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CALLING ALL ANGELS
A Look Into One Woman’s
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CAN HYPNOTISM HELP
WITH WEIGHT LOSS
THE EYES
A WINDOW TO
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Alternative medicine is any practice that is put
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medicine. It consists of a wide variety of health
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homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic, energy Martial Arts For Kids.......................................5
medicine, various forms of acupunture, traditional Raindrop Technique Therapy..........................7
Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, Sekkotsu Can Yoga Help Depression ..............................8
and Christian faith healing. In this issue, we will
explore a few of these ideas and will continue to
do so in future issues.

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and web exclusive articles. The Eyes: A Window To The Brain...............12
Mental Nutrition and Your Health................14
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Martial Arts for Kids-A Fun Way to Get Fit
by Raffi A. Derdian, 8th Degree Black Belt

With childhood obesity on the rise, moms and dads are While self-defense is the cornerstone of martial arts, fitness

scrambling to find ways to get their kids “off the couch and is certainly a major compone nt. Most school s do some kind

moving around.” Not every parent has a child who is of warm up routine during a class. For older kids, this could

interested in sports, or becoming involved in outdoor or be pushups , jumping jacks and so on. With younge r

other physical activities. A growing number of parents are children, the beginning of the class might focus more on

becoming concerned about their child who only wants to basic coordination and skill developing exercises. A good

play video games. Or, they are complaining that Billy or school will always have some form of stretching routine

Sally just want to sit around the house and watch TV or built into the class structure. Martial artists are known to be

play on their phones/IPads. Unfortunately, our amazing flexible and toned. Their training uses every muscle group

technological advances are one of the contributing factors in the body. Students see an increase in stamina, balance

as to why this generation of children is less healthy and fit and strength. Many school s are now incorporating some

than the previous one. basic Yoga and Pilates into their classes as well which only

makes them better.
By the time a child is 10, they may have tried a variety of

sports and activities such as baseball, football, soccer, Impact training, hitting and kicking heavy bags and other

dance, gymnastics etc. But, what if the child just doesn’t equipment, burns tons of calories during every class. It is a

like any of them? The reasons don’t matter; mom and dad great cardio workout . Students feel stronge r, faster and

don’t want to drag a screaming and kicking child to the more pow erful. This is a very dyna mic area of training. It

field. Now what? Defeated, many a parentsgive up,or take a develops a fighting spirit or attitude, but that can also

break from their efforts to find an activity that works for translate to “fighting to get healthier”. Many a students also

their child. Unfortunately, the child now becomes more find that eating habits improve over time with their

ingrained in a sedentary lifestyle. The longer it goes on, the training. A child may take an apple instead of a candy bar

harder it is to break this cycle of unhealthy behavior. (or, at least be more receptive to it).

Then mom or dad see and ad for the local Karate Learning self- defense techniques per se is not really a
school…….. fitness activity. However, the training of these skills is
practiced in an intense and athletic manner, certainly
When we think of child being involved with martial arts, beneficial to the phy sical health of the student. This is
we often think of a cute little boy or girl, usually with their one area where martial arts differ from any other form of
leg in air, who is learning to defend themselves from exercise. Learning potentially life-saving self-defense skills
bullies. However, martial arts training, (Kenpo, Karate, at the same time you are getting in shape.
Kung Fu, etc) is a unique and excellent activity for kids.
The children’s Karate industry has exploded in the last 30 Sparring is an intense and challenging area of training.
years. ( FYI-before the mid 1980’s, most Karate schools Many parents might be nervous about the idea of their child
didn’t even teach kids) Now, there are schools everywhere engaging in this. A good martial arts school will always
loaded with happy children jumping and yelling and having use proper safety gear and have rules in place to greatly
a good time. Of course, training in martial arts is so much minimize any risk. Apart from being a very good workout
more than just punches and kicks. The bottom line, quite for the whole body, it greatly improves reflexes,
simply, is that martial arts training is really GREAT coordination, and concentration.
EXERCISE!

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Martial Arts for Kids-A Fun Way to Get Fit
continued

Kata are prearranged solo routines that involve basic as One aspect many find appealing about martial arts is that it
well as more complicated movements. They develop is individualized. It is not a team sport. Too often, in
muscle strength, coordination and can be physically organized children’s sports, winning is the only goal. The
exhausting to finish due to the intensity required to perform kids who aren’t as good don’t get much play time. Maybe
them. Some systems of martial arts may practice lengthy they get teased because of this. Sports are seasonal but
Kata routines that are centuries old. They require a martial arts is a year round activity. Students will benefit in
tremendous amount of determination to perfect. This makes a steady and consistent manner. The only competition is
the practice much more than a physical one. It brings the that which exists within them.
mind and body together. (though most kids just like doing

them because it’s fun.) A good martial arts school should have a retention rate of

In addition to kicking and punching, many martial artists around 97%. If they do, you can bet they are doing
are taught to “Kiai”, the famous Karate yell. While they something right. Do some research of schools in your area.
learn this for several reasons, one bonus benefit is stress
release. Martial arts will generally have a calming affect Be willing to drive a bit if the school you really want is out
of the way. Check out Google, Facebook and even Yelp for

reviews of current and former students. In time, you’ll be

that melts the stress away. looking a fit, healthy, happy, and confident son or daughter

who is standing before you wearing a Black Belt.

Raffi A. Derderian is an 8th Degree Black Belt with 43
years of martial arts training. He and wife Susan have

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Bring Balance Back To The Body With Raindrop Technique Therapy
by Michelle Maynard

The Raindrop Technique is a wonderful treatment that aids Many have reported the following benefits experienced

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Can Yoga Help Those Experiencing Depression, Anxiety or PTSD
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Calling All Angels
by Dale Belluscio, LICSW

During the course of my life, I have worn many hats
and learned I am many different things. I am a mother,
wife, daughter, sister, friend, Reiki master, spiritual
advisor and therapist. All of these aspects of myself are
used in my daily living and clinical practice. I can relate
to parents struggling to raise their children in this very
complicated and sometimes violent world. I can help
individuals understand the complexities of living and
living within the dynamics of a family. I can discuss
how platonic and romantic relationships impacts our
lives and our behavior’s within them. And I can support
someone as they explore their spiritual side and beliefs
system in a non-judgmental environment.

My spiritual journey has only been included into my stress. This is not an easy process to do but it is one that
clinical practice for the past five years. Prior to that, I is crucial to achieve if one wants to feel better
tended to focus most of my work in therapy on the emotional stability. It is very difficult to feel anything
clinical and psychological aspects of treatment. The but depression if the majority of your thoughts are
question regarding a person’s spirituality was merely an negative in its origin. Challenging ones thought
inquiry during the history taken portion of the intake. processes and helping a person develop an awareness of
However, I have found there is a need for individuals to how their thoughts influence their mood and behaviors
discuss one’s spiritual side that has not always been is a large part of the work done.
fully examined in a therapeutic setting. And I believe
these discussions enhance therapy and aid in a person’s Another piece of my spirituality is my Reiki work.
progress in treatment. This approach is only Reiki is merely energy work. It is the belief in the
implemented if a person feels that their spirituality Universal Life Force in all of us. When we experience
influences their daily life and overall mental health. If stress, trauma or sadness our energy centers or chakras
they do not, then the question of it remains only a brief become blocked. There are seven major energy centers
question during the intake process. down the center of our bodies. They are, beginning at
the top of our heads, the crown, the 3rd eye, the throat,
Spirituality for me and for many of the individuals the heart, the solar plexus, the sacral and the root. Reiki
which I work with is a journey. Spirituality is a deep work helps unblock the chakras by laying hands (either
sense of who you are as a person and guides us in our on top or directly on) and helps the energy within to
overall life purpose. It is not a formal doctrine or flow. A Reiki session is a time of quiet, peaceful
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clients. In my clinical practice I discuss the thought themselves for a while. It has been proven that twenty
processes that influence ourselves and our emotional minutes a day of sitting in silence can have a positive
functioning and stability. A positive outlook, for me, is impact on a person’s overall emotional well-being.
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Calling All Angels
continued

A piece of my own spirituality is my belief in angels. PERMANENT WEIGHT
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angels around me and receiving many signs from them.
This is another aspect of spirituality which can be

explored in treatment if a person wants to. I find

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The Eyes - A window to the Brain and a Target for Treatment
of ADHD, Learning Disabilities, and Autism.

submitted by Dr. John Sotis, Chiropractor/Functional Neurologist

Sadly, the vast majority of clinicians who work with jump back to correct the over-shoot. If, in a right brain
neurobehavioral disorders do not address a region of delay, the eyes over-shoot the midline after glancing
the body that reveals a plethora of information about
however, few understand that this is more than a social fastigial nucleus
with neurobehavioral disorders have abnormal eye of the cerebellum. Should the midline over-shoot
activity and, when eye-directed therapy is implemented, occur following rightward saccades, this demonstrates
their brain and body physiology improves. I have yet to a problem with a midline cerebellar structure known
have a case come into my clinic in which the patient was as the vermis. Typically, when the patient is asked to
diagnosed with eye dysfunction that was remediated. perform balance tests, their body will oscillate to both
sides, rather than listing to one side. Why? Because the
and the extraocular muscles that move the eyes. The

eye assessment that is an integral part of a functional skills, as well as small muscles of speech, speech
sequencing, and velocity of speech. Targeting the

• Pursuits are eye movements that occur when one children with learning disabilities, ADHD, and autism!
is slowly tracking a moving object. Normally, pursuits For this reason, I receive referrals from occupational
object. A common aberrancy known as saccadic and speech therapists.
intrusions, in which the eyes demonstrate a ratchetting
motion, is observed in neurobehavioral disorders. The a convergence
intrusions usually occur while moving toward the strengthened with “pencil push-ups”. Some reading
weaker cerebral hemisphere, as each hemisphere draws problems are attributable to convergence weakness,
the eyes inward during pursuit movements. This gives especially when combined with pursuit and saccadic
an indication of the side of brain involvement and, when dysfunctions.
remediated, improves brain function. One area, along
with other brain centers, that guides eye movements, • The
is the cerebellum nystagmus
under the back end of the brain. Cerebellum means
out of the estimated 85 billion neurons in the brain, the moving patterns. Since each cerebral hemisphere
more than half of them are packed into the cerebellum!
Correcting eye movements re-wires this structure,
which is involved in balance, coordination, muscle

to its connections with the frontal lobe. stimulate the eyes with an easy-to-use app downloaded
into a cell phone or other device. This stimulates the
• Saccades are quick glancing eye movements. weak cerebral hemisphere as well as the cerebellum
Since the of each frontal lobe drive the eyes and other brain structures.

patients typically have aberrant saccades when autism and often manifests in every-day life as poor eye
individuals. When the eyes fall short of their target, indirect
this is termed hypometria. Sometimes, the eyes will
glissade. Sometimes, when the patient is instructed to motor pathway
glance to one side and return to a central target, the eyes recruit one additional nucleus that the left brain’s direct
motor pathway
hypermetria pathway is to dampen impulses relayed to the

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The Eyes - A window to the Brain and a Target for Treatment
of ADHD, Learning Disabilities, and Autism.

submitted by Dr. John Sotis, Chiropractor/Functional Neurologist (continued)

frontal lobe’s motor area. When the indirect pathway is anxiety response following brief eye and ear stimulation.
under-engaged due to a right hemisphere delay (as in These modalities are then incorporated into the patient’s
autism), the motor area is deluged with impulses and treatment plan – this can be performed at home by
consequently emits excessive commands, telling the downloading easy-to-use apps in a cell phone or other
body and the eyes to move more than they should. The device. The right cerebral hemisphere processes the
colors blue, indigo, and violet, while yellow, orange,
• The pupils are an amazing window to brain function. and red are processed in the left brain. For that reason,
Normally, they should be equal in size; when they’re I prescribe therapeutic colored glasses to stimulate the
not, this is termed anisocoria. It may be that one pupil weak side of the brain, with very favorable results.
is too large (corectasia) or one is too small (cormiosis). In summary, no treatment of neurobehavioral disorders
It takes a skilled clinician to determine which it is, is complete when one does not deal with multiple
based on history and other neurological parameters. modalities. As explained in my last two articles, we
must consider the environmental and lifestyle epigenetic
factors that are driving this epidemic, unremediated

on the side of the larger pupil, suggesting a problem must understand what is going wrong in the brain’s
with the sympathetic sensory, motor, proprioceptive, and vestibular systems,
nervous system. In ADHD and autism, both pupils are protocols to have the most comprehensive model. Oh,
usually very large, and barely constrict when stimulated and don’t forget the eyes!
by light. This suggests that the sympathetic nervous
system is in “over-drive”, often causing rapid heart About the Writer
rate, respirations, clammy skin, body and foot odor, Dr. John Sotis is a chiropractor and a functional
neurologist – a title held by only a small percentage
(blood is diverted from the gut to the extremities during of practitioners. He has maintained a private
practice since 1987, treating a wide variety of
mesencephalon (midbrain), neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Dr. Sotis completed
the location of the Edinger-Westphal nucleus, which a year of post-graduate training under Dr.
governs pupil constriction. The mesencephalon can be Robert Melillo, world-renowned researcher, professor,
targeted with light blocking exercises, combined with clinician, and author of the books Disconnected Kids,
auditory stimulation. The mesencephalon also houses Reconnected Kids, and
the superior and inferior colliculi, which relay light and Preventing, Diagnosing,
sound, respectively, to the occipital and temporal lobes, and Treating Autism
after making connections in the brain’s sensory relay Spectrum Disorders.
station, the thalamus. Since light and sound applied This course of study
to the mesencephalon cross to the opposite cerebral practice Hemispheric
hemisphere, glasses are fashioned such that Integration. He is an
light is diverted to either the left or right hemisphere. active speaker, lecturing
When stimulating the mesencephalon with blinking for various agencies and
light and sound, in right brain delays, a low metronomic school systems, teaching
sound is played into the left ear, while a high frequency clinicians and educators
blinking light is introduced into the left eye, as the right about the
hemisphere processes low frequency sound and high neurobehavioral
frequency light (vice versa for the left hemisphere). epidemic, and is an
Stimulating the mesencephalon and the weak cerebral active member of the
hemisphere in this manner often yields amazing International Association
results during a functional neurology examination. For of Functional Neurology
and Rehabilitation.
provoking stimulus results in a dramatically reduced

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Mental Nutrition and Your Health

By John Koenig, Board Certified Hypnotist

No one would expect to be healthy on a steady diet Before a child finished elementary school, he or she
of Ice Cream and Classic Coke. We believe we are will have been exposed to over 8,000 murders on
what we eat. And most of us make an effort to television, By the time he or she graduates high
follow good nutrition. According to a 2013 Gallup school the typical American kid will have witnessed
Poll, 65% of us claim we more or less succeed. over 200,000 acts of televised violence. They will
have learned to laugh at peopleÕ s misfortune,
But when it comes to Mental Nutrition I wonder admire tough guys and impossibly glamorous
how many of us are as careful to consume healthy women and will have seen over 20,000
thoughts and avoid unhealthy ones as we are about commercials aimed to make them want the right
our physical nutrition? clothes, cars, boyfriend, girlfriend, body and
lifestyle in order to be happy. Throughout their
It may be obvious that we are what we eat: but it is formative years they will have been raised on the
mental diet equivalent of cotton candy and Doritos.
equally obvious that we are what we think. As And then thereÕ s the internet.

Mahatma Gandhi said: Ò Your thoughts become The internet trains us to think in short bursts of
impatience. We spend our free time on social media
your words, Your words become your gossiping and spying on each other or surfing the
net for stimulation lazily following whatever bright
actions, Your actions become your habits, Your shinny thought crosses our ever shortening attention
span.
habits become your values, Your values become
We also receive messages from the people in our
your destiny.Ó lives. Family members. Co-workers. Friends. Often
the messages we get from these people are far from
Mental Nutrition is equally important to physical uplifting. Here are just a few examples of poisonous
nutrition, if not more so. opinions most of us hear on a regular basis:

So the question is: Thank God itÕ s Friday (meaning the rest of the
week was a bore).
Are You Overdosing on Mental Junk Food?
Hump Day (week half over).
We live in an unprecedented buffet of information.
Television. Radio. Internet. Conversations with TheyÕ re all bums (politicians).
family, friends and co-workers. Plus our own
internal dialogue, the thoughts we tell ourselves.

Insomnia caused by exposure to media is becoming
a national epidemic. We watch bullying and name
calling by political candidates for the highest
offices. Locally we hear of graft, corruption, sex

scandals and outright greed by our Ò leadersÓ . Every
couple of weeks there is a new mass shooting or

terrorist attack. Our pundits try to convince us that
civilization as we know it will end in November 8th

interrupted only by commercials to make us
dissatisfied with the car we drive or our mundane
life in general.

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Mental Nutrition and Your Health

By John Koenig, Board Certified Hypnotist

My boss is an idiot for better or for worse. With poor mental nutrition
over time, we can fall into a victim mode and blame
It’s not fair our childhood, circumstances, other people or even
God himself for our suffering.
Same day. Different Sh--
How do you break free of these patterns?
Even more damaging is the negative conversation
we generate in our own minds. These toxic thoughts First take a Mental Nutrition Inventory
have even more credibility since they come from us
and seem to reflect our actual beliefs. You will never get where you are going until you
know where you are starting from. A little time
I am not good enough (smart enough, handsome spent reviewing your current mental nutrition may
enough, tall enough, sexy enough, etc. etc.) surprise you, but it will also show you where you
need to make changes.
There is something the matter with me.
Media (Television, Internet, Radio, Print): Ask
I can’t do anything right. yourself how much junk mental food are you
consume on a daily or weekly basis? The average
Women in my family get fat as they get older. American spends 4 hours and 42 minutes daily in
front of what they used to call the boob tube and
I can’t stop smoking (drinking, gambling, etc) almost 40 hours a month on the internet. How much
of your media exposure would you describe as
Nobody loves me. uplifting, education or inspiring? How much drags
you down? Ask yourself what emotions your media
You can’t trust people. experience brings up. Peace? Joy? Appreciation?
Gratitude? Or anger, anxiety and resentment, lust
Sadly by the time we are five or so, most of us have and downright fear?
accumulated a brain filled with toxic habitual ways
of thinking about ourselves and the world around I have seen many clients alter their lives
us. We then spend the remainder of our lives either dramatically, just by minimizing or cutting out their
acting on these initial negative thoughts or trying to talk radio addiction, especially at night.
overcome them.
People (Family, Friends, Co-workers): There is a
And we wonder why we can’t sleep at night and biblical proverb “You can tell a man by the
why life seems so hard. company he keeps.” Who do you listen to and spend
time with? Are they positive, inspirational people or
Are You Ready to Try Healthy Mental Nutrition? negative, depressed or angry people quick to
complain and blame? Who are the people in your
The cosmic joke is each of us is the author of our life (including family members) who promote
own lives. We are the ones who choose what negative thinking and how much do you allow them
thoughts we welcome into our own minds. These to influence you?
thoughts (this mental nutrition) in turn defines us

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By John Koenig, Board Certified Hypnotist

Then look to see how much positive mental positive, constructive ways of thinking and being.
nutrition you get. Educational or uplifting As a result, people lose weight, quit smoking and
television, radio? Positive friends and family? other negative habits, get out of bad relationships
Church? Family togetherness? Positive activities?. and overcome many personal challenges, and
generally become healthier and happier.
Your Own Internal Conversation: On average
people think between 30,000 and 70,000 thoughts Hypnosis by-passes our built-in resistance to
per day. According to the Cleveland Wellness change. But there are things you can do right now
Center, we repeat versions of the same thoughts on your own to start your new Healthy Mental
95% of the time on a daily basis and of these 80% Nutrition Diet without an office visit.
are negative. That means 80% of the time you are
the one polluting your own life with negative, self- A) Stop exposing yourself to so much negative
limiting, upsetting chatter. I conducted an media (especially during the election season we are
experiment once and had people use a timer to in). Turn off (or minimize) TV news. Stop listening
capture their thoughts. Every 8 minutes the timer (or minimize) angry talk radio. Stop reading the
would go off while the participants were in a newspaper as much if it upsets you. Try cutting
classroom setting and they were instructed to write your exposure to upsetting mental junk food by say
down exactly what they were thinking at the time of 50% and see if you don’t feel better almost
the buzzer. The people who participated were immediately.
amazed to discover that the vast majority of their
thoughts were not the enlightened, positive B) Talk to supportive friends, family, a therapist or
reflections they were expecting. Instead they found coach about what bothers you and listen carefully to
themselves at random times engaged in negative, their feedback. Consider your mind is like a bad
judgemental, impatient, lustful or at best engaged in neighborhood: you are better dealing with its
daydreaming. Some of the reported thoughts destructive residents with a friend at your side.
included “When will this be over? Why doesn’t that
person stop talking so much? I am hungry.That is a C) Focus on others. Nothing will help you be more
really cute girl (guy) over there. I am getting tired.” positive and feel better than helping another with
And these were motivated people in a program they his or her issues. As that famous prayer attributed to
claimed to be deeply passionate about. St. Francis puts it, “Better to love than be loved.
Better to understand than be understood.” There is a
Any attempt to alter your Mental Nutrition must world of experience that shows this really works.
include observing and consciously improving the You help yourself by helping others. You don’t
quality of your own thoughts. have to be a saint to get results, just unselfish
enough to give a little of your attention on helping
Are You Ready to Start Paying as Much Attention others. Skeptical? Try it and see for yourself.
to the Thoughts You Put into Your Mind as the
Food that Goes into Your Body? D) Adopt a program of daily meditation and prayer.
Meditation and prayer actually alter brain chemistry
As a hypnotist and hypnotic coach, I help people and structure. More than 55% of Americans say
drop self-destructive, negative patterns of thoughts. they pray everyday (Pew Research 2014). And
Then I guide them through hypnosis to new according to Neuroscientist Richard Davidson
"Meditation and prayer actually let you sculpt your

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brain just as you'd sculpt your muscles if you went through our minds on a daily basis more than most
to the gym." The brain-imaging work of Dr of us would like to admit.
Andrew Newberg and others is showing that there is
an actual physiological response to meditation and But I think you will find good Mental Nutrition like
prayer. This new research into neuroplasticity is other good things we do for ourselves becomes a
validating the numerous studies of the positive habit we want to keep because it works.
effects of meditation sponsored by the
Transcendental Meditation movement. John Koenig, Board Certified Hypnotist
E) Journal regularly and write a gratitude list. Author of The Hypnotic Coach: Combining
Researchers Emmons and McCullough found that hypnosis with personal coaching to create a life you
"counting one's blessings" in a journal improved love.
both psychological and physical functioning. Warwick Medical Center Warwick, Rhode Island
Participants who recorded weekly journals, http://www.possibilities.nu
including a short gratitude list, reported feeling 401-374-1890
more optimistic towards life. They also spent more
time exercising, and had fewer symptoms of
physical illness.

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Interested in giving it a try? Re-read this article.
Then follow the suggestions to improve your
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with the results, you can always go back to the
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3 Steps Toward Creating Balance In Your Life

by Heather Castellos
212 Health and Performance

As you drive in to work, you notice that for the but there must also be calm, positivity and joy.
It sounds so simple, but for many of us, it is
past 15 minutes you have been completely quite difficult to achieve. We live in a world
dazed. You get to work, look at the calendar where external factors rule and what we want
and need-those desires and needs that come
and think, “Holy sh*t. It’s May?! When did from within us- are stifled by the noise of our
that happen?” Before you know it, it’s jobs, our kids, our bosses, our parents, our
bank accounts, our televisions, our peers, and
2:00pm, your eyelids are heavy, all you want even our own warped thoughts- thoughts of
to do is sleep, but you can’t stop thinking who we should be, what our lives should look
like, as shaped by the pressures of our
about all the things you need to do as soon environments.
leave work….the same 500 things that you
Finding balance takes practice and conscious
have been telling yourself you would do all effort every day. Here are 3 steps you can take
week long that you never get to. Why haven’t that will help get you on the right path to
bringing you back to you.
you gotten to them? Why do you always feel
this way? Because you’re exhausted-

everything you do feels like a chore. Your
motivation to do anything is pretty much

nonexistent and you find yourself just going
through the motions of your life.

Does this scenario sound familiar? The pace 1. Admit that your life is a little lopsided.
and demands of our lives today have put us all
in a state of being in constant demand to Yes, admission is the first step. Could
everything and everyone. We are forever you use a little more peace and
attached to our phones and emails, our need happiness in your life? If the answer is
for instant gratification as a result of yes, then admit that. Say it out loud.
technology has made even our families Society bombards us with the idea that
demand more from us, instantly. Do it now. we need to be able to handle
Answer me now. Not later, now. As human everything, accomplish everything, be
beings, our inherent desire to feel loved and to everything all at once, and all by
please others (especially for women) makes us ourselves. We all want to be, or feel
slaves to these demands. We’re spiraling out the need to be, super(wo)man, so when
of control which makes us stressed, moody confronted with the idea of being out
and unhappy. As a whole, we are losing a of control of our lives, we quickly try
sense of balance- a vital component that helps to convince ourselves that this is the
brings peace, joy, and harmony to our lives. way we choose for it to be. I love my
crazy, demanding, exhausting life, and
Balance? What is balance? There are many wouldn’t want it any other way. Come
ways to describe it. For me, balance is on now. Who are you fooling, really?
knowing when enough is enough and taking It’s okay to show a little vulnerability.
control of your own life to allow yourself a Being honest with yourself and saying,
breath; to allow yourself to make time for the yeah, okay, I think things are a little
things that bring light into your life. Balance out of whack here, is only going to
means understanding that there will be stress, help you improve your life; make
there will be negativity, there will be sadness, YOU happier and healthier.

2. Take responsibility for it.

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If your life has gotten a little off kilter, tricky as fixing it. Talk to someone
there is no one to blame but yourself. about it- a friend, a family member, or

Own it. Every choice you have made even a coach. Just explaining out loud
has led you to this point. It’s not your what is happening in your life can help

boss’s fault, it’s not your kids’ fault, or you work through it and make some
your husband’s fault, or your job’s realizations. Also, allowing someone

fault, or your dog’s fault, or whatever you trust, and who knows you, to listen
it is you try to blame for your situation. and give feedback will give you an

It’s your fault. A harsh, but real truth. opportunity to hear an outside
The only way you will be able to take perspective. People tend to get stuck in

steps in the right direction and gain their own heads and how they perceive
balance is if you are willing to things. A loved one or coach will be

acknowledge that you, alone, got able to see things from a different
yourself here and you, alone, have the point of view, and they can give a

power to change that. fresh perspective which may be able to
help you see the forest through the

Now this is not to say that certain trees.

situations and people did not influence A simple definition of balance is “the ability
to move or remain in a position without losing
the decisions you made. And it’s not
to say that the choices you make are control or falling.” Our lives are in perpetual
motion with outside forces pushing and
not difficult, or even seemingly
impossible. They are. We all pulling at us from all angles constantly.
Finding and maintaining balance is an
experience this. Sometimes the choice
that brings on the negativity and chaos ongoing process that takes continual effort and
intention. Start with these three steps and you
really is the only choice in a given
situation. I, 100%, get that. The goal of will be on your way toward creating a life that
includes more happiness, peace and harmony.
this step is to recognize that we do
possess the power to choose in every

situation and that our choices

determine our paths. Sometimes you

will have to choose to make your life

more difficult, to put your well-being

on the back burner. However, it is

important to remember the gives and

takes. If you are going to continually
take from yourself, and not give

something back, you will eventually

suffer the consequences of that by way

of falling out of balance.

3. Get help. 212 HEALTH
" AND PERFORMANCE
Finding balance among all life’s
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The New Scenario Aging: A Tsunami or Renaissance

The assumptions that have formed the basis of children, grandchildren, great-
the senior living sector over the last century grandchildren, and great-great-
are fading and giving way to something unlike grandchildren, take on new careers and
anything we have ever seen: the rapid roles in the community, or spend
decoupling of the aging process from debility another 20th-century lifetime making a
has begun. Of course, linear advances leading difference in the lives of those less
to a longer life are not new; the first wave fortunate than you.
starting in the 19th Century with the sanitation • Making good. We all make mistakes in
“revolution” (underground sewers) and its our lives, and we can easily run out of
victories over diseases like cholera, typhoid, time to correct our wrongs, both large
and dysentery, which killed many people at and small.
young ages. The second wave that began in • Finishing dreams. You always wanted
the 20th Century has been miraculous, and we to be a beekeeper, but with a career,
are still constantly making great strides in this family, and other demands, you put
area: pharmacology (antibiotics, beta blockers, this idea aside. Do you think you
and inoculation) and advanced diagnostic and would have been a fantastic
surgical techniques that have made it likely for beekeeper? Find out.
most of us to live well into our eighties. It is • Living a long life in many
also important to include the widespread settings. Living decades longer is
knowledge of wellness, health and nutrition meaningless without good health.
into this equation, of course, and this is where Instead of the aging slope to
Scenario Aging and Life comes in. dependence, how about a straighter
line like the “Energizer Bunny”
When was the last time you heard someone enjoys? In the not-so-distant future, we
say, “He/She died of old age?” These days it’s may see new senior living
always cancer, Alzheimer’s, a heart attack or a arrangements that blend in a multi-
stroke. We have already have decoupled aging generational community. Places where
from disease, have we not? business/entrepreneur incubators take
the place of bingo parlors, activity
Indeed, with new technologies and the speed rooms, and Harry Potter-style reading
of bio-research and analysis, major rooms in senior living communities.
breakthroughs are underway, breaking the • Exploding demand for new businesses
power of cancer and cardiovascular disease and services. Scenario aging means
and even replacing our damaged organs and that for many decades traditional care
arteries with our own stem cells to grow new and service models will coexist with a
ones. much longer lifespan, creating new
ways for us to live productive and
The implications of scenario aging going active lives a lot longer. Senior market
forward are enormous, and there are many segmentation will no longer be the
social, ethical and economic issues to status quo.
consider. There is a great discussion of this in
a recent post by Shelly Fan, “Denying Death: We have seen nothing yet. Scenario aging
Is Radically Longer Life Good For Society?” means an even greater expansion of services,
SingularityHUB. Here is my “selfish” take on products, and lifestyle options as the Boomers
the idea. lead this new aging revolution. With the risk
of hyperbole, we are about to enter a era never
• Wellness. Living healthier is not just a experienced before…
noble thing to do. Staying healthy and
alive long enough to benefit from
medical advances may allow you to
truly experience long life learning,
devote more energy and time to your

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Hank’s Is Back On The Shelves
An open letter to customers from Hank Capasso, CEO

This is an article not about the technicalities behind done by me and me alone. Six hours every day was
our closing down and our voluntary recall, but it is dedicated to the red tape and the meetings, the
about perseverance and about not letting anything things necessary to get a business open again.
or anyone take what you believe in and rob it of its Those who were a part of this business basically
value to you. First, let me clearly state that our gave up on it and on me, they folded their tents and
closing down was not product related. Not in the went home. No harm no foul.
least. However we were not in compliance with a
few details that had I done my homework properly, I was ok with all of that because I always felt that
would have been up to date. However there are this business was in God’s hands and that if He
certain aspects to this to our closing that were wanted me to put it to bed, I would know. But in
personal, when someone is attempting to do the prayer, I never got that message. So I just kept
unspeakable…..tear you and your family down and putting the proverbial one foot in front of the other
keep you down. Basically they want you on the until it was finished. Sixteen weeks and thousands
same level as them. But to rip the finances out from of dollars later, I am so very happy to say that we
under you takes a whole different level of are back and seriously, better than ever. We are on
vengefulness. Anyway, the road to recovery was very solid ground all the way from town to federal
long and full of detours. Ultimately I had to appear requirements. Not to mention I feel that after
in front of the Pawtucket Zoning Board, The State working with the food scientists from Food Labs
of Rhode Island, several meetings with the Inc. in California, our products taste better than
department of Health and finally the FDA. Our before. Sales are steadily increasing and we have
product was required to pass a pathogen test which now added Chocolate Almond Butter Crunch and
was administered at the University of Virginia. Coconut Peanut Spreads to our inventory. Next will
However the biggest project was the writing of a be the Almond Butter that I had out prior to
HAACP plan and for those who read this and who October. The other flavors, Caramel Pretzel, Honey
may own food facilities, I think you know what I Maple and Banana will rotate in and out of our line
am talking about. Long, tedious and full of detail, up throughout the year for about 6 weeks at a time.
the HAACP plan tracks every aspect of every So to get any value from this short article, please
ingredient entering your building to the unpacking don’t miss the point. It’s not about me needing to
and finally the use of it. prove everyone wrong, it’s not about pointing
fingers, it is about trusting your passion and your
It also calls for a detailed the description of the final
products steps of preparation until it finally leaves mindset that what you are doing and choose to
the facility. I was fortunate enough to work hand in believe in is good and right. It is about not blaming
hand with a food scientist from the University of others. It’s about not letting go even though all
Vermont who did most of the work pro bono avenues are pointing that way, and it’s about the
because he had known of our situation. My willingness to put in the time and the sacrifice
company will be making a donation to the school necessary, within reason, to make what is yours a
once we are back in good financial standing. My permanent part of your life. And finally with me, it
point in all of this is that perseverance in something was about prayer and leaving the rest up to Him.
you believe in can and will defeat all ammunition
being thrown your way. Believe me if there was My faith is my center, even though at times I have
ever a situation where one could throw up their failed Him who has given me all good things,
hands in disgust and in defeat this was it. If I miserably. But my trust and my love for God was
detailed every roadblock, every no for an answer all that I had and if not for Him, would never have
and every “you should just pack it in” that I gotten through the last 7 months of my life. I thank
experienced, this was the one, and there were all of you who have supported me and Hank’s since
we began and I promise to hold fast to what I
hundreds. Mind you all of these things that had to believe in and to put forth the best products that I
be done to get this company back on its feet was can with the resources that I have.

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