I’ve learned if I’m getting indigestion or heartburn on a regular basis, that doesn’t mean stock up on the Tums and Prilosec.   Antacids weaken stomach acids for about an hour, which relieves the symptoms.  They often cause rebound heartburn  as the stomach works overtime to try to make up for the stomach acid it doesn’t have. In the long run, antacids will make heartburn and indigestion worse. They can contain trace elements that block mineral absorption and can cause harm to the nervous system.  They can produce vitamin and mineral deficiencies and irreparable harm to your organs and bones.  The good news is there are many natural remedies for indigestion and heartburn.  The first is changing your diet to eliminate problem foods.  Period.  Yep, you have to do it.  In the meantime, take 2 tablespoons of organic, unpasturized apple cider vinegar (with the Mother) added to 8oz of water thirty minutes before meals.  I take one Vitacost Mega Digestive Enzymes with Pancreatin 10X before every meal I eat. Continue reading →

I watched part of The Real Housewives of New York last night.  I’d watched the first season or so but after that each episode dissolved into jealous envy and backbiting.  It’s never fun for me to watch people arguing and trying to one-up each other.  Of the NY show, Ramona seems to be the one who demands the most air time, so she’s always stirring up arguments with gossip.  Lately she’s really got it out for Luann, pitting her against several of the others.  Last night Ramona was in her glory as LuAnn brought Johnny Depp look alike Tomas to her room at 3am.   Continue reading →

What type are you?  The Enneagram is a personality typing system that helps us discover our habitual ways of being. Learning what “type” I was brought to light many underlying fixations I was ready to be free of and helped me understand how to get along with friends better.  

The Enneagram is mainly a diagnostic tool of one’s emotional outlook on life. It is also useful as a guide to how other people see the world differently.  There are a number of tests, including these 2 eclectic enneagram tests, the Enneagram Institute test, the Helen Palmer work, and the 9 Types.  The best way to determine your location on the Enneagram spectrum is to understand the system, and understand yourself. The tests will take you only a small part of the way toward that goal.  

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The past couple of weeks, my roommate has been hacking, choking and wheezing his way through a respiratory thang and yesterday he finally got medical attention. He received a breath treatment in the office, a sample inhaler and prescription for another, and a prescription for antibiotics.  Yay for Publix having free antibiotics!  He got immediate relief, and slept through the night for the first time in weeks.  That meant I also slept through the night, because he wasn’t out there with the tv on, and in and out the doors all night.  While he had the cough, he breathed better when he stood and walked, which he did… all night long.  Last night for the first time in a long time I was able to close my eyes at 11pm and didn’t open them until 7:45am.  Wow.  Awesome experience!  It’s interesting to note that it’s not the volume of the tv that keeps me awake at night, it’s the fact of it being on and whatever signal comes from that.  It keeps me on high alert and wakes me up every hour or two.  It’s an occupational blessing and hazard, this sensitivity. Right now I’m just sitting and breathing and loving life.

I was working in the Horizons Magazine website today and got another lesson in the   It’s all related department.  I split the one large file for Past Issues into four smaller files, and that meant all the links had to the revised.  That meant all the old links as well as the current links.  In my obsession to cross link everything, I’ve created quite a job for myself.  I do the same thing in life too.  I would do well to always remember that it’s all related – everything.

I wrote at Florida real estate for sale, inexpensive lots off I-95 two years ago that I wanted to sell some property to pay off a debt.  I just amended the post because the debt is paid and I only have two properties left in Volusia County. It’s undeveloped land, two 2.5 acre parcels.  I haven’t even thought about these properties for a long while then suddenly I have three people emailing me asking about them.  It might be time to sell them! Continue reading →

Give yourself 30 minutes alone where it is quiet. Know that while listening to this recording (or reading the script below,) you could open your eyes and rouse yourself immediately in case of emergency. Even if you fall asleep, your subconscious mind is still listening, so you can still expect change to occur.  In case of emergency, you will wake right up. Even under deep trance, you are still in control. Know that while listening, you could open your eyes and rouse yourself immediately if you need to.  Before working with this recording, have an expectation of success. If you are skeptical of the process, or skeptical that it could work for you, that is ok. A fish doesn’t have to believe in the ocean. However, at least for the period of time you are working with the recording or the script, set aside all doubt and let go of all resistance. Allow your creative imagination to run free as you create vivid images in response to any words you may hear before you fall asleep. Continue reading →

This morning, Domino begins to tell me all the problems she’s having with her boyfriend.  She’s not complaining, since she’s paying me for the call. She and I have had this conversation several times through the 15 out of 18 years she’s been with him.  I stopped her from reciting her long list of his faults and transgressions and asked why she doesn’t move out and be done with it.  “I can’t afford it.  He pays the bills.”  I understand, but you’ve been telling me this for 15 years.  As soon as you choose to take control of your own thoughts and do something about it, you’ll be on to happier times.

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When I squeak, I know something good is just around the bend

This is the time of month that I get to see how resourceful I am: the time between paying bills and sending out invoices, and having payments come in.  Know why I don’t mind these squeaky times?  Because I know I’ll always be provided for and that everything will be paid on time.  Experience has shown me that when I need to get resourceful, I am up to the task.  I have no evidence that it won’t happen that way every time.  Do I know exactly where it’s going to come from?  I don’t need to.  Through the years I’ve done much planning and put into place several ways for dollars to flow to me.   They can come in the form of advertising dollars for Horizons Magazine, they can come from different websites I’ve created and monetized, they can come from the items available in our store, mp3 files designed for spiritual growth and personal empowerment, astrology reports  geared to self discovery, tarot and astral projection workbooks.  Dollars can come from personal consultations, or someone may offer to buy land I own. Continue reading →

On April 18, 2010  I posted on Facebook “There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls. Howard Thurman”
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