Posts tagged physical health
December 16, 2011 · Filed under My Book: BookMark, News, Personal · Tagged abuse, alcoholism, career, healing, inspiration, Jerry Sandusky, Mike McQueary, mother, optimism, pedophilia, Penn State, physical health, positive thinking, rape, relationships, self awareness, stepfather, therapy, trauma
Brutal news week.
I used to draw down a wall between my life and the news. As I anchored the news, reading about others’ pain, I didn’t feel my own. I was inured from the intrusions of decades of sexual abuse. I could focus on WhoWhatWhenWhereWhyHow and script the stories, read my own words, tell the story. That’s over. It’s actually been over for a few years until I could finally break down that inviolate partition. I was healed. I thought.
But this was a brutal news week. Read the rest of this entry »
October 4, 2010 · Filed under Book Reviews, Personal · Tagged career, fearless, happiness, healing, inspiration, interviewing Mel Gibson, magic, manifest, Mel Gibson, miracles, physical health, self awareness, video interview
Inna Segal’s show aired today on Open Book with Diana Page Jordan. You can listen to the half-hour show, here, and I also promised in my blog yesterday to give you a few more of the highlights.
Inna’s book is The Secret Language of Your Body. It is assembled much like a dream dictionary. Look up your ailing organ, or use color as preventative medicine. Look up your emotions or your body systems. It’s cool. The book’s biggest take-away is that your body is talking to you. Using Inna’s book, you can interpret its changes, and act accordingly. The other take-away is that Inna’s life has gotten phenomenally better. Doors fly open. She says these words to Universal Intelligence or Divine Intelligence, “How does it get better?” Then she focuses on her intention. Read the rest of this entry »
October 3, 2010 · Filed under Author Interviews, Book Reviews, Open Book · Tagged career, diabetes, goals, healing, inspiration, manifest, optimism, passion, physical health, positive thinking, self awareness, therapy
The Secret Language of Your Body
By Inna Segal
Published August 31, 2010 (Paperback) Atria/Beyond Words
The oddest thing happened during intermission at the Michael Beckwith/Bob Thurman event a few weeks ago. A petite brown-haired woman walked down the aisle toward my seat, and I rose, as if beckoned, to speak with her. We didn’t know each other. We had never met before. But it seemed like we were supposed to speak. So, we did. We parted a few moments later, a bit puzzled. Later in the evening, I was chatting with an event organizer from Beyond Words, and mentioned that I’d be interviewing one of their authors soon – Inna Segal. The co-founder of the publishing company pointed a few rows away, and said, “There’s Inna.” Inna was the very same petite brown-haired woman. After our interview a few days ago, we still have that sense of something more – yet to be discovered.
One thing for certain, Inna Segal has come a long way – as she mentions briefly in her book The Secret Language of Your Body, and, at length, on my show – Open Book with Diana Page Jordan – which will air tomorrow at 1:30p Pacific on www.pdx.fm. Inna – pronounced EE-nah – was barely out of her teens when her body felt ravaged with pain, particularly her back. She visited doctors and chiropractors, none able to diagnose and heal her. Finally, nearly bent in pain, she visited a chiropractor who frankly told her to go home. She was shocked and angry. He simply told her that her body was stuck, and there was nothing he could do to help her. Inna said she was so furious, she hardly felt the pain as she returned home. But it stirred her to action. Read the rest of this entry »
July 6, 2010 · Filed under Book Reviews, Events · Tagged career, entrepreneur, happiness, healing, inspiration, manifest, meditation, physical health, relationships, self awareness
Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened Work and Mindful Play
By Kimberly Wilson
Published February 1, 2010 (Paperback) New World Library
A few Sundays ago, I wandered into a studio in NW Portland called Barre 3, shucked my shoes, and padded into an inner sanctum ringed with floor-to-ceiling mirrors to meet the author of Tranquilista. About a dozen women sat in a circle on exercise mats on the floor, listening to Kimberly Wilson, all invited by the spectacular Katie Kelley, a local business coach.
Kimberly sparkled as she entered the room – Read the rest of this entry »
June 29, 2010 · Filed under Book Reviews · Tagged fashion, fat, happiness, healthy diet, inspiration, looking thin, non-fat, optimism, passion, physical health, positive thinking, workout
How To Never Look Fat Again: Over 1,000 Ways to Dress Thinner – Without Dieting!
By Charla Krupp
Published March 10, 2010 (Hardcover) Springboard Press
Know what I had for dessert tonight? How To Never Look Fat Again! Delicious, goes down sweet, and puts no calories on. Takes them off actually – without dieting!
Charla Krupp argues that it’s not about vanity to choose products and clothes to look younger and trimmer – not in this youth-obsessed culture! I used to look better naked Read the rest of this entry »
June 22, 2010 · Filed under Book Reviews · Tagged abuse, career, father, fearless, goals, happiness, healing, inspiration, manifest, optimism, physical health, positive thinking, relationships, self awareness, stepfather, trauma, writing
Happy: Simple Steps to Get the Most Out of Life
By Ian K. Smith, MD
Published April 27, 2010 (Hardcover) St Martin’s Press
Here’s my secret for knowing which book to read at any point in time. I send up a sense of gratitude while holding the book, and ask “What do I most need to know from this book?” And I open it on that beat.
You need the backstory to appreciate this. Read the rest of this entry »
May 28, 2010 · Filed under Book Reviews · Tagged depression, diabetes, diabetes type 2, diet, goals, healing, healthy diet, inspiration, optimism, physical health, self awareness, storytelling, sugar, type a, writing
Beat Sugar Addiction Now! The Cutting-Edge Program That Cures Your Type of sugar Addiction and Puts You On the Road to Feeling Great – and Losing Weight!
By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD
Published March 1, 2010 (Paperback) Fair Winds Press
Nice. I’ve got this sweet little square of Ghirardelli dark chocolate with liquid caramel oozing out of the prissy little bite I’ve made to make it last longer…and I’m opening the mail. I take another bite, savoring the dark sweetness, and you know what slid out of that padded yellow envelope – Beat Sugar Addiction Now! Ah, crap! No fair!
So I swallow the last little bit, savoring that elegant sweetness, and open the book. Another teacher arriving on cue. This week I spent Read the rest of this entry »
May 13, 2010 · Filed under Book Reviews · Tagged abuse, dancing, diabetes, diet, divorce, EMDR, father, fearless, feelings, happiness, healing, healthy diet, love, marriage, physical health, rape, self awareness, stepfather, therapy, trauma, women food and god, writing
Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
By Geneen Roth
Published March 2, 2010 (Hardcover) Scribner
There have been only two sizes of clothes in my closet for the past twenty years – fours and smalls. You may conclude that I do not need to read a book like Women Food and God. But I do.
Because inside my wicker hamper – that I bought in New York City when I was 21 and working for a fashion and beauty boutique PR agency – I have Read the rest of this entry »
April 19, 2010 · Filed under Author Interviews, Events · Tagged creatively fit, creativity, fearless, fiction, friendship, happiness, healing, health, healthy diet, humor, inspiration, manifest, massage, novel, physical health, relationships, self awareness, storytelling, thriller, writing
212
By Alafair Burke
Published March 23, 2010 (Hardcover) Harper
Normally, one would never put these two books together – Alafair Burke’s 212 and Whitney Ferre’s Creatively Fit. But there is a common thread between Burke’s thriller and Ferre’s artistic rebellion.
The Artist Within: A Guide to Becoming Creatively Fit
By Whitney Ferre
Published October 28, 2008 (Paperback) Turner Publishing Company
One of the coolest comments Alafair Burke made when we discussed her writing process of 212 concerned the serendipitous nature of her work. She wrote the thriller without an outline – that despite numerous stories that intertwined. You can hear Alafair’s complete answer on Open Book with Diana Page Jordan today. There’s a rhythm and a magic to it. She credits her lawyer-brain for her ability to tell a multi-nuanced story. But the inspiration! Ah! Read the rest of this entry »
March 2, 2010 · Filed under Events · Tagged career, fearless, goals, healing, healthy diet, inspiration, magic, manifest, meditation, metaphysics, Mt Tabor, news, newsmakers, optimism, passion, physical health, relationships, self awareness, theater, therapy
News That Makes A Difference:
Portland Thought-Leaders & Cutting-Edge Media Invoke Change Together
“The dark side of news,” I told the filled theatre, “has a bright side, and you can be that light.”
Nearly ninety people – some authors, others massage-therapists, acupuncturists, and metaphysical bookstore employees – soaked up wisdom about news tonight from five mainstream and eclectic and eMedia experts. The five of us, perched on black leather stools on stage Read the rest of this entry »
