Jazz Up Your Life

“Knowledge not applied is information. Knowledge applied is transformation.”—Unknown

 

Books

The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed To Transform Your Life Before 8AM by Hal Elrod

This is the book that will show you exactly how to wake up each day with more ENERGY, MOTIVATION, AND FOCUS to take your life to the next level.Are you ready? The next chapter of YOUR life—the most extraordinary life you ever imagined—is about to begin. It’s time to WAKE-UP to your full potential!!!!

Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How To Finally Heal by Anthony Williams

Medical Medium reveals the root causes of diseases and conditions that medical communities either misunderstand or struggle to understand at all. It explores all-natural solutions for dozens of the illnesses that plague us. It also offers solutions for restoring the soul and spirit after illness has torn at our emotional fabric. It’s a guidebook for everyone seeking the secrets to living longer, healthier lives.

Clear The Clutter with Feng Shui: Free Yourself from Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Clutter Forever by Karen Kingston

Clutter is trapped energy that has far-reaching effects physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. The simple act of clearing clutter can transform your life by releasing negative emotions, generating energy, and allowing you to create space in your life for the things you want to achieve.Space Clearing, a branch of Feng Shui, will guide you through the liberating task of clutter clearing. You will learn: Why you keep clutter, How to identify and clear clutter in your home or workplace, How to clear clutter from your body, mind, and spirit, and How to stay clutter-free.

E-Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality by Pam Grout

E-Squared could best be described as a lab manual with simple experiments that prove reality is malleable, consciousness trumps matter, and you shape your life with your mind. The nine experiments,demonstrate that spiritual principles are as dependable as gravity, as consistent as Newton’s laws of motion. Create reality! (P.S. If you loved this book, be sure to check out E-Cubed: Nine More Energy Experiments That Prove Manifesting Magic And Miracles Is Your Full-Time Gig.

The Desire Map by Danielle LaPorte

Your bucket list. Strategic plans. Big dreams. Goals.You’re not chasing the goal itself, you’re actually chasing the feeling that you hope achieving that goal will give you. This book brings you a wholistic life-planning tool that will revolutionize that way you go after what you want in life. Goal-setting just got a makeover. (P.S. I will be hosting a Desire Mapping Workshop in Atlanta, GA in Fall 2016 so be sure to join our email list to be the first to know when it launches.)

The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge! How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life? This book’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today.

 

The Gabriel Method: The Revolutionary DIET-FREE Way to Totally Transform Your Body by Jon Gabriel

Not only did Jon Gabriel lose over 220 pounds without dieting and surgery, but amazingly, his body shows almost no sign of ever having been obese. His innovative approach emphasizes understanding the influence of our mindset on the body’s internal logic rather than succumbing to conventional, and often unhealthy, attitudes toward weight loss The result is a simple, DIET-FREE method that defies generally accepted wisdom and achieves dramatic and lasting results.

Documentaries

 

Happy Directed By Roco Belic

Happy combines cutting-edge science from the field of positive psychology with real-life stories of people from around the world whose lives illustrate these findings.

Forks Over Knives Directed by Lee Fulkerson

This documentary examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called “diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The documentary’s startling conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes and even several forms of cancer, could be prevented—and in many cases reversed—by adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet.

Super Size Me Directed by Morgan Spurlock

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock makes himself a test subject in this documentary about the commercial food industry. After eating a diet of McDonald’s fast food, three times a day for a month straight, Spurlock proves the physical and mental effects of consuming fast food. “Super Size Me” is a movie that sheds a new light on what has become one of our nation’s biggest health problems: obesity.

Unity Directed by Shaun Monson

A study in the duality of man. Even after thousands and thousands of years, mankind still can’t get along with each other, the animals, or the environment, despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy and religion.

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret Directed by Kip Anderson

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it. Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution, is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry, and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction, species extinction, habitat loss, topsoil erosion, ocean “dead zones,” and virtually every other environmental ill. Yet it goes on, almost entirely unchallenged.

The Cure Is…Directed by David Scharps and David Fortney

Our human body is brilliantly designed for vitality and longevity. Why then is our health and life expectancy declining? Have we lost our connection to our natural way of living? Is it possible there is a powerful and effective means to address our health and disease that can assist us in tapping into our natural healing capacity of our profoundly powerful human body? Most experts universally agree that eating a healthy diet and exercising often are key components to our longevity and well-being. Now, experts are focusing on a new health paradigm that is shattering the way we look at our health and that is: What we hold in our thoughts, beliefs, and unresolved emotional conflicts maybe one of the most significant factors in determining our health and wellbeing or whether you experience disease in your lifetime.

That Sugar Film Directed by Damon Gameau

THAT SUGAR FILM is one man’s journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as healthy. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves. THAT SUGAR FILM will forever change the way you think about healthy food.

Food Inc. Directed by Robert Kenner

Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing how our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Food, Inc. reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat, how it’s produced and who we have become as a nation.

“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind, and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.”—B.K.S. Iyengar

Ying-Yang and Crystals

Products

 

The products below have time-tested and researched by me and they are amazing. I have tried numerous products and these are my favorites that I want to share with you. Enjoy!

 

Piper Wai

Finally, Natural deodorant that actually works. Free of harmful chemicals, parabens, and aluminum compounds, PiperWai natural deodorant forms an invisible, absorbent, PH-balanced shield that neutralizes odor and protects your clothes from perspiration. It’s perfect for those with sensitive skin (even right after shaving) and anyone who’s ready to make the switch from conventional antiperspirant. This charcoal creme is so effective, you’ll never want to use anything else on your underarms again.

Earth Paste

Earth paste delivers all the benefits you expect from a toothpaste without any chemicals or unnatural additives. It contains hydrated Redmond clay and added Xylitol, essential oils, and real salt. It isn’t just safe to swallow each ingredient in Earth Paste, it also has been used to support healthy systems. It is an amazingly natural toothpaste.

Ayurvedic Tongue Scraper

A100% Pure Copper Antimicrobial Tongue Cleaner. Tongue scraping is an ancient ayurvedic method of cleaning the tongue to remove any coating, mucous, and debris that may have accumulated overnight. This oral hygiene practice assists to cleanse the mouth of the bacteria and toxins responsible for periodontal problems, plaque build-up, tooth decay and gum infections. By combining traditional practices and modern dental science, all humans can have healthy, vibrant teeth.

Skinny & Co. Coconut Oil

This 100% Raw, Cold Pressed Pesticide-Free, Unrefined, MCT, Wild Harvest ,Pure, Extra-Virgin Coconut Oil is fabulous for skin, hair, nails, oil pulling, and works wonders internally as well. Skinny Coconut oil is purer than other oils from Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Philippines where the Centrifugal extraction system is preferred. Ingredients that are found 100 percent from the Earth with no preservatives and no artificial added ingredients – from tree to table. Coconuts are wild harvested and manually extracted at low temperatures near 80 degrees, preserving the delicate enzymes and maintaining a high nutritional value.

Yerba Prima Tampico Skin Brush

The Yerba Prima Tampico Skin Brush is a wonderful, revitalizing health and beauty aid. Removing the top layer of dead skin and stimulating the circulation of blood feeding the skin are essential for maintaining youthful, glowing and supple skin. Skin Brushing has been used throughout the world for centuries, and is making its way back into popularity. Dry skin brushing is one of the best ways to cleanse the skin without removing the protective mantle of acid and oils. It gently and effectively removes the top layer of dead skin cells with its build-up of dirt and acid, and deeply cleanses the pores.

Egyptian Magic Skin Cream

Highly acclaimed by the world fashion press, stars and celebrities. Egyptian Magic All Purpose Skin Cream is an amazing all-purpose cream for skin and hair. Heals, hydrates and conditions. Works as a body or face moisturizer, hair conditioner or after-shave. Heals chapped lips, mosquito bites, burns, blemishes and more. An absolute must for any beauty arsenal. Professional Skin Cream With A Magical Touch.

Certified Organic African Black Soap by Vi-Tae

While African Black Soap may seem like the latest trend, people all over the world have actually been using it for centuries. This brand is 100% pure, vegan, and handmade in the USA. The black color comes from Charcoal Powder, which cleanses skin and fights acne, the Plantain Leaf Powder, highly sought after for its Allotonin, stimulates cell and collagen production and the anti-aging ingredients like Shea Butter and Rosemary Extract help to firm, smooth wrinkles, and rejuvenate skin. The antioxidants in Cocoa Butter and Palm Oil protect against free radical damage, keeping skin fresh! Bergamot and Coconut Oil aid in fading scars, improving circulation, and making your complexion glow. You’ll feel beautiful from head to toe.

Other beauty brands that I highly recommend are Pacifica, Acure, and Dr.Bronner’s

 Printables

Live-It List (formerly known as Bucket List)   

A number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime.

Have you started a Live It List? Do you know where it is? Have you checked anything off of it recently? Do you need some ideas to add more to it? Are you ready to start one and actually do the things you’ve written down?

If you’ve answered YES or NO to any of the above questions, you are in the right place. :0

Take a look at the Live-It List I created for some Jazz-spiration, print it out, get familiar with it and decide on something to do from it asap so you can Jazz Up Your Life!

Meditative Coloring Pages

The activity of coloring not only provides a low-stress, low-stakes way to release your inner critic, it also unlocks memories of simpler, childhood times, when the biggest cause if anxiety was how to avoid your next nap. I recommend it in a quiet environment with or without some relaxing music playing while entering a free state of creativity and relaxation. Yes!!!! Now let’s Jazz Up Your Life!

70 Affirmations to Jazz Up Your Life

Use these affirmations or create your own in order to transform your life.

Jazz Up Your Life Wheel

A life wheel is a wheel that gives you a helicopter view of how you’re doing overall in life and in the individual areas. It is essentially a circle divided into segments that represent different life areas and helps in putting your life into perspective. Download the Jazz Up Your Life Wheel and fill out the evaluation to pinpoint the areas that you would like to work on improving in order to bring your life into a harmonious balance.

Please take a picture of your completed art and email them to me. I would love to see your Colorful Masterpieces.

All About YOU Fun Sheet

Have you checked in with yourself lately? What do you enjoy, what brings a smile to your face? Are your hobbies still the same, favorite foods, movies, books? In order to Jazz Up Your Life, you have to get in touch with YOU. So visit or re-visit your pure awesomeness and enjoy this fun sheet. (Share this questionnaire with someone close to you or someone you are getting to know. An exchange of musings, ideas, and passions are a form of Jazz-spiration)

Jazz Up Your Life Mini Yearly Life Planning Fun Sheet

This is a mini foundation for you to get things out of your head and onto paper. Now, it’s time to implement. For even more clarity and support, sign up for Discovery Call or a Wholistic Lifestyle Journey Session(s) to keep this Jazz Up Your Life ball rolling, rolling, rolling!!!!

 

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