Shortly after a round of antibiotics for a nasty sinus infection this month, I had a (first time) flare-up of diverticulitis. It was deemed a "mild case" but oh how miserable I was that weekend. If this is mild, what is severe I thought?! Our family doctor recommended a liquid diet for two days but no advice beyond that. As I worried "what will I eat after these two days," Ken and I started researching diverticulitis. I was disturbed to learn that this could reoccur or worsen! That was until I found a wonderful resource about combining foods differently than I had been
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see the "Ommm" section below).
I am pleased to say my digestive woes quickly dissipated once I began practicing this simple concept of combining foods. And I am still able to eat important healthy foods (like nuts) and delicious meals, albeit following some important food combining rules.
On a completely different note, we had 15 neighbors over for a pot luck dinner last weekend. This was to kick-off the "Adopt a Highway" cleanup we had organized for our local road the next day. During dinner, two neighbors shared how profound their grief was over the loss of their dogs years earlier. So difficult was their grief that both decided never to get another dog, which I thought was sad somehow. I couldn't help but think how Marty's wonderful course on
Pet Loss
might have helped them in their time of need years earlier.
We hope this issue offers some comfort and support for your personal healing journey. And we wish you many blessings for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday!
Breathe,
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By Marty Tousley, Bereavement Counselor
Grief counselor Marty Tousley discusses: Why do people react so intensely to pet loss? Why is support for pet loss so hard to find? Do animals grieve? And what can you do to comfort someone who's lost a pet?
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Re: Healing Requests and Healing Prayers
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Things That Make You Go Ommm. . .
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Thanksgiving Dinner is coming up!
Will you experience digestive bliss or a digestive misery? Learn the healing effects of proper food combining. A lifetime of eating a mis-combined, acidic diet include:
- Acid reflux/GERD
- Diverticulosis/diverticulitis
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Colitis
- Hiatal hernia
- Ulcers
- Crohn's
- Colon cancer…
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"My last bout of the diverticulitis was no sooner "treated" when it came back with a vengeance the very first time I unknowingly violated your common sense rules of eating. Since ordering your book, I have not had an episode of diverticulitis, needed any medication, lost weight without any hunger and most importantly - canceled my surgery for bowel reconstruction..." Eric Bower.
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Thanks Giving: Key to Discovering Your Life Purpose
By Melanie Votaw
This time of year many of us are reminded to give thanks for what we have. It can be difficult, however, if you're facing difficult challenges. If you're like me during these times, you may feel angry that you have to deal with certain problems that keep your life complicated or bring you pain. But, as difficult as it may be to feel grateful at such times, it's exactly when you need to experience gratitude the most. That's not to say that you don't permit yourself to feel what you're feeling, but...
Read on.
Melanie Votaw is the instructor for the course
Discovering Your Life Purpose: Living the Life You Were Born to Live.
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Closing Thoughts
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This Month's Holistic Prayers |
Love well. Sleep well. Dine well. Think well.
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A Thousand Paths to Comfort
"God, give us thankful hearts in this season of Thy Thanksgiving. May we be thankful for health and strength, for sun and rain, and peace. Let us to seize the day, and opportunity and strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities, and let us remember that true gratitude shows itself neither in independence, nor satisfaction but in passing the gift joyfully on in larger and better form." ~ W.E.B. Du Bois, as quoted in
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