Pumping Iron - how can something so small ...

Spent hours today going through all of my clippings and reports. Love reading all about easy ways to feel GREAT - fast.

You are gonna Love this one too.

Pine Nuts - Packed with Iron - 3 mgs of iron per 1 oz serving. Iron eases fatigue and improves focus.

I have a little baggy of nuts on me at all time. In the car - in my purse. I make up a week's worth of nut bags and keep 'em in the freezer ready-to-go.

Pine Nuts (Energy) + Walnuts (Mood Lifter!) + Almonds (Antioxidant Extraordinaire) You can throw in a few dried fruits while you're at it - cranberries, dates, apples ...

Enjoy the taste. Enjoy the extra energy too.

Cheer Someone Up

Want to feel better - Instantly?

Call a friend in need and be a friend indeed.

Cheering someone else on and up always makes me feel better. Who can you call right now? Who could use a joke, some encouragement and affection? Whoever came to mind first, that's who you call. Lucky them.

Afternoon Delight & Energy Boost

I consider having energy in the afternoon an "Afternoon Delight." Do you know what I mean?

Below is my afternoon "Boost" recipe. I take it around 2:00 p.m. to avoid the afternoon slump.
1000 mg Vitamin C
Plus a handful of Walnuts & Almonds
And a tall glass of Water

You are hydrating with the water (not coffee or cola or tea - H20). The Vitamin C boostsyour energy per Dr. James Wilson, the expert of adrenal fatigue recovery,and those nuts are a heart healthy snack to help your jaws release tension and fill you up, not out.

Insomnia & Fatigue : More "Lights Out" Tips

Lighten up with Lavender essence oil - just a little dab will do. On your pillow, on your nightgown right under your nose ... (Another great soothing scent is Jasmine.)

Magnessium Supplements Try 400-800 mg before you go to bed. Keep on hand by your bedside in case you wake up.

Slow down your day with a quiet, 20 minute read before going to sleep. Something inspirational, peaceful ... click here for my recommended reading.

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Start slowing down at least an hour before going to bed. Get off the internet, the tube, the phone and ease away from the day. A little journaling would do nicely ...

Talk it out! Is a disagreement with a loved one on your mind? Make amends to them & to yourself then let go and turn out the lights.

Skip the "nightcap." It might help you fall asleep but it will interrupt your sleep patterns.

Go to sleep with your first normal urge. For example staying up beyond 11:00 may kick you into an exhausting "second wind" that keeps you up even later. It's a bad habit and you will pay for it in the morn.

re-Energizing Tip - Break Your Fast Right

After we wake up & after that big glass of hydrating H20 and between lunch there is this event called breakfast. The old me used to drink my water through it. Oh about 1/2 a pot of coffee was all I needed.

Adrenal fatigue cured that bad habit. Now I start my day with the Blueberry Oatmeal Energize and that is how I feel - energized! And alert, satisfied and ready for anything.
Click here for the recipe and see if it doesn't give you a boost up on your day.

Feel like a piece of burnt toast throughout the day? Or maybe your brains feel like scrambled eggs? You might be suffering from adrenal fatigue. Take our free Fatigue Questionnaire at http://fatiguebegone.com/tired_woman_quiz.htm to discover the true causes of fatigue.

Insomnia and Fatigue : Insomnia is the "dark side"

It is cruel how insomnia and fatigue seem to go hand in hand. No wonder so many of us feel tired all the time.

Here are a few tips, tools and techniques to help you sleep tight, all night.

* Get to sleep before 11:00 p.m. Our adrenals do most of their recharging between 11:00 pm - 1:00 am. (And you want to be asleep before that adrenal fatigue "second wind" comes in.)

* Start slowing down at least an hour and 1/2 before going to bed. Get off the Internet, the tube, the phone and ease away from the day. A little journaling would do nicely ...

* Fluctuations in hormones mean women are more prone to missing out on a good night's sleep than men are. In fact, studies show that women are up to 50 percent more likely to suffer from insomnia than their male peers. My favorite on-line community for this issue is HormonalHaven@yahoogroups.com. Drop Tracy a line or jump into a conversation. There is a lot of great healing going on here and her "herbal harmonizing creme" works great for me.

re-Energizing Tip - First thing in the morning ...

First things first. Before your first cup of coffee or juice in the morning, slip in a big 8 oz glass of water. Why? Dehydration is a major “hidden fatigue” cause.” Caffeine dehydrates and the sugar in juice amps. Your best bet for balanced energy begins with H2O.

Super Women Push - Real Women Pray

When the Super Woman bug bites, my knee jerk reaction is to try harder, push harder, run faster, do more, try this, manipulate that ... Used to think it was because I was so smart that I had so many ways to overcome!

Now I recognize that kind of urgency and all those options as fear powered by monkey mind.

Instead of doing more I take that heart pounding as a sign I need to pray more. And, today is shaping up to be one of those days ...

Here are a couple of my favorite prayers:

Relax, let go, Let God.

*

Tasbim Sunset/Sunrise Chant shared by Dana Ludeking

May the Love and the Light and the Healing Energies Please Come to me.
May the Love and the Light and the Healing Energies Please Come surround me.
May the Love and the Light and the Healing Energies Please Flow Through Me.
May the Love and the Light and the Healing Energies Heal all those around me.

Super Women - Speed vs. Spirit

When I am in Super Woman mode I depend on speed and illusions. I imagine because I am on the lam, without a quiet moment to connect with spirit, that I am actually accomplishing something great.

Denial is not a river in Egypt as my bro likes to tell me. Items checked off of long "To Do" lists do not make a super life - they make a super exhausting life. Been there - done that.

When I am in Real Woman mode, I rely on spirit and act on intuitive hunches & the revelations that come to me in the seconds I hang between sleep & awakening. When I am in Real Woman mode I accomplish MORE in LESS time and it is "what matters most" vs. "whatever." No one puts it better than David Essel, Author, Slow Down - The Fastest Way to Get Everything You Want. Click here to meet David and tune into our interview.

Cell Phone Karma: Real Women recovery secrets begin

Super Women are always on the go-go-go and always plugged into widgets. They think they're in control but really they are constantly on the beck & call of others. The more widgets -the more calls and less peace, confidence and grace.

Real Women Recovery Secret #1
If it beeps, burps, vibrates, rings, sings or interrupts ... turn it off. Only turn it on when 1) it is safe to communicate and 2) necessary to communicate and 3) get clear about what "necessary" means.

Real Women can sit through meals, birthdays, weddings and funerals with IT turned OFF. On the other hand a Super Woman friend of mine spent my entire wedding reception sending & receiving messages on her Blackberry! Come on!

Don't turn them on when you are with friends, shopping in grocery stores, waiting in lines in public places or else you might have your own close encounter with ... Cell Phone Karma.

Super Women Sag - Do we?

Why Super Women Sag.

O.k., I'll speak for myself. I used to (and sometimes still) sag because one more thing on top of one more thing on top of one more thing used to smooch the life out of me.

I remember one time my father said "Darlin' no matter what I do to help you it doesn't make any difference. You just add on more ..." Dad is a man of few words who never complains. I took that to heart but couldn't figure out what to do differently. Over doing was all I knew how to do. The only way I could stop myself was by getting really, really sick.

Tomorrow, let's put our capes away and share some down to earth Real Woman Recovery Secrets. Thanks for visiting and feel free to post any secrets of your own ...

Super Woman - who are we?

Super Women Suck at enjoying life.

Remember science class where we had to make assumptions then prove them right, or wrong?

Here’s my case.

#1. 80% of American Women will suffer from adrenal fatigue. And what causes Adrenal Fatigue? Stress, shocks to our systems and sucking it up to prove we’re tough. (I even had a doctor tell me to “tough it out.” The Doc was, of course, a … she.)

Super Women marry, manage households, work full-time jobs, have kids, add kid’s stuff like affection, attention and commuting … We cook, clean, and garden … We do all the Martha Stewart stuff without the staff.

Sometimes we sensibly cut back to part-time hours, a measly 40 some hours per week vs. the 50 plus. Wuu Huu! Now that's a relief.

We have sex FAST, sleep less and push our husbands to do more so that we can add more onto our Super Women “To Do” Lists.

Results? Our kids our tired, our husbands are tired and we are sick & tired - guilt ridden and cranky - especially with our super families.

Now what part of that sounds enjoyable?

Your super dooper comments are welcome. Tomorrow, Day 2, Why Super Women Sag.

Body Talk - Relax, let go, let God.

I am arisen from my bed like the pheonix from its ashes. Ten days of flu! Puts everything into perspective - there are worse things than feeling tired ...

One thing I read during my aches, pains, sweats and fevers was a book called The Dynamic Laws of Healing. One of its suggestions was to talk to my body. I was supposed to tell my body what I wanted it to do and, according to the author, it would obey.

So I did. I started telling it to Relax, let go, let God.

Guess what? It works! Now when I go to bed at night I tell my body to Relax, let go ... and I sleep like a baby. I use it during the day when I am working or cooking or driving and feel anxieties or frustrations on the rise.

Results. I feel more relaxed, am breathing better, have more focus, humor and energy!

Your turn. Start talking to your body and see what miracles you can co-create.

For more about this kind of communication and to learn how to trust yourself and your body click here and tune into an Interview with Sonia Choquette called "Trust Your Vibes."

Fatigue is a Gift. Don't dull it ... uncover it?

"Drugs never cure disease. They merely hush the voice of nature's protest, and pull down the danger signals she erects along the pathway of transgression. Any poison taken into the system has to be reckoned with later on even though it palliates present symptoms. Pain may disappear, but the patient is left in a worse condition, though unconscious of it at the time."
~ Daniel. H. Kress, M.D.

Suggestion from me: One way I uncover vs. cover up is to journal. 3 pages a day to be precise. Click here for "how to" get started & activate your healer within ...

Is it all in your mind?

Have your tried this and tried that? Have you read this and read that? Have you been diagnosed with this fatigue only to decide it is really THAT fatigue?

Maybe it is time for you to stop the running around, second guessing and worrying.
Maybe it is time to get quiet. It was for me.

Couple weeks ago I started to get "Restless Leg Syndrome" Symptoms. I couldn't believe it! Another fatigue to deal with?! This was too much on top of too much. (I've already worked through adrenal fatigue, borderline anemia, hormones, candida and allergies.)

I confess. I was feeling sorry for myself.

By coincidence I had just received an order of Catherine Ponder books. Meta-physical, mind/body connection books. I picked up "The Dynamic Laws of Healing" and headed for the bathtub for a long, hot, soothing soak and read.

Can't tell you exactly what happened but something in me shifted. I slept like a baby that night - my legs stopped twitching and I have felt GREAT ever since.

If you have been there & done that with doctors & diet & lifestyle changes and you are still tired all the time get a copy of this book and see what it brings up for you.

The Dynamic Laws of Healing can be ordered through many places BUT I recommend that you purchase your copy through the I Am Foundation. Your purchase will be counted as a donation - you'll help yourself and a great organization.

New Year - NEW YOU? Take your pulse ...

Resolutions are one thing. Living up to our potential - being our best - stepping from the sidelines and into the game - taking charge of our health – Taking ACTION! That's something else. Isn’t it?

It all starts with knowing where you are - literally.

Take a moment now and "Take Your Pulse" literally and figuratively. Click here to go to the Take Your Pulse web page.

Oh, and when you're done. Take ACTION! (including forwarding this self-health opportunity to a friend.)

Happy New Year! Happy NEW YOU! – Viveca

Anxiety. Not a Mother's Best Friend.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, a.k.a incessant "worst case scenario" worry about everyday everythings, affects 4 million Americans. This is about 2.8% of the population. Women are twice as likely to be afflicted than men and most of those women are ... MOMS.

Anxiety is uncomfortable. It shows up as fatigue, insomnia (love that combination!), headaches, fear, frequent need to pee, constipation and nausea. IT make sex a chore, puts butterflies in our stomachs and makes us cranky with the kids.

Journaling is one technique that helps many women uncover and recover from the "hidden fatigue" of anxiety.

Click here to read the article,
Anxiety is not a Mother's Best Friend.
3 Ways to Journal IT Away – Today

What are you thinking that is making you feel so tired?

If Thinking = Feeling. What are you thinking that is making you feel so tired?
Adrenal Fatigue * Addictions * Anxiety * Borderline Anemia * Candida
Healing your Fatigue the Louise Hay Way.

Louise L. Hay, an internationally-renowned teacher and author of the mind/body connection classic, Heal Your Body, draws a beeline between our thinking and our physical feeling, including Fatigue. (This book is my self-care bible.)

If you feel sluggish, fatigued and over the hill, maybe it has nothing-at-all to do with your age or “that time of the month.” Maybe it really is "all in your head. "

Here are some Louise Hay meanings for the fatigue you may be feeling.

Adrenal Problems including Adrenal Fatigue correspond to feelings of defeatism, anxiety and “no longer caring for self.”

Addiction Problems – Running from self. Fear. Not know how to love the self.

Anxiety – Not trusting the flow and the process of life.

Borderline Anemia, another very common women’s fatigue, is fear driven. Fear of life, fear of not being “good enough.” “Yes-but” attitude. Lack of joy.

What about Candida? Frustration, anger – feeling scattered and overrun. Untrusting in relationships – great takers. Ouch.

These are the just the As, Bs and Cs of Fatigue. Check back next week for our next set. D, F, I and L. Oh, and I'll share some healing antidotes and opportunities. Would you like to heal your thinking and re-Energize?

p.s. Have you signed up yet for the Fatigue Be Gone! NEWS? Click here - jump in!

Ladies! de-Frazzle and re-Energize with ...

doubling up, sneaking green & power snacking!

No matter what is going on or how busy we may be there is still one thing we all have to do everyday. Several times a day. We Eat. Usually we feed others too.

Let’s save time and make this easy on ourselves.

One way is to “double up.” Specifically, double up every dinner recipe you make this month. Gonna cook for four? Cook for eight instead. One meal goes on the table, the other goes in the fridge.

Another way is to “add extra.” Your recipe calls for a cup of rice and a pound of spinach? Make it a cup and half and a pound and a half. What you don’t eat for dinner turns into a microwave lunch. Still a little “left over”? Freeze it!

Your goal ladies - should you decide to take it on – is to cook double enough and extra enough so that you don’t have to cook at all for a couple days each week! Wuuu Huuu!

That’s almost as good as having someone else cook for you. Well ….

So, that’s how you save time – lots of time. Now to gain some energy.

Wherever possible, sneak in something green. ‘Tis the time of year for stews & soups and casseroles, perfect places to snuggle in some iron rich kale, green beans, spinach, mustard greens. That’s my version of pumping iron! And, since you are cooking double, you’ll be pumping double!

Last but not least – the Power Snack. Don’t go hungry skipping meals or between meals. You have too much to do. Make, take it and never leave home without it. “It” is a baggie of almonds & dates & sunflower seeds & pumpkin seeds & raisins. Yep, more iron. More energy. More brain power. More long line and traffic stamina. More YOU Power.

Go get ‘em baby! Just do it the easy way. O.k.?

© 2006 Viveca Stone-Berry, former fatigue sufferer and author of the Fatigue Be Gone! Jumpstart e-Guide. Viveca is also the founder of The Get Ready for Love! Show.

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