Magical Fashionista

by | Jun 21, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Magical Fashionista caught my attention because I have the desire of looking good in my clothes and being able to choose clothes that look great on me. I enjoyed reading this book, great ideas and advice about following your own intuition when it comes to...

My Beef With Meat

by | Jun 15, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Another recipe book and information about eating a plant based diet. Yes, I seem to be fascinated with this eating plan, since I keep checking books out that center around plant based eating. I know in my heart this is the accurate way of eating. In the great...

The Heart Of The Matter

by | Jun 14, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I found this book difficult to read, not because the writing was clear and concise, because the subject matter was difficult. Dealing with emotional aspects has always been a challenge. I am one of those individuals where extreme emotions cause me to want to...

Whole

by | Jun 13, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  If you have watched the DVD “Forks Over Knives” then you are familiar with T. Collin Campbell and his research he did on China back in the 50’s. And the book he wrote called “The China Study”. What I liked about reading “Whole” was the diagram of how he did his...

The Brain In Your Kitchen

by | Jun 11, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. —Robert Frost A book of short essays that blew me away with all the scientific facts about fish oil and sugar and my eyes are open....

Survival Lessons

by | Jun 10, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I love Alice Hoffman. So when an opportunity came for me to read “Survival Lessons” I jumped not far, but I did jump. Hoffman describes lessons she learned while recovering from Breast Cancer. She shared things she wanted to have said to here in books and...

We Laugh, We Cry, We Cook

by | Jun 1, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I will just start out by saying that I love “We Laugh, We Cry, We Cook”. The reason we’ll it is about relationship and food, two of my favorite things. Becky and Rachel are a mother and daughter team who happen to enjoy cooking. Rachel vegan style and Becky is game...

Paleo Cooking

by | May 27, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey, Weight

I have been reading a lot about the Paleo eating plan, I refuse to call it a diet, and because well to me diet signals to me that I get to go off of it after a certain amount of time. I am going to try eating Paleo for 30 days to see how I feel and compare that to the...

Eat Move Sleep

by | May 24, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I truly enjoyed reading “Eat Move Sleep” by Tom Rath. I liked the fact that he broke things down into simple steps that are not only doable, but also manageable. I find myself often times reading nutrition and health books and being bombarded with complicated...

Mindful Living

by | May 3, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  A few months ago I read Jim Nicolai’s book “Integrative Wellness” and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In his book he talked about his spa he worked for and this is that spa. “Mindful Living” takes each month of the year and focus’ on one aspect of health. For example,...

Directing Your Destiny

by | Apr 24, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  A book full of tools to help one manifest their dreams. I thoroughly enjoyed reading every page. A few of the tools I walked away were: What, How, When tool. The what, how, when tool is a concept where you write out your intention, then you explain one step...

Lovability

by | Apr 23, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Love… That word conjures up nightmares for me. Love, what the heck does it mean? What does it feel like? Is it even real or possible? I want to believe in love. I want to feel love. I want to experience love. While reading “Lovability” I realized that I have...

Get The Life You Want

by | Apr 17, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “Get the Life You Want” is a book about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I enjoyed reading Brown’s book tremendously. I especially love the acronym he uses BOLD B=Breathe, O=Observe, L=Let it go, and D=Do it again. I also liked doing many of the breathing...

From My Hands and Heart

by | Apr 15, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Craniosacial therapy is a therapy that I have been interested in pursuing ever since I first started experiencing having an auto-immune disorder. The fact that someone could help find the root cause of health issues and help the patient know and heal the...

Emotional Vampires

by | Apr 7, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I chose to read this book even though it is on the work environment to see what Bernstein had to say about that energy draining people who I know I have come into contact with in my personal life. I now have noticed a huge difference with them gone and I have more...

All Is Well

by | Apr 6, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

A wealth of information that I found I needed at this time in my journey to wellness. I particularly liked the section on the throat, since that is where my illness mainly affects me. According to Hay and Schultz the throat deals with communication. Makes sense,...

Soul Recovery: A Review

by | Apr 4, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I liked reading Ester Nicholson’s book “Soul Recovery”.  I found some great tools that I can use while I am journaling. One of the insightful perspectives I found was viewing oneself as one with God, God is within us. He is not some force outside of us. I have...

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