Healthy Boomer Lifestyles

Create a New Level of Consciousness

The Living Life to the Fullest Empowerment Retreat: Costa Rica,
August 7-13, 2009

 

Create a New Level of Consciousness

The Truth about Change

From financial recovery to personal health, people all over the world are creating powerful new beginnings.  When you increase personal potential, you affect positive change. But real and lasting change is rare.

 

Build Lasting Change Now

The Living Life to the Fullest Empowerment Retreat is a transformative pathway that builds the firm foundation you need for lasting change. Your journey includes:

 

·   Clarifying what matters most to you

·   Designing your blueprint for change

·   Consciously creating the life you want

·   Releasing old patterns and beliefs

Renewing your body, mind and spirit

 

Reach Higher Consciousness Discovering, choosing and controlling your life direction sheds outdated thinking and stimu-lates a higher level of consciousness. That’s the foundation you need for lasting change.

Relax and Refocus

in Costa Rica

Reinvent yourself in the heart of the rainforest at the Sueno Azul Resort, located in a 2,000-acre private nature reserve in Costa Rica, at the convergence of the Sardinal and Puerto Viejo Rivers.

Joyce Dillon

Retreat leader Joyce Dillon, RN, MN, is a certified life, health, and wellness coach, mind-body practitioner, trans-formational teacher and energy healer with twenty-five years of clinical experience. As CEO of Healthy Living and Balance, she helps midlife entrepreneurs, small business owners, and professionals discover their life calling and create a practical "life map" to navigate life more successfully.

Register now www.lifeempowermentretreats.com

Now's the time to change your life!

 

Hi, I'm Joyce Dillon, RN, MN, founder of Healthy Living and Balance a coaching and personal development company and your leader for our Living Life To the Fullest Empowerment Retreat in Costa Rica, August 7-13, 2009.

For the past 20 years both nationally and abroad, I have been helping midlife men and women  who are experiencing major midlife change to discover how to transform their lives by helping them find their life purpose and how to identify their core belief patterns, and thoughts that are blocking their path to success.

If you are at a crossroads in your life and need to make a life change in your career, relationship, health  or spirit - we want to hear from you! Tell us your story and why you should join us for a week with a life and transformational coach in a small group setting - all in the magnificent beauty and surroundings of Costa Rica!

Now's our time to live life to the fullest … Click here to tell us your story and you  could join us in Costa Rica! Hurry, contest ends on 4/30/09. To learn more about
the trip go to www.lifeempowermentretreats.com or call 404-881-1322.

I hope to see you in Costa Rica in August….

The Essential Laws of Fearless Living: Find the Power to Never Feel Powerless Again

Something big is happening today and I knew you wouldn't want
to miss out.
 
Today, January 27, my friend Guy Finley has gathered together
over 165 leading authors and experts to show you new ways to
lift your life to breathtaking heights -- including the one
great secret to being wise, fearless, and free.
 
You can go here now to find out what's going on:
 
http://www.EssentialLaws.org/special/1361/

Healthy Living and Balance in Midlife

Healthy Living and Balance in Midlife ALL ABOUT BOOMERS TELECONFERENCE "All About Boomers," is a monthly teleconference series that interviews experts. We address trends and cutting-edge issues that power the age boom such as health, finances, travel, spirituality, fitness, sustainability and much more. If you can't attend the sessions, a CD and MP3 will be available.   "All About Boomers" Monthly Teleconference Wednesday, January 7, at 7:00 p.m. Our guest expert is Tricia Molloy. The Working with Wisdom® Expert   Trish, will share with us 10 Universal Principals for a Meaningful, Prosperous and Joyful New Year- 2009! Tricia Molloy is a professional speaker, business consultant and author of Divine Wisdom at Work: 10 Universal Principles for Enlightened Entrepreneurs and the upcoming book, Take Your Higher Self to Work: 7 Best Practices for Success. Known as "The Queen of Serene," Tricia's wise, peaceful presence and common-sense advice are welcome in today’s challenging, complex business environment. Through Working with Wisdom®           talks, workshops, retreat programs, teleseminars and coaching, Tricia inspires business people to use universal principles—like the Law of Attraction, Visualization, Affirmations and Gratitude—to achieve their goals. Call Status: Not To Be Missed = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: WEDNESDAY, January 7, 2009 Time: 7:00 to 8:00 pm Eastern Call-In Number: (218) 339-4600 Access code: 1084391# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  See you on the call! Joyce Dillon, RN,MN Healthy Living and Balance Lifestyle 404-881-1322 jjdillon@mindspring.com www.Healthylivingandbalance.com   = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

 

 

Navigating Through Turbulent Times

 

________________________________________________________________________ All About Boomers Monthly Teleconference ________________________________________________________________________ Wed, December 10, 7-8 pm EST Navigating Through Turbulent Times Pamela L.  Chubbuck, PH.D, LPC, LICSW, CBT Our discussion will include: How to better manage the turbulence and chaos around us. Learning how to discern what we want in our life. Letting go of fear and raising our energy vibration. Learning to trust our body and inner self to receive the truth. Expert on mind-body medicine and bio-energy: Pamela L. Chubbuck, PH.D is an author, psychotherapist, bioenergetics and energy practitioner. Prior to moving to Atlanta Pam was a childbirth educator, midwife, sex educator and Assistant Professor at the University of the District of Columbia. Pam is the author of several books, DVD's and CD's. Pam lives outside of Atlanta and in Maine. Call Status: Not To Be Missed ================================================ Date: Wed, December 10, 2008 Time: 7-8pm EST Call-In Number: (218)339-4600 Access code: 1084391# = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Joyce Dillon, RN, MN Leader of All About Boomers 404-881-1322 Send questions for the speaker before the call to jjdillon@mindspring.com. Speak with you next month. Joyce

Living Healthy and Aging Well DVD

Living Healthy and Aging Well DVD
Featuring Joyce Dillon, RN, MN

On April 26th, 2008, at Emory University an extraordinary panel of professionals sat down to discuss practical ways for us to maximize our health and life spans through nutrition, fitness, emotional health, sleep, pain management, and mind body practices.  This 1 & 1/2 hour DVD video of the discussion is a remarkable collection of information, wisdom, insight and real-world tips we can all put to use in our daily lives.  Visit Healthy Living and Balance to purchase this DVD.

Wake-Up Call: It’s Time to Change

“It is not enough to just verbalize or visualize your goals. You must have a plan and take steps to create what you want.”

Have you had a wake-up call recently, such as an unexpected health crisis, a separation or divorce, or the loss of your job? Perhaps you just feel stuck or restless? Are you yearning for change?

These situations and emotions come with midlife, and this transition can be like falling down Alice’s rabbit hole: frightening, yet at the same time invigorating. Some people come out terrified while others are transformed. Some people renew their passion for a new life with gusto, and others ease along, making small but notable changes.

There is no right way or wrong way to transition through midlife. At some point, you may know you want to change your life, but you may have no idea where to begin and feel stuck. Yet, you simply have to do something!

It doesn’t matter what you do as long as you take some form of action! Do something to shift your life.

Get a new job, clean out your closets, retire a relationship that’s draining your energy, schedule your trek in the rain forest, move to a new city you love, join a group of like-minded boomers, volunteer to help people in another country, go back to school for fun or for a new career, take a dance class to learn to tango.

The unrest that occurs at this period is about sorting out and separating who you are becoming from who you have been. It is a time for deep introspection, and for exploring how you want to live this part of your life and how you want to become more authentically who you are.

Eating Well To Reduce Stress In Midlife

When you are worried about your finances, health or relationship you can feel overwhelmed and completely stressed out.  Your nutrition and health are often taken for granted.  We tend to eat poorly and grab quick, unhealthy foods when we are stressed or overwhelmed.  Not only is nutrition sacrificed, stress hormones release high amounts of insulin, resulting in stored fat and weight gain. 

Obviously, avoiding stress will solve this, but is not always possible in today’s world.  When we are overwhelmed, the best thing to do is to simplify as much as you can and to prioritize.  Health should be a top priority during stressful times. 

These tips and suggestions can help you simplify your nutrition by eating healthy, convenient foods.

•  Drinkable yogurt's meet nearly 20% of our protein requirements, are good sources of fiber and calcium, and are perfect snacks to grab on the go.

• Stock your purse, briefcase, backpack or car with bags of mixed nuts and dried fruit for a quick snack that is full of healthy, cholesterol-lowering fats, fiber, and iron, and also tastes great and has staying power.

• If you can, anticipate busy times and pre-cook healthy meals that you can portion into separate meals, refrigerate and reheat for a healthy dinner.

• Choose fast-food restaurants such as burrito places and fresh markets that offer healthier alternatives.  Avoid fried foods that are high in trans fats and choose baked or grilled options such as a grilled chicken sandwich and a side salad. \

• Avoid empty calories in candy, sodas, sweet teas and energy drinks.  Stock your workplace, kitchen and or your car with easy-to-eat foods listed below. 

Convenient, healthy foods are:

• Fruits that don’t need preparation such as apples, bananas, plums, peaches and grapes 

• Veggies such as baby carrots, edamame (baby soy beans), celery sticks, radishes, cherry or grape tomatoes and pre-packaged salads

• Drinkable and regular yogurt

• Trail mixes

• Nuts (almonds and walnuts pack the most health benefits)

• Low-fat microwave popcorn

• Nature’s Valley granola bars (avoid high-sugar “granola bars”)

• Dried fruit

• Instant oatmeal packets (just add hot water from your office’s coffee area)

• Pretzels with peanut butter already in them

• Water, water, water! 

To learn more about staying healthy in midlife go to www.healthylivingandbalance.com.

Recommended Reading to Assist Midlife Transition

Marianne Williamson, Embracing the New Midlife: The Age of Miracle.

Midlife is not a crisis; it’s a time of rebirth. In our ability to rethink our lives lies our greatest power to change them. What we have called “middle age” need not be seen as a turning point toward death. It can be viewed as a magical turning point toward life as we’ve never known it, if we allow ourselves the power of an independent imagination—thought-forms that don’t flow in a perfunctory manner from ancient assumptions merely handed down to us, but rather flower into new archetypal images of a humanity just getting started at 45 or 50. Click here to order.

Gail Sheehy, Understanding Men's Passages: Discovering the New Map of Men's Lives

The years after 40 offer men a "second adulthood," declares Sheehy, a chance to reinvent themselves. But first they must shift from competing to connecting, from incessant striving for external rewards to a quest for inner fulfillment through meaningful pursuits, after determining what they really want of the second half of their lives. In a constructive, enlightening guide to self-discovery for men and their partners, the author of Passages and New Passages uses 100 male interviewees, case histories and medical and psychological research to probe men's feelings about death, spiritual hollowness, empty nest syndrome, separation anxieties, their envy of their empowered working wives, pre-retirement jitters and waning sexual potency. Click here to order.

Hello! Are You Listening to Your Life?

Hello, Are You Listening to Your Life?

--Are you yearning to make change in your life but find it overwhelming?
--Do you continue to work at a job that drains your very soul?
--Are you fearful of doing what you most desire to do?

Listen you will be told what to do.

There is always a particular moment when you clearly know you need to change your life. That desire for change is like a grain of sand in a shoe, imperceptible at first but grinding away until it becomes the only thing you notice. Your instinct is to dismiss the feelings. Saying, “I can tough this out “or “it could be worse”.

Often we find it easier to recognize the emotions and feeling of others but nearly impossible to recognize our own needs and yearnings. Why is this?

By midlife, after years of loss, comprise, denial, and fear we loose track of our “true self” and the dreams we had. We often struggle, letting go of what does not serve our highest needs.

The ego has great difficulty letting go of anything and will defend itself with great intensity. The truth is we must let go of who we are in order to become who we want to be. Gregory Levoy, author of Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic life says, “Sometimes we hear the calling but fear what will be demanded of us if we respond to the ‘call’.”

Our lives speak through our actions and reactions, our intuitions and instincts, our feelings and our words. If we can learn to listen, read our own responses, we will receive the guidance we need.

You must slow down to hear the “calling”, as to why you need to change your career, leave or start a relationship, go back to school, move to another part of the country, have a child or sell your house and travel.

Wake-up calls come in many ways to point us toward action.
They include:
--A dream that keeps coming back.
--A symptom in your body that reoccurs
--A song you hear that seems to be just for you
--A call from someone you need to hear from
--A book that falls into your lap
--An  emotional issue that keeps reappearing
--A letter or a phone call to do volunteer work

These wake-up calls stimulate your intuition; encourage you to ask deeper questions and to seek the answers. This process is a gateway into the deepest layers of your soul.

Some people do listen to the message, take the risk, and change their lives!

As we move into a new year, we all are being moved to a higher frequency. This shift will call upon each one of us to become more attuned and sensitive to our soul’s purpose. You will be shedding old stuck beliefs that are no longer working and releasing old wounds and resentments, so that you can step into you authentic power. When will you begin the journey that will take you there?