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Family Expectations

5/27/2015

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Many of you may be sensitive to this blog this week, and for good reason: It is about family expectations. You may put yourself in my shoes. Perhaps you are nodding your head. We hold our family to a higher level of expectation than we do strangers or friends. When I say I'm going to do something, family says, "Yes, when?"

We also hold ourselves up to a higher level of accountability to our family. So when I say to them that I am really going to stop smoking this time, then I better do it (for example)! They get really disappointed when we let them down again and again, eventually not believing us when we say we are going to do something. It is a balancing act we must walk, and it isn't always easy.

When I started blogging and created my Facebook page, my family was surprised because I was so challenged by technology. Then when I began my website, they began to believe. By the time my book came around, they were full on mental supporters. I was coaching, teaching, photographing meals, advising clients both paid and for free at senior centers, libraries, on line, and in person.

I offered my services to my family for free. Because it was for free, they could get it any time. They were family, and weren't as motivated. I was a phone call away. Interesting. When my book was released, my close friends, clients, and supporters all over the web bought my book right away. My workshops were very successful at moving books. But my large family was, and still is, very slow at purchasing my book. I am just noticing this, that is all. I am not judging. 

Are you in a business and your family thinks you will do that service for free because it is your area of expertise? In the beginning, when you offered the service for free, did they wonder what the catch was? Now that you are no longer available for free, and your income is dependent on your area of expertise, are they expecting you to send them goods or services because you love them and they love you, that you have such a life long history together?

You are not alone in this. It is delicate and sometimes people will have to have time away from you to appreciate your value in your field of expertise.

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KJ Landis
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My Connection Between Food and Legacy

5/24/2015

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I came to be a writer, a blogger, a wellness coach, and a passionate motivator, through food. If  this sounds a little strange to you, try living through it.

Three and a half years ago, I was an overweight marathon runner, aerobics instructor, and spin instructor. I had joint pain, plantar fascitis, back aches, high cholesterol, and more complaints about my lack of rest than Lucille Ball (may she rest in peace). I was trying to out run my problems, and I gained weight steadily year in and year out. I was so busy exercising and eating foods to increase pain and inflammation that I could not focus on my real goals in life.



What did I want my unique imprint on the world to be? When I left the earth, what legacy and gifts would I leave behind? I believe that we are energy and we share energy. I truly feel that our energy shifts and morphs, and we have the capacity to share love, joy, and our wisdoms with others here and beyond. I was so wrapped up in food, my shape, and my physicality that I could not see beyond that and get to the real point of my existence. I was stuck. I was middle aged and didn't know what to do in order to chase after my real dreams in this lifetime.


My turning point came at a low desperate moment of realism, and I had my big WHY whisper the truth in my left ear. Then, with a wellness coach I met by accident (although nothing happens by accident), I found my way back home, to me. After losing 50 pounds of fat in 60 days, I became my most authentic self, my superior self. People began asking me for help. How could I say no? My gifts began to emerge. I began teaching and coaching everywhere!


I then discovered through relentless, non-biased research, anti-cancer healing therapies that are food based. These therapies have been around for more than a hundred years. The irony is, the same foods I was eating for fat loss, vitality, and strength, are found in these therapies. They are outlined in my book, Superior Self: Reaching Superior Health For A Superior Self. In the book I also cover how to build a tribe of support, how to seek inspiration, and where to turn to for motivation while making lifestyle changes for the better.


Remember, my friends, it was not about the food. It was about the legacy, the special imprint I wanted to share with the world when I float away some day. But, I had to clear the air in order to do that. What do you have to do to now in order to create a clean slate for creating your legacy upon the earth? Whatever is holding you back, take a few moments to take stock of that and attend to the tasks that have to be done. Make a list. The time is now. You are reading this. It is a good thing!


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Institutional Food Impacting Mental Health

5/18/2015

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I recently visited my 87 year old mother in her senior home in Pennsylvania. I spent meal times with her and also checked out what was in her mini refrigerator. I saw expired milk cartons, old applesauce and hard as a rock muffins in her mini fridge. This is what she ate when she slept through meal times in the dining hall.

The dining hall had three options for every meal I ate with her. For dinner one evening I had the option of Russian cabbage soup, salad, or fruit salad as an appetizer. I thought those weren't so bad as choices. The salad was not organic dark leafy greens though. It was iceberg lettuce and a cherry tomato. The flavors were good though. I was surprised. The soup just needed some salt. I suppose some folks have bland diets or restricted eating protocols depending on their medical conditions and advanced ages. The dressings were full of chemicals and preservatives though.

The main courses were flavorless, being the kindest thing I could publicly say. I don't know what toxic, industrial seed oils or thickening gravy agents they used on the meats and potatoes, but the food resembled fake food from a magazine photo from the 1970's. The cost of living there begins at about $3500.00 per person, plus medical expenses and fun money each month, so I know the level of food quality could be higher.

I am appalled at what our senior citizens are being fed in this country. No wonder their brain function is suffering! Most seniors there don't want the meats and fishes because it isn't appealing. Then they suffer from vitamin B12 deficiency which comes from animal protein. That causes memory loss and depression, as well as a host of other mental function deficits. It also affects hormones, which sets off other systemic issues. It is a vicious cycle. We need B12 from outside sources to live.

It really is not difficult or expensive to switch up to better oils like coconut oil, butter, or grape seed oil. It is cost effective and better for absorption of minerals and vitamins. It helps with the medium and long chain fatty acids in the food we eat alongside the oils. If we add olive oil, fresh avocado, grass fed butter, etc. we will see the seniors become more agile in their minds and bodies within 8 weeks. I have seen excellent cognitive and physical improvement results with the folks I teach on a weekly basis. I felt sad and a little bit bitter that I lived so far from mama.

I will make every effort to intercede on her behalf with her senior team from afar. I will continue to dedicate my work and passion to helping others through real food healing. We must take better care of our elders. They hold so much information and power and wisdom. We do not have the right to discard them and throw away the key. They hold the key.

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KJ Landis




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Are We Whole When We Are Born?

5/11/2015

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Recently, I was watching a baby bird being fed by its mother. As the mother regurgitated the food and fed the young bird, I thought of the care, guidance, and the parent's responsibility. It seemed to flow effortlessly, naturally from mother to her kin, without the angst, anxiety, fear, and stress we humans place upon ourselves when we care for our young. 

We wrap so much energy and fear around the goal based care and feeding of our young that we sometimes lose the capability to enjoy them. We forget to blissfully experience or even acknowledge the exchange of energy, the stories and the wisdoms that they gift to us as well.

This brings to me the pondering of the soul. When we are born, we physically cannot control our bodily functions, our speech, and so forth, but our instincts are wholly in tact. We know how to eat, poop, and sleep. We can survive when these three things are taken care of by our guardians. We can thrive if love is thrown into the mix. 

Well now I ask, what is going on with our soul? How large, complete, or developed spiritually is our soul at birth? Is our soul big when we are infants or children?

We are considered by many to be less than whole when we are smaller and younger than when we are grown up. We are not in control of our physical life yet, and not schooled yet. We have less earthly experiences and years on earth. We are dismissed by our elders at times. Some say that children are to be seen and not heard. Children are considered property in some cultures.

If one believes humans are reincarnated, or have chosen to be here when we were in spirit form, then we are
whole, from birth, and we are so wise and have a plethora of gifts and wisdoms brought from the other side. Our youth are very capable of sharing the magical a-ha moments from the heavens or from other lifetimes, whatever you believe. It is a matter of , are we ready to listen?

Sit quietly for a few minutes with a little one and ask the youth the secrets of the universe. You may be surprised and happy that you did. I know it brings tears of joy to my eyes every time I do just that.

What do you think? I want to hear from you!
Blessings,
KJ Landis



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Getting Pumped in Excitement Versus Stress

5/4/2015

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When we have anxiety or stress, the hormone cortisol rises, and we have the fight or flight response. The excitement we feel causes a surge of energy, and may make us do very unusual things. We may lift a car off of our loved one, or run out of a burning home, even though we are an out of shape person, or even wheelchair bound.


The pump we get from having a personal best in a competition, or a great workout, or after our marriage vows are exchanged are also a flow of hormones, the pleasure hormones. The surge of energy may feel the same, but the hormonal response is different. 


The pump is very real in all the scenarios. We may use them for our positive advantages. When we come down from the pump, we should remember to breathe deeply, simmer down, reenergize with meditation and some sort of food that is life giving and healing, and remember to drink plenty of water.


What do you think? I want to hear from you!


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KJ Landis
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