Stressed? Anxious? Change Your Food and Change Your Life

While stress and anxiety can be triggered by any number of causes, there are some foods that can help alleviate anxiety on a physical level by blocking or lowering the body’s chemical response to stress hormones or increasing the amount of anti-stress chemicals.  By understanding the effect of vitamins and chemicals contained in certain foods, herbs, [...]

News and New Website! Christianne’s Herbal Kitchen: Fresh Herb Recipes for Body and Soul

So much to talk about!  I have a brand new website for Christianne’s Herbal Kitchen: Fresh Herb Recipe for Body and Soul.   It’s called TheHerbCookbook.com  You can find info on the book, a Q and A and recipes and videos.  Have fun! Also- Check out the November edition of Sierra Magazine for my helpful eco-friendly and [...]

Healing your Body Using Your Mind – Using Law of Attraction to Heal Yourself

[amprotect=nonmember] A note from Christianne:  This article is a must-read!  From one of our contributors, Jasmine Kaloudis- this is a how-to guide to bring positivity into your life by changing your thinking.  If you’re dealing with a difficult person or situation right now, this article may give you some tools to be able to turn [...]

Transformation- Thoughts on Change

I hope you’re enjoying a beautiful near-Spring Day (ok, I’m pushing it I know, but it does sound better than mid-Winter Day) Whether it’s sunny outside or just in your hearts,  it’s a good idea to think about what to toss out this year.  Winter is a time of transformation, while Spring is a time [...]

The Fern and The Bamboo- an inspirational story of growth :)

My mother shared this with me recently, and I think it’s a great inspirational reminder for all of us  Enjoy! One day you may decide to quit… Let’s Imagine you have said this before or you are presently thinking about saying this to yourself… I have decided to quit my business, my relationship, my spirituality, my daily focus on [...]

So Touching and Inspirational! Hockey Crowd Saves 8 year old Girl From Embarrassing Singing Moment (with Video! :)

[amprotect=nonmember]I think this is just so cool!  What could have been a devastating and embarrassing moment for an 8 year old girl was tranformed by a stadium full of hockey fans! 8 year old Elizabeth Hughes sang the national anthem at an AHL Norfolk Admirals (affiliate team of the Tampa Bay Lightning) vs. Connecticut Whales [...]

Bottled Water vs. Planet Earth

A thought for today and a call for New Year’s change: How many of us reach for a bottle of water every day thinking that it’s good for us?  While water may be good for your physical body, bottled water is bad for the Earth. Every year we drink enough bottled water to produce 1.5 [...]

You’ve seen the Video now find out- Who is the Man behind “Double Rainbow”? (With original video :)

[amprotect=nonmember] You probably have seen the youtube video “Double Rainbow” (if not, it’s below but you may not know much about the person who made it, known on youtube as Hungrybear9562. His name is Paul Vasquez, a former LA firefighter who moved near Yosemite National Park in 1985 when he was 22 years old.  Vasquez [...]

A Housewives Admission- (or Why being a Medium doesn’t necessarily make you a nice Person) with Animated Video!

[amprotect=nonmember] I start this blog post with an admission.  I watch the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  I’m pretty sure I’ve admitted this dirty little secret before, but if you weren’t aware, yes, I watch it almost every week. I usually watch mesmerized for an hour, then move on with my life.  But this week [...]

Word of the SEASON :)- “Joy”- Share what joy means to you!

Tis’ the season to revisit our first word of the week and one of my favorite words in the universe- Joy.   I first posted this word in March of 2010, but I think it’s a perfect time to revisit the idea of joy and share what joy means to you.  This word encapsulates everything I try [...]