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Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

1) taking personal responsibility and initiative,
2) getting clear about what's important to you and setting goals,
3) putting those priorities first and being disciplined,
4) seeking mutual benefit in all interactions with others -- the golden rule,
5) seeking to understand others from their perspective first before making your point,
6) valuing differences and creating third-alternative solutions to problems that are better than "my way" or "your way," and
7) taking care of and renewing yourself in all four areas of life -- body, mind, heart and spirit.
-- Stephen R. Covey

After reading these habits I went back and looked at some of my life goals I had written. I am realizing I need to work on renewing myself in my body, mind, heart, and spirit. I started doing yoga again this past week and have noticed a difference already in my anxiety levels! I also made a list of ways I could practice "self love" and wrote them on index cards. I plan on picking one out of the pile when I am having a stressful or emotional day!! Another goal was to reconnect with friends and family each week whether it is a text, letter, card, email, or call on my way home from work! It's incredible how much this lifts my spirit!! :) What are you doing each day in order to become an effective person? Remember to look at all aspects of your life! We grow and learn each day! I know I am always looking for ways to become a better person!!

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.

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I'm blessed to have been born on Valentine's Day!! Be sure to love yourself today!!!
:-D Here are 52 ways how!!

http://www.embraceselflove.com/blog/2012/02/14/ways-love-yourself-today/

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.

http://www.optimumwellnessmn.com/

Too Much Acid in Your Body Can Cause Health Problems!

Most people do not feel any where near as good as they could. The vast majority of people believe that their lack of energy and health is just part of the aging process.

The funny thing is, so many people have nagging health problems. They don't have a clue. And that really makes sense when you consider the types of foods they are eating day-to-day, and the dangerous, often toxic, medications they have used throughout life.

For many years mainstream medicine ignored the role that diet can play in both health and disease. More recently it began emphasizing the need to eat healthier foods to keep illness at bay.

One of the most exciting discoveries has been the effect some foods have on the body’s acid-alkaline pH levels when digested.

Regardless of how much you work out and try to eat right, if you cannot balance the acids in your body, you will never feel as good as you’d like to be.

The problem is, on a whole, the average western diet is acid-producing. And when acidic wastes accumulate, they can cause organs to malfunction and break down.
This creates a breeding ground for various forms of chronic illness that are now experienced by more than half the population.

If you often feel tired, it is a safe bet that you are overly acidic. The solution is to counter acidity with alkaline foods!!!

**pH Testing is one of the services I offer at my office. It's a simple saliva test. Only $10. Contact me for more details!

Here is a great chart that shows which foods are more alkaline and the acid foods to avoid:

http://www.energiseforlife.com/acid-alkaline-food-chart.pdf

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

I made this this today for our recipe night at work tomorrow night!! Here is the recipe! I added pumpkin seeds and left out the cayenne pepper because I am highly intolerant to cayenne-makes me sick! Quinoa is a great source of protein!! It is actually a seed, not a grain!

Zesty Lemon Quinoa

1 Cup Quinoa

1/2 Cup Toasted Pine Nuts or Pecans

1/4 Cup Olive Oil

1/4 Cup Lemon Juice

2 tsp Freshly Grated Lemon Zest

1 tsp Ground Cumin

1/4 tsp Cayenne

1/2 Cup Chopped Flat-Leaf Parsley

Sea Salt and Fresh Ground Black Pepper

Rinse quinoa in a fine strainer for a few seconds. Transfer to a medium saucepan, add 1 tsp sea salt and 1 1/4 cups water. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce to a simmer. Cook until all water is completely absorbed-18 to 20 minutes. Transfer quinoa to medium bowl along with nuts, lemon zest, cumin, cayenne, parsley, drizzle with lemon juice and olive oil. Season with sea salt and pepper; toss until well combined. Serve warm or at room temperature.

I had coffee the other day with a dear sweet friend of mine. She started talking about rewriting the "story of your life" instead of dwelling on the things you cannot change. When we are younger and graduate from high school and head off to college we typically have this set idea in our heads of how we think and want our life to look like for the next 50 or 60 years... The fact of the matter is that it rarely unravels the way we have planned. The plan usually is to graduate from college, get a job, get married, and start a family... We make all of these plans and goals in life and when things don't go the way we would like we get down and distraught. Alot of times we focus on what "didn't go right" and the bumps in the road take over our lives.

I recently changed my facebook profile page into my "Timeline." I thought alot about the meaning of Jackie Ann Mart's Timeline... What do I want my timeline to look like? I sure hope it's long!! What events do I want to appear within those years? I have alot of goals for my life and it is up to me to make sure they are prominent points on my timeline.

The image of a headstone at a cemetery also popped into my mind. The years on a headstone include your birth year and year of death with a "dash" in between. That "dash" is the timeline of your life!!

What do you want your dash to look like? Do you live each day as if you are going to die tomorrow? Do you tell your loved ones how much they mean to you daily? Maybe it's time you worked on writing the story of your life? Is it going to be a comedy? Tragedy? Romantic novel? Short story? I hope you make your "dash" as vibrant and meaningful as you can!! I know what I need to work on in 2012!! LIVING!!! :-D

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