INSPIRE
Empowering Natural Living
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU STONES Make Lemonade
Rosehips Homemade Beauty Cream
ADVERSITY, ADVOCACY AND STRENGTH
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Defines Purpose for a Resilient Life
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ll-natural skin care products that promote radiant, firmer and more nourished skin have gained more attention recently. Oils like coconut oil, jojoba oil, avocado oil, olive oil, sesame oil and tea tree oil (an essential oil) are popular natural skincare ingredients. Rosehip oil, in particular, has earned esteemed credit lately for creating healthy, gorgeous skin. Extracted from the seeds of various rose bushes, rosehip oil was historically used for skin nourishment and healing qualities by the Egyptians, Native Americans and Mayans. Some dermatologists use topical formulations of rosehip oil to treat inflammatory skin conditions because of its abundance in
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essential fatty acids (like linoleic and oleic acid), antioxidants and vitamins (like A, E, C and D). Rosehip oil is considered a dry oil that absorbs into the skin relatively quickly due in part to its neutral pH and does not cause clogged pores or leave traces of an oily film. There is evidence that rosehip oil used on the skin promotes faster healing of wounds and improved post-surgical scar appearance. Serving as a natural barrier over the skin’s surface, the oil traps in moisture and protects skin from outer elements to improve inflammatory conditions like dry skin, eczema and rosacea. Packed with beauty vitamins like Vitamin A for fine lines, C for collagen production, E
for repairing damage from the sun, and retinoids for clearing acne, a moisturizer made with Rosehip oil should allow you to replace other store-bought creams that aren’t as versatile. Rosehip oil has a short shelf life, tending to go rancid quickly once exposed to air, so buying small bottles and keeping them refrigerated is recommended. • 1 /2 cup organic shea Homemade butter Rosehip Oil Facial • 2 tbsp. organic jojoba oil • 1 tbsp. organic rosehip Moisturizer seed oil • 1/8 tsp. organic vanilla bean powder • 1 tsp. raw, local honey C ombine shea butter and jojoba oil in a double boiler. Stir until shea butter melts. Remove from heat. Add rosehip seed oil, vanilla bean powder and honey. Transfer to a large bowl and stir to combine. Chill for 10 minutes. Whip chilled mixture until fluffy. Transfer to an airtight glass jar. S tore in the refrigerator and use within three months.
wellness
A WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU STONES
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e d a n o m e L By Kristy Podruchny
Simple Healthy Lemonade Recipe: Juice One Lemon Per Cup of Cold Water Sweeten with Stevia in the Raw Garnish with mint Relax, enjoy, live healthy
nyone who has had kidney stones knows it’s something they never want to experience twice. If you’ve had a stone in the past, you’re more likely to have more stones in the future. The only way to ensure you’ll never have that painful experience again is to do what you can to prevent kidney stones from developing. The most common types of kidney stones are calcium oxalate and uric acid stones. These are formed when the right chemicals sit in concentrated urine long enough to form crystals. These crystals adhere to each other and form one or many stones. Ouch! Even if you’re predisposed to forming kidney stones, you can eat and drink your way to keeping them at bay. If you’ve had a stone, knowing what kind you’re forming is imperative to prevention. Drink water—hydration is essential. The less concentrated your urine is, the less likely you are to develop stones. Sugary drinks like soda can encourage kidney stones to develop. Fluids like water, lemonade (with little to no sugar) and coffee are all encouraged by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). They recommend 2-3 quarts of fluid intake per day. Certain foods can make a hospitable environment for
stones. According to the NKF, there’s no specific diet to follow to prevent kidney stones, but you can choose to avoid certain foods depending on what kind of stones you develop. Avoid foods that are high in oxalate—like sweet potatoes, spinach, chocolate and peanuts—if you’re prone to developing calcium oxalate stones. Uric acid stones are more likely to form with a diet comprised of high-purine foods like red meat, shellfish and organ meat. They need a highly acidic environment, so the NKF recommends that people who are predisposed to these types of stones should avoid alcoholic beverages. Choose high calcium foods and aim to supplement your diet with 1000-1200 mg of calcium per day. When life hands you kidney stones, make lemonade! The natural citrate present in lemons helps prevent stones, too. Consuming 4 ounces of lemon juice daily can increase urine citrate levels, which is needed to prevent stones. Lemonade is one way to get your daily lemon juice, but beware of the sugar because it can increase kidney stone production. An all-natural lemonade is better so you can control the sugar and replace it with an allnatural sugar substitute.
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cover story
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ADVERSITY, ADVOCACY AND STRENGTH By Patricia Fitzmorris Danflous
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"As she says in her memoir, STRONG[ER+], “I had, and still have, moments of weakness. At the end of the day, though, I am not merely surviving in this life, I am thriving. And you can, too.” Release and Best Seller lists within weeks of publication, demonstrates her generosity and commitment to purpose. Funds raised from book sales are directed to the Conquer YOUR MOM HAS BRAIN CANCER. YOU ARE THE PRIMARY CARE PARTNER. Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. “We should all be YOU ARE 31 AND DIAGNOSED WITH advocates for ourselves, for patients with BREAST CANCER. cancer, and for the doctors working to care YOUR CHILDREN ARE SIX AND FOUR. for us all,” said Irvine. She added that funds FOUR YEARS LATER,YOUR PHYSICIAN ONCE AGAIN SAYS “BREAST CANCER.” raised will also include the awarding of a grant to an early-career researcher with a focus on breast cancer. If adversity makes you stronger, Kimberly “God has a purpose for me,” Irvine Irvine is Wonder Woman. While a first reflected with conviction. “I gave up a career meeting projects her delicacy and beauty, to focus on my kids and knew that staying it takes less than half a minute to discern at home was what I wanted, but I also her strength, determination, resilience and purpose. Irvine is a strong woman who built recognized that I had a purposeful passion to muscle by becoming a powerful advocate for help others.” “During the time I was a stay at home herself. She continues to sculpt muscle by mom you watched Oprah Winfrey,” she guiding others to do the same. said, laughingly referring to the celebrity’s Twelve years after first learning the ache in her breast was something to worry about: focus on living a purposeful life as a spark to she is Kalli and Tyler’s mother, cancer survivor, action. But it was her mother’s brain cancer diagnosis, treatment and survival that is her patient advocate, entrepreneur, consultant, fuel for success. “To see how my mother motivational speaker, philanthropist, an fought the magnitude of her seizures was Athleta ambassador and model, and a inspiration. My strength today comes from fiancée. The Chicago native, who once her." defined herself as a stay-at-home mom, Today, her purpose might be as simple recently added author to her life’s journey as reminding a young woman to schedule a list. In "STRONG[ER+]" she details her mammogram. If you sit next to Irvine on an cancer battle, the challenge of raising airplane, for example, you are certain to hear young children in between chemotherapy a recommendation for early and frequent treatments, the emotional drain of divorce breast cancer screening. “I never sit in silence and the energy required to start a business. It’s a story of struggle and survival, but more about it,” she said. Breast cancer prevention and early than that, it is a lesson in hope and gratitude, detection are not usually top of mind for a guide to finding purpose. Irvine’s decision to direct proceeds of her a 31-year-old – only about four percent of women under 40 will be diagnosed with the book, which hit Amazon’s Best Seller New
KIMBERLY'S TOP TEN TIPS BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE IN A HEALTHCARE CRISIS
1 Educate yourself. When you are armed
with education, that knowledge is power.
2 Identify the healthcare professionals that you want on your team, but remember that you are the CEO of the team. 3 Identify your support community and the care partners within that community. You want people sitting alongside of you, giving you the support that you need and taking notes. 4 Seek out second and potentially third opinions. 5 Know your family history, your genetics. There has been tremendous advancement in the space of genetics over the last decade and how it plays a role in cancer and other chronic illness and rare disease. 6 Choose self-care. What are other integrative approaches that you can take alongside the medication route – acupuncture, exercise, nutrition, the psychosocial component of care. 7 Make a list of questions for your healthcare team. 8 Have your care partner with you and someone in your network at all your medical appointments and treatments. 9 Organize yourself with a planner for your medical records, bills, a calendar and a spot for questions. Make your planner a toolkit to help you and your care partner. 10 Hold on to hope, to have the strength
and the courage and the faith to know that you can get through your treatment journey.
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cover story The advice to have faith in God, to hope thanks to new drugs and research, and to celebrate with a glass of champagne while living every day to the fullest was a good foundation for my emotional health. disease. “Other than migraines, I had been really healthy,” Irvine recalled. When she began feeling that something was not right with her body, losing weight and noticing a slight achiness in her breast, she attributed the symptoms to the stress caring for her mom. It was her mother, however, who encouraged investigation. Heading to her ob/gyn, Irvine’s concerns were essentially brushed off – “you’re too young for breast cancer, don’t worry, it’s probably a fibroadenoma. Remember, you’re under a lot of stress,” she heard. Fortunately, the seeds of self-advocacy were taking root and Irvine stood her ground. She requested a mammogram even though her physician reluctantly signed the order. “When the radiologist told me that I did have a suspicious lump, I remember thinking, thank goodness I had challenged my doctor,” she stated. “Can this really be happening?” she asked in shock and disbelief when the cancer diagnosis requiring surgery, chemotherapy and radiation was confirmed. It was not good news, but a blessing that she had insisted on pursuing a screening. “My first concerns were immediate and not unusual – fear of dying, hair loss, and worry about spending days with my face in the toilet bowl after chemotherapy.” When the cancer returned four years later, her fear of dying increased along with concern for her children’s well-being. “The second -time around my kids were 10 and 8, a developmental age to understand more,” Irvine said. ”When your daughter asks if you are going to die, that hits hard.” While living with the fear of dying became her new normal, her second battle also made her more cognizant of her emotional condition. “I remember asking my oncologist 6
about handling the fear and uncertainty that comes with a cancer diagnosis,” she said. “The advice to have faith in God, to hope thanks to new drugs and research, and to celebrate with a glass of champagne while living every day to the fullest was a good foundation for my emotional health.” “I am going to fight every day,” she recalled her renewed intellectual philosophy. “I would be fierce with more fight for my kids. My determination to survive grew as I leaned more and more into my faith and I sought mental health assistance." Talking to someone about the emotional and mental health aspects of cancer reinforced her resolve to be strong, to live in the present, to advocate for herself and to help others. “I want other moms to have hope, courage and strength. We have to become our own best advocates,” she emphasized. “Every day you have choice, from what you put in your mouth to what you put in your thoughts. We weren’t taught to be self-advocates, but we can evolve from adversity and not let it define us.” Irvine’s strength and self-discovery opened the path for a highly successful business as a patient advocate consultant. Based in Chicago, KGI Health bridges the gap between pharmaceutical & biotech companies when they are bringing products to market by sharing the patient and care partner perspective. She’s a high-demand motivational speaker and has regularly testified before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding drug approval. “I am living my passion now and more grateful than I have ever been,” she explained. The collateral damage of surviving cancer is present, nevertheless. “There is a fear every time I go in for routine follow up with my doctors,” she said. “But I stay in
the present in traumatic situations, rely on my medical and business teams, think of my children, and take time to play with my puppies.” Irvine is vividly aware of what an impact cancer has on a family. She is engaged to a man who lost his wife to cancer. His children lost their mother. “There is a reason I survived for my kids,” she reflected. “It’s something I don’t fully understand, but I continue to define my purpose and do the right thing.”
Kalli and Tyler
Kimberly and her mother. It was her mother’s brain cancer diagnosis, treatment and survival that is her fuel for success.
Kimberly Irvine, Kalli and Tyler’s mother, cancer survivor, patient advocate, entrepreneur, consultant, motivational speaker, philanthropist, an Athleta ambassador and model, and a fiancée.
mighty kids
By Juliane Morris
r e n e t s i L A Good Teaching Kids the Art of Being
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ecoming a genuinely good listener is a common human lifelong goal -- with areas for ever-improvement, right? As a relationship building life skill, listening requires practice, time and feedback to develop. A good listening skillset is something that we typically expect with maturity and enjoy to see demonstrated in our own circles, whether among friends, at work meetings with colleagues, or in challenging political or moral discussions between exploring individuals. Cultivating the art of listening and improving listening skills in children means developing the ability to critically listen effectively by processing and responding
to provided information. Properly equipping children from a young age with the necessary listening skills helps ensure more successful personal and professional relationships. Listening etiquette like keeping quiet and sitting still can be a challenge for little ones. The important thing is to provide many different listening and listening response opportunities. Children enjoy hearing stories, and telling stories. Select topics of interest to the child – topics of daily exposure, games, foods, activities of enjoyment. Model that you are listening by responding during a pause to state back a portion of what you heard in your own words, and ask a follow up ques-
Keep in mind that your listening training should be informal and casual.
tion. Set reasonable expectations about active listening skills like making eye contact, nodding on occasion, encouraging remarks like, “Ah ha” or, “Mmm-hmm”, and asking appropriate follow up questions that demonstrate your own active listening. Keep in mind that your listening training should be informal and casual. Be intentional, creative and encouraging. Provide gentle and constructive direction and guidance. While teaching children to become better listeners, ask questions like these: • What would you like to learn more about? • What was the best thing about school today? • What book or game have you been enjoying lately? • What goal are you working towards? • Tell me about your day today. • What is happening tomorrow? You can also suggest the two of you talk about a particular topic such as: • Discussing an item in the news or current affairs topic • Sharing with one another a character trait you can be working on • Exploring ideas about a weekend getaway • Planning a household improvement project together • Explaining a new board game or school game The effort of practicing creativity and intentionality to help children develop great listening skills is a reward for families, society and your children as they grow. 7
recipe
By Nellie Palmer
Eggplant Tomato Pyramid WITH Garlic Dill Yogurt Sauce
ROASTED GARLIC DILL YOGURT SAUCE • 1 large head of roasted garlic or 2 tablespoons roasted garlic puree • 1 tsp avocado oil • 3/4 cup Greek yogurt • 1 tsp finely chopped dill • Pink Himalayan salt • White pepper DIRECTIONS Place all ingredients in a blender and blend for one minute. PYRAMID • Eggplant – sliced into quarter inch slices • Tomatoes – sliced into quarter inch slices one slice for each slice of eggplant • Red bell pepper – One slice for each pyramid 8
• 2 tsps smoked paprika • 2 tsps coriander • 2 tsps ground cumin • 1 tsp turmeric • 1 tsp cayenne or to taste • Approx. 2 cups milk • Pink Himalayan salt to taste • Fresh ground black pepper to taste • Avocado Oil DIRECTIONS Determine your number of eggplant pyramids before prepping. You will need three slices of eggplant and three slices of tomato for each pyramid. We will make four pyramids in this recipe. Slice eggplant (12 - quarter inch slices) and soak in milk for 30 minutes. This removes the bitterness and makes your egg-
plant creamy. Slice tomatoes into 12 slices. Slice pepper into four slices (use any color sweet pepper, orange, red or yellow) Mix seasonings and sprinkle on both sides of eggplant. Grill in skillet one minute on each side. Grill tomatoes for 30 seconds on each side. Grill pepper one minute on each side. On a parchment lined cookie sheet, stack eggplant and tomatoes with a red pepper slice in the middle. Place in oven on 400 for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, plate immediately and top with yogurt sauce.