Archive for the Sane
One of the experts I try to point folks to is Vivian Goldschmidt. She is one smart women and her is mission to save our bones and do it so we stay healthy enough to use them. After a diagnosis of osteoporosis and some long, awful months on a prescription drug which completely ruined her quality of life and threatened her health she decided to do something differently. She became an expert in the holistic approach in keeping our bones healthy and flexible as well as the many drugs being pushed by well meaning docs and the maybe not so well meaning Big Pharma.
Well today’s blog post from Vivian has some startling news on these drugs–Fosomax, Didronel, Actonel, and Boniva–are all implicated in sickness, tumorous cancers, and even death. Who’s reporting these claims? The FDA, an article published in JAMA, and even this found in the January 1st issue of Journal of the American Dental Association, “even short-term oral use of alendronate (Fosamax) led to osteonecrosis of the jaw.”
WOW, now please use this link and head over to Vivian’s blog and read the full post. It will make you think if you are taking one of these drugs or it has been suggested that you do.
If you want to know how to strengthen your bones without these drugs Vivian has a great book
. I encourage you to learn all you can about how to naturally care for your skeleton and keep yourself flexible. Her book has diet recommendations as well as how to supplement with what. You may be surprised to find that “Got Milk” may translate into “Got Bone Problems.” But don’t take my word, go visit the expert.
Please share your experiences with these drugs if you are on them.
What’s a new year without resolutions, goals, a bit of self flagellation for all we didn’t do in the last 12 months?
When you wrote down, or declared your goals/resolutions, did they excite you? Did you feel energized by the very thought of making more money, getting in shape, changing your eating program? I didn’t hear a rousing chorus of “Amen sister.” Do your goals and intentions for a better you feel like shoulds vs must-haves-gotta-dos-cant’-waits-wanna-get-started-nows? Hmm, “Houston, we have a problem.”
The problem is that without a positive emotion the best intentions in the world won’t get you anywhere. Why? Because we are sentient, that is, feeling beings. Our feelings move us. In order to get out of our comfort zones we must feel some excitement for the thing that isn’t comfortable.
This isn’t all though, we must have some accountability and a plan. So here’s what I’m going to do and I’ve got some homework for you. In the next week I’m going to write 7 tips to help you set goals you can be excited about. I’m also going to recommend some accountability tools–some of which are free, all of which I know to be powerful.
Here is your homework. Review your last 12 months looking for the successes. What a concept huh? Instead of focusing on what you didn’t get done dig around for what you learned, what you did accomplish, who you loved, what surprised you, the sunsets that delighted you, the dress or pants you wore that made you feel al-that-and-a-bag-of-chips. I’d write them down if you want to get the most from this exercise. As you remember these positive moments of the past year I want you to remember how you felt. Write that down too.
That’s it, this is a very strong place to start to fashion a plan for creating what you want your new year to look and feel like.
Let me know what comes up for you in the comment section. Others will benefit from your ahas and realizations as will I.
