Combined Package Doula and Herbal services $1177, $1377, $1477
-All services provided in Prenatal and Birth Doula
-All services provided in Prenatal and Birth Herbal service
Author: Amaritday
Prenatal and Birth Doula Service
Prenatal and Birth Doula Service
Ulster $777, Orange $977, $1077 Dutchess
-Free initial interview
-2 Prenatal visits(discussing birth expectation, concerns and aspirations, discuss/write birth plan, discuss pain management, as birth gets closer discuss/practice labor positions, & so much more)
-Unlimited calls and texts through out pregnancy
-Labor support at home or birthing location choice in active labor
-Postpartum visit to discuss breastfeeding, birth and look over doula notes from the birth
Prenatal and Birth Herbalist Service
Prenatal and Birth Herbalist Service $400
-Initial extensive intake interview
-Herbal support and education through pregnancy for common to less common pregnancy ailments
-Support in writing a prenatal and birth plan supported by herbs
-Pain management education
-Support and education guidance through labor during active labor
-essential oils used during labor
-unlimited calls and texts
-15% off all teas, remedies and tinctures offered by Maritday, Wise Woman certified herbalist
-Monthly 10oz bag of loose leaf tea tailored to your current pre or post natal phase
-free loose leaf individual infuser
-3 herbal baths
The Lovely & Powerful Elderberry
5 reasons why we want to use her blessings?
She:Is very high in vitamin A,
Has more vitamin C than oranges,
Is very high in quercitin (antioxidant),
is anti-inflammatory, and
Possesses antiviral properties that have been shown to treat colds and flu.
Ingredients:2/3 cup dried elderberries
3 1/2 cups of water
2 Tbsp fresh or dried ginger root
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1/2 tsp whole cloves or clove powder
1 cup raw honey
Directions:
- In medium saucepan and add water, elderberries, ginger, cinnamon and cloves
(Not the honey, because the heat will destroy the medicinal benefits)
- Boil, cover and reduce to a simmer for 45 minutes to an hour until you have reduced the liquid by about half.
- Strain, discard elderberries and let the liquid reach lukewarm, add 1 cup of honey and stir
- Mix well, pour the syrup into a large mason jar or 32 ounce glass bottle of some kind
- Refrigerate, it will last several months!
- *Combining unflavored gelatin and syrup you can make your own “Healthful Gummies”* The kids will LOVE them!
Standard dosing:
1/2 tsp to 1 tsp for kids
1/2 Tbsp to 1 Tbsp for adults
- In the event flu rears its ugly head, dose every 2-3 hours instead of once daily until symptoms are gone
- Also, it tastes wonderful on waffles, pancakes, pie ala mode or ice cream!
“Except from Mountain Rose Herbs
Also known as- Sambucus spp (Nigra for berries and Canadensis for flowers) American Elder, Common Elder, Black Elder, Bour Tree, and European Black Elder.
Introduction- European elder is a plant native to Europe, Northern Africa, and Western-and Central Asia. Its flowers and berries have a long history of use in traditional European medicine. Elder berries have also been used for making preserves, wines, winter cordials, and for adding flavor and color to other wines.
Constituents- Potassium nitrate, sambucin, sambunigrin, sugars. The complex sugars of the berries are the immune-active fraction.
Parts Used- Most commonly the flowers or berries. Dried fruits are less bitter than fresh.
The branches and leaves are poisonous. The small stem which is sometimes left on the berry is safe.
Typical Preparations- Teas, tinctures, encapsulations, syrups, wine, cordials, and even ketchup, often combined with propolis or echinacea.
Precautions- None for flowers. According to the Botanical Safety Handbook*, the unripe and raw fruit, seeds, bark and leaves contain a component, sambunigrin, which may cause vomiting or severe diarrhea if ingested.
*Michael McGuffin, ed., American Herbal Products Association’s Botanical Safety Handbook, (New York: CRC Press, 1997)”
Just a few words on the alternative (Tamiflu)…
“Back in 2008, the FDA started reviewing reports of abnormal behavior and disturbing brain effects in more than 1,800 children who had taken Tamiflu. The symptoms included convulsions, delirium and delusions. In Japan, five deaths were reported in children under 16 as a result of such neurological or psychiatric problems. Seven adult deaths have also been attributed to Tamiflu, due to its neuropsychiatric effect. According to a 2009 study, more than half of children taking Tamiflu experience side effects such as nausea and nightmares. Other more rare and bizarre side effects have also been reported, such as the case of a 19-year old British girl who developed toxic epidermal necrolysis and blindness after taking Tamiflu last year.” (Mercola.com)With Much Love, Ama’ritday
For educational purposes only. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Health Coaching Programs
Have you ever received good advice that you were unable to follow? Has your doctor ever recommended a lifestyle change that you found to be unsustainable? Have you ever wanted something in your life, but found you couldn’t achieve it alone?
Health Coaches are knowledgeable advisors who provide ongoing support and guidance as you set goals and make sustainable changes that improve your health and happiness. As your Health Coach, I will listen carefully and help you to navigate the world of contradictory nutrition advice to determine what changes are necessary for you.
Your personalized program will radically improve your health and happiness. Together, we will explore concerns specific to you and your body and discover the tools you need for a lifetime of balance.
As a client of my health coaching program, you will…
- set and accomplish goals in a way that is empowering and exciting
- work to achieve and maintain your ideal weight
- understand and reduce your cravings
- increase your energy levels
- feel great in your body
- learn about new foods and how you can easily incorporate them
- improve your personal relationships
- discover the confidence to create the life you want
Your program includes…
- two 50-minute sessions per month
- e-mail support between sessions
- recipes that are healthy and simple to prepare
- coaching and support to help you make the dietary and lifestyle changes you want
- simple but informative handouts that will increase your nutrition knowledge
- access to my monthly newsletter with the latest health tips and recipes
- my personal commitment to your health and success
To decide if health coaching is right for you, I invite you to schedule a free initial consultation with me. During this session, we will discuss your health and lifestyle to determine how I can best support you in achieving your goals.
My Mother’s day, Meloncholy but fair and shifting
Yesterday was Mother’s Day. I got to spend the day with my family of birth on my mother’s side, a very special friend who is like a sistar but so much more, and finally my wonderful husband. Just like Mother’s everywhere celebrating their awesomesauceness.
For me though, this mother’s day and every one since 2008 has been a little sad. I am a Mother quite true, a mother of 7, to be exact!
A birth mother to one, Michael (25)– He taught me no matter what you are never ready for what God has in store and He gives you what you need so you can overcome and do better next time, My experience with my son has made me want o be the best mother I can be and do better than yesterday.
A step-mother to three, Isaiah (26), Christian (21) & Gavanni (11) -They taught me you don’t have to be a birth mother to love someone else’s children like your own, all you can do is love their wounds and hope everything turns out for the best and always be there and if it hurts, remember, It’s not me they are mad at……
And an earth mother to 3 Angel Babies, Divina Angelica 7/12/08, Sebastian Otilio 5/9/12 and Joy Anastacia Montero 1/21/15– They taught me that you can love someone so much and not know them but love the idea and the possibility of what they could become.
I am the mother of SEVEN! By birth, by marriage & and through death… I am a MOTHER of SEVEN!
Anyone who knows me all I want is to mother and nurture you to the point of smotherfuckerness, I know who I am and I love deeply, wildly passionately. I see the best in everyone and want the best for everyone but I have also discerned who far I will get involved. I don’t have time for fake, selfish, thoughtless self-absorbed people. I want people in my life who want to get to know me, who I am and what I love. People judge every moment when they have no business pointing any fingers and then refuse to talk about the elephant in the room. I am bringing this up because loss affects everyone and when people don’t talk things can get miscommunicated and instead of support there is division. In my most recent past I have had experiences of discerning who would stay in my life and who couldn’t be there until they respected my personal boundaries.
The hardest part of that was sticking up for myself, This Mother of Seven!
Right now, though I want to talk about my last 3 babies, the ones that no one acknowledges or thinks about, or even knows about but I think about them, they grew in my belly even if it was for short time, I knew them, I wanted them. I would like to introduce my three children that are with God/dess now and tell their stories.
With Divina Angelica I had a miscarriage, I didn’t know that I was pregnant. I went 19 years without an oopps or an UTOH, I thought I couldn’t have any more babies… Then there I was pregnant and having a miscarriage. No way to stop it, just had to let it happen. No one to talk to, because my baby was less than the criteria recognized as be “a baby”, they treated her like nothing but she was my baby and I was devastated and for months years after I couldn’t shake her wondering what she would have been like wondering if she had daddy’s beautiful lips and my eyes and curly hair….
Sebastian Otilio, well I thought I had kidney stones and went to the ER. Upon further investigation, I found that I was pregnant again, Mother’s day week to be exact, only this time I was in so much pain because the pregnancy was ectopic. The difference between miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies is that miscarriages just happen you start bleeding. With an ectopic if you are bleeding you are in a bad way and it is life or death. I had to choose to end my pregnancy with methotrexate so I didn’t have a fallopian rupture and die. So me or my baby, me or my baby, what do you choose? It doesn’t really matter… What matters is that I had to choose. Miscarriage would have been so much easier than choosing to end your baby’s life so you could life. Once again I didn’t know I was pregnant but it was out of my hands. All the while having to act normal, having to act sane, not sad like nothing was wrong, no one knew about my second little miracle and just as quick as I knew of him he was gone.
Joy Anastacia, this time we knew and she was welcome, we were happy and I knew true joy for the first time in my life and that is what her gift to me was. A little dream come true but I knew there was a chance that since my last pregnancy was ectopic, I had a 15% chance of being at risk for another but I just prayed, hoped and wished for a different outcome. I went for my ultrasound, to find out viability and there was healthy living baby with a heartbeat in my fallopian tube, feeling quite nice. So here I am once again, I have to choose me or my baby. Methotrexate wasn’t an option, as I was too far in my pregnancy, so along with a fallopian tube, went my baby. I had asked the surgeon to be as kind as possible during removal so that I could bury my baby and make sure to let who ever needed notifying to do what needed done so I could have her. I didn’t get to mourn my first two. Only my husband, My AMAZING Doula, a few close people knew. It was this secret that we didn’t talk about just suffered in silence, this pain this grief this loss.
I had dreams that I was screaming please look at my baby can’t you see her isn’t she beautiful…. and nobody would look at her. I would just cry and cry. My heart was breaking and no one knew. Facebook is such an amazing social experiment. It really shows you the true nature of people and how they value you as well as others. After this last miscarriage I realized who were really my friends or really cared. The common thread of thoughtful people, they didn’t know I had lost a child but they knew something was wrong by what I posted. I got messages and phone calls of support and kindness “I don’t know what’s going on but if you need me I am here type stuff” and some were so self-absorbed that they didn’t notice, still haven’t called and are wondering why we are no longer “friends” When I care for someone I pay attention and this was a hell like no other and the grief I felt the third time around was beyond anything I can ever explain.
As life never leaves us without guidance, I just happened to be taking a perinatal bereavement course when I underwent surgery and that helped me process this heartbreaking event but also helped come to peace with the first two children that I lost. I was able to honor them and put into perspective so many feelings of guilt, grief and shame. I allowed myself to be heartbroken, to talk about it to tell people but this is the first time that I am sharing my story with the world.
I had so many feelings and I felt so alone. Was I a mother or wasn’t I? People say all kinds of cruel things trying to be helpful. They are in better place, God has his reasons. None of that mattered, I wanted my babies with me and I didn’t have any of them. So learning what my rights were and what I needed to do to honor myself and my family proved invaluable. I am a doula also, so this experience helps me be able to help mothers in unfortunate circumstances and if I can support a woman through one of the most difficult times one can have in their life and help a women process her pain and fell like she isn’t losing her mind heart and soul in one shot it was all worth it. No one would should suffer in silence. So often we wait to tell people we are pregnant because miscarriage is so common. There we are holding our breath, praying for our miracle and when it doesn’t take you are devastated. Then comes the blame what did something I do cause this? What could I have done different.
This was the most eye opening experience as a mother ever experience whether – 7 weeks, 17 weeks, 25 weeks, or 40 weeks, they are our babies, our babies and when we lose a child it is heart wrenching debilitating and life altering. Remember you don’t have to suffer alone – ask for help, talk about your loss and seek support. Thank you for listening.
I AM A MOTHER OF SEVEN!
Please feel free to comment below or message me! I am always available to speak on this topic.
Love Light & Bright Blessings from my heart to yours!
Ama’ritday
Miscarriage and grief resources –
http://shopelizabethministry.mybigcommerce.com/miscarriage-delivery-aid-plus-burial-set-small/
http://miscarriageblankets.blogspot.com/
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/05/08/404913568/people-have-misconceptions-about-miscarriage-and-that-hurts?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150508
http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1556-4-important-things-nobody-tells-you-about-miscarriages.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-toalson/miscarriage-the-grief-that-we-cant-talk-about_b_6542852.html
Happy Hour at the Sacred Skin Spa
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Other fantastic group ideas include:
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Skin Spa Party At this bar…
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Each Guest Receives:
- Customized Skin Analysis / Face Mapping
- Perform your own hands-on mini-treatment as a group, all under the guidance of a professional skin care therapist
- A glass of red or white wine (punch for minors) & some light snacks
- A gift swag bag to take home
- A Door prize
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My Story
People often ask me why or how I became a Holistic Life Cycle Coach. From a young age, I was drawn to beauty, food, health, nature, and science. No one taught me these wonderful things that made me feel and look radiant—I simply knew. What I didn’t know, I read about. However, my pursuit of these passions was put on hold early in life. In 1990, at just 15 years old, I became a mother, completely unprepared for the challenges ahead.
Before my son Michael was born, I managed to get my GED, despite only having an 8th-grade education. I also earned a food service certification from BOCES. People say everything happens for a reason, and I had to learn quickly—there were no excuses. I now understand why my baby was born sickly, though at the time, doctors had no answers, calling it an unspecified respiratory illness. He was treated as an asthmatic, but nothing worked. For the first seven years of his life, Michael remained extremely sick, with worsening episodes. I kept asking questions, but no answers came, and my own health began to decline—mentally, digestively, and reproductively. Misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis left both of us without hope.
By 1997, I was working in a health food store, trying to improve my health and my child’s. One day, an herbalist came in to drop off tinctures, and I bombarded him with questions—could these help my child? How do they work? Could he recommend anything? A few days later, he returned with three bottles and clear instructions. I followed his guidance to the letter, and what happened next was life-changing.
As I learned about food and herbs as medicine and began implementing them into our lives, Michael started improving—in health, spirit, and even his palate! It was nothing short of miraculous. I read everything I could get my hands on about organic living, natural health, food as medicine, and alternative treatments. Three years later, Michael’s health was so much better that he only had episodes when we moved to new states. Now, he only has mild allergies—a far cry from the baby allergic to almost everything: food, trees, plants, animals, grass, and even sand.
My exposure to this new world sparked an insatiable hunger for more knowledge about this holistic way of living, which is really just a return to our Indigenous roots. In 1998, I became an apprentice at a wellness center, gaining experience in massage therapy, reflexology, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, and skincare. I wanted to be licensed, so in 2000, I decided to attend aesthetics school and became an aesthetician. Since then, I have worked alongside doctors, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, mentors, and coaches in day spas, medispas, wellness centers, and my own private practice.
These experiences taught me so much about people and what motivates them. I realized that everyone wants to live a good life, feel happy and healthy, and look their best—but more than anything, they want to feel good about themselves. Often, people feel overwhelmed, not knowing where to start. I stepped up and deepened my understanding of skin health and its connection to overall well-being, as well as the effects of what we put into and on our bodies.
In 2009, I met a woman who became the catalyst for bringing all my education together. She introduced me to the Biblical Health Institute, where I became a Certified Biblical Health Coach. I knew I wanted to mentor women, but not solely through nutrition. Food has always been my entry point, but my purpose has bloomed beyond it. After years of study, coaching, and working, I am now fulfilling my dream of helping women nourish, empower, and renew themselves from the inside out as a Wholistic Womyn’s Wellness Advocate and Holistic Childbirth/Family Consultant, using the gifts that Mother Nature has provided.
Early motherhood, abuse, life stress, and a family history of mental and physical illness have shown me how important it is for women—at any stage of life, whether maiden, mother, queen, or crone—to maintain good health, master their bodies, and balance the demands of being a modern woman while still nurturing their own needs for growth and self-development.
I am in love with this amazing world. Everything I learned early in life has led me back to my true purpose, which, until a few years ago, wasn’t as clear as I’d hoped. Life is a process, and every step along the way has been perfect because it brought me to where I am now—right where I’m meant to be. Namaste!
My Sacred Vision
I invite women—whether maiden, mother, queen, or crone—to nourish, empower, and care for themselves, preparing their body, mind, and spirit in the best possible way. Using the wise women tradition of thinking and healing, I help women navigate the challenges of aging, bodily changes, mental stress, and the environmental pollution of our ever-changing world.
I support women as they face “Healthy Life” challenges, helping them release lifestyle choices that no longer serve them in order to enhance their overall health, nourishment, well-being, and empowerment. I guide them to embrace their full potential as radiant, discerning beings, using a holistic approach to life. Women will learn to love themselves as they are—healthy, whole, and holy.
By teaching women to nourish, empower, and care for themselves with nature’s gifts—local organic foods, revitalizing handmade skincare, professionally selected energetic treatments, affirmations, aromatherapy, crystals, herbal tinctures, nourishing infusions, and flower essences—I help them feel healthy, whole, and holy from the inside out.
Dive deep to find the balance you crave
By providing connection, education, resources, and support, I open a community that helps people discover the benefits of holistic living. Together, we nurture ourselves, each other, and our beloved Mother Earth.
Self Love 101
Valentine’s Day may only be once a year but Self Love is something that you can give yourself every day!
Let Ama’ritday The Sacred Health Doula of Sacred Connection Health & Life Arts help you create a unique Self Love routine that you can implement daily! Whether you would like to plan a private session, a girl’s night out, a bachelorette party, Administrative Professional/Teacher Appreciation, all are planned to your specific request, health and wellness needs. Whether it is a Baby, Body, Business or Your Life, Preparation, Creation and Manifestation are just a visit away heart emoticon
You will leave feeling revitalized, cared for, with a wealth of divine knowledge and tools to optimize your healthiness, wholeness & holiness!
Make that Sacred Connection within and walk in beauty without!
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Body Wraps/Facials /Skin Care Consultations/Coaching
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My #1 Surefire Health Tip for Saving Money, Time & your Sanity
Greetings & salutations, Mon Ami’s! So glad you are reading my post today!
As I prepare to put my 2014 to rest with the help of a few tools that make life planning easier. I have come to realize as I get older using my time more effectively will result in being less stressed, more organized, and I will have more time to do the activities I love. I also learned that in order to have the life I love I will have to use each moment as fully as I can starting with the minute I open my eyes each day. I am planning for my life on a daily, weekly, monthly & yearly basis. When you plan you can manifest more because your dreams are truly the fuel for your life’s reality.
How will I honor myself today?
How will I give myself the space I need to get my soul work done?
How will I use my resources effectively(time, money, connections, locations) to accomplish my daily tasks and grow my dream to fruition?
Currently, I am sitting with my 2015 calendar and putting into it the activities, teaching, events and excursions that are in my heart for my sojourn on this planet as well as, my soul’s mission.
I want to talk about Sunday. This is the most important day of my week 🙂
This is the day that I rest, nourish, and revitalize my mind, body, and spirit. It sets the tone for the entire week ahead! Sunday is my day to unplug, check in with myself, set my goals and TA-DA’s(my spin on to-dos) for the week, schedule my loving movement(exercise) times, catch up with loved ones, cue up my own personal DJ 😉 and get cooking!
The only “work” I do on Sunday is to prepare my food for the week. I start by getting everything prepped, seasoned and portioned out for the week. My family is blended so we have my stepson form Sunday-Wednesday so I am a BIG fan of Cook Once, Eat Multiple Times. If I am feeling ambitious then I might, cook 3 meal so I really won’t have to cook again until Thursday where I will cook the next 3 meals but all my supplies are already ready and it is a grab & go. Whether its a pre-cooked meal to put in the oven or on the stove to heat up or grab some baggies of portioned out fruits, veggies, protein and cook it, I am ahead of the game exponentially. This method helps me to make sure I have excellent breakfast, lunch, and dinner options helping me TO EAT FOR ENERGY, less cleanup and more quality time with my loved ones.
Today’s Takeaway:
Make it a PRIORITY to learn how to prep your food properly each week. You will not only save time, money, and feel exquisitely productive but you will also stay fit and have more energy.
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P.S.S. No matter what life through at you, Remember Your Smile is your best curve, so FLAUNT it 🙂
My love to you all always and to the best year yet!
Feel free to comment below with any feedback questions or suggestions!
Bright Blessing, Beloveds!
Looking forward to Sharing a Heartfelt and Amazingly Abundant 2015 with you all!
XOXOXO,
Amaritday
MY Marvelous “MOON” Day Musings
Ama’ritday Ama’ritday Ama’ritday! This is my song and reminder to my self that all the magic that I am and need – Is inside me already! All I have to do is let it out!
Good Morning DIVINE People of this planet we call Earth! I am blessed as always to have this piece of cyber space to sing my song to you!
So lately in my field of reference is the longing to shine so brightly and be this Healer, World Changer, Ripple Maker, Sacred Space Holder, All the while maintaining a life that may or may not be lighting you up! Being scared to hang that shingle out that says “Master, Expert Awesomesaucer” at work here! Stepping into our power is something that scares the ever loving daylights out of most of us all except for that 7% or so that just naturally kicks ass from they moment that are birthed…
I encourage you all to tell the universe your deepest darkest desire without limitation or lack. Only ABUNDANT THOUGHT SHALL ESCAPE YOUR LIPS! The universe hears you, REMEMBER your words are prayers, every last one! She absolutely conspires to give you greatness on almost every level but when we get what we want, we choke because the next step is to scary or real like whoa this actually for really happening!
For me this is how it went down…
In late November, I took my intermediate and advanced level of Integrated Energy Therapy. At that time, the instructor, whom I had met when I took my IET basic level (we had partnered together to learn during the workshop) made mention that she needed a Personal Assistant. I thought about the PA job but never offered up my services. I was like what can I do for her? She has got it going on… She is where I want to be!!! I did ask though about her work space. Why yes, I do have some days available she says and that was that until the first of June/July 2014. Life goes on and we make contact. I wanted to receive a treatment from her but life has a way of giving you what you need when you need it…. I actually am being on worked by another amazing practitioner, for now, as is the way.. It did however give us the opportunity to get reconnected.
All of a sudden the noise in my head was deafening – Call her, Ask about the space, What do you have to lose(CAW-My Raven Power Totem))… So I did!
and the rest you can find here and I am also doing VA work for her as well….
That space waited for me from November 2013 until now and at a price that is unheard of…. With all the specs that would make a budding health coach DROOL!
So what I am trying to say is- If it is for you, it will be there for you but you must have to FAITH, that you are in your perfection even if it doesn’t feel perfect!
SHINE SO BRIGHT THAT GOD/GODDESS NEEDS SHADES BECAUSE SHE MADE YOU THAT MAGNIFICENT! 🙂
Love & Light
AMAZING NEWS! To Newness! Abundance! Yes!
True Light Healing Center will be hosting Sacred Connection Health and Life Arts(SCHALA) – your one stop healing center for Beauty, Body, Mind and Spirit.
SCHALA will be open for business, September 2nd, 2014 at 10am until 6pm.
In celebration, for the month of September, I will be offering new customers – a Mini Facial for $27, Ultimate Body Wrap for $27, A European Deep Pore Cleansing for $57 as well as Complimentary Nutritional Discovery Sessions, 5 min Empowerment Sessions and Single Card Oracle Readings.
I will providing Holistic Skin & Body Treatments, Integrated Energy Therapy Sessions,
nutritional & personal wellness sessions, as well as, seminars, workshops and personalized 1:1 & group retreats.
Please call 978-480-0773 or email me at info@amaritday.com for more information or to schedule an appointment. I can’t wait to hear from you!
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Wonderful Website
It’s Marvelous Monday – my FAV day! I want to share a website that is awesome! I love this website. http://www.cleanplates.com/
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Like myself, Clean Plates founder, Jared Koch is a nutritional consultant and health coach. His innovation to create this amazing online directory is a boon to the health and wellness industry making ownership of ones health possible by providing solutions that create long lasting positive changes for years to come. health at your fingertips! YES! I’ll take it!
This site provides many resources to help guide you in making informed, healthful choices. You can find a restaurant tailored to your food needs, books classes and a wealth of other resources to help you through the health and wellness choices that best suit your needs, budget and lifestyle. I eat very well at home and it is really important to me to eat just as good or better when eating out especially in NYC. Unlimited choices and it can be daunting finding some excellent nourishing food!
Here’s what the founder of Clean Plates has to say!
Story by Jared Koch
Healthy eating doesn’t have to be hard.
That’s the guiding principle at the heart of Clean Plates, a company I founded three years ago as an extension of my work with clients (I’m a nutritional consultant). Launched as a Zagat-style guidebook to healthy, sustainable and delicious dining options, today we’re that and much more — a full-fledged media company with a series of books, websites and (as of last month) an iPhone app.
Our goal is to meet people where they are, literally (the app, and even our books, which are portable by design) and figuratively. I’m a huge believer in bio-individuality, which basically means that there’s no one right way to eat; different bodies thrive on different diets. With this in mind, at Clean Plates we create content and services for eaters of all stripes, carnivores, vegans, those on gluten-free diets, and everyone in between.
Whether your idea of delicious is a burger or a kale smoothie, we’ll help you make the healthiest choice possible- highlighting restaurants whose burgers are made from pasture-raised, hormone- and antibiotic -free cows, for example, and juice bars that use organic produce and natural sweeteners.
In addition to helping you find restaurants that use better-for-you ingredients and healthier cooking methods, Clean Plates is dedicated to providing news and tips to make healthy eating a breeze. On our website, you’ll find recipes, profiles of forward-thinking food companies, and more, plus blogs for the cities we cover — Manhattan, Brooklyn, and LA, as well as Clean Plates National (we’re expanding to more cities in the coming year – let me know if you’d like to see Clean Plates in your town!). Again, the goal is to make healthy eating as easy- and enjoyable- as possible.
I really do believe that you can eat healthy, sustainably produced food that’s good for your body, good for the planet, and tastes great, too. Now, if you’ll excuse me — I’m off to eat one of those hormone-free burgers I mentioned.
About the author: Founder of Clean Plates, Jared Koch graduated pre-med from the University of Michigan and completed graduate work at the Global Institute for Alternative Medicine and Institute for Integrative Nutrition with certification by Columbia University, Teachers College. He is a nutritional consultant and health coach certified by the Teachers College of Columbia University, the Global Institute of Alternative Medicine, and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition
Does cooking at HOME matter?
Hello hello Hello! It time for another post from me, Ama’ritday, the Sacred Health Doula!
Anyone who knows me knows I am a super foodie. I love to taste smell feel cook it all! This video makes my heart sing. I really want to savor the flavors that can be experienced by the palette and unless I am allergic I going to enjoy!
Fast Food Low Down –
Being cooked for with love vs cooked for profit
Increased salt fat & sugar
Cheap & Attractive
Addictive
Activates cravings
Eat food that aren’t so healthful because they are readily available
Encourages obesity and disease through convenience
Michael Pollan (award-winning Food Author, “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation“, “In Defense of Food“, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “Food Rules“)Says that we can eat what we love in moderation. Fast Food Convenience is what takes the safety out of nutrition. Check out this video.
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Lots of love to you!
xoxoxo
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Honoring our Inner Goddess
HOLA Hello & Welcome, My beloveds!!!! Thank you for stopping by! Feel free to leave any comments questions or feed back below!
I was watching this video about author Danielle Rollins. I keep seeing the same issue amongst my female peers, settling for less than you deserve, inability to create and honor healthy boundaries for ourselves, putting your needs first and making sure that the life we are living is the one that is most fulfilling for the current soul journey we are on. Danielle talks about something that I lovingly call “Honoring your Inner Goddess”
Some of the things that Danielle touched on were:
1. Understanding that only you control how you let someone treat you.
2. Focusing on your endgame and making it pretty. Perspective is everything and pretty always makes things better.
3. In life we only have the precious moments, so enjoy the precious moments!
and I want to add –
4. Celebrate every milestone. They are worth celebrating! You worked so hard to get where you are!
Life really is like photography… We develop from the negatives.
We never know where we will derive the strength from until we have no choice but to be strong and create a life that absolutely nourishes the soul. Making sure that you have support is so important as you go through any times of change. Be it a support group, health coach, therapist, trusted friends & family, or network of sacred sisters, be supported as you journey by people who love and care about you, boost you up when you are down and always remind you of your true sacred self.
Most awesome love to you all! Wishing you bright blessings today and everyday!
XOXO
Birth Plan Basics
A birth plan provides thorough communication encouraging all parties involved to assist you in getting the birth you want (or as close to it as you can).
As a pregnant mother you have expectations on how you would like your birth to go but sometimes feel leery to express your wishes for this labor and delivery to your medical professional. Remember your doctor works for you and your birth is just that – your birth. You can decide and design your perfect birth scenario.
You can ask any question that you want, You can birth in a manner that makes you feel amazing and empowered (unless of course there is a medically valid reason why you can’t)
Having an option and direction gives you piece of mind that your wishes will be honored and your baby will be birthed in the manner of your choosing. A birth plan ensures just that!
Giving birth is a natural process but things can come up, so creating your birth plan supports your first decisions as a mother and your needs during labor and delivery.
Helping you achieve your goals for an ideal birthing experience your detailed birth plan will cover:
• Where you will deliver – birth center, hospital, or at home
• Who will attend: Doctor or Midwife?
• What type of meds – Prescribed pharmaceuticals or Herbal Remedies?
• How you will manage pain – Relaxation techniques, Environment/Ambiance or Epidural
• Do you need surgical intervention – Caesarean or Episiotomy?
• Are you – low or high risk?
• Who will support you – Doula, Dad, Significant Other, Family or Friends?
• Is my birth location baby friendly – building infant mother bond, immediate skin to skin contact and breastfeeding, do they allow question following the birth in regards to the baby initial examination?
• What I will need for my Recovery – support dealing with regular post partum delivery issues, post partum delivery issues with interventions.
• What if something goes wrong -Sometimes babies are sick, disabled or even sadder, can die. Having a support team in place is imperative. Knowing your rights to your child in health, sickness and in death are imperative as is the right to grieve and say goodbye.
Having a birth plan ensures that your ideal birth wishes are honored and respected. Sitting down and having a heart to heart talk with your spouse, significant other, family, friends and loved ones and express what is most important to you and how their positive support, encouragement and caring communication throughout your pregnancy can effectively achieve an amazing labor and birthing experience.
By Maritday Rodriguez, Doula, CB HC, LME,
I was quoted HERE on What nurses need to know about birth plans
I used these references to write this article:
Book Reference
• Creating Your Birth Plan The defining guide to a safe and empowering birth
Written by Marsden Wagner, M.D., M.S.
Internet References
• http://www.pennysimkin.com/articles/The_WinWin_Birth_Plan.pdf
• http://nursingbirth.com/2009/07/22/writing-your-birth-plan-tips-from-an-ld-nurse-part-1/
• http://blissedoutbaby.blogspot.com/2012/04/my-naturally-minded-birth-plan-2012.html
Being able to Understand & Cope With Feelings
Good morning world! Today is a brand new chance to make a difference!
What is something that we all have, often don’t acknowledge and probably don’t fully understand?
The answer is feelings(I bet the giant hint above helped you with this answer!)
Almost all of us know when we have been cut, burned or scratched. Physical feelings are pretty easy for all of us to ascertain. It is emotional feelings that seem to baffle us the most. We need to communicate our feelings and the fact that we don’t understand them makes it pretty difficult. This leads to many of our communication problems; how can we eloquently communicate something we just don’t get?
Feelings are something that you are aware of through the mind or through the senses that is not connected with sight, hearing, taste, or smell.
Sometimes we try to stop feeling when it is uncomfortable. This can make us really tired and further confused. Feelings need to be acknowledged, sometimes spoken and released.The Feeling Wheel (above) sits in black and white on my bookcase. It is folded and tattered from lots of sharing, reading, transporting and love. It helps us identify the layers of underlying feelings. I was glad to find a prettier version of it on the internet. I know it is from a book, but mine was just a copy with holes for a binder. If anyone reading this knows of its origin, I would love to know! This wheel is used by a lot of counselors because understanding our feelings leads to an even greater emotional health.
Once we understand a feeling, we can get to the next step to either create and enjoy the feeling, communicate it better, change the value that influenced it or to move on and change the situation to eliminate the cause of the bad feelings. This wheel is similar to a color wheel! It shows the opposite feeling opposite ends of the wheel. For example gratitude is a peaceful feeling and peaceful feelings are the opposite of scared. This wheel is a great tool to use to get in touch with your true emotions!
Today, I am feeling thankful, cheerful, and intelligent and truthfully a teeny bit scared that I am not going to get all my work done! I am also feeling loved and loving which gives me mostly peaceful emotions. Maybe if I get all my work done I will feel powerful too!