Dr. Ritamarie’s Gratitude Journal Day 32

I started an Appreciation Journal where I successfully shared my appreciations every day for 30 days. Feeling inspired by the results, I will continue to share my feelings of gratitude and thanks.

If you’re looking to experience more energy, health and joy, join me on this appreciation journey and watch magical things unfold.

Comment below with 3 things you appreciate today.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciations for Today – Day 32

1. I apreciate the downpour of rain we’re getting.  Our reservoirs really need it!
2. I appreciate my 13 year old son’s cuddles.  He still hugs me and puts his head on my shoulder spontaneously.  Wow!  It feels so great.
3. I appreciate my healed knee.  I was able to run for the first time in a month and it felt great.

I do so love to read all your appreciations, so keep them coming.

With Great Love and Appreciation,

Dr. Ritamarie

Go ahead, give yourself an energy boost. Comment below about what you appreciate today.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Gratitude Journal Day 31

I started an Appreciation Journal where I successfully shared my appreciations every day for 30 days.  Feeling inspired by the results, I will continue to share my feelings of gratitude and thanks.

If you’re looking to experience more energy, health and joy, join me on this appreciation journey and watch magical things unfold.

Comment below with 3 things you appreciate today.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciations for Today – Day 31

1. I’m grateful for the wonderful tradition of decorating the houses and streets with lights this time of year…it’s so beautiful to view.
2. I appreciate the unlimited ways whole, fresh foods can be combined into delicious meals.  The class on Sunday was filled with the most beautiful colors, tastes, and textures.  I am so grateful to Karen for creating the delicious new recipes.
3. I appreciate the brand new forum we’re using for the Green Cleanse which allows us to communicate and support each other.  There are many people who are new to cleansing, and I so appreciate the veterans for chiming in and supporting them!

I do so love to read all your appreciations, so keep them coming.

With Great Love and Appreciation,

Dr. Ritamarie

Go ahead, give yourself an energy boost. Comment below about what you appreciate today.

Home Sweet Home – Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciations for Today – Day 22

I’m back home and it feels great.

As much as I love traveling, it always feels great to return to the familiar and comfortable feeling of home.

I love having my kitchen equipment (Vitamix and food processor especially)  and I love feeling comfortable in my own space, not having to tiptoe around and be sure not to inconvenience anyone with my kitchen activities.  I’ve been traveling with my food choices for a long time.  Still, depending on who I am visiting, there’s always explaining about what I do, why I don’t eat the “regular”  food and all that.  While I love educating others, it feels good to come home and just “be”.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciation Journal  for Today – Day 22

1. I am grateful for my beautiful and spacious backyard and all the greenery and wild life back there, including birds, squirrels, lizards, frogs and deer.  Its a joy to look out there as I lounge on the couch indoors writing.
2. I appreciate the mild winter weather here in Austin.  Even though a cold front has just hit, and we’re reaching for the sweatshirts and warm blankets, it’s still in the 50′s during the day and 30′s at night, which we considered warm when we were in Chicago.  Plus in a day or two we’ll be back in the upper 60′s.  Not bad for soon to be winter.
3. I appreciate the huge bowl of soup I just finished, including a combination of raw and lightly cooked vegetables, sea vegetables, warming herbs and seeds for my omega 3 fats.  It was filling, warming and oh so delicious.  I will post the recipe to the blog.

Getting in touch with what you appreciate throughout the day is a super way to  increase your energy, health and joy. Join me on this appreciation journey and watch magical things unfold.

Comment below with 3 things you appreciate today.

With Great Love and Appreciation,

Dr. Ritamarie

P.S. My “Gratitude Weekend” sale has been extended to noon on Monday, November 28th. Enjoy savings of up to 75% on health enhancing resources to make your life more joyful and comfortable.

Gratitude Weekend is described HERE.

Go ahead, give yourself an energy boost. Comment below about what you appreciate today.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciations for Today – Day 21

Today we’re traveling back home after a  three day family visit to Chicago.

The tradition in my husband’s family is to celebrate Hanukkah right after Thanksgiving, since the entire family is gathered together.  Rather than send gifts during Hanukkah,  we prefer to give gifts so we can participate in the joy the children experience when they open their gifts.

It’s was a big gathering, including my mother-in-law, her 5 kids and spouses, 12 grandchildren and 3 spouses and 4 great grand children.

As we’re on our way back home, I reflect upon my gratitudes for today.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciations for Today – Day 21

1. I am thankful for the gift of family, and the love that flows without bound.
2. I am grateful that we have the means to be able travel and spend time with family during the holidays.
3. I am extra appreciative for the gift of health and the knowledge and insights I have that allow me to stay vibrant and full of energy.

If you’re looking to experience more energy, health and joy, join me on this appreciation journey and watch magical things unfold.

Comment below with 3 things you appreciate today.

With Great Love and Appreciation,

Dr. Ritamarie

P.S. In honor of my childhood tradition, I decided to offer a “Gratitude Weekend” sale. No pressure, no competition. Simply honest savings of up to 75% on health enhancing resources to make your life more joyful and comfortable.

Gratitude Weekend is described HERE.

Go ahead, give yourself an energy boost. Comment below about what you appreciate today.

The Power of Appreciation to Transform Your Health: Dr. Ritamarie’s Gratitude Journal Day 1

Consistently evoking positive emotion and carrying an attitude of gratitude is right up there with fresh whole food and exercise in importance when it comes to restoring your energy, focus, and fitness. Yet it’s often set aside as a “nice to do when I have time” activity.

According to researchers at the Institute of Heart Math, published in a paper called “The Appreciative Heart: The Psychophysiology of Positive Emotions and Optimal Functioning” by Rollin McCraty and Doc Childre, “Positive emotions have been demonstrated to improve health and increase longevity, increase cognitive flexibility and creativity, facilitate “broad-minded coping” and innovative problem solving, and promote helpfulness, generosity, and effective cooperation.”

Wow.

In recent years, their research has concentrated on studying the effects appreciation has on your heart rhythms and understanding how heart-brain interactions affect your body, mind, and emotions.

And the message is really clear. Positive emotions, especially appreciation, trigger health enhancing changes in your body involving your hormones, enzymes, digestion, detoxification pathways, immune system and cardiovascular system.

And the good news is that you can invest just a minute a day to your “appreciation practice” and still reap the rewards.

So every day for the next 30, I’ll be publicly posting my appreciations for the day.

Join Me for 30 Days of Gratitude!

Try it!

Simply go down below to the comments box and post your appreciations for the day.

You’ll be pleasantly surprised at the changes in your “energy, vim, and vigor.”

Evoke appreciation before each meal, and you’ll soon find your digestion is humming and your energy is rising.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciations for Today – Day 1

1. My once rebellious teenage son, Eric, now 17, is a joy to be with and is studying for SAT’s and applying to college.
2. My husband, Scott, who cleans up the messy kitchen after my many food experiments and is following along with my B4 Be Gone Program and dropping some stubborn weight.
3. My new to teenager-hood son, Kevin, who hasn’t hit the rebellious “I don’t want to be around you anymore” state, still asks me to cuddle with him at night before he goes to sleep.

It feels really good to write these things rather than just think them.

I feel like my inner radiance has tripled by writing them rather than just thinking them. The emotional state these thought evoke are powerful and invigorating.

Go ahead, give it a try and discover the magic for yourself.  Write your appreciations below.