I seem to be stuck in some kind of pattern.

I was digging through some old files on my computer.  I found a typed conversation I had with God, almost exactly one year ago.  I talked about relationships, soulmates, finances, jobs, all that stuff.  Back at that time, as you may recall if you’ve been reading my blogs since then, I was really struggling to get by.  Even though I was working a “good-paying” full-time job, and living a very modest life, I was still losing about $100 a month after expenses.  Yikes.

Fortunately, I talked to my boss and he gave me a raise.  Finally I was breaking even — maybe saving a tiny bit some months — but still living very modestly, very cheaply.

Well, as cheap as possible, for living in California. :)

But that state of financial crisis was nothing new for me.

Off and on, for the past few years, it’s been like that.

Ever since my mom tried disowning me.

Since around that same time, I’ve also been hurting in the relationship department too.  That’s not to say I haven’t had a couple great relationships since then.  Nor to say I haven’t done financially well since then either.

For about a year, I was doing very well financially.  I was working that office job, which paid really well.  Unfortunately, it also sucked and killed the life out of my soul every hour of every day while I was there.  The money was most definitely not worth it.

I dated one really wonderful girl.  For a while.  Then we went back to being friends.  A while later, I met another girl online.  We became friends, and a good amount of time after that, “dated” for a bit too.  I say “dated” because I lived in California and she was in Florida.  We did actually have one beautiful weekend together.  But eventually, we went back to being friends too.

That was over a year ago.

I haven’t dated anybody since.

Why?

Why can’t I seem to break free from my financial barely-getting-by?  Why aren’t I falling in love with girls more easily, more frequently?

Is it because I’m picky?  I want a job I’ll enjoy, and most enjoyable jobs seem to pay too little for this stage of my life.  Is it because I have dated a variety of girls so far, and now I just want what I want?  Are my standards too high?  Should I just “settle?”

That can’t be right.

But what’s the answer?

I can accept going through some temporary financial struggle.  That happens.  Especially when you’re off starting a business or taking a non-traditional career path.  You make sacrifices.  You pay your dues.  You work long hours for little pay to gain that valuable experience, skills, and connections.

But year after year … after year?

It’s the same story I’m telling myself.  The same story I’m talking to God about.

Always seeking, often getting close (or so I think), but never quite getting there.

In finances, in relationships.

Why?

I seem to have other areas of my life mastered.  I’m not falling into repetitive patterns of drugs or alcohol or gambling, or one-night stands or ending up in abusive relationships, for example.  I’m not stuck in any pattern of small crimes and frequent visits to prison.  I’m not stuck in cycles of losing weight only to gain it back and more.  Most people seem to have some pattern, some cycle, that they keep finding themselves in.

Why?

I have one friend, very near and dear to me, who’s found herself in a pattern of marrying abusive, neglecting men.  She’s facing her third divorce and dealing with what that means to her.  And the crazy part is — she was careful NOT to fall into that kind of relationship a third time.  When she first met and married this last guy, he really was a good guy at first.  How could she have known?

Kind of like me, in my own repeating patterns.  My last job, I was expecting (I was even told) I’d be making a lot more money than I actually ended up earning.  At thought, at last, I found a job I’d enjoy that paid pretty well.  Instead, I end up, once again, just barely getting by financially.  Through circumstances beyond anyone’s control.

I recently got a new job.  Again, I was told I’d be earning a certain amount… something much better.  Again, it’s a commission job.  I’m still on training pay, so I don’t know how it’s going to turn out.  But I’m finding the numbers my manager presented to me aren’t matching what I’m witnessing in the store, while training.  Some employees are doing that well — many are not.  Some days, I get a little worried I’ll find myself, once again, working hard at a full-time job that’s supposed to pay well — only to barely get by while financially struggling, yet again.

But we’ll see.  I’m hoping I’m wrong.  I’m hoping for the best.

But why do I keep finding myself in these patterns?

Why am I not meeting “my” kind of girls, the kind I’d be interested in dating?  Why do I seem to meet all the other kind?  Why, despite intentionally looking for high-paying jobs, do I still end up earning just enough to barely squeak by?

Why did my friend fall into another bad relationship, even though she was careful to avoid it up front?  It was only after they were married that he turned bad on her.

Or some of my other friends…  I have one long-time good friend, I’ve known for years.  She’s financially worse off than I am!  And has been, for years.  Nothing seems to change.  We just seem to get more of the same.

Why?

I have friends who always seem to have car trouble.  Or always attract the same kind of emotionally-unavailable guy.  Or keep having roommates move out on them and then have trouble finding a replacement.  Why?

We’ve all dealt with those kinds of situations here or there, but we dealt with it and moved on.  Why do certain patterns seem to keep repeating for certain people, but not others?

Let’s cut to the chase.

I think the answer must be in one or more of these possibilities:

1. Law of Attraction. I’m not entirely sure I fully believe in this teaching or not, although I do have personal life experiences that would confirm it.  Anyway, it would suggest that our consistent thoughts and emotions are actually “attracting” certain experiences into our life — even things that we can’t control or don’t know about ahead of time.
2. Subconscious Selection. We face countless, seemingly insignificant and minor decisions all day long.  The way we walk, the way we talk, how we move our body, the way we inflect the tone of our voice…  Where we go, what we do, who we talk to… and all that we don’t.  Psychologists say that our subconscious mind is constantly filtering out all that’s not important to us, and selecting everything that is.  What’s “important?”  Basically, whatever your mind is looking for, expecting, or focusing on — positive or negative.  If you’re looking for problems, you’ll find them — or create them.  Simple as that.  And it all happens below our conscious awareness.
3. Fate, Karma, or Cosmic Humor. The powers-that-be may be playing with our lives.  I like this answer least, because if it’s true, it would mean we’re completely or nearly powerless to change our circumstances.  I refuse to believe that.
4. Not Knowing Any Different. Maybe we keep repeating our patterns because, simply, we don’t know how to do anything else.  While this may be true in some cases, it still doesn’t explain how we end up in bad relationships that at first looked good, or poor jobs that we advertised as high-paying, and so on.
5. Failure to learn an important lesson. Maybe God (or the Universe) is trying to teach us an important lesson — something to learn about ourselves, about others, about life in general, or maybe some way we need to grow or change — but we don’t get it.  We either refuse to change or learn, or miss the lesson entirely, and keep repeating it until we get it right.  Maybe that means changing, maybe that just means gaining insight and understanding.  But until we learn the lesson, it will keep showing up in our lives.  Over and over again.

Beyond that, I have no answers.  Maybe it’s one, some, or all of the above.  Maybe it varies case by case.  I don’t know.  Each life is unique.

Of course, if you were to ask Tony Robbins why we hang onto our problems, he’d say it was meeting most or all of our six fundamental human needs: certainty, variety, significance, love/connection, growth, and contribution.  In one way or another.

For me, being stuck in financial hardship does provide certainty — I’m very well familiar with this territory, and know how to survive on very little money.  I know how to make a dollar last.  At the same time, it provides lots of variety, because all sorts of new and interesting financial problems come up — all requiring my creative problem solving to get through.

What about significance?  Does being broke make me feel important?

I dunno.  I don’t think so. Although, it does make me somewhat unique, since “most” people are more financially stable.  This problem isn’t unique to me — especially not in recent days — but it is a way I can feel different from others.  So yeah, sure, it meets that human need too.

Love/connection?  It gives me something to talk about and share with others in similar situations.  We connect through our stories about how and why we’re so bad off financially.  lol.

Growth?  Does this cause me to grow?  Hell yeah!  I’m constantly learning about business, finance, and investing, to “some day” get myself out of this situation.  I’m trying new businesses and new investments, which certainly require me to step out of my comfort zone and do some growing.

Contribution?  It’s hard to contribute to others when you’ve got nothing yourself.  Maybe I can give good advice on how to survive on little income, or how not to get intimidated when the credit card collectors call.  Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.  I can help you through it too, if you ever find yourself in a similar situation.

Wow.  So I guess it does meet all six of my basic human needs.  (For more on Human Needs Psychology, you’ll have to read one of Tony Robbins’ books or buy one of his audio programs.  Good stuff.)

Okay, so add “meets my psychological/emotional needs in some twisted way” as #6 on the list. :)

No wonder I keep experiencing it.

I need it.

…

That still doesn’t explain how it happens even when I’m consciously, intelligently trying to break the pattern.  (There are better ways to meet those same six needs.)  Maybe it really is law of attraction or karma.  I dunno.

Hmm.

I don’t just want to understand it.  I want to change it.  To something better.

Today.

Okay, so let’s assume it’s either caused by trying to meet my six human needs, failure to learn a lesson, or at the effect of the law of attraction.

Why not the others?  Well, if it’s fate or divine puppeteering, there’s nothing we can really do, so there’s no point in trying to change anything.  And even if we don’t know any different, we can certainly imagine other possibilities — which is what we’re doing here now.  Subconscious selection is a result of attempting to meet those emotional and psychology needs.  We look for what’s important, remember?

So, let’s break it down.

First, we’ll start with failing to learn the important lesson.  If that’s the case, the answer is pretty simple.  Step back, get a broader perspective (as much as possible), and ask ourselves what we can learn from this.

I’ll go first. ;)

For me, what can I learn from financial struggle?  I can learn about trust, about faith.  About not worrying or stressing every moment.  Learning to live more in the present, be in the now.  I can also learn from this that I am indeed resourceful.  That I can overcome and survive extremely difficult and life-threatening challenges.  I can push through obstacles.  I can make things happen — when it’s important enough to me.

I feel a little better already just knowing that. :)

Second, is this the law of attraction working against me?  Well, many teachings from multiple discplines (not all of them spiritual) say that what we focus on, we either become or experience.  I have been focusing a lot on my struggles, my financial lack.  (Can you blame me?  It’s kinda important.)  Unfortunately, according to this principle, focusing on struggle and lack only brings more struggle and lack.  For one, it’s now what’s “important” to the subconscious, which it will be selecting for minor decisions in support of that.  But from a more practical standpoint, while I’m focusing on poverty I can’t dedicate mental resources on building wealth.  If all my energy’s spent worrying about one thing, I don’t have the energy to go out there and learn or do what’s needed to be any different.

I’m not saying I should “ignore” the reality of my current financial situation.  But I think being aware of it, and checking in on it now and then, should be enough.  The rest of the time, I can focus my resources and energy on moving in the opposite direction — towards wealth and freedom.

This would then make financial abundance the new “important” thing for my subconscious to focus and select on.  It would also being activating the law of attraction toward that outcome as well.

Lastly, my six human needs.  They’re needs, not wants or desires.  We all have them, and they must all be filled or met one way or another.  The key here is to replace what’s meeting those needs — not just simply eliminate it.

Ideally, you want to find one or a few vehicles (methods, activities, experiences, etc) that will meet those same needs at least as well, if not better.  We want this replacement to be better for me, and if at all possible, better for others as well.

Being financially broke serves neither me nor anyone else.  That’s obvious.

But building wealth — hmm, now there’s an interesting challenge.

I can gain a feeling of certainty by knowing what I’m doing — which comes from research, practice, etc.  There’s plenty of variety (the second need) because there’s tons of ways to invest and build wealth.  Not to mention the daily challenges and surprises that come with starting a business, if that’s what I wanted to do.  Significance?  Being an investor and wealth-builder certainly makes me unique — more so that I was by being poor.  Lots of people I know are broke and struggling.  Only one or two are actually building wealth and business empires.  By following that path, I’d be more one-of-a-kind than the masses who passively accept being broke all the time.

How about love and connection?  I’ve already started making more business friends.  Fellow entrepreneurs.  Plus, when I’m rich, more women will want me.  lol.  hehe.  Okay, I’m only partially kidding on that one. :)  But seriously, when I’m financially free, I’ll have a LOT more time to be with my soulmate — we can spend time building the relationship we’ve always dreamed of.  In the meantime, I can build more relationships with like-minded people…fellow investors, entrepreneurs, lottery-winners, etc…and, whether it interests you or not, I’d love to share some of what I’m learning and doing through my blog too.  (I’ve already started talking a bit about stock and option investing in recent blogs.)  For those of you who know nothing about those things, don’t worry, I love sharing and will teach you everything you need to know. :)

Good.  How about growth?  Honestly, growing as an investor and/or business owner is a lot more challenging, demanding, and will require a lot more growth than being broke ever did.  I will have to become more.  I will have to face fears — probably one right after another.  I will have to learn more, test my limits, fail sometimes, and keep going.  That’s much bigger growth than I got from being poor all the time.

Lastly, contribution.  Will being rich enable me to give back and help others?  Hell yes!  I mean…Heaven yes!  lol.  I can help others in so many ways — and want to.  I want to be an angel investor some day–providing the startup funds necessary to help others reach their dreams, build their businesses, and make the world a better place.  I can be a philanthropist.  I’ll have the freedom and time to go around speaking and inspiring others to follow their dreams too.  I’ll be able to build my own entertainment company, like I’ve always wanted, and create jobs that people love and fulfills them — and pays them well too! :)

That’s definitely a feeling of contribution there.

Focusing on, and actually building, wealth will meet all six of my human needs better than I was getting by staying poor.  It’s time for a change.  I want a change.  I’m ready to change.

This will be so much better for me and others.

I will start today. :)

And that, ladies and gentlemen — you’ve just witnessed me figure it out as I went! :)  Maybe this will help someone else too.  Ooh, contribution again! :)  (Writing, as you might guess, meets those same six needs for me pretty well too.)

What’s yours?

Thanks for reading!

Your friend, now and always,
David Michaels

I bought 5 shares of a stock that looked like a good buy.  The Stochastics and MACD were both giving me buy signals.  It had a good PEG ratio and other indicators that it was a fundamentally strong stock.  It was in an upward trend.  So I bought some of it.

The stock went up for a bit … at its peak, I could’ve sold and made a $10 profit.  But I didn’t.  I was projecting it’d go much higher.  But then throughout the day, it slowly dropped down.  I ended the day yesterday with a $1.15 profit.  Hey, profit is still profit, and that’s just with 5 shares on my first day.

But then today, the stock continued to go down, and I actually started losing money.  I checked the charts and the stock behavior was indeed changing on me.  Rather than ride it out and potentially lose more, I decided to sell now.  I had already set a “stop loss” — limiting the maximum I was willing to lose, but I decided to get out even earlier and so I could move my money elsewhere.

Then I bought my first option.  I stumbled onto it by accident, while looking for another stock.  Again, it was giving me some decent buy signals and the timing seemed right, looking at the charts.  I bought one contract, a single call option, and gave myself plenty of time to be right.  You see, options all expire, sooner or later.  Most people buy options that expire in one month.  Instead, I paid for a 7-month option, giving me all the way until late January to be right. :)

As of this morning, the option’s value has already increased 10 cents… which, if I were to sell it now, would be a $10 profit, before commissions.

We’ll see how it actually performs long-term.  It’s a limited amount of money at risk — no more than I’m comfortable losing if I lost it all.  You can read books and attend seminars all day long, but sooner or later, you just gotta get into your first trade, make your best educated decision, and wait it out and see if you were right. :)

I just wanted to share the news.  I’m excited to be developing myself as a real-world investor.

Next is just time, practice, and experience.

Love you all,
David

I don’t trust our politicians or most of the mass media.

People are selfish — not by nature, but often, by necessity.

Life isn’t fair.  “Fair” was created so the weak, talentless, powerless, unskilled, and disconnected felt they had a chance to win.  Those with some strength, talent, skills, and connections will often limit their power or advantage, because we’ve all been deeply conditioned to try to play fair.  But a few, very select few, don’t play fair — and soon end up running the game and creating the rules, if they’re not already.

Guilt is the worst, most effective, and most common use of manipulation.  Fear is a close second.

We are prisoners of our own minds and emotions.

Our current understanding of God is about as accurate as understanding Barney to be a real live dinosaur.  Killing each other over issues of God — with bullets or words — is stupid.  The world is watching.  Outsiders see your religion as being full of argument, fear, hatred, separation, and debate.  And mass manipulation.

Those who have a real relationship with the real Divine are naturally set apart.  They can advertise it if they want to, but they don’t need to.

You don’t know everything you think you know.  Just because you — or someone else — is very certain doesn’t mean you, or someone else, is right.

“Reality is an illusion” doesn’t mean this isn’t real.

Everybody’s got an answer.  Every spiritual teacher knows why we’re here.  All the experts know what to say.  Listen to them, but then carefully and consciously, intentionally, make up your own mind about things.

Becoming Wiccan as a way to rebel against Christianity is an insult to both religions.  NEVER choose a spiritual path out of spite, fear, rebellion, anger, lust, greed, guilt, emotional obligation, familiarity or old habit, or ANY OTHER REASON other than because IT MAKES SENSE first in your heart, second in your mind.

Above all, think for yourself.  Look for yourself.  Decide for yourself.  Feel for yourself.  This is the hardest work there is, because neither our schools nor our religious institutions teach us how to do this.  The rare exceptions are few and far between, and even then, don’t just accept what they say because they tell you to think and believe for yourself.  You must actually think, feel, act, and believe for yourself.  There is no short cut for this work.  But it is among the most important work any human person, of any age or type, must ever do.

There is no short-cut to wealth.  That is a lie.  People inherit fortunes, win lotteries, take companies public, find treasure, scam millions, and find all other sorts of ways — legal, questionable, and illegal — all the time.  But I’m pretty sure working hard at a job, saving what little you earn, is probably the slowest way to wealth and financial freedom.  Unfortunately, most schools, parents, and religious leaders teach no other method to financially sustain ourselves.  That is sad.

Get out and exercise, even if it is relaxing, doesn’t break a sweat, and takes little to no effort.  Simply moving the body around is excellent and vital to its health, physical and emotional.  We must disconnect from our computers, televisions, and couches at least once a day, even if only for a few minutes, to go “move around” outside.  Fresh air, change of scenery, and a little movement of the body does wonders.

I make no promises, save that one day, sooner or later, your body and mine will die.  If at all possible, no matter how remote, others will find a way to take any money left over that you still had, starting with the government.  It is wise to save and invest money, but it is also wise to spend it while you still can.

Everything is in circulation.  Everything is moving.  Some things are moving so slowly (to your perception) that they may appear to be solid — but everything is in transition.  Form is constantly changing.  Some of it changes quickly and significantly; some of it changes very slowly and minimally.  But everything is moving and everything — including you, your circumstances, your possessions, and your loved ones — is changing.

Wealth is not hard.  We are just taught that so that the wealthy and powerful have less competition in keeping their wealth and power.  To become wealthy, you must understand circulation — including the flow and circulation of money — and position yourself into that current.  But realize that it is still moving even then, and you may only hold onto it for so long.  Change is the only constant in the universe.  Still, we can change with change; we can stay active in the current.

Loneliness is worse than death.

Public speaking is not so bad … after you’ve done it a few times, gotten over your fear of embarrassment or saying something stupid, and/or learned to love yourself unconditionally no matter what.

Unconditional love is one of the most elusive things we seek in life, yet ironically, it’s something we all have immediate, constant, and permanent access to inside ourselves.  Sadly for most of us, we have been taught — and learned to believe — that love is something we must find outside ourselves.  This was taught to us by others who wanted something from us — usually our money or compliant behavior.

We don’t know what we don’t know — so why do we assume that what we don’t know must therefore be impossible?

Nobody’s perfect.  But we hear this so often we don’t even hear it any more.

Everything comes with risk.  There is low-risk, managed risk, deferred risk, assigned risk, transferred risk, and acceptable risk — but no such thing as no-risk or risk-free.  Unfortunately, typically, those things with the highest reward often come with the greatest risk.  It takes great risk to put our heart on the line and follow our dreams.  It takes great risk to open our hearts and fall in love.  But “playing it safe” is the greatest risk of all — for it has only a minimal, predefined reward (mediocrity), at the cost of never feeling truly alive, never being truly fulfilled, never experiencing real, vulnerable, honest, true love.

Those who argue with that last sentence are the most fearful — and greatest defenders of mediocrity — of all.  You cannot experience true, ultimate, unconditional love until after you have exposed your true heart and soul, become vulnerable, and revealed your true self, flaws and imperfections and all, to someone who has the power to hurt you but chooses instead to love and embrace you.

I have yet to experience that, because last time I was in that position, the person chose to hurt me.  Since then, I haven’t been vulnerable enough to give another soul a chance.

Some days I hurt, I feel lonely, I feel a little frightened about the world too.  Goddammit, I’m human … just like you.

Put me not on a pedestal nor treat me as your footstool.  Hold me and see me as your equal.

I am a mirror to you, and you are a mirror to me.  I am here to remind you — remind, not teach — of certain truths.  You are here to fulfill your purpose, which will impact my life too.  I don’t know what your purpose is.  Your mother or father doesn’t know what your purpose is.  Your religious teacher or astrological consultant doesn’t know either.  NO ONE ELSE knows … but you.  All those other people can only — only — confirm what you know to be true in your heart, if and only if they are tuned into the same Light and Truth that is within you.  Everyone has a purpose, no matter how big or how small, whether he or she is aware of it or not.  In God’s eyes, from heaven’s perspective, there is no size or scale to purpose.  For all is interconnected.  And all is interdependent.

I am full of fear and doubt and second-guessing just like the rest of you.  Sometimes, I really am scared.

I just want to be loved.  But I still feel I need to earn it. Earned love is not unconditional love.  And unconditional love is what I really want and need.  When will I learn?  When will I change?  When will I let go, open up, be vulnerable, and love myself?  Unconditionally, and all of me, I mean.

your friend,
David Michaels

A pink rose represents gratitude, appreciation, or admiration.  It can also mean a joy to behold, fun, happiness, grace, and/or gentleness.  When receiving a pink rose, know that the giver is expressing gratitude, appreciation, and admiration for who you are and who you’ve become.  It also expresses many positive feelings and happy associations when thinking of you.

Yellow

A yellow rose represents friendship, joy, gladness, freedom, happiness, and warmth.  This is a rose expressing true friendship from the giver to the receiver.  It is a rose of freedom and friendship.  It means we’ll always be friends, the giver will always see you as a friend, and you are given the freedom to be you and live your life as you freely choose and desire.  It is also a rose expressing the joy and gladness of being your friend.

Green

Green roses only appear in heaven, and as such, represent eternal, unconditional love. (According to one source.)  This rare flower can also mean fertility, richness, abundance, life, abundant growth, renewal of life and life energy, rejuvenation of spirit, self-respect, and well-being.  According to another source, a green rose can represent a message of plenitude and affluence, and pre-tells great success for any new venture. All in all, it is a message of love unconditional forever, and/or great abundance and life and growth and healing, whichever the case may be when receiving such a rare and special rose.

These roses I received from God from an angel, while in prayer/reflection tonight, after listening to the first half of Ann Albers’ Be-Lightful CD set. I didn’t know any of their meaning at the time, but when I got back home, was reminded to look them up online to learn their common accepted meanings.
-David

Compared to apples, bananas have twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, four times the protein, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. Bananas also have the added bonus of being rich in potassium.

Bananas naturally contain three types of sugars:

• sucrose
• fructose
• glucose

The sugars in the banana give a the body an almost instant and long lasting energy boost.  Research has shown consuming two bananas provides enough energy for an intense 90 minute workout.  An increase in energy levels is only the tip of the bananas healthy powers.

Bananas have proven themselves to have several other health benefits:

Anemia: Bananas are high in iron and can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood which may help in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: Being extremely high in potassium and low in salt makes the banana a perfect perfect snack for people with high blood pressure. The US FDA has recently allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power: Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.  “200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school ( England ) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power.”

Constipation: Say bye, bye to laxatives.  Bananas are high in fiber and can help restore normal bowel actions.

Depression: Bananas contain a type of protein called tryptophan that the body uses and converts into serotonin.  Serotonin puts your body in a relaxed state, improving your mood.

Hangovers: Banana milkshake to the rescue! Bananas, milk, ice and sweeten with honey. Bananas calm the stomach while the honey builds up depleted blood sugar levels, and milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness: Avoid morning sickness by snacking on bananas between meals to help keep blood sugar levels up.

Mosquito bites: Banana skins reduce swelling and irritation.  Try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin before reaching for the insecticide.

Nerves: Vitamin B helps calm the nervous system, and bananas are loaded with B vitamins.

PMS: Bananas contain vitamin B6 which regulates blood glucose levels, which in-turn affects your mood.

Temperature control: Cultures all around the world believe the banana to be a “cooling” fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. Pregnant women in Thailand eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas have helped SAD sufferers due to the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking & Tobacco Use: Looking to give up smoking?  Try a banana. Bananas have B6, B12, potassium and magnesium which help the body recover from nicotine withdrawal effects.

Stress: Stress causes our metabolic rates to rise, which in effect reduces potassium levels.  Potassium helps to normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates the body’s water balance. Re-balance with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes: The New England Journal of Medicine research study showed eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%

Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Warts: Natural alternative health users swear by bananas. To kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape.

Work Munchies: According to studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

So the next time you feel like snacking…GO BANANAS!

From: Sue’s Health Center

Angel Chat: How to Talk to Your Angels, Receive Guidance, and Experience Miracles in Your Life

Welcome Ann Albers, an angel communicator, author, and professional speaker. In this packed podcast, we talk about how to talk with (and hear) your angels, recognize and receive divine guidance, and how to experience real miracles and incredible manifestations in your everyday life. We share real life stories and practical applications, teaching you how to get started and go beyond your limits of what you believe is possible in your own life. 81 mins, 55.6 MB

Definitely worth downloading. :)  And it’s totally free!

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Thanks for listening!

Namaste,
David Michaels