Supplements, Salads, and Snow - OH MY!

Hi, healers! Another 12+ inches of a snow storm hit NJ this past week. UGH!

I've been enjoying some amazing salads. I usually eat two big salads a day + a 16oz-32oz green juice (and whatever else I snack on). The more live greens, the better.

Shorter NOT enjoying a bath:

Addie eating a sandwich like a big girl:

Addie and me wearing our snow hats:

Shorter longing to play in the snow:

Remember how I said I cleaned up my supplementation regimen to the most necessary? Here is the list:

-DHEA
-Pregnenelone
-2 Adrenal Formulas
-Mag-Malate
-Multi-Vitamin
-Melatonin
-Spirulina/Blue Green Algae
-Vitamin D
-Probiotic
-Digestive Enzyme


Happy Healing!

My Healing Regimen

Hi, healers! This past week I started my last two classes of graduate school. This semester, I'll be studying family/couples/group therapy and losses across the life span while continuing to attend my hospice placement. I've been forced to reevaluate the way I approach work, stress, and life in general with a resurgence of my symptoms after a 6 month period of pure healing bliss. Going backward is never fun, but it is important to take ownership in your condition. It's no random act of biology that my status declined. Between graduate school,  my hospice clients, and feeling better, I stopped doing those self-care activities so diligently that got me to partial remission in the first place (religious stretching, meditating, reading, praying, and powering down my brain and body with TRUE relaxation - sans worry).

I feel like I have so much to write about in terms of what I was doing wrong and the lessons I have learned, but I'm going to start with what I have been doing to get back on the healing track.

Stretching coupled with deep breathing - An hour in the morning and an hour before bed, particularly to open the bladder meridian. Whenever I have a few moments during the day, I also take time to stretch.

Meditating - A half hour in the morning and a half hour before bed. I focus on deep, belly breaths, and I often do this while I am reading spiritual texts. It helps me to tame the mental monkey.

Reading - Reading spiritual/self-help/healing texts before bed.

Decluttering - Mind, body, and spirit, especially my supplementation regimen. It was beginning to cause me stress having to remember so many supplements! I narrowed them down to the necessary. I'll write a post on this soon.

Rest - PURE rest - sans worry about what I HAVE to do or SHOULD be doing for my classes and hospice clients.

Mindfulness - Using deep, belly breaths while I am going through daily tasks.

Spiritual Counseling - Reconnecting with my AMAZING spiritual counselor, Lynn Walker, weekly.

Diet - My diet never changed, so I will continue with raw veganism, juicing 16oz-32oz daily, eating LOTS AND LOTS of anti-inflammatory, plant-based, raw, enzyme rich foods.

Trust me, this isn't easy. It takes a lot of time and effort, but when the positive results are hitting you over the head, you  make time and energy to continue the practices that enrich your life and your health. Lesson learned!

Questions?

Happy Healing!
P.S. Don't forget to purchase Kris Carr's Crazy Sexy Diet!

Back With Cute Pictures!!!!

Hi, healers! I start my last classes of graduate school tomorrow, so today is dedicated to reading, meditating, stretching, a massage, a chat with my spiritual counselor, Lynn Walker, and reminding everyone to purchase Kris Carr's new book, Crazy Sexy Diet! All of my focus and energy is going back into healing right now when I'm not doing hospice or graduate work, so please forgive me if I have been "isolating" a bit. I need this time, and I need to conserve my energy. My future literally depends on it.

If you missed Kris Carr on GMA, check it out here!

And enjoy some cute pictures:

Happy Healing!





A Look Into My Diet and Lifestyle - Crazy Sexy Diet

Hi, healers! Are you in a health slump? Looking for a way to make lasting changes? Check out Kris Carr's new book, Crazy Sexy Diet! She breaks down the raw vegan lifestyle for you in easy to understand and entertaining dialogue with the reader. You will feel she is speaking directly to you as you learn why it is important to know what you put in your mouth, on your body, and in your mind.

I often get questions about my diet and lifestyle and reading this book will give you a detailed description into the way I approach healing. The two most important areas for me are eating a raw vegan diet (juicing 16oz of green juice every day as a minimum) and stress management (something I let get out of hand recently and have suffered for tremendously). I think you will all benefit from the section on inflammation where Kris outlines what causes inflammation in the body and how to control it.

Any questions? You can e-mail me at maria@crazysexywellness.com.

Happy Healing!

I'm Back!!!

Hi, healers! Ok, I know I haven't been around lately, and many of you, my sweet friends, have wondered where I have been and how I have been feeling (which I so appreciate). The answer to these questions are I have been smothered in classes, homework, hospice work, and doctors and treatments, and I have not been feeling great. I became lost in my goals and hospice patients and their families, and I forgot about myself and my connection to God/Source/Spirit. Healing is a 24/7 job. There is no vacation from self-care, but I took one to stress-land. Talk about a sh*tty place to vacation! We will NEVER be able to give to and care for others if we do not take care of ourselves FIRST. I am learning this lesson over again because it was VERY easy in the summer months to take care of myself when my environment was controlled - no classes, no patients, just healing. Now, I am finishing my Master's degree, working in hospice, and beginning to prepare for my licensing exam, which equals stress, stress, and more stress.

I am working on rebalancing and will take you through how I am doing this along with explaining the important lessons I have learned along the way. Blogging and staying connected with you has been something I have always enjoyed, and as part of my self-care, I am going to try to make the time to do this as my last semester of graduate school begins this week. Fingers crossed!

More to come! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Check out Kris Carr's interview about Crazy Sexy Diet and go to Amazon.com to buy your copy!

Happy Healing!

Crazy Sexy Diet

Hi, healers! I am in the midst of rebalancing, and if you want to rebalance, too, Kris Carr's new book, Crazy Sexy Diet, was released today. It is a must read! She says it like she means it and outlines the crazy sexy lifestyle (raw vegan) for you, including a 21 day "feasting" program to help you kick start your new, healthy life. E-mail me at maria@crazysexywellness.com with questions or for more information.

Happy Crazy Sexy Healing!

A Quick Update

Hi, healers! I quickly updated my facebook after I was asked on my formspring page (please feel free to continue asking your questions) if I was doing alright despite my absence from blogging. I let everyone know I had lost my balance this graduate semester with classes, homework, my hospice job, and my ketamine treatments. Here is my latest update from this morning as I am regaining my balance:

"My hospice job is keeping me very busy, and I am back to meditation and an eastern medicine stretching routine that sucks a good 2 hrs from my day. More than worth it for the amazing results. Also, I am seeing my acupuncturist again once a week and getting back to talking with my amazing spiritual counselor again twice a week to help me through my difficult work counseling the dying and their loved ones. I did manage another 4.0gpa again this semester, and after my day visiting patients tomorrow, I am packing for a getaway to my old stomping grounds in miami. Time to get back to me again. I lost myself in grad school and hospice. I will update on my blog about all of this asap. xoxoxo"

I will give a more thorough update soon.

Happy Healing!