The Obesity Story…

America is the midst of an obesity epidemic.  Last week, a report was released “predicting” that by the year 2030, 1 out of 2 adults will be classified as obese.  This is very alarming!  Have you ever heard of the term “false alarm?”  That is what I am calling this report.  It is my hope that Americans will wake up to the fact that our food is not the same as yesteryear and make healthier choices for themselves and their family.   We must LEARN HOW TO READ LABELS to avoid harmful substances that have been placed in our foods and called “preservatives” and so forth. 

We live in an information age society.  No longer do you need to go the library and look up information in the card catalog.  Information can now be found at your fingertips in the convenience of your own home.  There is no reason why you should take something you read at “face-value.”  When in doubt, look it up!  Learning to listen to your own instincts is crucial to solving the obesity epidemic.  If you read that something is good for you and your instincts tell you that it isn’t, then don’t eat or drink it…it’s that simple! 

In order to be healthy, start reading labels and don’t put anything into your mouth that you do not recognize as food such as polyvinylpyrrolidone.  Shop at local markets for the freshest, organically grown and nutrient dense foods or better yet join a CSA. (Community Supported Agriculture) 

Eating can be very emotional and can be used as a substitute for happiness.  It is important to recognize that food cannot change your marital status or change the job you do not like.  It’s YOU that needs to change those things by loving and appreciating yourself for who you are.  Nobody is perfect.  It is YOU who creates your future by the choices you make.   

If you need help reaching your health goals, please enlist in the services of a Health Coach who can gently guide you along that path. 

We can change the world one person at a time as we learn how to take care of our body so our mind can remain clear and focused on becoming part of the solution to the problems that have engulfed us.  Darkness cannot survive if there is light…not even the light from one single match.  The world needs your contribution!

I am available for in person or telephone coaching.  Please email:  christine@innerbeautyworkshops.com for more information.

On the Radio!

I am happy to announce this week that I am coming to the airwaves!  Beginning on Friday, September 21^st at 3:00 pm I will be hosting a weekly radio show on the Freedomizer network.  (http://www.freedomizerradio.com/)  Freedomizer Radio is a station that promotes awareness in the political and corporate world; how these two entities affect our world.

My radio show, which will be broadcast for 90 minutes, will be called “Wake Up and Live.”  “Rise to the new you through awareness of the world around you.”  My program will focus on becoming your best self by understanding the body’s nutritional needs and understanding the soul’s need for wisdom.  I will teach you how to use your own intuition to cipher through mainstream information on health and wellness.  My program will keep you up-to-date on newly released so called “scientific studies” and how to interpret them for your best use.  In addition, I will feature weekly guests who bring their expertise to the table.

You can listen to my broadcast “live” by visiting Freedomizer radio and finding the link.   I will post a link of each show after my weekly blog posts in order for you to listen at your own convenience.  One of the best ways to “multi-task” is to play my broadcasts while you cook dinner or fold the laundry.  It will turn mundane tasks into enjoyment as your mind can escape into the world of healthy living.  It is my hope that my radio program will motivate you to set goals and take action steps toward those goals.  Your participation is the only way significant change can occur in the world. 

I am available for in person or telephone coaching.  Please email:  christine@innerbeautyworkshops.com for more information.

Life is Precious

As one becomes a more spiritual being, things that never bothered you begin affect your brain at a conscious level.  Your picture of reality begins to slowly change as you look at life differently.  Your eyes are the same but the vision is different.  The life you are living just doesn’t feel the same anymore.  People appear different, your job appears different even the Earth appears like you have never seen it before.  Things you didn’t pay much attention to in the past, now command your attention.  Life on Earth is much more precious.

I was driving my car on the highway the other day and noticed that stuck to my side view mirror was a cricket.  The poor thing was holding on for dear life.  I was amazed that it didn’t fall off.  As I was watching it, I thought…”What am I doing?”  I pulled the car off the side of the road, took a newspaper and gently helped the cricket down to safe ground.   I’m ashamed to say, old me would have just kept driving.  I felt a sense of peace when I helped that cricket.  Why isn’t that cricket’s life as precious as my own?

The same holds true for the animals that are being raised to feed us in factory farms.  These poor animals are not fed the proper foods, left in confined areas where they do not see the light of day and have no freedom of movement.  These are still living beings.  Why isn’t their life considered precious?  Why do we allow such treatment of animals?  Are we really that hungry?   These animals feel pain just like we do.  Aren’t these animals’ lives as precious as our own?

Our forests are being cleared because we need the land to raise the cattle that are not being treated properly.  Aren’t these trees precious?   Do you know if you play classical music around a plant it will respond by growing faster and stronger?  The benefit of which is more oxygen so we can breathe cleaner/fresher air.  Can’t you see that their life is as precious as your own?

When we blast tons of chemicals underground into our soils to extract natural gas, we are disturbing ecosystems in the soil.  Is the extracting of natural gas that important especially when there are alternative energy forms?  Why do we not value the life forms that exist under our own feet?  Aren’t they precious?

 Life in any form is precious.  If you can see that it is, you are evolving.  After all, (evol)ve = love.

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Global Meditation 12.12.12 - Be a Part of History!

I am very happy to share with you this video that I’ve been working on with a very talented group of people.  The video is humanitarian and recommends your participation in a Worldwide Global Meditation on December 12, 2012.  The event will take place in the Eastern Hemisphere at 9:30 pm Tokyo, Japanese Standard Time and 9:30 pm New York, Eastern Standard Time.  (Visit: www.themastershift.com for more details.) 

The idea is for a mass amount of people to focus positive thoughts upon the planet, each other and themselves.  As you may already know, we send out vibrations into the ether, either positive or negative, which has an effect on the world in which we live.  It is time to shift those vibrations upward to create a new paradigm. 

The idea for this project came from a sentence I read from a book called “Edgar Cayce on Angels” by Robert J. Grant.   It said, “Ten people can save a city from destruction by sincerely meditating and praying for peace.  Twenty can save a nation.”  I instantly thought, “I can get twenty people!  That’s easy!”  Then my mind started to wander…  ”WHAT IF I CAN GET THE ENTIRE WORLD!”  So here we are.  This is a result of my very creative and restless mind.  Please share with your email contacts and your social media sites.  Hope to see you on 12.12.12.  Enjoy!

**By the way, this video is now being translated into eight different languages! 

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On a Personal Note....

Christine Segal

I wanted to personally thank each and every one of you for visiting me each week.  I enjoy writing this blog and especially like the comments and feedback.  This week I’ve been extremely busy with another project.  I am excited to share it with you.  In a few short weeks, I will unveil something amazing!  Stay glued to this blog and you will be in for a surprise.  Next week, I will be back with a regular post.  Until then, keep moving forward.

Christine Segal

Getting O-U-T of Jury Duty…

Reporting for Jury Duty

This past week, I was called by the County Court system to serve on a jury.  I wasn’t happy about it.  I can honestly say this is the busiest I have ever been in my entire life.  Immersed in projects, there is no way I can mentally be present to serve on a jury.  I barely have time to spend with my children who are home from college this summer.  It’s all good.  I’m not complaining.  I am loving life these days!

I have nothing but respect for the basic principles on which our judicial system was founded.  After all, my husband is a Political Science Professor who specializes in the Supreme Court.  I do, however, have reservations about the current jury system.  First of all, I don’t like being told that I have “no choice” that I MUST report for jury service.  That violates my principle of freedom.  Making me do something against my will feels oppressive.  That taxpayer dollars had to be spent to “pay me” to get out of jury duty is a horrible waste of money.  There are plenty of people I know who love serving on juries and get excited receiving the summons and I know of others who just throw it in the trash.  But, at least money isn’t wasted on someone like me who had to go “just to get out of it.”

 I also found it terribly offensive to have to go through armed guards and metal detectors on my way into the jury pool.  I didn’t volunteer to go there…remember…they asked me!  Not sure when they added this little step since I haven’t been called to a jury since 20 + years ago.  I had to sit in a very large room and wait for my name to be called.  They had people line up in the center isle of the room and file into the questioning room one-by-one, like sheep. 

The case that I was questioned to serve on happened seven years ago!  Seriously, what happened to a statue of limitations!  It involved a woman who had an accident and was injured, not seriously, she had quality of life and could work.  The defendant admitted it was his fault and covered all of her medical expenses.  The woman (plaintiff) was seeking additional monies for pain that had she suffered.  It would be my job as a juror to decide if her injuries met the “law” that said she was injured enough to get additional monies.  In addition, it was requested of me to determine if the doctors made her injuries seem worse than they were.  And…did I mention this happened SEVEN years ago!

I sat in a room of 20 plus people and was the only one asking questions.  I felt like it was the “Christine Show.”  I was basically trying to decide if this case was worthy of my time and attention.  Why these two attorneys couldn’t work something out is beyond me.  It seemed odd.  After barraging them with question, I was excused. 

For some reason, there is a fundamental belief that if one doesn’t want to serve on a jury it is “un-American.”  To that I say, “It is un-American not to have a choice.”  Of course, I love my country.  I also love the planet and the universe in which we all live.  Just because I choose not to spend my time on a jury doesn’t mean that I do not carry love in my heart for my country.  My freedom of choice allows me to participate in humanitarian projects where I donate most of my time.  This is where I can be the most effective in the “solution” to the world’s problems.

I hope the jury system improves when I return in six years.  Hopefully, all those frivolous lawsuits will vanish and people will learn how to work things out without taking up the time of others.  I realize this is not feasible all of the time, but our jury system (founded upon brilliance) has turned into a horse and pony show…..

Smiling because I'm done for another six years!

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Oh Those Mosquitoes….

It was very warm this past winter in the Northeast and around the country.  I can recall only a dusting of snow.  Because the weather didn’t stay consistently low for a period of time, the bugs didn’t die off.  The consequence is a buggier summer.  We are feeling the effects of that now.  The County has been spraying for mosquitoes with some chemical concoction, which isn’t safe for humans, wildlife or plants.  A common sense approach is much better when dealing with those nasty summer bugs.

I have been outdoors this summer quite a bit and have been bitten numerous times, especially on my legs.  Actually, that’s not true.  They like to bite me anywhere they find skin.  I have always assumed that there is something special about my blood that they actually like; I’m an O negative.  It could be that my blood is sweeter than the other types (or maybe I just am…lol).  I can sit outside with others and they won’t get a single bite and mosquitoes are all around me.  Who knows why they are attracted to some people rather than others. 

That said….I won’t use mosquito repellant on my skin.  It is full of chemicals usually the chemical DEET appears in some percentage.  I don’t want these chemicals to enter my bloodstream and cause damage to my internal organs.  Fortunately, there are natural substances you can use that will not cause your body harm and will repel mosquitoes. 

Here is a list of ten natural substances that repel mosquitoes.  Take your pick?

1.       Castor Oil

2.       Cinnamon or Cinnamon oil.

3.       Citronella Oil

4.       Garlic Oil

5.       Lavender Oil

6.       Lemons, Lemon Juice

7.       Lemon Balm

8.       Neen Oil

9.       Peppermint Oil

10.   Tea Tree Oil

Since I am heading out this evening, I will try rubbing my body in lemon juice.  It does leave a coating or film on the skin.  I think I would rather smell like lemons then garlic.  I wouldn’t want to repel the wrong thing.

Lemons repel mosquitoes!

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