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CLASSES
I realized that we haven't done a series of the *brain* classes in a really long time. We have all these new people who have read the book but really haven't had a chance to learn about the neurochemistry in depth. WHOA! we need to fix that. So I will start with the serotonin class this week, and then plan to cycle through these others over the next few months.
Serotonin
Learn all about the “just say no” brain chemical. Learn how your diet affects your mood. Learn how to manipulate serotonin levels safely and with tenderness. A real hands-on lesson in feeling better, this class is a key foundation to understanding *why* this program is so different from anything you have tried before. I have delayed starting for a week to let the people who signed up get settled into the classroom.
This means if you were thinking about it but forgot to sign up, you still have time.
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WORKING WITH KATHLEEN
I want to share a little about why I offer the opportunity to work with me directly. This past week, I went to interview a new cardiologist. She had billed herself as having holistic, ancient, and nonmedical
practices that address the whole patient. That sounded good to me. However, that wasn't quite how it was.There was not even an inkling of that, not a whisper. It made me realize that I want to *be* that which I seek from others and maybe add something of knowledge and solace to those who are trying to find answers in feeling better. .
We are restarting Coaching as well. This is a special offering for people who are serious about enhancing their programs and would like to have ongoing coaching. We
will do individual assessments to sort out exactly where you are in the process. You will be guided in making your own individual plan. You can learn about journaling and adjusting your food for your own life needs – what to do when. You will be given tools and shown how to use them.
Apprentice coaching is geared for people who are on steps one – three.
Skilled Coaching is for people who are steady on step three and ready to move through
four-six. The small groups who stay together as they learn skills.
The fee is $20 per week billed at 2-week intervals. It is an unusual opportunity to work directly with Kathleen to maximize your skill in doing the steps.
Signature Coaching is intensive individual coaching geared to your specific situation. You may want to step out of the craziness of sugar addiction, return to steadiness and clarity after slipping away, slow down and focus on your recovery, or deepen a steady rhythm of
recovery.
This is a way to step out of feeling overwhelmed with where to start and what to do. Because it is so individualized, we can work on what is right for you at this point in your
journey. People tell me that coaching helps them feel safe and focused. We work with your style, your rhythm. We address your fear and let go of shame.
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"Your cells will ALWAYS remember your touch of radiance. It is not like you have to find it. It is already there. You came in with it. Your food covered it. But it is waiting."
My 6 1/2 year old's soccer game traditionally ends with different parents bringing snacks & drink. Even though 5 games ago, coach said it would probaby be best to bring some kind of chips and juice only..... there have been candy bars, lollipops and the worst kinds of drinks I have ever seen, like those horrible sports drinks made with splenda and also the colored bug juice in those barrel shaped bottles.
Every game, I tell Yuval it is your choice - I have an extra drink in the car for you and you can have a different snack at home. He gets very emotional and says it is his special day and he wants to eat the sweet snack because he never gets anything at home, ate a lot of protein at lunch, promises to behave, will have a shake after, a million good reasons. Agreed he would give up the drink if the snack has sugar
too. Last game was doritos and I let him drink 1/3 of the bottle of sugary drink because I didn't want him to cry and he said the chips are not sweet. We ignored the lollipops.
There are only 3 more games this season, but this situation is bound to repeat itself. If it wasn't for the experiences of your families, I would be sure this could only get worse.
Sarit
Sarit - Here's what I have done. Just simply stated - we don't drink that and handed my child a fresh water bottle. They don't complain.. ever, about the drinking water. If Yuval doesn't like water, add a bit of juice to it. Then little by little cut back on the juice.
Or I sometimes make herbal iced tea, combination of red zinger, yellow zinger and some (not much) apple juice.
In the case of the food - I let the chips go, thank the parent any way for the candy and when it's my turn to bring a snack I bring something really spectacular and watch the kids devour it! I've been known to bring fresh strawberries, fruit kabobs, blue chips, cheese and crackers artfully displayed, for all. And I always bring iced water bottles.
My children get that the foods with chemical sweeteners are really awful for their brains. They have practically given my family members including their grandparents, aunts and uncles dissertations on what the chemicals do to their brains!
Show Yuval the pictures of the spider webs in LSA. I bet he will get it.
Of course, we parents always have to choose our battles - those are the ones I've chosen. They seem to be ingrained now. I wouldn't do it any different if I had to do it over again.
Gail
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Pet Ownership, but not ACE inhibitor Therapy, Blunts
Home Blood Pressure Responses to Mental Stress
In the present study, we evaluated the effect of a nonevaluative social support intervention (pet ownership) on blood pressure response to mental stress before and during ACE inhibitor therapy. Forty-eight hypertensive individuals participated in an experiment at home and in the physician’s office. Participants were randomized to an experimental group with assignment of pet ownership in addition to lisinopril (20
mg/d) or to a control group with only lisinopril (20 mg/d). On each study day, blood pressure, heart rate, and plasma renin activity were recorded at baseline and after each mental stressor (serial subtraction and speech). Before drug therapy, mean responses to mental stress did not differ significantly between experimental and control groups in heart rate (94 [SD 6.8] versus 93 [6.8] bpm), systolic blood pressure (182 [8.0] versus 181 [8.3] mm Hg), diastolic blood pressure (120 [6.6] versus 119
[7.9] mm Hg), or plasma renin activity (9.4 [0.59] versus 9.3 [0.57] ng · mL−1 · h−1). Lisinopril therapy lowered resting blood pressure by ≈35/20 mm Hg in both groups, but responses to mental stress were significantly lower among pet owners relative to those who only received lisinopril (P<0.0001; heart rate 81 [6.3] versus 91 [6.5] bpm, systolic blood pressure 131 [6.8] versus 141 [7.8] mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure 92 [6.3] versus 100 [6.8] mm Hg, and plasma renin activity 13.9
[0.92] versus 16.1 [0.58] ng · mL−1 · h−1). We conclude that ACE inhibitor therapy alone lowers resting blood pressure, whereas increased social support through pet ownership lowers blood pressure response to mental stress.
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Chats, chats, chats. They keep getting better. The topics are getting deeper. I mention this up in the new science section. We will be upgrading weight loss options AND adding new science to help you understand why do do what you do.
I don’t think I understood that this program is much more than weight loss until I got “stable”. Weight loss was the motivating factor for me in the beginning, so I understand why everyone is talking about it. It is so nice to be even-tempered and “radiant” that I would continue the program if I hadn’t lost weight, but it’s nice to know it can do both! One friend commented that I have such
willpower….nope…I wasn’t the slightest bit interested in it. Enjoying the people at a party instead of obsessing over the food, do I look fat, how much can I eat without people noticing…can you imagine? I find that miraculous!
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Why You are Having a Hard Time
Kathleen DesMaisons, PhD
The past couple of weeks have been difficult. Can't see the mountain. I originally wrote a version of this 15 years ago. It fits today. I am revising it a bit.
A whole number of folks on our leadership team had having a really hard time. At first blush it seemed as if it were simply coincidental... timing maybe, or left over winter fatigue, or waiting for reports or something like that.
But as I sat and thought about it, I realized that this is way deeper than personal stumbling. I began to hear the same story, spoken in different ways and the more I listened the more I began to sense that something bigger is happening.
Now, it is funny, but this is the same theme I have been hearing over and over. Nothing that was makes sense. It all feels pointless. Everything I counted on no longer fits. I don't know who I am, I don't know where I belong, I cannot find my center. Too much, too fast and I feel like I am being sucked into a dark hole.
Now a medical model will diagnose these feelings as clinical depression. And that same model will prescribe medication. It will identify the situations that precipitated these feelings of darkness. Of course there will be "situations" - a lost job, a move, a promotion, stress at work, no sleep from a new baby, the death of a mother, a son at war, an abusive husband, a lost relationship or all of the above. But we
have all had these things all our lives. Why are we stumbling so now?
I think the energy shift of the world discombobulated us on a cellular level. Things as they were actually do not exist any longer. Literally, our 'magnetic north" changed and we can't get our bearings. And if we stumble and then our food gets off, we cannot sort it out. It feels so personal. We do not experience it as a major spiritual crisis, it just feels horrible and we feel lost.
In last week's chat, I talked about this. I talked about this as a time of awakening. When things no longer fit, we have an opportunity to clear out that stuff, to throw away the stuff that does not fit and to make room for something new. We don't know what that will be yet, it has not emerged. So we have to endure this time of "in between" where the old is gone and the new has not emerged. However can we make sense
of this?
At the first level, comfort comes with doing the food, doing the program. Not just taking out sugar, that is a tiny part of it. But following instructions, being connected, being patient. Rebuilding a solid foundation that cannot be swept away are all part of creating a way to hold what is emerging.
This is the time to go back to basics. Literally. Rather than getting caught in how horrible it is, ask for help. Get connected. Trust that this is not just a personal stumble, but that you are part of a great shift. You got thrown off kilter and you can get steady. Come to the relapse/restart class. Get back on track with your food and program. Don't beat yourself up.
Last week, I said "If you are going to be with a person in a dark hole, take a ladder and a lantern." (Smile)..the steps are the ladder and our humor and perspective is the lantern. You are not alone. Grace is unfolding.
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