The Protected: Book One in the Spirian Series

As a reviewer, I have read a wide variety of genres and some incredible books. Like everyone else, I also have a favorite genre. Unfortunately, I don't often have the pleasure of reviewing and reading books that fall into it. I was recently given that opportunity. It is my pleasure to recommend a fabulous paranormal romance, The Protected, book one in author Rowena Portch's Spirian Series.

I will be sharing a sneak peek into book two, The Union, in a future post. The Union is set for publishing in September this year and author Rowena Portch is blowing me away with this series!





Book Title: The Protected
Author: Rowena Portch
ISBN: 1432758667
Publisher: Outskirts Press Inc.
Reviewer: Vonnie Faroqui for WITS


Fantasy and romance fiction lovers alike are in for a delightful and surprising read as author Rowena Portch presents The Protected, book one of the Spirian Series. Portch successfully gifts the reader with a heroine and a story that will capture as well as excite the imagination, deeply satisfying the avid reader’s hunger for freshness with a style and plot line all her own.
Skye is a blind massage therapist with special gifts and a bright spirit that has attracted the wrong attention. Skye’s power to heal has been noticed, making her the coveted target of those who would steal her freedom and manipulate her gifts. The fate of her race rests on choices she must make. Poised in the balance point of shifting powers, Skye must choose her loyalties well. One wrong choice will tip the balance between redemption and destruction. If she falters, she dooms not only her race but all of humanity. Vulnerable in ways that would terrify and immobilize lesser spirits, Skye transcends the circumstances of her blindness to wage a battle for Spirit and for all of us.
Portch has drawn from her own life and history to write Sky’s character and world, sharing in a way that only a skilled and talented writer can—the very personal experience of blindness. Not only has Portch succeeded to write a blind character in a sighted world, she has done so in such a way as to create a world paradigm, characters, and circumstances that elevate this book from the ranks of a good story to that of a great read. The Protected is full of rich descriptions, breath catching tension, humor, and desire, with characters that come to life and walk off the page to live in you. With a voice and experience uniquely her own, author Rowena Portch will make you believe the world she writes and you will seek it inside yourself.



Learn more about Rowena Portch and the Spirian Series from her website at http://rowenaportch.com/ or by following her on http://twitter.com/RowenaPortch and at http://bit.ly/Facebook-RowenaPortch. The author will meet and sign books for the public with events to be announced through BookTour.com.

Social Media - Why?

There are a lot of people that don't understand how or why using social media is an important business strategy. When you mention Twitter or Facebook their faces screw up and they look at you like you have just laid an egg.

"Isn't Twitter that site where people text about what they are doing? . . . I'm in the car on the way to grandma's house . . . just checking out that new movie . . ." they say.

Well, yes and no. Twitter is much more than that. And Facebook? Facebook is more than just a site to connect with your old school chums. They are networking tools that if used well can help you generate traffic to your Web page, attract readers and generate book sales.

What about YouTube? Oh boy, get me started please!

Businesses use social networking to drive traffic to their sites and to interest people in their products and so can you, using many of the same techniques.

Authors that are looking to self promote can't afford to neglect any opportunity to get their name and their titles in front of potential readers. Having a Twitter account, using Facebook to network and using You Tube to post videos, and audio clips, sharing content and information is vitally important in promoting your work.
Why? Because people, that read books are using Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Your readers are surfing these sites and you want your presence and your book to be where they can find you.
If they can't find you, they aren't going to read your book.

If you aren't already sold on social media or don't know how to use it to promote your book there are some quick tips that you need to know.

To promote yourself and your book you need to master utilization of several avenues of social media:
Facebook
Twitter
You Tube and
BlogSpot or one of the other blogging tools available free on the web.

Social media integration is KEY to making money using social media networking for marketing your book.
If you don’t have time to master the use of these tools yourself, hire someone to do it for you. The cost of hiring it out is less than the expense of not doing it at all or of doing it poorly.

Tips when using social media to promote your book:

- Keep your personal and business accounts separate.
Create Twitter, Facebook, and You Tube accounts that are devoted to your work, your book and related activities. Do not post personal details and pictures of the family in these accounts.
- Create an Author site that gives information about you, your book, and your public speaking and signing events. Make sure that this site includes a blog or links to a blog; where you can post information, articles and excerpts of written work such as poetry or share intriguing new character and story development details for current projects.
- When blogging, don't crowd your readers. Make your book available but don't burden visitors with aggressive sales tactics. Win their interest and their trust.
- Give your blogs visitors something that will engage their interest. If they like your blog they will seek out your book.
- Be a host for Author Virtual Tours; network with other others. By hosting and promoting others you create relationships and expand your visibility.


Use Twitter, Facebook and You Tube to drive traffic to your blog and your main "author" site.
Visit other authors' sites and leave comments or become a fan, doing this creates back links to your site and accounts, potentially attracting visitors who may then buy your book.

For more about using video and audio clips to promote your book through YouTube come back next week!

Artist Studio Declutter

Please join me in welcoming the virtual tour group following 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home author Tisha Morris.


Yesterday, June 5, the tour was hosted by Yvonne Perry who published her book review for 27 Things on her writing blog at http://yvonneperry.blogspot.com/

Today I have the distinct pleasure of presenting Tisha Morris's expert advice on how to handle an artist studio declutter.  Take it away Tisha . . .

How Does an Artist Keep Her Studio Decluttered?

One of my readers posed this question: What does an artist do to keep her studio clear? After all, the lives of artists, writers, and other creative people collect all types of “special flotsam & jetsam in the name of the creative process.” According to this reader, there are so many items that need to be kept that are a record of process. How do we decide if our ephemera is worthy of that?

Great question and being a former Interior Design student and one who paints as a hobby, I can totally relate!

In my blog article, What Your Home Says About You, I note that artists tend to be more right-brained – the non-organizing part of the brain. And as I pointed out, is having your home, or especially your art studio, a little messy such a bad thing? Of course not. It’s all part of the creative process, right? Or is it?

We all have a different standard as to what is too messy or too much clutter. You know when your home or studio has gotten out of control. You feel scattered, cloudy, weighed down, or creatively stuck. That’s when you know it’s time to take action.

First off, the size of your studio space will ultimately dictate how much art and supplies you can have on hand. When it comes to art, you can fill a warehouse space just as easy as you could fill a small corner of the kitchen. For example, when I decided that I wanted to convert my art studio space from a whole room to a corner in order to do yoga, I had to downsize the amount of art materials I kept. So designating how much space you are willing and wanting to take up is the first step.

Next, organizing units are essential. If you don’t already have proper storage, then these can be purchased from any art supply store. Have proper storage and organization in your studio so that you will at least have a standard for organization and have a place for everything. That way, when you know your space has gotten too messy for even your right-brain, you have bins and drawers to put stuff in.

If you then have too much stuff to fit into your organizing units, then it’s time to downsize. This is where the emotional aspects come into play – what to keep and what not to keep. If you keep items for inspiration, such as photos, cards, images, etc., then go through them to see what still resonates with you. You may be surprised how different you may feel about some of the items. Discard any items that you don’t absolutely love or that no longer inspire you.

What about your own past work? This can be very difficult. It took me several different clearings to finally dispose of my interior design projects. I had kept what I needed for purposes of including in a portfolio. For boards that I knew I would never need or use again, I took pictures of them before eventually disposing of them. It was difficult knowing how much time had gone into them. But honestly, I haven’t missed them since. In fact, I feel much lighter once I got rid of them. Every time I would see them in the closet, I was subconsciously reminded of the long hours I spent on them. I still keep a small portfolio of photos I took of my projects for nostalgia.

When your designated space for past projects gets too full, then it’s time to go through them to determine what needs to go. For me, I periodically dispose of my pieces of art that aren’t that great, meaning that I’ve improved since then. For pieces of art or art supplies that you no longer want, consider listing them on freecycle.org or craigslist.com. Taking pictures of your work is a great way to track your progress without being overloaded with projects. Clearing out old projects will also make room for new ideas and creativity. So don’t get too weighed down in your past projects. Instead, let creativity flow through you and your studio.

Guest Blogger: Tisha Morris, author of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home.

Photo credit

Tomorrow June 7 sees the tour with The Shift Guru, Barbara Joye, featuring her Q and A interview with Tisha on http://shiftguru.wordpress.com/ . Follow Barbara Joye at @theshiftguru.

Don't forget to purchase your copy of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home, by author, Tisha Morris, available now at Amazon.com

ISBN: 978-1-59652-567-2

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company 2010

Price: $9.99

Also available with Barnes&Noble book sellers, Borders and Indie Bound.

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27 Things Book Review

Today I would like to give a warm welcome to Tisha Morris and our friends following the virtual tour for
27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home, Tisha's new book.

This is Tisha's first virtual tour and with 36 stops to make between May 11 and June 11, 2010, the tour is winding it's way across oceans. Yesterday, May 27, the tour was a guest on The Wheel of Life Podcast with Shelagh Jones http://www.thewheeloflife.org/.

Ours will be stop 21 in the tour and by all accounts 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home, is a real winner.

First time author Tisha Morris offers the reader a modern and practical approach to using the ancient tradition of feng shui. From introduction to final page Tisha approaches her topic without the affectation or rhetoric commonly found in books on feng shui. She doesn’t oversell the concepts but instead walks you through 27 Things with the assumption that having picked the book up you inherently know the principles behind feng shui are sound.

Tisha brings her education as an interior designer and her experience as a certified life coach into play as she clearly relates the art of feng shui to the reader. She offers solid advice on clearing clutter and with each subsequent chapter clear, practical advice on how to implement the feng shui principles to make improvements, change the flow of energy and ultimately manifest desires. Tisha echoes centuries of mothers by telling us to clean out the closet and keep doorways clear but, more importantly, she explains why these actions are necessary in relation to how energy flows in our homes, lives and in order for energy shifts and healing to occur. This is a strong practical guide book. The author has a pleasant writing style, presents the material in an easy manner and speaks to our core issues in a non threatening way. 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home includes a chapter about creating a vision board, information on the Bagua map, easy to follow advice on using feng shui “cures,” and closes with a plan to implement the 27 Things.

For those readers unfamiliar with feng shui practices Tisha explains just enough about the concepts to allow a lay practitioner to receive solid reward for their time investment when applying the techniques, without planting confusion about the ins and outs of feng shui itself. For readers who have already been exposed to the art and mystery of feng shui, the author assists by leaving out confusing or contradictory information and the superstitions which often impede implementation of an action plan and the needed changes. She writes with confidence that following the feng shui principles and applying these techniques will have a powerful healing impact and her confidence is transferred to the reader.

After reviewing this book I am confident that I will be able to bring about some significant changes in my own life by following the 27 things that Tisha Morris recommends. I am also convinced that I could do so without spending a dime, simply using my current possessions in new ways or by letting go of things I no longer need. I recommend 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home to anyone who wants to employ feng shui without becoming mired in research to do so. Tisha has done the home work for us and lays out the most important pieces in an easy to understand and follow format.

This is one feng shui book you will pull off the shelf time and again. You are going to want to follow this tour on to the next stop where Douglas H. Melloy will air an interview with Tisha on Aware Talk Radio:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/aware

Don't forget to purchase your copy of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home, by author, Tisha Morris, available now at Amazon.com

ISBN: 978-1-59652-567-2

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company 2010

Price: $9.99

Also available with Barnes&Noble book sellers, Borders and Indie Bound.

Those of you that are following, looking for more great feng shui information from our guest will enjoy her new iPhone App, Feng Shui Bagua Map, By Tisha Morris already has a 5 star rating with iPhone users.

I've got it and it is the perfect companion to go with Tisha's book!

Reviewed by Vonne Faroqui

A Haunting Glimpse of Forever

Book Title: Forever With You
Author: Ivzi Cipuri
ISBN: 978-1-4327-4257-7
Publisher: Outskirts Press Inc., 2010
Price: $16.95
Pages: 138 pages
Reviewer Byline: Vonnie Faroqui for Writers In The Sky

A Haunting Glimpse of Forever

When I first received the book, Forever With You, by author Ivzi Cipuri, I was struck silent by the faded photograph on its cover. I have been haunted by that lovely face; the way her eyes shy away from the camera’s lens, as if hiding the soul within, forever denying the reader’s gaze and foreshadowing the author’s torment.
Lovingly dedicated, “To my unforgettable beloved wife Aije . . .” this volume of poetry is an autobiographical journey of love, life, and loss. Through it, the author seeks to immortalize his beloved wife and to share their story with the reader. The book is divided into three sections or moods of poetry. In the beginning, Ivzi offers the reader beauty and hope as he and his bride enter into a new life through marriage. His poetry describes glimpses of life well lived, of health and happiness. Then, the poems take a turn down darker paths, into clouds of fear, illness, battles waged, and ultimately death. The author completes his offerings by opening his chest, and in words, he gifts the reader with grasping, choking, ugly, angry anguish, and grief.

“You beauty, you ugly, I hate you all!
You give me pain, I cry, I toll;
You pinch my soul, you break my heart,
I want to throw, to crash you apart . . .”

I cannot tell whether it is the story of a woman’s courage, and love’s fight for life . . . or instead, if it is the story of a man’s love and anguish revealed in the poetry that I find more compelling.
This book is haunting in its humanity. The verse is rough, but true to the voice of the author and in its aching realism, more potently alive than prettier words or a more skillful pen could convey. Forever With You effectively sings a song of life and courage; its melody revealing depths of love and painful loss more poignantly because it is roughly sung.
I recommend this book for readers who have suffered loss due to illness or for those and their families who are fighting to recover health. An excellent example of the healing power and transformative impact words and art can have on the grieving process and a ringing testament to a love and fidelity that knows no barriers, not even death.
This book is available through Amazon.com

Nashville faces the "Thousand year flood" of 2010: Disaster Recovery Efforts

Yesterday I spent time with my brother at his home in Bellevue along the Harpeth River, one of the worst hit areas in the flood.

The first picture, below, he sent to me while trying to evacuate his wife, who is pregnant with their first child, due in June.

The second picture was taken from his canoe the following day.

I drove down the streets, winding through neighborhoods, around streets blocked and cordoned off to prevent unnecessary traffic flow and looting.  It was strange to behold a landscape which just days before had been completely submerged in muddy water, appearing deceptively lush, green and flowering.

My path wound into areas where evidence of the disaster took the form of huge piles of debris. Each home I passed pulled apart in an effort to salvage the structural integrity of the dwelling. People, some resolute, others with the frenetic energy carried carpet, soggy pink insulation, appliances and destroyed belongings from their homes to heaps for disposal. The air was rank. Who knows what poisons the waters churned up out of drains, sewers and homes to dissolve and leave as a toxic film covering everything.

I was deeply moved by the truck of volunteers which wove through the streets ahead of me, passing out food and water from a local eatery, The Alley Pub, to the many residents.

I reached my mud covered brother as he and his tribe of friends hauled kenneling fence out of the back yard to be moved and put together at a rental home he and his pregnant wife will be moving into. Their two Doberman Pinschers are being housed with one of the local animal rescue shelters for 3 days of free boarding, while the family makes a new home.

Neighbors assisted neighbors with clean up. A young man from Bellemeade roamed from home to home offering the strength of his arms, throwing himself in where needed. Women carrying buckets of cleaning supplies down the streets offered to anyone who needed them. Friends, carrying food and necessities stopping to offer support and shelter for those left without homes. Loved ones and strangers bound together out of necessity trying to rebuild lives and salvage hope from the mud and stench of decay.

With disaster comes renewal and compassion. As Nashvillians are making sense of the devastation, helping one another clean up and restore their lives, they will also be clearing away the debris of old patterns, and attitudes. In purchasing new furnishings, remodeling and caring for each other, not only are they repairing the damage left by the flood, they are shifting the course of the lives which remain and embracing the opportunity to make a fresh start energetically.

27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home

Tisha Morris is the author of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home. In her book, Tisha shows in creative, basic steps how to use the art of feng shui to create an inviting, personal atmosphere in your home that will renovate your life. You will discover how to:

• Manageably clear clutter to optimize space
• Use lighting, color, and simple objects to create good energy flow
• Space clear to promote good health
• Integrate the five elements into your home to create harmony


Here is the lineup for Tisha's virtual book tour:


May 11 has two stops to kick off the tour:
• Day one of a five-day blast on Successful Woman, http://asuccessfulwoman.com/
with an article titled "5 Steps to Clearing Clutter." Follow this blogger on Twitter: @monicadear

AND

• Tisha will also be featured on Writers in the Sky Blog http://yvonneperry.blogspot.com/. Follow WITS at
@writersinthesky

May 12 has two stops
•  Day two of a five-day blast on A Successful Woman will feature an article titled "The Art of Detaching From Our Stuff."

AND

• Positively Present  shows readers "5 Steps to Clearing Clutter." Follow Dani on Twitter @positivepresent.

May 13 Day three of five-day blast on A Successful Woman with "Why Change is Essential to Healing."

May 14 has two stops:
• Day four of five-day blast on A Successful Woman "Feng Shui Your Desk for Success"
@monicadear

AND

• Podcast Interview on WITS hosted by the new author's assistant and podcast coordinator Vonnie Faroqui http://yvonneperry.blogspot.com/ Follow Vonnie on Twitter: @inkslngrswhmz.

May 15 Day five of five-day blast on A Successful Woman shares why you may be having a sudden urge to de-clutter your home.

May 16 Equinaut blog http://www.equinaut.net/ will carry an article called "The Art of Detaching From Our Stuff." Follow blog owner Amy on Twitter.

May 17 discusses why we hang on to certain things.[Information for this blog host was removed by request on 12/16/10.]

May 18 has two stops:
• Universal Spiritual Connection hosted by Leilani Schmidt-Graham will feature Tisha as a Web radio guest from 6 to 8 p.m. Pacific Time.

AND

• Blogging Authors operated by Irene Watson will run an exclusive article "Writer's Guide to Feng Shui Your Workspace." Follow Irene on Twitter: @readerviews.

May 19 Nickolove Lovemore's blog, Skyline Coaching,will offer an article, "Why Change is Essential to Healing.

May 20 On One Writer's Journey, Penny Ehrenkranz will offer her opinion of 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home in a book review. Follow Penny on Twitter at @pennyekrenkranz.

May 21 On Chelle Cordero's Promo Page, Chelle Cordero will feature the book review she wrote for 27 Things. Follow her on Twitter: @ChelleCordero

May 22 Julie Achterhoff's Blog (http://earthwalkr.wordpress.com/) shares a unique article "What does the movie Avatar have in common with Feng Shui? Follow Julie at @erthwlkr

May 23 Shelagh Jones will share her book review of 27 Things on her blog, Wheel of Life. Follow @SpiritusShelagh on Twitter.

May 24 Inside JobJail.com with Stuart Friedman will feature an interview with Tisha: "Want to Change Your Job? Change Your Energy!"

May 25 Join Southside Broadcasting with Alex Lewczuk, as the tour crosses the Atlantic with another great Tisha Morris interview. Follow Southside on Twitter @southsidebroadc

May 26 has two stops
• Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews will share a Q and A interview with Tisha. Follow Lisa at @lisajjackson

AND

• Catheryn Taylor hosts an article about "Making a House a Home for Children" at Inner Child Healing and EFT followed by an interview with Tisha on her show Take a Soul Step over Blog Talk Radio at 5 P.M. CST.

May 27 The Wheel of Life Podcast with Shelagh Jones http://www.thewheeloflife.org/. Follow @shelagh on Twitter.

May 28 WITS' own Vonnie Faroqui will host a book review on Ink Slinger's Whimsey . Follow Vonnie on Twitter: @inkslngrswhmz.

May 29  Douglas H. Melloy will air an interview with Tisha on Aware Talk Radio:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/aware

May 30 Dallas Woodburn's Writing Life will feature a special article: "5 Tips to Clear Clutter for Writers."

May 31 Nancy Kelly Allen will host Tisha on Writing Workshop with a Q and A interview.

June 1  Writers in the Sky Newsletter will feature a book review written by a team member.

June 2 Chelle Cordero's Promo Page is back for another round with a special article "Our Divine Feminine: How to Navigate in the New World."

June 3 One Writer's Journey. Penny Ehrenkranz offers a Q and A interview.

June 4 Maxine Thompson, owner of Black Butterfly Press, will feature a book review of 27 Things.
Follow Maxine on Twitter: @safari61751

June 5 Yvonne Perry will publish her book review for 27 Things on her writing blog at http://yvonneperry.blogspot.com/

June 6  Vonnie Faroqui, the owner of Ink Slinger's Whimsey blog at http://www.inkslingerswhimsey.blogspot.com/
will feature an article: "A Writer’s Guide to Feng Shui Your Workspace." Follow Vonnie at @inkslngrswhmz on Twitter.

June 7 The Shift Guru, Barbara Joye, will feature her Q and A interview with Tisha on http://shiftguru.wordpress.com/. Follow her at @theshiftguru.

June 8 Real life Spirituality with Akemi Gaines at http://reallifespirituality.com/ has a unique insight to offer in an article titled "What Do Ascension and Clearing Clutter Have in Common?"

June 9 Tisha is back for another interview with Leilani Schmidt-Graham on her Live Web Radio! show Angels Among Us http://www.bbsradio.com/theusc/the_usc.php

June 10 Tales, Tails, enTrails with Irfan Faroqui will feature a written question and answer interview with Tisha.

June 11 Laurel Marshfield's blog, Your Book Your Self, http://www.yourbookyourself.blogspot.com/ will offer a "Writer's Guide to Feng Shui Your Workspace." Follow Laurel at @BookEditorLM.

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Synchronicity

A connecting principle
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible
Science insusceptible
Logic so inflexible
Causally connectable ~ The Police

It is amazing what happens in your life when you let go of and walk away from the things that are consuming you. That is what I did recently. I walked away from a job I'd held for five years, with no prospects waiting in the wings and a health condition that was threatening to put me in the Hospital or under the ground.

I know! When you look at the economy and the job market, even with Obama in the White House and the promise of health care reform on the horizon . . . letting go of a job with benefits seems a bit ludicrous. That's right, look back and notice I said that I had a health condition threatening to put me in the hospital. What about that, eh? Diabetes, with complications ranging from tingling toes to skyrocketing blood pressure. How could I do something so crazy?

How could I NOT?

When the Doctor tells you they can't let you leave their office because your blood pressure is so high you are at risk for a stroke and that you need to quit your high stress job for another, preferably one with insurance, it gives you pause. In my pause I thought of the things that I hadn't done and of the things I wanted to do before "checking out." I thought of all the dreams I had given up on, the opportunities I'd said no to because I believed I needed a job with health insurance. I thought of the life I wanted and didn't have, of the sacrifices I had made and for what? The paycheck wasn't worth it and the health insurance I was holding on so tightly to wasn't making me healthier. If anything health insurance was just giving me a sense of false security. It wasn't even helping me manage my illness. I was getting worse with every visit to the doctor's office. In my pause, I contemplated that health insurance doesn't guarantee health. It doesn't ensure physical well being, and damn it all, I am not going to die a slave to it. I quit . . . and began to pray.

This is my prayer.

Universal and infinite Power
Source, well spring,
Eternal Spirit
Through your grace and by your will . . .
I ask to move into health, wealth and a prosperity of spirit in which I can be of blessing to others.
I ask for my efforts, both as an individual and in partnership, to financially support and sustain myself and my family with an ease of effort and creative bliss.
I ask to have a positive, healing and inspiring impact on those people and situations I encounter, with no cost or negative tax to myself or my relationships and personal well being.
I ask for a deeper relationship with the creator and the powers of Spirit.
I ask to come into balance within the flow of Ashe, life force energy and the Creator's will.
I place myself, my dreams and my family in the Creator's care and ask the Creator's blessings upon all beings which assist, aid, support or uplift me. Aho -so be it.

In a matter of days from quiting my old job I connected with a dear friend, Yvonne Perry, who happens to live two minutes down the road from me and owns a fabulous company called Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services. Guess what! She needed help. Guess what else, 'cause it gets better . . .
I get to work from home. I have time to walk every morning, for as long as I like. I can wear my pajamas to work if I really feel the need to. I get to be creative and help other people be the same. I have time for myself and for my art. Best of all in the weeks since I left the old patterns and ways of thinking my health has turned around, blood sugars normalizing, blood pressure improving, and I've lost WEIGHT.

Synchronicity, what more can I say?

I am grateful.