Mind Set |

June 3, 2010

Why Do You Need A Goal Setting Worksheet?

Do you recognize your greatness?

Erica Jong, an American author and teacher said,

“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place it leads.”

I’m not exactly sure what she means by that, but I have an idea.

What’s your passion? Have you found something that drives you past your normal limits? Something that makes the hours seem like minutes? When you live with purpose you are possessed with drive and inspiration that will definitely push you past your limits towards your full potential!

When you set goals and work towards achieving them, you access your ideals. When that conflicts with what you see in your life now …

it causes all those limiting beliefs that are holding you back to rise to the surface.

Do you believe that you have it in you to succeed in life?
Do you believe it is within your power to beat heart disease?
Do you believe you can survive grief and loss?
Can you finally lose weight even though you have tried a thousand times?
Is physical fitness still within your grasp? Can you enjoy playing with your grand-children?
Will you leave a legacy when you are gone?
Do you believe you deserve happiness?

Realizing your greatness starts by setting goals and gathering with like minded people to over come obstacles. The secret is Continue reading article →

Mind Set |

June 2, 2010

| by Carrie Tucker

Looking For Easy Stress Management Techniques?

Did you know that there is a very simple way to make yourself healthier and happier?

I’m talking easy!

Isn’t the thought of feeling better without making big changes encouraging? Compared to other stress management techniques, this one is as easy as they come.

If you spend anytime reading here at Heart Failure Solutions, you know that I talk a lot about making better food choices and getting active. Those are very important steps that you can take to feel better! That is for sure!

However, it is really hard to create lasting change in your life! You get so attached to your habits! Switching up is just plain hard to do.

The tip I’m about to share with you can help you feel better without doing much of anything differently. In fact, before I wrap this post up and send you off with many blessings, I’ll give you a link to a product that will allow you to incorporate this healing into your life without making ANY change!

When you take simple action to make yourself feel better daily, it is MUCH easier to make better food choices and to find the motivation to get up and MOVE!

The small change that you can make to improve your health for the better ….

Take Off Your Shoes!

Yes, I’m very serious.

Take your shoes off and walk on your front lawn for 15 minutes every morning or evening, or when you feel tired or uncomfortable, or even in pain. The more time you spend strolling around bare foot, the better you will feel! A bare foot game of kickball on the front lawn can be a great stress reducer game!

Now just because this remarkable healing tool is SO simple, don’t underestimate the power of bare-footing!

Electrons from the earth have natural anti-inflammatory effects, reducing inflammation anywhere in the body. We talk a lot about inflammation around here, so you are probably already aware that inflammation is the cause of most chronic illness.

Stress management techniques only help you when you apply them. This method is so easy, even a child could implement it daily!

Ready to feel better?

What will walking on the earth barefoot do for you?

Improve energy
Reduce Inflammation
Improve Sleep
Relieve Muscle Tension
Reduce Stress
Restore Normal Biological Rhythms

Touching your feet to the earth will synchronize your electrical frequency to the earth’s. This wondering grounding effect is measurable. You WILL notice the difference immediately!

As The Life Breath Coach I teach my students to cultivate stillness in nature as often as possible. It’s an extremely healing thing to do for a lot of reason.

Join The Life Breath Club and be a part of the conversation every week that will remind you to remember how powerfully healing nature is!

Click on the link to learn about the benefits of membership.

Join The Life Breath Club

This is a private membership to protect your medical privacy.

It’s free!

Many blessings,

Carrie Tucker, RCP

The Life Breath Coach

Heart Failure Solutions

PS– Remember everyday:

Relax and Release tension
Exhale Slowly
Be active in a way that adds Joy to your life

Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter

Mind Set |

June 1, 2010

| by Carrie Tucker

Will the Causes of Extreme Fatigue Cost You Quality Time?

Are you ready for the summer?

In the US we are finishing up the school year and heading into holiday.

Did you finish your spring cleaning and get your body into swim suit condition?

Maybe your priorities have changed. Have you become less concerned about how you look and more concerned about your long term health?

If feeling good well into the future has become top priority for you, eating healthier and committing to an exercise program should be on your to do list.

Feeling good is a worthy goal spring, summer, winter or fall.

Fitness is wasted on the young. When you can’t get out and enjoy your grand-son’s baseball game, fitness is about more than looking good, it’s about quality of life! The causes of extreme fatigue may not be obvious, but the effects are hard to ignore.

Do you hit a wall every evening? Are you so tired at the end of the day that you can’t enjoy your family? Continue reading article →

Water Retention |

May 31, 2010

| by Carrie Tucker

Are Water Pills Harmful?

Update May 31, 2012

Recently I pulled this post out of my archive and added a few details to it.

I’ve been noticing an increasingly casual attitude about ‘water pills’ and I’m finding the trend a bit disturbing! Several articles I’ve read recently said that ‘water pills’ were “safe when taken as directed”.

That statement is hard for me to swallow, so I have a better question …

Are water pills harmful?

The answer to that question is a profound yes!

Water pills are very harmful! In fact your doctor really doesn’t even want to put you on them until he/she sees your fluid retention as a bigger danger than the side effects of those “water pills”.

Recently, I was approached by a woman who wanted my advice about a procedure she was considering to treat her irregular heart beat. I’ll call her Jane.

I encouraged Jane to address three issues and see if her symptoms would subside. After all, if simple will solve the problem, you are good to go.

What 3 problems needed Jane’s attention? Continue reading article →

Chronic Fatigue |

May 11, 2010

| by Carrie Tucker

Are You Ignoring Your Adrenal Fatigue Symptoms?

: Image by obo-bobolina via Flickr

Did you mother yourself this past Mother’s Day?

Whether you are a mother or not, do you give yourself a pat on the back more often than you kick yourself for not manning up, or “womanning” up as the case may be.

Do you think that you fall short in the mothering department, or the parenting department, or the human being department for that matter?

It’s a lot easier to see your faults than it is to acknowledge your virtues.

When did your health care provider begin talking to you about adrenal fatigue symptoms?

Cathy was one of those mothers who always felt like she should be doing more for her children.

When they were little, she felt guilty for going back to work before her children were in school. She felt a duty to be class mother every year once they started school, even though she worked a full time job.

Once they started sports Cathy was forever running children to activities. That became unmanageable so she bought her teenagers cars as they came of age to drive themselves to all their various activities. However, that was costly so Cathy worked many hours to balance her books and always took the sacrifice on herself if she came up short.

The year her baby became a teen-ager, giving Cathy’s house a population of 3 teens and one single mother, her naturopath began talking to her about adrenal fatigue symptoms. Though Cathy heard the firm scolding from her health care provider, she didn’t see any way to reduce the stress in her life.

Once her children married and started their own families, they looked to Cathy for child care because after all, she was working from home, and on the verge of retirement anyway. Since she was making good money as well, she and they saw no need for financial reimbursement for the hours of care, or the financial burden of the care she gave her grand-children.

Cathy never uttered a word of complaint, but you could see it wearing on her over the years. When her youngest daughter began going out with the girls after work and leaving her children til late in the evening on a regular basis, Cathy finally found the bottom … Continue reading article →

Drug Safety |

April 27, 2010

| by Carrie Tucker

Should You Avoid Kombucha Tea?

Carpe Diem Kombucha Cranberry

Why take chances with your health?

Dr. Brent a Bauer, an internist at the Mayo Clinic says:
“until definitive studies quantify the risks and benefits of Kombucha tea, it’s prudent to avoid it.”

Dr. Bauer says that there are no studies you can trust.

Well duh, Dr. Bauer. Nobody is going to get rich selling Kombucha. I mean, there are successful companies selling Kombucha, but they are not BIG business.

Big Pharma really likes LARGE profit. Much much larger than the natural foods companies are making. Any study that proves the value of Kombucha could only damage their sales.

You might not find research studies on Kombucha, but you can find LOTS of personal testimonials.

I’d love to share my personal Kombucha story!

About 6 years ago, I found out that I was expecting another baby. My daughters were 8 and 11 years old, so the thought of starting over again made me feel a bit weary. I wasn’t nearly as overwhelmed as my doctor was though!

I had been living with auto immune symptoms for about 7 years, and my doctor insisted that I terminate the pregnancy. She was convinced that I would have a tough time carrying a child to term and an even tougher time raising one with my health issues.

Since I just could not come to terms with killing my unborn child, I decided against abortion.

Much to my surprise, my symptoms of pain and stiffness began to fade and then vanished over the course of my pregnancy. I had been managing my symptoms with diet, supplements and exercise fairly well, but about half way through my pregnancy, it was evident that I was not living with the symptoms any more.

I was healed by pregnancy!

Unfortunately, I had another issue to deal with. From conception, I was unable to hold food down very well. Eating was definitely a challenge. I had to force myself to eat, and then it usually came back up.

It was a long haul, but the morning after my little guy was born, my appetite returned to normal. However, the 9 months had taken a huge toll on my body.

My little boy was a high maintenance baby, and I had very little help since I lived in a very isolated area. Within 2 months, I got very sick with an abscess in my neck.

After a short hospitalization and VERY powerful antibiotics I was on the mend. Unfortunately, the antibiotics had totally wiped out my normal healthy gut flora.

I began to bleed from my rectum!

My doctor recommended surgery, but I was not about to agree to that without looking for alternatives.

While chatting with a neighbor at a community picnic, I heard about the magic of Kombucha tea. I went directly to the natural food store and bought my first bottle.

YUCK! The stuff tasted like vinegar! But hey, I’d try anything, so I kept with it. After a while the tea didn’t taste so bad, and much to my surprise I really began to enjoy it!

The bleeding from my bowel stopped completely. I was thrilled to have found such an easy fix to such a worrisome problem.

I found that if I ate processed foods or sugar, that the bleeding would start again. However, if I avoided sugar, ate whole foods, and made sure to get several large doses of Kombucha tea each week, I continued to heal.

Today, I crave Kombucha tea even though my bowel issues are long gone! I always keep it around for its nurturing benefits and it’s great for symptoms of indigestion. Even my kids know that if their tummy hurts, Kombucha tea will help.

This is just my story, but you can find many testimonials online from thrilled people who have discovered this powerful healing elixer.

Dr. Bauer sites homemade Kombucha as being dangerous because it has the potential for contamination. You can purchase quality Kombucha from many natural foods companies. My favorite is GT’s Synergy Kombucha.

If your budget will not support plenty of commercial Kombucha, then check out the information and starter kits that are available online.

Back to the question I asked you in the beginning of this post ….

Why take chances with your health?

Dr. Fred Bloem recently sent me an email message that shines a light on just how willing those in power are to take chances with your health.

Dr. Bloem says: Continue reading article →