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Electrified or Pacified?

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Our list of “necessities” requiring external power sources is increasing exponentially. Our needs and desires grow with affordability and greater access. Now our children and grandchildren have laptops, cell phones, video games, ipods, and DVD’s, none of which were even invented when most of us were children.

Ideally, we want to keep our exposure to one milligauss (a measurement of electromagnetic energy fields-EMF) or less. Two milligauss and higher adversely impacts our health. The list of electrical power sources and devices, microwaves, radio waves, Bluetooth technology, TV and computer screen radiation, mobile and cell phones, and more that affect our health is enormous.

Sources of High EMF:

  • Large electrical appliances (air conditioners, dryers, ranges/ovens)
  • Small electrical appliances (mixers, blenders, toasters, clocks, irons)
  • Cell phones, ipods, mobile phones
  • Old box-style computer monitors
  • Computers/lap tops
  • Power tools
  • Water heaters
  • Heating pads, electric blankets
  • Main electrical power boxes
  • Chargers for phones/computers
  • Heavy electrical equipment
  • High-tension power lines
  • Power stations/substations (especially if located within less than two miles)

Effects of EMF on the Body

This is not intended as a list of all possible symptoms or challenges. These are a few of the conditions that suggest environmental illness including sensitivity to EMF’s. Many of these can be attributed to other medically diagnosable conditions, allergies or other environmental factors.

  • Fatigue/lethargy
  • Pain/headaches
  • Stiffness
  • Muscle weakness
  • Lack of clarity/memory loss (brain fog)
  • Difficulty focusing
  • Agitation/irritability

If you work around computers or other electrical equipment, do you start your day with lots of energy and clarity; then you notice a significant decline after a few hours? Those of you who live within one to two miles of an electrical power station may find you are more alert, active and easy going when you are away from home.

I suggest you take a brief  inventory of how you feel in different environments, especially in the areas of  high electromagnetic fields. Do you feel more electrified or more pacified? You may find that you are very sensitive to these sources of dissonant energy. Will you share your experiences and findings with us to further increase the awareness of these adverse effects on our health?

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Lighten Up!

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

As a natural healer and author, I rely heavily on intuition to guide me. So as I was sitting at a local coffee shop recently waiting for inspiration about what to write, I looked up suddenly. And there it was. On the back of a tee shirt, “walking by,” were nine letters, just two words that said, “Lighten up”.

It seemed as if this message was flashing at me in neon lights: Pay attention, Joy! I reflected on what I have been doing that I need to lighten up about. Which areas of my life does this pertain to?

For me, it usually centers around work. I do a variety of things related to energy healing and mind, body, spirit connections, and I love them all. Well, most of them. The part that gives me the least pleasure and creates the most stress is learning all the computer jargon, new procedures, online marketing and on and on. I am catching on, I am hiring others to fill in where I lack the skills or the desire; it’s getting better. I’m finding a little less that I “have” to do and more that someone else can do to give me more opportunities to “lighten up.”

I feel good about the direction my work is going. I am continually looking for ways to combine “play time” with opening up to a great new “idea” or inspiration for my next writing adventure. It can be as simple as taking a leisurely walk in the park while noticing the animals, the colors, the sounds or the breeze softly caressing my skin and hair.

What about you? What can you do to lighten up? What changes can you make? I’d love to hear more about what you’re easing up on and how you’re doing it.

Consider…sometimes just shifting from “stinkin’ thinkin’” to thankin’ thinkin’” can make all the difference in how you feel about yourself and your life. You made this stew, and you can shift it too.

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