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That Be WELL WOMAN …. and Luna
There is no magic bullet to a healthier, happier life. The secret is “silver buckshot.”
Pearls of Wisdom
Each of my posts will fall into one of the categories below. Keep checking back for more “pearls” in the future!
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Natural Breast Cancer Care and Prevention
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There’s Life Out Here….
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What’s At The End of Your Fork Matters
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Getting Natural Movement Into Your Day. No Time for Exercise? Try the 10-Minute Workout!
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Healing Teas
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Get Reading!
Recommended Reading List
Honor your body by enjoying food that not only tastes good but is good for you!
Use good food and natural movement to reduce pain and inflammation and cancer. Become fit, flexible and strong!
Come and join me as we journey towards better health
I was inspired to become a certified health coach during my healing journey from breast cancer. Embarking on a natural healing journey, forgoing traditional chemotherapy and radiation treatment, took me from feeling overwhelmed and confused to being confident and goal directed. One step, one day at a time, I knew that each small positive choice I made about my health added up to big, overall positive changes in my life! Hippocrates once said “Let food be thy medicine.” That one quote helped me to look at food differently. I started making changes. I stopped eating all the sugar. I started drinking filtered water. I stopped buying processed food and started making more food from scratch in the kitchen. Real food. Food that swims in the ocean and grows in my garden. And it wasn’t hard. Eating REAL food can be easy and fun! I did my own ” pantry makeover ” and learned to enjoy eating more nuts, seeds and colorful fruits and vegetables. And, I learned to make good, healthy substitutions for the “old foods” I was consuming. And, I am healing! This has been an amazing journey – full of “Ah Ha!” moments.
Exercise? I found activities that I enjoyed doing and they became my exercise plan – and it’s been a fun journey! Now, I hike, garden and enjoy horseback riding!
Being a registered nurse for 28 years, I possess a drive for learning and research that is rooted in science and I enjoy sharing what I’ve learned with others. Having served over 20 years in the Navy reserves, I appreciate the diversity of people in the world. People are unique and unrepeatable and that’s why I delight in hearing people’s life stories.
I have learned to have an attitude of gratitude. I am thankful. Every morning, I thank the Lord for His many blessings in my life! From the first bloomed iris in the spring to an old woman’s smile at the grocery store to the smell of fresh cut grass to the sigh of my horse when she is relaxed with me – each of those moments is a blessing. Someone once said “There is no magic bullet to a healthier, happier life. The secret is ‘silver buckshot’.” It’s not only about our physical health, but also about our culture, our belonging, our purpose, our faith. Having a positive outlook has yielded more life to my years!
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6.12.24
This is where I moved to….population 178. The (not so big) town of Custar. We downsized…rightsized….whatever you want to call it – but it’s definitely smaller! We bought a little old farmhouse that was half the size of our previous home and twice as old. Like most people, we filled every nook and cranny in the big house. Too much stuff! In many ways, it was good to let go of it all. Except that we went from four bathrooms to just one. But, there’s LIFE out here! So many neighbors have just stopped by to introduce themselves and tell us who farms which wheat field and how they are related to their family. One elderly neighbor E_____, flagged me down when I was walking my dog. We stood in the middle of the one lane gravel road and exchanged introductions for about 10 minutes. She finally exclaimed “You were the one driving the buggy with the horse the other day….” I replied yes, it was me, and asked if she’d be interested in a ride someday. She gave me a resounding “Oh, YES, I would!” followed by an aside of “the neighbor down the road said he stopped and talked to you and you seemed like a good person.” And so, I picked her up the following Saturday for the very first horse and buggy ride of her life! And that’s how it is in small town U.S.A. Everybody knows everybody or is related to each other in some small, connected way. So far, I love it! I really do! Our little farmhouse boasts 5 horse-friendly acres where our chickens run loose, along with a pet rabbit who got out of his pen one day (and we all decided life was better that way). There’s space and peace out here and magnificent sunrises and sunsets that aren’t blocked by any man-made structures. And so it’s here, in this little space, in this little house, in this little town that I am starting this blog, hoping to make a difference in the world by being “That Be Well Woman.”