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Book BlitzI have a pretty hard-bound notebook I purchased at Barnes and Noble that is my “book” notebook.  In this notebook I keep track of what I’ve read and what I want to read.  I have pages with book wish lists for me, for my husband, and for my kids.

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How is Your Liver Health?
Written by Shiloah Baker   

How is Your Liver Health?For most of our younger years many of us felt invisible.  We ate junk foods, did silly things in the name of “fun” and threw caution to the wind. Reality hits when our bodies start catching up to us with age, neglect, or misuse.

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Is She for Real or Is She a Stepford Wife?
(2 votes, average 5.00 out of 5)
Written by Shiloah Baker   

Stepford WivesThe Stepford Wives is a science fiction movie about a community of perfect wives living the perfect lives with the perfect husbands.  The movie ends by revealing that these women were not real women at all, merely robots.  Much of our reality is based on personal perceptions.  When we look at another woman to compare and see that she has it all together, it is our own perception based on feelings of inadequacies of our own selves.

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Thoughts from the Heart
(2 votes, average 4.00 out of 5)
Written by Shiloah Baker   

Love thyselfCherie Burton, in her ebook Love Thyself says, “Remember, to come to know God more is to come to know yourself more, which in turn will help you understand others more. God is found in stillness. You are found in stillness.

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What is Energy Healing?
(4 votes, average 4.00 out of 5)
Written by Shiloah Baker   

Healing EmotionsEveryone is born into this world with traits in their DNA passed down from all their previous generations. Uncle Bob gave you the big nose and your ears are from Aunt Sarah.  Along with physical traits, emotions were passed down too such as difficulties managing anger, or fear of success.

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Become a Runner
Written by Kristy Powers   

Become a RunnerRunning can make you feel powerful, strong, confident, young, and joyful. There’s a reason for the popular term “runner’s high”. Sticking to a discipline of running can pay off – physically, mentally, emotionally, and psychologically.

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Exercise Tools to Strengthen Your Spiritual Health
(3 votes, average 4.67 out of 5)
Written by Shiloah Baker   

Exercise Tools to Strengthen  Your Spiritual HealthAlexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone, Konrad Zuse (pronounced Tsoosay) invented the computer, and Henry Ford invented the automobile.  Each of these men invented these marvelous tools for the benefit of human kind.

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Fitness Ball Exercises for More Flexibility and Balance
Written by Anonymous   

Fitness Ball Exercises for More Flexibility and BalanceFitness balls have been around for a relatively short time.  They have been used in rehabilitation and regular fitness routines.  If you want to increase your fitness level..

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10 Ways to Stay Motivated to Exercise and Lose Weight
Written by Shiloah Baker   

10 Ways to Stay Motivated to Exercise and Lose WeightThis month I am coming up on the anniversary of my one year transformation.  After giving birth to seven children and a thousand excuses for being overweight, I lost almost fifty pounds and went from a size 18/20 to a size eight.

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Emotions: Turning the Negative to Positive
Written by Shiloah Baker   

Emotions: Turning the negative to positiveEmotions are such powerful feelings and are a part of our being.  We can’t just swallow them and think they will disappear.  Recently, I finished a book called “Feelings Buried Alive Never Die”.     After reading this book I began noticing how negative emotions affect everything in our lives....

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