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How to Get Healthy Hair Without Compromising Your Health

Posted on July 16, 2010 by amyhagerup

Check out a few articles on how to get healthy hair and you will read some tips on keeping your hair trimmed, being careful of sun damage, and more helpful pointers. However, did you realize that the products you are putting on your hair could be damaging to your overall health? Or did you ever stop to think that the statement “you are what you eat” could be extrapolated to include “you are what you put on your skin and hair too”? Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Skin & Hair | Tagged get healthy hair, how to get healthy hair | 51 Comments

The Key to Creating Positive Interactions & 5 Ways to Implement It

Posted on July 7, 2010 by amyhagerup

Have you ever wondered if there is a magic bullet to use to help you create positive interactions with people and create healthy relationships right from the start? This video reveals the key to creating positive interactions and then gives five practical ways to implement the key. This will help you solidify positive energy right from the start in relating to people in your everyday life. Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Thinking | Tagged 5 ways to implement IT, create positive interactions, creating healthy relationships, creating positive interactions, positive energy, positive interactions, positive interactions with people | 39 Comments

The Healing Power of the Sun: Four Health Benefits

Posted on June 30, 2010 by amyhagerup

Did you ever think that there might be certain healing power of the sun? Has sun exposure been something that you have come to fear? We hear all the stories of skin cancer and harm to our eyes and are bombarded with the need for sunscreen and sunglasses, but is it possible that sun exposure could actually help to heal our bodies? Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Body | Tagged benefits of Vitamin D, healing power of the sun, healing powers of the sun, sun health benefits, the healing power of the sun | 40 Comments

Promoting Healthy Emotions – Last Chance Advice

Posted on June 25, 2010 by amyhagerup

People normally do a pretty good job promoting healthy emotions in others by appreciating them, building them up, and valuing their help. But have you ever thought that your opportunity to strengthen someone’s mental well-being might be your last chance ever for that person? This happened to me when I went to visit a seriously ill friend of mine in the hospital. It was awkward to see my friend ensconced in the bed Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Thinking | Tagged healthy emotions, promoting healthy emotions, touching hearts | 65 Comments

Six Foods To Help You Manage Stress

Posted on June 22, 2010 by amyhagerup

What do you do to manage stress? If you are like me, you tend to grab something to eat – something that will taste good and, yes, comfort you. But actually, how we feel can be directly related to what we put into our mouths! Instead of that piece of cake or bag of chips, try grabbing some of the foods Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Body | Tagged foods to reduce stress, manage stress, reduce stress, stress management | 69 Comments

How a Grandiose Dream Can Sabotage Your Progress

Posted on June 18, 2010 by amyhagerup

Do you have a big dream for the future? Is there a grandiose desire on your dream board? Sometimes that grandiose desire can sabotage your progress if you are not taking small steps of action to get there! Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Thinking | Tagged dream, dream board, sabotage progress | 56 Comments

Seven Tips for Healthy Skin

Posted on June 14, 2010 by amyhagerup

Having healthy skin is more important than you might realizse. Aging of your skin is inevitable but there are things you can do to keep your skin healthy and younger-looking longer. Here are seven tips for helping your skin to be the healthiest it can be. Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Skin & Hair | Tagged healthy skin, healthy skin tips, tips for healthy skin | 45 Comments

Non Toxic Cleaners are a Must for Good Health

Posted on June 6, 2010 by amyhagerup

Automatic dishwasher detergent is one of the most toxic cleaners in your kitchen. But it is not just accidental poisonings from ingestion that we are concerned about. It is also the daily exposure to toxins in the air and toxic chemicals that build up in our homes and come in contact with our skin – not just from dishwasher detergent but from all our cleaners. Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Home | Tagged automatic dishwasher detergent, natural cleaning choices, non toxic cleaners, non-toxic, Shaklee Get Clean, toxic cleaners, toxins | 65 Comments

What Does Being Successful Really Mean?

Posted on June 2, 2010 by amyhagerup

What does being successful really mean? Success is a journey, not a destination. It is enjoying life to the fullest in whatever your work is. Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Thinking | Tagged being successful, good success, successful, successful journey, what does being successful, what does being successful mean, what does being successful mean to you | 31 Comments

Two Mood Altering Drugs in our Shopping Carts

Posted on May 25, 2010 by amyhagerup

Mood-altering drugs are contained in the top two things purchased in American supermarkets. They are sugar and caffeine. Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Body | Tagged mood altering, mood altering drugs, mood disorders | 51 Comments

Alfalfa Benefits Headaches, Allergies, & More

Posted on May 13, 2010 by amyhagerup

Alfalfa benefits your health more than you realize. Alfalfa has a plethora of nutrients. Its taproot extends down as deep as 20 feet, seeking out nutrients and minerals deep in the soil while its leaves collect large amounts of chlorophyll through the process of photosynthesis. Alfalfa is high in protein and contains eight digestive enzymes. Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Body | Tagged alafalfa, alfalfa benefits, alfalfa health benefits, allergies and headaches, benefits of alfalfa | 86 Comments

Body DeTox: the Ultra Bath

Posted on May 8, 2010 by amyhagerup

Detoxing is really just another name for cleansing. A toxin is anything that causes harmful or irritating effects in our bodies.

Every day we are exposed to chemicals in our environment, plus air and water Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Body, Healthy Skin & Hair | Tagged body cleansing, body detox, cleansing, detox bath, detox bath salt recipe, detox bath salt recipes, magensium, toxins, ultra bath | 46 Comments

Danger of Microwaving Food

Posted on April 23, 2010 by amyhagerup

Can microwaving food harm us? We all know that eating raw foods is the best for our bodies, but we can’t eat everything raw. Ideally, food should not be cooked at temperatures that are higher than boiling water or steam. Cooking food causes a fundamental change, and it can become more toxic and less nutritious, and even harder to digest.

But cooking food in microwave ovens could even be [...] Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Body | Tagged blackened, cooking foods, danger of microwaving food, harmful, microwaves, raw foods, reheating | 81 Comments

Crazy about Being Clean and Green?

Posted on March 29, 2010 by amyhagerup

Are you crazy about being clean and green in your home and at your workplace? Are you a label reader? Do you know bad chemical names like formaldehyde, phenol, hydrochloric acide, sodium hydroxide? Well – the list goes on and on. If so, then we are kindred spirits! Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Home | Tagged Basic H2, being clean and green, clean and green, environment, Germ Off, going green, natural, non-toxic, safe cleaning products, saving money | 47 Comments

How to Optimize Your Liver Function

Posted on March 22, 2010 by amyhagerup

Optimizing liver function should be foremost in the health-conscious person’s mind. The liver is the largest gland in the body and it is the only internal organ that will actually regenerate itself if part of it is damaged. In fact, up to 25% of the liver can be removed and it will grow back to its original shape and size! That is amazing. Of course, we want to support our Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Body | Tagged detoxification, how to optimize your liver, How to Optimize Your Liver Function, liver detox, liver function, liver health, optimize your liver, Optimize your liver function, optimizing liver function | 55 Comments

Five Life Lessons from Track Meets

Posted on March 18, 2010 by amyhagerup

My youngest daughter, Colette, had her first JV track meet of the season on Tuesday. She was very excited & nervous, but she had been training and was excited about being a returning sophomore – not the youngest in JV this year. Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Thinking | Tagged healthy emotions, laps, life lessons, life lessons from track, running, track | 69 Comments

Quality Fish Oil without Toxins

Posted on March 7, 2010 by amyhagerup

There is a lot of talk about the importance of fish oils for good health. Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Body, Healthy Supplementation | Tagged fish oil, fish oil with no toxins, Omega-3, PCBs, Shaklee | 39 Comments

Going Green Tips: How Toxins Can Hurt & What You Can Do About It

Posted on February 27, 2010 by amyhagerup

Everyone is on the lookout for going green tips. I recently read Green Goes with Everything by Sloan Barnett and I am more convinced than ever that using non-toxic, green cleaners is not optional! I guess we always think that what we don’t know won’t hurt us, but all we have to do is look around us at the increase Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Home | Tagged chemicals, going green tips, green, green cleaners, non-toxic, safe cleaning products, toxins | 45 Comments

Solution to Snoring!

Posted on February 14, 2010 by amyhagerup

Snoring can be very annoying – especially when you are the one being kept awake. I looked up the problem in Why Do I Feel This Way? and it suggested using Shaklee’s Calcium/Magnesium Chewable Tablets before going to bed. I had my husband try it and lo and behold, he didn’t snore that night! I could hardly believe it. Calcium & Magnesium are nature’s natural relaxers. Continue reading

Posted in Healthy Body | Tagged Shaklee, snore, snoring, solution to snoring | 58 Comments