The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook

by | May 19, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

I love cookbooks. I know, I have said this many times on my blog. That is why I read them a lot. I love being inspired to cook healthy meals for myself and perhaps someday for my own family.   “The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook” by Tom Malterre and Alissa...

Selah

by | May 18, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Selah by Betty Henderson was a bible study on a few of the Psalms written by David. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the scriptures and thinking on the questions that were asked at the end of each reading. Psalms 37 touched a nerve with me. The first verse says...

Embrace Your Magnificence

by | May 17, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “Embrace Your Magnificence” by Fabienne Fredrickson is a book full of wisdom.  The few things I got from reading this book was taking time to listen to my own voice and trust God that I will be lead to where I need to go. I have a hard time trusting my voice...

What Do You Value?

by | May 16, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Lao Tzu Health, you never know how much it means to until you don’t have it anymore? I like what Lao Tzu says “Health is the greatest possession.”  Without...

The Circle Maker

by | May 14, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I found Mark Batterson’s book “The Circle Maker” on the giveaway table of my apartments a few months ago. The title intrigued me and as I read further the fact that it was a book about powerful prayers. I was hooked. Praying is one of those things I struggle...

Soul Models

by | May 10, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “Soul Models” by Elizabeth Bryan and Angela Daffron took my breath away. Each story touched my heart with the struggle and then the realization that they could do something to change their circumstances. That they catastrophic events they went through didn’t...

Finally An Update

by | May 9, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey, Weight

  Gardens are not things of moderation. Jennifer McGruther I’ve been procrastinating writing an updated blog post because I don’t feel like I have anything to report. I will share one simple truth. I failed this week. I have not done any of the circuit training...

Messages To Myself

by | May 8, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “Messages to Myself” by Helen B. McIntosh is a book by a counselor who uses God’s teachings with cognitive therapy to help believes with the battle that is going on in their minds. McIntosh offers up many tools that help the plaques of self-doubt,...

Living Bliss

by | Apr 29, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Alternative medicine is something that I have been interested in for a long time. In fact, if I had money I would get a massage, cranial therapy, and a few other therapies. Insurance does not cover things like that so I do what I can with little funds that I...

My Paris Kitchen

by | Apr 25, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Let me say that I drooled big time while I was reading through David Lebovitz book “My Paris Kitchen”. I would love to have the experience of living in Paris, walking the streets, talking to the food vendors on the cobble roads, and eating all those yummy...

Change Your MInd

by | Apr 23, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Reading “Change Your Mind Heal Your Body” by Anna Parkinson was like reading my own journey through my own illness. No I don’t have a tumor in my brain. What I do have is an inflammation disease the closes off my throat and with having about 40 surgeries in the...

Happy Monday!

by | Apr 21, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

  Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. Me, I had a quiet one. I did end up cooking some yummy new dishes and I will be sharing my recipes and what I did with you sometime this week, so stay tuned. My progress this week went okay. Yes, I went...

Falling Into Place

by | Apr 19, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Reading Hattie Kauffman’s book “Falling into Place” was like reading the story of my own life. The turbulent relationships with men, the dramatic family dynamics, and finding out that you are on the journey you are facing all seem so familiar. Kauffman recounts...

Total Recovery

by | Apr 14, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  It is not often that I am mesmerized by a non-fiction book, but Gary Kaplan and Donna Beech’s book “Total Recovery” did capture my attention. My vasculitis disease is cause from inflammation. Inflammation is my enemy, though its design is to help in the healing...

The Approval Fix

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Reading “The Approval Fix” by Joyce Meyer was like stepping into a place that was familiar. You see once upon a time before I started on my healing journey I didn’t have the boundaries I needed in order to keep myself healthy and safe. I was a people pleaser. I...

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