How did YOU wake up this morning?

Did you wake up: 

exhausted? energized? sluggish? refreshed? psyched?

Change is the one constant in the universe! Everything changes - that's forever - the one thing that will never change is...change! Consider the way you live your life: Does that change with each season? each year? Do you tweak your routines when you get new information about your health?

Or do you keep the same habits and schedules year after year?

Every business needs consistent sales to stay in business. The more regular the sales, the better. Branding is the vehicle a business uses to attract your business and to ensure repeat sales. When you favor one brand, product or service over another, you're more likely to become a repeat customer. You've been branded.

But honestly, when it comes to your health and wellbeing, we need a different approach entirely. While some choices like daily exercise might be useful all year long. Other choices, like our foods need to shift with each season, in order for us to maximize our health!

Think about your closet that is full of clothes you love. When the warm weather arrives you pack away your Winter coats, boots, scarves and mittens and pull out your Summer sandals, dresses, shorts and t-shirts.

Some things, especially the types of daily food and exercise, should (like our clothes) be swapped in and out of use, from season to season. This practice of seasonal living, eating and dressing allows our bodies to adapt to changes in temperature and climate with much more ease and much less stress, than if we were to eat, exercise and dress the same way all year long.

We've all been branded. Whether it's your favorite dress designer, your favorite news source, your favorite sports team, your favorite bistro or loaf of bread, business counts on branding you. Some branding is useful, and we all love to have our "go-to" places and things when we're short on time or need a dependable product or experience. But sometimes this 'go-to' habit becomes a big rut, which actually takes us out of the game of living fully each day.

Think about the many meals you grab and go, because you're rushing off to work. All the coffee you drink to keep up with a hectic schedule. Or the sleeping pills you gulp down because you're too stressed out at night to sleep. Or that standard meal that you eat every day for lunch, day after day. (I remember in sixth grade I ate a bologna and mayo sandwich for lunch every day because I did not have to think about it.) Boring!

When you live in a four season climate, as we do in New England, it's very important to get your seasonal game on. We'll feel more energized and get better sleep when we do. Getting more sleep will minimize stress. But if the way we are eating and living is adding stress to our bodies each day, we won't get the sleep we need to feel amazing the each morning. Would you wear your Winter clothes all Summer long? NO! You'd overheat! Would you wear Summer clothes all Winter long? Of course not, you'd freeze.

In the same way different foods have different thermo-dynamic properties. Some foods heat you up (Hot Sauce) and others cool you down (cucumbers). Some foods stimulate your mind and body (coffee) while others can calm you down (herbs). So if you are feeling stressed, tired, exhausted or lack sleep or never get a good night's sleep, then something in your life is out of balance. And since change is the core of the universe, it is possible to change poor sleep or lack of energy into deep sleep and abundant energy.


If sleep is an issue for you, and you're tired of relying on booze or sleeping pills, to fall asleep, then please do contact me: www.youngerasyouage.com. There is another way!

I'd be happy to offer you a complimentary "Get More Sleep" Breakthrough Session($275 value) just for taking the time to read this article and for taking a moment to consider that your habits might be keeping you awake all night.

If stress, energy, weight or poor health are your concerns, I can help you, too!

Lynne Ann Paterson
Younger AS You Age Holistic Health Coach
www.youngerasyouage.com.

Don't stay a stranger to me.
Send me a message. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this article.
Peace.

Make Every Day A Celebration Worth Enjoying!!

Fourth of July, 2016

Holidays are wonderful.
The Fourth of July fireworks are so beautiful. People, all the world over, love to celebrate life's special moments, events and milestones. And so do I.

But what about all those other days between holidays? If you could transform each mundane day
into one that feels like a celebration, without the negative side effects of indulging - would you?
If you could know exactly what your body needs in any given moment to feel healthier than ever - would you be interested?



In our culture, national holidays, sporting events and special occasions have become an easy excuse to plunge into excess behavior. Daily drinking (alcohol) and overeating are encouraged, and even considered normal in a "super-size-me" culture.

No wonder so many Americans are exhausted or overweight!
But what happens the next day, when you are hung over, have a huge brain fog, or worse, are so sick-to-your-stomach that you cannot even get out of bed? Was the way you chose to celebrate really worth it? Maybe, it was fun in the moment, or when you were twenty-something in college. What about now, when you've got kids to get off to camp and a long workday ahead of you?

Are those old patterns of indulgence or old habits still working for you?

There is a way to 'celebrate' without getting completely inebriated or strung out on sugary treats. There is a way to enjoy life fully without paying a big price the next day. It is possible to truly enjoy any celebration when know where your personal healthy limit lies. And to know this, you'll want to cultivate a highly attuned sense balance between what your mind craves and what your body actually needs. In yoga we call this: heightened awareness or mindfulness.

Overindulgence not only leaves you feeling tired, foggy or sick, over time it wears out the internal organs (liver, kidneys, spleen, etc.) and depresses your immune system. A weak immune system leaves you susceptible to harmful outside influences (germs), and creates a vicious cycle of fatigue and low functioning.

If you want each tomorrow to feel like a holiday that is really worth celebrating, then it is vital to look at your personal habits. Not just the habits you have around special occasions, but the habits you have every day! Our daily habits are responsible for how we feel each day. AMA: 80% of all chronic disease results from diet and lifestyle choices. This is true: whatever you choose to do/eat/say/think today, lays the ground for how you feel tomorrow!

Would like to live each day as fully as you can: to be healthy, alive, awake, pain-free and happy in your own body? If losing weight, increasing energy, preventing illness/disease and nourishing yourself deeply is important to you - contact me. If you love your life and work so much that you'd rather jump up and down for joy than "miss out" on a single day because you're exhausted, sleep deprived or home in bed, then please know that I am here to help.

Every day I practice healthy lifestyle habits that make me feel alive, awake and happy. And most of all, I look younger, as I age.


Contact Me Today:
Lynne Ann Paterson, Holistic Health Coach
Schedule a complimentary "Younger As You Age" Breakthrough Session
www.youngerasyouage.com

"CREATE ABUNDANT ENERGY W/OUT NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS"

 January 16, 2016

"CREATE ABUNDANT ENERGY W/OUT NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS"

Do you like to kick start your day with caffeine and sugar-laden cereals or pastries?
Do you depend on a​surge of stimulants to get you up, moving and off to work? 

​D​o you experience an energy crash later that morning or later in the day? 

When the morning caffeine-sugar routine becomes your habit, day after day, year after year, you'll need more caffeine-sugar to get that same energy boost. Pretty soon you'll grab a cup 'o joe after lunch to get through your work day, and another cup and some chocolate in the late afternoon to get you home.

Before you know it, you're caught in a vicious cycle, that can be so very hard to change. I call this the caffeine shock/sugar crash cycle, and it will eventually ​lead you down the road of dis-ease, where you end up ​feeling older than your age, and ​looking older than you are!

Look in the mirror. Do you see dark circles under your eyes?
If so, your body is trying to tell you something important. Are you listening? That dark red, dark purple, or even dark black color indicates stagnation in the blood, a lack of circulation or oxygen. The darker the color, the deeper the stagnation. And when the blood gets stuck, everything in your system slows down. If you don't remedy the situation at the source then anxiety, stress, fatigue and exhaustion could result.

 

Pretty scary right? Look familiar?

Caffeine and sugar create a false sense of energy, and although drinking coffee at all times of the day is quite fashionable - it wrecks havoc on your body in the long run. Caffeine dehydrates, demineralizes, destabilizes the body. Sugar weakens the immune system so you're more susceptible to all types of pathogens. Caffeine and sugar are sneaky - they pretend to energize the cells, tissues, and organs when in fact they actually end up sucking the living vitality right out of you.

Want to test my theory? Just try to quit both caffeine and sugar today! Either you'll get that awful caffeine withdrawal headache, or your ego will rebuke
"I'm not addicted to caffeine or sugar."

I hope about now, you're asking:

Is there another way? 

Is it possible to create abundant energy that nourishes my body all day, without negative side-effects? without depleting my kidneys and adrenal glands, or making my bones brittle?

The next time you reach for that triple expresso latte, ask:

Is there really a way for me to get off this hamster wheel of harmful habits and avoid the vicious shock/crash cycle, so that instead of either racing around in a frenzy or dragging my ass around all day, I will instead feel alive and vital and happy?

And listen for my voice inside your head saying: Yes, there is!

Absolutely, yes, there is a natural way to cultivate all the energy you desire, so you can accomplish all the things you need and love to do...without creating negative side-effects, like depleting your body, your immune system, or wrecking havoc on your nerves?

It's called iLEAP.

iLEAP: Into Life Empowered and Present Daily Health & Wellness Program is my signature group program that will help you shift that caffeine-sugar addiction (or other habits that keep you from feeling like a superhero or super heroine).

iLEAP course registration is currently open, and closes on January 31.

Don't let this perfect opportunity pass you by.
in iLEAP you'll:
~ create abundant energy, 

~ get savvy with simple, effective self-care habits,
~ fire up your digestion, and say goodbye to gas, bloating, constipation,
~ enjoy a spring season food plan,
~ have the confidence & skill to make excellent choices,

~ enjoy satisfying sleep night after night,

~ nourish your body on a much deeper level,
~ offset the effects of aging,

~ have way more energy,
~ become much happier,
~ look and feel younger as you age!!

In just 12 weeks, I guarantee that you'll feel more alive, balanced, vital AND that you'll look and feel younger than you have in ages!!

The biweekly group lessons are offered live OR you can listen to the recordings (if you live further away). The coaching biweekly live coaching sessions are held on the off weeks, between lessons. The lessons are delivered workshop style: with both lecture and practice.

 

PLUS, you'll receive these added bonuses:

~ on going weekly coaching calls
~ personal guidance on what habit to shift when
~ practical wisdom from someone who walks the talk
~ helpful tips on how to make changes last

My teaching style:
I’ll teach you the best guiding principles to boost your health to the max. And I’ll teach you how to ‘bend” these principles, so you can enjoy your friendly addictions on the occasion, without negative effects. I’m not dogmatic. I will teach you how to know for yourself whether your choices are helpful or harmful!!

My highest aim is to help you build a strong body of knowledge and experience, upon which you can create lasting health, year after year.

Ready to enroll?

If you are ready to take charge of your own health and wellbeing, if you want to get off unnecessary medications, if you want to have more energy and vitality this year: please register online today.

Concerns?
If you'd like to speak with me to see if iLEAP is right for you, (or if you'd rather have me coach you privately) please request a complimentary consultation.

Lastly, my yoga philosophy teacher always says:
"The most valuable and useful education is that which provides BOTH proven knowledge and practice experience. A take what the experts say, and test the  validity for yourself."

As an expert in natural living and holistic lifestyles, I will both educate you and coach you to make little changes over time, so that you gain skill in knowing what is best for you, on any given day. 

That's why iLEAP stands for "Into Life Empowered and Present" - because when we deepen our awareness we become more empowered. 

I hope you'll join me.

Please pass this email along to any friends or family, whom you know would benefit from this life-changing course.

Namaste.