Baby boomers are leading the country in an effort to bypass this thing called recession by spreading the message of the Law of Attraction.   Names from the past hundred years such as Wallace D. Wattles, James Allen, Napoleon Hill, and Dale Carnegie have again become household names.  All have inspired a new kind of conversation since the release of Rhonda Byrne's bestselling book and movie "The Secret ". 

Rumor has it that the premise for the wonderfully uplifting and empowering movie "The Secret" came from a reading of "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wattles.  Ms. Byrne was a producer who was in a slump when her daughter handed her the hundred year old book and basically said "here mum, is the answer to all your worries".  The rest is history. 

Long before Ms Byrne's inspired creativity brought us "The Secret" there was a woman, a seemingly lone woman in a field dominated by men, who had been changing lives and inspiring wealth and financial healing since the fifties. That woman was none other than Catherine Ponder.

There are a number of Catherine Ponder books available and over the years I have collected dog earred editions of her books from yard sales and flea markets.  I have always admired Catherine's work and I believe that I was meant to continue her work in my own way because I have been so inspired.  Catherine has served the Unity Church since the mid fifties and has been called "the Norman Vincent Peale among lady ministers." 

I believe Catherine might also be called the Queen of Prosperity Healing. 

Many times I have spoken of Louise Hay, the Founder of Hay House,  who was a brilliant student of Catherine Ponder's work and look at what Louise has done with her gift of prosperity healing and affirmations.  Just try attending one of Hay's "I Can Do It " conferences down in Tampa and around the world, and you will see inspired action at it's best.

Today, I am giving you a list of Catherine Ponder's affirmations and I sure hope Google doesn't mind but I think we all need them and I am clearly crediting the magnificent Catherine Ponder for her inspired and inspiring work to lead us away from recession thinking according to the law of attraction and the laws of prosperity.  Thank you Catherine!

The dynamic laws of prosperity by Catherine Ponder
(Selected Affirmations)

"I give thanks that I am the ever renewing, the ever unfolding expression of infinite life, health, and energy."

"Let there be peace within my walls and prosperity within my palaces."

"I give thanks for ever increasing health, youth and beauty."

"I am the radiant child of God, my mind, body and affairs now express his radiant perfection."

"I give thanks that I am now rich, well and happy and that my financial affairs are in divine order. Every day in every way I am growing richer and richer."

"Money, money, money manifest thyself here and now in rich abundance."

"Abundance, wealth, health and happiness. Divine intelligence is even now opening the way for my immediate blessings. I have faith that all that is mine by divine right now comes to me in rich abundance. I have faith that all that is mine by divine right now comes to me in rich abundance, my rich blessings do not interfere with anyone else's good, since God's rich substance is unlimited and everywhere for all to us. There is no delay!

That which is not for my highest good now fades from me and I no longer desire it. My God-given desires are richly fulfilled now in God's own wonderful way."

"I am an irresistible magnet, with the power to attract unto myself everything that I divinely desire, according to the thoughts, feelings and mental pictures I constantly entertain and radiate. I am the center of my Universe! I have the power to create whatever I wish. I attract whatever I radiate. I attract whatever I mentally choose and accept, I begin choosing and mentally accepting the highest and best in life. I now choose and accept health, success and happiness. I now choose lavish abundance for myself and for all humankind. This is a rich, friendly Universe and I dare to accept its riches, its hospitality, and to enjoy them now."

"I am the rich child of a loving father. I now accept and claim his rich good for me in every phase of my life. My own God-given success in the form of rich ideas and rich results now appears."

"I am now experiencing perfect health, abundant prosperity and complete and utter happiness. This is true because the world is full of charming people who now lovingly help me in every way. I am now coming into an innumerable company of angels. I am now living a delightful, interesting and satisfying life of the most widely useful kind. Because of my own increased health, wealth and happiness, I am now able to help others live a delightful, interesting and satisfying life of the most widely useful kind, my good - our good - is universal."

"I am now activated by Divine Love and guided by divine power into my right work, which I perform in a perfect way for perfect pay. The divine plan of my life now takes shape in definite concrete experiences, leading to perfect health, happiness, success and prosperity."

"Divine intelligence is in charge of my life. I am now open, receptive, and obedient to its rich instruction and guidance."

"Divine intelligence directs the right buyer to this property. Everyone concerned is blessed by a just and orderly exchange of values."

"Divine intelligence knows our need, knows where the right house is and knows how to manifest it to us at the right time."

"There is gold dust in the air for me. Through definite, deliberate prosperous thinking. I now begin assimilating that gold dust. And even now I am beginning to experience gold dust results."

"Divine restoration is taking place. The good which the locusts of lack have eaten is being divinely restored. The divine law of balance and equilibrium is doing its perfect work."

"Refusing to criticize another's prosperity, I turn to God, ask his direction and I am prospered. In like manner, others refuse to criticize my prosperity. Instead, they turn to God, ask his direction and they, too are prospered. There is plenty of success and prosperity for all."

"This situation does not dismay me. God is with me to uphold and sustain me, and to make all things right. I trust everything in my life to the tender care of the Father. I know his will for me is health, happiness, prosperity, spiritual unfoldment and all that is good."

"Nothing but good can come into my life, for God is in charge."

"I give thanks for the immediate, complete, divine fulfillment of these desires. This or something better comes forth with perfect timing, according to God's rich good for me."

"Divine intelligence now works in me and my life and affairs, to will and to do whatever for my highest good, and divine intelligence cannot fail!"

"I am now shown new ways of living and new methods of work. I am not confined to the ways and methods of the past. I experience my perfect work in the perfect way, which now renders me perfect satisfaction and perfect pay."

"No, I do not have to accept this situation. God in his almighty goodness is dissolving and removing all negation from my world. No situation dismays me, for God, the Spirit of good is with me, unfolding and sustaining me and making all things right."

"Regardless of taxes, the cost of living or the rate of unemployment, my financial income can and does increase richly now through the direct action of God."

"There is nothing for me to fear. God's Spirit of good is at work and divine results are coming forth."

"There is no absence of life, substance or intelligence anywhere, so there is no absence of life, substance or intelligence in this situation or in my life."

"There is no absence of life, substance or intelligence anywhere."

"Divine intuition is now showing me the way. Divine intuition is now working in and through me, in and through all concerned, producing easily and quickly the perfect outcome, the perfect result."

"Divine telepathy is now revealing to me all truth about my special powers for prosperity."

"Divine telepathy is now revealing to you, to me, to us, all truth about this situation."

"I have unshakeable faith in the perfect outcome of every situation in my life, for God is in absolute control."

"God's almighty power goes before me, making easy, successful and delightful my way."

"I can do all things through him who strengthens me. I am strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. The perfect result now appears."

"You walk in the charmed circle of God's love, and you are divinely irresistible to your highest good now."

"There is no condemnation or resentment in me, for me or round about me. Divine love and harmony now reign supreme in me and in my world so all criticism now ceases."

"We use the prosperous power of divine intelligence in wisdom, integrity and good judgment in all our financial affairs. We give thanks that every financial obligation is paid on time."

"There is no criticism or condemnation in me, for me, or against me.

Divine love, wisdom and order now reveal perfect guidance and produce perfect results in me and my world."

"The same divine trust that first motivated this financial transaction is now mightily at work, clearing it up for the highest good for all concerned."

"There is a divine solution to this situation. The divine solution is the sublime solution. I give thanks that the divine solution quickly appears now!"

"I give thanks for the divine restoration in my business affairs, divine restoration is now doing its perfect work for all involved, and the perfect result appears now. I give thanks that every financial obligation is now being met in God's own wise and wonderful way."

"Everything and everybody prospers us now, and we prosper everything and everybody now."

"I will not put up with or tolerate this experience as necessary, lasting or right. I refuse to accept things as they are. I am God's child and I will accept nothing but His complete goodness for me."

"Every day in every way I am becoming financially independent, with the help of God."

"I expect lavish abundance every day in every way in my life and affairs.

I specifically expect and give thanks for lavish abundance today."

“With God's help, I am now deliberately and joyously radiating divine love to myself, my world, and to all humankind."

"This is God's day, a good day. I pronounce this day and all of its activities good!"

"I am now open and receptive to the rich, divine ideas that now perfectly initiate and sustain my business affairs."

"Nothing can defeat me. I give thanks for the perfect, immediate right results. I rejoice that I am now successful in all my ways."

"I do not depend upon persons or conditions for my prosperity. God is the source of my supply, so I now put God first financially. The voluntary,

faithful tithing of my whole income now operates the law of ever-increasing prosperity for me. Yes, I now tithe my way to peace, health and plenty."

"My yoke is easy and my burden is light. My accomplishments are many. I am divinely equipped to accomplish great things with ease."

"I pronounce this business conference and everything connected with it good, satisfying results quickly appear."

"This is a time of satisfying completion. I loose and let go this day. Divine intelligence establishes only good from it. All else fades away."

"As I lie down to peaceful sleep, I thank God for my successful day. I rest easily, knowing that divine intelligence is renewing my mind and body, and preparing me for an even more successful day tomorrow."

"Divine intelligence, what positive, constructive, creative thought, word, attitude or action is my next stop to improve my present work? What is the next step into the abundance, satisfaction and freedom that is mine by divine right?"

"All financial doors are open; all financial channels are free, and endless bounty now comes to me."

"I use the positive power of God's rich substance in wisdom, love and good judgment in all my financial affairs, and I am prospered in all my ways."

"I bless you with a rich increase of God's almighty good."

"Everything and everybody prospers me now and I prosper everything and everybody now."

"I bless you and bless you for the riches of God that are now being demonstrated in and through you."

"I rejoice in the bounty of God, constantly manifesting as overflowing supply here and now."

"I give thanks that I am beautifully and appropriately:

- clothed with the rich substance of God.

- housed with the rich substance of God.

- transported with the rich substance of God."

"Divine order is now established and maintained, harmony reigns supreme."

"With praise and thanksgiving, I set the riches of God before me this day to guide, govern, protect, and prosper me. All things needful are now provided. My rich good becomes visible this day!"

"My words are charged with prospering power."

"I give thanks that my financial income now increases mightily through the direct action of God's rich good."

"I give thanks for the immediate, complete payment of all financial obligations, in God's own wonderful way."

"I am a child of the living God, therefore I am one with his wisdom. That wisdom now leads me in paths of righteousness, peace and true success."

"I give thanks for the immediate, complete, divine fulfillment of these desires. This or something better comes forth with perfect timing, according to God's rich good for me."

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With deepest and heartfelt gratitude, we give thanks and appreciation to Catherine Ponder for the above affirmations and all her books and audio teachings. If the words used to address The Divine are in any way offensive to your or your faith, by all means, please substitute that which reaches your own heart and soul in your connection to The Divine. Catherine Ponder's and Louise Hay's affirmations may be found in many places on the world wide web.  Please  get them and use them starting today.  You will be ever so glad you did!

Peace be with you.  Dear Boomer friends and readers; may wealth, happiness, health, and abundance in all areas of your life surround and uplift your spirit, body, mind, and thoughts today and everyday! 

P.S. Recently, through Facebook, I met a young spiritual and prosperity writer and lightworker/energy medium by the name of Angela Gower-Johnson. This lady sees things that you and I don't and she's really helpful! Unless you're going to be in the Isle of Wight, you can meet her on Facebook. I have been working with Angela on some prosperity and other healings workshop plans for the future. You can find Angela at http://angelabear.com/blog/ and do look at her art while you are there!

Thank you from Baby Boomer Life!

 

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In a previous Baby Boomer Life article on health, I talked about meeting Jimmy Smith, the former butcher turned millionaire. Jimmy got my attention with his testimony about antioxidants and his blazing good health and energy. I couldn’t help but notice the bounce in his 79 year old strut, the gleam in his eyes, and the vibrant tone and texture of his skin.

This is a wake up call Boomers!  Jimmy Smith is more than twenty-YES TWENTY!-years older than most of us and the man is the picture of health and fitness.  NO FAT! Read on friends because this can be YOU!

I promise you that you too would have been awestruck at the overall vibrantly healthy power of Jimmy’s amazing presence. Surely being a millionaire doesn’t hurt, but Jimmy Smith’s great energy comes from deep inside at the cellular level. I’m no doctor, not even close, but I’m no dummy either. I’ve been around a lot of people in their seventies and eighties and Jimmy is exceptional. Remember, I told you he was forced to retire due to health issues in his late fifties? Yep, that Jimmy Smith. Baby Boomers take heed! We have a lot of “livin’ up to” if we intend to keep up with the likes of Jimmy Smith. He’s become one of Baby Boomer Life’s men to watch.

So, needless to say, I bought The Antioxidant Miracle and started reading about the antioxidant network. There are five chemical players in the antioxidant network and they strengthen us by working together as they protect us from disease and keep us young.

The network consists of these five antioxidants from what scientists know at this time; they are Vitamins C and E, glutathione, CoenzymeQ10 (CoQ10), and lipoic acid. Although the last three are produced by the body, we have to supplement them once we hit Boomer age because the levels steadily decline as we age. Of course you know vitamins C and E have to come from food and food based quality supplementation because our bodies don’t make them.

The Packer Lab, founded by Dr. Lester Packer at University of California at Berkeley, discovered the network antioxidants and they way they work together to enhance the power of one another. Dr. Packer says that “The antioxidant network is a shield that protects the body from the forces that age us before our time and rob years from our lives.” In fact, network antioxidants boost the body’s ability to fight diseases and while keeping us healthy they also slow down the aging process.

Not only that but network antioxidants actually reverse signs of aging whenever you start to use them, according to the research. We’ve all heard of free radicals, right? Well, antioxidants can make the difference between life and death so we can’t even consider being without them after 40. I wish I had understood the role of antioxidants ten or fifteen years ago, but I can’t change the past only the present.

I don’t know about you but I am all over this like white on rice (except I only eat short grain organic brown rice when I eat rice at all). I have been reading and re-reading Dr. Packer’s words because the doc says he is “not just adding years to our lives but life to our years” with this information and application.

Yes, I want to live long and I want to live strong! How about you?

Did you know that vitamin C protects against cataracts and that it is abundant in red peppers, broccoli, cranberries, tomatoes and citrus fruits- to name a few? I love an organic Valencia Orange. You know Vitamin C is the “hub” of the network!

When Dr. Packer talks about the role of lipoic acid in protecting us against liver and heart disease, diabetes and cancer, I get so excited it’s all I can do to sit here and type!! I am not kidding either. Don’t you think I went right onto the Isagenix website and ordered antioxidants and am taking them everyday now? You know I am! I hope you will too. Or go to your most trusted health food store and get the best product you can find that contains all the network antioxidants. A chiropractor friend of mine swears by the Standard Process brand which you have to get from a health professional, and I trust her too, so maybe you want to try that one.

Personally, I like the Isagenix brand because I trust the quality of the product and I feel good recommending it as a brand that I use. You must choose for yourselves. But please, get The Antioxidant Miracle and read it ASAP! Share it with a friend, a family member, a club or group that you belong to. Watch the changes in yourself and your friends or spouse as they get the benefits of the antioxidant network working in their bodies.

I’d love to hear from you down the road about this because I didn’t know Jimmy Smith when he was forced to retire due to health reasons but you know what? I know him now!! If our 79 year old buddy Jimmy is any indication of the power of antioxidants, and he swears he is, then I will be taking them for the rest of my life!

I can go on and on quoting and paraphrasing the words and research of Dr. Packer, the worlds foremost antioxidant research scientist, who has dedicated his life since 1949 to researching health at the cellular level and the role of antioxidants in the body. Instead I am going to insist that if you have any desire to be current with true information about what you CAN do to get your health back, you will go spend a couple of bucks and an hour of your time and read the “abridged edition” at the very least.

Along with daily walking and some kind of strength training like push ups, one of my other favorites is the Total Gym, a product that both my man and I swear by for strength training. I find that I tone very quickly with our favorite at home equipment called the Total Gym and it is not hard on my body and my joints. Another product I swear by is the Health Bounce Mini Trampoline. I can’t stress enough how wonderful the mini trampoline is for cleaning the cells and oxygenating the body. There has been a lot of research done on “bouncing” and it really is good for us Boomers and easy on the joints but a very effective and fun workout.

When I am traveling I keep it basic and do push-ups for upper body, and forward and reverse lunges for lower body as well as walking or swimming if it is an option. Of course, give me a beach and I can walk for an hour in the early morning and feel fabulously fit all day. I get my vitamin D in that way too.

Aren’t we blessed to be born in a time when there is so much information and so many options? Which reminds me my dear Baby Boomer Life blog readers, let’s be aware of certain special interest groups who would limit these options and even possibly take them away from us. It is very important to protect our health freedom rights. We are intelligent people who have the ability to be responsible for our own health and fitness-yes?. As an avid reader and diligent practitioner of self health awareness, I like my options open. Just a little heads up there.

In Part 3 of this article we will continue our discussion on Power, Strength and Health.

Now remember, today is the day to get up off your duff and DO SOMETHING!!

Anitoxidants for Health, Power, and Strength

 

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Raw Food For Thirty Days?  Have mercy! Who says old eating habits die hard?  I do!

It is difficult to break the automatic cycle of "open mouth insert food" that happens multiple times each day in my household.  The unnerving thing is that when I find myself in one of these cycles!

Listen to the endless mindchatter…."Where are those oatmeal cookies?  I need some chocolate (organic of course). What do you mean "no more everything bagels"? "  Such deprivation.  "Now buck up here woman and get a backbone! What kinda boomer am I anyway?  Healthy and wealthy or broken and broke?"  (Gotta love that self talk.)

Yes, I have my moments, but it is true. Going raw -for all it's many benefits-absolutely requires serious commitment. I imagine I am doing better than most  boomers for several reasons. I do this thing called healthy eating reinforcement:

• I believe in the many benefits of organic whole foods.
• I lose weight when I eat raw.
• I write about raw food.
• I speak about the raw food diet to the public. 
• I feel great when I eat 75% + whole organic and raw foods.

There is no mistaking the value but-BIG BUT- and no pun intended-what a pain in the A double S.  You have to laugh at us crazy humans.  We are warring within over a no-contest issue: Raw Food is pure health!

We have to be strong. We have to support each other. Until you get back in the habit and past the cravings, it can try the heck out of your very soul.  Does anybody know what I mean? 

The question is "why"?  Where is the delema over choosing healthy and slim over tired, sick and overweight? Go figure……….

The other thing is eliminating the alcohol.  I do enjoy a cocktail or glass of wine and I look forward to it at the end of the day.  I feel so deprived with all this goody goody diet behavior.  And the joy of an ice cold brew!  I love a tasty Stella Artois.  Just one you know, but I do enjoy that.  Actually my favorite is an ice cold Stella and a delicious homemade cheeseburger with tomato, lettuce and mayo.  Arrrgghhhhhhhhhh!  Did I say that?

I know, go ahead and beat me with a feather.  I am torturing myself.  However, I am definitely going to go downstairs and prepare some crunchy munchies like baby carrots and sliced apples, and Earthbound Organic mixed greens salad with all organic toppings as well. For example- raw pecans, cranberries, red onion slices, crumpled goat feta cheese, chopped celery, sliced cuccumber, some grape tomatoes, a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, and a touch of celtic sea salt.  Don't forget the Calamata olives.  To top it off, I may even eat two bowls! This is healthy eating.  Let's hear it for raw food! 

The thing is those old bad habits do die hard and we have to be in control of our actions.  Damn!  No matter how I try I just can't let myself off the hook.  "If it's to be, it's up to me."  I'm not sure who said it but it's true. 

Tonight I am making my Vita-Mix Gazpacho and some Portobello Sandwiches with thirst quenching lemon water.  I decided I'm saving the cheeseburger and beer for July fourth!  It's called delayed gratification.

   I know; I am SOO BAAAD!  Whatever works, right?

P.S. This is what happens when I run out of Isagenix. I get "bad for me" food cravings because my nutritional needs aren't being met and I (of all people) know better!

 

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Today is a brand new day in your Baby Boomer Life….

…if you are asking the question "is a raw food diet good for me" and…

…if you are open to the possibility of being an old dog who can and will learn a few new food and diet tricks. It just may be time to change from your S.A.D (standard American diet) lifestyle to RAW FOOD.  The sooner the better if you are a boomer.

Now of course I am going to tell you why, because I believe it is of particular importance to those of us forty-five and over.  First of all, we are food spoiled and food lazy.  We eat unconsciously and we eat way too much of the wrong kinds of foods.  This may not apply to "you" specifically, but if the shoe fits…….we know who we are, don't we?

Second of all, mid-life is the time to evaluate your health for yourself.  Who knows you better than you do?  Who knows your aches and pains, your energy level, your ability to sleep well, concentrate well, and your hair and skin condition?  A raw food diet is as good as it gets for improving all of the above naturally using your body as the barometer what works and what doesn't. 

The frustrating thing is that it is so easy to fall off the healthy eating wagon because eating healthy is mostly inconvenient until you have committed to being a healthier, happier, more beautiful, and extremely more energetic you!  Now this is what I call an extreme makeover from the inside out starting at the cellular level of your healthier new body. I am not saying it is easy.  Change will always meet with resistence. 

You know, it's like anything else in life; you build a new pattern, a new history, one day at a time and suddenly you look back and you've been RAW instead of SAD for 3,4, maybe 6 months and suddenly you realize you feel like a new person.  Everywhere you go people are asking you what you are doing because you look FANTASTIC and the energy and lifeforce is radiating from you.  Most importantly you feel like the bionic man/woman compared to only a month or so earlier and each day gets better and better.  You need less sleep and you sleep the deep sleep of a child and you awake feeling like the world is your playground. 

It's like you can feel the energy vibrating in your cells and radiating out to the rest of your body. Remember how that felt when you were a kid and feeling great was all you knew?  I do.  And it can be yours again. 

Do You Want That?

The real question boomer's is this:

• Are you willing to commit to eating fresh raw fruits and vegetables and nuts and little or nothing else? 

• Can you try it for thirty days?

• Are you willing to be inconvenienced?

• Are you willing to start feeling like a young pup instead of the tired old dog? 

• What is recovering your youthful energy worth to you? 

• Are you all talk and no backbone?

• Is your budget more important than your health?

This my friend, is between you and you.

Here's the deal.

You will have to walk your talk and hold the vision of your dream in front of the mirror (or is it the frig?)every single day-for thiry days to start with.

You will have to go online to some of the thousands of RAW FOOD sites and learn some new food tricks.  There is a very raw food savvy boomer named Robert Ross at Raw Food Life.  Go. Get a raw food education. Or you can start easy. Start with a Green Smoothie Girl drink and a large bowl of organic salad and veggies every single day. Remember my post on the Vita-Mix?  If you aren't used to digesting a large amount of green leafy vegetables and you think it may initially be hard on you, get yourself a Vita-Mix as soon as possible.  Break the raw food down to micro size and get it in your body, your bloodstream, your colon, and your cells.  Your new raw food history is built one day at a time starting today.  What that translates to is the new healthier you built one day at a time. 

Boomer women, how would you like glowing beautiful skin again?  Boomer men, how would you like to reject sitting in front of the boob tube because you now have too much energy for that waste of time? 

Your mental clarity and emotional happiness, your phyical strength and stamina, and your core life energy all start with what you put in your mouth and thus into your cells.  There are testimonials like the one at Shazzie's site .  We found Shazzie while researching raw food recipes on the web. 

 RAW FOR THIRTY DAYS VIDEO

Boomers Can Do This. Create a mission statement.

I contend that boomers have all the life experience tools necessary to transform themselves starting right now. Over the next year, let us transform ourselves into the largest group of healthy, beautiful, radiant, and "strong at the core" individuals ever to grace the planet earth with a dream come true manifested by taking back our health and vitality.

This is my kind of challenge. We could call it the war on disease except that we know attention animates so on the positive and intelligent side of the coin let us call it "The Boomer Health Movement."  Are you ready??

Recently, I saw the raw food video above and it blew my mind. I was already on the raw food track but as I look for ways to be of real service to my fellow boomers, it seems that mental, emotional and physical health is the most important thing I can possible help you find.  Do you agree?

This is also a gift I give to myself.

Please see part 2.

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Everybody's reading it-A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle-or at least I hope they are. 

Are all Baby Boomer Life readers awake and paying attention?  This is a must read!

In my household we have not stopped talking about it and no one is even finished reading it yet. We are taking our time because we want to enjoy the flow of the program that Oprah and Eckhart have been providing on Monday nights at Oprah.com.  Also, this is a book to ponder, to meditate on, to sit with.

Far beyond the reading of this book; I foresee many evenings of great soul searching conversation.  Do you love it?  I do. I haven't felt this good since the summer I read Power vs. Force By Dr. David Hawkins.  Many of my boomer friends are talking about it online, and in restaurants and offices everywhere I go.  That is exciting!

Last night as I listened to caller's comments and questions from all around the globe coming in on Skype, I got the tingles thinking about the power of the world wide web in a positive application such as this one.  Imagine that!

A world wide web class and callers speaking to each other free on Skype!  There isn't much that is "FREE" these days but Oprah's class with Eckhart, and Skype online have committed to ten weeks of awakening to our life's purpose and doing it together and all for FREE. No Charge. Nada!  Isn't it important to acknowledge that?

As I have had the wonderful experience of meeting, knowing, and witnessing millionaires and billionaires in my life over the last few years some facts have become clear.  Contrary to my childhood training, it has become very clear to me that most of them are caring, generous, giving people.  Oprah, for example, has demonstrated that quality to all of us many times.  Her support of Eckhart Tolle's work in this groundbreaking world wide effort, may have the effect of rocking our world as millions of people wake up seemingly over night.

I believe that work such as Dr. Hawkins', Eckhart's two books which includes The Power of Now as well as A New Earth, The Secret, and so many others, all support each other's data that beliefs,emotions, thoughts, vibrations, self talk, and feelings like fear and joy, are all interconnected in ways we never knew.

Eckhart quotes the words of Jesus from the New Testament several times and is very specific in choosing words of inspiration and expansion that fill us with light and hope.  I don't know about you but I truly appreciate those choices. Personally, I have been "beat up" by life enough.  2007 was a challenging year and I don't know how yours went but I am still recovering!  Somehow, I don't think I am alone. 

A New Earth comes at a time when so many people are experiencing difficult changes in the economy, politics, and even war, and I believe the effort to reach the public at a level of critical mass could not be more timely.  It has occurred to me that some very powerful healings in a variety of arenas are going to come from this effort. I am hopeful.  We will see.

Personally, I thank you Eckhart and I thank you Oprah.  We are "Awakening" together.  See you on Monday night at Oprah.com from Baby-Boomer-Life.

 

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One thing Baby Boomer Life is clear about is that you can’t create LIFE inside your body if all you ever put in there is DEAD STUFF!

Pretty much a no-brainer if I do say so myself. So why are so many people eating prepackaged dead stuff full of chemicals these days and what part of “you can’t produce life from death” don’t those very same people understand? I feel like I am in a Rosanna Anna Danna skit sometimes when I am talking to people about the fact that corn chips coated with MSG kills, yes murders all your digestive enzymes! eeeyyyuuuckkk!!

They look at me like I am the crazy one!

Anyway, I have a machine; a beautiful, easy to clean, whole food machine, that I love. It makes it very easy to fill your body with healthy, live, fresh, raw,enzyme packed, organic foods every single day for the rest of your life and it’s called a Vita Mix!

I call it a whole food machine because Vita Mixing your fresh vegetables into juices, salsas, soups and smoothies, delivers 100% of the nutrition in the food and you can’t even get that by eating the food whole! Your teeth cannot break down and release the power inside the food the way the Vita Mix does. A high percentage- like half or more-passes right through the body without ever being absorbed or released into the bloodstream! Isn’t that a shocker? It was for me!

There is pretty much nothing you can’t do with your Vita Mix. If whole, fresh, tasty, healthy, beautiful, nutritious,and easy to make raw foods that heal the body from inside the cells out, is your mission this year.

What could possibly be more important than that? Your health, I mean. What could be better than detoxing and cleansing and filling the colon with food that is ALIVE and ACTIVE in your cells with nothing more than fresh raw vegetables and fruits? You barely even have to cut them up!
The machine does it!! Talk about the lazy chef! So what are you waiting for? Go to the
Vita Mix online store and see what I mean and get those great recipes and start cleaning out all the junk you’ve been saving in your colon for years and put some good stuff in there and watch what happens!

Now you know- You didn’t get this way over night so have a little patience,
would you? Your colon walls are probably hard as baked mud. This may require some special colon cleansing attention. Might be a good idea to read my page on Isagenix, too!

Please note:If you want to get really serious about colon cleansing-like we did- after about a month on the Vita Mix whole foods and Isagenix Isaflush, and lots of pure water-about a glass an hour, you will want to do a super organ and colon cleanse. I promise I will be providing links to that information soon and a new  ebook called Healthy Wealthy  Boomer packed with information.

Vita Mix has thousands of testimonials from baby boomer’s who rely on their Vita Mix for the kind of nutrition that feeds the cells with energizing and healing life filled foods and their stories are amazing. We suggest that you have one in your motor homes or RV's for super healthy energizing food on the road to keep you from doing the "fast food" cha cha ( or is that the fox trot?)

Seriously, I only want what's best for your energy, beauty, and core strength.  I want everyone to feel as great as I feel so don't take my word for it.  Please, I want you to check it out for yourself.  We're going to be getting you some fast and delicious recipes for your Vita Mix too. Here's one on the blog that I love. Please let me know how you like it. Until we meet again-

Here’s to your great health! Sending you love from Baby Boomer Life!

(Check out our BBL recipe for Gazpacho -you can make it in your RV!)

Baby Boomer Life Gazpacho

Yield: 3 cups (720 mL)

Speed: Variable to High
Time: 1 minute

Ingredients:

1/4 cup fresh parsley
2 Stalks fresh celery
2 large ripe tomatoes, quartered
1 cucumber, peeled and cut in pieces
1 small red onion, quartered
1 clove fresh garlic (not the jar stuff!)
1 sweet green or red bell pepper, seeded
3 cups (720 mL) tomato juice, fresh or canned
1/4 cup (80 mL) Braggs organic apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup (60mL0 cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
dash Tobasco® sauce
salt and pepper to taste (optional)

Place all ingredients in Vita-Mix container in order listed. Secure two-part lid. Select VARIABLE, speed #1. Turn on machine and quickly increase speed to #10; then to HIGH. Run for 1 minute. Serve immediately.

Note: Serve over chopped cucumbers and tomatoes. Top w/a few black or Calamata olives for garnish and flavor

Health Classification: Low Fat, Low Cholesterol, Heart Healthy, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian, Vegan, Raw & Satisfying

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One thing for certain in the Baby Boomer Life is that all of us are determined to live longer and live healthier with a vision toward retaining our physical strength and flexibility far beyond what had been considered the norm for previous generations. Independence and interdependence being our active motto as opposed to dependence and co-dependence and you can forget the “Depends”!

Which brings me to my thoughts today about wellness and strength. Crossing the "fifty" line a few years back I was blessed to be actively working out daily twenty minutes to an hour five or six days a week. I stayed strong and fit by using the gym, walking, doing push-ups and lunges. At times in the past year I have found myself busy, preoccupied with other things and sometimes lazy. Occasionally I would put on a few pounds and focus on taking it off but had a hard time getting back in the routine that worked so well for so long. I had a teenage daughter, etc. so you know how that goes.

Naturally, weight creeps on slowly and comes off even more slowly.  Inevitably, the clothes become less comfortable and slowly you ease into the larger sizes and gradually you experience less energy and more lethargy and a need for more sleep that never seems to be fulfilled. Well that has been my experience anyway.

So I get myself back into the gym routine a minimum of three times a week , the Health Bounce mini trampoline, the push-ups (of which I can do 10 military style right here and now on command) and the lunges and some martial arts side kicks. But here's the clincher: The Total Gym is the home equipment of choice for me and my partner. We pull that out and put it back in action. I started walking again instead of constantly jumping into the car for every little errand. Put up reminder stickies all over the house to encourage myself and before you know it-Viola! I am back to my old self and it works that way over and over again. The weight falls off, the appetite drops, and the energy peaks. I like it. I feel good. I do still need a good nights sleep but I wake up at six or six thirty feeling fabulous. That’s the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it……(remember that song?)

Anyway, I have proven to myself repeatedly that nothing works as well as a consistent fitness routine and that I must incorporate the gym with a home routine to get the maximum benefits. I get back into my size sixes and my libido gets back in shape too. That’s the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it………

Recently,I heard some solid confirmation of the plan I’ve been using from a Neal Boortz interview with Chris Crowley the author of Younger Next Year (they’re calling it the “Boomer Bible”) and it seems like my plan is the one that works in his experience too. I like that. Chris is a few years older chronologically but mentally we seem to be on the same page.

Strength training and low impact cardio on a regular basis every day just like brushing my teeth, showering, and cleaning up the kitchen after cooking. What is so hard about remembering that? Which of those things and many others we do each day, is more important than our strength, wellness, energy and sense of well being?

There is no more beneficial way to deal with eliminating stress and it’s side effects. I am sure of that. I have lived it. Folks, have I ever lived it and I bet you know what I mean too!

I am certain that if you follow my experience with a plan of your own you will see that all I have said is true and then your dietary program will also change naturally as you desire less of the wrong foods and need less food except the stuff that makes you feel good. As Boomers I feel certain that you already have a handle on what those healthy foods are because the info is everywhere on the net.

Living the energetic Baby Boomer Life is about understanding cleansing and strength training. If you are looking for a great internal cleansing program to jump start a new effort for the upcoming spring, please check out my boomer buddy Dr. Schultz at www.herbdoc.com and do an organ cleanse that will make you feel like a kid again. I love this man’s commitment to wellness. His organ cleansing program works great with a new fitness regime. 

For crying out loud, don’t forget the pure, clean water in more than adequate amounts and check out the work of Dr. Patrick Flanagan. He’s one of us boomers and was a child prodigy-a genius. His work is ongoing and his products are incredibly helpful to our youthful boomer cause.

Another product I found for daily nutrition and cleansing that has become very important to my energetic status is Isagenix and I found that through of group of friends I met while attending a series of seminars. I go to a site called Isagenix and we love these products because we make a shake in the morning, add our frozen organic berries, an organic apple and it is the best fast breakfast we can consume with everything we need nutritionally in our morning meal. The flavor is great and it supports our intention to cleanse and lose weight while being as energetic as possible. What’s not to love?

Like you, I don’t mind aging as long as I do it well, with style and energy and a zest for life that never leaves my body and mind. That’s the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it ………!!!

Let’s help each other. This is why I love the net and the opportunity to reach so many people. Let me know your ideas too because I am open to new, fun ways of staying fit.

My partner and I are starting to hike again this spring. We are looking into new dance lessons too.

Like, why not? How about you?

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It seems that the emphasis on Baby Boomer Life here in the New Year is a desire for health, wealth, and abundance.  Naturally we don't want to come across as loving money and not having our priorities straight.  Mainly because we do absolutely have our priorities straight and we know what the source is or I should say WHO The Source is. 

At Christmas I received a book called First Fruits by Paula White the incredible and dynamic preacher lady of Paula White Ministries in Tampa, Florida.  I love that woman!   If you haven't heard her yet, go to TBN network and watch her show at 7:30a.m.   You will soon know why they called her MM for motor mouth when she was growing up.  Whoo hoo, that woman can talk.   Believe me, you don't have to be a Christian to love Paula. 

Like so many others of my peers, I am completely mesmerized by the prospects of internet marketing. I mean there are so many possibilities that I truly think there is something for everyone who is willing to learn and has the patience to stick with it from Ed Dales Thirty Day Challenge to Armand Morin and Jack Humphrey to Stompernet.   If you want to learn about internet marketing the information is out there.

That said, I have to go one step further and say this.  Thanks to Paula, I know that John 10:10 says "I am come that they might have life and have it more abundantly." 

Lots of people have money but true abundance that includes money and much more comes from many things that include an understanding of First Fruits.  I didn't have this one straight myself for many long years.  Even after I thought I did have it straight I still did not.  It came as a bit of a shock when I started to study the Old and New Testament with Paula in the mornings, with John Hagee, and Creflow Dollar- yes Creflow Dollar.  I laughed too but The Man is nothing short of Amazing-with a capital A.

What they have all taught me is that no matter what you do or how hard you work, there is an order to life and to the spiritual life that affects your material and physical life in every way.  You may not see the pattern at first but after awhile it just seems to bubble to the top repeatedly until you cannot ignor it. 

There are many of you out there who know exactly what I mean and this post is intended especially for you and for me-lest I forget the many lessons I have learned the hard way.

I hope you will take this post in the spirit in which it is intended.  A spirit of love and sharing and a wish for your good and long health and abundance in the year ahead.  It is a great time for a new beginning. Get your copy of Paula Whites First Fruits and start your new year on the right path. 

Have a Blessed New Year too. Can I get an AMEN?

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