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Tips Tuesday – The Mortality age gap, Men Vs Women, and why?

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There has been a theme to my rantings about how so many of us are not taking well enough care of ourselves.  It is so important that we do.  Our Mind Body and Emotions are all connected and they NEED self care to stay balanced, this is maintenance not pampering.  I have a theory, I believe it is Self Care that will be the Fountain of youth for many.  You see Men on average have died younger then women, and it is suggested this is due to the majority of men having been exposed to the rigors and stressors of full time work for generationaly longer then women.  What supports this is that as time has gone by Women have been closing the mortality gap faster and faster as more women are committing to more full time careers and exposed to the same stressors as men.  So while my theory of self care in this article specifically is directed at men, women too will benefit from it’s wisdom.

Interesting article here:  http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/1998/10.01/WhyWomenLiveLon.html

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As the proud owner of K-W’s 1st Eco Friendly Salon Spa and Energy I witness many guests life struggles, stressors and celebrations.  Commonly women have been over the years more excepted in the spa setting.  This seems to be simply a cultural acceptance.  For some reason, men do not enjoy this same acceptance to forms of self care in this manner.  There is a stigma where ‘Manscaping’ might be considered high maintenance or too feminine for most testosterone bearing counter parts.  But why?  Programming, as a Holistic Life Coach, Energy Psychologist and Owner of The Institute For Harmonious Living I recognize the dysfunctional imbalance we have towards the sexes and their natural needs for nurturing.  Women traditionally are considered soft, weak, emotional, we expect them to show and share emotions, we tend to gravitate to each other to console and nurture. Men are taught to be rough tough, unemotional, don’t cry when you get hurt or look for comfort or you are considered a wimp.  Look how we have conditioned ourselves? Neither programmed belief is accurate.   Now as women step equally into the work force we have adopted the belief that to be in the ‘Man’s World’ we must adopt their behaviors of self numbing in emotion and self care.  Don’t get me wrong, I see women every day that suffer from every form of guilt you can imagine!  Mother’s Guilt, Working Guilt, Image Flaw Guilt, it’s crazy and therefore we tell ourselves we are not WORTHY of self care.  But I think you will agree that as our opposite sex roles become blurred we must look at what we are doing to support ourselves through this shift.  This way we will teach our next generation how to better maintain healthy mind, body and emotion awareness.

Lets look at what happens to our bodies with stress, many who follow this blog are familiar with Fight or Flight right?  It is a physical reaction that the body uses in cases of being under attack and releasing endorphins and hormones into the body that are only supposed to be there in case of lethal danger, but we live there voluntarily daily when we adopt stressful thinking and behaviours creating habits that trigger us all the time to react this way over and over.  This behavior is preventing the body to function normally and eventually leading the body to decay and create illness.  How do we combat this?  SELF CARE.  Self care allows the mind to stop its incessant negative chatter, relaxes muscles and allows good chemicals and hormones to flood the body with happy juice, allowing the organs to focus on their natural highly intelligent job of maintaining good health repairing and regenerating healthy cells, not being distracted with pretend dangers.  The skin is your largest organ.  Nurturing this organ with proper cleaning and moisturizing habits is no different then visiting the dentist and eating healthfully.  Pressure points under the skin can be activated through massage. reflexology and lymph drainage to assist the body in its effort to repair and detoxify.  The mind relaxes further and allows the emotions to balance allowing you to settle deeper into relaxation.  The mind is a machine and without constant supervision will create a reality you do not want.  By controlling the thoughts you control and improve your life experiences significantly.

I have invited several male friends to pop in for services to share with you their personal insight on self care.  Some had never had services like this before, others may have scoffed at it and still others were embarrassed to try it.  Luckily I know some amazing people who were willing to be part of my private study.  In the coming weeks I will share with you their feelings towards their self care experiences at HHDS.  I hope to encourage women too, to expand their regimens to more then just cuts colours and the odd nail treatments.  We have a couple amazing ideas for this year introducing opportunities for our guests to create a comfortable budget while maintaining proper self care and improving their life experiences.  Watch here for future testimonials and great promotional opportunities to sample wonderful self care services and improve your health!

See the following testimonials:

‘Okay Men!! Pedicures are not what you think they are. Imagine handing over the labor of tending to your toe nails to a professional. The Hybrid Hair & Detox Spa is THE place to go! I had the most amazing experience of my life! My feet felt absolutely amazing! Happy, happy feet!! smile emoticon You don’t have to hand in your Man card to enjoy this experience. You can even combine it with a Reflexology treatment for added benefits. Get an amazing hair cut afterwards by one of the many skilled hairstylists there. It is truly a magical place when you walk through those doors. Just go! ‘ ~Trevor S. Waterloo Ont 47 yrs

‘I went to Hybrid Hair and Detox Spa on Jan 6 2016, to get a hair cut, manicure, facial and pedicure.  When I first got there I was quickly greeted by warm inviting smiles by the staff in the salon.  I got a great hair cut which I really liked!! Next I went with Elena to get my aesthetic services done. The environment was relaxed and comfortable.  The people were very nice.  I will go back again in the future for sure.’ ~ Brett P. Mount Forest Ont 18 yrs

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Tips Tuesday – C/O Institute For Harmonious Living, Part of The Problem or Part of The Solution?

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There will always be a problem or challenge or injustice for someone somewhere.  The latest ability to raise awareness is social media. Accurate or not, it is one of the most effective ways to share information.  However I will be suggesting here that what we now know about energy transference, perhaps we are adding to the Problem more then the Solution?  Some people will recognize my favorite poem here:

The Responsibility Poem – Charles Osgood

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job.

Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody

when Nobody did

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One of my many collections of favorite quotes and inspiring thoughts is the following:  Mother Theresa never joins an ‘Anti-War’ Rally or ‘Anti-Racism’ Rally, she would always join ‘Pro-Peace’ or ‘Pro-Love’ Rallies though.  Do you see the difference?

I have been told by many people disdainfully that I am an overly sensitive person, or too lovey dovey or too forgiving or just too soft.  But here’s the thing we all have a purpose and that is mine.  I am also a ‘Fixer’, this combination is dangerous!  I see injustice, pain, havoc, unrest and I look for ways to assist, Heck that’s how I ended up opening KW’s First Eco Friendly Salon and Spa!  I recently posted on facebook a question to my friends, ‘We Have History Class, Why Not Future Class, Where Kids Discuss, Brainstorm and in General Manifest Amazing Future Inventions, And Solutions For Economic Problems, Eco Problems and Racial Issues, Among Other Global Imbalances?’

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I recently was exposed to two videos on facebook, no doubt they were accurately depicting some farmer somewhere executing horrific acts upon animals, calves to be exact, many of you are probably familiar with this/these video(s). (For some balanced clarity I was raised on a farm where animals were respected and handled with earnest care)  I have not finished viewing it either time I was exposed to it.  You see I can’t, I am physically negatively impacted by it, emotionally negatively impacted by it, psychologically negatively impacted by it.  Just as I was before I made the efforts to start HHDS.  So I ask the makers of these videos, what is the motivation behind the videos?  Did you contact the proper authorities?  Is this just sensationalism?  If this is in an effort to create change has anyone done anything or do we think we are saving animals by sharing the video, because we are not.  There is a responsibility that we have to our fellow human being, our fellow species, our friendly planet that ‘allows’ us to inhabit it’s surface.  I understand many who get ovewhelmed, I have felt that way thiking, what could i possibly do?  I’m just one person.  I have and still do feel that way sometimes, but then I read the previous poems and quotes.  If YOU don’t WHO WILL?

So let’s look at the energy behind the spreading of negative comments, videos or statements.  Not everyone would agree here thinking that everyone should enjoy the freedom of speech.  How does it make the ‘Sharer’ feel?  What is their motivation?  Are they doing enough to help?  Are they continuing their efforts to help after the video is sent?  Think of that negative feeling shared by the new watcher?  The process your mind, emotions and then the triggers of fight or flight the body experiences.  We now understand that the body sends out chemicals that are meant to only be expelled during a violent attack to fight off or flee from the perpetrator.  What then does this person do to assist the victims portrayed in the video?  I’m not just talking about Calves (animals), but Immigrants, suppressed minorities, children, individuals with mental illness.  We have UnPlugged while Plugging in more to technology, becoming more and more desensitized.  We think that by ‘Informing’ people, that ‘Informing alone’ is enough.  It’s not, this is a luxury we can no longer relax into ignorance blindly.  The Planet and all of it’s inhabitants NEED YOU.  Not someone else, YOU.

What will you choose to be?  Part of the Problem?  Or Part of the Solution?

Example:

Problem: Mistreatment of Cattle/Livestock

Solution: Compile a list of local (Preferably Organic) farmers that treat their livestock with care and respect and offer sales to the community directly and share this list on social media.  Attempt to contact either the person who originally recorded the video to see if the animals have been rescued, if not seek out local authorities.  Done.

If you are like me and find yourself very sensitive and suffer from anxiety witnessing the pain of the world, trust me the pain , and collective guilt of being part of the problem subsides as soon as you take action and be part of the Solution!  This Positive action step on your personal part is so empowering and relieves the anxiety as you lead others by example, creating greater and greater consciousness in others too!  Next time you see something you know is wrong, you feel is not right, you recognize in your heart and soul is against humanity, be the change, pick up the phone, contact the authorities, stop the spread of fear and pain that perpetuates more fear and pain.

 What would Mother Theresa do?

 What will you do?

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Tips Tuesday – Radio Silence! Ooops! Tuning Back in!

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Tips Tuesday – Radio Silence! Ooops! Tuning Back in!

Wow!  It’s been a wild ride for a few weeks!  I tend to be a pretty intense person.  I don’t just ASK how you are doing I want to know every detail, why you feel that way and how we can improve it!

 So what happens when the wires cross, the station loses connection, you go off the tracks, you get the idea.  This is what happened to me! It happens to everyone once in a while!  It turns into a crazy downward spiral as your thoughts get the best of you, how everyone and everything has done you wrong, how victimized you feel, how everything you touch turns to s#!%.  Well I rode that train now for a couple weeks, getting so distracted I found myself forgetting my own skills and tools to redirect, rebalance and reboot myself.  I am so grateful though, because through all of this I was reminded of how easy it is to fall back into old traits old behaviors.  It reminded me of how easy it is to get back on the right track too, adding that people who have never found their right flow can easily find it with guidance.  It reminded me of the negative thought patterns that can try to convince you that you are stuck, hopeless, helpless, and alone, that are all lies, but seem quite convincing at the time when your frequency is low.

It was a succession of family emergencies, a fall inducing great physical pain, a busy season for HHDS, efforts to maintain two businesses with The Institute For Harmonious Living and then the inevitable Technology failure.  Two websites inaccessible at once.  Dunt Dunt Duuuuuuuh.  For my overwhelmed system it was all too much and tight chest, bad eating habits, lack of sleep, fight and flight, physical pain from the fall all began to ensue the onslaught of depression and grief began.  Reminding me of the loss of my father, the distance from family, the efforts in vain to keep two buisnesses floating.  I even started noticing a cold trying to sneak in the back door!  So what did I do?????  You won’t bevel it.  You ready?…….

SELF CARE

I got a long over due hair cut, a pedicure, I had a long soak in a Himalayan salt and baking soda bath, I wore crystals EVERYWHERE, used essential oils, meditated, did EFT in the shower, did yoga, started juicing, got re inspired through links to Mindvalley, and did a couple of angel card readings just for me, while reminding myself of all of the tools I had at my disposal to be well and stay well.  How empowering.  Not once did I have to reach outside of myself to feel better.  If anything when I did indulge that lower vibration addict to share my grief and complain during breif weak moments the whoa-is-me story, it actually made me feel worst.

So no, there is no magic pill to feel/get better.  But it doesn’t cost anything once you have mastered the basics in self care, and you don’t have to make an appointment with a Dr and get a prescription or even leave the house.  There are so many tools at your disposal, and you can build on your tool kit by learning Reiki, reading self care books you are intuitively drawn to, by finding Alternative Health Care practitioners and service providers like HHDS to offer you Reiki infused services that can enhance your empowerment self care tool kit!

Now don’t get me wrong, I believe in daily regimens to keep a person balanced and strong, and for the most part unshakable, however life doesn’t always throw the same patterns at you, sometimes everything happens at once and even the most seasoned self care guru can be toppled.  This is a good reminder of how we are all equal, and human.

I shared this vulnerable Tips Tuesday because I know better then anyone the emotional impact events in our lives can have, how seasons can affect us, how feeling hopeless can feel like a bottomless pit.  Before I attained Reiki Level one and opened HHDS my reality was very different from now, I did not have the tools and skills to bring myself out. Strangely from the outside my life could have looked rather perfect to many while on the inside storms brewed!  But from that helpless place I found hints here and there to stash away for a later day when it would be useful again to me, and now to you, through our services at HHDS and the Coaching, Workshops and Certification Programs to empower you through The institute For Harmonious Living, (instituteforharmoniousliving.com)

My goal is to show you and your family that there are options, there is hope and illness in all of it’s forms, mind, body and spirit, are more then just manageable.  Your reality really is in your hands and as each person recognizes this, the implications on the world is profound healing and peace.

WE here at HHDS and at the Institute For Harmonious Living are here for you to begin your own Self Care Healing journey.  If I can do it anyone can!  Are you ready?

xo

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MONTHLY ARCHIVES: NOVEMBER 2015

Tips Tuesday – How We Have Let Men Down!

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How We Have Let Men Down

‘Guys Don’t Do stuff Like That!’

‘That Stuff Is For Girls’

‘I Don’t Need To Do Stuff Like That’

HHHMMM  You may be asking yourself what are these comments in response to.

Getting a Manicure, Pedicure or Facial, even sometimes Energy Work or a Massage.

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For some this comes as no surprise as many still believe in the old outmoded way that these services include nail polish and flowery lotions and should only be for the weaker sex that ‘Need’ pampering to survive.

For a small percentage however, this comes as a shock as a growing amount of men and women are recognizing the need for men to begin integrating Self Care into their lives.  A new Label, ‘ManScaping’ has been thrown around, or even ‘MetroSexual’ Men.  I have my own label for it………….

HUMAN BEING.

Aside from a few obvious physical attributes that do not match everything about men and women in every other way does.  We all have the same Mental, Physical, and Emotional needs, this can not be denied, so why are we not attending to the very basic needs of our men and if anything chasitizng them for it?

In an effort for Women to find equality, Men seem to have gotten misplaced and caused to become off balance as they try to get their footing on what their ‘Role’ is.  It saddens me that where I celebrate the strength women have shown in almost fully gaining equality, yes I say Almost. Men have lost their way too, however where women tend to be more nurturing with each other as we find our way through the confusion,  men are still attempting to shake off the ‘Roles’ and ‘Belles’ they were raised with, with little to no support.

‘Boys should be tough’

‘Boys don’t cry’

‘All that hair and nail stuff is frew frew and girlie stuff’

‘Guys don’t ‘share’ their feelings, just shake it off dude’

‘It shows weakness to ‘Need’ anyone or anything’

‘It’s weak to show vulnerability, and BE vulnerable in a setting where someone else is nurturing them’

Why have we let our Testosterone counter parts down so?

http://www.cmha.ca/public_policy/men-and-mental-illness/#.VkpQR_mrSUk

https://ca.movember.com/programs/cause

https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/key-data-mental-health

I encourage you to read these articles to open your eyes to the startling reality that we as a culture have dropped the ball here.  I can not stress enough (Pun Intended) how important it is that we treat and educate our small boys and girls how immensely crucial it is that we teach equality from in the womb.  Many could fear this thinking our ‘Men’ are our strength and protection and if they become ‘soft’ will our culture fall apart?  I think this is old thinking, and unhealthy.  Many strong women (Including those currenlty serving our country in uniforms) would argue they do not ‘Need’ a man for strength or protection but ‘Choose’ to share their life with a man for mutual enjoyment and equality.

I think we are standing in new territory, so I invite you to look at our new culture as one where both sexes are strong, watch each others back through tough times, celebrate in the good times and can show a full spectrum of balanced emotions.  I believe that a man is equally capable of raising a family, and teaching his children culinary and domestic skills while instilling emotional and psychologically balancing traits to their off spring, equal to their counter parts.  I believe that women are equally as capable of ‘Bringin home the bacon’, Kicking ass and taking names and showing strength and fortitude in mentally, physically or emotionally challenging situations.

So let’s be real here.  If we are truly to be equal sexes, then we must observe this in all areas.  Let’s show our guys they deserve nurturing, not because it’s pampering, but because it’s maintenance.  It wouldn’t hurt some of our lady friends to recognize this for themselves too.  Anyone who has ever had any of the previously mentioned services will attest to the fact that it goes far deeper then the physical, which alone is scientifically proven to improve health, but healing the mind and emotions on far deeper levels.

So while you entertaining yet another tie for the Guy on your Christmas list this year…..Consider the gift of equality through desperately needed nurturing to our Masculine counter parts.

xoxo

Just one more way we heal our planet and How………

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Tips Tuesday – Remembering Mind, Body, Spirit

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Remembering Mind, Body, Spirit

– For the Mind –

This Friday From 7-8:30 Kerstin Kramer is offering a work shop using Essential Oils for Managing Moods and Stress, reserve a set as space is limited!  Only $10!

Learn more about your self and the challenges you can be mindful of through out your life, leading you to your ultimate purpose by having Lea compile information for your Astrology Birth Chart, 25% off for the month of Nov!

-For The Body-

Gorgeous New Eco Friendly Winter Artistic Shellac Shades JUST CAME IN!  Add An Application to your Mani or Pedi for only $20!

30 Min Body Talk Sessions with Cynthia only $20!

New Promo Day!  Stylin’ Saturdays only $20 per blow-dry for shoulder length or shorter $30 for long hair (Select Stylists)

November 26th Learn how using Essential Oils can Provide you with al you need to Raise Healthy Kids! Workshop by Kerstin Kramer guides you through Essential Oil use to maintain health and replace typical meds!  Only $10!

Nov 27th Create Hormonal Balance naturally with Essential Oils with Kerstin Kramer only $10

– For The Spirit –

Individual, Couples, and Group sessions available for Holistic Life Coaching.  Work thorough the challenges don’t run away the issues draw your attention to what needs to be healed within.  Call in for your first 30 mins FREE intro session for the month of November and December.  Looking for intense healing or want to help others by becoming a Certified Holistic Life Coach?  Sign up today $400/mth for 10 mths,  Includes private one on one weekly coaching/training sessions, homework and end of year exam.   2nd Year available for Energy Psychologist Certification as well!

Attain your Reiki Level Three! Or Master Level, with Kerstin Kramer Nov 28-29 9 am – 4pm Only $450

Always enjoy sample services, hand massages and a relaxing atmosphere!  We are here to support you Mind Body and Spirit!

Tips Tuesday – Tool Kit For Sustainable Stability

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Tool Kit For Sustainable Stability

As many of you know, I chose to expand our HHDS services to incorporate holistic and energy services a couple years ago, and recently opened The Institute For Harmonious Living to yet again expand the impact we could have on the health, wellness and in turn over all health of the planet by assisting our community in finding balance one client at a time.  This approach has had HUGE results by giving sustainable skills and tools to clients to deal with anything that life might throw at them through a ‘W’-Holistic Life Coaching Approach!  Knowing that this time of year tends to increase anxiety and depression, this seemed like a good time to unveil this workshop to help empower you to over come these set backs with practical exercises to neutralize these negative emotions.

I’d like to invite you to a workshop I’m holding coming up for a wide variety of individuals,  anyone just learning about all of this to individuals who have been in the holistic and energy fields for a while.  No matter who you are, novice or veteran there is room for improvement and always room for new tools for a more balance life!

Tool Kit for Sustainable Stability

@ The Rock Spa Monday November 9th 7-9 $20

R.S.V.P Here: http://therockspa.com/Workshops-Classes-Events

Do you have trouble sleeping?

Are you wanting more positive relationship connections to your parents, or your children?

Are you attaining all of your career goals?

Do you wish you had a deeper connection to your partner?

Are you finding you are running out of hours in the day to meet all of your expectations?

 

These questions seem all quite random but in reality are all connected. Through a ‘W-Holistic’ Life Coaching approach all of these challenges become one. As you are connected to all things, and as what is within you is what you create outside of you, a seemingly ‘specific’ approach will not work. What I mean by ‘Specific’ is counselling to address your marriage as a specific issue, will not address the core root and will not ’solve’ the root problem. Career coaching may seem to make sense for your career but in reality it will not solve the core issues coming up inside you that created the exterior defection. Why you ask? Because EVERYTHING is connected. Your marriage affects your job, your job affects the relationship with your kids, and your lack of energy meeting every demand that comes at you lowers your energy even more and prevents you from being the best you, you can be. I will be discussing how understanding your programs, beliefs and roles you play in your relationships affect every experience you have, every relationship you have and how your life will unfold from this point forward. My goal is to finally and indefinitely give you back your power. Not by giving you tips on marketing your business, or how to ask your partner nicely to do the dishes, but to get to the very originating point of programed awareness that has created the imbalance within YOU in the first place.

Come join me for an introduction to an active approach to your own inner work that will empower you by giving you the TOOLS and SKILLS to overcome ANY obstacle that ever comes your way while enjoying relationships and experiences that truly feed your soul.

Erin Kiers,

Holistic Life Coach and Energy Psychologist.

Owner of:

Institute of Harmonious Living, 519-404-6627

info@instituteforharmoniousliving.com

Hybrid Hair and Detox Spa 519-886-8624

hybridhairanddetoxspa@rogers.com

Before you go enjoy this list of simple tools to begin your journey, and prep for our gathering next Tuesday

Breathing Meditation

Put your hand on your stomach and take a deep breath while blowing your tummy up like a balloon

after two practice breathes put your other hand on your ribs and repeat inflate your tummy and chest noticeably and with intention

Next move your tummy hand to your chest keeping your other hand on your ribs and take two more breathes while noticeably raising your chest.

**Most people do not breath correctly this exercise increase your ability to feed your body with wonderful clean air.  This will help energize you if you are low and it calms you if you are stressed.  A great technique to use before bed or in place of the naughty afternoon snack!

Journaling

Every morning use your journal to set your intention for the day using positive words and focusing on te good you wish to share with the world.  Writing this down allows you to become reminded throughout the day of the positive commitment you have made to your self and those around you.

At the end of your day, journal about anything knocking around in your head, also use this time to reflect on things you wish to improve for the next day in a non judgmental but observant approach.  End your journaling for the night with gratitude for wonderful experiences throughout your day and life in general.  Always end with positivity!

 

Tips Tuesday – Slow Down

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Rush, Rush , Rush, Hustle and Bustle!  This Time of year is notorious for stress and pressure.  On top of the regular expectations come a boat load more, baking, cooking, parties, engagements, deadlines, shopping, decorating, when does it end!

The sad thing is we get so busy and stressed we forget, or simply become impervious, to the joy of the season.  Let’s get back to the root of it.  Spending quality time with those who matter most.  So….Make a list of the people who mean the most, book them in first, make a list of the absolutely most important things you feel would bring the most Joy to your heart and those of your spouse and children, then say “No” to everything else.  Notice I didn’t say make a list of things you “Have” to or “Should ” do?  There are no should’s or have to, except for the ones you put on yourself.  This is going to be an all new experience for you!  One where you give yourself permission to just “BE”!  Live in the moment, squeeze out joy of every moment.  If you are not, you are not “Doing ” the Holidays right.

So if you enjoy baking, do it , if you don’t , don’t do it.  If you enjoy baking with the kids but not the 300 squares and cookies you felt you had to so last year just do the baking with the kids.  Take back your power, take back your joy for the season.  Christmas cards are another one, some people think they “Should” do them, others have given up long ago.  Do you enjoy the process?  Is it a time you enjoy reconnecting with loved ones, if so then Go Nuts!  If you see it as a dreaded task staring at you from your desk, LOSE IT!  Maybe you’re just too busy but you like the idea of keeping in touch!  Type out a letter on your computer and customize it for each individual with the basics covered for each person, print it off and send it in the New Year instead!  Who says it has to be sent by Dec 25th?

Live your life on your terms!  What keeps us in distress is doing things we feel obligated to do.  think of all the glorious quality time you would have with your closest loved ones if you cut out the fat from your Holiday experience.  You don’t have to single handedly execute the essential Holiday events for everyone.  It’s your Holiday too!  You’re Children and your spirit will thank you and you will finally have the pleasant Holiday memories all those old black and white movies tell us about!!

This is ME giving YOU permission to Truly and Authentically Enjoy the Holiday season ON YOUR TERMS!  For more empowering strategies I encourage you to come visit me @ HHDS for a Holistic Health and Wellness, Life Coaching Session!

xo

Happy Holiday Anticipation!

Erin Kiers, Owner

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2014 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PROMOTIONS

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We look forward to celebrating this wonderful season with you!

Have a ‘Green’ Christmas!

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Tips Tuesday – Celebrate YOU!

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Celebrating YOU is not only FUN it’s NECESSARY!

Here are some beautiful examples of how some of our guests Celebrated themselves this past weekend at our Glamour Shoot with Suzanne Leakey Photography, when we Soft Launched our new Canadian Made GlowFit Mineral Make up!  Casual, Professional, Headshots and Christmas Gifts!  Who wouldn’t want a Professional Hair, Make Up and Photographer Shoot to show off your best you!  So whether it’s a Christmas Party, Family Event or just to pamper you for the good girl or boy you’ve been this year, book now while appointments are still available for You’re Best You for the Holidays!  Hope everyone had as much fun as we did, Celebrating YOU!

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Tips Tuesday- Celebrate the Holidays by Preserve your memories! Put your best face forward!

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I don’t know about you, but, the ever mounting awareness of over consumerism and the UN’s latest report on how we can turn this ‘Freight Train’ of Eco Disaster around within a century if we are diligent, brings me to a simple conclusion for this Holiday.  Preserve what means most to you!  Memories, Family, Living in the moment and the reason for the season.  I have had guests come in offering what their traditions have been or have evolved into. I loved the stories of awareness where as they recognize what abundance they enjoy in their own life they generously share with others by donating to local or international causes!  I personally LOVE the idea of giving a family member an ‘Ass’ for the Holidays to a needy village in another country.  How funny would that be to say I go an ‘Ass’ for Christmas!  But as the giggles subside the feeling of overwhelming gratitude for having so much and being able to give so much to others would leave you glowing far beyond the 12 days of Christmas!  As a sister of a unbelievably talented photographer, I see the value

However there are those that would argue that it is nice to show love and gratitude to those you’re closest too as well!  This is why we have offer you the opportunity to give the gift perfect for everyone!  For those who have everything, or have forgotten how much they have, something that is never the wrong size, shape or colour.

A framed picture of their dearest loved ones!  As a sister of a unbelievably talented photographer, I see the value beyond words of reflecting on the milestones and memories captured in a simple framed memento!

This Saturday Nov 15th from 8:30 to 2:30

We are offering you the opportunity to capture your memory!  Whether an updated Headshot is needed or you wish to capture the generational span of Grandmother, Mother and Daughter a Beautiful bonding opportunity awaits you and the opportunity to capture the fun day within the posterity of film!

For only $70, ($35 for kids)

You Receive A wash, BlowDry, Style, Mineral Makeup Application and a 20 minute photo shoot and as an added gift a FREE 8×10 Photograph to keep or gift away for the Holidays!

We have limited space so call asap to reserve your Glamour Shot Session!

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Tips Tuesday – You Are What You Eat! And How Much!

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It’s getting to be that time of year! Holiday Season Approaches and If you are already in a state over your eating habits, you will find yourself slipping into a worry over how the Holidays will leave you in the New Year?! Will you have to top the list of resolutions with losing weight or eating better? Or will you simply continue on as you are?
If you are like thousands of others, your routine will be that of over indulgence believing “Next Year” is the year you will lose the weight or lose the habits of poor eating. No matter what size you are, I have seen Skinny Minny’s who eat very poorly and those with more insulation with wonderful eating habits, Hypnosis for Weight Loss is a great option! Brenda Schrader offers extensive experience into the benefits of Healing through Hypnosis. Although the name of the class implies a ‘weight loss’ theme, it really is for simply having better eating habits. In this incredible session, she will relax you deeply and speak to your sub conscious mind! Encouraging you to making better choices and paying attention to your body when it is satiated.
What better way to go into the Holidays then with self Empowerment and Self Control! Enjoy the Holidays without the worry, fear or stress of how you will handle your celebrations, simply enjoy yourself and allow the healing influence of hypnosis remove the shadow of concern over a happy holiday season!
Our LAST Hypnosis for weight loss is scheduled for this weekend, Sat Nov 8th From 12-2:30, just bring your comfy’s and some water! A $10 Deposit is required, please arrange the payment before class date, the total cost is $70 plus hst. Future refresher Hypnosis for this class is only $30 if you would like to.
I have experienced this amazing class and I truly see results!
Call in to Reserve a seat, only 6 seats in total to keep things intimate!