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September 2010

Seeds To Change Newsletter

 

 

September 2010


Personal Notes:
 Greetings.  This is proving to be an interesting month – it is all about movement and connecting.  The movement is about traveling – shuffling between NJ, TX, WI and UT.  Connecting is about making new friends and being in contact with so many long time friends – both electronically and via visits – through my travels and multiple sets of house guests in between.  It’s all good.  Even the enclosed article and recipe are about connecting.  See the notes included in each.

 

 

In This Issue

Nutrition Tip – Barley read more...
Featured Recipe – Barley Porcini Risotto read more...
Featured Article – Lotus Touts  read more...
Tools to Create a More Balanced Life – Two targeted home-study programs read more...
Get to Balance read more...
Looking for a Speaker? read more...
New at Seeds To Change Featured CD – 10 Top Tips for a Healthier You read more...
Quote of the Month    Connections   read more...

 

Nutrition Tip

Barley   A wonderful (one of my favorites). It’s chewy and substantial. I sometimes make instead of or in combined with rice. I particularly like it in colder months.  It is considered a strengthening grain.  And, can’t we all use more strength these days.    Specifically, it strengths the spleen-pancreas, the intestines and digestion.  It also stimulates appetite and is excellent in reducing pitta and kapha.

 

 

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Featured Recipe

 

This is a great fall recipe and it’s a great people connecting recipe.  This was part of my Italian healthy cooking class- all the  participants would have to opportunity to “stir the pot”  This is a great dish to make with a group of people in the kitchen.

 

Barley Porcini Risotto  Serves 6

 

2 T olive oil

1 clove garlic

1 / 2 cup minced onion

1 / 4 cup diced celery

¼ pound porcini mushrooms, sliced

1 1 / 2 cup pearl barley

5 cups HOT vegetable or chicken broth

Sea salt, fresh ground pepper to taste

1 / 4 cup freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (or use soy parm. Cheese)

2 T minced parsley

 

Heat the oil in a large heavy sauce pan over medium heat.   Add the onion and celery and sauté for 3 minutes; add the garlic and mushrooms and sauté for another 2 minutes.  Add the barley and stir to coat with oil/butter, sauté for 3 minutes.  Season with salt and pepper.  Lower the heat and add the stock 1 ¼ cup at a time, cooking and stirring frequently for about 15 minutes or until stock is absorbed.  If the stock is absorbed too quickly lower the heat.  After 1 hour all the stock should be absorbed and the barley cooked.  If not, raise the heat to boil off the stock.  Stir in cheese and parsley.  Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary.  Serve hot garnished with parsley.

 

 

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Featured Article

A friend that I have not heard from in a while recently emailed me the “chain” email below.  I rarely open these much less forward these.  I really like this one and seems to be related to my theme this month - connecting….     


Lotus Touts


ONE .  Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully . 

TWO .  Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.  

THREE .  Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.  

FOUR .  When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.  

FIVE .  When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye.  

SIX .  Be engaged at least six months before you get married.  

SEVEN .  Believe in love at first sight. 

EIGHT .  Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.  

NINE .  Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.  

TEN . .  In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.  

ELEVEN . Don't judge people by their relatives. 

TWELVE .  Talk slowly but think quickly.  

THIRTEEN! . . .  When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?' 

FOURTEEN .  Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.  

FIFTEEN .  Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.  

SIXTEEN . .  When you lose, don't lose the lesson. 

SEVENTEEN .  Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.  

EIGHTEEN .  Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.  

NINETEEN .  When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.  

TWENTY . . Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.  

TWENTY- ONE .  Spend some time alone. 

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart

 

 

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Tools to Create a More Balanced Life

Two targeted home study programs available --

 

Here is the ultimate at-home support for creating physical change! A vibrant collection of audios and workbooks take you on a step-by-step journey to success.

 

They are so thorough, it’s almost like I am in the room with you!  Since they are self-guided you can work at your own pace.

 

Available topics:

 

  • Healthy Weight Loss                        An eight week program to help you get a

handle on your weight

 

For more information or to order visit: http://www.seedstochange.com/item.asp?id=83&cat=10

 

 

  • Detoxifying Cleanse Program         This complete  program guides you through

a week-long internal cleanse at home.

 

For more information or to order visit: http://www.seedstochange.com/item.asp?id=86&cat=10

 

 

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Get to Balance –How will you bring more balance to your life?  How about a healthier, more balanced life plan?

Are your health concerns impeding you from living life fully? Do you want to change your relationship with food from the inside out? Are you seeking deep seeded balance and wellness?

 

I would eagerly welcome the opportunity to work with you on a personal level.  We can work together privately to create a customized life-long plan for you AND create the steps to incorporate those changes into your existing routines.

 

Through my counseling services I can help you create and maintain balance in your life by using nutrition as a focus and a tool.  To do this I look at your entire lifestyle to achieve maximum health.  This is accomplished through education and private consultations where an individualized program is developed for you.  These consultations include evaluating your current diet and overall lifestyle and then making easily implemented, gradual changes.  Additionally, you’ll receive outside information in the form of articles, books, tapes and recipes.  Also included are additional monthly forms of education and participation -- activities like cooking coaching, health food store shopping hints, light exercising functions and other activities. My practice is telephone based, allowing for maximum flexibility and ease.  

 

There is also an email version of my program now available. 

 

To learn more to go http://www.seedstochange.com/programs.asp.

 

To schedule an initial consultation contact me today at Brenda@SeedsToChange.com or (917) 213-9305. 

 

By starting today, you will; Create action NOW

 

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Looking for a speaker?

One of my greatest joys is speaking to groups.  It is always a dynamic exchange and we all come away enriched.  Would your company or group benefit from an entertaining, motivating speaker on how to get healthier?   If so, please let me know the name and contact information of your program coordinator so that I may send them an informational packet.  I would love the opportunity to serve your favorite group.

 

 

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New at Seeds To Change

NEW PODCAST POSTING – hear a rebroadcast of my radio show on Using Food Medicinally  We all use food medicinally but usually it’s after the fact.  We’ll look at ways to use food to support your lifestyle and other health concerns. Just click the “listen to my podcast button on my website: www.SeedsToChange.com

 

 

FEATURED CD  This month’s featured CD is—  10 Top Tips for a Healthier You

 

In a nut shell, what should you focus on to improve your health?  Listen to my top ten tips for a healthier you to find out.  Some are related to food, others are related to lifestyle.  I will also discuss the whys and hows of these tips.  Want a preview?  SMILE. This is one of them. Listen to the CD and hear the rest of the list.

To order visit:  http://www.seedstochange.com/item.asp?id=92&cat=1

 

 

 

 

PERFECT FOR YOUR CAR LIBRARY OR A GIFT. Informative CD’s - You can lean about anything from Sugar to How to Eat Out Healthily in my new series of nutrition and lifestyle lectures on CD. Other topics include: Fasting and Cleansing, Eat for Balance and Energy, Healthy Weight Loss, Your Nutrition Questions Answered, Get out of Your Head: How To Stop the Chatter, and an Introduction to Meditation and five new titles: Sleep Issues, Water: How and Why to Drink More, Ten Top Tips for a Healthier You!, Constipation and Food Cravings. They are informative, interesting and even a little entertaining!  You can order them individually or join the CD of the month club.  To order go to http://www.seedstochange.com/category.asp?cat=1

 

 

GIFT CERTICIATES ARE AVAIABLE – Give the gift of health for any occasion.

 

NOW AVAILABLE --  CD OF THE MONTH CLUB  What a GREAT way to create change or to give the gift of health.  For details: http://www.seedstochange.com/item.asp?id=96&cat=1

 

WEBSITE: Check out my website.  It is chock-full information and resources. www.SeedsToChange.com

 

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Quote of the Month

Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.   Charles Eames

 

Please forward this newsletter to anyone and everyone that would benefit from Nutritional and Lifestyle Advice. Enjoy and thanks for reading.

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