The Truth About Eating Disorders: It’s NOT About the Food

The Truth About Eating Disorders: It’s NOT About the Food

 - by Tera Warner

First of all, I should make it clear that I’m not one for labels and specifically protest the diagnosis of “disorders” which never seem to satisfy my need to honor the mosaic of individuality that shows up in life. However, after having listened to these labels for so long, and having accepted them for ourselves, it seems the best way for me to address the subject of a self-sabotaging relationship with food and body image is to talk about “eating disorders.”

And that’s why this week we kicked off our “Getting Over ED” summit! We’ve had some fabulous and inspiring conversations from some of the most well-known and admired experts on this subject in the world.

One of the things that I’ve heard repeatedly, is that when it comes to eating disorders, “It’s not about the food!”

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Best Wishes for a Healthy and Prosperous 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Best Wishes for a Healthy and Prosperous 2012

- by Tera Warner

Well, here we are–at the cusp of a brand new slate and a new adventure. Pull out your calendars and prepare for what’s ahead. Fill the days with unexpected surprises, good news, sweet kisses in tender places and abundance beyond measure!

2012 is your year for love, health, happiness and incredibly fulfilling relationships  so let it all come rolling in!

As we move into this new beginning, I want to offer my sincere gratitude and appreciation to you! Thanks for being here and making all of this possible. Without your feedback, suggestions and cheerleading from the sidelines, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do around here. Thank you so much!

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12-Day Countdown to 2012 – Day 2: Set Your Intentions for Fitness

12-Day Countdown to 2012 – Day 2:
Set Your Intentions for Fitness

- by Tera Warner

One of the most fabulous things I learned about fitness this year came from Alice Bracegirdle, a dear friend and the founder of BellyFit. She will be presenting at next year’s WISH Summit talking about the importance of getting out of the box of conventional fitness programs, and moving into your softness!

EMBRACE YOUR JIGGLE!

You don’t need to sign up for a gym membership, lift weights or even do yoga. You can just wake up, turn on the music, then wriggle, jiggle, and let yourself go! Alice is a big part of our Body Enlightenment program and you can get to meet her here and get a taste of what she’s all about!

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12-Day Countdown to 2012 – Day 3: Set Your Intentions for Food and Diet

12-Day Countdown to 2012 – Day 3:
Set Your Intentions for Food & Diet

- by Tera Warner

When I use the word “diet” here, I’m not using it in the sense that so many of us have come to know, impling some sort of short term calorie restriction in an effort to drop unwanted pounds and fit into that little black dress.

I’m referring to your typical dietary regime, and the foods you tend to feed your body and mind on a daily, weekly, monthly, and even annual basis.

In other words, what food choices do you make? What do you eat? Is there a pattern to the types and amounts of foods you eat?

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12-Day Countdown to 2012 – Day 4: Set Your Intentions for Beauty and Personal Care

12-Day Countdown to 2012 – Day 4:
Set Your Intentions for Beauty and Personal Care

- by Tera Warner

This one is going to be easy for me!

Starting in 2012, we will be releasing a complete 30-Day Beauty makeover program through the Body Enlightenment website!

This will be SUCH an incredible program and loaded with vital info you need to know about the beauty care products you’ve been using and how they affect your health and well-being.

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Joe Cross: From Greasy Spoon to Green Juice in 60 Days

When you think of a hero, you could think of capes and tight pants leaping over buildings in a single bound. But most of us wouldn’t really think of the quiet heroic acts required to resist the temptation of food for 60 days nor what the impact of that choice could have on a person’s life–or on the world.

Joe Cross is an Australian entrepreneur and investor who produced the film, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. He penetrated the matrix of meal time marketing, he resisted refried beans and denied himself donuts for 60 days while he rebooted his life and his health with juice.  Now he’s helping thousands of peole around the world pick up their celery stalks and walk a path to better health and wellbeing.  He here with us today to show you how you can  reboot you health and your life with juices, and you don’t need to wait until you’re fat, sick and nearly dead to do it. Read more »

Meet a Few of My Friends: Masterminding for Inspiration & Entelechy

Jim Rohn said, “You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with,” and that is why I tend to be pretty selective about the company I keep. I thought you might appreciate meeting a few of the cool cats I consider fortunate enough to associate myself with, and then I’ve got a special invitation for you, so stay tuned.

Meet “The Core Four”

Earlier this year I was invited to attend Cynthia Kersey’s “Celebrity Birthday Gala”! It was a special celebration and fund-raising initiative for her Unstoppable Foundation–a star-studded evening of NY Times best selling authors and famous faces who had all come together to support Cynthia’s mission to build schools in Kenya.

Chris, me and Harue meet for the first time.

I had no expectations, knew a couple  people that would be attending, and decided to just go with the flow and connect with the brightest lights in the room. It was no accident that I then ended up spending most of the evening with two of the most beautiful, inspiring, authentic and “shiny” people I’d ever met.

Meet Chris and Harue

Chris Cummings is a film producer, director, a brilliant graphic artist, and now marketing, SEO, and a copy writing maven. He keeps his finger on the pulse of the SEO and online world to help business owners keep their doors open during tough economic times. (Can’t wait to show you what he’s been working on! I’ll interview him soon, so watch for it!!) Chris is also the devoted dad to his brilliant and beautiful 4-year old daughter, Emerson, which makes him a charming combination of pretty much everything cool in one human being.

Harue is as generous as she is gorgeous. She’s a beautiful breath of Brazilian fresh air and don’t let her soft good looks fool you. She’s a negotiating ninja, a whipper snapper in business and she’s been spending loads of time with me and the kids as she’s been very much implicated in the preparations of our Body Enlightenment project. Hopefully you’ll be hearing more from her soon!

Chris, Josh, me and Harue at the beach!

Since that night in March, we’ve been keeping in communication, and somewhere along the way Chris decided to kickstart a mastermind group and invited the gentle and genius spirit of Josh Franer to the mix.

Josh is a super cool cat and a film and photo genius. He’s worked on incredible projects in film, commercials, music videos and documentaries. Disney begs for his attention, but has to share it with beautiful women, fabulous friends and so many others who are trying to get a piece of this magical person for themselves! His visionary work in film and photography is breathtaking and you can catch a peek of it herewhere you’ll see that his heart stretches a whole lot wider than his camera lens!

How We Mastermind

Every two weeks, the four of us hook up for a call on the telephone to catch up, share wisdom, inspiration and ideas about how to move forward in our professional and personal lives. Recently, we decided it would be a cool thing to invite other inspiring business owners and entrepreneurs to our meetings for a dose of wisdom and inspiration.

This week, we’re inviting MY DAD!! and I thought you might like to join us.

You’ll learn all about my Dad, and why I thought him the perfect person to join us during the call.

I’ll be sending out an invitation to all those who are signed up to the WISH Summit and WISH Radio calls. Just sign up in the top right corner of the page, and you’ll be able to access the call!

p.s.

Thanks to Chris, I learned that the word “entelechy” means “realization of potential.” Since I learned it, I find it tough to use another word to describe that insatiable search for growth and deeper meaning.

3 Helpful Steps to Keep You In Your Feminine and Your Man in His Masculine

by Mat Boggs, WISH Speaker, Author and creator of “Cracking the Man Code”

We invited one of the world’s leading love and relationship experts, Mat Boggs, to share with us his insights into attracting a man or deepening the connection in the relationship we already have.  During this call, Mat offered some helpful steps for getting us
grounded into our playful and receptive feminine energy, and thereby allowing our man to be fully present within his masculine. Here’s what he shared:

1. Begin to accept yourself.

It’s called mirroring the love. Write down the 10 qualities that you admire and respect about yourself. In the morning, lean forward look into the mirror and say “I love you. You are… ” and list the qualities.  It will create a vibration throughout your body in the space of acceptance. Men can feel that and think, if she is accepting herself to this degree then maybe she can accept me fully and she will receive joyfully the greatest gift I could ever give her, which is me. Feedback is the breakfast of champions. Don’t be so critical of yourself and so judgmental of yourself that you are not willing to let anyone else off the hook. You can’t give to anyone else what you don’t have for yourself.  The #1 quality men want in a relationship Read more »

A lump in my leg. A lump in my throat.

Succlent self-love master,

I know you’re busy, but if you have a few moments, I’d love you to tune in for this. I’ve got a few important things I need to say and so appreciate you being here to receive them.

Right now I’m “home on the range” staying with my mom near the Rocky Mountains of Southern Alberta. Feels so good to be with my mom–so good to be “home.” I grew up near one of the most beautiful national parks in the whole wide world!

During sweet Alisa Vitti’s panty party, the message of prioritizing self-care really hit home for me. I decided now was the perfect opportunity to get my feet in the stirrups and check up on all my bits and pieces.

As a predominantly raw food vegan, I thought it wise to request the full gamut of blood tests, a pap smear (the last one was 15 years ago) and figured it would be a good time to ask a few questions about the “cyst” I’ve had on the back of my thigh.

How the Lump in My Leg Became a Lump in My Throat

It showed up mysteriously four years ago, and I’ve been watching it, hoping I could vaporize it with green juice. After four years of wishing, hoping, waiting, watching, wondering what the heck it was, this little “cyst” was starting to take up a bit more space and a bit more of my attention than I was comfortable with.

Not much smaller than the size of the end of my thumb, I didn’t worry about it much. However, when the doctor took a look, he scheduled surgical removal for 4:00 pm the same day.

*gulp!*

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Tooth Truth and Self-Dentistry with Nadine Artemis

The other day I received an email that said this:

“I’m one if many moms who is watching her child’s top front teeth decay before my eyes. I am heartbroken over this and am being pulled in about five different directions. Everyone claims to have the ONLY answer. But the one I’m most torn about is the one insisting that a high animal fat diet is important for the bone mineralization of childrens teeth. This goes against EVERYTHING else I believe in terms of nutrition and I can’t seem to get an adequately satisfying answer from anyone that I trust.”

I called on my tooth truth-seeking, flower-loving soul sister, Nadine Artemis, to join us for a special teleseminar on Tooth Truth and Self-Dentistry. Nadine just recently published a book called, Self-Dentistry: How to Avoid the Dentist Without Ignoring Your Teeth. I scored myself a copy of this book, read it cover to cover and then sat down for an enlightening conversation that will no doubt change the health and lives of thousands of people.

Here are some of the things we discussed in this interview:

• The most exciting thing that Nadine has discovered about oral care, and how that changes everything!!
• Why you must get rid of common toothpaste and mouthwash! (Even health food store varieties contain unsuspecting toxins!)
• The most important questions to ask your dentist BEFORE agreeing to any procedure.
• A 3-week preparation procedure before going for your dental cleanings to reduce toxicity and strengthen your teeth and immune system.
• How to grow healthy teeth AND healthy kids and great tips for helping them love oral care.
• What to eat and Read more »