Preparing for a long term disaster can feel just like that…a disaster! Join us with Erika Collins from Emergency Essentials as we identify when we can use long term storage. She also shares great resources on how to plan for our own personal situations. You can create a year supply of food storage on as little as 7.50 per week. Listen in for great tips, inspiration and you just might catch the preparation bug!

Challenge: Assess the needs of your family. Find forms at www.beprepared.com. Decide on a budget amount per month to use for ‘food insurance’ storage. Fill all empty water bottles after use and keep them in a dark, dry place in your home.

Resources: Emergency Essentials, www.beprepared.com, Chocolate Poem by Dee Ann Gillespie

 

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Join Deb, Heather and special guest Erika Collins from Emergency Essentials as we take a fun and motivated spin on food insurance–or food storage. Learn how a 72 hour kit can be easy to put together, inexpensive, and how vital it can be to your survival.

Challenge: Take inventory of the the food you have on hand. Figure out how long you could eat, not gourmet but well enough to keep healthy. Try on putting your babies to bed hungry for a week to keep you motivated during this challenge.

Recipe:

Chocolate Mousse

2/3 c. cocoa  3 t cornstarch, 1 can evaporated milk, 1 1/3 c. milk, 3/4 c sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, 3-6 T Ultra Gel, 1 t. vanilla

Combine cocoa and cornstarch in a separate bowl. Whisk the evaporated milk into the cocoa mixture until completely smooth. In a large saucepan, combine milk, sugar, and salt. Mix well. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking constantly. Remove pan from heat. Whisk cocoa mixture into hot milk mixture. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil for 2 minutes whisking constantly. Remove pan from heat. Gradually whisk 3 T of the Ultra Gel into 1 c. of hot cocoa mixture. Pour mixture back into pan. Cook over low heat for 2 minutes, whisking constantly. If it needs more thickening, add the remaining Ultra Gel. Do not boil. Remove pan from heat. Add vanilla; blend well. Pour mousse into serving dishes. Cover and chill for 1 hour. http://myfoodstoragedeals.blogspot.com

Resources: Emergency Essentials, www.beprepared.com, http://myfoodstoragedeals.blogspot.com

 

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Are you stuck in the cycle of uncontrolled impulses, loss of free will, loss of self-worth, leading to the use of an identity drug?  Are you addicted to thought patterns of complaining, fault-finding, or coveting aka are you a Pickle Sucker?  This addiction will cost you peace of mind, deep relationships, spiritual energy, and separation from your Creator, as well as lots of hard earned money.

 

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Are you struggling with juggling the demands of your family, home, and your business work? Enjoy this candid chat with Simplification Strategist Debbye Cannon, founder of Business Mom Mentor. Debbye shares with us her systems to meals and shopping and brings back order to your kitchen. Her ideas are simple and will revolutionize mealtime at your home.

About Our Guest: Debbye Cannon is the designer of the SMARTcut systems, developed to simplify repetitive activities such as laundry, housekeeping, meals and shopping. She teaches workshops, live retreats, and published ‘Organizing Without Agonizing’, a guide to getting your life in order. You can learn more about Your Meals Simplified and her other organizational systems at businessmommentor.com.

Special Confessions and Chocolate Offer: Receive a discount on Debbye’s next retreat Nov 20-22nd by going to bizmomretreat.com and entering VIP as the promotional code.

Resources: businessmommentor.com, bizmomretreat.com

 

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In Part 1 you identified your ‘reasons’ for not achieving your hearts’ desire. Join Heather and Deb as they further explore the reality of how you self-sabatoge your dreams and learn tools to overcome and see breakthroughs every day. Discover how you currently use the methods of Distraction, Procrastination, and Fear to hold back from really going for your desires.  And finally, experience a new way to approach your life filled with strength and courage to reach for the stars.

Challenge:
Start observing how you sabatoge yourself and your dreams. Recognize that isn’t you but your ego talking and tell her to take a break. You run the show, not your ego.

“What a wonderful life I’ve had. I only wish I’d realized it sooner”-Colette

Recipe:

Vegan Chocolate Shake

2 banans
1-2 T cocoa powder
2 C soy milk
½ tsp vanilla
1T raw honey
3-4 cups crushed ice

Blend together until thick and enjoy!

Resources: Henry David Thoreau, Simple Abundance by Sara Ban Breathnech, Elder M Russell Ballard in Ensign August 2009

 

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As a child, you believed in dreams and wishes. Do you still? What prevents you from reaching your goals and how can you finally overcome all the ‘reasons’ and excuses that keep you from happiness? Listen as Heather and Deb discuss the reasons we don’t get what we want in life and look at reality: you CAN achieve your dreams. You can have anything you desire, but you must get out of your own way.

Challenge:
Identify one thing you feel a strong desire to achieve. You may have shared this desire with others, or it could be a secret known only to you. Write this desire on the top of a page, and underneath write all the ‘reasons’ and excuses you have given yourself about why you haven’t achieved this dream. Ponder on this and tune in to Part 2 and prepare for serious breakthroughs.

Resources: youtube.com search Nick Voychich

 

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Do you ever find yourself working harder and harder and getting less and less accomplished?  Feeling rushed with no time to breathe?  Maybe what you really need is to stop and sharpen your saw.  Sharpening your saw is different than merely taking a break or even going on a vacation.  That’s just putting the saw down.  When you put down a dull blade for a while, the blade will still be dull when you pick it up again.  Sharpening your saw is an active step to hone your skills, fill your reservoir, and recharge and refresh yourself.  Join Heather and Deb and their guest, Barbara Dunbar, Baby Boomer Coach and Realtor, as they discuss how Barbara sharpened her saw and the difference that has made in her daily life and for her future.

Challenge:  What does Sharpening Your Saw look like in your life? Here are some ideas: take a class, join a club, meditate, exercise, write, organize your home or office, go on a date with your sweetheart, improve your food plan, or have a deep and meaningful conversation.  Sharpening your Saw is not a once in a lifetime event – or even an annual event.  It can be daily or at least weekly – a time to stir your soul and give strength to your spirit.  Do it and do it often!

Recipe:
Nonfat Chocolate Sauce
Serve this chocolate sauce over fresh fruit, a frozen dessert, or a slice of bread. It will satisfy your most intense chocolate craving.
Yield: 8 servings
1/2 cup skim milk

1 tablespoon strong brewed coffee (optional)

1/2 teaspoon cornstarch

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 cup brown sugar

In a small saucepan, combine the milk, coffee, and cornstarch and stir until the cornstarch dissolves. Stir in the cocoa and brown sugar and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring, until the sauce thickens and is no longer cloudy. Set aside to cool. Use when cool or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days.
Per Serving: 31 calories

 

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Today is truly a present. But how can we live each day so we enjoy the moments along the way instead of always looking back with fondness or looking ahead for what might be? Join Heather, Carolyn and Deb as we share what has worked for us to find joy in the journey, not the destination. Learn tips for living in the present and being happy NOW. And have you always wondered what is most important in life? Tune in to find the answer and lots of laughs.

 

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Why are you here? What is your soul’s purpose? Are you doing what you were born to do? Join Heather, Deb, and Carolyn and they visit with Rebecca Wood, a woman who has found her soul purpose and is living it with a passion. She will share with you how she uncovered her soul purpose and what barriers she has overcome to become a woman who loves her life.

Challenge:
Send an email to your closest friends, family, and even people who may not like you so well—they will be the most honest! Tell them you are working on discovering your soul purpose and you would like their honest assessment of your strengths and gifts. Things you do well and traits they see in you that help you excel or accomplish in life. You will be uplifted and amazed as the emails come back listing the gifts that others see in you so easily that you just ignore or take for granted. This will be a starting place for you to begin to daydream about what a women living with purpose who has these gifts and strengths would be doing with her life.

Visit www.awakensoulpurpose.com and find out how you can awaken the incredible women you are and start living your soul purpose NOW.

Recipe:
Frozen Chocolate Cheesecake Bites! (www.hungry-girl.com)
(2 Bites: 40 calories, 0g fat, 100mg sodium, 6.5g carbs, 0g fiber, 1g sugars, 2g protein = 1 Point!)??Ingredients:
3/4 cup Cool Whip Free
5 tbsp. fat-free cream cheese; softened
1 tbsp. SPLENDA, Granular
10 tsp. HERSHEY’S Sugar Free Syrup
Directions:
Using a fork, vigorously mix Cool Whip, cream cheese and Splenda until smooth and well blended.  Evenly distribute mixture into 10 sections of an ice cube tray.  Tap tray firmly on the counter a few times to get mixture to settle flat.  Next, top each with a teaspoon of chocolate syrup.  Tap tray again to settle.  Place tray in freezer until Bites are solid – at least 2 hours.  Once frozen, Cheesecake Bites should pop out easily (if not, run the bottom of the tray under the faucet for a few seconds to loosen them).  Makes 10 Bites!

Resources:

www.awakensoulpurpose.com

www.hungry-girl.com

 

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Do you ever feel like you have plenty on your plate, and do not want one more thing to do?! Even if you believe it is good for you? Join Carolyn, Deb, and Heather as they chat with Carol Tuttle, best selling author, about her new workshop “Dressing Your Truth.” Carol shares why dressing your truth is so important, especially for us women who feel we have a lot on our plates. Carol does not believe that a down economy or a busy life should hold us back. She believes once we understand our true nature and dress our truth we will have an increase in energy and spirit that we can only understand once we’ve
tried it. Listen in on the conversation and learn why you may just want to add one more thing on your plate!

Challenge: Do you notice the difference you feel in your energy and confidence when you take the time to get dressed in nice clothes and put your best foot forward? Our challenge today is to simply invite you to consider if there is another level you can achieve, if dressing well (as opposed to sweats and a pony tail) can make you feel so much better what might happen to your energy, confidence, and spirit if you dress for your energy type and begin to dress your truth?

 

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