HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 2012-Resolutions

Happy 2012 Everyone!!!



My New Years Eve didn't go quite as well as expected but at least I got to spend it with a few great friends! :)


Year end is a time to reflect on the previous year and what we would like to change or do different in the new year. New starts are always refreshing!! New goals will be set and everyone looks forward to the events that will take place. What is your resolution? I would suggest adding something to your life rather than taking it away. Picture what you want your life to look like and focus on it every day!!


This past year I have realized how truly wonderful my family and friends are!! They love me unconditionally even though I have gone through alot of difficult situations the past few years. I am stubborn and can be a pain in the behind, yet they stick by my side no matter what! I am very blessed to have such amazing people in my life!! I have pushed alot of my loved ones away over the years when life was tough. I never knew how much I have been hurting them by being distant until recently. So, this coming year I would like to work on improving and nurturing these relationships that have dwindled. I know I can do it!! :)


Wishing you a safe, happy, and healthy NEW YEAR!!


Copyright, 2012, Jackie Mart. For further information about this blog, or Optimum Wellness MN, contact Jackie Mart at 712.790.5883 or jackieamart@hotmail.com.

As a holistic nutrition and lifestyle coach, I will support you in taking steps to a healthier and happier you. My goal is to help you create an art of balance in your life. You will also learn how important balance between primary foods (relationships, physical activity, sleep, career and spirituality) and secondary foods (organic food and whole food) is. www.optimumwellnessmn.com
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Peanut Butter, Banana and Oatmeal Cookies!

Looking for a healthier cookie recipe for the holidays? Try these!!!


Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Banana Cookies


Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup natural peanut butter
• 2 ripe bananas
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 tbsp unsweetened almond milk
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 2 ½ cups organic rolled oats
• dash cinnamon (optional)
• 1/4 cup gluten-free flour


Preparation:


In a large bowl, mash bananas with a fork until smooth. Add peanut butter, almond milk, vanilla and maple syrup and mix well. Add remaining ingredients and stir until well combined.

Drop spoonfuls of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake 13-16 minutes at 350 degrees, or until done.
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EGGS-Try a Breakfast Without Grains!!

I love this recipe! So fast, easy, and simple!! Add any other vegetables or herbs you like!

Basil-Walnut Egg Scramble

Ingredients

■2-3 organic eggs
■handful fresh basil
■handful walnuts
■sea salt/black pepper to taste
■optional: dash of nutmeg



Heat a non-toxic skillet to medium heat. Add a pat or two of organic butter and drop all ingredients into the pan and scramble right in the pan. (can also use coconut oil instead of butter)

EGGS!!


•Egg protein is the gold standard of protein in food, and eggs are nutritional powerhouses, containing almost every essential vitamin and mineral needed by humans.

•Egg yolks are one of the few foods that naturally contain vitamin D.

•Some believe eating eggs raises levels of "bad" cholesterol in the blood, but actually saturated fat is responsible, and eggs contain very little.

•Eggs contain the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin, yellow/orange carotenoids that reduce risk of cataracts and age related macular degeneration, and are an excellent source of choline, essential for function of all cells in the human body.

•Be sure to choose organic eggs to minimize risk of exposure to antibiotics, or synthetic hormones and pesticides!!
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Moving On



I wanted to share this quote with you; it really hit home for me.

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

Even if you are going through a horrible time in your life and think you can no longer find the strength to go on, recall all the other mountains you have conquered and things you have been afraid of. Change is tough; we tend to stick with the familiar. Achieving lasting change comes down to 20% information and 80% behavior! We hold ourselves back because of our beliefs and mindset. Change your mindset and change your life!
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Purpose in Life- Have You Found Your Passion?

What gets you out of bed in the morning? Do you absolutely love what you do every day or are you just "going through the motions?" It's no wonder why so many people are depressed these days. Look at the unemployment, current state of the economy, job satisfaction, and divorce rate. I never realized how much happier I could be until I finally found a job that I love and where I will be able to transition into the position I have dreamed of! I am surrounded by positive, healthy, energizing people and am very grateful!! It's amazing what life can be like when you just "feel" like you are in the right place and have truly found your purpose in the world. I believe I was put here to instill love into peoples' hearts and help them lead long, happy, healthy lives!

I have found that one of the best ways to find a job is to look for a place you think you would like working and email them your resume and what you are looking for. Even if they are not currently hiring doesn't mean they will not need someone in the future or know of another employer in their network that is. This will save you endless hours of job searching on career websites and etc.

I like what Brian Tracy has to say about finding the right job for YOU so I thought I would share it! Read below:


Many people are working at jobs that they are not suited for or are not suitable for them. They would rather be doing something else, somewhere else, using different skills and abilities. The majority of working people, by their own admission, do not feel fully challenged by their current jobs. Getting into or staying at a job for which you are not ideally suited is one of the greatest wastes of time in life. It can rob you of some of your most productive years.

Here is a question for you: If you receive $1 million in cash, tax free, would you continue to work at your current job?


Do the Work you Love

Here is another question: Do you currently love what you do? Only a small percentage of people love what they do, and these people are always the happiest, the most satisfied, and usually, the highest paid in every field.

You can tell if you are spending your time and your life at the right job by examining your attitude toward your job and your future. Do you like what you are doing enough to want to be the very best at it? If the job is right for you, not only do you want to get better and better at that job, but you very much admire those people who are at the top of your field. If you find that you have no desire to excel in your field, this is a good sign that it’s probably not the right job for you.

Would you like to continue doing your job for the next twenty years? Do you find your job challenging and fulfilling? Can you hardly wait to get to work on Monday morning, and do you hate to leave on Friday evening? All successful people can answer “yes” to these questions. Unsuccessful people invariably answer “no”.

There Are No Limits

There are more than 100,000 different jobs available in our economy today. There are an endless number of jobs that you could do successfully, and make a good living doing them. You never have to feel stuck in a particular position, company, or industry. There is never a job shortage for good people.

One of your primary responsibilities to yourself is to select the kind of work that you enjoy and are best suited to do. It is to find a job where you can use your natural talents and abilities at a high level. Your duty to yourself is to work at something that gives you joy and satisfaction. You must find a job that brings out the very best in you, and that inspires you to want to become excellent at what you’re doing.

The Past Is a “Sunk Cost”

In accounting, a sunk cost is an amount of money that has been spent in the past and has no further value. It may be a piece of equipment that is broken and irreparable, obsolete, or completely useless. It could be advertising dollars just spent last year. The money spent on these items is gone forever. It can never be retrieved.

One of the first rules with regard to a sunk cost is that you never spend additional money to retrieve or extract some value out of it. You write it off as a loss and focus on the future. You get on with the rest of your business life.

In your career, you have sunk costs as well. These are jobs that may have taken weeks, months, or even years to learn, from which you gained considerable experience, but which are no longer of value in today’s market. You may have a sunk cost in college education or in courses of instruction and training that you have taken to develop knowledge and skills that are no longer of any use. Much what you have done in the past in your career is a sunk cost of some kind. It has no current or future value.

Be Prepared to Cut Your Losses

One of the reasons for massive time wastage, and failure in life, is the inability or unwillingness to cut your losses. Instead, you should continually remind yourself: It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from; all that really matters is where you’re going.

A major time waster is an investment in your ego. You make a decision, or a commitment of time, money, or emotion, that is not successful. Then, because of your ego, you are unwilling to admit that you made a mistake, that you were wrong, and that your decision has turned out to be in error. You then invest an enormous amount of time, emotion, and often money to cover up the fact that you made a mistake. You justify and rationalize, refuse to face the facts, and you often make yourself physically ill.

Learn to take control of your ego, rather than letting your ego take control of you. Accept that you are not perfect. The unwillingness to admit error keeps people locked in unhappy and unsatisfying situations year after year.

Once you have admitted a mistake, you no longer need to explain or justify yourself. You can then get on with the rest of your life. You can make new decisions and choose new directions. You can focus your special talents and abilities on doing things that can have a great future for you.


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