Apples + Fall...a winning combination!

A comfort food that's good for you, I'm in! Apple Cider Donuts. Just in time for fall!

Common sense. These days it seems everywhere we turn someone makes the comment that common sense is lacking in our society. That's a troubling thought. But I believe that is about to change. It happened last year when I read a book titled, Thyroid Healing: The truth behind Hashimoto's, Graves', insomnia, hypothyroidsim, thyroid nodules & Epstein-Barr by Anthony William, Medical Medium. There's just something about what he says and writes that makes sense. Right now, I'm reading his first book, Medical Medium, which he revised and expanded because of the covid pandemic.

Anthony helps us bridge the gap between our understanding of how our bodies work and how everything we eat, think and do affects this amazing machine we live in. He provides the tools to get healthy and stay healthy. In simple, easy to understand and follow language. Plain and simple.

I consider myself to have an open mind (most of the time), but I carry a healthy dose of skepticism as well. However, my life experiences have proven to me, time and time again, that anything is possible and there is so much we do not know or understand about this world, this universe, we live in.

I have tried many of Anthony's recipes which offer healthy alternatives to comfort foods (those foods we crave even when we know they are not good for our bodies). But Anthony flipped the script on these misunderstood gems and created easy recipes that not only taste wonderful but provide us with a healthy alternative: ice cream made from frozen bananas (OMG, where has this been all my life!), "Nacho Style" baked potatoes that were fulfilling and delicious (now that's flipping the script!), and a garlic cashew aloli which quickly became my favorite topping. Just to name a few.

I've reached the age where serious changes are happening within me, and I have no desire to lose any of the ground I enjoy standing on. If change is in the cards, then I'm dealing the cards and taking some control of the hand I am dealt.

There are sacrifices. Eggs, dairy, pork have to be completely eliminated if I want to heal my body.

Love is about making sacrifices, but it is so worth it.

It is time. I am learning to become my best advocate for my health.

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An Open Letter to Hollywood

Hollywood. Go back to making movies with substance and humanity.

Stop with the gore, horror, and apocalyptic themes. That's not what makes us tick.

You have hit rock bottom in our minds and hearts. Too many within your so-called elite circle dabble in the dark side, wholly supported and hidden by you. It appears you thrive on scandals, abuse, and violence.

Hollywood has lost sight of what is real, genuine and most of all, authentic. Your image is tarnished. Even the great Oscar no longer has value to the rest of the world. Not like it once did. Now the movie going public views you as just another fool.

Your customer base is shrinking. Soon, it may be gone. Is that what want?

There are thousands of stories written and published every day. Stories that bring people together. Stories we, your customers, can relate to because they have depth and meaning...and most of all give us hope that there is something worthwhile to believe in. Find those stories and writers, because the ones in your pockets today are giving you garbage. 

Get back in touch with your audience base, the real audience. Ask us what we want.

Go back to making movies that tell us a story of what it's like to be human. To stand strong with our heart and get back up when we get knocked down.

Move us. Inspire us. Lift us up. Fill our hearts with love. Bring yourself to be human again. Bring us movies. Like this one. 

Love is about making sacrifices, because it's worth it.

https://youtu.be/FUS_Q7FsfqU?si=VfwV4PTEJ5zpynQD

Of messages from the past

Often, I find myself filled with wonder at something I did or wrote, that was lost to my memory with the passage of time.

Thursday evening, I came across my journal from 2021. As I scanned through the pages, one entry dated 9/21/2021 in particular caught my eye.

Seeing it for the first time in years filled me with a sense of delight. I don't remember writing it, what inspired it, or what compelled me to put the thought down on paper. But I'm glad I did. It was a nice reminder that day.

It's been on my mind since.

It is the little things in life that lift our spirit and fill our soul with lightness.

Resilience isn't learned, it truly is built. Funny, how changing that one word, completely transformed the intention.

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Monday Morning Motivation, February 26, 2024

 

If I’ve learned anything in life, it’s that you should tell people how important they are to you. Not because they could leave at any moment, but because they’re here now, and it’s worth saying something. ~Unknown.

 

You are important.

Monday Morning Motivation, February 12, 2024

 

Good morning!

Wherever you go, may people recognize that you have a beautiful heart!

Photograph of Labradorite heart, copyright 2024 IdahoGemGirl (copyright embedded in image).

Monday Morning Motivation, January 29, 2024

 

5 THINGS TO REMEMBER TODAY

You are valuable.
You are enough.
You have a voice.
You are seen.
You are capable.

#mondaymorningmotivation #mondaymotivation #mondayvibes #mondaymood #bekind #bekinder #bekindertoyourself #bekindereveryday #encourage #encouragement #liftoneanotherup 

Monday Morning Motivation (on Tuesday), January 22, 2024

 

In case no one told you today…
Hello!
Good morning.
You belong here.
You’re doing great.
You make a difference just by being you.
Somewhere, someone’s life is better because of you.