"We are the imagination of our cells." ~ Deepak Chopra

Meet Sam, Rescued from DogFighting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OluE-PFfbvo&feature=plcp

What Does It Take to Be Well? YOU!

Remember how Dorothy didn’t know that she had the power all along to get back home to Kansas? Turns out all she had to do was CLICK HER HEELS. What is the magic ingredient in changing your health for the better? YOU. You’ve had it all along! A lot of times clients get really excited at the beginning of sessions and think the coach is going to magically transform their life and their problems will just melt away. It doesn’t exactly work like this, although you can and will experience RADICAL transformation if you jump in the river and GO WITH THE FLOW of the coaching process. Your coach or therapist DOES play a crucial role in your healing journey. This is true, and you should be excited. A compassionate, non-judgmental relationship with a coach or therapist goes a LONG WAY toward change and healing. HOWEVER, the most radical, beautiful, change happens because of YOU! This is a good thing, trust me. When you realize YOU have the power to change your life, this is where the real MAGIC HAPPENS. How does change happen then? And why does it feel like work? When you change for other people – to please them – or when you change out of FEAR – so you won’t feel humiliated on the beach – you are changing for EXTERNAL reasons, and that, my friend, is HARD WORK. In fact, it feels like you are carrying the weight of the world on you. Who wants to do that FOREVER? When you change because you LOVE yourself, and VALUE yourself, change FEELS GREAT and EFFORTLESS often. Here’s a tip, figure out what your very HIGHEST IDEAL is, and change FOR THAT REASON. When you change a health habit because you desire so strongly to stay true to and be there for your VISION – what you VALUE, YOUR HIGHEST IDEALS – change is not only effortless, it’s enjoyable, because you are FOCUSING ON YOUR VISION, AND SEEING IT COME TO FRUITION. Real change also happens when we build a sense of self-confidence, that yes, I CAN DO THIS. Self-confidence comes by achieving, small, attainable goals. One…goal…at…a…time. This is another way a coach can really help you along your JOURNEY. Yes, there are so many benefits to wellness coaching. But the most important benefit of all is that you get to meet your amazing, powerful SELF in the process. And your POWERFUL SELF, my friend, can do and be anything she wants. Just look within, believe in yourself, and click your heels…

Polar Bear SOS - Take Action!: Ban The Global Trafficking in Polar Bear Parts

Polar Bear SOS - Take Action!: Thank You - Take Action!: NRDC's Save BioGems "Polar bears are facing possible extinction in this century -- and the unconscionable global trade in their body parts must be stopped. That long-sought goal is now within reach -- if you’ll make your voice heard at this critical moment. The United Kingdom and other key European nations that could determine the polar bear’s fate just 90 days from now are still on the fence about a ban on trafficking. We need your help right now to ratchet up the pressure! Call on U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron to lead the European Union toward a Yes vote on stronger protections for polar bears that will end the international trade in their pelts, claws, skulls and other body parts. Two months ago, President Obama -- after hearing from more than 100,000 NRDC Members like you -- proposed such a ban at the next meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in March. And Russia, another polar bear range state, made clear that it will back the U.S. proposal."

Awakening to the Consequences of Breast Cancer Over-Screening & Over-Diagnosis - by Susan Larison Danz

http://bridgebldr.blogspot.com/2012/11/awakening-to-consequences-of-breast.html

Here is her on BlogTalkRadio talking about it as well (I join in the last part): http://www.blogtalkradio.com/susan-larison-danz/2012/11/24/breast-cancer

Fisherman Saves Humpback Whale

Recent headline of the San Francisco Chronicle. Female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spiderweb of crab traps and line weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, tail, torso and a line tugging in her mouth. A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands and r adioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her. They worked for hours and eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around as she was thanking them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.