I sent out an email yesterday to all of my clients and potential clients with a very special offer.  Because it's so hot here in Houston, I don't want to leave the comfort of my home so the offer is for telephone sessions.

Here's the offer:     $25.00 for a 25 minute session

I will be using The Body Code, which is the work that I do.  If you're interested in getting healthier using alternative methods, this is your perfect opportunity to get started.  You can read what my satisfied clients have to say and then check it out for yourself.

Please go to my website, www.theholisticway.net and read all about it and then call, email or fill out the contact form to set up an appointment.

This offer is only good until the end of June, so don't wait or you'll miss out.

A team of experts believe that they have found the essential ingredients to make a person's life happier. Based on best knowledge and research, the team came up with a 10-point plan for happiness listed below:
 
1.  Plant something and nurture it.
2.  Count your blessings - at least five - at the end of each day.
3.  Take time to talk - have an hour-long conversation with a loved one each week.
4.  Phone a friend whom you have not spoken to for a while and arrange to meet up.
5.  Give yourself a treat every day and take the time to really enjoy it.
6.  Have a good laugh at least once a day.
7.  Get physical - exercise for half an hour three times a week.
8.  Smile at and/or say hello to a stranger at least once each day.
9.  Cut your TV viewing by half.
10. Spread some kindness - do a good turn for someone every day.

How do you feel about these 10, do you think the list is complete?  What would you add if it was your list? Please leave your comments below.

Something that has been weighing on my mind for awhile now is the process of "letting go."  While I was talking with one of my best friends one day not to long ago, I was saying how I wanted to accomplish so and so.  I won't mention it here because it doesn't really matter.  She told me I was trying too hard and that it wasn't my fault that I had not been able to accomplish it so far.  That lead to quite a discussion, because, between you and me, sometimes it takes me a little while to "get it", if you know what I mean.  Why isn't it my fault, it's my goal, right?  I should be doing absolutely everything I can to make it happen.   Oops, there's that word, "make."  By George I think I've got it!  What she was telling me is that I can't "make" it happen, or anything as far as that goes.

The way I understand it, the simple answer is to state what your desired outcome or goal is, either in the form of prayer or meditation, or whatever you use for that purpose.  I, myself use prayer (not that that matters to anyone but me).  So, I pray about what I want, and then let it go, trusting that Heavenly Father will do his part and see that it happens.  I'm going to put a little caviat here, and say, if it's in my highest and best interest.  I know some of you are thinking why would we ask for something that is not in our highest and best interest.  That's a good question, but, again in my opinion, sometimes we don't always ask for something that is good for us.  I can't even give you an example, I just know it happens.   In the meantime, I can't just sit back and wait for it to happen, I have to do my part, whatever that might be. 

The part that I haven't been doing so swell at is listening to what that little voice inside me is telling me to do.  Some people call it intuition others call it something else, I call it the Spirit and then taking action.  I'm going to leave it at that for now and pick it up here next time.  In the meantime, my challenge to you (and myself) is to start writing down what that "little voice" is telling me and act on it.  Have a wonderful week and please be sure and visit my website:  www.theholisticway.net.

I have talked about how important "words" are in our everyday life and how they affect us.  It seems since I've been writing about this, it's more "in my face" than ever before.  Everywhere I go I hear people saying things like "I can't remember anything", "my Mom or whomever has ____, fill in the blank, so I'm going to get it", "I get headaches all the time" etc., etc., etc.  I told a lady the other day that she should be saying something like "I remember everything."  Does that mean she'll remember everything, probably not, but she'll remember a whole lot more than if she says the other, right?

 Then you have the people that say things like "be sure and put your coat on or you'll get sick", "be careful and don't fall, or you'll hurt yourself" and other similar statements about someone else.  Guess what that does?  You got it, it plants the idea in the head of the person hearing it.  They go out the door or in the other room thinking the exact thing that was just said to them......wow!  Now your words are having an affect on someone else.  I don't know about you, but I don't want that responsibility.

I personally have been practicing the "I remember everything" myself and can really tell a difference.  When I do have a challenge with remembering something, I simply say, "let me think about it a minute and I'll remember" and 9 times out of 10, I do.  So I'm not suggesting that you to do something I'm not doing myself. 

Do I do that all the time, no, I don't, but I am working at becoming more aware of what I say (or think) and the affects it has on my life, as well as others.  When I find myself saying or thinking something that is not in keeping with this, I stop and correct myself.  It gets easier the more I do it, so it will get easier for you, as well.

I challenge all of you to start really thinking about what you are saying and the affect it has on you or someone else, and turn the negative statements into positive ones.  I'd love to hear from you about the results you're having.

Have a great weekend.