or 4 oz. of distilled water in spray bottle). Diffuse in home, office, stable, etc. – repels viruses, bacteria, mold and dust mites. WE USE 2-3 DROPS OF PURIFICATION ON A SMALL WAD OF COTTON PLACED IN THE EAR (NOT DEEP) TO COUNTER EAR INFECTIONS. Also, rub a small amount of Peppermint around the outside of the ear. Let it drain when it begins. Use in stale, musty, old-smoke smelling hotel rooms by placing a few drops on a paper towel and laying over the air vent, AND by placing a few drops all around the bed-spread etc.

MELROSE – First defense for cuts and scrapes, after washing with Thieves cleaner in warm water.1-2 drops on cotton ball and place in ear to soften ear wax to aid in removal of wax build-up.

OREGANO – strep throat, staff infection, anti-inflammatory. Found in Inner Defense – take internally. Massage small amounts on the back always adding a carrier oil. Also massage on feet.

LEMONGRASS – tendon and ligament concerns. We make a blend with Regenolone, LemonGrass, Peppermint, Wintergreen, Marjoram, and Basil and use this for inflamed joints – knees, ankle, wrists, shoulders, elbows, and hips.

RC – for respiratory conditions, decongestant, asthma, bronchitis, bone spurs.

RAVEN – for respiratory conditions, asthma. BOTH RC AND RAVEN ARE FOR RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. Use in the diffuser, rub on chest, neck, shoulders, and upper back, and on the feet, ankles, and calves.

LAVADERM spray for burns and sunburns. Also a blend with carrier oil and Lavender

EXODUS II flu, colds, strep throat, laryngitis, improves immune system.

THIEVES repels viruses, colds, flu, sinus, strep throat, laryngitis, improves immune system, canker sores, cold sores, athletes feet/toe fungus. Rubbing on bottom of feet aids in the prevention of contracting various viruses and bacteria at work, schools and daycare.

DI-TONE – for nausea, rids body of parasites, colic in babies.

WINTERGREEN – for bumps, bruises, earaches, sore muscles or joints (natural cortisone).

EXODUS or IMMUTUNE – flu, colds, fevers, improves the immune system, anti-oxidant (Exodus and ImmuTune together are a powerful combination to improve immune system – Rub / massage up and down the spine daily – at bed time is great!).

Here are some oils to use for specific conditions that happen around the house:

Warts – Panaway, ImmuPower

Removal of mole, skin tags – Frankincense

Burns – Lavender as soon as possible

Ear infected – 2 – 3 drops of PURIFICATION on cotton with 5 – 8 drops of carrier oil. Place in ear – not too deep. Rub more purification around the outside / around the ear.

Pink eye – use Purification, 3 Wise Men, ImmuPower (dilute 1 drop to 10 drops vegetable oils and apply to perimeter (around eye) Do not put on eye or eye lid.

Diarrhea – Upset stomach – Put in gel cap 1 drop of DiTone or Thieves with vegetable oil. Rub DiTone or peppermint over stomach. Good idea to do the cleansing trio (ComforTone, ICP, Megazyme).

Travel sickness – 4 drops each of peppermint and ginger, mix in 1 oz. massage oil and rub on chest and stomach before traveling. Also, chew on a small piece of fresh ginger root.

Heartburn, gas, bloating, flatulence – put several drops of lemon in water and sip slowly. Drink 1 drop of peppermint or 1 tsp AlkaLime in 6-8 oz. water. Or, take a Digest and Cleanse capsule 1 – 2 times per day. For long-term effect, to make your body more alkaline, take Mint Condition, Megazyme, AlkaLime and Royaldophilus for 30 days.

Now, isn’t it better to have something that’s not going to poison you or your family? I’m loving learning about these! And, of course, you don’t HAVE to have them all! Just get a few at a time. Unlike drugs, they don’t have an expiration date either so you can use them safely whenever you need them.

Yours in Health,
Revvell

As a past soy candle maker I’d used essential oils for fragrance yet, it wasn’t until Philip McCluskey gifted me with a membership in Young Living Oils that I really got into them. Thank you Philip!

Previously I thought they were just something (often expensive) to make a room smell pretty. Now, having experienced some really good oils, and reading up on them, I know differently.

Let me tell you what I’m doing. In my main office, I’ve got lemon (focus/uplifting) eo; in my downstairs office, I’ve got peppermint eo (near the kitchen so, helps with weight management and is uplifting); in my shower, I’ve got my home-made sugar scrub in which I have grapefruit eo (cellulite) and in my bedroom, I’ve got lavender (relaxing).

For all except the scrub, I’ll add two drops neat (nothing added), rub my hands, then rub the back of my neck and in my hair. I cannot believe how great I’ve been feeling! I love walking into one of the rooms and smelling the fragrances. I enjoy having my honey sniff me and comment on how each fragrance smells (he also receives the benefits).

I’ve been doing some studying on these for healing purposes with clients and friends. Here’s just a little I’ve found out from Essential Oils; Integrative Medical Guide by D.Gary Young, ND. I’ve had this book for YEARS and just found it again and, after joining YL, realized this is the owner of the company. Uh, duh! I’ve ordered other books that have been recommended for study as well.

Here’s what I read recently: “…. essential oils are very potent, in some cases more potent than prescription drugs. Second, despite their concentration and strength, unlike prescription drugs, the essential oils generated no negative side effects. The implications of these two simple facts are profound.” Wow! For those who want to experience wellness w/out drugs!!! What have we been missing here????

Something else: “Essentail oils and human blood share several common properties: They fight infection, contain hormone-like compounds, and initiate regeneration.” How can this be?? How do we not know this?

Since beginning my research, I’ve received email from people who’ve told me of their experiences with eo’s in that even those around them have become ill with supposedly contagious diseases, they’ve not gotten them. I know for the last few weeks, my husband has been experience some serious cleansing symptoms.. coughing, sneezing, sore throat… I’ve not had that.

If you’re sincere about health and healing, this is something I recommend. DO keep any eo’s you have out of reach of children. They are natural yet, as been said above, they are potent and when using them on/with children, I recommend diluting or cutting the dosage.

More on this later. In the meantime, consider joining YL. It’s only a one time fee of $40. Find about 3-5 you like, use them, feel the benefits, share them. Tip: Keep them where you’ll see them. Out of sight, out of mind. You’ve GOT to use and enjoy them ~ or you wont.

Revvell

One of the things I’m exploring in my own healing is self-touch.

Not too long ago, I’d been using essential oils (eo’s) and fragrance oils in the creation of candles, lotions, body butters, etc. I knew that, for me, many of these things when purchased commercially, really bothered me. I couldn’t tolerate the fragrances. Little did I know that fragrance oils can cause problems and where I am right now, stepping more into health, I’m choosing to purchase and use the best quality.

Here’s my thinking. I was listening to Paul Nison on a call today and he’s talking about eating ONLY during daylight hours; first meal about 3 hours after daylight (meaning YOU should be up early) and stopping no later than 6 p.m. or whenever it gets dark. (In some cases, that would be about 4 p.m., yes?)

The problem for many people is, they’re not getting enough nutrients/nourishment in their food program and they tend to stay hungry. Also! Many don’t eat for hunger/nourishment ~ they eat for mood, entertainment, out of boredom, to be polite, etc.

Well, it’s similar to how I’ve dealt with fragrance. We don’t use top quality eo’s for many reasons including cost and, we find something we like that does the job in what we do get. But then, my question is ~ since you’re reading this, you’ve probably got SOME interest in health ~ why do we poison ourselves with low quality fragranced products? I do it! Heck! I’m doing it BUT, I’m transitioning.

First of all, for basics such as putting lemon eo on the back of my neck and on my hands to inhale/uplift, do I want low quality? No! It’s going directly into my skin AND, I’m breathing it!

Secondly, I’ve massaged myself twice in the last two days..I’ve added a few drops of eo’s into a few tablespoons of grapeseed oil (NOT GSE ~ grapefruit seed extract ~ grapeseed oil ~ can use almond oil, olive oil, jojoba ~ your preference)…. I’m loving it! I do my feet, up my ankles, my calves, thighs… be sure to do your stomach, chest/breasts, arms (biceps/triceps are important!), neck under your chin. Today I sat in the sun and did it. Now, I’m still feeling it because one of the oils I used is wintergreen. SO refreshing!

Touch is a basic. I’ve heard study was done where newborn babies were separated. Some got picked up, cuddled, held and others didn’t. (Wondering who agreed to this study and if humans were used or what? Can someone respond to this one?) The ones who were picked up and held thrived while the others withered.

Here, I do have lots of touching with my husband. We kiss often; hold hands whenever we walk somewhere or travel in the car; spoon when falling asleep YET, it’s a great feeling for me to touch me!

Oh! Remember this! When you do yourself (or, another ~ trade off?) slow down! I’d rather do myself than have someone do me as though they had a train to catch. One loooooong, slowwwww, deeeeep, stroke is worth more than 10 very fast strokes… unless that’s what you like. Give it a shot, then get back to me.

O.k., the book I’m currently using to study eo’s right now is:

One I don’t have yet but is on my wish list is:

Interesting Vids

Enjoy and Injoy!

Revvell

Waaay back when I was 19 and thought I was tough and knew everything, I connected with an acquaintance who was going to another state to visit a well-known motorcycle group. We went in my car.

Sometime during that day, he thought it would be a really good idea for him to be asked into that gang and thought turning me out would be the way to do it. (Turning someone out means turning them over to have sex with the whoever wanted to participate; “pulling a train” in other words).

Now, at 19, I was pretty naive. I’d only had sex a few times… was not exactly promiscuous. Anyway, he promised that if I’d have sex with him, that would be the end of it… it wasn’t. If I remember correctly, there was 12 of them. What I did was basically turn my head to the wall and ignore it all until they threatened to shoot me with a beebee gun, which they did ~ a few times.

Finally, the owner of the place we were on put an end to it. I got dressed and went out where I was approached by the women of the group carrying guns. They wanted to know if their men had been involved. Uh, no, of course not! Hell, I dunno, I don’t know who they are or who you belong to! Sheesh! Well, that answer didn’t go over very well.

At gunpoint, they brought the registration to my car over to me and had me sign it over to them. At that time, in that state, one didn’t need a pink slip to prove ownership… just the registration.

Why didn’t I leave? Young and dumb… fear of what would happen if I did… not knowing who their neighbors were and if they were aligned… (later found out that off-duty police were hired by the gang’s president to guard their property at night).

Later that evening, somehow I ended up in the back of the van a some of the guys who were sniffing cleaning fluid. How that was done as I remember it was they had a paper towel in a bag and would add drops of the fluid onto the paper towel, hold the bag over their faces and inhale. I did that. Not caring and not knowing the consequences. I eventually fell asleep with the bag over my face. I remember someone taking it away and that’s all I remember until the next day… when I couldn’t speak a complete sentence… just totally out of it. Couldn’t remember things, couldn’t talk coherently… until about 3 days later. Brain cells were gone.

That day, the prez took me to his home and told everyone that I was off-limits unless “I” agreed. I was there to take care of his child (his wife didn’t take care of her and really hated me). He had another couple there and they were kinder although the wife asked numerous times if her husband had partaken. He hadn’t. Yeah, that I remember…. I think.

I got out of there after having been there for 2 weeks when a biker from another gang came out for a visit and asked the prez for me. I chatted with the guy who told me if I wanted to go home, this was my out. I did. I went with him to his place… no sex, nothing. He took me home.

When I got back to my apartment, the locks were changed, all my belongings removed. I was told I could have them back when I came up with the rent. I’d lost my job and so stayed with some friends. I had no clothing except what I’d left with, no job.

My mother was working in the city I was living in and saw me on the street one day barefoot. She told me to come “home”.. I did, long enough to get myself together and get my job back. Then, out again with a better understanding… staying away from local gangs.

Anyway, I’m telling this story more to explain my memory problems than anything yet, if some teenager reads it and realizes they’re not as smart as they think they are.. cool! The thing is, we get out of school having had little real life experience thinking we know it all. Then we (usually) get married, want to buy a house, a car, have children, go into debt when we’re dumber than bricks. One of the best things I can say for me is, I didn’t get pregnant. I realized about that time I was barely smart enough to survive, much less thrive.

So, back to memory. I don’t remember having too many problems with memory when I was younger except people would tell me that I’d said something when I hadn’t. My teacher told me I’d probably split some personalities, probably as survival mechanisms after my father died when I was 12, but certainly after the rape. I remember at one point after a session with my teacher, he kept saying a certain thing to me over and over. I finally asked why he kept saying it and he said, “Don’t you remember saying that to me during our session?” Uhhhmmm, no.

Over the years I’ve had the usual things ~ forgetting where my keys or glasses were. At one point I was driving for a pizza company and I realized how bad my memory was at times. I was doing SunRider at the time and they have a product called “TOP”. When I took it, I could remember the address after seeing it one time. When I didn’t, I not only couldn’t remember the address, I couldn’t remember how to get there AFTER having been there numerous times. (You’re wondering why I don’t take TOP again? Because I feel there HAS to be another/more way(s) than purchasing a very expensive product like that.. it’s a combination of herbs… AND, I’m not a distributor anymore). It’s not something I’m throwing out.. just not doing currently.

Over the last years, I’ve been, off and on, having trouble remembering words more than anything. I’ll be saying something and the word is gone… common words.

The upside to this is, learning how to deal with it and looking at ways I can help others deal with memory issues. One thing I’ve learned is to “sip” the word… not try so hard to remember it; not get frustrated… just allow myself to kind of be with it.. go through the alphabet, etc. How I learned to do this was when I was in my early 30’s and had severe asthma. I refused any medications so, would sit quietly and sip air. I think more people die from panicking about asthma than the asthma itself. Panic creates the inability to breathe and also to remember and think.

What I’m doing now is, what I’ve been doing for the last 30 years… using myself as an experiment so I can assist others in healing.

A few things I’m working with are, of course, raw foods. I feasted on smoozies for 4 days; been 100% (minus the questionables) for 48 days now (off and on for 12 years)… don’t see much of a difference. I workout, I get fresh air, I write, I do the word games… all the things people say to do. Don’t see much difference.

I’ve started doing essential oils again. They seem to make a difference in energy… staying focused and productive.

I’m also checking out herbs since that’s what helped at one point and possibly sprouts.

Oh! One thing I found that made a difference many years ago was to put a shield in front of my computer AND shut it down when I wasn’t using it, turning it on only 3 times a day to check email, etc. Problem is now, it’s my business; it’s my connection with clients, etc. Much of my writing I can do on a legal pad (which I do anyway) yet, it all has to go on the computer.

One thing we’re working with is DragonSpeaks. It’s much easier to talk into the computer than to type. Takes less time and I don’t have to sit in front of the computer. I can get someone to edit and lay it out.

So, when you’ve told me you’ve met me and I don’t recognize you, it’s not because you’re not important or recognizable, you may just be unrecognizable to me. I’m working/playing with it.

I’ll get back to this ~ maybe ~ if I remember.

Revvell