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Valentine’s Day Chocolate

Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Valentine’s Day is known for chocolate. But chocolate can be as good for you as it can be bad for you. Know the difference before you start to indulge. Note: I wrote a book about Chocolate called: Chocolate: the bad, the mediocre and the awesome on www.DrHollyBooks.com .

Chocolate is a phenomenal food that has a long history. Probably due to the fact that it has over 1400 known compounds and over 400 nutrients that the body requires!! That’s a lot – wouldn’t you say? The fruit – yes cocoa is a fruit – there are 26 basic varieties and now various additional altered varieties. It is the seeds from the cocoa fruit that we dry and utilize to make “chocolate”.

Unfortunately, in today’s world, there is very little, if any, of the real chocolate, in the junk chocolate. Much of it is artificial flavoring and of course, most of it is loaded with sugar!! Causing more problems that the real things solves!!

Besides the huge collection of vitamins and minerals (e.g., calcium, copper, magnesium and potassium) and wonderful omega 3s (oleic acid  which is an omega 9 is beneficial to the cardiovascular system and increases HDL and reduces LDL AND predominates over the palmitic acid; palmitic is found in low levels, and is known to increase cholesterol concentrations; and stearic acids – which doesn’t effect cholesterol levels because it is converted to stearic acid) and good pre and probiotics, chocolate is also well known for its powerful polyphenols: procyanidins and epicatechins. Now these two groups of bioflavonoids, one of the many categories of polyphenols, are incredibly powerful as:

  • Powerful anti-oxidant due to the polyphenols and in particular the procyanidins which are 5x higher in dark chocolate than milk chocolate
  • Theobromine is one of the polyphenols and does better at stopping coughing than prescriptions
  • Proanthrocyanidins are another polyphenol – condensed tannin – powerful anti-oxidants – 20x higher than Vit C and 50 times higher than Vit E – they also strengthen arteries and veins and lower blood pressure; slow neuropathy development in diabetics; and diabetes induced cataract formation
  • Specific anti-oxidant for the skin protecting it from UV damage
  • The polyphenols upgrade nitric oxide in the body – allows for arterial expansion/contraction – vasodilator and vascular endothelial growth factor – ie., strength the membrane lining of the vascular system
  • Has very good cardio benefits – it is a leading food for magnesium content which is an antiarrhythmic (irregular heart rhythms) and hypotensive (used to treat high blood pressure)
  • Powerful anti-inflammatory
  • Protects nerves from injury and inflammation that cause problems with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, strokes, etc
  • Contains various neurotransmitters and neuropeptides associated with “feeling good”
  • Catechins and epicatechins also increase cerebral blood flow which helps to protect the brain
  • Reverse insulin resistance and reverse diabetes!!
  • Stimulates redox-sensitive signaling pathways involved in gene expression AND immune response
  • Increases sense of satiety – or feeling full – and thus can help with weight loss
  • The copper component is used as a cofactor for a number of enzymes; glucose metabolism; iron transport and various growth and development issues
  • The potassium component can help protect against sodium overload
  • The iron component protects against anemia and hemoglobin issues causing fatigue and shortness of breath
  • The polyphenols do cause the bitterness (which is combated by the omega 3s) are 5x higher in the dark chocolate

Remember, this is only a short list of the benefits of chocolate – BUT there is a catch!!! You want to eat the REAL chocolate, not the processed “junk” chocolate with all the sugar, and other “stuff” in it. You want the real 100% chocolate, with all the vitamins, minerals, omega 3s, anti-oxidants and so much more!!!

When you crave chocolate – the question to ask yourself is:

  • Are you craving the sugars to feed the bad bacteria in your body
  • Are you craving the healthy 100% chocolate with all of its benefits to the body

As a side note, historically, chocolate was consumed for its healing and medicinal benefits. In various cultures, it was eaten by warriors before going off to war to increase the body’s capacity for stamina and endurance.

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Dr. Holly Fourchalk, Ph.D., DNM®, RHT, MH, AAP, HT

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Robert O. Williams

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What happens when we live all emotions, thoughts and body feelings as love as opposed to just searching for love? We are free to give to others without need or fear. That love is the power and pure heart consciousness.

In Love Is the Power, Robert O. Williams leads readers into the intimate journey of his life through the vivid memories of his unique childhood, an inspiring account of his talent and perseverance as a saxophone player, his introduction to Transcendental Meditation (TM), his magical time performing and recording with The Beach Boys, and the extraordinary journey through multiple near-death experiences and visits with other dimensions which culminated in three decades of research and invention of Quantum Code Technology and the One08 Heart+ App.

The One08 Heart+ App significantly reduces stress by more than 30% and opens the heart chakra, helping move humanity from fear to love. Peace Troubadour James Twyman is the ambassador of the One08 Heart+ App.

Williams said, “The fact that we were able to develop a proven technology to strengthen our physical hearts as well as serve in the awakening of our spiritual hearts is, for me, an indication that we truly can raise consciousness through technology.”

Readers will be transfixed as they learn of Williams’ numerous near-death and out-of-body experiences, which showed him the answer to the purpose of humanity: to realize love. Love Is the Power is not about the search for love, romantic or otherwise; rather, it is about being love.

At a young age, Williams had the ability to see auras and the capacity for clairvoyance. He tuned into the natural world the way not many others have. In Love is the Power, he shares a valuable message, simple yet necessarily vast to its core. The unfolding of his story is stirring and uplifting in its ability to relate to the reader in a way that finds beauty, depth and insight in even what seems the most trivial, or the most challenging life experiences.

The natural world was Williams’ muse as a young child, connecting with nature spirits and a close spirit friend. With the onset of adolescence came the vanishing of these beings, resulting in Williams’ anger, frustration and serious and mysterious physical ailments. Music became an unexpected replacement, as playing the saxophone was now an obsession. While in college he was deeply touched by a photo of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi that would forever change the course of his life. He decided to attend Maharishi International University in Iowa.

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Williams’ extraordinary talent playing the saxophone eventually landed him his dream job of touring with The Beach Boys. Williams’ search for spirituality reached a pivotal moment when he learned that despite years of dedication to the saxophone, a physical disability would prevent him from playing the instrument he loved for extended periods of time. It was his search for the rekindling of the spirituality of his childhood and his love of music, the “carrier waves of pure heart love,” that led him to discover TM. This discovery was crucial to the events that would happen next: nearly dying multiple times, clear vision and communication with his guru, revelations of sacred geometry, and travels through the dimensions. Uncovering the ultimate Law-Love, Devotion, Surrender-is icing on the cake. Williams’ tenacity and wisdom of the scientific relation between the physical and metaphysical worlds resulted in QCT to move humanity from fear to love-making the world a better place. www.loveisthepower.com

About Robert O. Williams:

Robert is considered one of the world’s foremost experts in subtle energy engineering and technology. Robert is an inventor, musician and educator. He lectures at leading universities and is the inventor and developer of Quantum Code Technology. In addition to teaching music at the university level, Robert recorded and performed with such artists as The Beach Boys, Paul Horn and Charles Lloyd. He has worked with prominent scientists including Dr. William Tiller (Stanford), Dr. Beverly Rubik (Berkeley), Dr. Rustum Roy (Penn State) and Dr. Stuart Krassner (UC Irvine).

About One08:

One08 is an innovative global technology company with a mission to improve the lives of all human beings worldwide by developing and bringing to market scientifically based life-changing mobile apps and clean technology products that improve the health, performance and lifestyles of its customers. Future offerings from One08 will include additional mobile apps and patented clean technology products with Quantum Code Technology to positively affect global resources necessary for healthy living.

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My Island of Truth and Purpose.

Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast
 by Sara Troy

I have finally found the island, the place where we seek out our spirit, our purpose our truth. What I did not realize in my journey to fit in, to seek and to find, is that I have been on this island all the time. It is my home, my place of being, my sanctuary and my peace. It is where I find my harmony and where above all else I can and do speak my truth.
I was born here in this place of tranquillity. I flew here with the gentle winds and bathed in the soft embracing waters or her shorelines. I baked in her sun and walked in her mysteries and discovered her wonderment. She is home to me, my bed to lay my spirit, my blanket to protect me, my sun to warm me and my fruits to feed me.                                                                                                                                                                                                    I am never alone here, for there are others here that know the same purpose and peace. We are here living in the universal paradise readying ourselves for those to come. Who are we that live here and dance with the island? We are the elders, the ones that will greet you at the entrance of the island. You do not have to come in knowledge, but you do have to come in truth and a willingness to learn. You can only gain entrance if you are true in heart, free in spirit and open to wonderment and with intent to teach others in turn.
Unlike the popular TV show The Island, we are not here to keep evil in, but to be the centre core of enlightenment and inspiration so that its pupils can come and learn and then go and teach others. It is a place of divine entry, a filtration of inner truth and true calling. A place where you can find your inner truth and a place of finding your knowingness.
What is knowingness? It is a place of such undoubted absolute truth that there is nothing that can or will contaminate what you know. When you reach it, you know it is an understanding of information that does not have to be validated, it simply just is. It is a wonderful place to be unless you are with people who cannot see it or don’t want to. But living in this absolute shows such conviction that people cannot argue with your belief factor.
I flew as a child, flew high as a young woman, in my flight I reached out and found my knowledge. I have never learned the conventional way, I am a Now learner. Some things that I have read direct me and give me an understanding of what I am living. But for the most part, my knowingness comes from just feeling my truth or what it is I need to know in that time and space.

Space the final frontier, it is the beginning, it is the end, it is everything in-between, and it is just everything. When I am in flight I connect to the molecules of the universe and gain my knowledge. I am one yet an individual within the one of everything. My existence is present at all times somewhere, in something, doing something even in my nothingness. We live in a conscious of non-consciences. I live in my presence and can only speak to my knowledge in the now. When cross-examined on it I falter, for the now is all I am.
I have had a hard time living in my body, my consciousness is my home, this body, and its needs draw me away from my being and I end up confused and misplaced. I have had to learn and be at peace and in balance with my soul spirit and body, something that requires a consistent earthly consciousness’.
On the island I am whole, I am one. Melded with my divine humanity, I now realize that I am not just an elder in spirit but Soul Now in mind and body. It is time for me now to take my teachings up to another level and embrace the elder in me.
I love youth, the spirit dancing in possibilities, the embrace, and hunger for knowledge and the acceptance of inner truth without fear. It is wonderful to see them soar, to see their flight. But as an elder, it is not for me to journey with them but to guide them, give them grounding from which they spring-board from and an open understanding of the passengers they pick up along the way.
I love being the elder, now matched with human age, I can just be the wisdom, the balance and the guidance they need to make their own journey. They are the future, so we must guide them well, for as is was in the begging it will be in the end, our existence will be in their hands of the young that grow older and wiser.                                                                                                                               
So come to the island to learn and breathe in its knowledge, embrace its wisdom and take it with you through your journey in your own purposeful life. Some come to look but are not ready to participate in it yet. Their time will come, this lifetime a hundred lifetimes from now, it will come. You can only help the ready only guide those that ask for passage; only liberate those who want it. As in everything in life, it is not for us to walk their walk, but to show the options of the road ahead of them and ready them for the journey.
If we have done it right then they will find their spirit that guides them and is that inspiration for others to follow. One can only show them the water, not drink it for them, it must be their free will, their choice to make the journey.
The most powerful thing in the universe is the feeling of knowingness, for in that truth there is a sense of peace and love. Life is a feeling guided by knowledge’s sight touch. When our senses are as one we are in that place of truth and the universal centre.
Take your head out of it, listen with your eyes, feel with your heart, and speak from the soul. Your head is the CPU the computer to store your knowledge, the truth of your knowledge comes from your soul which is your universal connection. Be open, be honest, be trusting, be still, tap in and feel it, be it and live in it. You know what you need to know in that space of time, all other information serves no purpose till it is needed. Download store somewhere and listen to the universe speak to you, ask and you will receive if you are truly open to hear, feel and see it.
So my young spirits, I am here waiting for you excited to feel your being and guide you on your way to greatness. Spirits set free to fulfil their purpose in the greatness of the song and dance we call universal harmony.

Sara Troy

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Updated January 2017

How Tarot Can Help Improve Your Mental Health

Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

The art of Tarot is ancient; practised to build deep spiritual connections and give us a personal insight into our subconscious. In our modern world, a rise in mental illness has made us more aware of the importance of a healthy mind. As introspection and self-exploration are key practices for a healthy mental state, Tarot reading can help you reflect on your personal wellbeing. It is, however, important that Tarot is approached responsibly and practised with self-awareness to ensure a healthy relationship with the cards.

Set your intentions

Tarot is intended for self-discovery; building a connection with your spiritual self and the universe. To avoid a negative dependency on Tarot cards, practice readings that are focused on bringing self-awareness, and not towards predicting the future. When used in this capacity you can see how Tarot can benefit your mental health.

Find a good reader

Tarot is a deeply personal experience, and although everyone possesses the ability to interpret the cards themselves, sometimes a personal reading can become influenced or biased towards a specific meaning. It can be quite daunting to find a professional reader that can be trusted, so sites like Kasamba can pair you with an online reader, and Yelp can match you with a reader locally.

Change the narrative

The temptation is always there to ask the cards for answers to trivial questions: “When will I find love?” or “When will I progress in my career?”. The cards are unable to predict the future, and the answers they provide will inevitably be frustrating. Try instead to ask “What can help me find love?” or “What can I do to prepare for a career change?”. These introspective questions will help you to find a greater understanding of yourself.

Avoid Repetition

It can be easy to become fixated on finding the solution to a problem in the cards, especially when the first interpretation isn’t particularly satisfactory. Repeating the same question over and over again, and expecting a different outcome can lead to an unhealthy obsession. Focus on the purpose of your reading – to develop your personal wellbeing – and remove yourself from negative practices.

You are in control

Occasionally the cards bring warnings of bad news or trouble. Although a stark warning may fill you with dread, it is always within your power to change the course of events in your life. The cards do not predict the future, they simply provide guidance.

Try not to take interpretations too literally; it is your emotional and intuitive responses that are the most important in providing greater insight to your wellbeing.

By Sally Writes

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Find Your Friggin Joy with Belinda Farrell 

Belinda is a Woman who uses ancient Hawaiian teachings to overcome devastating loss, accept responsibility, and find her friggin’ joy.

Belinda Farrell has overcome major life challenges—the suicide of her son, complete financial loss, and healing a degenerated spine without surgery. But all was not lost. By using ancient Hawaiian techniques and accepting responsibility for every aspect of her life, she was able to rise from the ashes, find her friggin’ joy, and now she’s sharing this invaluable information with others in her new book, Find Your Friggin’ Joy.

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