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Category Archives: Horses

Horses are a big part of my life–here you will find posts that have something to do with horses!

Retired Racehorse Metro Meteor Paints for Charity

A combination of two of my favorite things: horses and art! It doesn’t get any better than this, does it?

Check out the original article here:

Racehorses Paintings Compared to Jackson Pollock : Discovery News.

The famous racehorse art is being compared to famous abstract impressionist paintings. Racehorse Metro Meteor is now retired and painting after bad knees ended his racing career.

retired racehorse paints for charity

Metro Meteor painting for charity!

His owners taught him to paint with treat training techniques. After Metro’s success in painting, his owners realized that this could help all racehorses. Money earned from Metro’s paintings goes to a racehorse adoption program to help retired horses find a safe haven. Horses are rehabilitated and placed into adoptive homes.

I wonder if I can teach any of my horses to paint? This horse is amazing! Not only is he getting crafty, but his art is helping fellow retired racehorses stay out of slaughterhouses and auction. Kudos to Metro and his wonderful owners!

Rubber Fencing?!

I recently discovered this company that recycles old racecar tires and makes them into fencing material. Intrigued, I scoured their website for weeks until I decided to ask for a free sample of the material. Check out their site for yourself (below)!

We Recycle Tires – Home.

Once we received our sample in the mail, I was even more impressed. The rubber material is durable, strong, and SAFE! There are no sharp edges and I have been unable to think of any way a horse could injure themselves on this fencing material. Plus, it’s recycling–or upcycling?–old tires that would likely end up in a landfill anyway.

Okay, so I must admit I was sold on it at this point…but I had to convince my loving husband. When I checked the prices, my jaw hit the floor. Not only is this material incredibly safe and eco-friendly, but it is cheap to buy and claims to be easy to install!

If you’re in the market for safe, affordable horse fencing, you NEED to look into this product. We put in an order for enough material to fence a small 305′ x 290′ rectangle paddock. Our order will be delivered next week!

You can bet I’ll be posting about installation of this fence. If all goes well, we will continue to use this product! Stay tuned to see how this fencing project goes. 🙂

Doug’s Transition Back to Health with CVHR

Can I get a round of applause for the hard work and dedication of CVHR’s founders, volunteers, and supporters? Check out Doug now! Here he is the image of a happy, healthy horse ready to learn his job in the world. Doug has been evaluated under saddle now and he was an absolute gentleman!

Doug CVHR rescue horse

Doug April 2013

Doug has come a LONG way since his arrival to Central Virginia Horse Rescue. Doug is not the first horse to come to the rescue in such poor condition, and he won’t be the last. Thankfully, the good people at CVHR know how to rehabilitate horses incredibly well. This rescue truly gives every horse taken in another lease on life. Check out Doug’s transition over the past several months below:

Doug CVHR rescue horse

Doug’s transition back to health

I support CVHR because I can see the difference this organization makes every day. You can literally see your donations at work as horses are rehabbed, trained, and eventually adopted out into loving forever homes. Thanks for all that you do, CVHR!

Want to help the horses at CVHR? Donations are very much appreciated! Donate to CVHR via PayPal at or via snail mail to 389 Boydton Plank Road, Brodnax, VA 23920.

Derecho Learning to Lead

As you may recall, last summer a loose stallion turned up at my farm. He was surrendered to CVHR and is being fostered here indefinitely. Derecho has settled in nicely and is learning how to be a polite horse.

stray stallion cvhr owner surrender

Derecho July 2012

He came with very little, if any, training. Derecho was pushy and did not understand how to give to pressure. After just one short week, he is now respecting my “space bubble” much better and very sensitive to the slightest pressure. He isn’t scared of anything and doesn’t have a mean bone in his body. Derecho is one of the sweetest horses I have ever encountered.

Teaching an 1,150 pound 3 year old stallion to lead is NOT easy. We had foals when I was a kid and I helped teach them to lead…but this was a completely different task. Derecho knows he is bigger than me and did not like the idea of being led around. Although he wanted to follow me around like a puppy dog, he didn’t like being tugged on with a lead rope.

Since he resented being pulled forward so much, I decided to work on other directions first. We have nearly perfected backing already! He willingly moves back a step at a time with the slightest touch now. I can get him move away from me to the left and right, although he is much more supple to the right than the left. Derecho also lowers and raises his head easily for me with gentle pressure either on his poll or under his jaw.

When I want him to move forward, I began by simply encouraging him to follow me with the lead rope long and loopy. He does well following at a respectful distance most of the time, but occasionally he still gets too close and I have to stop and send him back a few steps. After a week of practicing multiple times a day, he took his first willing steps beside me moving forward. I was thrilled!

We made 3-4 large circles in each direction in his paddock. I began by walking beside him and apply the slightest forward pressure to the lead. Derecho followed the pressure willingly and lead beside me like a champ by the end.

Check out the rest of his year in pictures below! He’s adjusted really well and is a super nice boy.

Derecho makes a great gelding

Derecho in his recovery stall after being gelded.

Derecho with other horses at feeding time

Derecho finding his place in the herd in the lower field–after he became a great gelding, of course!

Derecho giving me a cuddle

He is such a sweetheart! ❤

Derecho the stray stud is a great gelding

Derecho saying hi to Annabelle.

Derecho loves Coda

Derecho and Coda having a drink in January 2012.

Derecho in the snow

Derecho and his best girlfriend saying hello during our March 2013 snow storm.

We’ve been letting him take some time to be a part of the herd since he learned how to lead. He has also learned how to pick up all 4 feet, behaves politely for the farrier, and stands nicely to be groomed. This spring we are planning on starting him under saddle. Stay tuned for more Derecho updates!

Custom Fleece Helmet Covers are AWESOME!

It’s Cyber Monday! Are you partaking in any holiday online shopping today? If so, you should definitely consider searching for handmade items to support artisans that make a living right here in the USA.

A good friend of mine makes so many FABULOUS items as a side business. She makes western show shirts, saddle pads, saddle covers, fleece sheets, scarves, and so much more!

Today I am trying to help her promote a very popular item, her custom made fleece helmet covers! They are super warm and so cute! These would make a great gift for any equestrian and come in a variety of colors. They are handmade right here in the USA, which is fantastic! Support small, local businesses and buy handmade this year!

If you want to see more of what HeatherWear has available, check out the links below:

Fleece shop – HeatherWear

HeatherWear on Facebook

Blog Inspiration: 11th Picture in a Google Image Search for the Term “Derecho”

This activity was fun and inspirational! I enjoyed seeing the different photos of the Derecho and writing about the 11th one for this prompt.

Derecho storm over Kansas

Amazing clouds from the Derecho over the summer!                                                                                (Image Credit:

Today I did a Google Image search on the word “Derecho.” I chose this word because we were affected by this type of windy thunderstorm back in June. That storm inspired me to name our “stray” stallion Derecho.

The 11th picture on the image search is an amazing photograph of a Derecho sweeping across the plains of Kansas (above). These storms are absolutely incredible to look at because they are an eerily beautiful phenomenon. A Derecho is basically a huge storm system that moves rapidly across land in a straight line. The after effects of a Derecho are often catastrophic, leaving trees uprooted, debris everywhere, and many people without power.

Power lines down in Crozet, VA after the Derecho!                                                                                (Image Credit:

We decided to name the stallion (now a Great Gelding, thanks to CVHR!) Derecho because he showed up a few days after the storm. Fortunately, he is not wild and crazy like the storm was! He is just a beautiful creature that happened upon us one summer morning.

Our Derecho!

Do you remember the Derecho from earlier this year? Were you affected by it? It certainly was scary for us here in Virginia!

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Miniature Horses from Person County | Central Virginia Horse Rescue

CVHR helped with an Animal Control seizure in Person County, NC and took in 15 miniature horses. Over 100 animals were seized from the 10 acre residence.

Of the minis CVHR rescued, they are all in poor health and 10 of them are stallions in need of gelding. Initial vetting is expected to cost over $200 PER HORSE! The gelding surgery costs $250-300 per stallion.

CVHR expects costs to reach over $5,000 in the first month while rehabilitating these ponies. These minis need our help–please network and share, we can help them if we all work together!

Miniature Horses from Person County | Central Virginia Horse Rescue.

Have You Ever Found a Stray Horse?

Stretching awake in the early morning hours a few days ago, my husband noticed that the horses were calling out more than usual. Money was squealing and carrying on, so he went to investigate. That’s when Eddie noticed the strange horse loose in the yard.

A big bay beauty was prancing back and forth, touching noses with Money and pawing at the fence. We rushed outside to try to catch this mysterious horse. With cookies in hand and a halter and leadrope over my shoulder, I set out towards the field after Eddie.

The horse was very frightened when we approached him. After closer inspection of the horse, we realized he was a stallion. He did not let us get close enough to touch him, only close enough to eat a treat before running off in the other direction. After several unsuccessful attempts at catching the horse, we decided to call some backup. Eddie went to call the neighbors and Animal Control while I went and awakened our closest neighbor to ask him to help out.

After an hour of chasing the “wild” stallion around our yard, Animal Control finally came. I was relieved because I thought they officer was going to help us catch this frightened horse. The stallion was frantically running up and down the fence line, occasionally trying to jump into the field with our mares. The officer walked towards us, snapped a photo of the stallion with his phone, and left us with the animal to go and try to find the owner.

Although I was shocked that he did nothing to help us catch the horse, I didn’t have time to worry about that. It was up to me. We had tried herding him, tempting him with grain, feeding him treats, and even just chasing him to wear him out. None of it was working. I decided to try something different.

With just a rope and a treat, I practiced a give-and-take approach. I would walk towards his shoulder and based on his reaction either continue forward, stop, or turn and walk away. Soon I was able to get close enough to let him sniff my hand. After he sniffed me, it was only about five minutes before I was able to fasten a rope around his neck.

I tried to put a halter on him next, but he shied away from me and cantered off. After he calmed down again, I was able to approach him. I chanted, “Shh, shh, shh, easy boy,” in a low tone as I stroked his cresty neck. I tried to halter him again, but he ran. Finally, I was able to slip the halter on and he was caught!

It was immediately apparent that the stallion did not know how to be led. After some circling and coaxing, we managed to lead him from the yard to the quarantine paddock on the other side of the house. We gave him some hay and water and he settled right down. I was able to do a brief evaluation on him once he was contained. The stallion appeared to be a 2-3 year old Quarter Horse. He did not seem to be halter broke at all, but he was very friendly and curious.

The rest of the day was spent trying to locate the owner of the stray stallion to no avail. I spoke to Animal Control, my vet, and others throughout the day. By the next morning, the owner found us!

The owner gladly surrendered the stallion to CVHR because she didn’t want him anymore. He had been loose several times and was becoming too much for her to handle. Now, the stallion is being fostered with us while we get him cared for and trained.

We have been trying for a couple of days to name the stallion. I think we’ve decided on the name Derecho, after the unusual storm we had in our area just a few days before he appeared on our farm.

In the meantime, we are trying to raise funds for the stray stallion’s vetting and care. He has never been vetted or had a farrier work on his feet. His shots, coggins, gelding surgery, and hoof trimming is going to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $500.

CVHR is trying to raise funds for the gelding surgery and is working towards starting a Great Geldings program. If you would like to help CVHR, donations are greatly appreciated via PayPal at Volunteers are also needed to get the gelding program underway!

Stay tuned for more updates on Derecho!

Today I wanted to share a couple of pictures of the two horses my good friend rescued from Camelot yesterday. I am happy to say that these two lovely horses are now safe! Thank you to my friends at Equus Springs Farm for giving these two beauties a second chance. ❤

2 horses rescued from Camelot

Pretty girls, aren't they?

These two mares will be quarantined here on my farm for a few weeks before they go home to ESF. It’s going to be a fun few weeks taking care of these two! I am very impressed with how calm and sweet these two are. They have been through so much! Despite the stress they’ve been through, they act very calm and inquisitive about all the new sights, sounds, smells, and things here.

ESF rescues

Tinker finishing up breakfast

ESF's 2 recent rescues

Bay mare eating breakfast

Taking care of horses is part of my dream life. I am so happy to help these mares by caring for them for a few short weeks. Our little farm is so blessed! Here are some pictures of the rest of our horses (and maybe some of the other critters) that we are so thankful to love and care for. 😀

ESF Twist of Tyme

Princess being hand grazed on a sunny day

Our dogs

Sage and Malachite ❤

Cody's Bright Bar

Coda grazing out in the field

Malachite Jr

MJ looks so much like a little bear cub!

AKA A Perfect Storm

Mom's new (dirty!) horse Cowboy

Big puppy!

Butters burrowing in some old hay

Our rescue

Our rescue pony Gamble

Little Marley puppy posing for a picture

Sparklin' Money Bars

Our senior resident Money

ESF rescue

That's all, folks!

I hope you enjoyed looking through all of these photos of our horses and dogs! This is just a glimpse into daily life on our farm. 🙂 It sure is a zoo out here, hahah!

Have you ever rescued an animal? Please share your story in the comment field below! 🙂

It Ain’t Easy Savin’ Horses

Each week a new group of horses runs through the auction circuit. Some of the horses have been there before, some haven’t, and others will never see it again. Many horses ship to slaughter each week, slipping through the cracks to their doom. Horse lovers from coast to coast do what they can to rescue these animals.

White horse in field

White horse in field (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Here on the East coast there is a big auction every week in New Holland. Lots of horses of all kinds end up there. Old horses, cart horses, gaited horses, young studs, yearlings, registered horses, successful race horses, polo horses, and show or event horses can (and have) ended up on the slaughter circuit. We try to save these horses by supporting groups who are able to work with the auction circuit every week. They share pictures, information, and stories about the horses. Some of the registered horses can have extensive documented history of winnings, lineage, points, et cetera.We do our best to save as many as we can by working together.

Thoroughbred racing at Churchill Downs. França...

Thoroughbred racing at Churchill Downs. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I wish I could save them all! Every week I watch the horses that go through…the ones I know about. For the dozens that I see each week, I know there are thousands more across the country that I’m not seeing. I’m actually glad for that…it would probably kill me to really know how many horses really are going to slaughter each week.

Herds (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The only way we can keep more horses (many of them are perfectly fine, sound, and trainable!) safe is to work together. We must share their stories and spread knowledge about the industry. Learn what’s going on around you and tell that story! It may be awful to discover some news, such as finding that a slaughter plant in the US wants to process horses for human consumption…for now these horses are shipped to either Canada or Mexico.

The best news is always good news, right? Well share that, too!

Speaking of good news, I would like to share Tinker’s story with you for a moment. She is a registered 12 year old Quarter Horse mare. Tinker was hip #549, a slaughter-bound horse in New Jersey. She was one of the last horses standing on the lot!

Hip #549

Saved! (Photo Credit: Sarah Andrew)

Now, Tinker has been rescued! We all worked together by networking, sharing, and donating within our social network to find a home and funds for her…and saved her! Tinker will be going to live on Equus Springs Farm in Scottsville, Virginia.

If we can do it, you can too! Every little bit helps save a horse, even word of mouth!

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How Shame Can Keep Us From Ourselves

Although I never indulged in the craziness of the Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1998, I was left with a bad taste in my mouth for her and her actions vis a vis President Clinton. So I was surprised by how moved I was by her TED.COM talk recently on the price of shame on the human psyche and on us as a culture. It was a very well thought out presentation that touched the entire audience deeply. However, I will let you assess it for yourselves. Here is the link.

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How to make Breasts grow faster?

How to make Breasts grow faster?

From the time a girl attains puberty enters into adulthood and started knowing as a woman, her breasts starts growing naturally. The size of breasts is determined by especially your DNA along with some other factors like age, weight, appearance and muscle mass. Do you really want to make breasts grow faster? Yes! But how to make breasts grow faster naturally? When women do not want to involve plastic surgery so as to grow their breasts faster then they eagerly look for some natural remedies to do so.

Bigger and larger breasts are a wish every woman ask for to fulfill. Size of breasts builds up the confidence in woman and even appeals opposite sex very easily. Those women who want to have bigger boobs only have two options- natural enhancement and surgery. Natural enhancement is purely advisable but not so fast and cheap rather than surgery which is bit pricey but straightforward. Natural enhancement is useful way so as how to make breasts grow faster.

More: Make Beautiful Breasts

Being a woman, you are also must be thinking to increase size of your breast. And if your are searching on then there are two tips other than surgery. One is eating healthy along with physical exercise. Add fresh fruits and vegetables to your diet. Calcium, proteins, iron, phosphorus which are extracted from Sesame Seeds further helps in boosting the size of your breasts.

Many a times, women start thinking about the products which are available in the market by some unethical people are legitimate or not. Are these products worth the value of money or are these products can be used as herbal alternatives. Women are really self conscious about their breasts size and if you want to increase your breasts size then avoid the below things which will never make your breasts size bigger.

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  • Remove the misconception from your mind that there are some foods which will help you grow your breasts size bigger.
  • Avoid normal exercises until and unless you will not try to tone up your breasts muscles your breasts size will not increase.
  • Change your mind set about that sleeping in a particular position or wearing/not wearing bras will help you increase your breasts size.
  • Neither squeezing nor rubbing will help but doing massage daily will definitely help.
  • If you think that if you start doing sex on regular basis then your breasts size increases then you are totally wrong.

Women should appreciate the natural body gifted to them but if they want to flaunt by making their breasts grow naturally then here we are to help you in how to make breasts grow faster. You just need to follow the guidelines and you will definitely enhance your breasts.

Breasts grow Tips:

GAIN WEIGHT– you can intake birth control pills and healthy, nutritious foods like granola, nuts, cheese, yogurt, fruit pie and peanut butter. It is one of the easiest ways to make your breasts grow faster. This option is not for “not-so-skinny” women. Also we are not sure that the fats deposits will go straight to the breasts or not. At the start, it may go in the butt, stomach or hips. Being underweight, this is an option which a worth a try.

POSTURE IMPROVEMENT– proper and correct posture helps in breasts size appearance. Trying walking up with your shoulders pulled-back and head tilted higher. This will help in giving firmer and larger looking breasts.

More: How to Growth Height

IMPROVE MUSCLE TONE– some muscles in body are support to the breasts. Muscles around the deltoids helps in obtaining bigger and nice looking breasts only if they are developed and toned. Women are advised to start working on those muscles.

HERBS– do intake natural herbs like saw palmetto, red clover and fenugreek.

EXERCISE– strength training including chest presses, chest contractions, chest fly’s, pushups. Many women have a misconception that doing exercise will reduce the size of the breast but this is only true for ultra athletes to shed their excess weight. This is not at all true for any regular woman. Exercising includes weight training and shaping up your body.

PUSH-UP BRA– wearing a push-up bra will not increase your breast size but it will ensure that your breasts look rounder and firmer. For many guys, shape of breasts appeal more than its size.

BIRTH CONTROL PILLS– this method is not at all true for each woman but many women claims that once they start consuming birth control pills, they start noticing size increase in their breasts size.

GETTING PREGNANT– getting pregnant will help in increasing breasts size because it is a development for the breastfeeding for the upcoming baby. Many a times, the original size never comes even after delivering the baby. With a sole purpose of having larger breasts, getting pregnant is simply inadvisable.

MASSAGE– massages your breasts twice a day.

BREAST ENLARGEMENT PILLS AND CREAM– these creams and pills are manufactured from herbs. These herbs are identified to stimulate the growth of the breast tissue which eventually leads into growing of breasts faster. The creams are usually used for massaging the breasts which further helps in increasing the blood flow so as to make them appear larger in size.

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES– have patience, calm and stop wearing bra.

HEATING PAD– apply heating pad for 15-20 minutes on your breasts which further absorb a lot from the herbs.

GENES– you will have the final indication about your breasts size when you will try to look at the breasts of your mother or grandmother.

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These are the natural ways for breasts enlargement which are more effective and inexpensive as well. Though one should remain happy with what they got naturally but if you want to change your something in your natural body then you can with any cost and side effects. Many women think that bigger breasts size means more attention so they hunt and hunt on for the tips so as to make breasts grow faster.

Men usually have natural attraction towards women big and larger breasts. The chief root of such attraction is pretty evolutionary. This is being the main reason that women desire to have bigger breasts so as to attract more men towards them. There are various natural ways so as to make their breasts bigger and larger. This article is all about the ways of getting your breasts bigger and larger breasts naturally.

Young girls are curious about getting attention from guys. Guys attract towards women having larger, firmer breasts. Some girls, women are unhappy too because of large size of their breasts because they don’t need the attention but nothing can be done at all. But its not impossible as well. bigger larger breasts are important too in later phase of life after giving birth to a baby. It provides sufficient milk to the baby and even helps attracting husbands too.

Women should avoid surgical breasts enlargement as they can cause serious health effects. Even the birth controlling pills do not help that much but if find them useful then those are just the side effects of the pills. Women should try these home remedies to make breasts grow faster and even they can go for gel-filled bras, silicon enhancers etc.

All the above mentioned tips and remedies are helpful but one must follow these according to their physique. One must consult a physician so as to go for a proper method. Before beginning a proper advice from a physician is necessary.

Making breast grow faster through surgical treatment is not advisable but is popularly identified as breast augmentation. Surgical enhancement is pretty effortless and engulfs a greater risk as well. these risks includes numbness, weakness, dizziness, nausea and some chances of becoming susceptible of breast cancer as well. it can further lead to rashes which are caused because applying of the creams and oils used during the process.

Women can even make their breasts grow faster through following dietary plan. This approach is really helpful and productive as well. it includes a particular dietary plan which involves consumption of herbs along with physical exercise routine. These exercises must focus on making breasts larger in size. This is the highly advised procedure to make breasts grow faster.

Many women around the world are looking for various tips so as to makes breasts grow faster. Some women try to search on within magazines and books while others prefer irrelevant information online. Irrespective of the searching tool, women get immediate information on as to how to make their breasts grow faster. Here we have discussed all the methods in detail and now it’s up to you how to manage all these. But do make ensure to consult a doctor before starting with these methods.

Are you hunting for remedies to make breasts grow faster and beautiful? You can follow the steps we discussed with you above and share your experiences with us. You will definitely get the results but don’t forget to share your happiness with us.

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Spirituality Can Improve Your Health

For the last couple of weeks, I have been blogging about the different types of Primary Food- that which feeds us that is NOT the food that we eat.

We talked about Physical Activity, Career and Relationships.  Today, we talk about the last component, which is Spirituality.

I must confess that I was a little nervous about writing about this last Primary Food of Spirituality because it tends to be a sensitive topic for some people.

It is a very vulnerable topic.  I believe when it comes to spiritual things, no two person is at the same exact point on their path in life.  We all have so many different experiences in life that have led us to our spiritual beliefs.

That said, let me first clarify what spirituality is NOT.  It is not following a rigid set of rules- i.e- religion.   Depending on how you grew up, you may have a negative view of religion.  Maybe you felt forced to perform certain duties or to be someone you are not.  Maybe it turned you off from anything remotely religious.  You may have a negative view of God.  Maybe you believe that God doesn’t love you or that you are not good enough.  This negative view can greatly affect a person’s outlook on life. If they do not find any kind of meaning to their life, outside of performing strict religious rules, or pleasing God, they may give up on themselves and on life.

Here is a challenge:  google the meaning of spirituality.  You will come up with a thousand different answers. Why is this?  Because we are all so different, spirituality can mean different things to different people.  Here are some key definitions that I found.

According to Wiki-pedia:

1.Spirituality is the concept of an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.

And here is another definition:
2.“The definition of spirituality is that which relates to or affects the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.”

The word spirituality comes from the word “spirit.”  In it’s most basic sense, the term means anything that we cannot see or feel with our senses, or anything that is outside the physical and material realm.

Joshua Rosenthal, the director of my school, IIN, likes to say: “We are spiritual beings in a material world.”

So how does being spiritual relate to health and wellness?

1. It creates meaning in our life.
We are all here for a purpose.  Weather or not you believe that our purpose has already  been set in stone, we instinctively know that there is more to this life than eating, sleeping and playing.  We are more than just people who drag ourselves to work every day, or moms who spend most of the time chauffeuring our children.  When we have meaning to our life, we naturally want to live the best life possible.  We will begin to look outside of ourselves, to how we can help others.  As we focus on others, we naturally reduce stress, increase happiness and feel more grateful.

2.  It helps to reduce vanity.
So many women are obsessed with their body size and shape.  Eating disorders are everywhere.  I should know– I struggled with anorexia and bulimia in college and have struggled with body image issues for as long as I can remember.  However, what really brought me through this journey was knowing my value and my worth.  Knowing that I was worth more than a number on the scale, opened my eyes to the fact that being healthy was better than being skinny. I rarely admit this to anyone, but here goes– I was *this close* to getting a tummy tuck.  I was obsessed with my stomach (all the loose skin from having babies).   However, after a series of events happened (including being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia), it really opened my eyes to the fact that I am a spiritual being and should not be focusing so much on my selfish desires. (by the way, instead I used the money to enroll at the Institute For Integrative Nutrition which was one of the best decisions I have made!)  I started thinking about how God created us perfectly in His eyes and our job is to take care of His creation.

Eventually, I found a good, healthy balance where I actually desired to eat a good amount of healthy foods. (don’t get me wrong- I still eat too many gluten free pretzels!)  I want to look and feel my best– but not to be a perfect size zero, or to gain acceptance— but so that I can truly thrive and enjoy  the life that I have been given. It also helps me to look outside of myself and focus on  how my health affects others.  Being truly nourished in mind, body, and soul, helps me to be the best mom and wife I can be. When I am  feeling great, and at peace,  I am able to operate out of a place of joy as opposed to a place of lack and guilt.

3.  It helps to reduce stress and pain.
Studies show that  patients who are spiritual have a better outlook on life, reduced stress, and reduced chronic pain.  This is in large part, due to the many spiritual practices that they engage in, weather it be prayer, meditation (in all forms), or just spending time with others who are positive and supportive.  I know, I have found meditation to be very beneficial. Studies show that 10-20 minutes of meditation twice a day leads to decreased metabolism, decreased heart rate, decreased respiratory rate, and slower brain waves.
Stress is naturally connected to our health and how we feel, physically.  I rarely suffer from Fibromyalgia pain anymore (largely due to eliminating gluten) but when I do, it is normally related to some kind of stress.  However, if I focus on relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, prayer, or meditation, it helps take my mind off the pain and slowly helps to reduce it.
When we realize that everything is connected, we naturally tend to focus on our thoughts as well.  Every action starts with a thought.  If we focus on how much we hate ourselves and hate life, our actions will reflect that.  We will sabotage our weight loss with binging on foods to numb us, or we will go the opposite direction and become obsessed with diets and exercise, which can also be a form of punishment. Knowing that we are spiritual beings enables us to look outside of ourselves and focus our thoughts on positive things such as our blessings in life and we find contentment.

Now, let’s bring this all around to what I do as a health coach.

 I support women to find a loving relationship with the food on their plates and the bodies they live in.

Do you think it would be easy for someone to lose weight if they hate life and feel unfulfilled?

How about if they are stressed and inward focused?

What if they don’t think they have any purpose in life?  Do you think that person would see the point in enjoying their food and their body?

These are just a few reasons why I think it is soo important to start a conversation around Spirituality. Don’t worry – I don’t beat people over the head with the Bible.  🙂  But, I do help you sort through your life and help you find what gives you true meaning in life.  You are sooo worth it.

Repeat that.  “I am SO WORTH IT!”

Letting Go Of Toxic Relationships

If you have been reading my other blog posts, you know that we are talking about the importance of Primary Foods— the areas that feed us that are not food.  To read about the Primary Foods of Physical Activity, and Career, click  HERE and HERE.

The next area is on Relationship.

What does a good relationship mean to you? Acceptance, unconditional love, encouragement and support?  How is your marriage?  Your dating relationship? How are your friendships?

I know none of us are perfect, so we all naturally will come across some rocky relationships.  I have yet to find the perfect marriage, the perfect boyfriend/girlfriend or the perfect friendship.  Yet, when you look at those relationships, what one thing sticks out? What is the key ingredient that makes it last?

I know for me, in my relationship with my husband, an unwavering commitment to love each other and support each other no matter what is really what keeps our bond strong.  We have been through so much in our past 12 years of marriage.  I have been critical more times than I care to count.  His laid back, easy going style sometimes clashes with my more urgent, task oriented, obsessive tendencies (although ironically, he is always on time, and I am always late which makes me more laid back in that respect!) However, we accept each other unconditionally and no matter how angry we make each other, we still have a deep love and respect for one another.  I feel more alive with my husband and he makes me want to be a better person.

(this was taken soon after we were married)

Compare that to some other past relationships in my life.  In the workplace and elsewhere, there have always been others who love to dwell on the negative.  They can be judgmental; they may even judge me for being too positive or for focusing on wanting to take better care of my health.  If I stayed in those relationships, it would not serve me in the long run.  These are what I could call “toxic” relationships.

Sometimes these toxic relationships have been so stressful that they drive me to over eat.  In those moments, I have to take a step back and ask myself what I am feeling in the moment.  “Do I really need to eat half a bag of chips right now?”

Sometimes it becomes necessary to remove ourselves from these relationships. I know that can be easier said than done. But if it is possible, then we need to focus on the fact that if we ever want to lose those last 10 pounds…… or reduce our chronic pain…. or heal ourselves from chronic sickness…. we may need to look at the stressors in our life, which may mean that we need to let go of certain people.

If it is someone from your past who hurt you badly, and  you no longer have contact with that person, then I would suggest this:

1. write a letter to that person outlining how the situation made you feel.  End it with a positive affirmation such as “I am bigger than this pain.  I am strong.  I am worth it.”
2. Rip the letter up and throw it away.

If it is someone who you are currently in contact with and you know he/she is triggering bad health habits such as over eating, then first see if there is a way to communicate directly with that person.  Use “I” statements such as stating how you feel.  If that doesn’t work and you can let go of the person, then do that.  If it is a marriage, then I always recommend going to some type of counseling.  Many marriages have improved with good quality counseling and there is always hope.  If it is someone who has hurt you, then try the letter exercise.

Some other good ways to let go:

1. Journal your emotions
2. Meditate for 10 minutes a day
3. Pray

Remember…. it’s not just about the food itself!  When talking about Primary Foods, can you see how everything is connected?  This is part of what I do as a Health Coach… I will work with you to find out what is out of balance in your life and how you can learn to deal with your stressors.

Please check out my website at www.nourishedandnew.com!

Stay tuned for the last area of Primary Food, and probably the most important area, which is Spirituality!

p.s- there is a way to follow me by email!  Please enter your email address at the top and my blog posts will come straight to your inbox, about twice a week!
UPDATE:  it seems the follow by email feature isn’t working as those who signed up are not getting the emails.  sorry about that!  I will look into that and hopefully resolve the issue soon!

Career: Recipe for Burnout?

We have been talking about Primary Foods- career, physical activity, relationships and spirituality… those areas that feed us that are not food.
Today’s Primary Food Topic is on “career”.

How do you feel about your career?  Is it just a J.O.B that you dread going to?  Do you feel stuck… bored…stressed?

You are not alone. Check out some of these statistics:

  • The American worker has the least vacation time of any modern, developed society.

  • One-half of workers reported they feel a great deal of stress on the job.

  • Thirty-seven percent of all working dads said they would consider the option of taking a new job with less pay if it offered a better work/life balance.

  • Nineteen percent of working moms reported they often or always work weekends. *
As a mom, combine this with having to balance a family and a social life and it could be a recipe for burn out!
As a result of the stress, many women may resort to food to cope with the stress.  Over eating out of stress, boredom or burn out is very common.  The result is a busy mom who is stressed, over weight, lacking energy and has lost her passion and purpose for life.
My story is a bit different…. I graduated with an Elementary Education degree, but I had an intuition early on that I would be too burnt out from teaching.  I did not want it to become my life.  So instead I worked odd jobs here and there before I had my first child.  Since then, I had the privilege of staying home with my kids and now LOVE  my job of supporting women towards having a peaceful relationship with food and with the bodies.  It brings me so much joy and I really feel like I am using my passion.  I did not want to go back to a 9-5 job.
I know many of you need to work outside of the home.  The important thing is to either find a way to love the job you have, or to get out of your comfort zone and finally step into the job you have been dreaming about.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. What is my passion? (what really lights me up and gets me going in the morning?)
2. Is my job creating so much stress that it negatively effects how I function as a wife and mother? Is it negatively effecting my health?
3. What is one positive thing that I can appreciate about my job?  If there is one, then focus on that.  If there is none at all, either find a way to change it, or think of a job that you can work towards envisioning in your life.
For example, I know of many health coaches who were used to the corporate world but really wanted to focus on health coaching.  It can be hard to step out of your comfort zone, and especially when there would be a drop in income at first.  So what is the compromise?  Maybe work a part time job while working on your dream business on the side?  Maybe find a way to attend some kind of online training to help you toward fulfilling your passion?
Maybe you really would like to stay in your current job and  you know you are where you are meant to be.  However, you do have other passions and talents as well.  Find a way to make that happen!  Perhaps it is quilting, or maybe photography.  Even if you don’t plan on using it as a career, it is important to find something that really lights you up!!  This, in  turn, can help you toward improving your health and wellness and you naturally find your confidence and the willingness to take care of your body to the best of  your ability.
So, in the comments below, don’t be shy… I would love to find out..w hat is YOUR passion?  share below!

Enjoyable Movement: what exercise do you enjoy?

In my last blog post, I had introduced the concept of Primary Foods– the areas of life that feed us that are not food.  One area is Physical Activity (or exercise, for the purpose of this article).

I know you have all heard this saying before: “The best exercise is the one that you will do.”  How many of you know that is true?

Let me share a little bit about my journey with exercise.  In first grade, my class was playing softball and I got  hit–hard– in the forehead with a softball.  I stood there- frozen — as it hit me ( no pun intended) that a ball just flew into my head.  Ever since then, I have been a little afraid of the ball.  In P.E., when we would play volleyball, I would always duck when the ball came toward me, like it was about to attack me. In high school, we had to run a mile in P.E.  I hated to run– absolutely hated it. But I did it because I had to.  Not to mention, I was living in Flagstaff at the time, and running in cold weather made my chest hurt.  I got to college and started being obsessed with exercise– I was starving myself and exercise was just one other way to find the “perfect” body and feel in control at the same time.  I began to be obsessed with the very thing I hated– I would run every day- and not just once– twice a day.  In a way, I felt like I was punishing myself.

The irony of it all is, as I recovered from the eating disorder, I gradually began to really enjoy running.  Especially as I started running more for toning and strength, versus weight loss.  Also, I really liked the feeling I got afterward.  When my kids were young– really young (Briana was only 6 weeks old)- I began an exercise program for moms called Stroller Strides– we would jog with our strollers and then stop to do interval strength training.  I really loved it and got so much stronger because of it.

Once my kids got older, my exercise routine waxed and waned…and then the problems began… I started getting pain in my hip which lasted several months.. I eventually was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia once the pain had spread throughout my body.  That was the end of running and I felt very sorry for myself.  I remember feeling like I could never do intense exercise again.  I had turned to a friend who also had chronic pain , who had told me she wanted to try Zumba, and I thought she was crazy.

Well, now my Fibromyalgia pain is GONE (that is a story in itself), and I am really enjoying exercise again! This time, I am NOT running– but I am doing the very thing I thought would be crazy– Zumba!   I also really enjoy doing yoga!  What keeps me going? The feeling I get afterward!
Why do I exercise?  Not for weight loss, because I don’t really need to lose weight.  Not because I think I should.  I exercise because it feels good, it helps me feel stronger, and I know that diet is only half the equation when it comes to getting healthy.

I don’t even like to think of it as exercise… I like to think of it as Enjoyable Movement.  I feel more alive when I do zumba or yoga.  I feel more empowered.

Physical Activity is one of the Primary Foods… one of the “foods” in life that feed us.  How are you doing with this area? I challenge you to try one new form of “Enjoyable Movement” this week!

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The Missing Puzzle: Ways To Feed Our Soul

Dear friends…What if I were to tell you that the food you are eating isn’t your true source of nourishment?  What if I were to sit down with you and your plate of beans and broccoli and say “I see  your food is healthy, but let me ask you something….are YOU healthy?”

You see, we can eat all the healthy foods in the world…. we can pay close attention to getting the right kinds of nutrients and in the right amounts.  We can choose to purchase only organic and nothing with artificial flavors.  We can avoid fast food and choose to eat home ade black brean brownies for our birthday.  These are all well and good;  we can do all these things, AND STILL NOT BE FEEDING OUR SOUL.

Now you might be asking me, “But you are a health coach, don’t you only talk about food?”  If I only talked about food, it would be like having puzzle pieces and only putting together the frame.  Food alone isn’t the whole picture.  There are other things in life that drive us and make us into the healthy, confident, sexy people we long to be.

Imagine you watch every bite you eat and are always trying out the latest diet, yet you hate your life.  Your marriage is on the rocks, you have no close friends, you dread going to work every day, and you are stressed out because you have no money.  Do you think you would be happy?  How much happiness would your plate of beans and broccoli bring you?  I”m guessing not that much.

Good health is not just about the food!  To me, health means being balanced in ALL areas of life.  The Institute For Integrative Nutrition talks about what is called “Primary Foods”… which are the areas of our life that feed us that are not food, such as Relationships, Career, Physical Activity and Spirituality.

How are you doing with these areas in your life?  Are you out of  balance?

Over the next 4 blog posts, I will be talking briefly about these different areas, and sharing tidbits from my journey as well.

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Hormonal Imbalance in Children

By Rachel Nall ; Updated August 14, 2017

Your child’s body relies on hormones to perform daily bodily functions. From sleeping to metabolizing food, hormones are a vital part of life. However, when your child’s hormones are not balanced properly, adverse symptoms that require treatment can occur.

Hormones are regulated by the endocrine system. This system includes the pituitary, thyroid, pancreas and adrenal glands. Each of these glands is responsible for releasing specific hormones that control body functions. When appropriate hormone levels are not released—or too much is released—a hormonal imbalance occurs.

A number of conditions related to hormonal imbalance can affect young males and females. For boys, hormonal imbalances can cause early-onset puberty, obesity, poor appetite, jaundice, hair loss and slow bone growth, according to Newport Children’s Medical Group. In girls, hormonal imbalance issues include early-onset puberty, excess facial hair, moodiness, sleep problems and delayed menstruation.

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Many conditions associated with hormonal imbalances are passed off as other conditions. For example, childhood obesity may be attributed to a lack of diet and exercise when a hormonal imbalance is actually to blame; bad behavior may be blamed on irritability instead of a thyroid imbalance. However, children with hormonal imbalances often experience additional symptoms such as slow growth, dry skin, unexplained fatigue or constipation, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. If you suspect your child has a hormonal imbalance, discuss the possibility with your pediatrician.

Treatment for a child’s hormonal imbalance often depends upon the severity of her condition. A physician may prescribe medications or hormone therapies to correct imbalances. Changes in diet and exercise also may be recommended. In severe cases, surgery to remove tumors created by hormone imbalances may be recommended.

A growing problem among young athletes is the increase in hormone abuse, particularly of anabolic steroids used to achieve rapid growth. These medications affect normal hormone balances, causing a self-created imbalance. Because the long-term effects of these drugs are unknown, it is important for young people to refrain from using them. If you suspect your child is taking these hormones, seek medical help immediately.

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Do NOT Attempt This Workout

Seriously…do not attempt this workout.

I designed it for a buddy of mine who has 35 days to melt off 20 lbs of body-fat while simultaneously maximizing his strength, speed, agility and anaerobic endurance.

It’s a bad ass workout designed for a bad ass guy who has decided to test himself by sparring with 15 other bad ass guys over the span of a brutal 60-90 minutes.

Kind of like when Neo fought all those Agent Smiths in the second Matrix movie….but without any cgi.

So, unless you consider yourself a serious bad ass – Do NOT attempt this workout.

The Workout

Weeks 1-2

Power Workouts

  • 2 x per week
  • 5 sets of 5 reps for 5 exercises using a weight that you could max 10 reps
  • big compound movements –  chins/rows/cable snap downs/overhead press/clean/snatch/bench press – resisted pushup/zercher squat
  • each rep performed as fast & powerfully as possible

Note – I will be posting an article detailing this workout tomorrow.

HIRT Workouts

HIIT Workouts

  • 2 x per week
  • 20-30 min per workout
  • alternate between 10:20, 20:40 and 15:45 HIIT sprint protocols

Neural Activation/Recharge Workouts

Low intensity cardio

  • Daily
  • 30-60 min walk after dinner

Recovery Techniques

  • Daily – post-workout  Contrast Showers and/or Ice massage
  • 1 x per week – Massage
Even Jack Burton would be afraid of this workout.


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Week 8 failure

I am just back from my first run of week 8 and had my first failure. I managed about 13 minutes continuous running before total exhaustion kicked in and I started walking. I had another 2 attempts at getting back on it which also resulted in having to walk again. Although I will move on and just start week 8 again, I wonder if I will have a big psychological battle on my hands to achieve this run now. And also I am wondering how I couldn't manage so early in this run when I have not had a problem with the 25 minute runs before. Any advice much appreciated ☺

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Careful not to build this out of proportion. These things happen and (in danger of sounding like my grandad) it's character building👍

Put it down to experience and learn from it. Were you tired? Was it hot? Was it a different time of day? A faster pace? Was something different to usual?

Next run is a new run 🏃

Bad runs happen sometimes - never judge the next one by today's! Maybe you are just tired, fighting something off or maybe the gremlins got to you.😮 Just trust in the programme and believe that you can do this (which of course you can because you have got this far). Maybe think of a positive mantra to say in your head if those gremlins come anywhere near! Take an extra rest day perhaps and then go for it! 🙂

If you got to the end of week 7 you can get to the end of week 9. Something happened to make this run harder. Could be all sorts of things. But it doesn't affect the next run... unless you let it.

Rest and start again another day. You will be fine next time.

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Author Colleen McCullough has died in hospital on Norfolk Island

Author Colleen McCullough has died in hospital on Norfolk Island

Author Colleen McCullough has died in hospital on Norfolk Island

11 days ago January 29, 2015 7:41PM

COLLEEN McCullough, the internationally famous Australian author, has died in hospital on Norfolk Island. She was 77.

McCullough was a neuroscientist by training, and worked in various Sydney and English hospitals before settling into 10 years of research and teaching in the Department of Neurology at the Yale Medical School in the US.

But then she became a full-time author, and for nearly 40 years McCullough was one of Australia’s top-selling novelists.

The literary establishment may have been sniffy about her work, but McCullough laughed all the way to the bank as her tales of forbidden love, her historical series covering the fall of republican Rome and her body-filled police procedurals made her a wealthy woman.

In 1974 her first novel, ‘Tim’, about a middle-aged women’s romance with a good-looking, intellectually disabled handyman, did well and was made into a film starring Piper Laurie and Mel Gibson after it was published in New York.

She then published her next book ‘The Thorn Birds’ in 1977, and a string of successful novels, including the Masters of Rome series.

McCullough suffered health problems most of her life.

At 32 she was found to have hypothyroidism, which caused depression and weight gain.

But she reckoned that although she’d always looked like the back of a bus, she’d always had boyfriends because “men love a funny woman”.

I got alerted to this by the BBC Radio 4 Last Word program earlier this evening:

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I loved the Thorn Birds. It taught me more about climates in Australia than my geography lessons ever did! I never knew anything about the author though and sadly it sounds as though she didn't have a healthy life. I wonder whether she was diagnosed in England or America. Thank you for posting Rod.

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She was a brilliant story teller and I will miss her books. She always seemed larger than life. May she be in a better place.

Thanks for that Rod. I remember being glued to the TV the night The Thornbirds was on. My husband used to talk about 'your Thirnbirds' as if he didn't watch it too. It was epic.

Loved the Thornbirds. Will look out her other books now. RIP Colleen.

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T3 down again :(

About 3 months ago I went for my annual blood test for thyroid - my gp knows I'm taking NDT. My T3 came back as about 16 with a range of 3 - 6. Obviously this was too high so I was asked to reduce my NDT and come back in a couple of months for a repeat test. I was taking 3 grains per day. What I had forgotten was that I shouldn't have taken my NDT first thing in the morning before my blood test - duh!

Anyway I duly reduced my NDT by 1/4 tablet every 2 weeks until I was down to 2 and went back last week for another test. This time I didn't take my NDT before I went. Lo and behold my T3 is back down to what it was on Levo 0 3.9!

Now I know that it's better to be near the top of the range but now I don't know by how much to increase it to find a middle ground. I'm not due for another test for a year as my gp says it's fine although he did go on about my T4 being low (8.9 in a range of 11-26) and my TSH being <0.05 but I said my TSH was that on Levo anyway. I think they forget that I had half my thyroid removed 50 years ago so it's never going to work properly is it.

I felt great on 3 grains but I don't know how much the result of 16 was due to my having taken the tablets in the morning. Any thoughts gratefully received.

Thank you

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I have been in the same situation as you and lowered and raised NDT according to labs.

However, when I saw my doctor two months ago (my doctor is a Hertoghe doctor in Belgium), I was told those levels only show how much T3 (or T4) there is in the blood at the time of testing, but not how much hormones are available to the body on the cellular level (which is what is important after all). I was told not to obsess too much about labs, but to stay on whichever dose of NDT rids me of all hypo symptoms and makes me feel great.

Do you self-treat or does your doctor prescribe NDT for you?

I self treat. It's very difficult to find a gp in the UK that will prescribe NDT although they are allowed to do it :(

The blood tests were invented for levothyroxine only, therefore in my opinion if we add T3 to T4 or take NDT, the blood tests are useless. Levo is T4 only. NDT contains, T4, T3, T2, T1 and calciton and T3 is T3 alone. They cannot possibly be interpreted alongside levothyroxine alone.

If you feel well on 2 grains there's no need to increase. If you don't, increase in 1/2 grain increments every couple of weeks and hold at 3 grains for 6-8 weeks and have a private thyroid test to check levels. Medichecks offer #ThyroidThursday discounts via

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Château de Roquefort

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France – Provence, Côtes de Provence
Raimond De Villeneuve

Raimond de Villeneuve’s impressively beautiful, biodynamic vineyard is literally situated in an amphitheatre, thus having a very special microclimate. Château de Roquefort is only 50 acres at an altitude of 300 metres, allowing later harvesting, which results in more freshness and greater phenolic maturity, and therefore more complexity than is usual in Provençal wines. They are located on the edge of the Bandol appellation, just over the ridge so mourvedre does not ripen here as well as at Bandol (it is a difficult grape to ripen) so it is not the focus. One third of the vines are over 40 years old, with the rest ranging between 15 and 40. de Villeneuve is young, well-educated, well-travelled and with experience in the trade working for Mommessin in Burgundy. This experience shows in the quality of the wines and the refined beauty of the package. He came back to his old family property in 1995 and began making and bottling wines under the Chateau name; previously the wines were sold in bulk. de Villeneuve is a very open-minded winemaker and taster, always striving for quality and willing to honestly assess his wines. As well, he is always experimenting; he has even planted some cabernet franc. His talent has been recognized by Michel Bettane, calling him one of the finest winemakers in Provence: “incontestably, one of the great hopes of the Côtes de Provence…the wines perfectly combine ample and intense fruit with a rich and silky body. The wines of Roquefort possess a hedonistic character that will make you immediately rejoice.”

This firm, creamy, Provencal white is made from 65% clairette, 35% rolle (vermentino), with just 5% of the fruit barrel-fermented before blending. On the nose are citrus and broom flower aromas, a little like a Bandol blanc. It is both steely and rich, with acidity and minerality riding alongside more citrus, hazelnut and a reticent peachiness, all kept lively by its vivid acidity

This 100% clairette is early picked to retain maximum freshness and youthful vibrancy (noted also in the 11% alc.). White flowers and white peach flavours dominate the nose and palate. Lively acidity keeps the finish fresh, almost begging for the glass to be filled again. A brilliant ‘bistro’ option.

Comprising of 35% grenache, 25% syrah, 25% cinsault, 10% rolle (vermentino) and 5% clairette. Powerful and driven, it shows all the hallmarks of great food-oriented rosè with lifted floral fragrance, mouth-filling mid palate weight, a succulent core of bright strawberry, raspberry and red currant fruit, and gorgeous texture, finishing beautifully dry and savoury.

In terms of volume, “Les Mûres” is the most important red wine from the domaine. It is made from a blend of 40% grenache noir, 25% carignan, 20% syrah, 5% cinsault, 5% mourvedre, and 5% cabernet cauvignon (particularly old vines, which adds a very deep, interesting fruit element). The grapes are hand-harvested mid-October and undergo a four week maceration- vinification on the skins.The wine is a cavernous purple with red fruit aromas, particularly blackberry (hence the name), blueberry and black cherry, predominating aromatic herbs and leather/cinnamon notes. On the palate the deep red fruits continue into plum and spice flavours. Supporting the ripe fruit flavours there are firm, polished tannins in the background.

This powerful, fruit-drenched, levathian red blend is described on the back label by the ever-humorous Villeneuve as, ‘Constellation unique entre Grenache, Syrah et Cinsault… Et blablablablabla….TOUTFOUZINZINFADA, mais quel vin!’ The classification described on the back is ‘Vin de bonne table de France.

Gueule-de-Loup means ‘wolf’s mouth’ the name of a common flower in the south of France. This innovative wine is a nonvintage Grenache-dominant ‘biodynamic’ blend of grenache, carignan, cab, 15% syrah and merlot from two vintages!

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Each hero's level is displayed on the bottom-left of their portrait. The coloured bar shows their current experience.
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A level is a number assigned to each hero class. Each player's classes start at level 1, and levels can be gained for each by accumulating experience. Experience is gained by playing games, especially winning games, in that class. The current level cap is 60.

While displayed upon each individual hero, level is shared between all heroes of a given class, and can be increased by playing any hero of that class. For example, Medivh will immediately show the same level as the player's other mage heroes, such as Jaina Proudmoore, and gaining experience or levels as Medivh will also progress the other mage heroes.

A hero's level has no direct effect on gameplay, does not determine matchmaking, and is not visible to opponents. However, raising a hero of a given class to a new level will often reward players with new Basic cards. Above level 10, only golden versions of existing Basic cards are awarded, meaning that once a class has reached level 10, no further impact on gameplay will result from increasing its level. There is one exception: Tavern Brawl mode, which is not unlocked until the player reaches level 20 with at least one class.

Each hero's current level and experience can be checked in the Quest Log, or by viewing a deck using that hero on any of the deck selection screens, and is also displayed at the end of each match.

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Golden Timber Wolf, the reward for raising a hunter to level 26

As a hero reaches various levels, they are awarded new cards. The card awarded depends on the hero and level reached. All cards awarded by gaining levels cannot be crafted or disenchanted.

Levels up to 10 award new Basic class cards, while levels after this award only golden versions of existing cards. Levels after 10 award golden Basic class cards, whereas levels after 50/52 award golden Basic neutral minion cards.

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Up to level 10, reaching each even-numbered level will reward the player with a new Basic card x 2 for that hero's class. These cards are not obtainable through any other means. These cards constitute half of each class' Basic cards.

This makes reaching level 10 with each class quite important to playing that class, in order to complete the selection of Basic cards available to that hero. Once level 10 has been reached, that class' full selection of Basic cards is available to the player.

In addition to direct card rewards, reaching level 10 for the first time will complete the "Level Up" quest, awarding the player with 1 Classic card pack. This can be obtained using any class, but is only available once. Reaching level 10 with all classes will complete the "Got the Basics!" quest, awarding 100 gold.

Level Druid Hunter Mage Paladin Priest Rogue Shaman Warlock Warrior
2 Starfire x2 Animal Companion x2 Frostbolt x2 Truesilver Champion x2 Divine Spirit x2 Assassin's Blade x2 Bloodlust x2 Corruption x2 Cleave x2
4 Savage Roar x2 Starving Buzzard x2 Mirror Image x2 Consecration x2 Mind Vision x2 Fan of Knives x2 Flametongue Totem x2 Mortal Coil x2 Kor'kron Elite x2
6 Moonfire x2 Hunter's Mark x2 Frost Nova x2 Humility x2 Holy Nova x2 Shiv x2 Totemic Might x2 Soulfire x2 Whirlwind x2
8 Swipe x2 Tundra Rhino x2 Water Elemental x2 Guardian of Kings x2 Shadow Word: Death x2 Vanish x2 Windspeaker x2 Sacrificial Pact x2 Shield Block x2
10 Ironbark Protector x2 Kill Command x2 Flamestrike x2 Blessing of Kings x2 Mind Control x2 Sprint x2 Fire Elemental x2 Dread Infernal x2 Arcanite Reaper x2

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Above level 10, reaching certain levels will award golden versions of existing Basic cards. As they are uncraftable, it is not possible to disenchant these cards, making the reward purely cosmetic. These rewards are the only way to gain golden versions of these cards.

Between levels 11 and 50 (52 for mage and warrior), golden class-specific Basic cards are awarded.

Above level 50/52, golden Basic neutral minion cards are awarded.

These cards are awarded one at a time, at each of the levels shown. The levels at which cards are awarded are the same for all classes, except mages and warriors. These classes award one pair fewer golden neutral minion cards, and award their last class-specific card slightly later, as shown in the table below.

Level Druid Hunter Mage Paladin Priest Rogue Shaman Warlock Warrior
15 & 20 Healing Touch Tracking Arcane Intellect Holy Light Mind Blast Sinister Strike Ancestral Healing Sacrificial Pact Heroic Strike
23 & 26 Wild Growth Timber Wolf Frost Nova Hand of Protection Holy Smite Vanish Windfury Dread Infernal Charge
28 & 30 Mark of the Wild Houndmaster Arcane Explosion Humility Divine Spirit Fan of Knives Totemic Might Soulfire Shield Block
32 & 34 Claw Arcane Shot Arcane Missiles Hammer of Wrath Mind Vision Assassin's Blade Frost Shock Corruption Whirlwind
36 & 38 Innervate Multi-Shot Mirror Image Light's Justice Shadow Word: Pain Backstab Rockbiter Weapon Voidwalker Warsong Commander
40 & 42 Moonfire Hunter's Mark Frostbolt Truesilver Champion Northshire Cleric Sap Bloodlust Succubus Cleave
43 & 44 Savage Roar Tundra Rhino 44 & 46:
Consecration Shadow Word: Death Deadly Poison Flametongue Totem Mortal Coil 44 & 46:
Kor'kron Elite
45 & 46 Starfire Animal Companion Blessing of Might Holy Nova Shiv Windspeaker Drain Life
47 & 48 Swipe Starving Buzzard Polymorph Guardian of Kings Power Word: Shield Assassinate Hex Shadow Bolt Execute
49 & 50 Ironbark Protector Kill Command Water Elemental Blessing of Kings Mind Control Sprint Fire Elemental Hellfire Fiery War Axe
51 & 52 Oasis Snapjaw Core Hound Flamestrike Stormpike Commando Murloc Raider War Golem Magma Rager Boulderfist Ogre Arcanite Reaper
53 & 54 Nightblade Stonetusk Boar Dragonling Mechanic Bluegill Warrior Shattered Sun Cleric Murloc Tidehunter Frostwolf Warlord Grimscale Oracle Silverback Patriarch
55 & 56 River Crocolisk Razorfen Hunter Ironforge Rifleman Stormwind Knight Darkscale Healer Voodoo Doctor Booty Bay Bodyguard Ogre Magi Chillwind Yeti
57 & 58 Elven Archer Bloodfen Raptor Archmage Goldshire Footman Gnomish Inventor Acidic Swamp Ooze Frostwolf Grunt Gurubashi Berserker Raid Leader
59 & 60 Novice Engineer Ironfur Grizzly Dalaran Mage Stormwind Champion Lord of the Arena Sen'jin Shieldmasta Reckless Rocketeer Kobold Geomancer Wolfrider

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  • For Mages and Warriors, there is a notable difference in the levels at which golden cards are rewarded; there are no rewards at levels 43 and 45. This is to match the precise number of Basic cards available in the game. With 43 Basic neutral minions, and 90 class-specific Basic cards, there are 133 Basic cards in the game, and as uncraftable cards, there is no way to obtain their golden versions except through level rewards. The pattern of rewards used for most classes offers 15 reward brackets, which would require a total of 135 rewards. In order to avoid duplicating rewards, the schedule for Mages and Warriors is adjusted to award one fewer pair of cards each.

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The hero level display in the Quest Log
  • While hero levels are not displayed in battle, players can use the presence of certain golden cards to deduce the minimum level of the opposing player's heroes. For example, a mage who has a golden Water Elemental must be at least level 49. This also works cross-class: a player with a rogue who uses a golden Stormwind Champion must also have a paladin of at least level 59. Note that this cannot be used to deduce that the player has not reached a certain level, since players may elect to use the non-golden versions of cards even if they also have the golden versions, or may simply not have switched to the golden versions after earning them.
  • The developers have stated that increasing the level cap is "certainly possible", but that they would have to work out "compelling rewards" for reaching levels above 60.[1]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • The game's current level cap of level 60 matches the original level cap for World of Warcraft.

Patch changes[edit | edit source]

  • Patch (2013-12-10): Messages now appear when levelling characters below level 10, reminding the player that new Basic cards will be awarded when they reach the next level.
  • Patch (2013-10-02): The maximum level is now 60, and you can earn XP in any game mode up to max level.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Ben Brode on Twitter. (2016-03-18).
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Mother’s Day 2012: A Declaration of Independence

Motherhood is (and has been for more than 150 years) one of the hardest topics to write about in any meaningful way. And yet the overwhelming amount of material written about motherhood just in popular press alone–articles, books, advice columns, magazines, blogs, tweets–should make you question why I would even think such a thing, let alone publicly declare it to be true.  If motherhood is so hard to write about in a meaningful way, why is it written about ALL the TIME?

It’s written about all the time and in so many places precisely because it is so hard to understand.  Motherhood is a subject that, at every moment, is both constantly changing and exactly the same.

The “exactly the same” part is biology: if you produce a child, you are biologically a mother.  There is nothing ambiguous or sentimental about this. It’s nature, not judgment, not emotion.  Mammals do it all the time. (I can’t comment on the Pregnant Man though.)

The ambiguity, emotion, judgement, sentimentality, confusion, stereotyping, and obsessive self-analysis of motherhood all come from what we believe mothering means or is supposed to mean. Motherhood with a Capital M is, and has been since the Victorians created the Myth of the Perfect Mother, a turf war.  It is both an internal war (“am I good enough?” “am I doing it right?”) and an external war (“stay at home mothers are worth less than working mothers and vice versa”).  And really, I believe most of us are just over it.

I wish it were that simple.  I wish it were that simple to write a Declaration of Independence from the Myth of the Perfect Mother, or indeed from any myth anywhere about anything to do with motherhood.  If it were that simple, it would look something like this:

All mothers are not created equal but that does not mean you need to spend your life defining yourself by what you didn’t get or have.  You are, at any moment, free to move on and become the person you want to be.  Really.

All mothers, including you, are not created equal, but that does mean that you are any better or worse than anyone else out there who is doing their best and trying to create a relationship that supports themselves and their children.

Whenever a way of thinking or feeling or being about motherhood becomes destructive of your self-esteem, you have the right and responsibility to abolish it, and to pursue that which contributes to your emotional/psychological/physical safety and happiness.  This does not make you a bad person.  In fact, it makes you brave and powerful, which is infinitely more useful.

No, that’s not just a chair.

There is no one right way to be a mother, just as there is no one right way to be a human being.  However, there are many wrong ways to do both.  It’s best not to lie, steal, demean, harm, neglect, exploit or abuse.  Not only are there horrendous cautionary examples of this (read, superficially: the Octomom), there are also laws against these things.

But it’s also best not to define mothering by what you don’t do or have or get; it’s much more exciting and empowering to mother from a place of what you do have or do or get.

When motherhood is viewed from a position of possibility and abundance, so many amazing things happen.  Limitations become the pathways to tremendous opportunity and hope.  Read for daily examples of this; talk to same-sex couples with children who are, with tremendous courage, reshaping what both mothering and fathering mean; ask anyone who is struggling with the attachment issues that adoption can bring, or families raising children with any type of disability.  Talk to mothers and fathers who successfully co-parent after divorce.  These are the voices of power, hope, raw courage, and inspiration.

“This IS my happy mother face!”

Motherhood is hard, but so is living with a chronic illness, an abusive spouse, no job, the loss of a loved one, or any of the other cabillion issues human beings live with every single day.  Yes, it is hard.  When things are hard, take good care of yourself, find lots of friends who support you, and do your best.  But try to move beyond the complaining; it’s not a good place to dwell, and most of us hear enough of that already.

My final declaration of independence regarding motherhood would state that mothers have nothing to defend; we do not need to justify ourselves to anyone.  Mothers will have our legitimacy and sanity questioned often enough by our own kids; we don’t need to do it to ourselves as well.

The only thing we have control over as mothers is our own behavior; I absolutely believe that the majority of us are doing our best and them some.  So let’s off-load the guilt, the pervasive sense of inadequacy, the constant need for validation.  No one needs this and it drives everyone around us insane.

One last thing: don’t fall for the theory of the “good enough mother,” either.  As an alternative to guilt-inducing perfectionism, it’s fine; as a life-guiding strategy, it’s ridiculous.  Practice forgiveness of your self and others, certainly, but don’t stop trying to do your best.

“I will never forgive you for this hat…”

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5 responses to “Mother’s Day 2012: A Declaration of Independence

  1. Kim

    I agree save for the “stop telling us how hard it is part”. I went into motherhood like many do, with the images of so many impressionist paintings and magazine photos of the beautiful life. It is part of my mission now to describe how hard it is, so that people have a better idea what it ACTUALLY entails. The fact is not everyone DOES know that it’s hard. Like the guy on the bus the other day who got on, alone, hair blowing in the breeze and said aloud “Mothers put those children on your laps, people need places to sit.” I had to inform him that exhausted mothers with laps not quite big enough for all their children deserve to have their children sitting rather than getting shot down the aisle every time the bus driver hits the brakes or accelerator. Some people really don’t understand that it’s hard, because they’ve been fed the same ridiculous imagery that we have.
    It is impossible to shake centuries of beautiful motherhood propaganda and I for one am determined to help people understand the other side of those images.
    And BTW I LOVE that photo you included of the family with mother as upholstery.
    xo from the motherland, K

    • LCS

      Thanks, Kim! I think what I was referring to in that line was the seemingly endless stream of “now listen to me complain about motherhood” blogs that I look at. Your real-world example is a useful one.

  2. At first I assumed that the mom as upholstery was wearing a burka! It took me a bit to understand that this mother was just the “chair” to hold the baby down for a picture. We’ve come a long way, baby! But not far enough, of course 😉

    • LCS

      I know! I thought the same thing, especially in other pictures like this one. Late 19th century photographs would basically use the mothers to hold up the kids and then mask the most visible parts of the shape or outline of the mother in the final image. Freaky!

  3. Excellent post, so many good points in there… like this one, lots.

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In addition to the damage, the Mayor of Port Aransas reported there were possibly eight fatalities, but Texas Governor Abbott said at 1:30 p.m. CST that this number could not yet be confirmed.

Severe damage reports began coming into Rockport quickly. Rockport was the city where Hurricane Harvey made landfall. And it’s no surprise, considering how strong the winds were when Rockport made landfall:

This list is constantly being updated, so come back often for the latest updates. A more official assessment will be made by public officials sometime on Saturday.

So far, we know that the following damage occurred.

  • A single story senior housing complex’s roof collapsed. Not everyone had evacuated, and a few people were reported trapped inside on Friday night. Read more in Heavy’s story here
  • Some people were taken to the local jail for treatment of injuries. About 10 people total were being treated for injuries from storm damage.
  • The Rockport courthouse was severely damaged.
  • Much of the historic downtown area received heavy damage.
  • The Emergency Management Center lost its phone and internet temporarily.
  • Part of King Square Apartment’s wall collapsed due to high winds.

  • Part of the Rockport, Texas High School building collapsed or was damaged, but it was not destroyed. Read more about the high school in Heavy’s story here.

  • A gas station was destroyed, but it’s unclear which one. Some are guessing it was the Mallory Hatfield Gas Station, but this is not yet known. The picture of the gas station is below:
  • We also know that about 128 people were evacuated from a severely damaged Fairfield Inn in Port Aransas. Here’s a photo:

  • The Fairfield Suites reported major damage, where people were taking shelter:

  • And homes were flattened from the storm.

  • The First Baptist Church in Rockport also took major damage.

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The following buildings and photos are still being assessed.

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Title: Dark Alley Club

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Discovering a new form of independence and self-confidence, Alice not only decides to explore her newly granted membership to the Dark Alley Club, but also her own secret desires.

Bound to secrecy by the club rules, Alice gains not only a new perspective on her life, but also her best friend’s situation.

Plus, there are still so many things to find out: Who’s King of Diamonds? Will she meet Poseidon again? And who has asked her to meet him in the Club house? One of the two, or someone else entirely?

When Alice looked back to the door, King of Diamonds already had crossed half of the room. He moved in a way which made it obvious that he was used to people making way for him; he looked as if he owned this place. Maybe he did. Most importantly, the man was heading straight at her, his eyes locked on her, pinning her in place. Alice felt like she was shrinking under his glare. Her body shuddered in anticipation, much to her own surprise. Although a bit insecure now and then, Alice thought of herself as a confident, independent women, who knew what she was capable of and who didn’t need someone else to tell her what to do and what to think of herself. Yet somehow as this man stalked forward, his eyes were fixated on her as if he was the predator and she his prey, somehow undeniably aroused her.

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