How I Am Handling The Sandy Hook Tragedy Without Succumbing To Depression

Which is also how I deal with the rest of the tragedies that take place everyday all over the world.

I want to watch the news about this. I want to hear every update. I want to hear the solutions suggested. I want to hear what the experts, and the president, and the news media have to say about this. But if I watch it non-stop then that would be very bad. I don’t deal well with tragedies emotionally.

So here’s what I do. I watch or listen or read about it for as long as I can until I get a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes and then I stop listening or watching or reading about it. Then when it comes back around, because it’s everywhere, I do it again.

I guess I take it in small doses as I can handle it. In the meantime I stay busy with other stuff and try not to think about it.

How do you handle it?

Be Happy ~ Be Healthy

Tragedy in Connecticut

I feel that I should say something but have nothing to say. I don’t think man will be able to solve this problem and I don’t think it’s a gun control issue.
He must have been mentally ill. Only a mentally ill person would do what he did. So maybe our society doing better at recognizing and helping mental illness could be part of the solution.
I am very sad and am trying not to think about it.

Try To Be Happy ~ Be Healthy

We All Have Prejudices, The Question Is What Are You Going To Do About It?

We all have prejudices. The simple definition is preconceived judgements. The problem is that we don’t always know what our prejudices are. So much of what we believe is on a subconscious level.

So here’s how you can get a clue. If you don’t like someone and you don’t even know them, there is nothing that’s been said or done that would create your dislike, you are probably prejudiced.

Or, there is something about them you wish for yourself. Or, there is something about them you hate about yourself.

It’s really not hard to figure out what it is if you stop and think about it. And it’s a good self awareness lesson.

If it’s a prejudice, preconceived judgement, then you can adjust your attitude to allow for it and work on eliminating that prejudice or belief system. Unfortunately, we are inundated with racist, sexist, and ageist messages from the time we are very little. Sometimes we carry belief systems we aren’t even aware of.

I seriously offended someone once that I considered a friend and she never really liked me after that. She was Mexican, I was talking about my feelings (at that time) about Mexican men, and what I said was very offensive to her. I’ve outgrown those prejudices but I lost a friend that day. And I didn’t even know it.

If it’s something you are envious of, you can work on developing that attribute in yourself. For me, I envy people with self discipline who are hard workers. Because I think that I’m lazy. And unself- disciplined. So instead of hating people that are what I wish I was, I try to surround myself with them, hoping their good habits will rub off on me.

If you figure out it’s something you hate about yourself and you see your reflection in them, then instead of hating them for what you are, you can work on that area of your life.
In my case, I didn’t like people who were pushy socially, getting in other people’s conversations, or not watching for clues that I might not feel like talking today and talking to me anyway. That is so me and I hated it about me.
Since I figured this out I’ve modified the behavior to a degree. I still get pushy socially, but it’s consciously with a purpose (usually). And I accept that it’s part of who I am and love myself for it.

Self awareness is crucial for creating the life you want. Use it wisely and often.

Be Happy ~ Be Healthy

Drugs Versus Good Health

Drugs, medicine or surgery will never be able to replace being healthy and fit. In actual fact drugs substitute what the body should be doing for itself and make it weaker.

Granted, it’s easier to just take a pill than it is to eat right and exercise. Short term, anyway. But in the long run, you will be happier, feel better and have more energy if you stay away from medicines as much as possible.

Keep yourself fit and healthy and when you do get sick, heal yourself naturally.

Be Happy ~ Be Healthy

Magnesium and Insomnia

All day I’ve thought about what I wanted to talk about today. I decided to share this experience I had.
So many people I know or follow online suffer from anxiety and/or insomnia. This is a problem that is a recurring theme in our family, too.
Katrinasamples.com wrote an article about some of the symptoms caused by a magnesium deficiency, It included anxiety and insomnia.
I started giving my daughter the Vemma vitamins and minerals every morning before school and an extra magnesium capsule at night before bed. In less than a week both symptoms were under control.
Twice I’ve stopped giving it to her, twice the symptoms came back and then were alleviated within a week.
If you have the same problems then try it and see if it helps you also.

Be Happy ~ Be Healthy

There Will Always Be Good People

I thought you might like to see this.

http://www.wimp.com/secrethero/

Be Happy~Be Healthy

The Flu

First Tabitha got sick. Sore throat, headache, low grade fever, and sinus stuff which progressed to a cough. Then Isaiah got it. Then I got it.
We don’t do flu shots. We do essential oils and Vemma. Because we don’t have parallel universes to compare situations I don’t know what would have happened if we had a flu shot instead of using the oils and taking lots of vitamins.
What I do know is that the oils alleviated the symptoms and the oils along with the vitamins facilitated the healing process.
So even though I’ve slept a bit more, and the kids missed a bit of school, the illness didn’t degenerate into any infections or the necessity to go to the doctor. We are all getting better and managing.
One more oil and vitamins success story.

New Name, New Theme

I think I’ve finally settled on a name for my blog and a theme. I still have a lot of work to do on this but it feels like it’s all coming together now.
What do you think?

Vemma Is In Momentum

Vemma Is In Momentum.

850 signing up per day. Per day!

Whoo Hoo!! Peoples, let’s do this.

~Be Happy, Be Healthy~

University of Carol Saha

I have some goals. Successful Vemma business. Lose weight. Get ridiculously healthy and seriously fit, (exercise). Learn to draw. Learn photography. Write.

I was thinking I would go back to college, which would be awesomely fun, I was one of those kids that loved school, but I don’t think it would really move me toward my goals. So I’m now attending what I call the University of Carol Saha.

My curriculum is network marketing, p.e., art class, creative writing, marketing, and blogging. I have a few books for my classes that I am going to try out and see if I get what I need. I have a million gazillion books so I’m going to mix and match and experiment until I find what is working. As I make them a permanent part of my curriculum I’ll let you know what they are.

There will also be labs, which includes blogging, writing besides blogging, creating advertising materials, and actually talking to people.

I am creating a different world for myself. In a year I will be living in the same physical location (likely) but it will be a whole new me and a whole new place. The pain of staying the same is more than the pain of changing.

This is going to be so much fun.

~Be Healthy, Be Happy~