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8 Ways You can be Calmer Right Now!

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We’re all Stressed out. Sometimes Life just throws a little too much our way.

Here are 10 Quick & Easy Ways You can feel Calmer Right Now!

1~ Take a Deep Breathe & Count to 10 (slowly). You may remember your Mom or Gramma telling you this when you were young. It’s still totally valid. Give it a try! You don’t necessarily need to meditate, but if you have the time it would be even better!

2~ Take a nice long Warm Relaxing Bath. Light some Candles, grab a book, throw in some bubbles or a Bath Bomb & Boom! You’re relaxed :)

3~ Run or Sprint. I realize this may not work for everyone every time, but if it’s appropriate for you at that moment then GO! Grab your Brief Case & GO. Sprint or Run for as short or long as you can. You’ll know it’s working when you feel the stress is no longer grabbing hold of you.

4~ Listen. Whether you like Classical, Jazz, Pop or  just complete silence. Listening to something that takes your mind away from the stressors is a wonderful way to help reduce it.

5~ Grab a drink. A warm cup of tea (chamomile is great) or a decaf latte can help melt the problems away. Whatever you do, stay clear of Alcohol, Sugar & Caffeine as it tends to put your mind on a crazy rollercoaster ride. You will surely find yourself much lower in mind strength then when you started. Sometimes just holding that warm cup in your hands is enough to calm you.

6~ Just Stop. Totally Stop what you’re doing. If you need to pull over, pull over. If you need to place the person on the phone on hold, do that. If you need to step outside & away from the situation, do that. Whatever you need to do to stop it. Do that. (why not try that counting to 10 & breathing thing too (#1) :) )

7~ Grab the Phone & call a Friend. Sometimes all we need is that special someone to listen to us vent or just be there for us. It’s amazing what a good friend can do!

8~ Laugh. You’ve heard that Laughter is the best Medicine. And they’re right. Recall a funny Joke, Event or Show. You don’t have to share it with anyone, just close your eyes & picture something Hilarious! Ready, Set…. ROFL!!!

For more help with Stressful Situations, please contact me at

tamaralukie @ gmail (dot) com

See my 5 Life Changing Questions Printable ,

& Read Extra Stress Information can be found here Stress Part 1 Stress Part 2 Stress Part 3

ThanksGiving Weekend 2012

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Happy ThanksGiving Canada!!!!

This year was to be our 2nd Vegan Thanksgiving. Last year was my first & I had so much fun preparing it. See here for my recipes & more!

This time around I found myself scheduled to work all weekend. Whaaat? That has NEVER happened!!!! I was extremely upset. :( It took me a while to get over the fact that I wouldn’t be able to hangout with my boys all weekend! In fact, this was going to make everything seemed rushed…. I hate being rushed……

But Sunday Morning I was able to get in my 8k race with Callym. It was amazing to say the LEAST. We booted it to the starting line (only half a dozen blocks from home) & sipped on our Pumpkin Spice Latte’s while waking & warming up.

7:15 start is brutal! (But Beautiful)!

We enjoyed the run a lot. So many great & amazing people running & cheering. The energy on Race day is something else!

We made it in under 45 minutes. That little man didn’t stop once! 

And for that (& a Million other reasons) He deserved this medal!

Now…. Back to the ThanksGiving Feast!

Seeing as I had to work at all the moments made for cooking. I enlisted the help of my Beautiful, Sexy Husband. I made a small list of things that we could have & let him loose!

I must say, as upset as I was about not being the one to make all the food, I was also a bit excited to have such a wonderful dinner made for me!

The boys did a fantastic job of setting the table

including individual place settings (with Sugar Cookies as the APPETIZERS!!!) :)

And the Food was AMAZING!

(here I have Mashed Potatoes, Asparagus, Roasted Veggies, Roasted Squash, Tofurky & Gravy). YUM

Chris even made home~made Pumpkin~Turtle Pie with Vegan Whip~Cream. (don’t you wish you were here with us!)


All in all I would have to say that this Thanksgiving was amazing. There are so SO many reasons that we are Tremendously Thankful (& we shared a bunch of them during dinner). I hope that you had a chance to spend time with Family & Friends this weekend! And thank you for being a part of the You.Naturally Family!

Eating to Live or Living to Eat. Why can’t you have Both?

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Food. Eating. Balance. Treats. Healthy. Indulge. Binge. Diet. Starve. Raw. 80~20. Oil. Low Fat. Carbs. Plants. Protein. Animals. Paleo. Obesity. Skinny Fat.

Many people find this to be a constant struggle. It’s OK to love food, but do you

Live to Eat ~ or Eat to Live.

Many of you know that I have a love affair with Dr.J Fuhrman’s Eat to Live book, it’s truly one of the most amazing~must~read~health~conscious books of forever! This saying above (care of Socrates) is also October’s Monthly Mantra….

So do you Eat to Live or Live to Eat?

If you haven’t already read (& re~read this book). Stop what you’re doing & go get a copy. Come back to this post when you are done. My book is dog~eared to death, underlined everywhere, highlighted in yellow & pink, & has stars all over the place. This is THE book to read if you are Over~Weight, have an Illness (Diabetes, Inflammation, Heart~Burn, etc). As you should know, any serious illness needs a serious book!

Some insights from the book are:

They should move Refined Grains like White Bread, up to the Sweets Category because Metabolically they’re basically the same.

Keep in mind that most of the calories in meat come from fat, green veggies are mostly protein.

Trying is definitely not good enough

When the fats you consume are from whole foods rather than oils, you gain nature’s protective package; a balance of vitamins, minerals, fiber & phytonutrients.

He shows us the truth about many things we thought we knew….

And surprising ways to get sufficient Nutrients (like Calcium & Protein) from Whole Foods.

I even found this Incredible “Quote” in his book (a few times actually). & you know I had to share!!! :)

I’m assuming that you are on your way out the door to pick up this book. So I’m keeping this post short & sweet. If you want to be healthy, pick up this book. It’s like a Bible for Great Health & a Better Life.

Something important to keep in mind. The Eat to Live book doesn’t teach you yet another ‘Die~T’ that may fail. It teaches you a sustainable way to live, eat & be healthy.

Here is Dr. Fuhrman in his own words sharing some of his incredible wisdom!

Now. Have you changed your mind about the way you Live to Eat & Eat to Live?