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September 2010
Personal Notes: Greetings.
This is proving to be an interesting month – it is all
about movement and connecting. The
movement is about traveling – shuffling between NJ, TX, WI and UT. Connecting is about making new friends and
being in contact with so many long time friends – both electronically
and via visits – through my travels and multiple sets of house guests
in between. It’s all good. Even the enclosed article and recipe are
about connecting. See the notes included
in each.
In This Issue
 Nutrition Tip
– Barley read more...
Featured Recipe – Barley Porcini Risotto read
more...
Featured Article – Lotus Touts read more...
Tools to Create a More Balanced Life – Two targeted home-study programs read
more...
Get to Balance read
more...
Looking for a Speaker? read
more...
New at Seeds To Change Featured CD – 10 Top Tips for a Healthier You read
more...
Quote of the Month Connections read
more...
Nutrition Tip
Barley A wonderful (one of my favorites).
It’s chewy and substantial. I sometimes make instead of or in combined
with rice. I particularly like it in colder months. It is considered a strengthening
grain. And, can’t we all use
more strength these days. Specifically,
it strengths the spleen-pancreas, the intestines and digestion. It also stimulates appetite and is excellent
in reducing pitta and kapha.
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Featured
Recipe
This is a great fall recipe and
it’s a great people connecting recipe.
This was part of my Italian healthy cooking class- all the participants would have to opportunity to
“stir the pot” This is a
great dish to make with a group of people in the kitchen.
Barley Porcini Risotto Serves 6
2 T olive
oil
1 clove
garlic
1 / 2 cup
minced onion
1 / 4 cup
diced celery
¼ pound
porcini mushrooms, sliced
1 1 / 2
cup pearl barley
5 cups
HOT vegetable or chicken broth
Sea salt,
fresh ground pepper to taste
1 / 4 cup
freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (or use soy parm. Cheese)
2 T
minced parsley
Heat the
oil in a large heavy sauce pan over medium heat. Add the onion and celery and sauté for 3 minutes;
add the garlic and mushrooms and sauté for another 2 minutes. Add the barley and stir to coat with
oil/butter, sauté for 3 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper.
Lower the heat and add the stock 1 ¼ cup at a time, cooking and
stirring frequently for about 15 minutes or until stock is absorbed. If the stock is absorbed too quickly lower
the heat. After 1 hour all the stock
should be absorbed and the barley cooked.
If not, raise the heat to boil off the stock. Stir in cheese and parsley. Taste and adjust seasoning, if
necessary. Serve hot garnished with
parsley.
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Featured
Article
A friend
that I have not heard from in a while recently emailed me the
“chain” email below. I
rarely open these much less forward these.
I really like this one and seems to be related to my theme this month
- connecting….
Lotus Touts
ONE . Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully .
TWO . Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their
conversational skills will be as important as any other.
THREE . Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you
want.
FOUR . When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.
FIVE . When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye.
SIX . Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
SEVEN . Believe in love at first sight.
EIGHT . Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams
don't have much.
NINE . Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the
only way to live life completely.
TEN . . In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
ELEVEN . Don't judge people by their relatives.
TWELVE . Talk slowly but think quickly.
THIRTEEN! . . . When someone asks you a question you don't want to
answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'
FOURTEEN . Remember that great love and great achievements involve
great risk.
FIFTEEN . Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.
SIXTEEN . . When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
SEVENTEEN . Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for
others; and Responsibility for all your actions.
EIGHTEEN . Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
NINETEEN . When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps
to correct it.
TWENTY . . Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
TWENTY- ONE . Spend some time alone.
A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart
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Tools
to Create a More Balanced Life
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Get
to Balance –How will you bring more balance to your life? How about a healthier, more balanced life
plan?
Are your health concerns
impeding you from living life fully? Do you want to change your relationship
with food from the inside out? Are you seeking deep seeded balance and
wellness?
I
would eagerly welcome the opportunity to work with you on a personal
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incorporate those changes into your existing routines.
Through my
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by using nutrition as a focus and a tool. To do this I look at your
entire lifestyle to achieve maximum health. This is accomplished
through education and private consultations where an individualized program
is developed for you. These consultations include evaluating your
current diet and overall lifestyle and then making easily implemented,
gradual changes. Additionally, you’ll receive outside information
in the form of articles, books, tapes and recipes. Also included are
additional monthly forms of education and participation -- activities like
cooking coaching, health food store shopping hints, light exercising
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Looking
for a speaker?
One of my greatest
joys is speaking to groups. It is
always a dynamic exchange and we all come away enriched. Would your company or group benefit from an
entertaining, motivating speaker on how to get healthier? If so, please let me know the name and
contact information of your program coordinator so that I may send them an
informational packet. I would love the
opportunity to serve your favorite group.
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New
at Seeds To Change
NEW PODCAST POSTING – hear a
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We all
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FEATURED
CD This
month’s featured CD is— 10 Top Tips for a Healthier You
In a nut shell, what should you focus on to improve your
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the Chatter, and an Introduction to Meditation and five new titles: Sleep Issues, Water: How and Why to Drink More, Ten
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Quote
of the Month
Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects.
The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.
Charles Eames
Please
forward this newsletter to anyone and everyone that would benefit from
Nutritional and Lifestyle Advice. Enjoy and thanks for reading.
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Helping you grow
a happy, healthy life
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