Hi Everyone! I just wanted to reach out to let you know there have been some (obvious) unexpected updates to the blog. My plan was to switch over to reviewing strictly e-books just after my birthday in February. I was going to make a switch over, rename the blog and start focusing more on my writing and less on reviews. My goal was to bring you into the world I'm living in now.
When I escaped into the book review scene it was mostly out of sincere frustration and pain. My body was hurting all the time and I was angry most of the time. My bipolar was out of control and I was feeling pretty helpless. I couldn't focus on writing a single sentence let alone and entire blog post with any coherency.
My days were filled with frustration and anger. It has been a rocky three years. I ended up taking a much needed break and heading out to Las Cruces NM for a while to soak up the sun and try to recharge my broken spirit.
We ended up staying there for a year while we waited for the county's decision on buying our property after Hurricane Matthew. I took some classes and found one that was called Holistic Wellness. That was the catalyst for me getting my head back in the game. I finished three other classes including crystal healing certification, mindful meditation and yoga certification. I have to say that it has changed my life.
Eli and I managed to switch over completely to a WFPBNO lifestyle and in the process reversed all of our medical issues including my type two diabetes. We dropped weight significantly. I have lost 135 pounds as of today. He's lost over 125. Together we're taking some time to get back to ourselves. We're back in NC now but we're not letting the poor weather get us down. We have started meditation sessions twice a day and are cooking our meals together. Always looking for a great recipe to share in our group over on Facebook. Our page there shares many of the medical opinions that got us where we are today. We would love to have you join us.
As part of our meditation, Eli and I read an hour every morning when we wake about Buddhism. We have begun to see a real change in our lives. Just yesterday I was thrilled and surprised to find see my resting heart rate has dropped down to 49 from 79 a year ago. Such an amazing change. So as a part of this I wanted to reduce my carbon footprint and switch over to e-books and stop buying things from China. I wanted to live simply and share that experience on a new blog. So I purchased a domain (To Live Whole) and began the process of getting it set up.
Well, let me tell you, Google is super easy about adding your domain to your blogger account. I literally clicked a single button and boom all my settings were updated and here I was with a new URL for my blog a mere 3 months ahead of schedule!! Instead of fussing with getting it switched back over I just took it as a sign that I was ready to go and changed my social media accounts as well as my media contacts over to the new blog and here we are!
I hope that my change in the visual appearance of the page w/o make you jump ship. I'll be sharing the same types of books with a few more related to health, wellness and Buddhism as well as the old magical favorites. I'll be adding more frequent and personal posts related to what we're doing in the kitchen, what new advances we're seeing in science and maybe a post or two about the Dali Lamma.
I look forward to inviting some discussion on the page and welcome questions and comments. I hope that you'll hang around for the direction. I feel as though it will be something quite special.
Thank you so much for your readership and your attention and I hope I'll be able to share more soon.
Renee
Confessions of a Modern Witch is now To Live Whole
When I escaped into the book review scene it was mostly out of sincere frustration and pain. My body was hurting all the time and I was angry most of the time. My bipolar was out of control and I was feeling pretty helpless. I couldn't focus on writing a single sentence let alone and entire blog post with any coherency.
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| Photo Credit Renee Sosanna Olson The Rio Grande |
My days were filled with frustration and anger. It has been a rocky three years. I ended up taking a much needed break and heading out to Las Cruces NM for a while to soak up the sun and try to recharge my broken spirit.
We ended up staying there for a year while we waited for the county's decision on buying our property after Hurricane Matthew. I took some classes and found one that was called Holistic Wellness. That was the catalyst for me getting my head back in the game. I finished three other classes including crystal healing certification, mindful meditation and yoga certification. I have to say that it has changed my life.
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| Photo Credit - Elijah Trent Olson |
Eli and I managed to switch over completely to a WFPBNO lifestyle and in the process reversed all of our medical issues including my type two diabetes. We dropped weight significantly. I have lost 135 pounds as of today. He's lost over 125. Together we're taking some time to get back to ourselves. We're back in NC now but we're not letting the poor weather get us down. We have started meditation sessions twice a day and are cooking our meals together. Always looking for a great recipe to share in our group over on Facebook. Our page there shares many of the medical opinions that got us where we are today. We would love to have you join us.
As part of our meditation, Eli and I read an hour every morning when we wake about Buddhism. We have begun to see a real change in our lives. Just yesterday I was thrilled and surprised to find see my resting heart rate has dropped down to 49 from 79 a year ago. Such an amazing change. So as a part of this I wanted to reduce my carbon footprint and switch over to e-books and stop buying things from China. I wanted to live simply and share that experience on a new blog. So I purchased a domain (To Live Whole) and began the process of getting it set up.
Well, let me tell you, Google is super easy about adding your domain to your blogger account. I literally clicked a single button and boom all my settings were updated and here I was with a new URL for my blog a mere 3 months ahead of schedule!! Instead of fussing with getting it switched back over I just took it as a sign that I was ready to go and changed my social media accounts as well as my media contacts over to the new blog and here we are!
I hope that my change in the visual appearance of the page w/o make you jump ship. I'll be sharing the same types of books with a few more related to health, wellness and Buddhism as well as the old magical favorites. I'll be adding more frequent and personal posts related to what we're doing in the kitchen, what new advances we're seeing in science and maybe a post or two about the Dali Lamma.
I look forward to inviting some discussion on the page and welcome questions and comments. I hope that you'll hang around for the direction. I feel as though it will be something quite special.
Thank you so much for your readership and your attention and I hope I'll be able to share more soon.
Renee
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