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RECIPE
TENDERLOIN
WITH ANISEED GLAZE
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By Nellie Palmer
INGREDIENTS
• 2 lb pork or beef tenderloin • 2 tbsp pink sea salt • 2 tbsp olive oil • 2 tbsp honey • 4 tbsp strawberry balsamic vinegar • 1 cup chicken broth homemade or low sodium • 1 tsp thyme chopped fresh • 2 tbsp butter unsalted • 2 tbsp truffle oil • 1/4 tsp aniseed ground • 1/4 cup figs finely chopped • 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
DIRECTIONS
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. If you are making a beef tenderloin, use cooking twine to tie around the filet in three or four places to hold the tenderloin together. Lightly season the filet with salt. In a cast iron skillet, heat olive oil and brown the filet on each side for about three minutes or until browned on each side. This should take about 12-15 minutes. Remove the cast iron skillet from the stove top and bake in the oven for approximately 20-25 minutes, or until cooked to your desired taste.
Searing and oven time combined should be about 45 minutes. Allow the meat to rest for 15 minutes before serving. While the filet is resting, place the honey, balsamic vinegar, chicken broth, orange juice, thyme, butter, truffle oil, aniseed and figs in a blender and blend until smooth.
Then heat in a saucepan. Once it comes to a boil, reduce and simmer for 10 minutes. Slice the filet, arrange the slices on a plate and drizzle the glaze over them. You can also garnish this dish with fresh salad tossed in a light rice vinegar dressing.
Internal Temperature Chart: Rare - 115° - 120° F Medium Rare - 120° - 125° F Medium - 130° - 135° F Pork Tenderloin should be cooked to 145°F
STOP LIVING A HALF A**EDLife!
By Patricia Danflous
You’ve heard about being a bad-ass. Do you really want to be one? That’s a question requiring careful consideration depending on who you are, where you are and what you want from life. Stop the contemplating for a moment and ask yourself this question, “do want to approach life half-ass?" Much easier question to answer, right?
Start today to live a “whole-ass” life–and we’re not talking “fat” or “big"–and you are on the way to discovering greater peace, pleasure, achievement, energy and an extraordinary existence. And you can take a leading role in making the world a better place. Where do you start? How do you do it? The magic extraordinary button is already in place within you. Follow the guidance and example of a modern day monk to push that button and go forward.
Yes, a monk. Specifically, Maharani, an Ishaya monk who defies the traditional definition of a hooded, brown-robed individual praying and laboring all day in a secluded monastery. A beautiful young woman with a dazzling smile and soothing, but commanding voice, Maharani has figured out how to live and share her success as an author, motivational speaker and spiritual leader. She and her fiancé are living in a mountain-top area of Spain where she finds time for meditation, continued self-growth, writing and guiding others to live more fully and more purposeful lives.
More often than not, Maharani uses a touch of humor to ignite an individual’s magic button. Her first book, "Whole-Ass: Stop living a half-assed life and enjoy an extraordinary existence so you can play your part in making the world a better place," identifies what stops people half-way on the way to their goals and happiness, while making you smile in a whole-ass style.
“My dream is to have as many people as possible get up off their couch, and inject life force into this world,” she explains, noting that Ishaya is a tradition incorporating contemplative meditation and prayer.
“For me, that dream means to live dedicated to waking up from the illusion of the mind and stepping into Oneness,” she said. “That is my first and foremost commitment and direction, and everything else in my life stems from it. However, that devotion and commitment is lived in an everyday life. Not in a cave or monastery away from the world! Through my own experience and exploration, I am shown more and more ways to open up to divine will and to let divinity shine through.”
Her experience is hard-earned. Unsuccessfully attempting to end her life as a young teen, she knew that dying was not what she wanted. A devastating break-up twenty years ago, however, brought back the rock bottom feelings. “I had to figure out how to live,” she said. “I was done with life the way I knew it. There had to be more to living than just struggling to survive, day in and day out. Millions of years to create this stunning planet cannot be just so we pay taxes and then one day die.”
Inspired by the love and guidance of her parents, infused with a high-achieving, curious and competitive
personality, she began a self-discovery journey, landing in Spain for six-months of meditation, becoming comfortable with herself and reaffirming a mindset that began early on.
“I was really curious as a child and a natural high achiever,” she recalled. “Everything I set my focus on would come to fruition. It wasn't an education thing, I was naturally born that way. I always felt like I could ‘download’ any information, which was really annoying to my schoolteachers! I usually felt out of place, like I was a little adult trapped in a kid’s body with a huge heart and love for humans. But that out of placeness, feeling different, the world around me not making lots of sense to me, was a strong drive since really young to find who I really was and what was I doing on this Earth. It felt imperative for me to discover it. I didn't stop until I found my calling.”
As a contemporary monk, Maharani is a spiritual leader who “points the finger back to your own heart, to the divinity within, and can help you to get out of the way, so you live the life that is required for you to best serve humanity,” she said. “A spiritual leader will help you to transcend duality, the mind, and find freedom within. Regardless of the challenges life brings or the direction your life takes, a spiritual leader will enable you to experience peace beyond the external world. A spiritual leader will work with the permanent aspect of yourself, the Silence within.”
She is like you. “My life is ‘normal’ and there aren't activities or requirements to be a monk,” she explained. “I face the same options in life as everyone else. It is all about the internal experience, that is the part I´d say is ‘different’. Meditation is definitely an essential, though, so I meditate around one and a half to two hours per day. That sounds like a lot but it isn't when you see the effects in your life.”
The energetic monk acknowledges her parents for inspiration and guidance.
“I am blessed with two wonderful parents,” she said. “From my mother I learned to give everything for the people I love, to cherish people more than possessions but that creating a beautiful environment is love manifest! She taught me to follow my own drum and not settle for what everyone else was doing or desired, especially as a female. She also tried to teach me to not go out to the store in my pajamas, but that one never stuck.”
“From my father I learn that nothing is impossible,” she said. “He is a visionary and genius. He taught me that anything worth doing always serves others, and not yourself. To be committed to your own path and follow it no matter what. He is also really funny and really loving and a true family man. He taught me that you can have it all.
“They both always guided me and helped me to find my own truth and my own path as strange as it might have looked to others. It must not have been easy for them to have such a strange child that wanted to spread wings from a really young age.”
A highlight of Maharani’s current life is service to others as she works to enhance the quality of life for all. “Imagine, a world where all humans were in service to other,” she asked. “A world based on giving and not on taking. A world of connection, not of separation. All that, service can do. Only that switch in humans would create a different world.”
“Service is giving,” she explains. “Giving to others. Serving others. Making it about the rest and not about you. I´d like to think everywhere in the world, an old lady carrying her groceries is always taken care of,” she said smiling.
Maharani advised that being at peace, resting in stillness, living in joy is service. Have you ever been around someone that has good vibes and being in their presence immediately makes you feel better?
“That is service,” she explained. “You allow people to recognize in their soul there is more, and they might remember to search for more. Everyone has something to give. Don´t underestimate the power of giving your attention.”
Ready to push your magic button?
“Sometimes we want to live fully, we want to live whole-ass and we find ourselves over and over, back in our old habits, de-motivated and frustrated,” Maharani emphasized. “We go to bed and wonder, ‘ is this the life I was meant to live? Is this all there is?’ The answer is ‘no.’ There is much, much, more and it all exists within you, and it´s all accessible now. Be wild, be open, be willing change, dare to love, be simple, be wise, follow your dreams with passion, infuse your ever day with purpose through the limitations of your mind and see for yourself that the being that exists beneath is the most wonderful of beings: you. You have the power to change this world.”
For more information about Maharani and her approach to an extraordinary existence visit her website at maharanimonk.com, connect with her on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Her book Whole-Ass is available at all major booksellers and online via Amazon.
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Back Health
Strength, Strains and Sprains
By Dr. Aaron Dutruch
AS A CHIROPRACTOR, ONE OF THE MORE COMMON REASONS PATIENTS SEEK TREATMENT IS BACK PAIN. THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF INJURIES THAT COULD CAUSE A PATIENT PAIN OR DISCOMFORT. OF THESE, THE MOST COMMON INJURIES WE SEE ARE SPRAINS, STRAINS, JOINT DYSFUNCTION AND MORE SERIOUS ISSUES INVOLVING THE SPINAL DISCS AND NERVES.
Strains & Sprains
Sprains are defined as damage to the muscle or tendons, whereas strains are defined as damage to the ligaments. They usually occur at the same time and are often treated simultaneously. These types of injuries can occur throughout the spine and are typically characterized by local pain (pain in one spot that does not move), potential swelling and pain with movement. Sprains and strains can happen with motor vehicle accidents, falls and improper lifting.
Joint Dysfunction
The spinal joints are unique in that they are not specifically designed to bear weight like the knee, hip or ankle joints. They are designed to be like “guide rails” to help direct motion and protect the spinal cord. Joint dysfunction simply means that the joints are not moving the way they should. These injuries are subtle and often lead to muscle spasms, chronic stiffness or discomfort for the patient. The most common causes of joint dysfunction are incorrect posture and sprains or strains that have not
healed properly; which can cause a change in bio-mechanics (how we move).
Disc and Nerve Involvement
The spinal discs are the primary weight bearing structures within the spinal joint complex. Because these structures are so close to the spinal nerves, they often cause intense pain and radiculopathy (pain, numbness, tingling or weakness often into the extremities). These injuries can occur several ways, such as during a motor vehicle accident, when lifting improperly, or over time with joint degeneration.
Prevention and Treatment
Although its difficult to avoid traumatic events such as accidents and falls, lets focus on things we can affect. PROPER POSTURE is an important aspect of injury prevention so remember these posture tips throughout the day to help. While seated, keep your feet on the floor without crossing your legs, keep your feet in front of your knees (they should be level with your hips), keep your shoulders relaxed and remember to take frequent breaks (every 25 minutes or so). While standing, keep your weight on the balls of your feet with your knees slightly bent, your feet should be shoulder width apart, tuck your stomach in and keep your ears over your shoulders.
Increasing core strength and flexibility are great ways to help reduce the risk of injury. Yoga is an excellent, low impact way to increase your core strength and endurance; help reduce muscle tension and joint stiffness within the spine. Another easy way to increase your core strength and endurance is to keep your core muscles tight while you are standing. This will also increase your overall postural awareness and can help reduce the effects of degeneration as we age.
Overall, treatment for these various conditions will be different from person to person and depend on the severity of the injury. These treatments could include adjustments, exercises and various therapeutic modalities.
The chiropractic adjustment is an excellent way to help correct biomechanical deficiencies. Throughout our education as chiropractors we are taught how to test for abnormal motion within a patient’s spine, and learn adjusting techniques to correct these abnormal movements.
Specific exercises may be given to the patient to help stretch tightened muscles or to strengthen weakened muscles that are contributing to the patient’s pain. Other modalities available to the chiropractor could include, but are not limited to, nutritional counseling, decompression for disc related injuries, dry needling, soft tissue mobilization and electrical stimulation can be used to help reduce pain and muscle spasms.
But the most important tool in the chiropractic toolbox is education. The goal in any chiropractic office should be to make sure to teach you not only what is going on with your body and how we can help, but how you can avoid these injuries moving forward.
Dr. Aaron Dutruch received his BS in Kinesiology, Fitness and Human Performance from LSU and his Doctorate of Chiropractic from Texas Chiropractic College. He specializes in Functional and Kinetic Treatment with Rehabilitation (FAKTR). Premier Chiropractic, 1120 N Causeway Blvd. Ste 2, Mandeville, (985) 674-5855, premierchiromandeville.com
Why Mindfulness MATTERS
By Caitlyn McKey
Hello fellow fast-paced life goer! How’s that super speedy life going for you right now? Experiencing a bit of burnout? Feeling a little stressed?
How about that brain fog? Do you actually know where your keys are?
Don’t worry my friend, you’re not alone. These are all side effects of the fast-paced modern life we’re all experiencing these days. As a professional using daily mindfulness-based art practices, I’m here to share with you a few small mindfulness practices that you can easily incorporate into your day-today, and the benefits that slowing down more regularly can have in your life. So, what exactly is mindfulness? Jon
Kabat-Zinn, an American professor and author of "Mindful," defines it as “the awareness that arises through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally, through the service of self-understanding, and wisdom.” Have you ever been reading a book, and in the middle of a sentence remember you need to go grocery shopping? Or maybe you need to take care of the laundry? But then you take mental note of that thought and then go right back to reading. The action of being distracted and then pulling your attention back to the original intentional action, in this case reading, is in its purest form mindfulness. Mindfulness is different from meditation in that it is more of an umbrella term under which meditation fits. What’s great about mindfulness is that you can get the same benefits from a daily meditation practice, but in a shorter amount of time.
SOME SIMPLE MINDFULNESS PRACTICES INCLUDE:
• breathing practices where you do a repeated cycle of breaths, focusing intentionally on the breath itself • mindful eating where you pay full attention with all five senses to the food you’re consuming • mindful walks where similarly to mindful eating you’re again using all five senses while going for a walk for anywhere from 1 minute to an hour in length
Difficult feelings, emotions, and pain are all factors of a human life, however, daily mindfulness practices show that these do not have to rule the ways in which we exist. Studies have shown that a daily mindfulness practice can lower stress, increase our overall sense of calm, increase social emotional skills by deepening our uses of empathy and compassion, aid in managing difficult feelings, reduce brain fog and brain chatter and increase our overall physical health.
If you would like to learn more about the benefits of mindfulness, different mindfulness practices to incorporate into your day, or even more specifically mindfulness-based art practices be sure to check out my website deflatewithcait.com, or you can follow me on Instagram and Facebook @deflatewithcait, where I showcase my program weaving together mindfulness and arts-based practices to highlight the inherent mindful properties of art making.
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By: Christian Dischler
Apricots carry an abundance of amino acids and minerals in their sweet flesh and tangy skin. While magnesium and selenium headline this list, an underrated benefit the fruit provides is assisting the body's vitamin B12 production. Compounds in the fuzzy skin help to clear out unwanted yeasts and molds in our systems, allowing B12 to perform at peak functionality. In addition, the fruit's flesh impedes our body's ammonia supply, an intrusive gas causing widespread issues ranging from our mouths to our gut. Simply ingesting one fresh apricot a day can give your body comprehensive rejuvenation, stabilize your energy levels and clear brain fog. But it's also a strong component in fighting specific ailments you might be experiencing. Cancer, gallstones, celiac disease, acne, asthma, chronic fatigue, diabetes, and Raynaud's syndrome are only a few of the conditions that apricots are known to help. Taking into account the versatility of this fruit it's hard to imagine why you wouldn't want to begin including them into your dietary plans. On top of their benefits for conditional problems, they also target certain symptoms you may be suffering: nausea, tiredness, unquenchable thirst, gum pain, shortness of breath, bloating, and countless others. So how can you maximize these benefits and ensure you're getting the most out of this adorable fruit?
Begin by shopping for fresh apricots preferably from somewhere nearby. Fruits and vegetables maintain optimal nutrition the less time they
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