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SPECIAL HEALING FOODS and EMOTIONAL REMEDIES

Submitted by on January 27, 2011 - 7:41 pm

I’m fascinated with the special healing properties of various foods and with the connection between health conditions and emotions, so I thought I’d write up some quick tips to assist you or your loved ones with any of these conditions.

Please trust your own intuition as you consider these suggestions, and know there are no one-size-fits all answers. I don’t diagnose or claim to cure anything and suggest consulting a professional for customized advice. To your radiance!!

Thyroid conditions- I see these so often in women and the #1 reason I see is that it’s time for women to speak up!! Not in some aggressive, trying-to-be-like-men way, but as our authentic, vulnerable and powerful selves. Create and express your feelings!

Special healing foods: sea vegetables (good to eat daily), seafood, eggs, coconut. And for many these foods disrupt the thyroid: all soy foods and cruciferous vegetables (especially raw).

Other notes: Often thyroid problems stem from adrenal exhaustion. You can balance your adrenals with good quality sea salt like celtic or himalayan, and by managing your stress!

Heavy metal toxicity- Many of us have or have had this, especially if you’ve had mercury dental fillings, or  been exposed to cigarette smoke or lots of car exhaust (both contain lead).

Special healing foods: Sea vegetables, cilantro, chlorella, spirulina, greens powder supplements, purple cabbage (lead), green beans.

Other notes: Heavy metals seem to go hand-in-hand with “heavy” emotions. For example, I personally noticed that as I was clearing out mercury I was also facing fear, and while releasing lead I also released judgement. Who knows what causes what, but it’s helpful to see and shift things from multiple angles!

Parasites- My personal belief is that these are also much more common than we realize. Especially possible if you’ve traveled to 3rd world countries, eaten raw fish, or had diarrhea or digestive issues.

Special healing foods: Pumpkin seeds, figs, coconut, food-grade lemongrass oil, raw garlic, apple cider vinegar.

Other notes: Physical parasites can be indicators that your psychic boundaries are weak. Clearing them may provoke you to take a look at who may be “feeding off” your energy in ways that don’t serve you.

Candida/ fungus/ mold- Mass addiction to sugar is culturally condoned and can lead to many problems including fungal infections. Other causes include environmental exposure to mold, for instance if you’ve ever had water leaks in your home. Some say stored grains are an epidemic source of fungus, so for prevention it’s best to store them in the fridge if you do eat them!

Special healing foods, herbs and oils: Grapefruit seed extract, coconut, raw garlic, fermented foods/ probiotics, chamomile, frankincense (rub on belly!) Avoid sugar of all types (read labels), most or all fruits especially dried fruits, bread and all refined flours. Eat food as fresh as possible, minimizing or eliminating leftovers (best to freeze them if eating them at all).

Other notes: Fungus wants to stay alive and so will cause you to crave sugar and foods that feed it! Killing it off requires fortitude and willingness to go through the discomfort of something “dying” inside you. Something is dying, but YOU are becoming stronger.

Bonus tip for every kitchen: Pre-soak whole grains overnight before cooking (or sprouting) in an acidic medium such as apple cider vinegar or lemon juice, presoak beans overnight in kombu (seaweed), and presoak nuts 6-8 hours in filtered water with salt. This will increase the nutrients available in your foods and make them more digestible!

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WHY YOUR HEALTH & RELATIONSHIPS ARE ONE

Submitted by on January 23, 2011 - 10:49 am

There’s a reason why my friend, raw foodist Chef BeLive calls his e-book “Orgasm of the Taste Buds”. When the food we eat is filled with light or life force, so are we! And our life force is the same as our sexual energy, or the creative energy we use to manifest anything in our lives!

Not that you have to eat all raw food (I don’t!) But there is something about living raw, which transcends diet to living fully and authentically and passionately, that really appeals to me.

And I see that most dis-ease in the body happens when our life force gets stopped. This, as I see, has to happen before something “happens to us” (i.e. before we catch a cold or get a disease.

Even scientists will say that there are bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc. all over the place, but they only thrive in certain conditions. And besides these usual suspects which “cause” health issues, today most people are also exposed to tons of chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, and other toxins– most of which are due to living a very un-natural life!

While most of us can’t live in today’s world without at least some exposure to these things, we absolutely CAN live with more vitality and authenticity. We can’t control external influences, or even our bodies, but we CAN control our relationship to them.

And as you may have noticed in your personal relationships or those of your loved ones, trying to control things never works, but changing yourself and your attitude can bring miracles! Ignoring those we’re in relationship to doesn’t work either.

But we can learn to dance. Beginning with listening to our feelings moment-by-moment and moving with them (whether literally dancing or not), we end up in a great place to dance with another, or simply to live peacefully in our bodies.

When I observe people’s relationships, I see so many half-in half-out. There’s another body nearby but each person is in their own little world.

And the sad part to me is that our society accepts this. People think, “This is as good as it gets.”

All it would take for a couple, for instance, is to lie together and breathe for 5 minutes and BOOM- deep connection- but instead people rush around in preoccupation and complain later about the other.

When I read people’s bodies and health, I see something similar…

The liver is manic because it’s overloaded and no one is listening so it gets more manic. The brain is operating off old programs that lead nowhere and aren’t true, but the person confuses these patterns with real feelings and chases them attempting to survive. A woman’s hormones take over her entire being and she can’t make wise decisions about relationships.

It amazes me that our society thinks things like headaches, constipation, and PMS are normal. I am shocked to witness how many people are on prescription drugs– often many and at a young age.

While these symptoms are common in today’s world, they are not “normal” but are our bodies way of communicating a disharmony. While drugs have their place, I feel the mass reliance on them would not be necessary if we simply communicated with our bodies and chose a healthy diet, lifestyle and relationship with ourselves and others.

People say they don’t know how to do that but I believe we do know.

If we’ve only been exposed to processed food, of course, there may be some education needed to realize the benefits of other options. But in terms of what feels good and bad to our bodies and relationships, if we only pause and listen it’s pretty obvious what works and what doesn’t.

You don’t have to have the final answer to start a conversation. Your answer may not match up with anyone else’s, nor with anything you’ve been taught or shown, and there are no tests and no grades.

But you do know. Ask yourself…
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WHY NEEDY WOMEN AREN’T ATTRACTIVE & THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WANTING & DESIRE

Submitted by on - 10:47 am

A client asked me the other day whether to reach out to a man she’d been dating, or wait for him to contact her. She is a passionate, enthusiastic woman and yet she wanted to stay feminine.

If you read “The Rules” or a number of popular dating books, or if you ask your Grandma, you’ll probably hear that women (or anyone wanting to play the feminine role in relationship) should never initiate, only respond.

I see the beauty in that, and yet when you throw in psychic dynamics, it’s not so simple.

If you think of him all day and imagine what you want him to say and do, and then he calls you and does it, who made the first move? If you feel empty and lost and desperate for him to fill you up, but you look stunning and act gracious, what kind of man do you think you’ll attract?

The whole package is important, but I find the energetic aspects of relationship are often overlooked. And I’m passionate about sharing what I have learned clumsily through trial and error, before I found teachers and developed what I now understand.

Here is what I told my client, and what I would tell women (or anyone, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, wanting to play the feminine role in relationship):

Begin now to feel your fullness. The feminine is at home in fullness– for example: the fullness of family, beautiful things, emotions, conversation.

If communicating with a man (or masculine partner) comes naturally as an expression of that fullness, do it. He will feel your fullness and that enlivens and excites him.

The masculine, on the other hand, is at home in emptiness. The masculine finds relief in retreat to the garage or monastery, or in completing tasks and goals.

If your desire to communicate with a man comes out of a sense of need, or trying to achieve something (for example “I have to make plans for Friday night,” “I have to have 2 children before I’m 40,” etc…), then don’t. Because if you’re coming from this space, you’re in your masculine and you’ll either turn him off or he’ll become more feminine to please you. Is that what you want?

And the tricky part is that even if you don’t say a word, if you’re in the space described above he will feel it whether you contact him or not!! So, if you’d like to surrender in feminine bliss, start now and feel it in you and in your life.

Now, about wanting and desire… Consider that “wanting” implies you don’t already have something. That puts you in a space of need and emptiness and pushes away what you want… Ugg!

Of course we want. Otherwise we would be in the monastary too… boring! (in my opinion :)

But there is a fine line between wanting and desire. Consider being full, and yearning to share your love and passion. Different, yes?

My teacher used to say that our greatest pains come from not being able to give what we have, rather than from failing to get what we want. If we didn’t have something within us, how would we know to want it? How would we know what we’re missing?

And by the way, when you feel full inside, in touch with your power and passion, just think what a strong man you will attract who can match that. Bonus!

If this resonates, I hope you’ll join “Sweet Surrender”… I am over-full of material to share! :)

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Want to use this article in your E-Zine or Web Site? You can, as long as you use this complete tag with it:

Intuitive Healer Ann O’Brien publishes the “Flowering Sol” email newsletter to help you blossom into your light. If you’re ready to open up your intuition and creative power to fulfill your dream life, get your free gifts at www.FloweringSol.com.

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copyright 2010 Ann O’Brien- All Rights Reserved.