Although enabling behavior is most often associated with the loved ones of addicts and alcoholics, and victims of domestic violence, it can become an issue with any kind of dysfunctional personality.

Why am I so certain of this?  Because enabling behavior is something that I struggle with.

The danger of enabling behavior is something that the enabler may have to learn over and over again, because it is in our nature to want to help.  Enabling, in and of itself, is actually a positive thing.  Dictionary.com lists the following definitions:  1. to make able;  give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize 2. to make possible or easy 3. to make ready; equip (often used in combination)

Enabling behavior is fueled by our feelings of love and friendship.  It’s only natural to want to help someone we care about, but when it comes to certain life and growth issues or repetitive, negative dysfunctional behaviors, our help simply allows the problem to persist.  In other words we are doing more harm than good by allowing that person to avoid making the changes they need to make. At the same time, it is difficult to stop our enabling behavior lest we seem cold, calloused and uncaring.

So how can one work through these gray areas of love to stop the enabling behavior? (more…)

You read that right! Get Ready for the Future of Food.

On May 12, I had the honor of meeting a small group of visionaries whose mission is to revolutionize our understanding of the processes that take place inside the body when we eat, and with that knowledge, begin to shape positive changes into the future of food

Over 20 years of ground breaking science and trials, in the hands of a team of leaders, all experts in their specific disciplines, driven by a passion to stop the epidemics of obesity and diabetes that has become the norm, all openly praising God for what He has blessed them with, has resulted in what I believe to be the dream team of our age.

The future of food is sooner than you think!

Now I don’t normally speak in such superlatives, and I am not easily impressed, but after listening to them one after another, my gut is telling me that this IS the REAL DEAL! What I am about to share with you is so new it is in a category of its own. It is about re-engineering the foods we love, naturally, making the future of food healthier, without having to sacrifice the flavors and textures we have grown to love… and not changed with chemicals, but with other foods, to be healthy so we can eat what we want without accumulating fat and poisoning our bodies with tons of sugar. Imagine the possibilities! That is huge, and the market for it is limitless. Face it, we are all going to continue eating and drinking. (more…)

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  That is one of many wise sayings that has survived through the ages, and with good reason, it is true! There are obvious examples like driving too fast and following too close causes accidents, and eating too much sweet and greasy food will make you fat.  What I have recently learned, however, is that there are some pretty simple ways to guard against seasonal illness and disease.

A Little History

In the late nineteenth century, Louis Pasteur and Antoine Bernard Bechamp were both studying the cause of disease. From their body of work, two schools of thought about disease emerged.

Pasteur believed that microbes caused disease, and his work resulted in the germ theory. The germ theory is the basis for modern medicine, killing the germ with a variety of expensive chemical concoctions that must be highly regulated because they are, for the most part, poisons.

Bechamp believed that disease was caused by imbalances in our internal body terrain. His work resulted in the terrainist theory of disease. Natural healing practitioners generally subscribe to this theory. Keeping the body terrain balanced is an ounce of prevention, because disease can not take hold if the terrain is not a suitable environment to sustain it.  (more…)