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Knowing yourself is one of the greatest tools to healing and staying healthy, safe and successful. Check out these great tools to help you know yourself and invest the best in YOU! 

10/9/2013

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TOOL #1  <3


Check out this great tool by the American Heart Association! 
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/WeightManagement/BodyMassIndex/Body-Mass-Index-BMI-Calculator_UCM_307849_Article.jsp


What is your BMI (body mass index)? 
Use this incredible link to help you discover where you are at with your body fat. 


Are you ready to invest in yourself and change your path? 
Are you ready to stop feeling bad and being at high risk for ill health, injuries or poverty? 


Each day we are faced with choices. 
We can choose to head to the fast food drive through or pack our own health lunch and snacks. 
We can choose to sit and watch TV for hours and talk about how we don't have time to prepare healthy meals or to work out. 
We can choose to work out while watching our shows or aim the TV into the kitchen and watch while preparing healthy snacks and meals for the day or for the week. 
Or, we can just watch a lot less TV and get out of the house and enjoy a walk or run in nature. 
We can go to the gym or work out in our living room, kitchen, office, garage or even the yard. 
We can complain about how healthy food is so expensive and too expensive for our budget or we can take an honest look at how much we eat, how often, the nutritional value of the foods we eat and do a true comparison. 


We can choose to invest in ourselves or we can choose to put on blindfolds of false beliefs (I'm not good enough, I don't have time, I am too tired, I'm in too much pain, etc) and false information (good food is too expensive and hard to find, etc) and we can take simple steps daily towards our self care. 



It's hard watching a loved one kill themselves slowly with toxic foods and beliefs and filling the air with their excuses and "I can't" statements. Are you that loved one that others are losing to poor choices? 

You can choose to look into the mirror and say "I love you, and I'll show you that I do" and get out there and commit yourself to daily acts of self love. 

You can focus on the why you want to achieve, succeed, shift, release, etc.... the "WHY" that pulls you forward. 
Or, you can focus on the "why I can't" statements that keep you stagnant, broke and in ill health. This why sits you down and leads to deeper depression, more physical and mental and emotional pain. This why keeps you broke, unhealthy and sets you up for failure. YOU are worth MORE than that! :) 

You can use the "instead of" mindset. 
One simple shift daily can make a HUGE difference in your overall health, safety and success. 
Instead of watching a movie or two hours of shows I'm going to watch a documentary relevant to my goals: career, health, wealth, etc. Or I'll listen to an audio book about wealth building, health, or something I've really been wanting to learn more about while I workout or clean or drive. 
Instead of eating that fast food, I'm going to bring a salad and some fruit and perhaps dried fruit and nuts or protein shakes. 
Instead of that soda for today I'll choose herbal tea, water, 100% fruit and/or veggie juice or 100% produce smoothie. 
Instead of complaining, I will invest that time in writing down all I am grateful for in my life. 
Instead of thinking about what's wrong with me or others I'll spend time looking for things that I CAN DO and do them. 


Just for today I will.... 


Tool #2  <3
Here is a tool that you can use... instead of fast food or high fat foods, choose this to help you loose or maintain your weight: http://jodygonzalez.bodybyvi.com/


Find what works for you and start stepping towards your goals. 


Have a happy healthy and wealthy day!!! 

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Maintain a healthy balanced diet... cliche? Invest in your health and improve your life holistically!

5/3/2013

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Living a holistic balanced healthy life helps us to not only have more fruits of our labor, but helps us to enjoy them more. 

Your body is one of your biggest investment, wouldn't you agree? 
Our wonderful bodies carry us through our days. When we want to walk to do something our bodies support us. When we want to stand and complete a task or watch an event, our bodies support us. When we want to do activities, fitness, fun stuff, make love, play, etc. our bodies support us. 
When we want to give someone a hug or write or email or do art, etc, our bodies support us. 
When we want to breath, sleep, think, create, rest, love, give, receive, etc. our bodies support us. 


In what ways do you support your body? 
Do you invest in your holistic health and well being? 
Have you thought about it much? 
If you looked at where you invest your time, energy, money and thoughts the most, would your investments match your goals or dreams or your core values? 

In all things in life; health and balance are essential for quality living. 
We have no way of knowing how long we will live, how or when we will die, but we do have a lot of say and a lot of control in how we will live. 
While we do not have absolute control in our lives, we are the ones in the driver seat. Life circumstances or world events may sit in the back seat and add to the navigation so to speak, but ultimately we ourselves are the ones in the driver seat. 
We can and do contribute to the ripple effect of the world, but we do not control the world, things do come up and challenges do happen. We do have choices and we do have control over ourselves, our attitudes and our daily investments. 

We can invest 10 to 60 minutes a day in our fitness, our fun, our education, our meditation, our spiritual practices and in our goals. 
We can make the choice to do less of the things that do not serve us like watching TV, a lot of social media, a lot of video games, movies, eating junk, complaining, etc, and replace them with investments that lead to our quality of living. 

We can chose to invest an extra 10 to 30 minutes a day to improve our nutrition and to set ourselves up for success, or we can be lazy and careless now and invest our time later by days, weeks or months in the hospital, nursing home or by ending up 6 feet under far younger from heart disease, lung disease or some other illness that we have caused or mostly contributed to. 

Maintaining balance in all areas of your life will help to set you up for success in living a longer more abundant and joyful life. 
  • Nutrition: do the research and find what is best for your body: protein, produce, carbohydrates, water intake, fats, etc... keep them balanced to maintain good health and to avoid getting bored and burned out. 
  1. Set yourself up for success by creating your schedule to fit time in to prepare healthy foods so that you will not find the excuses in your day to go eat fast food or to eat junk if you are at a lunch for work and all they offer is junk. 
  2. Be willing and prepared to bring your own food. 
  3. Learn to reward yourself with healthy foods or a fun event instead of rewarding yourself with junk that is counterproductive. 
  • Fitness: While it is important to practice the same fitness for a few months to get the body into that specific fat and calorie burning routine, you can diversify and maintain balance by alternating your fitness routine within the week, for example: 
  1. Two days a week: lift weights or do calisthenics 
  2. Two days a week do yoga or piates
  3. Three days a week do Martial Arts, dance, run, play tennis, play basketball or some other cardio work out
  • Relaxation: find 5 to 20 minutes twice a day to sit in silence. Close your eyes, breath deeply into your abdomen, find a focal point to help you clear your thoughts. 
  1. Try using an image of a small candle in a dark room in your mind. Visualize the candle and when your mind drifts to tasks and other thoughts say "thinking" and then go back to seeing the candle in your mind. This helps to bring yourself back into the present moment. This is a great mind training activity that will lead to deeper mediation later. 
  • Visualize & Celebrate: invest 2 to 5 minutes each day to visualize and internally celebrate your successes in all areas of your life. There are many areas of life that create the whole: body, mind (education, etc), social (relationships, etc), Spiritual, financial (money, career, etc.), & emotional. 
  1. Pick one area of your life at a time and see yourself experiencing things exactly how they would be as if you have already achieved your goals and feel the gratitude pulse through your body in celebration as if it's happening right now. Stay in this state of living your goals/dreams and in the state of appreciation for a couple of minutes. 
  2. Just choose one area per day, or visualize one area daily for a week or for a month and then the next area. 
  3. Be sure to stay on the wonderful feeling and do not counter act with a follow up negative comment or sarcasm. 
  4. EFT tapping, coaching and inundating yourself with positive people, books, or other sources can help tremendously.  
  • Social: Spend time with loved ones, share intimate moments as well as enjoy a more social settings with a group of friends. Keep a healthy balance so that you are nurturing all areas of yourself and of your loved ones. We are social beings and even intense introverts need to experience connection and support of others. 
  1. Also, it is very good for the heart, soul and for the quality of life to do acts of service in balanced and meaningful ways. 
  2. Remember to keep your social life as a part of the whole and to not become consumed by it. 
  3. Acts of service, gift giving and showing up for folks are amazing ways to show love and support, remember to do what feels good to do and do it free from expectation. When you give freely you free yourself. When you show up because it is yours to do, you feel good about it. When you show up because you "have to" you can cause yourself to feel resentment. Remember, you are the driver and this is your life to enjoy. :) 
  • Finances, Career or business goals: Be sure to differentiate needs from wants. Invest more in needs than wants and allow yourself some wants from time to time. 
  1. Invest time, energy and money in that which will enhance your goals. 
  2. Look at areas that you get more for your investment. An example is nutrition: fast food cost a lot of money, lowers energy, lowers the immune system and in the long run may cost a lot of your time dealing with health issues. YET Investment in good nutrition may cost a bit more up front and take a bit more time investment up front but yields greater returns down the road: better health, lower medical bills, less time with doctors and in hospitals, more energy to invest in your business and in your relationships, goals and in so much more. 
  • FUN: Don't forget to have fun! 
  1. Get out and play! Don't over invest in your fun (such as gambling or other expensive hobbies). Be mindful that you don't end up spending so much time, energy and money on fun that you don't have anything left for goals and a quality long life. BUT do remember to include fun in your life! This is very important to maintaining balance, focus, and in sticking with any goal. 
  2. Laugh! Laughter is great for your holistic health & success. 
  3. Get your hands dirty! Well not really, but kind of. Get out into nature. Enjoy walks on the beach, hike up some hills or go horse back ridding. Gardening and pottery are other ways to connect back with nature. 
  4. While it is important to invest in your holistic health, career goals, education (including continuing education), if we do not take some time to stop and smell the roses so to speak then we lose sight of what life is about.
  • LOVE: invest in your relationships and enjoy fun times with those you love. Be affectionate and connect with those you love as often and as deeply as possible. Schedule time with loved ones and make them a priority. 

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LOVE
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HAVE FUN
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CAREER & BUSINESS GOALS
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RELAXATION, MEDITATION, PRAYER
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FITNESS
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EDUCATION
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EFT TAPPING
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COACHING
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ENJOY NATURE
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Questions to ponder...

6/2/2011

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Questions to ponder...

6/2/2011

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What does health and safety mean to you? How can you make things different in your company to improve work standards and prevent injuries?

Do you have a health and safety protocol set up? Are you prepared to handle emergencies?

How can you save money by implementing health and safety standards?

Would your customers be treated differently if your employees were more confident?

How would communication flow in your company if your employees used effective assertive communication?

Would your customers feel more confident with your company if they were treated better, differently or if they witnessed more confidence in you?
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Health and safety article from OSH website.

11/18/2010

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As you know Health & Safety Training and Certification is required in many work settings and to meet many licensing requirments, but did you know that there is a lot of information out there available to help you meet these requirments affectively.

We are quality instructors with American Heart Association that can help you gain quality training and certification.

Here is some more information to assist you with things you can do to make your company safe and successful!

To find this document, go to this website: http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/basic.html#_1_13

How do you establish medical aid and first aid programs? First aid facilities and the provision of medical aid is generally prescribed under health and safety legislation or workers' compensation legislation. The OSH program must include the following information:
  • location of first aid stations and medical facilities
  • identification of first aid attendants
  • identification of other staff trained in first aid
  • policy on pre-employment and follow-up medical examinations
  • procedures for transporting injured employees to outside medical facilities
  • provision of first aid training
  • procedure for recording injuries and illnesses
A policy on return to work after a lost-time accident might appropriately be included in this section of the program. The fact that "light duties" or "modified work" is a controversial issue is all the more reason for the organization to agree on a clear policy that is known by all employees. In some jurisdictions, modified work rules are covered by legislation.

In general, if injured workers are offered alternative employment:
  • the work must be suitable and productive
  • the worker's physician must agree that such employment will not harm the worker or slow down the recovery
  • the worker will pose no threat to other workers
  • the policy is applied to off-the-job injuries as well
Under no circumstances should the reduction of severity ratings be a reason for initiating a "modified work" program.

http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/basic.html#_1_13 
How do you promote employee involvement in health and safety programs? Once the health and safety program has been set in place and the program appears to be running smoothly, effort is still required to maintain enthusiasm and interest. Studies have shown that the effectiveness of health and safety educational techniques depends largely on how much importance management is seen to place on health and safety. Where management, by its actions, has shown that they are sincerely concerned, interest in the program can be maintained at a high level. Accountability for individual performance is a key motivator.

Safety awareness can be enhanced by:
  • the setting of realistic goals and monitoring progress
  • Distribution of all pertinent information
  • individual recognition for superior performance
  • general meetings, tailgate talks, and one-on-one coaching
  • Well-designed incentive programs
The safety incentive program is probably the most controversial. Most incentive programs are based on the rationale that anything that raises safety awareness is worthwhile. However, there are those who do not share this viewpoint. They maintain that these programs lead to under-reporting of accidents and promoting of the "walking wounded" syndrome. Programs must not encourage workers to remain at work when doing so is unsafe for them due to their physical condition. Therefore, when an incentive program is launched, strict controls must be maintained to prevent this from happening. The joint health and safety committee can play a leading role in activities designed to promote the program and participation of all employees.


Should workplace specific items be included in occupational health and safety programs? The elements of OH&S programs discussed so far apply to all basic health and safety programs. In addition, specific items may be needed to address workplace specific activities. Examples of such items are:
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
  • lock out procedures
  • hot-work permits
  • material handling rules
  • plant maintenance
  • fire safeguards
  • vehicle safety rules
  • off-the-job safety
  • working alone guidelines
  • personal protective equipment requirements
  • engineering standards
  • purchasing standards
  • preventive maintenance

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