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April 4, 2005, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Beverly Bivens, Women’s Ministries Coordinator, has asked me to present Laugh and Last at the Monday evening dinner meeting. Did you know that laughter is an anti-aging strategy? April 15-16, 2005, Napa Valley, California. Join me for the two-day The Brain Program at the St. Helena Center for Health. Register early and complete your Benziger Thinking Styles Assessment well in advance. Phone (800) 358-9195 or (707) 963-6365. July 29, 2005, St. Helena, Calfornia. The Brain Program, Friday 9-5 at The Women’s Center. Interest in the one-day program just completed on February 25th was so great that two additional programs have been added to the calendar (July 29th and October 14th). Register early and complete your BTSA. Ask about Continuing Education for Nurses, MFTs, and LCSWs. Call 707-963-1912 or E-mail Carrie at beggc1@ah.org. Note: May 18th I’ll be offering two half-day seminars at the Women’s Center. These make great follow-ups to The Brain Program. Selected References
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Point to PonderIf the bullet doesn’t have your name on it, get out of its way. --Friedman
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Your
ability to implement and sustain a high-level-wellness lifestyle
has a lot to do with how much energy you have. Repeatedly I receive
questions about how food and micronutrition impact brain/body energy.
My article, Energy--Your Bottom Line,
includes information about the connection between micronutrition
and energy. 
As
you know, the brain requires fuel (glucose) in order to think. Complex
carbohydrates can be a healthy source. Last January my cousins in
Portland introduced me to a 7-Grain Hot Cereal that I have
been enjoying on a regular basis, especially on chilly winter mornings.
That reminds me: Some of you have asked for my Butternut
Squash Soup and Carrot Ginger Soup recipes.
They are now posted on my web site. 
March
18-19, 2005, in Chehalis, Washington. I’ll be presenting
several brain-related topics in four sessions that begin Friday
evening and conclude with 
The
topics 
More
stimulation for your cerebral neurons!
The
more you take the more you leave behind. What are they? 
The
book, Balance Your Brain--Balance Your Life
by Dr. Jay Lombard and Dr. Christian Renna, is subtitled:
28 Days to Feeling Better Than You Ever Have.
The authors propose that you can boost your health, energy,
and happiness by balancing five key neurotransmitters. They
reference new studies that shed light on contributing factors
for a plethora of conditions (e.g., OCD, PTSD, MS, and depression).
Strategies to correct neurotransmitter imbalances utilizing
customized 28-day programs of exercise, diet, supplements,
and herbs are included. A questionnaire is provided along
with a list of effects that neurotransmitter imbalances can
have on one’s life and health. Although I rarely agree
with everything in any book, this one sheds some interesting
light in several directions and offers plenty of food for
thought.
I
laughed aloud when I read Friedman’s words. How true!
It is vitally important to avoid becoming a symptom bearer
for someone else. More often that you might think, bullets
are shot randomly and were never specifically directed at
you. Increasing your awareness, learning how to dodge danger
quickly, creating and setting appropriate boundaries, and
avoiding taking things personally can be helpful strategies.
So can learning to mind your own business. I think it is possible
to attract bullets by becoming enmeshed in situations
that would be best left to the involved parties for resolution.