by Jamie Holloway | Apr 1, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Physical therapy wasn’t so bad. It went better than I expected. The atmosphere was not a bunch of elderly men and women on oxygen trying to breathe while moving their bodies. It was a bunch of men and women varying in age doing core, balance, and strength...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 30, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey
Spring is here. I’m so excited. Spring brings out the adventurous woman in me. I love seeing the trees blooming with flowers and new green leaves. I love seeing the tulips, daffodils, and other flowers blooming. I feel energized. I had a good week this...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 29, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Months back when Beth Moore offered many of her books for free on Kindle I took advantage and I purchased several of her books to read. I have read three of Moore’s books “Jesus the One and Only”, “Believing God”, and “The Beloved Disciple”. Now I can add a...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 26, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Impossible by Nancy Werlin is a book about the song Scarborough Fair. Lucy the main character of the story family is cursed and this song is their legacy about how to defeat the curse and get rid of the elfin knight who possess’ their body and drives them mad....
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 24, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey
Making a choice to live a different life is not easy. Often times change comes roaring in like a thundering storm. Sometimes the lightning strikes, sometimes it doesn’t. Change can incapacitate you and sometimes it is the doorway to a better life. Since Wednesday when...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 21, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss” written by Jessica Ortner jumped into my life just after I made the decision to stop reading diet books. This book is not a diet book. It doesn’t tell you how to eat, what to eat, or even that you have to deprive yourself...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 20, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey
The internet has been out at my apartment for the last 3 weeks. This has given me a chance to evaluate things in my own life. What have I been up to? One thing I have evaluated and been doing is getting my health in order. In a little over 3 weeks I will be heading to...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 19, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Percolate” is not about coffee. It is about percolating yourself into being the best you can be. Hamilton-Guarino gives a lot of great insights and suggestions throughout her book. She also gives some enlightening journaling exercises that ask you some deep...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 5, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Lucille Zimmerman’s book “Renewed”. Perhaps, it was because she and I share the same interest, the same beliefs, and the same book “Boundaries” By John Townsend. “Boundaries” was a book I got as a gift from my older sister and I...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 2, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey
I have not been able to post for a while due to my apartment getting a new internet provider. I am back now, so I will be posting away. What have I been up to? Let me tell you. I read a lot. I finally finished reading Beth Moore’s “Breaking Free” which I will be...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 18, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Now that I am moving on from the just surviving stage and onto thriving I felt like I needed a refresher and to learn new skills about taking care of myself. I know this may surprise a few of my friends because I act like I don’t care about clothes, make-up,...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 18, 2014 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I have been feeling blue ever since Valentine’s Day. I finally figured out the reason why today marks the ten year anniversary of someone very poignant in my life. I am left with a feeling of I need to remember something about this whole lesson this whole world and I...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 14, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey
I woke up this morning with a heavy heart. I couldn’t figure out why because I had a good week. I am now ready to write the final chapter of my book. I finished writing the introduction of my book yesterday and I got an assignment to read and edit my friend’s book...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 13, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
If you have been reading my blog you know that I love reading cookbooks. I get a lot of great ideas from them. Reading “Vibrant Foods” is no exception. I enjoyed looking at the amazing photography and even reading the recipes. I love the fact that it is...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 12, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
If you have read Anne Fortier’s book “Juliet” then you will definitely love her new novel “The Lost Sisterhood”. “The Lost Sisterhood” is a mystery about the Amazon Women in Greek mythology and the fact that one woman’s grandmother gives her granddaughter a...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 11, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
It is hard to believe it is the second week in February and I feel like I have accomplished a lot this month. First, I roller skated, then I went and played out in the snow, and then this weekend I walked to the store which is probably about a block from my...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 9, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I read the news from the Huffington Post and so when I saw Arianna Huffington’s book “Thrive” offered on Netgalley I knew I had to read it. I am glad I did. Huffington offers a lot of great insight in how to take care of yourself from sleep, to meditations, and the...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 8, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Are you staying warm? This weekend it is snowing where I live in Vancouver Washington which is right across the river from Portland Oregon. We don’t usually get a lot of snow, but when we do it is a lot. I am not a big fan of the snow. I hate it, but I...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 6, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I got the opportunity to read Dr. Judith Orloff’s new book “The Ecstasy of Surrender”. The section of the book that truly struck a nerve with me focused on Illness and pain and how to surrender to it. Surrendering is not a get out of pain or jail card,...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 5, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I love Alice Hoffman. I love how she writes and the story ideas she comes up with. “The Museum of Extraordinary Things” is no exception. The story is based in New York City in the 1900’s with two characters who find themselves and love. Coralie lives in...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 3, 2014 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Psalms 42:5-6 Why are you cast down, o my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him my Help and my God. O my God, my life is cast down upon me and I find the burden...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 2, 2014 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
You lose your grip, and then you slip into the masterpiece. Leonard Cohen This Leonard Cohen quote fits perfectly with my experience of roller skating. I, Jamie who chases butterflies finally took a chance and let go of my fear of moving my body again and I stepped...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 1, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I have been a fan of Dr. Mark Hyman ever since I heard him speak about sugar and it being addictive on an interview he did for the Gluten Summit in December. I was excited when I saw his book “The Blood Sugar Solution 10 day Detox” available through...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 31, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Every Great and deep difficulty bears itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it. Niels Bohr Wow, the first month in 2014 went by fast, didn’t it? In January, I have done a few things to change my circumstances. One, I let...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 30, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
A couple of years ago in 2011 or 2012 I discovered on Hulu the movie “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead” about Joe Cross he went on a nutrition adventure because he was tired of having his auto-immune disease and being fat. I loved the film, I was inspired by the film, and I...