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Marilee Tolen’s Best of Home Spa Lady’s Tips Articles – Volume II

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Excerpted from Marilee’s Award Winning Weekly Newsletter “Home Spa Lady’s Tips of the Week”

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By Marilee Tolen RN, HN‐BC Home Spa Lady™

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About the Author ........................................................................................................................ 4

Holistic Treatment for Disease – Your First Step ........................................................................ 5

“Allow Natural Death” ................................................................................................................ 8

Detox at Home ........................................................................................................................... 10

Six Stress‐Free Strategies for Daily Living ................................................................................. 12

Best Kept Secret for Common Colds and Flu ............................................................................ 13

Whiten Teeth Naturally at Home .............................................................................................. 15

Hair Loss Solutions with Essential Oils ...................................................................................... 16

Can Scent Attract Love? ............................................................................................................ 17

Skin Candida: Bitten from the Inside Out ................................................................................. 19

How to Find a Holistic Dentist ................................................................................................... 22

Addition By Subtraction: How To Simplify................................................................................ 25

12 Ways to "Spa" in Your Workplace ........................................................................................ 27



ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marilee is a Registered Nurse with a clinical background in Intensive Care Nursing.

She was one of the first 25 nurses in the country to become Board Certified in Holistic

Nursing. She also holds certifications in Healing Touch as a Practitioner and Instruc‐

tor. She is a former member of the Board of Directors for both the American Holistic

Nurses Association and Healing Touch International. Marilee is a graduate of the four

year Barbara Brennan School of Healing Science and has completed Intuition Training

with Caroline Myss PhD and Norm Shealy MD. Marilee is a former owner of a large

Wellness Center that offered IV treatments of Chelation, Mineral Drips, and Hydro‐

gen Peroxide, along with Colon Hydrotherapy specializing in Cleansing, Detoxification, Anti‐Aging and Longevi‐

ty. She is also certified in Colon Hydrotherapy.

Marilee is founder of HUPeaceful Passages™UH, a program that offers Complementary Therapies in End of Life Care

such as energy work, therapeutic uses of essential oils, massage, music, and other natural non‐invasive

palliative measures for people and caregivers to people who are facing end of life issues. For the past 10 years

Marilee has been training in with Gary Young, founder of Young Living Essential Oils on the therapeutic effects

and healing abilities of organic grade A essential oils. She is currently finishing her certification in Clinical

Aromatherapy. Now that Marilee has brought her expertise online through HUHome Spa Lady™UH and her new

show HUGreen Tea with Marilee™UH where she interviews Alternative Medical and Holistic Health Care experts,

she is fulfilling her passion by touching thousands all over the globe. One passion of Marilee’s that you might

not hear that much about is that she loves to teach other holistically oriented health care practitioners and

professionals how to take their expertise online and create an internet business from what they know. This

information can be found at her underground website known as HUIntro to Internet Marketing UH.



HOLISTIC TREATMENT FOR DISEASE – YOUR FIRST STEP

================================================ Whether cancer, diabetes, arthritis, autoimmune disorders, and other chronic conditions ‐ the most important thing to do is to –

>>>>>Alkanize the body<<<<<

Naturopathic physician Carson E. Pierce wrote in his book:

"What I Would Do If I Had Cancer Again"?

"Adjusting a cancer victim's pH is an absolute must at the start of any treatment, whether orthodox or wholistic (Non‐toxic). I consider it a gross oversight that this major modality has been ignored for so long.

Could it have been overlooked because the cost is only about five cents a day?"

"What I Would Do If I Had Cancer Again" (http://www.worldcancer.com)

We want to create an alkaline environment in our body for several reasons. Being alkaline can prevent or help great many degenerative conditions such as cancer, heart disease, arthritis, kidney stones and gall stones.

Cancer cannot survive in an alkaline environment. Many pathogenic organisms cannot exist in an alkaline environment.

Acid conditions lead to degenerative diseases, especially arthritis and kidney/gallstones.

What creates an acidic environment?

Coffee, tea, sodas, meats, desserts, sugars, chemicals, medications, thoughts ‐ and how about stress? Just think‐ing stress‐filled thoughts can increase acidity levels in the body.

These acid levels aren't just about the acid in the stomach.

The entire body has varying levels of pH.

The body works hard at maintaining a blood pH of 7.4. So much so that it will pull from other areas of the body to keep that blood pH fairly constant. It will work by depositing and withdrawing acid and alkaline minerals from other locations including the bones, soft tissues, body fluids and saliva.

So the pH of these other tissues fluctuates. All forms of arthritis are associated with excess acidity. Acid in the body dis‐solves both teeth and bones, so this is also a factor in osteoporosis.

How do we remove excess acidity?

Eating alkalinizing foods (also call acid‐binding foods) is the best way. Here are very high level acid‐binding foods:

Oysters Unpasteurized dairy from cows, sheep, goats pumpernickel bread



coconut black radish spinach endive tomato dandelion figs citrus fruits root vegetables sweet potato olives greens

Eat raw foods ‐ fresh fruit, nuts, sprouts, vegetable juices.

Cooked whole foods work too. Especially vegetables and certain grains.

Once alkalinized through food, and then move the alkaline condition throughout the body by:

Exercise

Massage

Yoga

Mobilize the lymphatic system in the body (a circulatory system designed to cleanse the body of toxins) by using a mini‐trampoline also called a rebounder.

Rest the digestive system by once a week doing just organically grown fruits and vegetable juices. This helps to neutral‐ize the acidity.

How can we easily alkalinize?

Drink beverages first thing in the morning that are alkalizing.

Some good beverages to alkalinize your body are:

Orange juice, and to alkalinize further squeeze lemon in it Water with lemon. If you want a hot beverage, drink hot water with lemon. Certain teas. Kukicha (Twig) tea, Green teas Vegetable broth. Boil cabbage, carrots, and onions together and drink the broth. Vegetable juices, preferably fresh and organic ‐ green is great Apple Cider Vinegar with water



How do we know if we are acid or alkaline?

Measuring the pH of the saliva gives us a window into our susceptibility to degenerative diseases. Here's how to test your saliva pH:

Wait two hours after eating or drinking juices. Fill your mouth with saliva and swallow it a few times to make sure it is clean. Put clean saliva onto pH paper The pH paper should turn blue which would indicate that your saliva is slightly alkaline with a healthy pH of 7.4.

Get your pH paper here: http://tinyurl.com/g69zf



“ALLOW NATURAL DEATH”

======================= Choosing the three words "Allow Natural Death" over "Do Not Resuscitate", the other three words used when making the decision to provide no resuscitation to keep someone alive, can make such a profound difference in the lives and hearts of grieving families.

There is a movement rising in health care systems throughout the country to institute this new terminology.

These medical orders to "Do Not Resuscitate”, written as a prescription by a physician in a patient's chart, are usually given at a time when the patient has no chance of survival with medical means or following an 'advance directive' that the patient wrote him/herself.

One of the more difficult duties I had as a nurse working in a hospital was talking to families about the decision to DNR", or "Do Not Resuscitate", their sick and dying loved one.

I always thought the expression "Do Not Resuscitate" sounded cold and commanding. In discussions with the families it was evident to me that they took this to mean "do not keep my loved one alive", and of course they wanted to keep their loved one alive!

"Do Not Resuscitate" sounds withholding and like a 'take‐away'.

I'm so glad to hear that "Allow Natural Death" will take its place.

"Allowing" is not a command; it sounds like an appreciation of an organic inevitable process.

Let me rant for a bit here...

…So my experiences of the DNR's in the hospital were. . .once the families had to make the gut‐wrenching decision, they then had to put their signature on paper stating that command – which carries some emotional weight in and of itself. And to top it off, when the decision was made and the papers signed, then it was advertised!

The letters "DNR" were posted all over the place . . . on the walls . . . near the patient's bed . . . on the doors going into the room . . . and sometimes even written on the patients clothing or skin!

(I must ask ‐ do they still do that? Can any of you HSL Tips readers out there who work in a health care system these days email me and let me know if this still happens? Thanks!).

This is one of the many things that makes me shudder when I think about the loss of dignity people experience in the hospital, especially in end‐of‐life (thank goodness for hospice where dignity is maintained).

It is also one of the many reasons why I was so insistent that my parents die at home (which they wanted for them‐selves) if the conditions were right in that there was no need for ventilator or other equipment.

Five years ago this week my mother, who was hospitalized at was University of Penn for her kidney cancer, was told by her physicians she had very little time left to live.

The topic of "Do Not Resuscitate" didn't even come up.



Without a second thought we called Samaritan Hospice in Marlton New Jersey and brought her home to "Allow a Natu‐ral Death" in the comfort of her home surrounded by her loved ones.

We believed this helped to create conditions to allow a natural death . . . comfortably and peacefully. And she did have one weeks later.

The beautiful thing was that as a family we always used natural healing methods in our home, and just as we used them for living a good life, we also used them for dying a good death (for both of my parents).

Seven years ago after my father died a peaceful death at home, I took this concept and I created "Peaceful Passages: Complementary Therapies in End of Life Care" to create awareness of our ability to use wonderful holistic modalities for comfort and care, involvement of family members, and to facilitate a natural and peaceful death.

I also started a scholarship fund to help pay for education for people who want to study holistic modalities like energy healing, aromatherapy, massage, reflexology if they are going to use it in end of life settings or situations.

I would like to share this aspect of my work with you.

If you haven't seen my website yet, please visit it!

And if you would like to donate to the fund you can do it there by following the links to the non‐profit hospice Samaritan through which you can donate.

You can also buy my small Peaceful Passages booklet with over 60 stories on how holistic practitioners and people have used these therapies in an end of life care situation. All proceeds of this book go directly to the fund (the name of the fund is the M.J. Tolen Scholarship Fund).

And you can also apply for the scholarship with the information provided on this site.

Go to: http://peacefulpassages.org/ (and download the free report on "17 Natural Ways to Comfort Your Loved One Who is Sick or Dying".)



DETOX AT HOME

=============== Internal cleansing is not a new fad. Detox rituals are as old as time.

The Essenes (2nd century BC) practiced internal cleansing with gourds and river water. This was a spiritual process for them. They worked with the Angel of Water for purification.

Cleansing and detox can have amazing physical benefits and can offer mental, emotional, and spiritual cleansing as well.

There are many ways to cleanse and detoxify. Generally speaking, the best way to detoxify is by supporting the organs in the body that have the role of detoxification.

Those organs primarily are:

Skin Lungs Kidneys Liver Colon

Today, many people go to Spas, Wellness Centers, or holistically oriented practitioners for their cleansing procedures for things like:

Colonics Massage Energy Work Acupuncture Body Scrubs Facials IV Chelation

(yes, many of these can be considered detox measures)

Day and Destination Spas, Wellness Centers, and the like are great places to go to detox.

It's nice to have a person or people facilitate the process for you ‐ but what if you want a little privacy? Or save the big dollars it costs?

You can do many At‐Home Detox Procedures that can be very effective and feel great.

Home cleansing rituals are just w‐o‐n‐d‐e‐r‐full!

AND......you can even do many of them daily as ongoing health‐giving practices.

Here are a few, and some you can start right away:



Skin Brushing with a body brush to exfoliate skin and promote lymph circulation

Sweat out toxins this would require a sauna, infra‐red home saunas are popular today

Exercise home rebounding is great on mini‐trampolines, or even walking outside around your neighborhood

Detox baths many essential oils are good for this

Home enemas not a colonic, but effective in cleansing the colon

Digestive Enzymes enzymes before meals are great to help breakdown your food, and enzymes can help break down toxins to

Drink Water we can't hear this enough ‐ water is cleansing

Breathe Consciously certainly you breathe, but do so consciously with the awareness that you are cleansing the body with each exha‐lation

Use Essential Oils therapeutic oils oxygenate and detoxify simultaneously using the oils on a daily basis provides you with protec‐tion, cleansing, and revitalization



SIX STRESS‐FREE STRATEGIES FOR DAILY LIVING ===========================================

Daily stressors can affect us more than big stressful events.

It’s the little annoying things that add up day after day that take a toll on our bodies, minds, and spirits.

Here are Six Strategic Tips to beat stress on a daily basis:

1. Get up 15 minutes earlier in the morning. This helps you start your day ahead of schedule and diminish the possibility of lateness.

2. Prepare for your morning the night before. Especially when it comes to eating breakfast. Have it planned and prepared as much as possible ‐ and then having a good healthy breakfast without being rushed for time sets a successful tone for your day.

3. Be prepared to wait. Stress can come from doing nothing but waiting especially when you have a slew to do. Carry a project with you that you can tackle while you wait for appointments or if you are standing in lines for example. A good thing to do is answer your emails on your 'smart phones'.

4. Cut the caffeine ‐ you will feel more sane (let alone the positive effects for your body).

5. Relax your standards. Take the pressure off yourself from your self‐imposed duties / tasks / project deadlines.

6. Do something nice for someone else. This helps you feel good while it helps another person.



BEST KEPT SECRET FOR COMMON COLDS AND FLU

============================================

The expression "There is no cure for the common cold!" is a popular phrase because most colds and flu’s are viral infec‐tions, they are not bacterial infections.

Antibiotics work only on bacterial infections.

Antibiotics are not effective against viral infections.

And antibiotics are really the only arsenal that conventional medicine has for infections. (Well there are a few anti‐viral meds that are extremely toxic to the liver and thank goodness docs don't prescribe frequently).

So consequently, the expression "There is no cure for the common cold" has become a popular *meme.

(*Definition of meme = phrase used to describe a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly from person to person ‐ like a virus ‐ ha ha!)

If a cure were to indicate healing of the problem and an eradication of symptoms, then medicine has yet to discover the best kept secret (that many of you know!) which is right under their nose (literally).

Essential Oils�Essential oils come from a variety of plants that have many amazing healing properties which include naturally fighting viruses.

My intention here is to write only about 'therapeutic grade essential oils not perfume grade oils that you mostly find in stores and also promoted through the English Model of Aromatherapy).

When used, essential oils create an environment where pathogenic organisms like viruses, fungus and other bad bacte‐ria and flu‐bugs (yes, maybe even the swine flu) cannot survive.

If you already know about using essential oils for keeping your immune system up and protecting you against infection, then I am here to tell you that you are an extremely empowered and fortunate individual who has a gift of this special knowledge. And if you have access to an excellent resource of essential oils ‐ then you are in a better position than mil‐lions of other people who have to rely an unfortunate false belief that there is "no cure for the common cold".

In my humble opinion the best essential oils that you can get on this earth are Young Living Essential Oils.

I personally have had the experience of having the flu that the YL oils have helped and I've also had experiences with other stubborn viruses (like Shingles) and have used Young Living Oils which stopped a painful flare‐up (within 24 hours).

Ravensara is what I used for my shingles ‐ and I was so excited to hear a world authority in therapeutic aromatherapy Kurt Schnaubelt present on stage last week at the YLEO 2009 Convention that ravensara is indicated for shingles!

There is tremendous fear about the oncoming flu season ‐ and so many questions about the Swine Flu ‐ if it is as bad as they are saying ‐ and even questions about the side effects of the vaccination (which personally I would never take).



If you are armed with an array of the Young Living Essential Oils, and take other natural preventative measures to keep your immune system strong ‐ then you have ownership of the best kept secret to fight colds and the flu.

Here's to a healthy winter season free of colds and flu!



WHITEN TEETH NATURALLY AT HOME ================================== Did you ever watch your white kitchen cups turn a brownish color even after washing them?

Coffees, teas, highly pigmented foods do this to your cups, and also your teeth.

Common stains from food attach to plaque and tartar buildup on the teeth.

Foods that stain your teeth are:

Soy sauce Berries Curry Coffee Red wine Dark soda Dark fruit juice Tea

Temperature changes cause teeth to expand and contract, allowing stains to penetrate teeth.

If you want to stay away from commercial teeth whitening products that use primarily Carbamide peroxide (known to be safe but some say lead to free radical damage), listed here are some easy natural things you can do at home:

Keep your mouth clean; it cuts down on stain build up. If you can't brush after every meal, make sure you rinse food out of your mouth after you eat.

Strawberries whiten teeth! Rub one on your teeth every day ‐or mash and apply with your toothbrush (rinse mouth afterwards)

Brush your teeth with a paste of baking powder and water Rub the inside of an orange peel on the teeth Brush your teeth with a paste of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide (rinse afterwards, don't swallow) Mix these ingredients and brush on teeth: 1 tsp baking soda dash of salt then add a few drops of white vinegar, which will foam

Burn a piece of toast, then scrape off the black layer of the toast (it is charcoal) and mix that with your tooth‐paste. Brush your teeth with this at night before you go to bed

Brush with mustard oil and salt Make a paste of ground, dried bay leaves and dried orange peels (you may need to add some water). Use this as a whitener in between brushing teeth

Equal parts of lemon juice and salt ‐ brush on as whitener Brush your teeth with apple cider vinegar Use an electric toothbrush. Studies show an electric toothbrush can remove 98.2 percent of plaque Great plaque dissolvers are anti‐bacterial mouthwashes. Many have alcohols that aren't all that healthy. The best natural mouthwash that is Thieves® Fresh Essence Plus Mouthwash from Young Living. It has essential oils such as peppermint, lemon, cinnamon, rosemary, eucalyptus, melissa leaf water, vitamin E



HAIR LOSS SOLUTIONS WITH ESSENTIAL OILS

======================================== When people lose their hair it can be devastating, whatever the reason.

I've known more than one woman diagnosed with cancer who was more concerned about losing her hair from treat‐ments than with the cancer.

It is amazing the value people put on hair.

And it is also amazing how many products are out there that attempt hair regrowth.

I am often asked if there is anything natural and available in the essential oil arena for hair loss.

There are many causes for hair loss. Alopecia (the medical term for hair loss), can be related to different things such as genetics, hormones, drugs, or illness.

And there are many types of alopecia. Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss that causes patchy baldness (this not the "male pattern baldness" hair loss). It affects men and women and is most likely caused by an inflammatory immune re‐sponse often followed by stress.

This is the type of hair loss that can respond to the use of essential oils. A 1998 study was done with 84 people who had been diagnosed with alopecia areata who used essential oil applications to their scalp:

Cedarwood (2 drops) Lavender (3 drops) Rosemary (3 drops) Thyme (2 drops) Placed in carrier oil mix of jojoba (3 ml) and grapeseed (20 ml)

(FYI‐all of these oils have been used to treat alopecia for more than a century).

Researcher Isabelle C. Hay and colleagues from the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland ran this study and had half the group use this essential oil mixture and the other half use a plain carrier oil.

Testing was done several times in during the seven month trial by photography and scalp measurements.

Of those receiving active treatment, 44 percent significantly improved, while 15 percent using placebo improved.

One male patient with alopecia areata as well as severe male pattern hair loss saw improvement in both areas after us‐ing the essential oil blend.

These results suggest that one or more of the essential oils are biologically able to promote hair growth.

Reference: Hay IC, Jamieson M, Ormerod AD. Randomized trial of aromatherapy. Successful treatment for alopecia area‐ta. Arch Dermatol . 1998; 134(11):1349‐1352.

Learn more about the use of therapeutic essential oils through your Young Living distributor or go here: http://tinyurl.com/aenfp



CAN SCENT ATTRACT LOVE? ========================

"Love is in the Air" is not just an expression of speech.

People who study the science of smell, 'osmologists', tell us that there are natural chemical messengers from a person's scent delivered through the air and captured by another’s olfactory sensors (smell receptors) to attract a mate.

These invisible messengers are called "pheromones", a word created by two hormone researchers, Karlson and Luscher, who combined two Greek words: pherein, meaning to bring or transfer; and hormon, meaning to excite.

Pheromones are released by the body through skin and sweat and are said to stimulate receptors in another person that will signal sexual desire.

Pheromones are not unique to humans. These and other natural smells and odors are important ways the plant and an‐imal kingdoms communicate.

Pheromones have been simulated and manufactured by fragrance companies and are heavily marketed. Many of these pheromones are supposedly put into perfumes which are not required to be listed on the label.

Therapeutic applications of chemically manufactured pheromones have been used in research to treat sexual dysfunc‐tion and according to Masters and Johnson are used successfully.

If you research the topic of pheromones you will find that there are many companies marketing them and you can well imagine why ‐ there is huge business for this sort of thing.

According to research done by these companies, here is a list of the effects of these chemically manufactured phero‐mones (many sound like the benefits of essential oils!):

A heightened state of relaxation Ease in social situations Less anxiety Increased confidence Decrease of social butterflies Feeling more attractive Happier; more optimistic outlook Enhanced working relationships More romantic relationships Empowered Increased sense of well‐being

For those of us who use essential oils therapeutically we naturally would ask ‐ might therapeutic essential oils and medi‐cinal aromatherapy have the same effect of pheromones? (We know they can do these things listed above ‐ but what would experts like Gary Young say?)

I can recall sitting in one of Gary Young's lectures years ago when he spoke to this issue of pheromones.



What I remember him saying was that essential oils are not pheromones themselves but they enhance production of our own pheromones.

This made sense to me in understanding the general action of therapeutic essential oils which is to encourage the body's own innate ability to achieve natural balance.

So how can we use this information about essential oils to attract love? (remember, this doesn't have to be "new love", this can apply if you are already in relationship)

Here are some suggestions:

Start with having the awareness of this natural mechanism in the body to respond to scent. When we have an awareness of things like this we can bring consciousness to it, and work with it.

Remember that the essential oils work by balancing and enhancing the body's own abilities.

Know this: High quality essential oils have tremendous 'life‐ force' and there is intelligence in them . . . so much so that they can follow intentionality. As you use your essential oils have an intention that you want for your life, health, well‐being etc. If you want to attract love or improve a love relationship for example ‐ hold that as an intention as you use your oils.

o This concept is not new to folks who use "Abundance" essential oil blend from YLEO. It was created with the intention of helping people attract abundance in their life.

And diffuse, diffuse, diffuse ‐ for many reasons but especially to infuse your environment with LOVE ‐ to attract it ‐ any kind of love!

(See Dr. David Stewart's book The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple: God's Love made Manifest in Molecules)

Other References:

Watson, Lyal. Jacobson’s Organ, And The Remarkable Nature of Smell. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, New York (2000).

Wedekind C, Furi S. "Body odor preferences in men and women: Do they aim for specific MHC combinations or simply heterozygoity?" Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. Oct. 1997: 264 (137); 1471‐9. Abstract

Cutler, W.B., "Human Sex‐Attractant Pheromones: Discovery, Research, Development and Application in Sex Therapy. Psychiatric Annals." The Journal of Continuing Psychiatric Education, Jan. 1999, Vol. 29, 1:54‐59.

McClintock MK, "On the nature of mammalian and human pheromones." Ann N Y Acad Sci, Nov. 1998 30; 855: 390‐2.

Learn more about the use of therapeutic essential oils through your Young Living distributor or go here: http://tinyurl.com/aenfp



SKIN CANDIDA: BITTEN FROM THE INSIDE OUT ============================================================

Have you ever had the experience of having a spontaneous eruption of little bumps, or what looks like little bites, on your skin and wondered if your bed has bugs?

Some people might call this a rash. Some might think it’s an allergy. Very few, if any, will perceive it as an attempt of a microbe – like candida albicans (yeast) ‐ to leave the body.

Candida albicans is a yeast or fungus that is a normal part of the body's flora (think of it as a garden). It’s part of the 'eco‐terrain' that helps systems balance in the body.

We cohabitate with these little critters, along with a host of other microbes, and they actually serve us as a part of our immune system.

There is a time when they don't serve us and start to cause more harm than good ‐ when they overgrow and get out of control and then they start compromising our immune system.

This happens when we introduce things into the body to cause them to overgrow. A perfect example is when people take antibiotics to kill certain bacteria.

Antibiotics, designed to kill pathogenic bacteria (bad bugs), also kill good bacteria. It's the good bacteria that keep things in balance and candida in check. When the good bacteria are destroyed, candida albicans, or yeast, overgrow like crazy.

Other things that kill the good bacteria are oral contraceptives, steroids, antacids, anti‐ulcer meds and many other me‐dications.

When you combine the destruction of good bacteria with a high sugar intake, or high refined carb diet, then you are as‐sured to have some nice colonies of critters growing in different areas of the body ‐ usually where there are mucous membranes (gastrointestinal system, sinuses, ears, mouth, nose, and vagina).

When there is a leaky gut situation present then the overgrowth of candida can get into the bloodstream from the gut and travel to different parts of the body.

"Systemic candida" aka "candidiasis" can affect the whole body and many of the body systems.

The way to keep candida alive and thriving in the body (which you don't want to do) is to create an acid condition ‐ from stress or diet high in sugar, meat, caffeine.

Candida LOVES sugar and multiplies rapidly with sugar. So if you are diabetic and your sugars are high you are helping candida overgrow as well.

Think of how you grow yeast to make bread ‐ dark, moist environment and feed it with sugar.



Candida overgrowth can cause a multitude of problems: allergies, depression, headaches, sinus problems, panic attacks, constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel, itchy eyes, environmental sensitivities, rectal itching, vaginal yeast infections, psoriasis, eczema, ADD, ADHD, hyperactivity, lactose intolerance, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder . . . and even more!

The best way to get rid of candida?

Two strong recommendations:

One ‐ starve it ‐ yup, don't feed it (it eats sugar ‐ and yuk . .they have their own digestive processes and their waste go right where they live ‐ in you)

Two ‐ take an internal substance that is going to kill it (such as certain essential oils and herbs)

So ‐ ideally . . . do a cleanse, like the Master Cleanse, use essential oils, and make sure you are eliminating.

When candida is systemic it can affect the skin ‐ especially when it is in a state of either overgrowth or die‐off.

Notice where the skin candida erupts and this gives you information as to the location of the originating site within the body. This is evident to people who know how to read the body.

Much like a reflexologist hits points on the feet to affect other parts of the body, there are points on the colon that ex press in other parts of the body. For example ‐ if there is a breakout on the shins it is indicative of issues in the colon ‐ right leg for ascending colon, and left leg for descending colon.

And things that show in the body symmetrically prove that there is a wisdom and a purpose for what is happening.

A great chart to learn about colon reflex points comes out of the Bernard Jensen material ‐ here is a link for his website and the chart: http://www.bernardjensen.com/product_info.php?products_id=163

When someone has leaky gut syndrome the colon wall is thin and the candida can go through that thinning membrane out into circulation and into tissues. When the candida want to escape from the tissues then skin eruptions will occur.

When skin candida erupts a characteristic lesion appears. It can be accompanied by circular redness, a little bump, and it is itchy. When you scratch it the skin breaks ever so slightly in a circle ‐ it is almost a perfect circle. It is slightly sore to touch and it stays there for a long time (a few days).

When people who use essential oils also have systemic candida, and are constipated and acidic, it is not unusual for skin candida to show up. These little bumps or breakouts can occur when the oils, doing their job correctly, work to create balance and attempt to kill the overgrowth of the candida. Many times people think they are allergic to the oils, but they just need to cleanse and alkalinize and they will have a better experience with the oils and allow the oils to do their job even better.

Currently as I'm writing this report I am doing the Master Cleanse. I live with an ongoing systemic candida problem that I have been fighting since my teens ‐ so I know this animal, or critter, real well ‐ and have developed an expertise to the point of professionally counseling others in their fight on candida.

As a result of the cleanse I have a die‐off occurring right now and I have perfectly symmetrical skin candida lesions on my hand; they are on the exact same spot on both hands.



(Here is the photo):

They feel like little bug bites . . . and that is exactly what they are ‐ the difference is ‐ it is a bite from the inside out.

Candida overgrowth is so prevalent, and even though you might think you don't have a problem with it, it is highly likely that you do. If you read what the symptoms are above, and identify any of those as problems you are living with ‐ then I would bet that the underlying issue is candida.

You may ask, as many do, if there is a test for this candida. It is difficult to get good accurate readings on this ‐ and can‐dida, like other life forms, can change from minute to minute ‐ so the best identifier for candida is by symptoms.



HOW TO FIND A HOLISTIC DENTIST

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It took me several years to decide to have the mercury amalgam fillings removed from my teeth.

This was one of the most important pro‐active health decisions I've ever made.

Thank goodness I did not have any serious health problems that led me to that decision; I wanted to do this to prevent health problems.

Having owned a physician staffed Wellness Center offering IV Chelation (an alternative therapy for heavy metals in the body and for cardiovascular disease), I had been immersed in the study of, and surrounded by the continued awareness of, heavy metal body burden.

I wanted to prevent the potential health conditions that I believe can be a result of heavy metal toxicity.

After making this decision I was then faced with an even more important decision – who was going to do this?

I wondered if I could possibly find a dentist who:

Embraced my belief system Had knowledge and skill in removing mercury amalgams Would keep us both safe in the process of removal Supported me holistically in other ways

Removing mercury amalgams is a very tricky thing because of the release of mercury that takes place during removal.

You might be asking "well then why take the risk?"

If you watch this video from the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, you will see why ‐ it’s called "Smoking Teeth" and explains how mercury vapors continue to come out of these fillings while in our mouths: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylnQ‐T7oiA (8 min 31 sec)

So I decided to go on a hunt to find the perfect dentist for this job.

For those of you who have been reading my stuff for awhile, you know that I'm one determined gal when I put my mind to something. . . and this was one of those things.

As synchronicity would have it, I came across a flyer about an upcoming "Holistic Dental Conference” in the Philadelphia area.



Even though I'm not a dentist I signed up for it thinking of the adage "if you want to catch a fish, go where the fish are swimming".

I was going to find my dentist at this event.

Attending this conference was an excellent decision because most of the presentations were on this exact topic that I needed! And I found that there were other non‐dentists attending too ‐ many of them were patients of the presenting dentists.

I learned about Dr. Hal Huggins, a dentist from Colorado who in the 1970's intensely campaigned against the use of mer‐cury amalgams. In the 1980's he went on to get degrees in Toxicology and Immunology, and began educating his pa‐tients about the potential dangers of their mercury fillings. Huggins lost his license to practice as a dentist which he con‐tended was politically motivated.

Huggins' contributions were great however, he published the following:

Solving the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Mystery: Help, Hope and Recovery.

Who Makes Your Hormones Hum?

Uninformed Consent : The Hidden Dangers in Dental Care

Of course the Quackbusters attack Huggins' work online, just like they attack Gary Young and other leaders in Alterna‐tive Health (btw ‐ you should check out the guys to bust the Quackbusters: http://www.quackpotwatch.org/ )

All of the dentists who presented at this conference referenced Huggins.

What I learned is that there are two different approaches to removing amalgams with relationship to timing.

One approach is to have all of them removed at the same time, or in a very short time period.

The other approach is to extend it out over a long period of time.

There are many other important recommendations made about natural products and practices to support this process ‐ such as nutritional and supplemental support (cilantro is great for helping the body detox mercury), and of course Vita‐min B's, and some other things.

And, the best part is ‐ I found my dentist! No, he wasn't presenting. I was speaking with a woman who was telling me about her holistic dentist and the excellent care she was receiving from him and his staff.

She told me about how he is available every morning for his patients to call in from 7:30 ‐ 8:30 with questions or con‐cerns.

I called in to speak with him and found out the particulars on how his office handles mercury removal. I also learned that he ‐ Dr. John Roeder ‐ was a second generation holistic dentist and that his father knew Hal Huggins and embraced a similar view.

These are other things I learned, and now know are very important when looking for a holistic dentist:



Dr. Roeder believed in removing mercury and saw health conditions improve on numerous occasions after removal

The dental suite was set up with magnetic devices in far corners of the room that would catch any remnants of mercury during removal.

I would be fully protected with a dental dam, nose guard, and glasses during the removal. A homeopathic would be available to help me calm down before procedures He understood my sensitivities to medications and would give an gentle anesthetic without epinephrine so my heart wouldn't beat fast

He embraced and recommended the use of therapeutic essential oils in mouth care The greatest recommendation of their practice was to use the Water Pik and your choice of essential oils to care for mouth and gums (see my video below)

Fast forward to today…

Over the past 3 years I have had all of my mercury amalgams removed (I had several). We did one quadrant at a time. This timing was my decision and they too believed in carrying this out over an extended time rather than having it done all at once.

I had been dealing with a patch of eczema on and off for a few years over my left lower jaw. Once I had my amalgams removed in that quadrant, my skin condition cleared immediately ‐ actually overnight.

I never in my life had any medical procedures done where I felt more cared for, safe, and even nurtured! Hard to believe but even in being in that dental chair with my mouth uncomfortably open for an hour or so and having drilling and work done in my mouth, I still felt great (no, I am not a masochist!)

Dr. Roeder has the most amazing assistant who is angelic, knowledgeable, and extremely skilled. Her name is Liz. She along with the other staff are all healers in their own right.

I know I'm sounding like a big cheerleader of Dr. Roeder’s dental practice and staff (and I'm NOT getting one cent to write this!) but when I come across a truly authentic holistic medical / health care practice ‐ where they embrace the philosophy (that's the key!) and not just do the practice ‐ then I have to shout from the mountaintops.

Dr Roeder’s Contact Info: 610‐647‐7273



ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION: HOW TO SIMPLIFY ========================================== "Addition By Subtraction" . . . I love this expression!

It becomes my mantra when I'm feeling overwhelmed, need to take things off my plate, and declutter my mind, body, and space.

And as much as I know that getting rid of things and projects will add to my life. . . .it is soooo NOT EASY.

When I learned about Leo Babauta's book "The Power of Less", and his blog ZenHabits.net, I said to myself, "this is a man I want to learn from and bring to the Home Spa Lady community!"

Let me give you a sampling of Leo's work from his blog . . . he even simplifies simplicity!

"...these are not 10 difficult things, but 10 simple things that you can do today. Not tomorrow, not next week, not next month. Today. Choose one and do it today. Tomorrow, choose another". L. B.

Excerpts from …

~ Simple Living Simplified ~

10 Things You Can Do Today to Simplify Your Life Leo Babauta

1. Make a short list… …of the 4‐5 most important things in your life.

a. What’s most important to you? b. What do you value most? c. What 4‐5 things do you most want to do in your life?

Simplifying starts with these priorities, as you are trying to make room in your life so you have more time for these things.

2. Drop 1 commitment a. Drop the one you dread doing. b. Call someone or send an email. c. Tell the appropriate person or people that you just don’t have the time. You will feel relief. I’d recom‐

mend dropping all commitments that don’t contribute to your short list; but start with one.



3. Purge a drawer . . . or a shelf, or a counter, or a corner of a room (not the entire room). How to purge:

a. Empty everything from the drawer or shelf or corner into a pile. b. From this pile, pick out only the most important things, the stuff you use and love. Get rid of the rest

(right now ‐ trash it, or put it in your car to give away or donate). c. Put the stuff you love and use back, in a neat and orderly manner.

4. Set limits today ‐ tomorrow stick to them.

5. Simplify your to‐do list. If it’s more than 10 items long

6. Free up 30 minutes to think about how you can free up time

7. Clear your desk with these steps:

a. Put everything it in a pile (either in your inbox or on the floor). b. Process the pile one item at a time and do one of these:

i. File it immediately ii. route it to someone else iii. trash it iv. note on your to‐do list

8. Clear out your email inbox.

How To Process Your Email: a. Process them top to bottom, one at a time, deciding and disposing of each one immediately. b. Your choices are to delete, archive, respond immediately (and archive or delete), forward (and archive

or delete), or mark it with a star (or something like that) and note it on your to‐do list to respond to later (and archive).

c. Process each email like that until the inbox is empty. d. Each time you check your email, process to empty.

9. Move slower

a. Eat slower, drive slower, walk slower, shower slower, work slower. b. Be more deliberate. c. Be present.

10. Single‐task.

a. Instead of multi‐tasking, do one thing at a time. b. Remove all distractions, resist any urge to check email or do some other habitual task like that while

you’re doing the task at hand. c. Stick to that one task, until you’re done.



12 WAYS TO "SPA" IN YOUR WORKPLACE ===================================== Why not have mini‐spa experiences on your work days ‐ within your work place?

You can do many easy things in your office environment to give you powerful rejuvenating opportunities.

Here are some tips for either your home or corporate office:

1. Create a 5 minute "mini‐steam" right at your desk. This can open your sinuses, your pores, and your mind and give you a much needed highly rejuvenating break in your workday. Pour hot water in a cup. Put 2 ‐ 3 drops of an essential oil such as eucalyptus, lavender, or peppermint in the cup. Put your face over the cup and take a large file folder capping over your head to create an enclosed environ‐ment (just tell your co‐workers that you are having a private session with the little men who make your tea ‐ they will REALLY leave you alone!) Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Write on the outside of the file folder in black marker "Taking a 5 minute spa break ‐ Do Not Disturb!".

2. Give yourself a 2 minute acupressure session with points on your face. Some people call this a non‐surgical face lift. This uses the Asian principles of opening up the channels of energy or "chi". It can give you an instant uplift, al‐leviate a headache, clear mental fog, and bring a glow to your face. Using both hands with the pads of your first 2 fingers press firmly all over both sides of the face.

3. Take a 4 minute fantasy vacation. Close your eyes, put your feet up on your desk, take a deep breath and picture your favorite vacation spot. See yourself there feeling good and having a great time. The unconscious mind doesn't know the difference between a real or imagined event. Your body will thank you!

4. Rap over a wrap.



Have a spa cuisine lunch with a good friend. Sandwich wraps filled with veggies and proteins are a good healthy lunch. Combine that with a "heart to heart" conversation for great stress reduction.

5. Give yourself self‐administered foot reflexology sessions right at your desk. Keep a foot roller at your feet to roll your feet on (shoes off) during the day. This can stimulate reflex points on your feet that can relax and invigorate your entire body. Along with foot rollers you can also use a golf ball, racquetball, or tennis ball. Don't forget to keep a pair of comfy slippers under your desk for times you just need to relax your feet.

6. Share a healing touch with an office mate. Exchange a nice shoulder rub with each other to relax those "computer tight" shoulder and neck muscles

7. Walk outside. Take a 10 minute nature break ‐ and that doesn't mean the rest room! A stroll outside in nature can do wonders for you.

8. Surround yourself with green. Have a voluptuous jade plant on your desk near your computer. Not only does the shiny green color relax you, but the jade plant helps to absorb electromagnetic frequencies that come off of your computer screen. In fact, many common houseplants detoxify the environment. Keep several types of plants nearby in your workspace. Peace lilies, spider plants, and English Ivy are all good plants to use.

9. Relax by gazing at your desktop pet fish. Fish are fun and relaxing to look at. A pretty and low maintenance fish to have on your desk is the Beta fish. It doesn't need a filtered aquarium to live in and lives on just a few pellets of food a day.

10. Snack healthy. Keep snacks in your desk drawer to keep your blood sugar levels stable, especially during stressful days and days you skip meals. Mixed nuts, trail mix or healthy protein bars are good to have on hand. Ningxia Red juice pack‐ets for on the go are a great healthy energy boost (from Young Living ‐ to order contact your distributor or go to http://tinyurl.com/aenfp ).

11. Play light music. Music soothes the soul ‐ and our souls often need soothing especially when we are stressed at work with issues and deadlines. Have your iPod or MP3 player with some of your favorite relaxing tunes on it playing lightly in the background.



1122.. Google your concerns. If your mind is distracted from work because of certain life issues like relationship problems, health challenges, or family concerns, then Google a phrase that best describes your concern and read about it ‐ such as "single again at 50", "empty nest syndrome", "midlife crises", etc.

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