Mature Woman Magazine June Issue by Mature Woman Now Magazine

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CONTENTS

ADRIANE CONRAD

JUNE’ 2012 This month

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12 DR. Sharon Franklin

8 Traditions IN The Church

6….Are Your Limiting Beliefs Affecting Your Weight Loss Success?

10 Ways To Burn Calories

Kiwan’s Confessions

19 Carla “Serenity” Baker

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By Linda Allred

Are Your Limiting Beliefs Affecting Your Weight Loss Success?

21 to 28 days (which is on average how long it takes to form a new habit), and see what happens. What do you have to lose besides unhealthy pounds?

 Losing weight is fun  Losing weight is easy  It’s easy for me to eat smaller portions of sugar and carbs

This month’s article is focusing on having limiting beliefs around losing weight. See if you have any of these negative thought patterns renting space in your head:

 I love being a smart lady Nutrition Detective

 Losing weight is painful

 I am a success

 Losing weight is difficult

 It’s easy for me to maintain my weight loss

 Losing weight is hard

 I enjoy exercising my body every day

 I only put healthy food in my shopping cart  I only put healthy food in my mouth

 Losing weight is complicated  I always fail, why try again?  No one will love me if I am fat  I’m fat and I don’t like my body  I am a failure  I am a loser  Even if I lose weight, I always gain it back I’m not loveable in a fat body As you can see from this rather long list, there are many limiting beliefs that we all carry around with us and these thoughts are counter-productive to our establishing and maintaining a healthy relationship with food and our body. Instead of focusing on those negative statements, practice saying the new beliefs below instead for

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 I enjoy drinking lots of water every day  I enjoy eating healthy, nutritious food every day  I am slim and trim  I am self-confidence  I am in control of my food choices  I accept responsibility for my food choices  Nothing tastes as good as slim feels  I am enough  I am proud of myself I walk thin, think thin, and act thin, because I AM a thin person all day long! Another easy, fun, and simple way to create positive energy/beliefs in your life is to form a new healthy habit of listening to Positive Affirmations CDs http://tinyurl.com/3xkpmnz. Research has proven that just by listening to a Positive Affirmations CDs repeatedly for 10 minutes a day (listen to them while driving to and from work or out shopping in your car), can easily change the negative programming that you have built up in your subconscious for years. How easy is that! I know some of you are doubtful that Positive Affirmations work, but let me tell you “The Law of Attraction” works! Like attracts like. What you focus on becomes your new reality. I’ve seen hundreds of my clients use this form of powerful reinforcement to quit smoking, lower their stress levels, learn to combat food cravings and more!

family? Put the power of Positive Affirmations http://tinyurl.com/3xkpmnz to work in your life today! Linda Allred, THE Bad Habit Breaker/Certified Hypnotist. To apply for a complimentary Break Your Bad Habits/Beliefs Strategy Session with Linda, receive 5 Special FREE Gifts and her bonus audio recording “How Do I Get Slim NOW?” visit http://www.LindaAllred.com, call 225-275-2451 or email

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Traditions IN the Church Recently, I attended a church as a visitor. I was taken aback almost instantly. Other visitors took a seat only to have the ushers come and remove them. "You have to go sit somewhere else. Mrs. Mabel had been sitting in that seat for over forty years. That By Felicia Hull seat right there is for Mrs. Mabel." The visitors were somewhat perturbed, but they got dance ministries and even drums into their up and took a seat near the back of the worship services. The older people are church. They didn't feel particularly welcaught up and entranced by traditions' and comed and neither did I. refuse to allow the younger generations to Mrs. Mabel hadn't even arrived yet. I won- have any form of compromise. There are der if she would feel the same way as those many things that go on in the church. If ushers did. I couldn't help but think from you asked a member "why they do what they that point that perhaps our churches can't do", their only responses are, because they advance because they want to hold onto tra- always have. Don't quickly adhere to what ditions and do what they've always done. It others are doing just isn't exactly Christian-like to make a visitor because they've always done it. That feel unwelcome. The church is a social doesn't make it right are wrong, but change meeting place, and many form their own is okay too. Begin to ask questions as to cliques within the church. Would it be so why certain practices have been established. terrible if people sit in a different seat each Odds are those you ask would like to know Sunday? You could make a new friend or the answer too. come to understand the prayer needs of a fellow worshiper. The greatest hindrance in many of our churches is the old saying of, "...but we Never done it like that before!" Change is scary, but it is also necessary for growth. The younger generations are gravitating to the mega churches. This generation moves away for college and engages into more modern styles of worship. They rarely return to their home church for much more than the occasional holiday or home visit. I know of many churches today who are still attempting to incorporate praise teams,

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BETTER U

Ingredients 1 pound ground turkey ½ sweet onion chopped

Peanut’s Rock Star Tacos

1 cup Jalapeno chopped 1 pinch of garlic powder

Directions

8 flour tortillas

Heat a large skillet over medium heat; Break up turkey into skillet and stir until turkey is crumbly, evenly brown and no longer pink. Season with salt and pepper, and garlic powder. Drain and discard any excess fat.

¾ cup reduced- fat sour cream 2 cups of mild salsa 2 cups of Mexican Shredded Cheese 1 cup Shredded Pepper Jack Cheese 1 cup Avocado

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Spread one side of the tortillas with avocado and with ground turkey and top with mild salsa. Mexican shredded cheese, jalapeno and lastly shredded pepper jack cheese. Serves 8 Calories 738

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r. Sharon Franklin is a Baton Rouge native. Her dream has always been to become a cosmetologist. To attain this dream, she graduated from McKinley High School in Baton Rouge and pursued a major in accounting at Southern University. Her dream started to become more of a reality when she enrolled in beauty school at James Frazier Louisiana Vocational Technical College. She was licensed as a professional cosmetologist and barber stylist.

he attended Dudley Cosmetology University and the National Institute of Cosmetology where she received a Bachelor’s, Master’s I and II and her Doctorate. Dr. Franklin has done post doctorate study through the National Beauty Culturist League. Presently she is pursuing her Barber and Cosmetology instructor’s license.

Dr. Franklin was a salon owner for over 20 years, however, realizing her passion is not only behind the chair, but for the industry itself, she left the managerial concerns of running a business, staying close to her roots by educating and training young professionals and by working part-time in the business servicing her clients. She is a member of many organizations, among them, Theta Nu Sigma National Sorority Chi Chapter, the National Hair Designer Guild and the Angels Empowerment Organization. She is the Assistant National Educator for Umoja Visions Products, and she is an instructor for the National Institute of Cosmetology for the National Beauty Culturist League.

Dr. Franklin is the proud wife of Michael Franklin, the mother of 4 children and the grandmother of 7. She would not have been able to realize and live her dream without the love and support of her family. She is a Christian woman who enjoys living life to the fullest and being surrounded by family and friends. She is a member of Antioch Full Gospel Baptist Church where she serves as overseer of the Youth and Young Adult Ministry.

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Healthy Pre-dinner Snacks

Edamame Grab a handful of frozen shelled soybeans and run them under steaminghot water for a quick thaw. For a tangy twist, add a spritz of lemon. Health bonus: Contains 8 grams of fiber and lots of cholesterol-lowering soy protein. A Healthier Life Begins With You

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1. Run up and down the stairs for 45-60 seconds. 2. Vacuum one large room (“maybe not fun – let’s call this “multi-tasking”). 3. Put on some loud music and dance for 5 minutes like no one is watching. 4. Interact with your kids (5-6 minutes) 5.Go get the mail, and take 5 fast laps around your house while you’re out there. 6.Park in the furthest space away from the door at the store. Pushing a full cart clear across the parking lot burns calories and provides resistance for a two-for-one mini-workout. 7. And you also can, park at the end of the driveway and unloading your car. The extra walking with heaving bags in your hands will be great exercise. You get bonus points if you have a steep or very long driveway. 8. If you’re unloading the groceries, before you put that gallon of milk in the fridge, use it to do 6-10 bicep curls per arm, and then hold it in front of you while you do a set of 8-12 squats or lunges. Repeat 2x. 9. Set the timer on the microwave and see how many jumping jacks you can complete in one minute. 10. Mowing your lawn is the best calorie burn workout

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Love….By Terry Bams

A MALE’S VIEW Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. Love is also a virtue that personifies human kindness, compassion, and intimacy. Love by definition stands for “the unselfish loyal", and benevolent concern for the good of another." Love may also be described as kind actions towards one’s self or others based upon internal wholeness; being secure and fulfilled in self-identity. In today’s era of Money, Power, and Sex. — Many may confuse what making love is actually all about. Love started with God, to spread the best emotional feeling in the world. Love is Joy, Happiness and Gestures of the like. However, in the 21st century we relate making love to having sex. Making love can be compared to sex if God is the center of the Love making. God intended for every man and woman to Love, Marry and Reproduce. Love God first, then yourself. As a man, search for your life parent/helpmate. Marry her and “Make Love” with the Queen created to partner in your promise.

Deposit more strong seeds into the world Notice, there is no “Making Love” without God first. Sex was made for married people to show love in a form of spiritual action. Since love starts and ends with God, you must join unions as one flesh truly create the love you make with your partner. When you honestly think about sex and love, making love is the highest point of having sex. But as Trey Songz so clearly states, sex isn’t better than love. God is Love. So nothing will get better than him. Line up right with God first, Love, joining unions before thinking about making love, because without the true elements, you’re simply having sex!

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Carla “Serenity” Baker

Beautiful people, my name is Carla Serenity Baker. I am a Single Mother, Grand Mother, and Best Friend to no ends and Business Owner of Serenity’s Closet, as an Image Consultant, Stylist and Modeling Agency. I reside in Lafayette Louisiana; however, my passion to assist and help others keeps me in the air traveling from the East to the West sharing my Love and Passion for Life. I feel as thou I was placed here in this world to assist women and men in finding their true purpose in life by realizing that they are a true "Gift Within A Gift" and a Blessing to not only their family and friends but to themselves, as well. I love reading, writing (look out for my new book next year). I am always told by many that they believe I’m the happiest person they have ever met, and I give thanks to God for allowing me to be some kind of light to friends and family by shining in his Glory.

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was for a personal reason, (losing weight, gaining weight, divorce or marriage) or professionals would hire me to change their image to a more professional look. But I soon realized that it was way more to a person than changing their outer look as it was to change the way they perceive themselves inwardly. As I would consult them, I always have key questions that I would ask and just like clockwork, I noticed that it’s not what you wear on the outside that matters but what you have on the inside that will out shine any new outfit on the outside. So as a consultant I actually got to know my client at each and every consultation. And once we got past where the hurt came from or the disappointment reared from, we would be able to move forward with astonishing results! My Mission is to allow women and men to recognize the true beauty within them. No matter what size, color or nationality! Serenity’s Closet was Serenity’s Closet started out as an Imcreated to assist in recognizing the age Consultant business. Clients would true beauty you are. In every woman, hire me to redo their image whether it

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there lies a gift, but many don’t realize that the true gift is you. The business allows individuals to privately or public image makeovers, by shopping from Serenity’s Closets Boutique or from your favorite fashion store. At Serenity’s Closet, we donate a portion of our proceeds to various Non-Profit Organizations from every show or event that is held. We have fun! We are a Christian own business! We care! And more importantly, Serenity’s Closet is here to show every woman and man that they are a "Gift within A Gift!

I’ve been in business for over 14yrs. My business is located in Lafayette, La. However, thanks to social media I’m able to assist all over the world. As of right now it’s just my son and I, operate the business. He’s my Casting Director and he finds me all the pretty models, and I groom them for success. I feel as thou my strengths come from my drive and passion to help others. If you show and know that you’re being selfish with blessings, then your business will grow because you’re not afraid to bless others along the way.

would give it back damaged. So I would charge them five dollars to borrow and return it clean and fresh for 1 week. We didn’t have much growing up with 6 siblings and a mother working extremely hard as a private nurse, so for me anytime I felt there was an opportunity to make money to help out the family, I would take advantage of it.

I would be lying if I said no. I’m a single mother of a pre-teen so sometimes I’m not able to do what the average business woman can do. For instance, my business is doing a lot of appearances, so I have to make sure I’m not taking time away from Opportunities to me are like risk that her as I move productively forward. Someneeds to be taken, but some are afraid to times I feel guilty because my weekends try. I say this because you may have someare full for almost 3 months, and she body that would like to make a drastic wants to go to the movies or just hang out change in their life but is afraid to do it at the mall, and I can’t do it. But I honestly because of fear of possibly losing what don’t focus on obstacles instead I immedithey already have not realizing that God ately focus on finding a solution instead of has placed this desire in your life for this the problem. By doing this, allows me to change, and all you have to do is place a attempt to take care of everybody and little action with your Faith. Well "for me, everything by using a fabulous time maneach and every day" I awaken, I feel as agement. thou I was given another opportunity to receive my blessings! As long as you have Anyone in need! (Smiling) At first my tarthis kind of perception on your life then get was just women, and then as my busithe business growth will just fall into your ness grew, some of these women introlap daily as it is now. duced me to their brothers, husbands and male friends. Believe it or not, most men I’ve always wanted to own my own busihave emotional and inward doubts about ness even as a child. When I was in middle themselves, as well. school, I noticed that most of the kids would always wait until I would purchase a pack of Now & Laters from the vending Yes, I would keep moving forward no machine. Well when I was done giving out matter what and not be so trusting. just one to almost 15 people I would end up with only just one. So what I did was two things. First I would sell one for a nickel and then I had my mom purchase packs of candies from the dollar store and I would sell those for just ten cents cheaper than the vending machine, and just like that I’m instantly known as the candy girl. (Lol) When it came to clothing, most of my friends would love the way I dressed in high school and college. They would always ask to borrow my clothes, but they

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COMPOSER DESIRABLE JONES

Penelope Marie Darrensburg Orlando Quincy Decuir Margarita Elizabeth (Liz) Ramos Richard David Batiste

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room. Most of the Magnolia Wives reside in the thriving capital city, Baton Rouge. Penelope, Desiree, and Margarita are the three Magnolia Wives who stand above the ordinary woman of Louisiana. Sure there are many women who can match the profile of a Magnolia Wife but don’t have the guts it takes to achieve the title.

THE READING ROOM

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Spotlighting Ms. Joe Cheray

By Kiwan Fitch

oe is a single mom from Topeka, Kansas. I was delighted when she voiced an interest in sharing her personal experience in Cwm Volume 2. She is another inspirational woman who has found her voice. Joe shares…. My name is Joe Cheray, and I am, as my Twitter profile states, a single mom to a son with cerebral palsy. I live in the heartland of America in Topeka, Kansas. I also have four cats Sunshine, Gracie, Princess, and Dot.

At the age of 10 my grandfather who was physically abusing me, began sexually abusing me. Physical abuse included but was not limited to being whipped with a bullwhip, getting thrown around my room like a rag doll, and once I was beaten so badly, I almost urinated myself. Throw into that mix the emotional abuse. The sexual abuse started as fondling and moved into oral sex. He had already been physically abusing me. The main thing is, I have survived just about everything there is to survive in my life. I don’t have chapters, I have book it seems. What I have just told you in regards to my grandfather is just a sample of what I went through.

Spotlighting Mrs. LaTersa Blakely

ow this Powerhouse is a delight to know. She gives you a no holds barred look into her life. And what a victor she is. Her first book will be released later this year. Here, is some of what

LaTersa shares in CWM2… I must be honest and be real. I have been on food stamps a couple of times in my life, and no I'm not ashamed. I first was on them in college. I had my own apartment, and as a college student, you were allowed a certain amount. It helped me tremendously, and I got off them as soon as graduating from college and started working full time with the government. Then, back in 2006, when God blessed me with my first child, I was in graduate school at the time, so I too, like any other mother in school, I needed some help; I signed up for WIC, and Medicaid. Yes, I said it, Medicaid and Food Stamps. I'm not going to lie; it helped me out in ways beyond words.

Spotlighting Ms. Dana Neal "When God sends you angels", you just welcome them in. Ms. Dana has been just that to me and the many women and family she now assists. It’s my honor to have her share such a candid look into her journey. Ms. Dana writes in Cwm 2…. When I first applied for government assistance, they, the government, said I can only have $440 a month for my daughter and myself. Living at home was OK, but when I decided to move out the rent was $300, lights and gas where $100 and the option to get a phone was not there. At this time having a cell phone was a luxury people like me didn’t have. I was allotted enough in food stamps to have food in the house. I struggled every month trying to get diapers, or having pocket change to do the laundry. When I left my mother’s home I no longer had the convenience to get to the grocery store, so paying for a cab, well, I shopped at the corner stores. I learned quite quickly how to get what I needed; I did what the government asked.

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COVER FEATURE STORY

er all women. She is also a member of several different organizations across the state of Louisiana. Darlene received the 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year Business Award, due to her outstanding achievements Mrs. Darlene St. Romain, born to the late Sylvia Edwards Tanner and Lorenzo Coleman, is a true inspira- and accomplishments in the fields of business and tion to inspiring all women. She firmly believes in be- her dedication to the communities. On behalf of the ing a positive role model for young women, encour- Louisiana House of Representatives, Representative Herbert B. Dixon extended congratulations and comaging and empowering them to be all they can be, mendation to Darlene, due to her receiving the busiand then some. Darlene is phenomenal in her inness award. Darlene believes if you always put God volvement in various community activities; caring heart for giving. She is the visionary for Sylvia’s Caring first and have faith, all things are possible. Companions Health Care Services where she serves Sylvia’s Caring Companions is an in home care service as CEO, and is also responsible for the multiple com- which provide services to elderly and disable individmunity activities sponsored by the company. Some of uals who want to keep living in the comfort of their these activities include an Annual Toy Drive, Blanket own home. Sylvia’s has been in existence for five Drive, Get fit & Healthy Eggstravaganza, School Sup- years. Darlene’s corporate office is located at 107 W. ply Drive, Blood Drive and Thanksgiving Dinner for Church Street in Bunkie Louisiana. Region 4 office is the elderly and disabled area residents. Darlene also located at 1232 Creswell Lane Opelousas Louisiana, donates a yearly scholarship which is given to one and Region 2 office is located here at 1713 Wooddale area high school graduate in honor of her mother, Blvd. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sylvia’s currently has Ms. Sylvia Edwards-Tanner. Her company has been 20 employees in the Baton Rouge area. Sylvia’s Comrecognized as the fastest growing African American panions strength is providing 24 hour care. The care owned business in Central Louisiana by ELS, CLBL and Sylvia’s provide are tailored based on each individual CLIA. Darlene is married to Maurice St. Romain and need. We work in close partnership with the physitogether they have six beautiful children, Gabrielle, cian, family, and other healthcare providers to assure Terrielle, Terrell, Tevin, Deontre’, and Torrian. She is quality of services. Our care is provided with dignity, an active member of Spring Bluff Baptist Church un- respect and most notable in a Christian manner. My der the leadership of Bishop Melvin D. Jackson. Dar- target audience is the baby boomers. lene sponsors a yearly Virtuous Women’s Conference at the church each March, to encourage and empow-

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